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Deesio. Awful name.
They make a diver for $55. Looks okay. Only 30 meters though, so don't dive in it..LOL
41mm, undetermined movement again. Sapphire crystal of course.
I don't know if I trust this brand. I love shitters but I gotta draw the line and DEESio.
There are better movements and there are cheaper, funner watches with shit movements.

If you value mechanical over quartz every time at every price point (and I'm going through a little phase where I do), there are some damn interesting shitters to explore.

Before this thread dies there will be actual shitter unboxings live from my house. Starting tomorrow for sure with a new G-Shock, not exactly a shitter, but cheaper than some of the shitters I've got coming in. We've got some $100+ shitters on the way. And new watch display case arrives tomorrow as well.
Actual shitters in action. OC.

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Just wound and wiped down all my mechanical watches for the night. Wearing my salmon Merkur now. Hell of a brand. Look them up. They range about $100-$180.

Do you keep your watches all running or do you only fire them up to wear?

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I'm actually going to buy this watch eventually. 36mm. Pretty funky. I'm sure it's an homage of something but I don't know what. I have a Tandorio I abso-lutely Adorio. I'd buy another in a heartbeat. This has a good Miyota movement plus all the usual bells and whistles for the price. 200m WR + lume, which honestly probably sucks like most lume anyway. I can't say it's great on mine. 15 minutes or so. Pretty standard really. But that's not why you buy them. Hell, I wish they put lume on fewer watches. I wish they didn't do an exhibition caseback on every mechanical. But it's getting people interested in watches I guess. Throw everything you can on each one to appeal to as many as possible. I appreciate those brands which show restraint.
Anyway, eventually we'll see how this watch is. I'm really going to try to make it until February before ordering another watch. I've bought three since the last time I made that vow. And also a full tang slicing cleaver for $70, because I never said I didn't need more knives. I'm like my mom was with QVC and infomercials in the 90s. Stop the insanity.

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This should be a popular one, and for you movement queens, I upgraded to the PT5000. But after discount that fucker is still under $87.
And it comes with sterile dial if that's your thing too. Tandorio offers that for most of their watches, and I know some of you appreciate that.

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Here it is in blue, no logo. It would be $64 with the Miyota movement, which is still a reliable and respectable movement.

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Stay away from Ochstin. A sub $40 mechanical may be tempting, but if it looks way too nice for the price, it probably is.
This has been the one and only Chinese shitter I returned. Out of over 40 those are great odds. But I won't take another chance on a company that burns me. Too many others to choose from. If they send out something that shouldn't have passed inspection, they can't be trusted.

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People seem to love Pagani. I'm not that into them, but they get consistently good reviews. This looks pretty cool. They mostly deal in quartz knockoffs. But they have one original chrono I've seen a few reviewers gushing about.

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Here's one on my wishlist.

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I could always go for another quartz Berny. This one is kind of smooth. I love that classic number font.

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This is the "Paul Newman Style", right? Pretty cool for $72. I don't dig chronos that much, but I can see why people like these.

I want a san martin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS06FiByVDU

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>>18637494

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I came really close to buying one of these. I had to spend over $200 for the 1963 I wanted, and then when I got it I loved everything but the hands, which could be more legible. But I guess if they're going for authenticity you don't want to change it. I guess I could always mod it. Some 16 bit game sword.

Are you on drugs?

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I got this one.

>>18637509
No, I'm high on watches.

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lol, it was worth a shot

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An Orange Julius. Get it??

Not too bad looking for $20. I bet the $20 quartz shitters are alright. Should I order this one and find out? I have a $12 Poedegar shitter that I like that actually got some good reviews. Maybe this will keep me from buying a more expensive watch.

Fuck it. I just bought this watch. For you guys. This thread will be long dead by the time it arrives, but I'll still post it. Speaking of which, better save some room for the shitter unboxing tomorrow. This thread is so popular I need to ask you all to chill out and not all bombard me here.
Appreciate it.

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Bought this too. Last one for today. 35mm, the other colors and gold looked too faux classy for $20. I have another good Poedegar, hopefully this one is also okay.
I'm already regretting it honestly. Why would I ever wear anything like this? Any occasion it would look right I'd rather have a real watch. Oh well. It's only money.

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Bought a couple of these too.

no one likes your shitter thread shitterfag

Go back

>>18637480
what size is that bad boy it looks awesome
i only wind my guys when i wear them

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which is the closest matching one?
DW5600RRB-4
DW6900RRB-4
GA110RRB-4A
GA2100RRB-4A
im liking the 5600 and the 2100 but i think the 6900 is the closest one but idk
https://gshock.casio.com/us/products/analog-digital/iconic-red/

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>>18637703
It's 38mm. I really do love it. I winds great, feels great, looks great, and I can't stop staring at it when it's on, which is more and more.
So many watches, so little time, just the one wrist to wear them on.

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>>18637982
Try the R-Shock. LOL

Shitters are hilarious sometimes. I feel really bad for clueless people who buy these things as gifts. Imagine looking up your watch to find out someone cared enough to spend what they did on you. I wouldn't look up a gift to learn the cost, but many would.

I met a dude not long ago and said "Hey, cool watch" even though I couldn't really see it. It just looked like a busy chrono. He proceeded to tell me how it was a gift, doesn't currently run, needs a battery, and that it's "Tommy Bahama". lol
And sensing my disdain for the brand perhaps, he quickly added that he looked it up and found out that it's worth $450.
I can't find anything about Tommy Bahama watches that's less than eight years old, so I guess they didn't make it into the modern age. Just Hawaiian shorts and shit again. Maybe it's worth money because it's rare. Anyway, they aren't in the watch business anymore.

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Sold my cosmodiver to a nice old guy, still waiting for the IXDAO engineer to come.

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New Tandorio 36mm field watch. Got it for my nephew. He's probably into smart watches if any, but I'll tell him how it doesn't need a battery ever and he can see through the back how it works. I upgraded to the PT5000 movement since I hope he keeps it for years. Maybe he'll appreciate it now, or maybe when he's older.

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And also arriving today, my first G-Shock. Hopefully my ONLY G-Shock. Got it for on sale for $60.

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And another storage box. After the next shitter shipment arrives I'll fill it up and post the lot.

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Wears nicely.

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Lingering backlight is pretty cool as well. Helluva step up from the F-84W. Fuck that thing. Why do we have to have that or the F-91W anyway? Why is a "mandatory" own?
So I have the necessary Casios now, I have the Seiko, the Citizen, and a plethora of "shitters" of widely varying quality. I guess next is a vintage antique or some Swiss shit, right? Not sure I'm gonna do all that. I'd spend $500 on a microbrand before some entry level Tissot bullshit. Microbrands are where it's at. And macrobrands. I just dropped $250 on a Timex which will be here tomorrow. Really excited about that one. I really don't need more Timex at this point. I may be slowing down. God damn I hope so.
I was at my local grocery/dept. store here in BFE, and went to check out the watches. They don't fuck around. They had the really expensive G-Shocks, the Edifices, Citizens, Seikos, and a Bulova that I creamed my pants over. I don't know what it was, but it was a dark maroon case and bracelet, so likely it was ceramic. It was perfect size, just gorgeous, and she said it "started" at $515. Fuuuucccckkk. I had to get out of there. I almost fucking bought it.

do any of the shitter brands do an aquanaut homage thats any good

>>18638012
I like some IXDAOs. I just have trouble committing to the price. Buying more expensive watches has done absolutely nothing to curb my purchases of cheap ones. But I need to find a cheaper hobby and fast. I'll ruin myself if I keep going like this.

Post it when it arrives. I'd like to see it.

>>18638034
Looked it up. $100,000? For that?? What the FUCK??

Yeah, there are a bunch of those on AliEx at differing price points. I have no idea. Ask Youtube.
But I don't get what the fuck is so expensive when it looks like that. Just because "Patek" came up with it? That's a powerful brand. You can put your name on some weird watch no one has ever made before and that's all it takes for everyone to want it.
Like the octagonal metal one with the prominent screws and the venetian blinds blue dial? LOL, those do not look good to me.

>>18638037
yeah exactly thats why I want an $80 chinese one lol. I literally just like the shape, i do not give a fuck about patek

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>>18638042
Mahnicka.

That's exactly what I've done here. I dropped $90 on this because I like the Tag Monaco.

