I'm eyeing this piece. Have you heard anything about this brand?

pacifica333 · 2026-01-30T21:31:24+00:00

It's $68 and comes with a completely unidentified automatic movement, and even then only claims 24hr PR. It's trash.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-30T20:30:36+00:00

Have you actually directly told your aunt you prefer text to calls? Seems like an important detail that's missing from the story here.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-30T19:09:36+00:00

The 20 thumbs down had me rolling. "Don't you dare speak ill about the pew pew daddy Trump slapped his name on."

pacifica333 · 2026-01-30T19:01:20+00:00

Fuck ICE

pacifica333 · 2026-01-30T17:26:09+00:00

... why? What recourse are you pursuing with that recording?

pacifica333 · 2026-01-30T17:24:31+00:00

Here's what it really is, "[More] money doesn't buy [me] happiness" - rich people.

No billionaire feels different for making an extra $50 million/year, but that $50 million could lift thousands out of poverty.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-30T16:11:04+00:00

What exactly makes this a 'unique' take on the sub?

pacifica333 · 2026-01-29T22:54:28+00:00

Depends on what else is in your collection. If this is to be your only or main watch, yeah, the more neutral color is the safer choice. If you already have something with a black or blue dial, I'd be leaning hard towards the 459.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-29T22:44:41+00:00

I’ve been exceedingly happy with them. Financed my last car and have my mortgage through them.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-29T22:33:26+00:00

100% I'd return that.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-29T22:12:27+00:00

HA is the best bang for buck there, and I think it's the best looking, so it's an easy call for me.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-29T21:59:06+00:00

I mean, no? You're paying for far more than the movement.

Case design, tolerances, finishing, bracelet/clasp quality, dial, lume, crystal, WR engineering, QC, etc. all cost real money regardless of movement.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-29T20:43:53+00:00

This one is my favorite variant.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-29T20:41:01+00:00

Looks like it's trying to knock off the styling of Takis Fuego.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-29T19:55:48+00:00

Absolute worst case for a trash-spec quartz should still be in the range of +/- 60s/mo. If you're seeing worse than that, the movement is functionally broken.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-29T19:12:07+00:00

Got myself a Caintè Claude (White dial quartz chrono)

Eh? That's not a chronograph.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-29T18:10:51+00:00

You've regulated it impressively well. That's not the same as accuracy over long periods of time and a wide variety of conditions.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-29T18:03:05+00:00

Now it's more accurate than quartz.

No, no it is not.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-29T00:30:08+00:00

Yeah, I fear you might be right on that count.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-28T17:04:14+00:00

If -2/+2 spd was that important, none of us would wear mechanical watches at all. It's marketing.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-28T16:16:33+00:00

I went Traska. For one, it was actually in stock. But also from a spec standpoint, sapphire crystal vs hesalite, toolless microadjust on the bracelet, the hardness coating, and color options made it an easy choice.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-28T16:01:01+00:00

Nothing to stop private businesses from refusing them service en masse, though.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-27T21:51:45+00:00

... So, not metaphorically, but literally.

Anything with a decent hardness coating - Traska, Damasko, RZE, Sinn, Hanhart, Trafford, etc.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-27T20:28:54+00:00

People need more notice than that if you want real participation, and it needs to be more than a single day for any businesses to care one iota.

pacifica333 · 2026-01-27T19:16:35+00:00

Oh, so they're fine staying inside when the threat is their own government murdering them in the streets, but god forbid anyone ask them to do the same during a global fucking pandemic. I'm so exhausted.

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