Watches

[touchingcloth]

You know, I'm tempted to buy one of those just to see my partner's reaction. A red one I think.

Tempted to buy the watch, or the complete human forelimb? Which do you think would get the bigger reaction out of your partner?

[Sebastian Cobb]

got me a jump hour

[touchingcloth]

got me a jump hour

That's the same pic you posted on page one. I've been debating with myself whether the hand is on the left or right side of the image, and I'm still not sure whether we're seeing a picture of a watch on a left arm or a right one. Or even worn on the top or bottom of the wrist, if I'm honest. Or even if it's an arm at all.

[Voltan (Man of Steel)]

Tempted to buy the watch, or the complete human forelimb? Which do you think would get the bigger reaction out of your partner?

Well I meant the watch but now you've put the idea in my head... Would an embalmed severed arm make a nice watch stand or would it be a bit "trying too hard to be wacky"?

[Sebastian Cobb]

That's the same pic you posted on page one. I've been debating with myself whether the hand is on the left or right side of the image, and I'm still not sure whether we're seeing a picture of a watch on a left arm or a right one. Or even worn on the top or bottom of the wrist, if I'm honest. Or even if it's an arm at all.

who has hairs on the bottom of their wrist?

[touchingcloth]

who has hairs on the bottom of their wrist?

Freaks. Dirty freaks.

[Voltan (Man of Steel)]

Robin Williams?

[touchingcloth]

Exactly. Dirty dead freaks.

[vanilla.coffee]

This is my 3 collection

[Twed]

I feel like I just saw the best possible visual representation of the value of £20,000.

[Twed]

Love it. I love big lairy watches. Today I have been massively enjoying my green Adidas Santiago- I got the red one first then saw the green one going cheap in TK Maxx a few months later and just had to have it:



Yes, I am an eight-year-old scally.

The really cool thing about this is it looks like you could just bend the watch in half and it would just flop back into shape.

[touchingcloth]

If that's 20 grand's worth then, christ, I'd spend it elsewhere and...elsehow, if that's a word.

Separately, I have realised that cork, whilst being a beautiful material to make a watch strap from, is not a robust one. I guess that's why people strap watches to themselves with leather and don't yet stopper wine with it. Unless they do. I bet some hipster wineries do.

[Dex Sawash]

I feel like I just saw the best possible visual representation of the value of £20,000.

That is a lot to spend on armhair enhancements

[Twed]

If that's 20 grand's worth then, christ, I'd spend it elsewhere and...elsehow, if that's a word.

I reckon it's actually about 8-12 grand but I have never bought an expensive watch and don't really want to speak for vanilla.coffee. Nevertheless, these are undeniably extremely fancy watches.

[touchingcloth]

Is there something particular that gives away their fanciness, or do you just need to know the watches? At least 20Ks worth of diamond looks like a fuck off big shiny rock, DeBeers' price manipulation notwithstanding.

[Twed]

Just the brands. I don't think there are watches by those makers that cost less than a couple grand.

[touchingcloth]

Omega make basic watches, don't they? Maybe I've just seen them in magazines and that enough to assume they do. In my mind they're filed alongside Seiko and Casio and away from Rolex.

[Urinal Cake]

Is there something particular that gives away their fanciness, or do you just need to know the watches? At least 20Ks worth of diamond looks like a fuck off big shiny rock, DeBeers' price manipulation notwithstanding.

Quality, rarity, technology, history. To a certain man watches are a stand-in for jewellery. The raw price of materials and labour is not really the point but what the watch says about you. You own a Rolex Submariner because you respect the classics and a watch's utilitarian purpose. You own a Richard Mille because you are new money trash but are over 60

[Twed]

Omega make basic watches, don't they? Maybe I've just seen them in magazines and that enough to assume they do.

I don't think so. Definitely a luxury brand. Here's Amazon's selection, with the cheapest first: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=omega+watch&rh=n%3A10103528031&s=price-asc-rank&dc&qid=1555702831&rnid=1642204031&ref=sr_nr_n_1

[touchingcloth]

Maybe I'm thinking of Citizen rather than Omega. Is there anything that dictates the price of a watch beyond brand recognition? If it's accuracy of timekeeping, is it just a legacy these days of the historically most accurate watches now that phones are synced with atomic clocks? Seems like accuracy can't really have been much of a factor since the 90s or earlier.

[Twed]

I think the really expensive watches are going to be less accurate than a $10 Casio. They're mechanical watches, which at best lose or gain a second every day. You probably wouldn't take a 5 grand watch back to the shop if it gained ten seconds each day.

They're going to be better built, last a lifetime and feel very not-cheap. But in terms of actual utility, they are worse than most cheap watches, IMO. People wear them because they look nice, are status symbols and admirable works of precision engineering.

[Urinal Cake]

Mechanical watch movements are easy to make but they are hard to maintain in running condition. A Rolex is so over-engineered for most of it's functions. While a Chinese copy of a  Swiss movement will last a few years only to be replaced since it is more expensive to repair it. The original Swiss will last longer due to stricter quality control etc which shows in its initial cost and hence it is cheaper to repair the Swiss movement rather than replace it.

Also 'complications' which add precision and functionality to  a watch which as a piece of engineering is difficult to conceptualize, build and maintain but can be easily achieved through electronics. The obvious example is a https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourbillon not really needed but impressive use of skill.

[touchingcloth]

They are fit those bouillon things, but I couldn't see myself being moved to pay the big bucks for one. I'd be tempted if I had lottery type pots of cash to burn.

[Urinal Cake]

I would get this automaton wankery just to annoy everyday people https://youtu.be/c0RkYGBi394

[touchingcloth]

I watched that video on silent, so all I have to say is that's a shit as fuck watch and bald Assange looks like a cunt. You've successfully annoyed me sans purchase.

[Mr Banlon]

My 1971 Seiko 6139-6002 'Pogue' with the 'Water 70m Resist' dial.

[Voltan (Man of Steel)]

The timeless elegance and ethereal beauty that is the Seiko "Black Monster".

[Dex Sawash]

Unboxed my 1992 Citizen this morning. The rotating bezel is in 60' of water off Cape Lookout.

[Sebastian Cobb]

Seiko are like the nerds Rolex aren't they? Big fan.

[Mr Banlon]

I'm always on the lookout for a Seiko 6105 'Willard'