>watching kino>character checks his watch instead of his phone>It's a quarter to 7
No one checks their phones in movies. Movies still pretend like iphones aren't a thing that have taken over every mindless drone. YOu never see background characters staring into their phones like you do in real life.
>>220977551all movies made nowadays are set in the past or in alternate worlds just to avoid smartphoneshit
>>220977551why wouldn't you look at your phone though? Sitting on a train, standing in a queue, why not read some news or watch some videos? When I was a kid I used to daydream about having a little television in my pocket that I could watch anytime I wanted. I never ever thought we'd have that and now we do. I can watch any show or any movie I can think of no matter where I am. I don't think it's mindless at all. It's a mind fully engaged.
>>220976701>Rolex, Piaget, PatekAll solid choices. Myself, I'm actually debating a vintage white gold lapis lazuli dial Piaget tank if I can find one at a decent price. It's timeless, won't depreciate and pure steez.
>>220977610There used to be an art of being able to do absolutely nothing. Call it Zen or whatever. You'd be happy just sitting there and watching the world go by, or God forbid, making a bit of small talk with a stranger to pass the time. Now when people get any free time they panic and immediately pull out an internet device.
>>220977610being able to watch DB GT episodes on the GBA was as far as we should have advanced
>>220977750I have a Seiko and a bunch of garbage watches including a fake jeet seiko my brother bought me not realizing it was made by jeets or something
Saarko?
How did people even know the time before phones? I know they had clocks, but how did they know their clocks were accurate? How did they know what time it was when they set their clocks?
>>220977610being bored is healthy, it stimulates the imagination
>>220978079You phoned the speaking clock.
>>220976701>It's a quarter to 7Just say 6:75
>>220977610>why not constantly watch videos literally every waking hour?Yeah>>220978079They checked the clock on their PC obviously
>>220978079I can guess the time just by looking any shadow on the groundNorth is 12
>>220978028>I have a SeikoThere's lots of cool Seikos. I never really got into them but they have a bit of a cult following. There are so many models it's hard to become well versed in the brand. I have like 12 watches right now but I'm whittling it down to a rotation of 5 investment pieces.
>>220978127100 minutes in an hour?
>>220978079you either had do go by like fucking church/town hall bells for the hour or you had to like call up a place that would tell you the time or like there were tv channels that would do >at the sound of the chime it will be X:YZ before they had TV and phones you would need to get your time from someone who had a watch who got it from the church bells. IDK how the fuck the church kept time. I'm actually surprised. there's a huge catholic church down the block from me and they never do bells, but some places I play softball are by places that do bells but that might be like the town hall or something
>>220978239yeah I gotta get rid of my el cheapo junk shit cause I got a bunch of trash watches I bought off like kickstarter and shit. the only good thing is that if I ever wear one of those no one actually cares beyond like the color of the face and if it's got a name brand, which basically just means rolex. it's like that joke that only guys care when a guy works out. only autists even know if a watch is mechanical vs quartz. most normies just care about the colors
>>220978079There wasn't really standardized time before trains
>>220978239My only complaint about Seikos is that they are battery eaters. I'm constantly replacing the batteries in mine.
>>220977610for me personally, i feel paranoid now and uncomfortable if I get too cozy with a device in public as if my senses were dulled. when I was a kid, I always had my parents to make me feel safe but not anymore. i got mugged once and that shit fucking sucked, that put me on high alert ever since then
>>220978797Get a manual or automatic Seiko if you're going to have a Seiko. The only decent battery devices are G shocks.
The leading theory for why so many ancients used base 12 number systems and why our time keeping still does is that they would use their thumbs to count the 12 segments of their remaining fingers. The observation that there are 12 months in a year likely reinforced the belief that this was the correct, if not ordained way of doing things. It's the reason we have 360 degrees as well.
>>220978338>kickstarteris the new QVC channel, or at least it was, I'm not so sure it's still popular
>>220978338I remember a guy asking me dead serious if my Orient was a Breitling one time.
>>220978079>How did people even know the time before phones? I know they had clocks, but how did they know their clocks were accurate? How did they know what time it was when they set their clocks?Actual time, is based on geographic location, and 12:00 noon, is when the Sun is directly over head, at a 90 degree vertical to the longitude a person is at. This can be measured using a plumb bob to set a stick vertically in the ground, and tracing an arc made by the vertical stick, and dividing this in two, then using the 90 degree mark to determine noon. Before standardized time ones, this was how noon was determined for individual towns, usually at a set location, with hours divided from there. There was also Greenwich Mean Time, and Paris Mean time, which were both used for calculating longitude, based based on the time difference of noon, between Greenwich/Paris, and whatever geographical location. These individual times in different cities and towns caused major issues for railroad scheduling, so the USA was divided up into different time zones, which were used to calculate the “official time” for all the cities and towns within these time zones, even if “Official Noon” was somewhat off from “Actual Noon”, and this is the current system used in the USA, and much of the world. As for checking time, some major cities and towns, had some official, who kept track of actual time and official time, and who could then use this difference to set an “Official” city clock, listing “official time”, which would then be used by all the locals, to set their own watches and clocks. Other people would use the clocks in railroad stations, since these had to be kept accurate. Later, with the introduction of the telephone, and widespread use, there was an official telephone number that could be called to check the actual official time for your location.
