>>18679857
If the price doesn't hurt, it not a watch worth having.

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After no purchases in a couple weeks and sending back that 36mm Pagani Tudor Ranger homage, I browsed and searched and deliberated and finally pulled the trigger on this baby.
Can’t go wrong with Baltany, and the specs are just perfect. I don’t like the 47mm to 50mm lug to lug you get on a lot of these types. And a smooth, bi-directional ceramic bezel will be a nice new feature in the collection.
I came close to getting the SH Murph for about the same price, but I just can’t live with their logo.
This watch was the one. Probably done buying for a while. Still have a Swatch on the way.
I’ll be waiting a bit and maybe getting something over $500 next.

>>18679858
lol, that’s a ridiculous motto. If the price “hurts” I’m not likely to wear it too casually, am I? Go be a snob in one of the other threads. Unless you meant $500 hurts. In which case: welcome.

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My other Baltany. Smallest, thinnest automatic I own. Wearing it to church later.
Gonna drink more tincture. Sermons are more interesting when I'm stoned out of my gourd. Tjankfully I only get dragged to a 'house of the lord' on Easter or for weddings.

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Temu has this bad boy for $10.

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Found a oysterquarts/prx homage on amazon ill show it when it comes in about 20 days.

Sekonda makes watches that hark back to their soviet watch roots and are a completely chinese company now. I know ive made a few purchases now but i might pick this one up at some point cus its pretty. Its a design thats supposed to look 1950s. £39.99 right now so biggie.

>>18679886
Gross. You really shouldn’t spend less than $30. Very little any good for $10. Poedagar are surprisingly good for that price, but they still absolutely suck finishing wise. But they keep good time. Too many compromises with ten dollar watches.

>>18679913
Yeah that’s got some vintage class.

>>18679916
Poedagar tend have extremely good finish from what I've seen on Youtube.

>watch still hasn't shipped

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>>18679886
>Poedagar
The watch brand of humble kings.

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Swapping straps to keep things fresh. For a while I was not into steel bracelets but that has changed. Proxima is back “home”. $150 - $200 Chinese watches have really great bracelets. Far better than Seikos of that price. Come to think of it $60 shitters have better bracelets than Seiko 5s come with.

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>>18680249
>>18679886
My proud Poedagars.

Never wear ‘em.

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Wearing all green and gardening.
Green casio Duro

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>>18680378
I'm green with envy over here.

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Just bought this baby. Serviced and tested at -6 seconds per day. Pretty sweet for being sixty years old. Vintage watches are so much cooler than what they make now.

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Reposting because I'm still loving my casio

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I've learned that when I get multiple clear images and video where I can see and hear the watch wound/running I'm always satisfied with the purchase. And there are so, so many to choose from. Take your time and don't buy if you have any doubts. Scroll down or wait two days and you'll find something you like even more. I got burned on a couple of my first vintage buys. I learned quickly what to look for.

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>>18680846
I think these watches look like ass on anyone other than a granny but I respect the confidence to wear one

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Addiesdive I bought recently for 85€. Happy with most of it except I wish I had chosen a different dial, I was afraid of the other options being too loud but this one really is pretty dull. Also a rare model of theirs without sapphire glass, just mineral glass.

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Does your watch have a GOD bezel?

>>18680963
It's literally the only thing I wear due to how nice it feels to have something that feels like nothing. I'll only consider a titanium diver because I've wanted a diver for 20 years now and it might be convenient enough to wear.

>>18679886
Puke-inducing shitter. Get a Soviet watch if you want cheap but good stuff.

>>18680965
I like Addiesdive, but could you have taken a worse picture?? There are fingerprints and it's a bad angle to see fucking anything.
Come on, you can do better than that.

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Dinner time.

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I think this is too expensive but I like it. Might seriously grab one of those $15 Sanda tanks off A.E.

I saw a fuckton of videos saying how good it is for the price. It's like the Cartier F91-W and shit.

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Different options here too. I even refrained from cropping out the Hamilton for our snobby friends who shit on sub $100 watches. Gotta be inclusive.

>>18681332
The casio there is plastic, look for the one I posted above to get the full metal one.