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>>18638042
I found this. Same brand as my Tag homage above. It's $11 cheaper with a different bracelet, but you'll want this one. It has a good movement and they make good watches. You could get closer to $80 next sale probably.
There are $16 versions of the Aquanaut too but you don't want them. If it's worth getting it's worth getting a good one. And clearly we're not in the tax bracket for the real thing, so the good one will just be the best of the shitters.

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Valentine's Day sale in less than two weeks. I vow not to buy any more fucking watches until at least then.

>>18638060
ty i will look into this one. $120 is chill too

The Chinese need a cool names department or something

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My King Shitter incoming.

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I love it.

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This is for sure my next shitter.

>>18637482
>>18637483
These actually look nice (in the photos)
>>18638024
>>18638027
>>18638033
This is a classic. Does it have the white LED light? Numerous people in reviews were bitching about that.

>>18638729
No, it's blue. And it gets 5 years of battery instead of the 2 you get with old EL versions that some people seem to prefer. It stays on a few seconds after pushing.

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I forgot to wind my watches last night and now only a couple are still holding on. I'm going to just start them when I put them on from now on I guess. Most don't have dates to worry about anyway. I know they're build to be wound and set, but I just get the feeling like I'm using them up somehow. Like it's "wear and tear", when really it's like driving a car. There are Volvos and Toyotas out there with 300,000 miles on them. Why not a Miyota?
I gotta come to an end with the purchasing though. I have enough. I wish I didn't get addicted to things. My life would be less interesting but more comfortable. I don't fucking need this>>18638709

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when did the chinese get so fucking tasteful?
swisscels seething

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>>18639288
I'm chillin on shitters right now but I'm going to buy their year of the monkee one in '28. This was their year of the snake edition.

>>18637483
>>18637484
The case is goofy af, tandorio is an assembly brand. They just order parts off the shelves and don't make anything in house, just assemble them. You can pretty much buy everything they sell as parts on ali express. I don't rec them. Addies is the best at the pricepoint.

>>18639311
I don't want to build watches. And Addiesdive and Addies don't hit all the same designs. I have watches from all of them, but some are better suited to different styles.

>>18639441
The thing is, none of the proportions are going to be just right on the assembly brands. The dials are going to be sunken in looking, the hands aren't going to align perfectly to the dial. That's the issue with mix and match parts. It's fun to build one yourself despite this because you built it yourself, but I would avoid the assembly brands. If you really look all the stuff is going to just be a little more off than other brands.

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>>18639457
This is what I'm talking about and you will notice it when you stare at something on your wrist for an extended period. Minute hand going PAST the indices is just naughty, hour hand covering half the 24 hour indices when only the tip should be past that point.

The Chinese would kill the low-end mechanical market for good if half of their brands didn't have retarded names.
That being said I am probably going to buy a Green colorway 1963

>>18639459
There are thousands of others which have no such issues. But to dismiss all watches off that website is just ignorance. There's a watch for every taste on there if you look enough.

>>18639461
Off ali express? I just said I don't reccomend assembly brands like Tandorio. It will likely turn people off ali express in general because they just will be a little rough. Get an addiesdive or watchdives first.

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I see shit like this and I wonder who's posting it and who they think will bite.
This hunk of shit is made with Hardlex. This brand "CRRJU" makes $25 watches and then these? What the fuck?
Is this just in hopes that a retard or a drunk person will stumble upon it in confusion and buy? An off-brand quartz watch that's not beautiful and made with low-end parts for $331??
It even lists that no one has bought it, but why even go to the trouble to advertise it? Is it one of those "you only need to sell one" type things? Is it cheap enough to put up there even knowing it won't sell?

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This brand is pretty sweet. Them and Proxima have some of the most overlooked watches on the site.

>>18639621
Seestern and sugess are the same company

>>18639713
Also that one was like $65 last winter Trump destroyed ali express

>>18639713
Yes. As are Vostok and Merkur and Pierre Paulin.
Lots of that kind of thing over there.
I'm glad the tariff thing won't last beyond Trump. It's not like prices going up and things changing because of covid that will never revert.
NO ONE enjoys paying tariffs and it benefits no one but Trump's own ego. It will eventually be over. No other leader will think it's a good thing to punish his own citizens just to piss off other foreign nations.

>>18639937
Orange man wont let you buy shitters!!!!! This holocaust must end!!!!

>>18640071
I've bought plenty of them. It would be nice if they were 20% less expensive.
I'm sure you love that sad, diaper-shitting narcissist (a lot of retards on this site seem to), but you can't make an argument for tariffs being a good thing. No one can. Not even him.

>>18640071
Honestly I'm glad I can say retard and faggot again and the wokeness is over but the economic illeteracy and warmongering needs to stop. Also just deport more people and stop with the theatrics about it. I am not a fan of shit getting more expensive from china.

>>18640105
You were never in any position that you couldn't say those words. A bunch of extremist retards running the government has changed nothing. None of that "cancellation" shit affected people like us.
I'm sure you feel it was some huge social "win", but it wasn't. None of that was real and it still isn't.

>>18640109
Nah it definately was. My wife works for a university and I'm in tech. No more walking on eggshells. It's over.

>>18640114
Chud found a mate? The fact that you're educated and still support that buffoon makes you an extreme minority.
Well, you don't need common sense brains to do tech I suppose. Your wife must be the lunch lady.

>>18640126
Nah she has a phd, I only have two bachelors. I'm perfectly cool with the gays, I just hate fagginess and weakness.

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>>18640163
What does any of that have to do with actual politics and policy? Not a damn thing.
You fucked up. You backed the wrong horse. But enjoy saying "that's retarded" out loud with impunity. Surely everything has changed and two years ago you'd have been fired but now no one will judge you at all.

>>18640181
Oh it is definitely better than it would have been culturally. The two party system is fake anyway. No matter who you vote for you just get John McCain.

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>>18640242
I'd agree with you any other time in history. However, as we can see if we just read the news, Donald Trump is not John McCain. He's quite unprecedented. He's pissing off the entire world and over half of his countrymen. If even 5% more people would have participated in democracy and voted he wouldn't have won. He's dismantling the way things have been done. Shit's getting out of control. You don't believe that though. Or you do and you're for it because "fuck libs" or something.

We all lose in the end. Us in the 99%.

>>18640249
If you do not vote, you are a political dropout. You don't matter.

>>18640249
Unwedge your panties, nothing ever happens

>>18640114
>>18640163
>votes for insane narcissist for social war reasons while most policies are against own self-interests

many such cases

>>18640256
Literally the only thing that's affected me at all is watches cost more on ali express. We've been fucked since at least 1971. Just expect everything to always get worse over time.

>>18640262
I really do not care. I would much rather the immigration reform act of 1964 to be repealed and all recent immigrants and their kin deported

I had a feeling this retard was a plant, but this confirms it.

>The goal is to make the board less interesting for posters

>>18640262
>Meanwhile none of us are willing to pick fucking lettuce.
If a mexican is working on a farm theres a good chance hes here on a working visa, the H-2A to be specific. As of 2023 there are currently 682,600 H-2A's from Mexico working in the USA. There are only 718,530 H-2A, Mexico making up 94% with South Africa taking second place with 1%. Furthermore, 43% of all H2As work in Arizona but ICE only seems to have 1.5k people detained there. I have a good hunch that non-immigrants here on an agricultural working visa arent being detained and deported like you're implying. Also H2A's dont like illegals because it threatens their job security and comfort so they immediately report them to get their ass out of there. This is implying anyone running an agricultural business is willing to take the risk in a sector the US government actually takes a peak at. I'd tell you why the talltale of the immigrant busting ass off to make a better life hasn't been true for the past 50 years but youre clearly not american so it simply doesnt matter. Please cease these canned bot replies in a thread about shitty watches.

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>>18640262
You lost tranny

>>18640275
Now I know you don't have a formal education.

>>18640282
And you won? How do you figure? Everyone lost.

>>18640293
Literally nothing has even happened. Nothing ever happens.

>>18640292
I have two bachelors degrees. One liberal arts and one technology. The reason they allow massive nonstop immigration is it increases the tax base, it buys votes, and it lowers the value of labor, not because it is beneficial in anyway. The unions and American labor party were anti-immigration 100 years ago because they knew it lowered the value of labor. Somehow they propagandized the left into being completely retarded and forgetting their own core values. Obviously large businesses love immigration and obviously the state loves immigration. Because it gives them both more money and power.

