I think a white dial goes with everything.

I don't think that 42mm would be too big. I have pretty small wrists (~6.6") and my 44mm Longines looks fine on me. IMO, the Longines, Stowa, and Hamilton are the best in that range. My favorite would be the Stowa. Nice price, and I think it's the most fresh and young-looking of the bunch, while still being dressy enough for a suit.

the downward spiral...

agreed

I tried this on this week and loved it (~€1200):



I have no idea if I could get away with the pink gold though.

I have this debate with my uncle all the time. I wear mine below the bump, more towards the hand. He prefers his above the bump, more towards the elbow.

Ooof. I like the PAM homage watches, and the movement seems cool, but that face make it look cheap IMO.

do any of you have any experience with prestigetime? I'm thinking of buying my tag there

prestigetime has a very good reputation on the watch forums. You can feel safe with them.

Just got my first nice watch ($850 shipped.) I had to bank wire ATG watches in Malaysia so I was sweating it out, but it got here in a snap. Sorry, photo quality sucks so I included the pic from the Epos site.

Couldn't agree more!!Got a white dial on my Breitling SA, don't wear that damn thing enough.

I have an Omega seamaster 300m and decided to test out its timekeeping, Iv had it about 6 months (from new) and its around +5secs per day at the moment. Is this normal and how do I know when I should have it serviced?

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I like that. Classic look. Good choice.

I really like those plain white watches with the Brown band, all 3 pics posted recently are what I've been looking for (without knowing exactly what before).

I ordered this Archimede Arcadia from their website for €350. You can choose the color of the dial, the hands and the numbers, strap or bracelet, glass or steel back. (I have white dial, blue hands, steel numbers, brown strap, glass back)

I'm very happy with the watch, and the service and feedback I got on my questions and order were impeccable. It runs incredibly accurate, I've once noticed it was off less than a minute over a month.


Movement: Automatic movement Eta 2824-2, Swiss Made

Watch case: Stainless steel case, polished, sapphire crystal, screw down case back with mineral crystal, waterresistant to 50m, 8mm crown with Logo 'A', diameter 42mm, thickness 9.8mm

Band: Leather strap or steel bracelet

www.archimede-uhren.de

I like that. Very similar to the Portoguese. How's the quality on the strap?

man those are some sexy watches


my problem is once i buy one and start wearing it, someone will post a pic of another sexy watch they bought, and i'm going to immediately regret having boughten the first one and will want the 2nd one


hedonic treadmill imo

tl;dr.. copied from askmen.com, wat do u guys think of this?


Let’s get one thing straight: Rolexes are for people that know names but don’t know watches. For the price Rolex charges, you can buy dozens of other watches that are better looking, more accurate, much less common, and don’t make you look like you're an overweight white man coming off the golf course. Consider this: When former model Carla Bruni hooked up with newly minted French president Nicolas Sarkozy, the very first thing she did was make him swap out his gold Rolex for a much more refined Patek Philippe. Rolexes reek of desperation.

No one in their right mind should spend their hard earned money on a new Rolex. Here's why.

Rolex movements are over-hyped
First, the movement quality of your run-of-the-mill Rolex is nothing special. In fact, many much more affordable Swiss watches use movements that keep time just as well. To add insult to injury, there are even some Chinese, Japanese and Russian movements that are just as -- if not more -- accurate as a standard Rolex movement.

Rolex watches look stale
Rolex’s designs are stale. This brand hasn’t released a truly new model in over a decade, and the majority of the watches it makes today are exact duplicates of the watches it made half a century ago. In fact, the biggest innovation it has made in recent years is a new metal called “Rolesor,” which is heavily advertised as a great new substance for watchmaking. Guess what; it’s just steel and gold.

Rolex stories are nothing but a myth
All those stories you hear about Rolexes being chosen as the watch for great adventures are only half true. For example, Rolex claims Sir Edmund Hillary wore an Explorer when he scaled the summit of Mount Everest for the first time. This is not the case. In fact, he only carried the Explorer until he reached the summit and then put on a watch from a small British company called Smiths. Hillary even wrote a signed letter endorsement to Smiths stating: “I carried your watch to the summit and it worked perfectly.” Rolex also submitted a watch to NASA in the early ‘60s to be considered for use in the moon missions. We all know how that turned out.

Rolex watches are for seniors or rappers
It is rare for a brand to be considered both stodgy and lame and ghetto fabulous at the very same time, yet Rolex has done it. If you ask one person on the street what they think of Rolex, they’ll tell you their elderly grandfather wears one in between rounds of golf and his daily 2 p.m. nap. If you ask another, they’ll tell you the only people that wear Rolexes are athletes and rappers. So which are you, a sleepy 85-year-old bald man or an 18-year-old athlete from the hood trying to prove his worth to the world?

Still not convinced that Rolex watches are overdone? We have one more argument after the jump...

Rolex watches are for posers
If you are not one of the two groups mentioned above, wearing a Rolex oozes desperation. Yes, a Rolex is the most recognizable watch on the planet -- now is that supposed to be a good thing? Young men that don a Rolex are perceived as self-absorbed, insecure and image-obsessed by those around them. Essentially, you just look like a douche. Be confident enough in yourself and in your sense of style that you don’t need to be wearing a veritable calling card of the nouveau riche.

to rolex or not to rolex? not.

Rolex is masterful at branding, and mediocre at watchmaking. Do yourself a favor and pass on the Submariner, Datejust and Daytona. For the price you’ll pay for a new Rolex you can buy a vintage Steve McQueen Heuer, an equally high-quality Omega Aqua Terra Chronograph or even a limited edition boutique diving watch from Linde Werdelin. Don’t be fooled by the Rolex marketing machine. Be your own man and the next time someone tries to impress you with a Rolex, sit back and try not to make them feel bad about wearing an overpriced, under-designed, neon sign of a watch. If all this wasn’t enough to make you forget Rolex forever, we’ll leave you with one final argument: Tara Reid loves Rolex. If that doesn’t make you run in the other direction, we don’t know what will.

who cares? if you like the look, you like the look.
who care? don't buy watches because someone wore it once driving a car.
while this is true, who cares? yes those people wear rolexes more than normal people. also those people have more money on average than normal people. yadda yadda. don't wear watches or not wear watches because of other people or groups who wear them. unless they are nazis.
so does it make you a bigger douche if you buy a patek not because you like the watch, or whatever, but because it's more fashionable than a rolex, and connotes to other people "i know watches?"
meh. i wouldn't personally buy a rolex as anything close to the first watch i buy, but some of the watches are nice looking, in my opinion. are they an example of a company that carries a remarkable markup due to great marketing and "classic" style? obviously.

if u buy a watch for urself cuz u like it, then any watch is fine. if ur buying a watch to impress others, then ur a poser.

Not a big rolex fan myself, but wow, what a hater.

Like those above, I'm not a fan of Rolex and can't imagine owning one but that "article" is ridiculous. Citanul hit most of the style points right on the head and the movement argument is just as ridiculous. Criticizing Rolex's movements as not being the most accurate in the world is absurd. The quartz Hello Kitty watch in the bottom of the cereal box will be more accurate than any mechanical movement.

This isn't to say that Rolex's movements are world class. But the accuracy argument is far from the reason that I would look elsewhere.

I'm not really familiar with buying nice watches, I really like that one though. Everywhere I look has it for 2.5K, where can I get it for 1K?

I recently bought a used Oris XXL 44mm, great deal.

It has a few scratches on the steel of the crown. How can i get these removed?