Show me your watch!
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Don't give them ideas
Remember those first-gen Apple watches? The ones made of actual gold that sold for $15k-20k just 6 years ago? The ones that stopped receiving software updates, like, three years ago, assuming they even still charge? Yeah, that.
—Patrick
In watches this is referred to as partially skeletonized. Fully skeletonized has the dial missing completely
You know, in case you have the room and ideas simultaneously.
--Patrick
This is kinda hilarious.
I don't actually like Rolex or Patek because of two reasons, both are drastically overpriced, and they tend to mostly be worn by douchebags*
*Exceptions made for the Rolex Datejust... That one's classy
Hey Poe, have you heard of a watch brand called Theodora's? As far as I can tell it's a fairly new Taiwanese watch brand, so I can't really find many reliable reviews of their performance.
I ask because I was in a department store today with my wife and we saw a pair of nice-looking watches at the Theodora's stall, and we'd be interested in getting them, but not if they're shitty watches.
I ask because I was in a department store today with my wife and we saw a pair of nice-looking watches at the Theodora's stall, and we'd be interested in getting them, but not if they're shitty watches.
I've not heard of them, but looking them up they look almost identical to Vincenzo, a similar fashion brand. They're probably using the same movements, most likely quartz manufactured in China, Japan or Taiwan (or sometimes Malaysia) with their branding added to it.
Which doesn't mean it's bad, but there's nothing unique about it and you can probably find the exact same watches on Amazon or Alibaba for cheaper, just without the branding.
Are they chronographs or are those fake buttons on the side?
I wear an Apple Watch, but I don't overly complicate it. I just use the 4 it came with.
--Patrick
The buttons work. One of the little watch faces indicates the day of the week, one of them is a 24 hour clock, and one can be used to show the time in another place.
"Chronograph style" then. Not a chronograph but made to emulate the look of a three dial chronograph.
And because not everyone is a watch nerd like me, allow me to explain what these terms mean. A chronograph is a wrist watch with built in stopwatch functionality, popularized by racecar drivers in the 60s that wanted to time their laps. Especially in mechanical watches, a chronograph is a very complex feature (called a complication) and any mechanical watch with a chronograph complication will automatically be a higher price because they're simply harder to make. So this style of watch became a status symbol, hence why a lot of brands emulate it.
The classic chronograph style has two or three subdials as well as two pushers on either side of the crown. In a true chronograph, the second hand will actually be stationary and won't activate until you press the top pusher, acting as the stop watch. The running seconds is instead displayed by one of the subdials, in this picture it's the dial to the 9oclock position
Pressing the top pusher activates or deactivates the main second hand, which will then travel around the face counting number of seconds passed. The top and bottom subdials display the number of minutes and hours passed (or just minutes in a two subdial configuration) and all of them are reset with the bottom pusher, all while never interrupting the hour or minute hands of the main dial.
In the picture I have here, the top dial counts up to 30 minutes passed, while the bottom dial has hours and half hours, up to 12
The classic chronograph style has two or three subdials as well as two pushers on either side of the crown. In a true chronograph, the second hand will actually be stationary and won't activate until you press the top pusher, acting as the stop watch. The running seconds is instead displayed by one of the subdials, in this picture it's the dial to the 9oclock position
Pressing the top pusher activates or deactivates the main second hand, which will then travel around the face counting number of seconds passed. The top and bottom subdials display the number of minutes and hours passed (or just minutes in a two subdial configuration) and all of them are reset with the bottom pusher, all while never interrupting the hour or minute hands of the main dial.
In the picture I have here, the top dial counts up to 30 minutes passed, while the bottom dial has hours and half hours, up to 12
And because I love chronographs, here's another in a 60's style two subdial setup in what is usually known as a "Panda" face
Because it's not currently active, the main hand as well as the subdial to the right are straight up and down, while the running seconds is to the left.
Fun fact: Hamilton was the first watch manufacturer to create an automatic winding chronograph, of which this is a reissue of.
Also these both have the wrong time and date because I haven't wound them in awhile, they're a little too expensive for me to wear at work.
Because it's not currently active, the main hand as well as the subdial to the right are straight up and down, while the running seconds is to the left.
Fun fact: Hamilton was the first watch manufacturer to create an automatic winding chronograph, of which this is a reissue of.
Also these both have the wrong time and date because I haven't wound them in awhile, they're a little too expensive for me to wear at work.
I have a watch with this style of chronograph somewhere around here. I think it needs a new battery and there's something wrong with the 'second' hand - it always resets to 2 seconds instead of the 12 position.
I'm off to class now but I'll have to remember this thread to post the watch my wife gave me when we got engaged!
In the case of a quartz chronograph, it probably just needs to be calibrated. Since it's not using mechanical gears and springs to operate, which is how a mechanical chronograph works, instead it just has a little electric motor that moves it back to zero, and you just need to calibrate what that zero is. If you Google the make and chronograph reset you can find instructions
I'll have to find it and get the battery changed and then reset it. It is a nice watch.
I will post my fancy engagement watch tomo, I sleepy now. Forgot I had work after class and it's white wine and scritch the dog time.
I love that band. Is it a particular style?
That style is called shark mesh and was also popular in the 60's. I don't remember exactly where I got this one, but I had it custom made because I have larger wrists
If it's gonna be quartz, might as well be from the inventors of quartz technology, Seiko. That and they make handsome pieces.
Their kinetic line attempts to combine the spinning rotor of an automatic wind with a battery operated quartz, where the rotor instead turns a tiny generator that's supposed to help recharge the battery.
Okay very late but here is my faaaancy watch!
Do you know the brand name? I'm not familiar with it, I assume it's a microbrand
Aha! I was right, it is a microbrand, out of Canada. Novowatch
The Cyprus
A beautiful custom handmade with a dial showing the heartbeat of the watch.
www.novowatch.com
That's it! And it was custom designed for me by my wife, so it's very special to meAha! I was right, it is a microbrand, out of Canada. Novowatch
The Cyprus
A beautiful custom handmade with a dial showing the heartbeat of the watch.
Seikos especially are popular for mods
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