>>18681338
How much is a metal one?

>>18681341
40-50 euro in EU

>>18680378
diabetes?

>>18680846
shit bracelet made for hairless indians
case is too fat / tall
are you a woman?

>>18681341
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-4hG-gH25s

>>18681354
You can see I'm not hairless and I don't have any problems with the bracelet while something like my PRX initially pulls some of the hair.

You can also tell from my arm that I'm manlier than you are, so why the LARP?

>>18681357
are you a power bottom?

>>18681367
At this point no matter what you say, you're irrelevant unless you post your arm.

puke-inducing thread
you all should be gassed

>>18680846
I like the look but hate the fact that there's a big clasp on the upside of the wrist.
What size is your wrist?

>>18681498
A hair under 7 inches. I don't wear it on the inside, it just moved less that when and I was at the gym.

>>18681547
Looks quite nice on that side tho. Post a pic of it on the other side?

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>>18681551

>>18681418
It's weird that even without any watches you're still a snob. LOL

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Seiko SNE573

>>18681559
You look like a fucking retard

>>18682042
Same shit as the Submariner. Literally the same watch.

>>18682046
Except it doesn't cost 16000 dollars dumb fuck

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Picked up a quartz prx for $200

>>18682053
LOL, this. Imagine these poser Rolex fanboys pushing their overpriced shit in the cheap watch thread.

>but the original design language!!

>>18682045
He looks fine. You don't even contribute OC, troll.

>>18682102
Do you like it?

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Just got a replacement strap at the jeweler for this vintage 1977 Timex. I’ll probably wear it more now.

>>18681559
too small, looks gay

>>18682191
Post your watch on your wrist, troll.

>>18682200
I'm entitled to my opinion. You're mad bc you know I'm right. It looks like my grandmas watch.

>>18681559
yikes dood

>>18682102
looks too big

>>18682217
If I "know you're right" I wouldn't have disagreed with you in the first place. Where is the logic in that?
Your opinion might be considered if you posted yourself wearing what you considered not gay. Perhaps you don't have the wrist to support anything and you're really going after anon because he's wearing a watch that you could sport if you wanted. If only you had the courage to wear what you think others consider a granny watch. Or you're stupid and you have bad taste. Condolences.

>>18682234
No it doesn't. Even from that angle I can tell that he has plenty of clearance on the top and bottom of the case. Even with the integrated bracelet that wears fine on him. There are certainly examples on this board of people wearing watches too big for them. That's not one of them.

>>18682046
>>18682053
>>18682141
>more rounded edges everywhere, watch looks less sharp
>a lot thicker
>bracelet looks lower quality
otherwise it's alright for what it is

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Just pulled the trigger on the Griffy. For the longest time these were over $50 and the hardest color to find. Now everything's normal again and it's only fucking thirty and I just tacked it on to my Amazon order like it's nothing and it'll be here tomorrow.
I don't need any more digitals now. Hell, I've got too many as it is. But I did want this and now I'll have it.

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>>18682191
>>18682217

Not being masc presenting enough has never been a problem for me in terms of getting compliments on my outfits or women's attention, despite wearing at times small watches, light colors and pinks and purples, short shorts or anything like else you guys on this board are insecure about.

I guess if you're borderline you might want to watch the details.


>>18682142

I know what the average watch enthusiast looks like so I'm not offended.

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>>18681559
>Women's watch
>Man

>>18682053
>>18682141
imagine being this fucking retarded

>>18682450
Yep. Not wanting a Rolex is so retarded. lol

>>18682448
Only an insecure man would post such a thing.

>>18682451
topkek

>>18682372
Wow, I really struck a nerve... You don't need to be ashamed of being homosexual.

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picked this one up for 41$ used

>>18682531
Looks nice

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This new Timex looks nice

>>18682587
Baller, is it quartz?

Are there any nice options for a titanium quartz diver?

>>18682597
Yep
https://timex.com/products/deepwater-arctic-40-5mm-stainless-steel-bracelet-watch-tw2y64700
$320 feels pretty steep for a quartz, but I still like it
Also kudos on Timex for putting up lug-to-lug numbers on their pages now.

