Pillar of /wt/ EditionGuides and Info:> Poorfag guide: https://m.imgur.com/a/NFMXDuK> Watch essentials 102: https://pastebin.com/Rc77hhXV (embed)> Purchasing used watches: https://pastebin.com/f44aJKy2 (embed)> Purchasing straps: https://pastebin.com/SwRysprE (embed)> List of space watches: https://pastebin.com/Te6PNzxr (embed)> /wt/ Pasta: https://pastebin.com/GBLwAm0f (embed)Should I buy this MVMT / DW / "minimalist" fashion watch?> https://imgur.com/a/6CNO8Should I buy this Armani / Michael Kors / mall watch?> https://imgur.com/a/Sw1FsAn"Suggest a watch for me."> Your budget> Watch type, e.g. dress, diver, pilot> Movement, e.g. automatic, hand-wound, quartz> Desired features, e.g. water resistance, day/date, 2nd-time zone> Preferred strap option, e.g. leather, nylon, bracelet> Wrist size or desired watch sizeold: >>17068407
friendly reminder
>>17070128Tbf there's kind of a hygge factor to having the right shitter. And also a casio shitter fills a niche a Rolex does not.
>>17070140also reminder if it's too popular then n-gros will have found it and that's disgusting
>at work>every single secretary wears a rolexBros... Is wearing a rolex actually make you like a poorfag?
>>17070145>Bros... Is wearing a rolex actually make you like a poorfag?No. Rolex is firmly a middle-class brand.
I really like Rolex watches. But I've been priced out completely over the last 3 years. A Sub is a great watch for under $10k but these people paying $20k for one or sucking off an AD to get one are cucked beyond belief. For $15k you are firmly in big boy territory with serious watches from JLC, Blancpain etc. I just don't get how you can justify it unless you only care about flexing, and even then you'll only really be impressing lower class people.
I think I'm gonna keep it
>>17070145If you're not poor you'd wear ALS/PP/VC.
>>17070140I like the most popular brand as well.
>>17070148I'm convinced that most people who are still participating in the Rolex charade don't actually know or care about watches. Same for people participating in the Nautilus or Royal Oak circus. Maybe I'm wrong though as I expected the price for all these overpriced baubles to crater two years ago and they just haven't.
>>17070145It's like a Mercedes in the US. Obviously a lot of their models are priced such that you'd have to be of at least a certain financial level, plenty of rich people own a Mercedes, but there's also a lot of poorfags bleeding their eyes out to make payments on whatever shitter Mercedes they're leasing and they make the biggest deal out of having one to make other poorfags lust. Meanwhile to other rich people a Mercedes is just a nice-ish car and that's fine but no one really cares unless maybe it's some vintage one or something really over the top
>>1707013620 bucks at Goodwill. Did I do okay?
>>17070157>people who are still participating in the Rolex charade don't actually know or care about watchesThis is true with most shit. A bunch of autists will cope and seethe and nitpick about the nuances of this bullshit and then a rich person comes along and says "I say, I saw my friend had a swell Roh-lex and I wished to inquire about purchasing one. A Day-Date? A president wore that? Pretty neat sir! I'll take one. Oh, you say there's a platinum one, sure that sounds great!"Same goes with cars, electronics, fashion, dining, whatever generally.*sips* "Yep, heard about that, seemed pretty good so I got it. It's pretty neat" *sips*>autist- *screams in reference numbers*
>>17070170>and then a rich person comes along andbuys an Apple watch.
>>17070182and a fat stack of link.
>>17070136fuck off with your shitty webm.HERE'S THE REAL WATCH THREAD>>17070204>>17070204>>17070204>>17070204
>>17070208Gonna cry about it?
>>17070212Everytime you're gonna make a thread with that gay webm in the OP I'll create another thread, so get used to it, cunt.
>>17070215I'm not the OP, I'm just wondering why that gif triggers you so hard.
>>17070182If you've ever owned an Apple Watch, you'd realize it's actually pretty useful.