There's simply no reasoning that could ever, EVER compel me to vote for someone like Trump. McCain, sure. Bush, he looks like Einstein now. His dad, even better. But Trump? No way, no how. Even Bush voted for Harris. And Cheney and Romney and many other prominent Republicans who drew the line at Trump. We all know how McCain felt about Trump. Trump is bad for everyone. And he was a Democrat right up until he ran for office because he knew the only party dumb enough to take him was the GOP. He's not religious, he's not even a traditional family values guy at all. He's the face of the "anti-establishment" for a bunch of really dumb people who don't understand how anything works. There is the odd educated one, but such are few and far between. Immigration is being the main reasoning to support him, even if I believed in that, it just wouldn't be enough to outweigh all the heinous shit the man has done and is doing, the embarrassment he's causing the country on an international level. And with the dementia setting in live for all to see, it's not sad like it was with Biden or Reagan, because you knew the handlers were competent. With Trump it's just scary, because he doesn't defer to handlers. He's a complete wildcard, and really the only type of educated person I can see supporting him is some kind of anarchist who just wants to see how far he will go. Because only ignorant people don't believe Trump is off-the-charts inappropriate and unpresidential these days.

and that's all i have to say about that

>>18640321
>he doesn't defer to handlers
He literally can be convinced by anyone to go with whatever. He doesn't make lasting decisions and vascilates constantly. What are you even talking about. The ice shit is pagentry and what you would really want to do is audit the shit out of businesses to find under the counter payments and just threaten asset seizure and loss of business license and illegals would deport themselves. Nothing has happened. We didn't shut down half of federal agencies, the cia never got audited, pretty much nothing got audited, they've deported like 50 people, the tarriffs were reduced or removed for most countries, he went back on his gpu ban to china, rfk didn't ban basedbean oil or corn syrup, they tried to cover up the epstein files and now they'll pretend to release them, literally nothing ever happens and trump is owned by miriam adelson aka israel. Amd we'll probably be dragged into multiple more wars.

Let me give you a protip: when attacking a politician you should attack them FROM the point of view that their base agrees with. Point out where they actually are betraying their principles or falling short. You'll find nothing matters or changes and the two party system is fake.

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reeeee feb 9th can't come soon enough

>>18640613
Not handsome, but definitely neato looking

>>18640613
that's got to be the stupidest name a marketing department has ever come up with. I thought it was for getting the tidal schedule for surfers and mariners. nobody refers to radio waves as "waves." if you casually refer to waves, you're talking about catching some, as in surfing. nobody says "I'm going to catch some waves" to mean "listen to the radio" or "I'm going to calibrate my watch." and while "receptor" is a valid word (I guess?) nobody ever says it. something that receives radio is called a reciever. "receptor" sounds like someone trying (and failing) to sound more intelligent than they are. and then abbreviating it to "ceptor" is using the retarded form of a word and then trying (and failing) to make it cool. because abbreviations are cool, right? me and my bro Topher are totes gonna buy Casio Wave Ceptors for our highschool graduash celebraish! rad!

it's got a nice bracelet and I think the square ones look much better than the round ones. the name is inconsequential but shit like that just really grates my nerves.

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Hang Biden and his supporters

>>18640669
Do you think people like that image and your comment? Are you 12? You're into a really fucking lame culture there, kid. I feel sorry for you.

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Shitters incoming

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Oof, nothing good here

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lol, what a fitting place to put it on this new book. What a silly watch. $17 "well spent".

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I will likely never wear this anywhere. Also, that "tongue" part, the red circle in the mouth, it's already dislodged and just rattles loudly and in a way you can feel.
I don't know if it's supposed to do that or if it spun around like a moonphase. Seems unlikely it would do anything for $17.

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Now this is a watch I love. $28. Collect 'em all!

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36mm, lightweight, hand-wind only. But it's funny when you shake a deal handwinder it still starts running. I guess just jostling that spring gives it enough to wake up. All that shit is still so amazing hundreds of years after it was first conceived.

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I got this one without the window in the rear.

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Next to the other one.

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And here's my collection so far of $30 36mm Chinese Shangais. I love them all so much.

>>18640775
shake a *dead

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>>18640669

>>18640862
You will never, ever have sex.

>>18640867
You've never had sex.

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>>18640869
Of course I have. I wouldn't feel comfortable making fun of a virgin chud if I hadn't had sex myself.
I've been having sex since George W. Bush's first term in the White House. No, I didn't vote for him.

>>18640873
Holy shit shitters spammer is both old AND a libtard? And he's afraid to build a parts watch or do any hobby that requires some learning or skill?

>>18640873
Getting molested by your dad doesn't count anon

>>18640613
This watch would get you stopped at a security check..
This is a good thing!

>wanna buy a cool watch
>look for used
>people are bidding up the auction more than a brand new one would cost
wtf? are these just like auction bots that broke or something?

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>>18641075
Skill issue.
t. just got the penis watch off the auction for about 130

>>18641127
Luck issue. There's no skill involved in getting something because fewer people are bidding on it.
Fucking moron.

>>18641127
I know the penis logo is for HAQ (or something?) but is it supposed to be an upside down V and a W ? or anything? or is it just an abstract thing?
I've been coming here for years and realized I don't know this. and then there's also a double penis...

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>>18641213
It's supposed to just be a quartz crystal.

woohoo lets gooooo just scored a used citizen eco-drive for 54 big ones.

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>>18641352
looks like it is the corso grey maybe? its not in perfect shape but I'll be happy to finally have something kinda nice. I really wanted one of their ecos for a while but just didn't want to spend a lot.

>>18641356
ngl without that eco-drive text it would be something I might even look for

>>18641356
pretty nice

>>18641356
That’s a damn good get if it works
That watch is a couple hundred it looks like

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I actually wore the Tomi all day today. Very comfortable, light, and flat compared to my autos. Really a pretty nice little $9 watch.

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Just ordered this baby for $45 along with some various straps for other watches. I've been wanting one of those onion crowns for a while now. And it's a screw-down with 200m WR, VH31 mechaquartz, sapphire, and it's just gorgeous at 39mm. And I love the number font so much. It looks great on tan leather in the video and I can always switch to that if I don't like the bracelet.
Everyone reviewing it seems to love it. I can't wait for it to get here. Which won't be long, as it's like an eight to ten day ship, not a 6 week one.
I didn't order any watches yesterday or the day before that. And I had a Vavavoom TV dial in my cart for $17, but in the end I know it'd just take up space and not get worn. I'm going to have seven or eight fucking square watches by the time everything comes in. I LOVE my Timex E Line 1983, and the Xeric is going to be awesome as is the Monaco homage. But another couple coming are cheap and stupid, and I don't need any more dead weight novelty watches I have a quick chuckle at and then never wear again. Even if it's less than $20, it's the principle of it. It's just a bad habit to buy watches so willy-nilly.
At least this one is a well-researched great buy. And I will wear it.
I love watches so much it's unreal.

>>18641217
I'm sure it's an 'N' and 'W' that has some significance. Or 'M' and 'V' upside down. It's gotta be letters. Crystal would be cool but too obscure for anyone to get. You have to look hard to see it as a dick also.

>>18641363
But Eco-Drive is amazing and it's not something you'd want to hide. Just like it's good when automatics say that on the dial sometimes.
I'm glad you were 'not going to lie' about your opinion though. You just shouldn't have it. A Citizen has Eco-Drive solar technology it's going to flaunt that feature. Your battery changing days are over.
Just make sure it gets light. I just saw a video of this 60 year old collector with all kinds of watches in his collection, he had a couple Eco-Drives and he put them in boxes in a drawer. He denied them light. And so they stopped working.
Dude >>18641352
>>18641356
will probably wear his all the time though so it won't be an issue. Great score for that price. I leave mine by a window to catch some rays, but I also wear it twice a week.

>>18641551
I am 100% gonna daily that ecodrive I am pretty excited, right now I just usually wear the f105w.

>>18641549
It's supposed to be a quartz crystal over a w made of quartz crystals meaning quartz watch

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I'm so fucking mad I broke my favorite watch the other day. The crown was always a little stiff when winding and a couple days ago something snapped inside when I was winding it and the crown spins freely now. I suspect that the crown stem was a little bent when I got it. I emailed the guy who owns good-stuffs and he gave me 120 credit to order a new watch which was nice but the one I wanted to buy again is out of stock which is frustrating. I'm gonna have to order a replacement movement and try swapping it out myself. Picrel is the watch I ordered with my credit.

