New Watch Thread right here.
Love that Rolex.
>>18782212 So perfect
>>18782235There's a reason everyone loves that there Rolex. Yep.I don't know what it is though.
get the papers get the papers
the paper watches
>>18782235Its only downside is that the bezel isn't bidirectionalIs it an NPC choice that my grail is a Submariner?
>>18782242Totally. Least unique and interesting watch. Most overpriced for what you get. Good luck buying one without "developing a relationship" with a salesman or "A.D.".
>>18782242You'd have to go for either a GMT Master or Yachtmaster if you want a bidirectional bezel. And the Yachtmaster bezel sounds and feels really squishy and nasty, so it's actually just down to the GMT master.They used to make all black GMT bezels, I wonder if the black beauty will ever come back.
>>18782230I like the simplicity of the Rolex Explorer
>>18782246Nah this shit just looks like a submarinerBut unidirectional bezel is not a dealbreaker imo.submariner really is the most balanced watch, and more useful than a datejust/op just because of the bezel.I never understood why people love chronographs so much. There is nothing more elegant than rotating bezel for having a "stopwatch"
>>18782246You could also try and find a Turn-o-graph, but that's a lot dressier-looking.
>>18782250I was talking to someone who wants a submariner but doesn't like the unidirectional bezel. "It looks like a submariner" is a pretty retarded, no-shit kind of reaction.
>>18782250Chronographs are a much more precise means of timing things for when seconds and fractions of seconds matter. If that matters to you and what you want to time with it then chronograph is kind of non-negotiable.
For me, it's the Oyster Perpetual
>>18782274If someone here gets this watch and uses it to post the daily "coffee time" I'll allow it. Perfect coffee watch.
>>18782247Rolex makes two good watches, the explorer and the yacht master 2. Everything else they make is shit
>>18782287I have a beautiful Tissot, I can't justify an Explorer.Maybe I'll buy another Tissot, but quartz this time.
>>18782287Pretty much every watch Rolex currently makes that they made before the 90s is iconic and defined an entire category of watches.
>>18782274Best current OP. Show us more anon.
>>18782288Which Tissot?
>wear this watch a few days>immediately get compliments>where my vacherons for years>no one says anythingI...
>>18782367You and that sad, faggy image again?? Must be dying for some attention.
Whiskie time.
>>18782367It's more eye catching with that popping red dial. Pretty simple to explain>>18782370Seeth POORS
>>18782371But you don't have that watch anymore. You only have very old images of it and cannot produce a new one with a timestamp. Imagine living off of 'the glory' of a watch you don't even own. What a fucking pathetic faggot you are.
>>18782372You like little girl art. You're a fucking pervert manchild and you should leave.
You never earned a single dollar on your own so you don't get to be superior about daddy's money. You are poor.
>>18782302Pair with this and you're a pussy monster
>YOU DON'T OWN ANY WATCHES>YOU DON'T OWN THAT WATCH>YOU DON'T OWN THAT WATCH ANYMORE>YOU DIDN'T PAY FOR THAT WATCH
>>18782367>>18782372This is far more fitting for someone with your perversions. The others are incongruent to your lifestyle.
>>18782378You don't, you Finnish Nazi incel. I called you out and you know you can't produce. Fuck off. Stop posting pics of shit you no longer have in your possession.
>>18782379>like watches>like anime i don't see a problem(please no bully.)
>>18782391Post watch with kofe pls
>>18782396he's probably brown, so won't post covfee time
>>18782400What's he gonna post? Shwarma time?
>>18782391Are those fucking COLORING BOOKS?? Damn, you're really mentally a child, aren't you? Good thing you're taken care of with money. You couldn't survive the real, adult world.
So what are your thoughts on these Chinese Super Clones i keep hearing about?
I don't think about them at all.
>>18782421Last thread a bunch of people got triggered because someone bought a mid tier submariner clone. Rolex owners in particular I think are really seething. Everyone can see the writing on the wall that if even verified dealers can't tell the real from the superclone without sending it off to Switzerland for weeks of costly disassembly, the secondary market for retail watches is going to collapse. Vintage watch owners are sitting pretty and that value may even go up since at least you can verify it's genuine - can't convincingly clone a patina yet.
>>18782444looks like a child's toy watch
>>18782382This is beautiful. Exquisite taste!
