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/wt/ watch thread, the watch thread for wrist watches and other timepieces 06/04/26(Thu)05:34:48 No. 18714591
/wt/ watch thread, the watch thread for wrist watches and other timepieces 06/04/26(Thu)05:34:48 No. 18714591
/wt/ watch thread, the watch thread for wrist watches and other timepieces Anonymous
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Kofe edition.
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Oh, you want a Rolex? How delightfully cliché. You and every middle-manager, crypto bro, and influencer who thinks polished Swiss steel is a substitute for a personality.
If you think you can just saunter into an Authorized Dealer (AD), slap down a credit card, and walk out with a Submariner like you’re buying sneakers, wake up.
In 2026, the luxury watch market is an ecosystem of pure humiliation. Here is the blunt, cynical reality. You have two choices:
Route 1:
The Authorized Dealer (The Humiliation Route)
This is for masochists who want to pay retail price (MSRP) and are willing to sacrifice their dignity.
1. The "Exhibition Only" Mirage: You visit the boutique. The watches are gleaming, but they are "For Exhibition Only." They are real, but they are not for you. They exist purely to taunt you.
2. The Mythical "Waitlist": There is no chronological waitlist. It is a CRM database sorted by how much money you’ve already burned in their store. Want a Daytona? The wait is "infinity."
3. The Spend History Extortion: To get "The Call" for a $10,000 steel watch, you must first spend $30,000 on ugly diamond necklaces, hideous Tudor models, or gold dress watches that depreciate instantly. You are paying a ransom in installments.
4. Courting the Gatekeeper: You must visit periodically, bring them coffee, and pretend to care about their kid’s soccer game. You need a "milestone"—a wedding, a promotion, a vasectomy—to justify them granting you the privilege of spending ten grand.
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Route 2:
The Grey Market (The Extortion Route)
Don't want to play the kissing-the-ring game?
Welcome to the Grey Market for the impatient and wealthy.
1. Accept the Financial Ass-Kicking:
You skip the AD. The watch is real and on your wrist tomorrow, but you pay the "Impatient Tax." A $15,000 Daytona goes for north of $25,000 here. You pay a 100% markup to avoid talking to a guy named Jean-Pierre.
2. Paranoia:
Buy from some guy on a forum to save $500? Congratulations, you just bought a clone with a Chinese movement. You have to buy from a reputable grey dealer, funding their vacation home instead of the AD's.
Choose your poison: spend two years groveling to a retail worker, or get financially fleeced by a guy in Miami wearing a tight polo shirt.
Enjoy your stay.
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>>18714612
>I feel this with my $300 and $400 watches too. >And also certain $80 watches. I think they just make watches really well now at every price point. I sleep with them and I don't even know they're on. I have a bronze one that's light as air. Sometimes I can't even SEE it.
A lot of people are saying this and it is a good thing.
>>18714621
Well yeah. I guess it balances out the "every scratch tells a story" that you get... elsewhere.
>>18714620
What a charming green watch
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Honestly if your watch isn't
>100m water resistant
>Has a Perpetual Calendar
>Is legible in any light condition without warming it up with a literal flashlight
>Has a minimum 10 year service life before service is needed in any condition
>Is a world timer / GMT / multiple time zones / dual time
>Is a chronograph
>Has a CDT
>alarms
>Accurate above COSC levels
>and MAYBE some very specific other features
Then I'm not interested in what you have to say about horology. Or anything else really.
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>>18714650
Let's settle this once and for all. Is this an analog or a digital display?
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>>18714654
how did you find this out? are people talking aobut it somehwere else?
did you watn the coke casio?
and do you own a few casios already?
>>18714661
that is actually a digital rendition of an analog exposition of time in a watch
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>>18714650
That's really ugly though. If you're worried about the "functionality" meme, just get a smartwatch. They have even more totally super useful features and don't look like something that only a ten year old might think looks cool.
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>>18714675
not only that. But the notifications can be nasty. And having to download shit or deal with wonky menus and stuff like that.
I like my casio's for what they are, functional tools that hit a certain niche. Less internet. More living.
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No, it's not digital because there are not digits. It's analog.
And those old card clocks that sit on your desk and flip to the next time, those are digital even though they have no electronic parts.