>>220978889>The only decent battery devices are G shocks.Yeah it's impressive how long lasted the batteries are in those. I have a Casio Expedition (digital) that needs 4 batteries in it and they don't last much longer than a year.
>>220978797>>220978889my seiko is an automatic >>220978905it's probably that, but math is just easier in base 12 if you don't have a calculator. 12 and 60 are highly complex numbers, ie they have a ton of factors so division is super easy. that's why everything uses 6, 12, 60, 180, 240 and 360. Hell, thirdies seethe about fahrenheit, but it's literally >180 degrees between water freezing and boiling (a good number with a ton of factors) >0 degrees is as cold as he could get the thermometers so they're all calibrated to not go negative and to be colder than freezingan hour is 60 mins because you can divide it by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20 and 30. You can't divide 100 or 10 by 3
>>220979074I stopped doing it before coof. I think I mostly did it in like 2016/2017 and then realized everything was just slop>>220979084yeah people straight up don't know and don't care. face color and overall shape are the only things that matter unless it's a brand normies specifically know like rolex or tiffany or something
>go to England>head to restaurant to try to preserve gainz>my watch is set to my countries timezone>ask someone what the time is>TAAM? WANK MY ARSE IN UR FACE CUNT>have no idea what he just said to me>notice he doesn't have a watch on>no one in England has a watch>Big Ben starts to chime>everyone stops what they're doing to count the bongs>man crashes his car trying to count the bongs>waitress drops my order on the floor trying to count her fingers>man running down the street: OI ITS 7 BONG>mfw
>>220978837If I ever get mugged I'll become a vigilante. Charles Bronson wouldn't have shit on me.
>>220976701For me, it's the humble Casio G-Shock.
>>220977610>durr, retard, why not watch movies on a 2" iphone screen 1' in front of your face?
>>220978079In the US you can call the US Naval Observatory and they'll give you the time.
>>220979328lmao
>>220979084>if my Orient was a BreitlingOrients are like the first watch non-watch people get when they actually want a real watch, without spending a bunch of money. Breitlings are great, I have 2. A '59 Navitimer re-edition and the AVI Navitimer.
i have a timex with the stetchy metal band
>>220980884I get all that stuff technically has a purpose but to me it's just visual clutter put there to give it a certain look to make it sell
There's currently a massive flood of watch threads on /fa/. Literally 11 watch threads in the catalog. I assume the stupid watch shit is spilling into other boards.
>>220980960We've had watch threads pretty regularly on here thoughbeit
I just bought 2 vintage Universal Geneves, a tank and a chrono. UG made great watches, plus they're back in business now and the vintage pieces are safe bets.
>>220980884>>220980935it's a pilots watch, but what the fuck is the point if you aren't a pilot. divers at least are nice because you can read them in the dark and they have the "timer" bezzle>>220980960>>220980979I just made it because I was wearing one and wanted to point out people only say shit like>it's a quarter to 4 because it's very clear people were reading analogue watches and being super fucking lazy and that's the quickest way to read the time. no one does it if you have a digital clock
Seikosomatic Addict InsaneInhale, inhale you’re the victim
>>220980935I got it for a steal and because I've always liked old Navitimers, Speedmasters, and Carreras. They're definitely busy dials but it's like controlled or beautiful chaos. Old radioactive lume is something else.
>>220981045> what the fuck is the point if you aren't a pilotWhat's the point of a Ferrari or a 911 if you're not a race car driver? What's the point of a Submariner if you're not a diver? What's the point of anything other than a spear for hunting, a mud hut to protect you from the rain and animal fur clothing to keep you warm?
>>220979399>Casio G-ShockI like this one
>>220978079After the Industrial Revolution most towns and cities had a series of clock towers over factories to show workers nearby the time which could also be used by other people
>>220981120car go fast and submariners are easy to read in the dark
>>220976701On the AM radio, they always tell you twice> It's six forty-five; forty-five minutes after six
>>220981045>what the fuck is the point if you aren't a pilotSome people like Funko pops or labubus, some like comics, pinball machines, Air Jordans, baseball cards, Star Wars toys, diamonds, houses, slaves, cars, and even pez dispensers. People like shit.