>>18782367jap watches have this effect. theyre neat and approachable. the only watches people ever comment on is my white g shock and skx. the red citizen is based
>>18782439Nobody is triggered, they just said it's a shit fake of a watch that doesn't exist.
>>18782453And yet, besides that the colour doesn't exist, nobody could demonstrate that it was a fake. Curious. Do you think the seethe comes from genuine Rolex owners, realizing their 10k watch that cost 1k to produce will soon be worth 2k? Or is it people who can't afford a Rolex anyway seething that someone took the easy route?
>>18782364T127.407.11.091.01
>>18782455You could definitely do so and people did.>even if they made a green gold submariner that's not the green they would have used>the color of the gold is cheesy>the printing on the dial is the wrong color>the date and magnifier is horribleAmong other things.
>>18782466>the colour on this watch that doesn't exist isn't right>the gold is too gold coloured Why even write these? Just making my point.You're right about the magnifier though, that's the only tell from what I can see. It's not 2.5x, maybe its 1.5 or something. I have to suspect if the 300 dollar clones have only this flaw, the 500-1000 dollar ones certainly rectify it.You also didn't answer my question - are you a Rolex owner, or a Rolex striver? Trying to pinpoint the source of the insecurity
>>18782468Yeah, I don't get why people fellate that brand so much. Not just here but everywhere. They let the name "Rolex" carry so much weight. It's silly. I would feel stupid wearing one if I wasn't extremely wealthy. Even then I'd probably have more sense than to spend so much on one watch. They're worth maybe $2K in parts and labor. The rest is to pay Leo and golfers endorsement money.
>>18782468Compare that green to the actual rolex green. The brand uses a specific green.Alsoncompare the gold to an actual gold submariner. Also compare the finishes on the bracelet, the fake looks terrible.
What are the risks of using a 18mm strap on a 20mm adapter? Unfortunately I can't get my 20mm strap to fit.
>>18782471Because it's the most famous brand, the Submariner the most famous watch in the world. At least among luxury watches. As shrimple as that>>18782473>Compare that green to the actual rolex green. Anon, it's a colour combination that doesn't exist. We've been through this twice.>The brand uses a specific green.No it doesn't. Rolex uses several shades of green. See pic.>Alsoncompare the gold to an actual gold submariner.The gold looks the same. The clones use real gold, you know that right? They use something called gold plating, so there's a very thin veneer of gold that inevitably chips off with enough damage. It's actually very cheap. In any case, like the green colour, they use a variety of gold alloy combos. Just do a google image search, the gold is in all different colours.
The gold here looks fake too, right?>currently being sold for 48k
>>18782475 (me)Wait I'm a fucking idiot. Disregard this. I don't have a 20mm strap. I had a 22mm strap.
>>18782372Boomer watches
>>18782476>shrimple
How about those chinese brands??
What are some of the cheapest mechanical Seikos that are actually kind of nice?
>>18782367It's almost like it is the best watch ever made.
>>18782486>red dial Seiko and Citizen have exactly the same design >I prefer the Citizenhow come?
>>18782374
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>>18782532seethe tranny
>>18782521I will only tolerate anime on my watch threads when they make a show about watchmaking.It can be realistic, it can be SoL, it can be a gag-a-minute comedy, it can be a battle shounen where characters represent different models, doesn't matter.But there needs to be an anime about watches already.
>>18782476Are you really still pretending to be retarded? You are pretending, right?
>>18782534Anime pervert adult man calling anyone else a 'tranny'. kek
>>18782535I don't know if it's actually about watchmaking, but there's definitely a Manga with a lot of watches in it. People have posted screen captures from it here with girls wearing speedmasters and shit.
>>18782439Nah they’re Franken-fucking watches now especially Rolex Take a few parts off a gen, put it on a fake end up with 3 Rolex watches that have a few aftermarket parts
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHI9vcxMckJ/Did you know that HMT silently dropped this?
>>18782502The 6218 Weekdater.
>>18782542Sirs... Is likely it of perfect ? ? ?You to say dont like of, WHO ARE YUO to be of critic ? !Gold... And of quartz in accurate for best in funtcions ? How this NOT luxury ? ?Beauty
>>18782544The diagnosis? Profound mental retardation.The treatment? Gun to head, funny knot hanging from the ceiling or backflip off a high bridge.
>>18782542What's that last watch with the dharma wheel?
>>18782498Right now you can get a 37mm automatic San Martin pilot watch for $112.