>>17070169>20 bucks at Goodwill. Did I do okay?Looks fine. Does it work?
Look at him reply to himself to make it seem like there's more than one person in his lonely thread.
>>17070150Is that vintage or a modern reissue?
HERE'S THE REAL WATCH THREAD>>17070204>>17070204>>17070204>>17070204>>17070204
>>17070264Vintage. From 1974 or so
>>17070272Nice. I've looked at vintage chronos, but the cost of servicing them always spooks me. I've had bad luck as it is with modern ones.
>>17070208>>17070215>>17070266
>>17070145how old are they? alot of women under 35 get gifts from rich simps
>>17070293>buys ladies watches to build relationship with the AD while you're on the waiting list>wants to get rid of these watches, so gives them to secretarysounds logical, but not reasonable
>>17070278>filenameremove the pee and he's king!
>>17070136who is this swede
>>17070301he's all of us
>>17070242>Charge every day>Dies in hours if over used>Will be in the trash in a year>Pushes goyslop notifications and globohomo messagingVery useful
>>17070333>Spartacasiosalso trips of truth
>>17070444Wut
>>17070545You don't know "I am Spartacus"?Fucking Americans, I swear.
>>17070148Should have got one before prices went crazy
thoughts on Yema Meangraf Y70 and Yema in general? Price is $329 before taxes
>>17072347i personally dont like it, its too rectangular for me.even worse than the pre gen submariner
>>17070215Doing god's work. Fuck reddit migrants trying to force new memes.
+RAPE DICK+ +RAPE DICK+ +RAPE DICK+ +RAPE DICK+
+RAPE DICK+
that thread splitting faggot from the other OP really fucked the threads for good
>>17070145Just like having an iPhone. All throughout my life I've noticed that poorer people tend to have iPhones (the more expensive ones), maybe bought with great sacrifice. I think they need to signal that they are not poor by having recognizably expensive accessories. Rich people on the other hand do not care
>>17070140friendly reminder
>>17070150Yes you should keep it.
the real new thread>>17074161>>17074161>>17074161>>17074161
Strap wise, can someone recommend a good navy blue suede strap, preferably in Europe. I had a look at the German companies from the guide, but theirs were too light in color: I want it to match my navy suede belt, it's almost black in color.Alternatively, would navy croc or ostrich work?>had a look at cheapestnatostraps as anon suggested, but they do indeed look cheap and I prefer something with at least a butterfly clasp. I'll report back if I find something. As far as the material goes, ostrich seems to be easier to find than suede
We can't let it die
>>17075686basedthis will stay in the catty until it reaches bump limit
bros I want a Bunkyo Tokyo so bad
How do double barrels work? Do they both work at the same time or is it one then the other
>>17070169I'm thinking about getting the same one except the background (or whatever the fuck some autist wants to call it "correctly") is black and the band is a bit different.picrel
>>17075845Well you see, it might have two triggers, in which case the user can either fire them at once or only a single barrel at a time. If it only has one then generally it would fire once per trigger pull
>>17070169Yeah. Seiko 5s aren't expensive in the first place but that's still a great price on one. They're hard to beat in value without rolling the dice on chinkshit.
>>17076120>>17076120>>17076120real thread
>>17070169Most certainly, what a beauty. Is it 36mm?
the thread
>>17070263Mate he probably just discovered a collected man and is seeing for the first time those crazy cartiers, which are super expensive and only available to the super vip crowd.Give him a break
>Casio>HD >200 meter water resistance>5 daily alarms
>>17070148>big boy territoryYou have no idea what big boy means.
>>17070150You bastard
>>17070545Nigga you're retarded
>>17070168>unless maybe it's some vintage one or somethingMan, what I would do for a pagoda
Post your hot takes. Here's mine>If you think Tudor's fake riveted bracelet is cheesy, you shouldn't like Rolex's fluted bezel either
>>17077953Why? This makes no sense.
