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r00kieThe engineering involved in high end watches is amazing. Would live to look at the inside of some.
Even affordable mechanical pieces have some pretty damn good stuff going on inside of them. I have an old Soviet dress watch with a super impressive automatic movement..
DingoSeanEven affordable mechanical pieces have some pretty damn good stuff going on inside of them. I have an old Soviet dress watch with a super impressive automatic movement..
what kind? I have been tempted to get an auto and some of the Soviet ones look cool
OregonDeadwhat kind? I have been tempted to get an auto and some of the Soviet ones look cool
You can get a really nice automatic for around or even less than 100 USD from Seiko... Lookup "Seiko 5" theyre all pretty damn nice. I have a Military Field watch Seiko 5 that I totally love. Has a see-thru back so you can see the internals moving around too.
I also have a soviet made Sekonda - wish it had a see through back because the inside is gorgeous on that one. got that one for like 40$ on etsy.
DingoSeanYou can get a really nice automatic for around or even less than 100 USD from Seiko... Lookup "Seiko 5" theyre all pretty damn nice. I have a Military Field watch Seiko 5 that I totally love. Has a see-thru back so you can see the internals moving around too.
I also have a soviet made Sekonda - wish it had a see through back because the inside is gorgeous on that one. got that one for like 40$ on etsy.
Thanks. I have actually been eyeing those Seiko 5s for a while. Potentially treat myself to one at some point
OregonDeadThanks. I have actually been eyeing those Seiko 5s for a while. Potentially treat myself to one at some point
Yeah, you can get one for a lot less than some of those social media hype branded quartz watches...
Those actually always turned me off of watches because they all seemed like chinese made junk that I could buy for 5 bucks (which you usually can, without the logo..)
When I learned you could get real, legit mechanical watches with soul and history, it totally changed my perception.
DingoSeanThose are OG as fuck dude. I have one and I wear it when I need an alarm. Cost me like 4 bucks!
haha I was kinda kidding, but I have a few different watches and I wear my f91 probably 360 days a year. I used to hate wearing a watch and only got it because I was running XC in high school and my coach made me get a watch and wanted the cheapest slimmest one I could get at walmart. I've had mine for like 10 years now and it now has a made in Bozeman $50 gore-tex nato strap that nearly wouldn't fit past the tiny springbar opening intended to only fit the original plastic strap.
Found this site the other day and really want to get another one and do some mods to it like this: http://casiomod.club/
I have a Gucci watch that was given to me by my grandpa that I've only worn on first dates so I look fancy.
I carefully filed away the black coating at the edges of my Timex Expedition to reveal the brass so that it matches the wear of my Olympus OM-1 film camera and looks cool.
Watches look cool, does that mean I wear one to look cool? I dunno but my wrist feels naked without one even though i'm the least timely person ever.
Somewhere lurking in the darkest depths of your bedroom, there are several of these lying in wait to loudly attack with the sound of old alarms from time past. A true capsule of another day, with every aggressive beep reminding you of who you once were. You would think that eventually they would die, that maybe you would eventually find peace in this life, but you'd be wrong. The half life on these is far beyond anything seen on this planet. If some nuclear waste ridden animal was Cristopher Reeving stemcells it couldn't come near the old watches. After we're all dead, and our society has collapsed, the first of the OG watches will finally stand still. Eventually as the years pass and earth shifts, more and more will fall, until one day....
Also watches are cool. I'll probably never get one at this point but they're fascinating.
I would honestly love a calculator watch. I have to do a lot of quick math at work and would literally be able to do "off-the-cuff" calculations.
I have been very tempted by the calculator myself. Pretty nerdcore lol . Probably be pretty useful since I am always opening up a new basic calculator on my screen and then losing the tab because I keep way too many windows open
No.QuarterI have a Gucci watch that was given to me by my grandpa that I've only worn on first dates so I look fancy.
I carefully filed away the black coating at the edges of my Timex Expedition to reveal the brass so that it matches the wear of my Olympus OM-1 film camera and looks cool.
Watches look cool, does that mean I wear one to look cool? I dunno but my wrist feels naked without one even though i'm the least timely person ever.