>>18782545kek
>>18782498>no history>no future>barely a present>no safetyAvoid
>>18782562So yuo in critics... HOW ?See the liking in gold of bezel around face... But dont' luxury ? ? ? Why..And for quarts ! ! ! Its in and to function !You dont see.... But of function then ! !
>>18782566What is the quintessential jeet watch?
wearing this almost everyday (:
>>18782570Rado.
>>18782570Your watch, saar
>>18782536>lost the argument with photo proof>ad hom token replyevery time
>>18782601The rolexes in that picture have the same color bezel even if the fuctarded puctures you use don't look like it. The fake is a different color, and it has fucking yellow highlighter marker coloring the marks on the bezel. They're different fucking worlds, kid. And again, the brushing and polishing on the bracelet is wrong. Please stop suckling the cope cock.
>>18782607The numbers on the fake bezel aren't even straight.Like, is this kid serious?
>>18782607Ah yes, definitely the same colour. >Do Submariner green rolexes all use the same color of green?>No, the greens differ between models, and sometimes between examples of the same model.>16610LV “Kermit” (2003-2010): The green is on an aluminum bezel insert with a black dial. It’s a brighter, yellower, almost lime green.>116610LV “Hulk” (2010-2020): The green is a ceramic (Cerachrom) bezel with a matching green sunburst dial.>26610LV “Starbucks” (2020-present): This has a ceramic bezel with a black dial. The green is darker and more muted than the Hulk, closer to a deep forest or Starbucks green.You've successfully trolled me by pretending to be retarded. Well done>>18782609>samefagging
San Martin chads, please release more dial colors for this watch.With a color I like, buying this lets me skip the following watches:>Seiko Alpinist>Hamilton Khaki Field Murph>Oris Big CrownAnd this for only 160 buckaroos.
why are rolex owners so insecure about clones?
why do clone owners need Rolex owners to acknowledge them?
Why
>my rolex that is 60% swiss parts, 40% chinese parts is real
what a huge disappointment. It's the same as last year, but with ghosts on the glass that will definitely scratch off over time.
kofe vibes
>>18782628I like ghost-themed stuff
what an ugly shitter
>>18782652Leave your mom out of this.
>>18782657Ewwww>>18782652At this point I don't even know which post you're referring to.
$2,450.00
>>18782658He’s a spammer. If we had any moderation he’d have been banned a long, long time ago.
>>18782514I prefer my Seiko but that Red Citizen looks quite nice too. My dial is a bit different; it has an Asanoha (Hemp Leaf) design on it. My phone camera and the lighting in my bedroom just sucks. I'll see if I can dig up a better pic.
>>18782628They appear to be on the underside of the crystal.
>>18782514>>18782678This one has a bit better lighting.
>>18782663>$2,450.00This is Mr. Jones tier, the price is a bit ridiculous for that.
>>18782682But it's fuzzy and smudged. Go out when there is sun, some phones struggle with making good photos of watches in low lighting.
The Bulgari serpent watch is perfect. It needs to be paired with a turtleneck and CHANEL BY KARL LAGERFELD SS 2000 ICONIC FUTURISTIC SUNGLASSES and a Loro Piana puffer jacketThat outfit would go SO hard.
>>18782697you meant to reply to >>18782570 right?right?please anon
>>18782614They're the same, dipshit. The only difference between starbucks and hulk is the dial.
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>>18782617Good call
>>18782617Buy an ad already.
>>18782751What about all the Rolex glazing? No one asks those poser faggots to buy an ad.Is that because someone here might actually purchase a San Martin while there's never been a case of "Hey guys, check out my new Rolex I just bought!" ??Dumbshit.
>>18782706>>18782704Good try but no>https://monochrome-watches.com/comparitive-review-green-bezel-black-dial-rolex-submariner-kermit-16610lv-vs-rolex-submariner-starbucks-126610lv/How is it you're whiteknighting Rolex against the clones yet don't know anything about Rolex watches? Go have a lie down, cupcake
kek he's posting shitters
>>18782755Just buy an ad, guy.
>>18782760It’s crazy how much the aluminum bezel insert Rolexes mog the ceramic insert ones
>>18782771Yes, because I am Chinese and I'm here pushing Chinese watches of a certain brand. There could actually be a banner advertisement on 4chan for San Martin watches if only I'd do this correctly.