>>18641678
You can replace a broken stem. It's just a fucking surgery to actually get it out.

>>18641690
I'm pretty sure its the tip broken off at the very end, the watch-maker I took it to told me the stem would have fallen out otherwise. The movement needs to be taken apart to find whatever part is broken. I'll have to order the tools to do that though because I only have really basic shit like a spring-bar tool and link remover. I'm gonna try and dissasemble/fix it myself and if that doesn't work out a new (genuine) movement from seagull's website is 80 bucks.

>>18641708
Yeah I have an nh38 sitting in a box I broke the stem off in. I do have the tools but it's going to be like 4 hours of tedious shit to actually fix it.

>>18641727
Also I have changed the datewheel on an nh35 to a lumed one and that is an easier thing to do and that was bad enough.

waiting a whole damn month for an ae1200, a citizen digi temp clone, and a waveceptor after seeing it here. reeeeeeee

>>18641678
Sea-gull makes great watches. That one looks awesome and shouldn't give you any trouble. How long did you have what broke? What was it?

>>18642004
The stem broke off in the movement.

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So it's here. My Seiko Alpinist for such a great deal.
We're about to find out if it's just stolen or if it's fake.

>>18642013
Yes, but what kind of watch even was it? Where's the photo?

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This doesn't look right. Doesn't FEEL right. Way too light.

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This is simply insulting.

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Why waste the time? The guy knows I'm not going to fucking keep this shitter.

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I'm not even going to take this off and start it.
BTW, the second crown doesn't even move. haha
It's just part of the case. So that revolving bezel also isn't there.

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I really don't know why he charged so much for this. It's truly a fucking joke. No wonder it's "no returns accepted".
Well it's fraud, so I'm getting my money back. What a waste of everyone's time here.

>>18642026
>Automatlc

Now I'm just going to harass the guy and insult his dishonorable ways until my money is refunded. I know he has nothing to do with it, but it was extra rude of him to call me "dear" and assure me that I was getting a real Prospex.

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>>18641363
imagine

>>18642026
And yet the bezel alignment is better than an authentic seiko!

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can anyone ID this watch?

>>18642041
It's a sub copy

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So what should I get on ebay with my $147?

Looks like /fa/ is bored with the whole shitter adventure here. People seem happy with this board just being an endless cycle of discussing $5K watches you're never going to buy and a few losers spamming pics of the same $5K watches they have over and over and over again.
>Kofe time
>Should I get the Grand Seiko, the Weekdater, a Rolex Submariner, or a PRX? Decisions, decisions!

Great "board culture" you have here. You don't even WANT regular OC.

>>18642030
But now it's not an Eco-Drive anymore so I'm not as impressed with it.

>>18642018
what was the price?
>>18642030
eh I don't mind the branding on it since it's already small and it kind of gives better validity to the watch. Plus if I own too many watches then I definitely want to remember which ones need light to operate and which ones I can put away

>>18642052
The shitter adventures can be funny but most of the time it feels like spam especially on a slow board like /fa/. Theres really no reason to post back to back less than a minute apart with the blurriest high res photos you can muster when the average poster probably checks the thread once a day at best. I'd recommend combining your posts into a single one so it doesnt look like youre racing to the bump limit. Also you should probably not samefag to make it seem like a conversation is going on either.

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I’m gonna take the faceplate off my ae1200 and 3d print something else, the original faceplate is alright but it covers so much of the screen.

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>>18642019
Its a non-chrono version of the 1963 made by Red Star but the movement inside is a genuine Seagull movement. Purchased 4 months ago, I've posted it here a couple times before. The watch had very good accuracy (between -5 and -2 spd) but it was always sort of tough to wind. One morning it while winding it just went snap and that was that.

>>18642109
Show me where you think samefagging has ever occurred here. I'm going to post back to back images when the watches arrive. And I can't let the thread die while I'm waiting for the mail.
I really resent the samefagging accusation. I'm completely honest here, perhaps to a fault. Why would I suddenly engage in dishonesty?
There's no convincing you paranoid people anyway. If I post you a screenshot proving I'm not samefagging you, you would just accuse me of a photoshop coverup.
You'd sooner trust your suspicious intuition than someone who's got a track record of honesty.
I mean, I'm here with updates of my embarrassing Alpinist fiasco. Would a samefagging liar bring that back up, or would he just quietly deal with it privately and hope everyone forgot?
Anyway, sorry for whatever fooling you experienced to make you distrust people online for no good reason.
I'd rather you didn't participate here if you're going to smear me like that.

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>>18641678
>>18642135
Fuckin a', the guy who runs the website just emailed me saying he's out of stock on the Sea-gull watch I wanted too. Anyone wanna look on there (good-stuffs) and help me pick something? I'm trying to avoid anything using those shitty hand wound tongji movements. This is my strongest contender at the moment.

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>>18642026
You deserve it

>>18642052
I think I just really question why you are interested in the watch hobby at all.

Being discerning is a key part of interest in anything. There's nothing wrong with liking some straight-to-dvd low quality action movies. But, obviously someone would also be a pariah in any film discussion if they hated people awaiting a new release, because they could just watch a brand new streaming movie slop daily.

This is why I don't understand what you even get out of watches. I think you just have a retail addiction. You like buying things, have found something with infinite varieties to buy, and an enormous and ever growing extremely budget tier which you an indulge in as often as possible. Whatever watches are, you have no interest in further than that they are for sale. You could fuck off to any other object, flashlights, wallets, picture frames, it would be the same to you, a dopamine rush and a picture frame forum to go troll with your latest aliexpress buys.

>>18642142
They have downs or something, this week they want to be a real watch collector like the youtubers, next week it'll be a fireman.

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>>18642135
Shitty. That's the good thing about the nicer AliExpress brands; they'll make things right even after 4 months. I have a Red Star 1963 chrono panda that I love (though I'm less in love with the slim hands now, same as yours), and so far no issues. But I rarely use it. The drawback of getting a bunch of watches quickly is spending less time with each one and possibly overlooking issues. I haven't read much negative press about Seagull movements, so hopefully yours was just an anomalous occurrence.
Your new one is sweet though. Got kind of a Murphish thing going on. But with the Close Encounters font on the numbers. Is that 38mm? I might have to get one of those.

I'm really considering this San Martin. One of their cheaper models, but it's a lovely simple automatic just the right size. I don't like divers anyway, which is what a lot of their $300 stuff is.

cont.

I will first evidence your pretense of quality. Yes, a miyota or seiko off-the-shelf movement is perfectly good. But, one of the reasons to care about this in the first place and not just buy any quartz/no name movement is that the miyota can actually be serviced. The problem with shitters; the cost of servicing absolutely eclipses the cost of the watch in the first place. You buy from companies with no warranty to speak of, and buy watches which make zero financial sense to keep running. You will most likely just toss them and buy another shitter. This is as consumerist as one can be when buying anything, choosing the entry price over the long haul, and quantity first and foremost.

The cost of servicing any chronograph watch is well over the retail price of any given shitter, likely double or even triple, especially if a part is needed.

>>18642137
>this much text for a single word
Its that simple, hit the toggle to show off your pass too for us.

>>18642147
Thats a genuine shizopost you've replied to.

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>>18642142
lol, I enjoyed your post, but you're off base. First of all, none of this would ever constitute trolling, no matter how loose your interpretation of the word. Second, I enjoy buying watches but I also enjoy wearing and discussing the watches. Tonight I finally started sizing my own bracelets rather than taking them to my jeweler. I've experimented with nato straps too, and put some leather straps on watches I wasn't wearing because I didn't like the bracelets. Like my Polaris in this image. Much better now.
There seems to be some resentment towards me because I'm not spending my money as other people would. I guess you're just not a good judge of people or very observant at all if you see some kind of passing fancy or "trolling" or anything other than what I fucking say it is. Others here get it. I'm sorry you don't. I don't know what you own or what kind of a collector/hobbyist you are. A lot of my biggest detractors don't even have a watch to show. Just trolls (yes, that's what trolling is, not me making threads).
There's no winning with you people. I was accused of getting shitters and when I get non-shitters you still find something to nitpick. It's not about money or style, it's just about me. You don't like the way I post. You don't think I "lurked" long enough or have enough respect for the way the board's supposed to be in your warped estimation. This isn't to you specifically anymore but just anyone here who has a problem.
Anyway, you're wrong about everything and I hope I've helped you see things the way they are.
Stay tuned for more. ;)

>>18642147
Of course I have a pass. Anyone who doesn't is a sucker. You guys talk about wanting $5K watches but scoff at $20 a year? lol

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>>18640873
Bush won.

cont.