>>18682531
>>18682587
both nice

>>18682102
Nice

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>>18682599
Watchdives has some titanium quartz options

I love my watch I love wearing my watch and looking at it. I like it because it keeps time... because it moves... It is my most cherished possession.

>>18679916
>>18681037
>doesn't suggest a specific alternative

>>18682720
No one asked for an alternative. But anyone buying Poedagar had to sift through a lot of better watches to choose it, so they're well aware that there are better ones.

>>18682737
Please suggest an alternative(s)

>>18682756
Berny, Militado, Addiesdive, Tandorio... all the other cheap but not too cheap brands you looked past when you went with Poedagar on Aliexpress.

>>18682737
fair enough

Going to Tokyo for vacation next month and I'm tempted to buy a field watch. Any recommendations for a watch newbie? Been rocking a G-Shock for a long time and I'd like something a bit more formal while looking fairly tasteful.

>>18679913
This sekonda arrived with a broken movement from amazon. Got a replacement coming tomorrow.

>>18682042
Watch so sexy it has a condom for a hand.

>>18682819
Maybe avoid timex they seem to be the loudest ticking field watches in the world. Id also like to add perhaps a pilots watch may be a bit more formal while keeping the military element. Ive been looking at them the past few days and i think look better perhaps even sexier than field.

Brand recommendations on the board are full of memes and bait. Perhaps just checking your countries regular jewelers and finding something you like, at a fair price vs amazon price would be best. And please be realistic on the size of your wrist, for your desired look to be as you hope it would.

>>18682621
I really want to get this, but I'm going to wait to see if anyone figures out what kind of quartz movement it has. Definitely not a Ronda, because Timex would've said "Swiss quartz" if it was.

>>18683230
It doesn't matter. I've got ten dollar quartzes which keep PERFECT time. Timex won't fuck you over.

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Mail came. Three new watches.

Stupid "should call her" joke here.

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My automatic Swatch.

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It's awesome how it catches the light and shines all sorts of gay rainbows.

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This silly thing. I unknowingly bought a SKMEI. Which apparently is pronounced 'shick-may' according to a review I saw from a guy who looked like he would know.

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This will be remembered as 'the time I wore the Griffy'.

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And into the box they go!

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Man I wish I had bought an ixdao engineer...

>>18683254
I've heard that their movements are made to be unrepairable, but it's still kinda neat to see an automatic watch like this. How much was it?

>>18683326
$125 new old stock

>>18683325
What's the deal? Were they like $300 and easily available once?

>>18683471
Yeah. They were an extremely high quality clone of the IWC ingenieur, so much so that IWC felt compelled to threaten to legally rape them if they didn't stop selling them. Now they sell for up to 6x the price on ebay as you see in that pic, which funnily enough is still only like 1/10th the price of an ingenieur

>>18683261
Griffy is not a shitter >:(

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>>18682819
my choice for field is Citizen bm8180 with a different strap but it's not JDM, seems like you should get something JDM while you're there

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Leftover soviet watch company in Germany still makes watches today in the 80’s alarm function style. Now a fully German company.

I quite like this style quite robust and i like radioactive glow looking markings. Btw the replacemnt sekonda came and is ticking nicely, guess i just got majorly unlucky the first time.

>>18683261
KEK

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Pretty neat looking at the different culture. All kinda of differences. Like this was considered a womens “occasion” watch known as a cocktail watch. These can be worth quite a bit. Good condition £400 - £500.

If there was a catalogue of sekonda early 90’s designs itd be cool to see how it got modernised and anglicised into the western demographic. There are surviving pieces of course but nobody seems that interested in it as a whole.

Should I get a WD7922? I don't love the trident logo, but I love the looks otherwise and the fact that it's quartz.

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I was going through my messages in aliexpress and I came across a whole series of photos from the store I bought my Proxima from. Shortly after I ordered it they'd sent pictures of it from multiple angles and how good the lume is and how it tested on the time grapher.
Pretty cool. I checked and none of the other stores did that.
So while I've already recommended this watch for its quality, I can even more strongly endorse Proxima for going the extra mile with that stuff. It was also only one of 4 places that signed the warranty card.
San Martin sent a print out of the time graph results though, so I know they test the movement before shipping too.
People who bitch about Chinese watches have never bought any in the $200 range. I'm pretty sure they have no experience with them at all. A $200 Chinese watch is at least as good as a $500 watch from anywhere outside of China.