People just associate quartz and LCD as 'digital', even though it isn't always.
It's right in the definition of the word.
Some are both analog and digital at the same time like this one. Others have a physical clock and also a digital readout.
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This is something I've been wanting but waiting for it to exist. Looks like a regular watch but it has a hidden display that pops up on the crystal when you want it.
It has a vibration alarm to wake you, but none of the smartwatch functionalities I don't want. And in this case I would pay more to get it from another brand. I like Berny and have a few, but the name is dorky. They need to switch to their logo instead.
Seems like they probably stole this from another company anyway. I just don't want to pay over $100 for such a watch.
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>>18714670
I will always think a smartwatch is uglier than anything else just because of what it represents.
And I hope the ten year old in me that likes Casios NEVER dies.
These Ironman Timexes were also cool as hell and everywhere when I was ten and I still want one.
And the G-Shock with the big ass sensor on the side was every kid's grail watch in the early 90s.
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>>18714716
Do we have to go through this every thread?
I'm just going to post tanks I like since I'm not ever getting a Cartier.
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>>18714666
>that is actually a digital rendition of an analog exposition of time in a watch
Yep. This is the correct answer.
>The term ‘digital’ derives from the Latin ‘digitus’ (finger). In its technological sense, the etymological path passed through the English word ‘digit’, meaning number. Since counting was anciently done using the fingers, the word came to refer to whole numbers and, ultimately, to the numerical data processing system.
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>>18714713
What did he know?
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>>18714716
> What’s the most classic size for the Cartier Tank?
In the 1960’s, the two sizes for men (assuming it’s the Tank Louis and not a variant) would be 25mm x 30mm or 25.5mm x 33.5mm (called the Jumbo back then, called Medium today)
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>>18714720
But LED "hands" are not digits. Therefore if it looks like a clock, it's not digital.
>>18714722
And you're talking semantics because "digital" has I guess come to mean something else over time in your mind.
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>>18714719
There's been a guy with a broken Cartier trying to move the conversation towards those almost every thread for a couple weeks. He specifically cites people who used to wear them and how that was the style and should be again and on and on.
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>>18714755
>come to mean something else over time in your mind.
Nope, the definition is crystal clear. From an etymological connection exclusively with digits, the word has come to refer to the processing system based on numerical data. A mechanical thing, that relies on gears and physical movement, is by the entire world referred to as analog. A thing that uses digits, i.e. digital (numerical) inputs to work, is universally considered digital. Casio makes digital watches. Rolex makes analog watches. Yours is autism.
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>>18714773
When I was a kid those seemed like the coolest watches ever. You get to watch that seconds subdial all the time.
What do those cost now? I may as well get it like I do every other retro doodad I can now, as an adult with money, acquire.
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>>18714804
Hey I will continue to discuss Rolex as much as I wish to and I understand you're going to assume I'm poor and I'm seething and that's okay. You can go about doing what it is you wish to do and I will discuss Rolex in the watch thread that is about watches and such. Rolex as it is right now, and the market, and the customers, all combine to make an interesting case study, imo. As I said, I shall continue to discuss Rolex in the watch thread because that is what I want to do and I am going to continue to do what I want to do which is discussing Rolex in the watch thread, which is a thread for discussing watches and watch brands and things related to watches and watch brands.
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>>18714804
all I need is a rolex sub, nothing more, nothing less
until then, my phone
or a casio
not sure
>>18714800
the goyim mind cannot function without corporate references
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Everyone should only say nice things about Rolex. The reason is because any criticism of Rolex causes severe psychological damage to people who have built their entire identity around Rolex (and the ownership of a watch). It's catastrophic to them. Any critique of Rolex is, functionally, the same as a direct critique on their personal identity.
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No one should say nice anything but bad things about Rolex. The reason is because anything other than unhinged criticism of Rolex causes severe psychological damage to people who have built their entire identity around hating. It's catastrophic to them. Anything other than blistering critique of Rolex is, functionally, the same as a direct critique on their personal identity.
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This is strange as wrist watches, in many ways, have intense links to the military. Also, intense links to enterprising activities of discovery in such a manner that often required sacrifice of comfort, the intense drive to overcome challenges, and a genuine curiosity about life. This is what has always been the core energy of wrist watches. Not many talk about mountains, or oceans, or the stars, or such - that aspect has fallen away now - and what we're left with are starbucks, cookiemonster, pepsi, and batman.