>>17077946LOL it looks like one of those German hats
>>17077958They're both skeuomorphic in nature, actually very similar
>>17078037The fluted bezel isn't pretending to be something it's not, your argument is retarded.
>>17078041>your argument is retarded.Why are you getting mad, bro?
>>17078044I'm not mad I'm just calling you retarded, you retard
>>17078062so you've lost the argument?Gotcha.
>>17078041It is. Read more
>>17072347>24 hour dialyikes
>>17078095the tachometer is worse
>>17077881You can get a used VC patrimony for under $15k easily. That's big boy territory, you retarded faggot.
>>17078101>Spending 15 grand on a dress watch with no water resistance that you're never going to wear anyway since you never get dressed up.That's not big boy territory. That's numbnuts territory.
>>17078101Pissing you off seems pretty easy, if we're being honest. No surprise, there. Inability to regulate one's emotional responses is a characteristic of autism.
>>17078108>copying someone else's post.
>>17078113>no argument yikes
>>17078119This guy already said it best. >>17078107
>>17078121>can't think for yourselfyikes
>>17078124Do you only respond in memes? Let's try complete sentences, buddy.
>>17078107Yeah, but for faggots like this >>17078101 everything starts and ends with the brand name on the dial. You think he actually knows anything about watches except their price? Seriously doubtful.
>>17078129What else is there? Want functionality, get a phone.
>>17078129How many layers of ironic cope is this?
>>17078134>This thread is about the appreciation of watches and their design, their history, and the engineering and materials that are required to make a functioning timepiece.not>This thread is about flexing like a fucking brainless ape.
>>17078126I'm not your buddy, pal.
>>17078142Based on the entirely reasonable assumption that both guys arguing are poor, I count six layers.
>>17078143Ok boomer. Show your bank account lmfao poorfag.
>>17078144I'm not your pal, friend.
>>17078148>I'm not poor, you're poorYou're also predictable.
>>17078149I'm not your friend, bro.
>>17078159I'm not your bro, chum.
>>17078101Again, you don't understand what the big boy meme is. Big boy is entry tier luxury watches like tudor and omega.
>>17078162>needing to explain a memeyikes
New thread!>>17078171 >>17078171 >>17078171>>17078171>>17078171>>17078171
Why are you all like this
>>17078208why not?
this is the one true threadthe OP of the other one is a shit-dog
>>17070136based
>>17078161I'm not your chum, sport
>>17078722>>17079212>>17080503I know you're replying to yourself because the poster count didn't change. Lol you're pathetic
Opinions on my 2 watches.Seiko for the office, Rolex for the weekends when im nightcrawling.
>>17080589I unironically like the Seiko better.
>>17080593>>17080593Hence why I wear the Rolex on the weekend when im on my American Psycho phase.
>>17080607Even then I'm not a fan, it looks just a bit tacky to me.
>>17080651I fucking hate Rolex dials with Roman numerals.
Any idea what kind of watch that is?
>>17081830i'm guessing an australian brand based on the melanoma
>>17081094Romans are fine, but the whole package just screams middle-manager.
>>17080607>unironically buying a dateJUSTlol lmao evenpicrel my daily watchdont buy into le investment watch shit is just there to put a target on your backt. jeweler that sells expensive watches every day
Have a bump, king.
>>17080549Not too smart are you?
>>17082288pic of it on your wirst? i think it's small
>>17082288this one has a unique design at least
>>17081830based railway approved watch
>>17084389Hamilton?
>>17084593Bulova make nice ones.
>>17080589I really hope the Datejust is fake because it looks absolutely shitty.
w2c Seagull 63 or similar with sapphire glass in Canada?
>>17070152>excluding AP
>>17080607Everything about this piece is tacky and dated. If it doesn’t have emotional value you should honestly sell it while people are still overpaying for rollies
https://i.4cdn.org/tv/1655661442180.jpgCartier - for your underage gay boyfriend.
This thread deserves a bump
>>17074361>cheapestnatostrapsLiterally aliexpress quality but with a few original designs at double the price. Not sure why people recommend it, it's trash.