I will next notice your attitude towards the copying aspect of shitters. Despite anons interested in non shitter watches clearly knowing about, caring about, and discussing the actual intricaies that separate two expensive watches from one another, you don't seem to care because they're expensive. Meanwhile shitters have no differences worthy of note. It's one of like three literally generic movements, in a case that's universally a copy of an existing design. These brands have no identity, no design language, nothing. One week they copied a Rolex, the next an Omega, the next a fucking Tissot. There is nothing to post about, there's nothing to debate. It's a unit of watch that can be worn on a wrist. You can change the strap. Whoop-de-doo.

If you were just some microbrand lover literally nobody would care. Brew watches aren't for everyone, but at least there's some thought put into them. Meanwhile "Tandorio" has existed for a week and has nothing behind.

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>>18642146
What service? Why will these watches need to be serviced? Most watches last for years with no issue. You think each and every one should have some fucking serviceable movement? No. I don't expect them to be serviced with the prices I'm paying.
And what "pretense of quality"? I don't think they're higher quality than they are. If you want to argue that you have to take on hundreds of respected watch reviewers who have gone on record about the quality of the watches. I KNOW they aren't "Swiss quality". Do you think I don't know that?
Your sense of scale is all out of whack if you think I'm considering some "long haul" here. I explained before about how if you have 40 pairs of shoes and you wear them all once in a while, they don't break down and fall apart. Same with these watches. Watches don't just stop working because they sat too long. And besides that, you don't need to spend a thousand dollars to get a watch that will last you 30 years anyway. Plenty of cheap watches last that long. And most of these are not cheaply made. You better not even be acting like you're a watch enthusiast if you don't know what $60-$150 gets you from China. It's the same shit they put in the Seikos and Citizens you approve of plus better everything else. This is well-established at this point and it's not even my argument to make. It's fact.
I have one chronograph and it definitely has a serviceable movement should anything ever go wrong. I just wear the watches. I don't use the features. That's why I don't have divers or chronos really.

You buy and collect watches your way and I'll do it mine. There's no wrong way though. You're entitled to your retarded opinion.

I think my Merkur looks way better on leather. People like Merkur. Will they be around in 40 years to "service" this $120 bronze "shitter"? Don't know, don't care. I'm not going to have a problem with the watch. I love it and I will never sell it. How can you argue with that? Don't tell me I don't belong.

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>>18642157
I love my Tandorios. Just put this one on a nato instead of the leather and it suits it much better, don't you think? Is this a copy of something "good" for $500? I don't care. I like the style.
And I care about expensive watches which are cool. Just not the fucking middle-of-the-road same old boring trend watches constantly discussed here. Maybe if I'd gotten into this 15 years earlier I'd have some solemn reverence for shit like you do, so I'm glad I didn't.

Microbrands are fine. "No one would care" if I liked those. But it just incenses you that I love shitters. lol, I don't get it. What's your flavor? You like all of the "important" designs of the major Swiss makers?
And if I don't then I'm doing it wrong?

>>18642161
Your reading comprehension is rather low.

I don't think these are low quality movements. I literally said miyotas are good in my post.

Your pretense of quality is pretending that the quality of the movement matters to you as in, "It's the same shit they put in the Seikos and Citizens you approve of."

Why it is pretense is that you are not intending to ever service them and don't care, "No. I don't expect them to be serviced"

This is why you come across as someone who just likes buying /things/ and why I don't think it matters whether it's watches or picture frames, you'd get the same dopamine ordering a $3 plant pot and trying to tell your mom about it as you get from buying a shitter watch and posting in the thread here. Ultimately though, nobody wants to talk about plant pots or shitters, and you've long since past the point of any of us saying "oh yeah that's a nice pot," and moving on with our lives.

You are the exact ultra consumerist you seem to hate, except instead of one $5000 watch, it's 50 $100 shitters.

>>18642163
You don't even know this is an exact copy of one of the most popular watches of all time.
You are not an enthusiast; you are a shopper.
Have fun with your next spree. China will buy so many more aircraft carriers.

And, just to be clear, since you don't read very well:

I would have no problem with Joe Blow who doesn't give a fuck about watches, seeing someone wearing a Rolex, going on ali express, buying a San Martin Sub, and liking how it looks on his wrist. Hell, he might even buy a real sub one day and feel like he accomplished something. But I wouldn't want to talk about watches with him. I wouldn't respect his eye for watch design. He also probably isn't on a fucking watch thread trying to talk about his San martin, either, though.

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This doesn't seem to pair well at all. I was unable to remove the pins and resize the bracelet myself on this one, so I just removed it entirely. Seems to be 19mm so this nato is a bit tight. I'm going to order some single pass natos too because I don't like the bulk. Anyway, it's nice to FINALLY wear this Addiesdive, but this isn't the strap either. I'm going to work on getting the bracelet sized and then explore other options.
This is one of a couple of quartz watches that I don't regret buying but I really won't wear because I have so many others I love more. Maybe I can give it to someone who needs a good watch.

YES CRASH OUT HARDER QUEEN.

YOU'RE THE EXPERT NOW.

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>>18642165
lol, I don't understand. So I care about my movements for the wrong reasons? I guess I think a lot of things at the same time but they don't conflict with each other. I say the movement and parts of those "approved" brands matters because YOU think it matters. I need it apparently to argue that the watches don't suck. And because they don't suck, the won't need to be serviced. Obviously when I'm talking about a $28 Shanghai 7120, I don't expect it to be serviceable. But nor do I expect it to ever REQUIRE servicing either. I'm not going to wear it enough or in situations where its integrity will be risked or compromised.
I think Miyotas are good too. Others will tell me they aren't good enough. Because everyone here is an asshole who thinks he's right.
I like buying watches. Not picture frames or planter pots. I guess I made a comment bringing all this on, but I've had about enough of you. I don't want to hear from you. I see that you're all reading but you just have nothing to post unless I directly bitch about low traffic or somehow offend one of you in some other way. I'll try not to draw your attention.
You keep sucking off the idea of wearing a Rolex someday and I'll keep buying and posting my shitters for the people who DO enjoy the threads. There's more action here. More OC. More actual new watches. And that's not a bad thing. No matter how jaded and superior you are with your "elevated" tastes and predictable stodgy opinions about the world of watches.
I've seen plenty of people like you all over the web. You're losing. Your opinions are considered antiquated and false. The gate's busted and everyone's invited in now. And guys like me are here with our thousands of dollars of disposable income and yeah, we want 100 instead of 1.

So, back to San Martin. I really want this fucker. I think I'm gonna buy it.

>>18642173
Oh I'm a fast learner. I'm all caught up and it only took me two months.

>>18642174
I think I made my point about the movement clearly enough. I think I made all my points clear enough actually.
>There's more action here. More OC. More actual new watches.
And yet you're complaining about how slow it is. People don't want to engage with you because your enthusiasm is for funko pops, not watches. Which leaves little to discuss.

So back to what I said in my first post,
>I think I just really question why you are interested in the watch hobby at all.
Why watches, anon? Go buy flower pots. Or retro games. Or any other Reddit tier buying hobby that's cheap and doesn't take up much space. I have proven you will get the same out of it.

>>18642175
You just bought a fake Seiko, after buying a fake Orient.

You're a slow learner, probably special needs.

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>>18642185
You're deliberately missing it. You haven't proven anything. You're pretending I don't have enthusiasm for watches and you're pretending I don't own any "real" watches. You're just a troll. You don't know anything. You parrot what people used to think about watches.
You don't want to engage with me so don't. If you won't acknowledge my collection it speaks more about you than me, and it's that you're a blind snob.

I'd like to see your watches now. You must have quite a collection to be such an authority and a prick. Post them now. No matter what they are I will not respect you because you're deliberately posting in bad faith.
You don't have to like me, but you have to make false accusations to get your point that you don't like me across.
So lets see yours now.