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Just a heads up but there's a watch thread on LGBT rn and Grand Seiko guy posted in it. Just sayin'. Hopefully he's just gay and not into transgender monsters. Regardless I do like Seiko 5s.
Ok, that's all carry on.
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>>18714825
KEK you fags started invading other boards, are you for real?
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totally obsessed
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"After that any gains would be minimal and really expensive, like reengineering the canon pinion and register pinions to below profile and using extremely thin hands, using a printed dial instead of applied indices, using a thinner dial plate. All those might net another half millimeter but they’d cost a ton."
They should do that
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>>18714846
>They should do that
Those changes wouldn't be free. Then you'd get the same people screeching that 13.1mm is too thick howling
>10,000 for a TUDOR? What the FUCK are they thinking?!
Compare it to other chronographs in that price point and you just can't get a thin chronograph. The Longines Spirit Flyback is 13.4 and it's not even automatic. Sure, the Daytona is thinner, as are some JLC chronos and some Zenith chronos (although, if you want the water resistance, even the Zenith is now 13.6mm)
The REAL lesson here is to not buy cheap chronos.
It's like with cars: fast, cheap, well-made; you can at most have two.
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>>18714879
The entire reason to move up market for chronographs is the proportion, that's true. The price point for the watch in the new case might sell me on it though, because if it's relatively cheap by luxury watch standards 13mm thick for an automatic chronograph under 40mm diameter is still pretty good. The daytona, the king, is a little over 12mm in most generations, the equivalent zenith chronos are a little thicker than those, so 13mm isn't a giant jump up.
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About to pull the trigger on this watch, the seller has good reviews though a red flag is its in Indonesia. Should I be concerned? Anything else to consider? Its not like hes just selling this one watch he seems to have a good inventory
https://www.ebay.com/itm/198396744891
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>>18714917
>Should I be concerned?
Seller account since 1999, you're probably fine
>>18714919
none of this happens, I've been buying shit from China like crazy the last couple years. this is FUD from goyslop "news" articles
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>>18714920
Name me a better watch under 40mm case size, this one is 38 (im a wristlet)
>>18714922
Does 30 dollar fee sound about right for the import?
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>>18714924
>name me a better watch
Sub-37. 37 mm.
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>>18714926
Looks cool how much is that? Model?
>>18714927
Under 500, I want another diver watch (green) i have that same watch but blue and would like a green diver
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>>18714716
The 23mm x 30mm case with a 16mm to 20mm strap. Rudolf Nureyev's strap in pic related is probably 18mm if I had to guess.
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I am definitely still here but I just lurk mostly.
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>>18714930
They have several models, you know. Also, these threads already faced this same discussion at least a dozen times: there were Rolex Submariners in the past which had yellow lume right from the very beginning, fresh new. That is not “fake patina”. The watch company decides what color to assign to it. Go browse the archive before replying.
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>>18714920
>full condom hour hand
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>>18714932
Squale Sub-37, I told you. 1650 euros.
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>>18714935
Discontinued, I like the style and fit i already have the blue faced version.
>>18714937
Way out of my budget
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>>18714943
If you like the sub-37 take a look at the Montauk on longislandwatch.com(it's a store exclusive for them.) It's half the price and has 4 different (and better) dial colors.
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You retards come off as so ridiculous with all of these concurrent watch threads, competing with each other for attention.
I don't understand why the mods haven't done a mass ban of the recurring offenders, or just ban watch threads all together.
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>>18714961
> I don't understand why the mods haven't done a mass ban of the recurring offenders, or just ban watch threads all together.
BECAUSE THE ONLY MOD OF THIS BOARD IS THE FOREMOST WATCHFAG SUBHUMAN, HOW MANY TIMES DO WE NEED TO REPEAT THIS?
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>>18715002
it's gotta be the yellow gold one. THIS is the one that screams "used car lot that's actually a money laundering business for the mob."
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Because these threads deserve violence.
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>>18715019
It's defensible.
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>>18715031
You're getting off easy this time
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>>18715110
You guys don’t like old stuff?
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>>18715211
Claude agreed with me. Thread closed.