>>18782807decline? declined?unless there are more beads that said "decline pushups" this is pretty cringe
>>18782810>could never afford watch pictured >quick, find something insanely arbitrary to insult!never change 4chanI for one am looking forward to the return of the king
>>18782813That looks like a 50 dollar watch though, you're saying it costs more?
>>18782760Kermit is only different because it's aluminum. I'm comparing like to like, ceramic to ceramic. There's only one ceramic green they used. Jesus christ you're retarded, why do I let you troll me?
>>18782815>moving the goalposts this hard
>>18782816I literally said starbucks and hulk in my post and that's the picture I posted. Retard.
YOU GUYS i got a free 30 days of data from AT&T >: ] so be prepared to look at Navitimers errrryyydaaayy
>>18782701>>18782701Nope.
What the fuck is a G-Shock? I thought it was a model of watch, but it's a bunch of watches, some that seemingly have nothing to do with each other.
>>18782831idk but they all make me sad
>>18782813>cannot refute the cringe of wearing a "decline" beaded bracelet for emo 16yo girlsill say good watch when you take it off. why wear some bullshit next to the watch like that?
>>18782825Take a bath, you demented hobo.
>>18782807>Disgustingly hairy, swarthy man with overpriced pilot watch and faggy bracelet shops for toilet.
>>18782826Those are for girls.
>>18782563And that beijin watch factory or peacock doesn't sound good???
Mountain jews fags doesn't realize most people here do not have 4 digits to buy a (put swiss brand here) watch....
>>18782819You said Rolex uses a specific green, and that the clone wasn't that green. I proved you wrong repeatedly. Now you're saying >w-well they use a few specific greens!!Keep coping about Rolex clones
>>18782848And ???
This 37mm Citizen is cool. Too expensive to not have sapphire though.
>>18782846they did this to me
This is pretty cool for $60. From the 80s with a new battery.
>>18782875Wow, is that the watch Mads Mickelson wears in Casino Royale?
There's something about this watch. Reminds me of a JC Penney Fall catalog from 1986. Would wear with sweater and scarf.
1 bid
>>18782864I know it’s off topic but I actually want to hear your life story and what you supposedly did that the CIA and US police force care enough to track you across multiple countries as you claim.
>>18782885There's no origin story. If they had good reason to believe someone's after them they wouldn't be schizo.
$145
>>18782563>>no historyEverything they do is based on horological history and the collective knowledge that comes from it>>no futureUnless the Swiss and the Japanese decide to start matching their low prices, they definitely have a future. The world won't run out of poorfags any time soon.>>barely a present LOL>>no safetyYou are saying this based on what? San Martin and some other brands come with a warranty of 2 years. They even care about public image and send needed parts to random redditors for free and apologise for the thing being broken.What more can you ask from such a cheap brand? If something breaks after the warranty period, just take it to any normal watchmaker for repair, they use common movements anyway.
>>18782919Chinese watches are bad.. Because, well, they just are! OK!?
>>18782642gay plasitc toddler watch
>>18782919This. I've had way more issues with my non-Chinese watches.
Some vintage Chinese watches are fucking kino if you are ok with manual wind
>>18782628I didn't like last year's release either.I was specifically looking out for it since I loved the purple/orange color scheme and the ghosts from the previous years, but then last year it turned out to be a bare metal affair with no color.
Y/N?
>>18782937>$400 for chinkshitNigga you insane
>>18782899Is this a thick watch, or is his strong bristly hair pushing the watch away from his skin? It's like his hair is rejecting the shitter.
>>18782942The more you spend the more you get. Especially in China where prices are amazing. Did you see that micro rotor movement? Find any other brand offering a cool original design with top specs and finishing and everything you see there.
>>18782947Yeah, crushing authoritarianism and unethical working conditions are "amazing."
Specht & Söhne with multiple versions of the 38mm Murph now.
>>18782949I'm not paying thousands more so some Swiss asshole can get $80/hr to buff watch parts in some idyllic snowy paradise.
>>18782953You could pay more to not perpetuate suffering and line the pockets of actual evil though?
There are popular Swiss watch brands that source their parts and components from Chinese factories.
>>18782952They look terrible.
>>18782954Not every Chinese factory is like the iPhone ones where everyone is suicidal slaves. The cost of living is lower and I'm sure plenty of people are content with their lives making these watches. They do a great job. >suffering>evilFuck off with your silly exaggerations, dipshit.