>>18642186
No, I bought a real Seiko but was defrauded by a criminal seller. I will get my money back. I new the Orient I bought was not "from the makers of the Bambino". I am fine with it for $45 and have no intention of selling it or trying to return it.
I'm learning with every purchase. And I'm learning with each of your posts that you're a miserable incel and I don't like you.

>>18642195
*knew

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I also think you have a problem seeing how I could actually respect any watches when I go and do stuff like this.
I think this is hilarious. A box to display $2 shitters. Lol

This is art. It's comedy. This box should not be. Yet here it is.

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>>18642140
Never even heard of Good-stuffs until now. That's all I need, another place to get discount shitters. What's your budget cap? I haven't yet run across that one in your pic. I like this one for $145. And their cheapest Sea-gull, the 38mm, 9.5mm thick with onion crown for $105 is really looking good to me too.

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>>18642220
>>18642140
The 80 hour power reserve on the Shanghai Diamond Star Moon is pretty tempting. I saw your contender there at $199.00. There are a handful for just over $200 you might like. They have my D304 on there, but you don't want a chrono, right? Or you don't want a hand wind. But these aren't shitty, especially the ones with the swan neck action.

I really like this one. It's 41mm which may be too big for your liking. Your strongest contender would also be in my top 5. Maybe with the darker strap though. But not alligator. Black but the shape of the one in your pic.
At least we can always change the bands.

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Next time someone is starting a /wt/ custom watch thread, they can use this as a jumping off point.

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>>18642140
Not a whole lot of others are 'speaking to me'. This one I really like though. There's definitely bound to be something you'll be happy with out of their selection.

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I'll probably actually get this one. I've seen ones like it slightly cheaper on Aliexpress but I don't think they had it in green. I really don't mind winding these daily.

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Got this one instead. Free shipping too. Probably be a few weeks until I actually get it though. I'm excited because it's 35mm, which is a little smaller than the others I have. I know a kind of goth girl super into Halloween who would love something like this.
35 jewels seems to be a bit high for such an inexpensive watch. I'll need to read up on why this would have so many. A couple of mine like this have only 17.

>>18642134
Gonna keep the right side open and airy, but put some kind of octagonal shape surrounding the dial on the top left. Below the dial in that left area I might print some detail or leave it open not sure yet

>>18642140
that's a cool looking watch. what does the logo indicate?
also, "fuckin A" is positive, not negative. it was originally the cursing version of "grade A" to rate something e.g. "your Patek is fuckin A, man."
"grade-fucking-A" was intoned like "right-fucking-now" but the "grade" was eventually dropped and also it started getting used as a general exclamation, e.g. "hooray!" But you can't (or shouldn't, at least) use it as a negative exclamation e.g. "dammit!"

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>>18642431
It's supposed to be "51" with the 5 on top of the 1. Its an homage to an early chink watches. Anyway, its the watch I ended up going with. I can't tell if the case is bronze or rose gold plated but I hope it's bronze, I like how that looks when it starts to patina.

>>18642041
nigga its a submariner, the most iconic watch on the planet

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What you guys think of Casio AQ-230? Anyone got one?

Also, are these threads mostly for chink shitters nowadays?

>>18642548
>Also, are these threads mostly for chink shitters nowadays?
Its one guy who showed up here a month ago and spams all the watch threads with 20 dollar chinese watches. Probably 80% of the posts here are him

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>>18642548
Looks neat, but I'm holding off new watches for a while after getting this new Edifice solar chrono (and the G-Shock ring watch for shits and giggles)

>>18642607
You only need a few chink shitters. 1 field, 1 gmt, 1 dive, 1 dress, 1 chrono. Thats a complete collection. If you want a different watch from these classes then give your old one to a friend. You'll get more wear and value just spending a couple hundred for decent ones than buying $30 shitters. You *could* start with just addiesdive, pagani and then as you replace them with better ones just get rid of your old ones. He is mentally ill.

A perfect chink watch collection
1. Field ‐ Boderry Voyager Titanium - $160
Nh35, sapphire, grade 2 titanium bracelet, solid end links, sand blasted - similar to bertucci
2. GMT - San Martin SN0116 - $300
Nh35, bidirectional bezel, excellent beads of rice bracelet with on the fly microadjust, steel, polished and brushed - original design
3. Dive - Seestern SUB600T - $130
Nh35, steel, sapphire, lumed datewheel - complete doxa knockoff
4. Dress - Baltany S4090 - $350
Miyota 9039, sapphire, omega constellation knockoff
5. Chrono - Sugess 1963-40 Panda - $170
Seagull ST19 swanneck, sapphire, hamilton intramatic knockoff

The only other thing to add to this would be a g shock 5600 solar. Then it's a complete collection. Just keep one of each genre and get rid of your lesser favorite if you buy any in the same class.

>>18642663
Total cost with the gshock is ~$1,275. And then you're done. All of those movements are drop in replacable so you don't reallt have to worry about servicing costs either. Just order the replacement movement and either diy or tell the guy to just replace it.

>want 48mm lug to lug watch
>wrist is 6.5 inches
FUCK

>>18642688
Rice bucket

>>18642693
>arthritis

>>18642698
Coward

>>18642548
I know this model was in the original poorfag guide. it's been /wt/ approved since then but now /wt/ is full of avatarfags tryna flex so the threads balkanized and now they don't talk about cheap models anymore.
you can check archives for the info on the old poorfag guide but the prices and some models are out of date

>>18642663
I really dislike the whole "1 of everything" approach to watches, you should just buy what you like instead of making these arbitrary checklists. Most of the time I'm wearing a field watch or a steel bracelet sports watch, I dont think I could ever see myself buying a diver, chrono or any kind of GMT complication.

>>18642774
Just means u don't have a full life. U can't wear same watch on yachting, motorcycling, fucking, business meeting, traveling, paragliding, painting, shooting movie, and so on.

>>18642774
I agree, although I recommend that most people find a watch that's a little more dressy that can be paired with a suit and tie. Something as simple as a Tank "tribute" from your preferred brand.
That being said I have a soft spot for chronos and think they are cool even if you don't have a use for them.

>>18642784
I've never worn a suit in my life so I think a dress watch would collect dust. My hobbies are mostly outdoor stuff like hiking/shooting/fishing so I find field watches and recently a g-shock work pretty well. The steel sports watch is what I wear when I'm dressing "up" for work which is just office casual.

>>18642607
I've been here over two months and yes, this is my thread. I don't have any $20 watches though. I have some $2 and $3 watches, some $10, some $28 and up.
lol, you don't have to visit my threads if you only like Swiss shit you can't afford. There are always like 3 watch threads. But yeah, 80% are probably me. But no, it isn't spam. You must be new to the internet.

>>18642663
No, I am not mentally ill. You just wouldn't spend money the same way I do. There's nothing wrong with that. Doesn't make you mentally ill because I disagree with you.

Let's see your watches.

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This was in the mailbox today.

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Yep, that's WAY too big. Sending it back. That's on me I guess. I didn't watch any videos about it before pulling the trigger.
I don't need anymore square watches. I'm starting to dread that Xeric in fact.

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I just removed some links on this and put it on. It's within a comfortable size for me, but I really don't know how often I'll wear it. Great watch for $36 though.
The Timex E Line 1983 has really become my favorite squarish watch. 34mm is so nice.

>>18642803
hahahahahahha

>>18642804
lolololol

>Buying tens of $30 shitters
What's the point?

>>18642796
You're mentally ill

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>>18642808
>>18642812

I love them. You must think the exact same thing about someone who collects $30 Casio. Or else you're a hypocrite.
The $30 ones are just a subset of a larger collection. I enjoy all kinds of watches. I'm waiting for my first microbrand watch. Next I'm going to buy a vintage watch at least 50 years old. I like to taste everything on the menu rather than getting the most expensive cellar wine. Though someday I will get myself a nice bottle. No matter what though, some dickless troll here will shit on it. They shat on my Presage and my Citizen even. Still not good enough. Didn't spend enough. I did it wrong.

lol, you haters have your fun. You can kiss my buns and you're a buns-hole. I love my watches and I'm not going to stop posting.

And sorry I'm not a better photographer. I'm working on it.

>>18642813
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>>18642813
This is an act-blue shill that washed in from /pol trying to disrupt regular discussion

>>18642817
no, he's just a narcissist

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>>18642817
I don't know why you are on this board or in this thread. You're very crazy and very lost. I'm sure it's hard to be an incel with nothing to show for your life and no one to love you, but trying to spread misery to others doesn't make you feel better about yourself, does it?