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>>18715114
I've stopped doing this since I started getting much more expensive watches just on the off chance that I swing my arm out and smadh it on the night stand or roll on it and pop the crystal. But it's not like I've ever done that before. There's no real reason it wouldn't be safe.
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>>18715219
You now look even more pathetic. Now ask for another "comeback", incel.
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So Breitling used to be good it seems
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>>18715226
Basado
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>>18715226
kofe time
a nice mid afternoon loaf
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>>18715257
phew, i was worried i missed the daily post
my day isn't complete until i witness greatness
pic unrel
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I live in Japan. Saw these at my local Family Mart a couple weeks ago but passed on 'em cause they looked kinda bunk, but now I guess they're being hyped so I regret missing out. Asked the manager and he said they're sold out but if they get a restock he said he'll hold one for me.
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>>18715288
If they use a Japanese quartz movement they probably keep time very well, and this is classic Bauhaus design with no embellishments and good proportions. If it said Braun on the dial these would be $80
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nah blacked out watches are the least queer desu.
that one looks eerie, like the ocean at night. kinda cool.
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It’s here. Remember a few threads ago when these were a topic?
Several things are wrong here. As you see there’s a strap on the watch but a tool that is unrelated. And notice I can’t wind or set it because the strap is in the way of the crown.
Really a design flaw. Legibility is also going to be an issue. Sucks because this is my new daily.
Guess I need to learn to live with it.
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No way that's the actual Cartier one and not a knockoff. You spent 80,000 on it but don't know how to wind it or read the clock?
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>>18715320
this shit makes me uncomfortable because people will be like 'yeah that is 80k i just spent' and it looks like cheap russian shit from some commie bunker filled with dysgenic mutants that were constantly drunk and beating their children
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cna someone fucken explani to me why that is 80k and why someone paid that
it looks like a fucken widget from some nuclear reactor like chernobyl
like you just fucken ripped it off some gizmo from that russky fucken nuke reactor
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>>18715335
Of course I know how to wind and set a watch. It's you who's retarded because you can't read. I can't GET to the crown without removing the strap. It's a design flaw. I know HOW to remove the strap. I find it comical that they included a cheap link removal tool for a bracelet that's not on the watch.
How is everyone here besides me so terrible at reading comprehension?
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Wow. Retarded.
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>>18715341
This. It was $24 or $26 and I'm sure it's not a jump hour at that price. I think the hour just slowly turns. I'm probably not even going to remove the strap and set it. Ever.
It's just a novelty for the shitters box. That marks 106 watches in 6 months for anyone keeping score at home.
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>>18715338
You have to stop taking people at their word that they buy $80,000 watches here.
No one buys anything. I do, but no one gives a fuck because they only care about $80,000 watches that no one ever actually buys. haha
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how's that central banking and lgbtq+BBQ DEI and minorities flooding your countries working out for you guys?
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>>18715309
People with "impressive and expensive" watches are filled with anxiety over what people might think?
LOL, and people on this board are afraid of NOT having an expensive enough watch.
No one in the world cares or judges. Imagine all the fantastic $200-$300 Aliexpress watches that could be enjoyed by this community were it not for the false notion that out there is the same as in here, and that anyone would ever ridicule another person in public for their watch.
Unbelievable.
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>>18715354
>buys the classic menswear staple, the Cartier Tank knockoff for 20 dollars
>defends AliExpress
Serious question. Are you Doug Devious? He's the only regular user here who loves that garbage website. The fact you bought a knockoff one of the iconic Cartier watches which are iconic in menswear circles also leans towards that.
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>>18715350
Conspiratard.
No one immigrates anywhere and gays don't actually exist. It's all part of the international jewish plan to destroy the culture of whiteness. For reasons as yet unspecified.
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>>18715352
Why would you do that? Rolex is gay. You're proving you care about the name. You could get an homage. Even if anyone actually cared and judged, the homage would be less embarrassing. No one believes you could actually afford a real one.
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Should i get this brown one instead of green?>>18714917
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>>18715381
I wonder this myself, it's such a tacky thing to do. At least if you're into watches enough to know it's a """homage""", if you had no idea and just liked the design then it's the same as wearing any other cheap fashion shitter imo.
