Any watch nerds on Icrontic?

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  • CrazyJoeCrazyJoe Winter Springs, FL Icrontian
    I also like the M171. Too bad it's $200+. Not exactly in my budget.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    The M171 is super sexy. I've been looking for a new watch in that range. Now to start saving my pennies.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    @Thrax - have you had any experience with AliExpress.com? Looks decent, and the prices are relatively in-line with what I'm seeing elsewhere for HK/China shops.

    Pretty good selection in the Jaragar department.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    AliExpress usually has the same sellers as eBay, but without the protection of PayPal or the seller histories. I'd steer clear.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    Kind of what I was seeing. Unfortunate, since their prices are pretty great, and a much higher selection.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    Nah, selection is the same. You just need to master the kungfu of eBay searching.

    Here are two great searches to start with:
    Jaragar watches

    Inexpensive Chinese mechanicals
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    Holy balls. My eBay-fu is indeed weak.
  • TeramonaTeramona Consulting Tea Specialist Best Coast! Icrontian
    edited January 2013
    We were rooting around in Dan's mom's basement for things we wanted to bring back with us to California... and I stumbled upon a watch collection that Dan had apparently forgotten he had. I thought it'd be kind of neat to post here.

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    And then this one, which had belonged to his father.

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    Also, through this find, we realized that we both had worn several watches on both wrists in high school. Hashtag Meant To Be.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited January 2013
    Took a gamble on a nice looking SOKI automatic. I've seen mixed reviews generally pertaining to quality control, but otherwise relatively positive.

    At worst, I'm out $17 shipped.

    I feel an addiction brewing.

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  • Watch get. Crappy photo get.

    YAY!

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  • TushonTushon I'm scared, Coach Alexandria, VA Icrontian
    damn sexy
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    Wife surprised me with this Jaragar tonight. It was supposed to be here for Christmas, apparently, but just showed up this week.

    I like it. It's big and heavy and pretty.

    http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=190463673160
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    The Mafia has grown in strength; await the sign of the Lotus.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    Only thing I can't figure out is what the bottom dial is indicating. It runs counter clockwise and much slower than the 24hr dial.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    Maybe power reserve.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    I think it might be day/night. No matter how much I wind it or move around, it seems to steadily move counter-clockwise. It's also strange because it has markings from 10 - 60, with 50, 60, and 10 in the black and 20, 30, and 40 in the silver.

    Either way, I dig it. Kept time overnight, which is all I can really ask for at $22 shipped.

    I'm keeping the plastic cover over the crystal for now while I see how badly I bang it up. I'm not used to wearing a watch again, and my old one (Seiko) was a sapphire crystal, so I could generally use it as a hammer in a pinch.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    If it were day/night, it'd be running at the same pace as the 24-hour dial.
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    Could be a 60 day full-moon count-down dial.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    Definitely not that. The movement is too inexpensive for a true moonphase.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    Looking further, it appears to be rolling at the same pace as the 24-hour dial. I'll know for sure at around 8pm tonight.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    On many of these cheap watches, the so-called "power reserve" is slaved to the 24-hour geartrain. That's probably what it is.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    If anyone's looking for Vostok's, a bunch just hit the search that @Thrax posted earlier:

    Cheap Chinese Mechanicals
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    Better to just use a Vostok search.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited January 2013
    Well I'm sure. Just happened to notice them upon refreshing the other one.

    Edit: My addiction grows. Just threw a bid on this one. Unf.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    That's a cool movement. I've been trying to land a different treatment of it for several months, but I haven't quite been willing to pay its going price.

    It's the ST-1201/ST-1206 by PTS Resources.

    Also, @AlexDeGruven: I SEE YOU

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  • CrazyJoeCrazyJoe Winter Springs, FL Icrontian
    Picked up a Timex Weekender Blue/Silver.
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    It'll hold me over until my Vostok Amphibian gets here from Russia.

    Picked up this strap to go with the Amphibian as well.
    http://www.sectime.co.uk/nato-g10-watch-strap-military-nylon-divers-3-rings-blackred-a-18mm-p-2009.html

    I am now addicted as well.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    STAHP. YOU FUCKERS ARE MAKING ME WANT TO GET A WATCH AND I HAVE NO JOB OR INCOME. STAHP.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2013
    @CrazyJoe: Every man needs a Timex weekender in his collection. Mine is the black dial/red second version, with a charcoal grey strap.

    @primesuspect: one of us, one of us, one of us! You could start with a "B" condition vintage Chinese watch, this one is from the brand "Dongfeng." Just $35 shipped, and you're wearing a piece of horological history! Plus it has the word "dong" in it.

    It's a 35mm watch, so you could check this website to see how it might look on your wrist before you buy.

    At $60, you could step up to a much newer/better condition Sea-Gull, which is one of China's best and most innovative manufacturers.

    //EDIT: And this is a great deal at just $28.
  • CrazyJoeCrazyJoe Winter Springs, FL Icrontian
    edited January 2013
    Yep. I liked that version too, but since the Amphibian is also Red/Black I went with blue. I picked it up for less than $30 at Kohl's.

    Most of my work polos are either blue or red so it works out. I didn't know if I'd like the style of strap, but I really do after wearing it for a few days.
  • EMTEMT Seattle, WA Icrontian
    5 weeks having passed, I'm pretty sure my last watch order never got delivered (or it walked off my doorstep). Back to the drawing board for me. Where "drawing board" = @Thrax's eyecandy marathon of an eBay search!
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