>>17070148>just don't get how you can justify it unless you only care about flexingits a mystery
>>17078101>VC patrimony>big boyits THE Calatrava cope watch
>>17080607is this post ironic? Patrick Bateman wears a Seiko
>>17086646This
>>17086646>removes watch for sex>wears watch while sleeping>don't touch the watch!what did he mean by this? Was it not water resistant, so he put it back on after sex?
>page tenit's over.
>>17070145Rolex is the Louis Vuitton of the watch world, everybody saves up for the one piece they want to show off, while there's 2 kinds of wealthy people, one that prefers something more expensive that isn't mainstream or the other one who prefers something cheaper that works. And a secret third category who just gets the cheapest model of the Apple Watch.
>>17088272He doesn't want his watch to be tainted by deranged acts like having sex with roasties.
*incapable of making divers or gmt’s under 14mm in height*When will Rolex teach them the secrets of making 12mm tall watches?
what leather band should I get for my gold tissot visodate heritage?
>>17083114>>17082288it's super small iirc, like 36mm smallvery cool looking though and mechanical>>17084741wish i had an accutron spaceview, too expensive thoughelectronic watch from the 1960s, before even quartz, very cool
>Look babe this thread is still up. Casio bros found a way!
I just acquired this timepiece at a flea market for $10 but its becoming apparent it runs slow, see: time of my post vs. time of watch
>>17089834sounds about right
>>17089805Every day it stays up, the OP of the other thread loses more hair.
>>17089613>sir, we found some liquid in the movement, but it's not the usual oil>must be cranberry, uh, cran-apple
>>17080589Personally I like the seiko more, but that’s because dive watches fit me better
>>17089805I love how apart from that b&w photoshoot, most pictures of Gigachad online are these blurry, poorly lit and compressed photos snapped with a phone in public, like he's some kind of rarely sighted cryptid.
>>17090469He doesn’t exist some roastie photoshops her boyfriend into him on Instagram
>>17090557>some roastie
>>17090127The poor guy
What makes it cope?
>>17091742It's cope if you say "instead of buying the watch I want I'll buy this! It's just as good/it's a little worse but it'll do."Now, the other part of the problem are people who claim that every steel bracelet watch merely wants to be a cheaper alternative to Rolex and therefore, whatever watch you buy is just a cope unless it's a Rolex. If you buy a Rolex they'll say that you bought a fake.
casio.
Casio.
>>17088272The watch is his totem, Bateman is in Inception. But sometimes he wants to get lost in the fantasy.
Casiobros...
>>17092766He even got doubles!>>17093390What is it?
>>17084741Looks pretty cool
Where my paneristi at?I think the brand isnt cherished enough here
>>17095426No, the brand is rightly reviled. Here's some fun reading for youhttps://perezcope.com/2021/08/08/panerai-in-house-movements-a-pam-of-worms/
>>17095426>unfinished Unitas for a 150 piece limited edition >base grade 2892 with a Dubois Depraz chronograph module for $27000 Panerai is a scam brand.
>>17095426I thought their new CEO would turn things around. Think he started in 2018 or so. He has done a real shit job. The Due is a joke and they have made the entry level models worse. They continue pushing pointless collabs and lifestyle LARP instead of doing anything interesting. It’s frustrating because I like the design of the Luminor and the Radiomir and they have the considerable might of Richemont behind them, but they have lost the plot. Their prices have gone into the stratosphere despite them cutting costs any way they can and they are losing market share big time. They need to fire their executives and get someone in who actually cares about watchmaking.
>>17095554Pic related. Whatever fucking retard greenlit a Luminor with 100m of water resistance should be terminated immediately. Goddamn they are retarded.
>>17095568100m? Fuck, man. Some of the entry level pieces have 30 (THIRTY) meters of water resistance. Makes you wonder what that crown guard even does.