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I took the strap off and set it. It’s gotta be quartz, which means it’s been using battery since before shipping. And it’s not a jump hour as I’d suspected would be the case.
So I guess mission accomplished. I bought it to find out what it was. My review will enlighten the other customers so they can skip it.
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>>18715388
Poors can buy and do what they want and they're probably not concerned with what I find tacky. I just personally would never buy a blatant knock off of anything like that for that reason. Why not just get at least a somewhat original design instead?
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Please stop. I am having a laughing fit.
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>>18715401
:) Laughter is good.
>>18715402
I, personally, will refrain from calling it a shitter. I prefer to dump on Rolex (R.R. IYKYK).
My Watch of Preference (WoP) is, currently, an 800 dollar watch which happens to sit perfectly on my wrist. I slept wearing it on my wrist last night. Another beautiful sleep.
Would you like to describe to us your new watch, without giving away what it is, of course?
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I know an 80k USD watch when I see it, and I can guarantee you, without any doubt, that the watch anon purchased and recently posted images of is indeed an 80k USD watch. Most people don't have the eyes to know an 80k USD watch when they see it.
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>Would you like to describe to us your new watch, without giving away what it is, of course?
The most I'm willing to show at this point in time is a 150x150 pixel square
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You're starting to get it. They call everything shitter. Even their precious luxury brands. Within that group of snobs are subsets of different snobs. Very few of them own any of the watches they promote and defend.
This place is a joke. But you shouldn't let it affect you or what you post. Don't let these fucking cunts win. Don't let them get to you. They do not matter. They are not real people. These are not their true opinions anyway.
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>>18715416
By that rationale you're left out of a lot of Tudor and Longines and all the others which all copy each other albeit at a higher level.
Don't see any conflict with your thinking though, do you? I do. You're a hypocrite.
It's sad that you covet a watch but have such solemn respect for its perceived "originality" that you just accept you can never wear it.
A man must have a code. No matter how retarded it seems to the rational minded among us.
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>>18714779
Yes, I like the design on this one. There's also a silver steel version.
>>18714787
I bought it for less than $50 a year ago. It was on sale. As a reissue, Timex didn't upgrade the lcd contrast and night light, and both are still weak. But the nostalgia factor hits the spot.
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Nice, I didn't know there are resin versions.
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>>18715421
>By that rationale you're left out of a lot of Tudor and Longines and all the others which all copy each other albeit at a higher level.
Yes.
>Don't see any conflict with your thinking though, do you? I do. You're a hypocrite.
How?
>It's sad that you covet a watch but have such solemn respect for its perceived "originality" that you just accept you can never wear it.
I do? Which watch would that be?
And if that were true, how would that be sad? I think that Ferraris are cool, but I'm not going to buy a honda civic and mod the body to look like one because that would be really gay and pathetic. Is that sad too?
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>>18715417
Farer Haley
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>>18715423
I've been strongly considering getting one of these, how do you like it? Is it good? What is the lume like in person?
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>>18715430
>You have a very set way of thinking
Pretty much.
>logic
We're talking about buying jewelry. It's an emotional and irrational thing. Telling me that I'm not being "logical" in my irrational and emotional feelings about whether jewelry is cool or not doesn't mean anything to me lol.
>idiotic snob
lol sorry if I hurt your feelings. I even told you that "poors can buy and do what they want and they're probably not concerned with what I find tacky".
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I would though. I think longines and frederique constant are incredibly overrated shitter brands. Recently I called out the christopher ward explorer II knock off and longines generic diver clone #10000
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>>18715437
Longjeans has strange design quirks like the Hydroconquest has a bizarre diamond hour hand, like a half-assed snowflake, so at night you have to track the hour with a tiny diamond. The circular cardinal hours are also baffling on a watch that is otherwise nothing but angles. What's the logic?
The ones with numbers at the cardinals is even worse because the 6, 9, and 12 are big as all fuck and it makes the tiny date window look stupid.
Their non-divers basically look like chink watches too. I'm not opposed to chink watches. I think the chinks have gotten scary good at finishing, materials quality, and QC these days. That only makes the weaknesses of Longines stand out more.