I hope you get the help you need. I hope you can get out of the house and experience life a little bit. You wouldn't be nearly as bitter and paranoid and angry if you were living a fulfilling life.
I was stuck in a rut for a while but I'm enjoying the hobby of watch collecting now. If my joy makes you uneasy you need to reflect upon yourself.

>>18642813
>who collects $30 Casio
Yes if you buy every colorway of the f91w you might have a problem but that person would likely agree that they have a rampant consumerist problem instead of whatever the hell you think youre doing. Casio also has enough feature variety and designs that you could probably own 10 of them and each one be a completely different watch. That being said they do shit out a bunch of F91W-like watches.

>>18642733
Found this https://www.imgur.com/a/NFMXDuK
But I guess that's not the original one.

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>>18642828
>whatever the hell you think you're doing

I know what I'm doing. It seems you're the one who doesn't understand. You can't state that I'm doing anything wrong, just that you wouldn't do it yourself and you don't see the sense in it. Fair enough. I don't understand a lot of collections and hobbies. I don't deign to assume I can lecture those people on how they're doing it wrong and buying the wrong things. It's not like I'm still buying very cheap crap that I'm never going to wear. I just got a $90 watch that I don't like and I'm sending it back. I learned another lesson. I haven't lost anything. You can shake your head all you want, but stop insinuating that I'm fucking up somehow. I just like different things than you do. I'd like to see your collection. You aren't just an armchair quarterback, are you? Let's see how you spend your watch dollars. Does it just burn you up, the wasted potential ONE watch I probably could have bought? Maybe someday in the far future I'll look back on the shitter spree as foolhardy. But I doubt it. I'm not going to fall out of love with watches. I'm not going to wake up and think my pretty babies are all ugly. Unless I lose my arms in a freak accident, I'm going to wear watches every day. And my most expensive watch, I've never worn it out of the house. I'm sure I will, but I went and bought a watch for the wrong reason that time. I did it because cunts like you tried to convince me that it's a better watch. That the brand makes it better. I love to look at it and it's comfy and all, but I really just don't wear it. Don't want to scuff that fucking Hardlex crystal. lol
Meanwhile, I'm finding new love for the Addiesdive. I figured out how to make the NATO work for me, and after a day of wearing it I think it looks okay. Still might go with leather later. But probably not back on the steel bracelet. I don't like those as much. Except the Militado Murph. It feels just right that way. I may start modding stuff.

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With this overhang folded up and tucked into the keeper it's quite form-fitting now. I really think it works. The whole nato strap thing is so great. I've had a whole collection of assorted bands for over a month but I just started playing with them. I aim to get better quality ones for sure.
I knew this watch would eventually get its day in the sun. I'm really glad I bought it. The mecha-quartz sweeping seconds make these watches so much better.

>>18642774
I like gmts and chronos the most though. I have no dress watch and no diver. I wear my gmt all the time and my field watch if I'm doing physical work or going to the gym. I would only wear a dress watch if I had an event for it which I pretty much never do. I use my chrono for my job because it's faster and easier to just click than opening a timer application.

>>18642838
>Seiko 5 for under $300
>Hamilton mechanicals for under $600
>Used vintage Omega for under $800
God damn, everything on this list has doubled in price except the Sea Gull. Might as well call it a middleclassfag watch guide. Even Casio wasn't spared from this bloodbath the F-91W is like $30 now.

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>>18642849
There are a bunch of Seiko 5s for around $150 on Jomashop actually. I don't know about the other stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLta6Wy1_tk

>>18642813
Dude, please. I could once come here and enjoy looking at pictures of watches from low-end to ultra luxury. Now it seems like you're in every thread using the word "shitter" so much I've begun to wonder if someone gives you a nickel each time you do it. By all means, buy what floats your boat, but no one needs a photo essay of each day's mail and a brief review of your new "shitters".

>>18642862
It would be nice if he bought good ali watches people actually wanted and reviewed the machining, bracelet, build quality, crystal etc instead of just random bullshit.

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>>18642862
You don't have to look at my watches or enter my threads which are clearly labeled "shitter watch" in the heading. You seem to be literate.
I didn't come up with that word and truth be told I don't really care for it. I'm going to post each and every watch I purchase. lol, that's what the thread is fucking ABOUT. How dumb are you?
Go away. I don't like your negativity. I've done nothing to draw this ire. Nothing whatsoever. Ignore me and I'll ignore you.
You could once, but now you can't. Get used to it.

>>18642872
There are dozens of youtube channels for you to watch them unbox and pore over the amazing finishing of the San Martin whatever diver. Bores me.

Sorry you don't like my "random bullshit". I'm not going to tell you how to find my youtube channel. Then again, you guys wouldn't do anything there. I never see your kinds of dick comments under any of the budget watch reviews. And a lot of my watches have been positively reviewed on those channels.

>>18642872
The good Ali watches are too expensive for him unfortunately

>>18642875
No watch is too expensive for me. I just don't think it makes sense to pay more than $500 for a watch. The most I've spent to date on a single watch is $340. I'm up to over $3K all in on the collection though. I could buy just about any watch I want. I'd just have to get a mortgage and cash out all of my accounts to get anything in the mid six-figure range. Obviously I'm not going to do that. But if I did, would ya like me then? Huh? Wouldja? Wouldja?????

>>18642874
I started the under $500 shitter threads to avoid the rolex spammers and you have only started posting like 2 months ago.

are there GOOD chink bracelets? I said GOOD. I already have chink shit bracelet and am very aware how BAD chink shit bracelets are. I need 18mm GOOD bracelet.

>>18642883
Oh well. There's plenty of room for everyone. Was there a mandatory waiting period or something? lol
Again, feel free to post YOUR watches, you critical cocksucker. Notice no one takes me up on that. A lot of opinions for people who don't seem to be collectors. You can endlessly consider and post stuff you think is cool or someday you wish to own. I don't criticize you in your threads for that.
This here thread is for people who actually buy shit. I may be "poor" and buy "shitters", but I'm buying watches and sharing them with the board. I NEVER could have predicted there'd be such hostility towards that, but I underestimated the bitter and resentful nature of the 4chan community.
>GAWD, I used to just love /fa/ and watch threads before this fucking tourist interloper appeared and started doing what he promised: buying and posting affordable watches. I'd really like this place better if he wasn't here stinking up the board with choices I'd not have made.

Pretty ridiculous if you ask me. But then I've never understood the prickly and unpleasant nature of you people. I don't think you have it in you to be complimentary or respectful. Not on the internet.

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>>18642888
I'm wearing my watches.

>>18642903
>>18642843
So we have similar tastes. What's the problem?

>>18642904
Mostly your personality. You've destroyed the threads.

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I want this. It's ~$200 in Yurope and Japan but not available in the US yet.

>>18642905
haha, well they're mine to destroy, aren't they? Sorry I'm too much for you. There's the door.

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I'm thinking of getting this to replace the Monaco homage. Can't go wrong with 24mm. I just don't know if I'd walk around with it closed up or not. Is that for like avoiding shrapnel or do people open it to check the time?

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I saw a video on this and thought maybe I do want a diver if it's 40mm or less. So what is this an homage of? Could I get a better version for under $200?
I just want to be able to experience as many watches as possible. I know some of you don't get it. Would you if you could? And what would you get? If someone gave you like $500 a week to spend on watches but some weeks you had to get 8 and some weeks you could only get 3? You can't get 2 or save up for multiple weeks. Do it like I've been doing it. What would YOU get with the money? You can't just say you wouldn't take those rules, you'd take them. lol, I bet some of you wouldn't. You'd maintain that it's too dumb a way to buy watches. But I bet if you opened your mind and cruised the budget watches you'd come up with some cool picks. What $75 watch would you rather get than this? And what sub $200 watch would you get that looks like this and is under 40mm?

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I just bought this. Seems like a hell of a deal.

>>18640775
I caused my shanghai to completely die because I touched a spring when tuning it, and then it just sprang back to life a few hours later. God bless the chink standard movement

>>18642548
>are these threads mostly for chink shitters nowadays?
There's one guy that posts a lot about them, but even aside from him chink watches have basically taken over the best value cheap watch sector that seiko used to own.