Dude fuck yea. Brassing your watch to match your camera is tight as fuck.
I was watching some of those videos when I made this thread. Mesmerizing as hell.
I think the coolest thing is almost all the watches on there have some crazy cool story... like the one named after the guy who lost his leg while diving to find a lost thermonuclear weapon under the sea... and then 4 years later became the first African American master diver in the US navy’s history - with 1 leg. In 1970 - back when public schools were still being desegregated...
I've been into collecting watches for about 8 years now, this summer my Apple Watch came off on a cliff jump and it turned out to be a blessing cause I forgot how nice it was to rotate through nice watches.
theabortionatorSomewhere lurking in the darkest depths of your bedroom, there are several of these lying in wait to loudly attack with the sound of old alarms from time past. A true capsule of another day, with every aggressive beep reminding you of who you once were. You would think that eventually they would die, that maybe you would eventually find peace in this life, but you'd be wrong. The half life on these is far beyond anything seen on this planet. If some nuclear waste ridden animal was Cristopher Reeving stemcells it couldn't come near the old watches. After we're all dead, and our society has collapsed, the first of the OG watches will finally stand still. Eventually as the years pass and earth shifts, more and more will fall, until one day....
Also watches are cool. I'll probably never get one at this point but they're fascinating.
Sleeping on a friends couch and getting the hourly from an old rando watch somewhere in the living room. Thing will still be telling time in 50k years.
Anyone have any "Grail watches"? (I guess thats a term used in the watch community..)
Id probably say an original black dial Strela 3017 chronograph (The first watch in space), or an Omega Speedmaster (first on the moon) and probably a Heuer Solunar tidal phase watch (though they go for fuckin thousands lol)
TnskiIv always wanted to get a watch with an altimeter
I've had this guy for the past 12 years. About halfway through something went wrong and Lacrosse sent me a brand new watch. Apparently you can still get them new for around $100. Altimeter+barometer+compass and weather is pretty cool to have in a watch you never have to charge.
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I've had this guy for the past 12 years. About halfway through something went wrong and Lacrosse sent me a brand new watch. Apparently you can still get them new for around $100. Altimeter+barometer+compass and weather is pretty cool to have in a watch you never have to charge.
DingoSeanYeah, you can get one for a lot less than some of those social media hype branded quartz watches...
Those actually always turned me off of watches because they all seemed like chinese made junk that I could buy for 5 bucks (which you usually can, without the logo..)
When I learned you could get real, legit mechanical watches with soul and history, it totally changed my perception.
I did not expect to see a watch thread on NS. It’s cool to see you diving right into it realizing there is so much more out there than all the social media junk.
If you’re looking for mechanical watches similar to Seiko I would also recommend Orient, which is owned by Seiko. They don’t quite have Seiko name recognition but you can almost always find them on sale at Longislandwatch.com.
iRide1080sI did not expect to see a watch thread on NS. It’s cool to see you diving right into it realizing there is so much more out there than all the social media junk.
If you’re looking for mechanical watches similar to Seiko I would also recommend Orient, which is owned by Seiko. They don’t quite have Seiko name recognition but you can almost always find them on sale at Longislandwatch.com.
Dude, last week I was in Tokyo where my girl lives and she lives right down the street from this watch shop where apparently Orient was started like 100 years ago or whatever.
the Orient Defender and the Bambino are super popular affordable automatics... basically everything they offer is affordable, classy, and good quality.
DingoSeanDude, last week I was in Tokyo where my girl lives and she lives right down the street from this watch shop where apparently Orient was started like 100 years ago or whatever.
the Orient Defender and the Bambino are super popular affordable automatics... basically everything they offer is affordable, classy, and good quality.
I admittedly didn’t read everything before posting so I just went back through and saw the king Seiko you picked up in Tokyo. Those hi beat movements are wild. Do you roughly what year it is?
I’ve owned two orients and gifted a bambino. All punch above their weight in fit and finish except for the garbage leather straps they use. I haven’t personally had my hands on a bracelet but I would imagine it’s similar quality level.