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Nice guess, nailed it
>>18715436
I'll let you know when it arrives. I finally ordered it today after spending most of the year deciding on a new watch to commemorate a couple milestones I hit this year. Was also close to spending the money on another guitar or new telescope, but I have enough of those and have never really splurged on a watch before. It's hard to justify spending that much on a watch when I have so many other hobbies.
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So this is the famous "/wt/" huh... the one you hear about all over The Chan from /a/ to /x/. The one general that has saved /fa/ as a whole and made this gay shithole board worth a visit or two.
I was promised:
>Japanese Bitches with fat titties
>I was promised rich lawyers with collection far exceeding millions of dollars
>Good coffee talk
>High quality professional images that would make anyone at /p/ reconsider if he's good at what he does
>A huge collection of pristine Weekdaters
>A highly knowledgeable Omega connoisseur
>Lots of Gold and Silver
>Drunk posts on Friday nights
>Qualified watchmakers going into autistic depth
>Rolexes, Grand Seikos, Mosers, Omegas, Breguets, Credors, F.P.'s--
>Wristshots on top of Japanese booty, sakura trees in the background, inside expensive cars, wristhots in Dubai, in Tokyo--
Hell, I was even promised Guns and people wearing their watches on their dicks. I was also promised Cat posting and even someone posting his stool next to high quality swiss made watches.
What I got instead is:
>Chinese watches
>300 posts, 12 images
>30% of the posts deleted
>People calling each other poor
Words can not describe how disappointed I am. I guess rumors did get the better of me, I came with zero expectations and yet I am leaving with disgust and being mad at myself for falling for those said rumors. I am not even going to waste time calling you "people" names, because you're not even worth that much.
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>>18714879
I thought about this claim for a minute and I think you're right. In all seriousness, think about it. Why does this watch specifically matter? It's the first TUDOR that pops into mind whenever the brand is mentioned. TUDOR has been known for 100 years by now of being the quite Literal entry point to Luxury watches. It's the gatekeeper, the price point-decider on what is considered Luxury. That's a huge thing, no matter how you look at it.
Anything below TUDOR is considered "casual" and entry level, everything TUDOR and after is considered Luxury.
-Not Longines
-Not Oris
-Not Nomos
-Not Sinn
-Not Christopher Ward
-Not TAG Heuer
Hell, not even Grand Seiko, Omega or Breitling- THE gatekeeper to LUXURY is TUDOR, it has been established since 1926 and it will forever remain that way. If there's not Tudor, there's nothing keeping the floodgates closed and in check.
Everyone (everyone) who's honest with you and knows about watches, if you ask them:
>"Genuinely, what's the One ONE AND DONE watch for someone who simply wants a nice piece for Every single occasion but also wants to wear one everyday and Never have to think about watches again?"
if you've been slightly into watches for more than a week, you will answer
>"TUDOR"
in Caps, firm and unshaken. Because it is the only answer. Not the only Correct answer, but the Only answer in general.
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>>18715503
It's damned light. And it has a cool looking rotor that spins easily with a barely discernible hum just the way I like. And the dial kind of looks like an overgrown lawn. I got it sized up just right and I love wearing it. But the pin & collar link system sucks and I will avoid watches with that in the future.
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>>18715522
Yeah, calling it a jump hour was shady salesmanship in my view. But $26. I'm very rarely satisfied with anything at that price and I know that going in. And even in that other thread when I ordered it I predicted it would be a gradual turning wheel.
Though my other little Ciloa Cartier homage is pretty cool for $20. Of course I saw reviews recommending it which is why I bought it in the first place. It looks a lot better than the bathroom scale tank.
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>>18715523
Is your name Esther, Pearl, or Gladys? How about Edith?
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>>18715527
I meant Sanda
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I don't think this is getting any cheaper, the only seller that sold it for cheaper (£300) sold out within a day and they've said they can't get any more stock. I guess I need to pay an insane amount of money for a digital watch with mineral crystal/hollow end links/pressed clasp, but I really want it.
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>>18715709
I can't just carry one around on a necklace whenever I wear the watch, which is daily. I could get a monoclized version and pair it with a top hat and look like Mr. Peanut.
That's not a good look for me. But it would kind of match the watch. Though I see Mr. Peanut as a pocketwatch kind of guy.
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Toilet anon should buy one of the Breguet porcelain dial watches to celebrate the way he be punishing the porcelain 2 to 3 times daily.