>>18642956
That's nothing like the monoco homage, it's a reverso

>>18642984
That one sucks,octopus makes the best fifty fathoms

>>18643054
I know. But I'm sending back the Monaco homage that's too big and I'm saying I might get that reverso thing instead. It's a rectangular watch from the same company is all it has in common.

>>18642946
They really aren't. They existed before you and will continue after ypu get bored and move onto another obsession for a little while (and then another and another)

>>18643056
It sucks? That's not what I've seen about it. And Octopus are around $300 and I said under $200. Don't even try telling me there aren't good watches at that price.

>>18643065
lol, then come back then, doubting Thomas. We'll see who's here forever. I don't drop hobbies and get new ones like you do. We're different.

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>>18643056
Might get this one when it goes on sale for Valentine's Day.

>>18643067
Get the sw200 one, it's $400

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This is $196. Heard great things about Thorn on this very board.

>>18643072
Thorn is good, but you aren't getting the bubble bezel which is the coolest thing on the ff.

>>18643071
I don't really think that movement is that much better for my personal needs. The times I've spent extra to upgrade a movement I haven't seen any special accuracy or anything. And if it means lasting 50 years instead of 30 I don't care either.

>>18643073
How bubbly does it need to be? It's pretty domed. The rounded bubbled dome is one of the selling points of the $75 one.

>>18643076
Wat, no the bezel not the crystal. It should have a domed ceramic bezel. Like a life preserver ring. The aluminum ones are like a base model car. You should be wanting to collect multiple movements as a collector.

>>18643076
He's talking about the bezel being bubbled not the crystal.

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I'm not actually going to EVER taking it diving either, so I don't care if it's 50ft vs. 1,000. All that stuff isn't relevant to my life of having a lot of watches and choosing which one to wear each day and then not really getting into any shit whatsoever that would put the watch in any danger. So I don't need one that can do the thing that type of watch is meant to do on a high level. But that doesn't mean I want fake chronos that don't do anything either. And I keep finding watches with pointless shit. Like the VK60? The one with the pointless 24 hour dial at 6.
Or this thing with a just retarded redundancy.

>>18643079
A 'bubbled bezel' doesn't really blow my skirt up all that much. I'm not really into divers.

>>18643083
It looks boring without the bubble bezel. That's the whole thing. Also ffs will be too big for your babby wrists regardless

>>18643077
I have a bunch of movements. I think I have an sw200 in something already anyway. But I wouldn't get something just because it has a new movement. It might be a cool bonus. My criteria for what I like isn't the same as everyone else maybe. Every collector is different. I have to really, really like something to spend more than $200 on it at this point.

>>18643084
Nothing 40mm or under is too small for my 6.5" wrist.

>>18643085
You don't have an sw200. You have a pt5000. Pls keep track

>>18643087
lol, I guess I don't need to with you on the case. Are you sure? I have at least 2 PT5000s also.

>>18643088
Yes because you don't spend enough on a watch to have one with an sw200 and you don't see them outside of select nicer brands of which you have none

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>>18643089
lol

Post your collection now, holmes.

Instead of owning no watches or saving endlessly for ONE "important" watch, you guys should buy some cheap China watches too and bring yourselves some joy.
You have big sticks up your asses. Real sass. It's not a good look.

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You don't understand how much I love them. I change watches like six times a day. I just stare at them and flick the autos to spin the rotor. I can't get enough. I spend most evenings browsing and shopping for more. It's not like they sit collecting dust. The $5 ones do, but that was just a goof at the beginning. I have a couple paper watches coming but I would actually wear those. No more watches that won't get wrist time.

This GIF of Jerry with his new leather jacket he just bought and can't get enough of. That perfectly illustrates how I feel when I put on a $30 Shanghai or the eco-drive or most Timex or the Addiesdive I'm loving right now.

Only on 4chan would the community loathe me for trying to share that with them. lol, never change, assholes.

can you make your own thread again and stay there ?

>>18643032
why does it say day if there is none?

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Report button is in the drop down next to post #

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>>18642827
Shalom! I didn't read any of that!

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I talked them down from $99 to $80. It's shipping soon. Excited for my first couple of vintage watches.

>>18643274
>>18643278
How about you take your love of "hot men" and fuck off to a faggot thread. This thread is for watch lovers. You don't own watches and seem preoccupied with schizo pursuits.
Condolences on your lifelong virginity. Death will be a sweet escape for you.

erm why are AE1200s now approaching 40$

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New Baltany dropped

>>18643326
>buying commie shit on etsy

Sad.

i want to buy my first watch ever and decided on san martin after seeing this one, whats a good place to buy from other than their aliexpress page? is sanmartinwatches.com legit?

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>>18642134
maybe something like that or similar, I like the octagon shape over the small circle it comes with. still trying to decide how to model it for printing.

>>18643431
It's all legit. Buy from their website if you want to needlessly pay more.

>>18643431
why not invicta

>>18643478
I didn't see any that I liked, sorry.

>>18643480
Why you say sorry as if he made the invictas

>>18643484
im not sure, sorry.

>>18642134
just how it is in this picture looks cooler than with any divisions on the screen

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New watch

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Posted in the other thread but there seems to be a tad of 'tism going on there. Thoughts on my shitter collection?

>>18644557
I like the one in the middle. But it's still a ripoff of a real watch. A better watch. A more expensive and prestigious watch that says "Hey, World! I won."

>>18642817
Regular discussion sucked.

>>18643072
Hope you have 7.5 inch wrists

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>>18644590
I can pop a pill and have the girth when I need it. Better living through chemistry.

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The saga continues. It's almost over. They gave this fucking jackass an extra day and he FINALLY messaged me back. It went like this:

>Your previous message:
>I still haven't received my refund. Why are you still selling these terrible watches? You're a liar and a fraud. Give me back my money now.

>wuhanlongxiaoyusha_0
>Sorry, I'm currently handling something.

He's currently handling something? And at least there's an apology. But nothing on the level of groveling and pleading for forgiveness that I deserve for $147.00.
Anyway, it's out of his hands now. The company is going to have to kick his ass into compliance.

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HAHA!!
I prevailed as I predicted I would. Now help me choose what to spend the money on. I'm not counting the Raketa vintage really.

>>18644682
Oh my god nigger who cares

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2 paper watches and this pretty sweet Poedagar. Not sure what it's an homage of, but I dig it.

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Fits right out of the box.

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Cool clasp. Haven't seen this before.

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These would be cool if I could set them. One is 10 min fast and the other 10 min slow. Feels like one all-purpose button in there.
Worth 5 bucks to check out. Cool magnet band.
That's about it for this thread. Another 10 watches in transit will be either in a new thread or the shitter thread I'm not welcome in.
I don't understand why one guy here doesn't like me. Oh well.
Lol

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Might cop when the sale goes live, that dial looks insane for the price

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>>18645048

>>18645048
>>18645050

Yeah, those are really cool looking. But still, $200 for a quartz? I know I'll get there, but right now that seems like a lot just for a great dial. I'd want solar or something at that price. I'd drop $100 on it though. But I'm also getting sick of steel bracelets.
I'd buy that dial though if I were going to build a watch.
But you should get it. VH31 is great in everything I have it in. 38mm is perfect for a watch like that. If I didn't already feel I had that watch covered by an Addiesdive I'd get the Watchdives.

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>$150
>british racing green
>clean design
Let me guess, you need more?

>>18645163
>42mm

>>18645163
Too big for me, but I like the rest. Green, recessed crown, leather strap, simple and clean dial design. A good choice in the spirit of the thread.
I don't need more though, case diameter-wise I need less. Get it for yourself. Seems like a good deal. I love the small seconds. You don't see those as often on quartz. My wooden Bobobird has it and it's one of the main reasons I like it.

>>18644957
"why one guy here doesn't like me"

One? My guy, plenty of people don't like you. If you get your kicks wasting your money on junk, that is fine. Enjoy your $5 paper watches and the thrill of buying trinkets you're never going to wear more than a handful of times. Since December, how much have you spent in total? You know you could have bought 1-2 watches of better quality which won't be in a landfill in 5 years. "Oh, $50 for a Pagani Design? That's less than a night out, so I have to buy it!" How pitiful is it that I've seen so many of your posts I know how you reason? If you want to buy your "shitters", I wish you nothing but happiness with it, but no one needs to know all the details of your boring junk watch buying hobby.