>>17095427This guy may be right but he is so obsessed and his writing style is so annoying that I will never read another thing he posts. >>17095554I'm pretty sure they've gone full Chinese mode. They've opened a lot of new stores in Asia over the last few years. Panerai has settled into a niche in the west since they already had their time throughout the 2000s but a lot about their watches still appeals to Chinese sensibilities. I was wondering how they kept aggressively expanding their line when I know for a fact they have to be losing shitloads of money at least in America, but I think they're being propped up by Chinese new money discovering the brand for the first time.
>>17095612I thought the Chinese economy was in the shitter.With regards to Panerai, though, they pretty much completely lost their way once they started going """in-house""" with their movements.I think it was inevitable, since they never really had any follow up to their basic designs. An old PAM002 from 20 years ago is still better looking than any model they've made since.
>>17095643>I thought the Chinese economy was in the shitter.It's very difficult to analyze the Chinese economy in the same way we do in the west. Consider the people who are buying luxury watches in China. They're very wealthy compared to the average citizen and likely hold a position of power. Now consider the extreme levels of corruption in China. Even if the economy is trending downwards, you're still getting your palms greased if you're in a position of influence. In fact, using Swiss watches as bribes was common practice until the government started taking a more serious look at it. Now they have to be a bit more subtle with it.https://www.businessinsider.com/swiss-watch-sales-plummet-in-chinese-crackdown-on-corruption-2016-9
>>17095568It's bizarre to think that for as much shit as people gave the Seiko 5 Sport pseudo-divers, you can get better specs more or less for about a twentieth of the price. Same WR but with hacking and handwinding.
>>17091742That's a rather low end Casio. It looks nice at a glance but the lume is probably shit and the bracelet fits very poorly. It doesn't keep time very well, nor is it solar powered. 50m is pretty shitty. And it's probably mineral glass. That's what makes it COPE.
>>17095698To be fair, Casio's lume is decent but not that great. My Seiko 5's mogs my Oceanus in that department.
>>17095698>anus
>>17095764It's the best feature of the S100 and T200. Forget erotic watches hiding terrible Swiss porn on the underside, we get ANUS hiding in plain sight.
Casio ultra giga chads report
>>17095703Yeah they should be.using the absolute best lume on their high end models but they don't.>>17095764Yeah yeah yeah get new jokes>>17095772Hey there
>>17095799It's probably just that their in-house lume isn't great. They should just use SuperLuminova if their own stuff doesn't cut it.
>>17095698>ANUS
>>17095816This. SuperLuminova should be standard on any $300+ Casio.
casio bros!!!!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUTWHC4qgZw
>>17080589FAKE ROLEX. wouldn't suprise me if the seiko is too.
>>17095923Or they could buy Seiko's lume compound. That stuff is great. But if the current state is the best they can do, then they should just leave the hands un-lumed and add an LED.
Dead split general
>>17096120I think Luminova makes Lumi-Bright for Seiko. They don't make their own.
love this thread
>>17096394Me too.
BUY WATCHES NOW THIS IS NOT A DRILLI REPEAT THIS IS NOT A DRILL
>>17098131Why? Are you selling?
Which gold watch should I get? Seiko or Tissot?
>>17098170Tissot
>>17098170The fluted seiko is cool but gold PRX is pure miami chic
Flying into LA for Anime Expo this Friday. Which watch should I bring with me?
>>17095772Dinozone, reporting in
>>17098170it's not even real gold?
>>17098342gold plated i believe
>>17098170Why not Rolex?
>>17098355because I am poorfag
>>17098170Both 40mm?
>>17089805bumping this
>>17098170Get the Invicta Magnum Zeus Bolt
>>17098392Am I man enough for a watch of this magnitude?
>>17098398As long as you don't sit while you pee, then you're ready.
Thoughts on the GWG 1000?
>>17098761Fucking enormous.I have a 7.5" wrist and it's huge even on me.
>>17098331Where's the dinosaur?
>>17098425You mean I'm ready when I sit down?
Thoughts?