>>18683938
Remember there is no "good" in watches. The best watch objectively is a quartz casio.

A chinese shitter won't get you what you pay for from a swiss brand which is things like brand recognition, the feeling you're connected to some vague history of watchmaking, the feeling of supporting the west over the east etc.

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>>18683942
Almost all of the watches in my collection are good though. You aren't here so you don't know. I don't care about brand recognition or the vague history of watchmaking. I have Swiss watches and historical watches and watches older than anyone posting here too. Mostly I have Chinese ones though. I love all of my watches. There's good in that.

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>>18683325
This is $317 right now. Should I get one? 37mm is my favorite size these days.
This isn't exactly the same design but it's damn close and the same quality.

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I like this for $180

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>>18683742
Yeah, looks like you can get it for as low as $80. Depending on the dial choice the logo isn't that conspicuous. There are far dumber logos on Chinese watches. Octopus Kraken makes amazing watches but I wouldn't want their logo on one.

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This is a cool Watchdives watch. The upgrade to sapphire is only $11 extra dollars.

Think about that when Seiko or the other "entry level" brands won't give you sapphire at all for under $500 unless it's quartz and even then they usually won't.

$11. Sapphire should just be standard.

>>18683645
I have one.

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So I guess screws coming loose on watch bracelets can happen. Using a winder is only making it worse I'm sure.
I read that people use Loctite to prevent it from happening (I've also read that brands like Versace glue the screws at the factory making it hard to adjust at home), and since my bracelets are all perfectly sized with many having microadjustment capabilities, I figure what the hell.

Has anyone glued their screws or had to use a soldering iron to melt glue and loosen screws? I'm not going to have my watch just fall off like I've read can happen. I tightened all of them in all my bracelets but I don't know how long it takes for them to work free again. I also like to spin the rotors on some watches so I flick my wrist more. I remember thinking it was silly reading about how stuff like playing tennis or golf could affect your watch.

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Damn. If you can stand the name Welly Merck, this 42mm automatic watch is less than fifty bucks including shipping. And of course you get sapphire for that.

>>18683973
If you like the design sure go for it. If you're buying it because you're hoping it'll appreciate in value then don't.

>>18684014
No, I don't ever expect anything to appreciate in value. I do expect certain ones to become scarce or go up in price. Like if I'd started collecting watches just 3 years ago I'd have paid 40% less for a lot of the watches I have. You could still find some Seiko 5s for under $100 3 years ago.
Buying watches as an investment is stupid in my opinion. I know I would just lose money on anything I sold. I just wonder if the IXDAO guy from a few months ago is still around.

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Baltany always signs their warranty cards.

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I love this watch. Baltany/MiliFortic makes the best leather straps.

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This sweet vintage came too but it fell apart in transit.

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I’m sure it just screws or snaps back in. I’ll take it to my jeweler tomorrow.

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All fixed. Seller was going to give me a refund even. I could never sell on eBay. The buyer has them by the balls.

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10 dollar soviet watch from the 80s

>>18684577
I like it.

>>18681380
He won't because the only people who care about how much body hair Indian people have is other Indians. A friend of mine told me they have some thing in their culture about not trusting men who have little body hair.

>>18684612
I care because I like very hairy Indian women.

>>18684483
Authentic chinese ink

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>>18683938
I like the look of these but also phoibois. Maybe in the future id make a pick between the two brands.

>>18684577
Neat, im eyeing a listing of something like this.


This is the casio inspired by the oyster quartz i ordered. It’s coming from America. People say it wears like a 42mm and the integrated bracelet makes the lug to lug work better. I dont mind a little oversized, when it comes ill post arm with it.

Vostok's been making more watches with sapphire crystals lately. Too bad their availability is still restricted

Anyone got the steel cased digital casios? a1000's? Post pics