>>18782956Being Chinese is not necessarily an indication of abuse. Producing and selling an entire automatic watch for $100 is. Tourbuillons under $1k is.
>>18782959What abuse? You don't understand anything. Labor is only one of the reasons they can offer low prices. China makes the steel for the world. What the fuck do you care? You don't own a competing watch company so you must just feel threatened that you overspent on non-Chinese watches. Pretending there's some moral reason to ignore such tremendous deals. You're a fucking faggot, dude.
>>18782960>Labor is only one of the reasons they can offer low prices.The others are backbreaking authoritarianism and inadequate safety.
>>18782960Yeah, everyone just needs to accept that greedy fucks decided for all of us 60 years ago that we need to "globalize" by moving nearly all industry and jobs to the third world so that western countries would no longer be able to sustain themselves but at least only the lesser slave races have jobs and abject poverty. It's worth it to get really shitty steel cheap. It's worth it to ship fruit produced in north america to thailand to be processed and canned and then ship it back here, instead of just canning the shit here. Just think of all that diesel being burned and all the people in north america that could have nice factory jobs with good pay producing domestic products, but Ping Ping needed the job more than them. FUCK I love globalization.
>>18782964Yes, it sucks that the US doesn't make cars and watches and everything else in country and pay its employees a living wage. But that doesn't mean I'm going to pay 5X more for essentially the same watch just because fewer of the Chinese parts are assembled in China. That's senseless logic. Ping Ping will starve if I don't grab another shitter on sale.
>>18782967>It sucks that people aren't getting paid and treated ethically>But being unethical gets me cheap shit, so fuck itThe absolute state of liberalism.
>>18782970What liberalism? You're a simpleton. Leave your retarded grasp of unrelated politics at the door.
>>18782952why not buy the murph instead?
>>18782970I'M not being unethical by buying cheap watches. It's not like everything you buy comes from happy unionized workers, you fucking hypocrite.You have shirts and food and plastic garbage from 3rd world countries. You're surrounded by it. It's in you. You don't even have a watch. You just want to argue because you have no life.
>>18782973I'm not paying $1,000 for a watch. I'm not buying the Specht either. But someone might want it. The draw is the plethora of available colors.
>>18782974>I'M not being unethical by buying cheap watchesYou are though. They wouldn't be doing this shit if nobody bought it.
>>18782972It's a socioECONOMIC position.
>>18782976You can't prove anyone is suffering for those watches. And even if you could, it's quite a bullshit stretch to say anyone buying is cracking the whip. I don't know why you're making such a disingenuous argument while living within the same system and living no differently than me or anyone else.
Just draws the line specifically with cheap labor watches I guess. To serve your bullshit brand snobbery. Poser.
>>18782979I buy western made stuff at every opportunity. The trouble is it's become very difficult to find those opportunities. There's a lot of stuff that literally cannot be made in the west. Oddly enough it's mostly luxury goods where you actually have a choice, plus a lot of American and European tool companies.
>>18782980There are also popular luxury brands that subcontract the Chinese factories with Chinese laborers located inside the western country, or located in China. These luxury brands also subcontract South Asia and SEA labor.
Are we gonna just skip the fact that little human labor actually goes into all affordable watches, including these chinese ones that we are talking about now?Most of that stuff is made by machines, and a 3rd party movement (usually japanese) is installed.
>>18782978Have you never seen liveleak? How many liveleak factory accident videos have chinese text on them?
>>18782998>Pro tip: use data instead when backing up your claims instead of anecdotes
shittercel you should move to china and work in a factory
"Swiss made" watches only require 60% of the watch to be made in Switzerland. Guess where the other 40% is being made?
>>18783027You can do research and choose to buy watches made in Switzerland, Germany or Japan.
Holy christ what an ugly shitter. You paid how much for that thing? Holy fuck youre a fucking idiot.
>>18783034The printed word 'Made' on the dial should instead be 'Assembled'.
Still cannot decide whether to get the black dial or white dial watch for my Saul Goodman project. Wanted to go with this Citizen instead of that digital watch, because I want to give it my own spin. I already have a black dial gold tone watch, but somehow it appeals to me more. The white dial watch seems more versatile to me. What does /wt think?
>>18783047There are brands that don't do the bare minimum, anon. Also, the standards for "made in Germany" are much more strict. I think that's also true for "made in Japan," but I'm not sure.