How is the new toilet working out? Pretty good?
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>>18715793
it's aight. part of the joy with my old one is it wouldn't always flush completely and would get clogged. sometimes I would have to use my hands to clear it which was always a delight. the new one can flush cement mixed with trash, it's so powerful. so now one of my joys in life has been taken away from me by the jews yet again (my landlord is the one that did this to me, he wears the funny little hats)
>>18715794
I don't see a difference between a pile of excrement and Le Citizen
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>>18715723
thanks anons, that's an old pic from when i had on veblenist black cordovan leather straps. pic related is how it's been worn for quite a while, love me crazy horse brown nato.
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>>18715930
aww, too bad. not surprised though, i didn't find it appealing and i guess it would be weird to have one reference in a lineup that has a date wheel and the other two refs don't. I don't understand the hate for Tissot, their 2824-2 is COSC certified. The exact same movement, or very nearly perfect clones, are used in more prestigious brands or anything with a Sellita SW200
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>>18714832
It would be on my list if it was a 36mm.
Tissot should do like Oris a release the original model in true size (but with saphire tho).
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>>18715957
It's one of the few watches i like from Hitchcock films, this Tissot
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>>18715960
Also this old Seamaster (but it could be anything else, really).
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>>18715957
In fact, if i was the CEO of Tissot (or the Swatch group), i would do a collab with the Hitckcock estate and release a special edition of this watch true to size (35mm or 36mm), handwound, same everything except with a cristal and with the "7" not painted, like in the photo.
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>>18715957
You know what? Maaaybe. My old Seiko 5 is 36mm I think, that hardlex has been through a million workouts. I guess a smaller case would be nice if it were smaller to avoid getting dings, and it'd be a bit more refined I think.
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>>18716026
The exotic stuff actually is the most luxurious. It's really hard to beat alligator and crocodile because it's thin but still strong and stretches really nicely directly to your wrist and can even expand a little bit as you get warm and your wrist swells. So there's a reason for it, it's not just weird rich guy shit.
If you're sticking with cows the best you're going to get is probably Italian calf skin leathers.
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Watches are one of the few accessories/jewelry that men can traditionally wear. A man needs a watch to be considered a working member of society, getting your first watch when you're a teen is a rite of passage.
Watches are functional precision instruments, they keep you organized and literally on time throughout the day, this is the reason quartz (watches) still exist.
As you progress in life you want to signal your elevated social status with a finer timepiece, something more than a mere timekeeper. In this stage of life time is not essential, you don't need to be in your wagie cage within the second. That is why people acquire, or as I like to say, meet mechanical timepieces. Watches such as Omega, Tudor and Rolex.
In a professional or any environment with affluent males, your watch is your Curriculum Vitae, your rank in a way. People will know you had to go further in life than your average poorfaggot mathlete to acquire a fine Patek for example.
Now I don't know your age, but could you imagine being over 25 and wearing a wagie poorfag incel seething bitter faggot lardass brainlet quartz watch in a serious environment? I don't think so, you'll be giving yourself away as a absolute loser in life and people will think there's something seriously wrong with you and wonder why you're even there with your cheap shitter piece of shit nasty crusty chinese watch.
Trust me, you don't want to be part of the quartz horde. Join the ranks of the men with sophistication and class and meet your mechanical watch. Discard your nasty wagie faggot ass piece of shit computer chip "watch".
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Why do citizen, invicta, and bulova watches inspire a deep, searing rage inside me?
I feel like I have no space between seiko and Hamilton. It’s those two, my timex and Casio, and one day where my Rolex will go (reee)
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>>18717489
>Why do citizen, invicta, and bulova watches inspire a deep, searing rage inside me?
You probably spend too much time listening to the opinions of watch youtubers. Why spend any time at all thinking about watches you don't like?
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>>18716373
1) wagies don’t wear watches they look at their phones
2) the whole “switch to mechanical because now I’m not waive but I’m da boss so I’m not so rigid with time” argument outed you as an Indian with no sick watches.
Automatic predates quartz fucking retard. And btw, when you are the boss your need for precision time is much more important than the wager getting back from lunch on time. I’d say you’ll learn one day but you won’t, jeet. So just take my word for it.