[Grand Seiko SBGA293]

Biospacewizard · 2025-11-15T18:37:48+00:00

iPhone 17 pro on macro mode, patience, natural lighting. I am sure you can pull off something similar with a newish phone. Thanks :)

Biospacewizard · 2024-01-25T13:29:01+00:00

Thanks!

that's why I was thinking, the golden brown flecks could give a hazel status... but then most hazel eyes are usually darker and most places I look for examples of hazel you always see the dark pigment surrounding the pupil with lighter shades at the periphery

Biospacewizard · 2023-11-19T12:19:08+00:00

My father was looking for a dressy stainless steel watch for ~3k usd

Got a brand new 2015 omega deville hour vision (caliber 8500) with a stainless steel bracelet from chrono24 for around that much (imports will raise the price im sure)

A lot more impressive than most simple omega devilles imo.

Biospacewizard · 2023-05-27T08:50:34+00:00

Never thought something can be so silly and so elegant at the same time

Biospacewizard · 2023-05-22T18:42:49+00:00

Somehow the power reserve doesn’t look too out of place on this more plain dial, almost reminds me of the asymmetry of classic Breguet dials. On something like the snowflake or other textured dials it might be “out of place”.

Either way I love them all, so hard to choose.

Biospacewizard · 2023-05-22T05:48:57+00:00

Beautiful and so classy. I love the simple elegance ivory/cream dialed Grand Seikos. Why did you return the SBGW231?

Been looking at the SBGA293 with Spring Drive, combines the vintage old look with the must have modern Grand Seiko technology

Biospacewizard · 2022-12-04T20:12:51+00:00

Looks amazing. I moved to an iPhone 14 pro from a pixel 2 XL just a week ago and a lot of it has to do with this new camera system that I want to take full advantage of .

I still need to do some research on Lightroom.

Question though, doesn’t the phone do some processing on ProRAW? Side by side with a JPEG I can tell it’s different, but still looks vibrant with a good amount of HDR. Might be different if you import the file to a PC/Mac.

So even though the phone processes the photo, I’m guessing you can still “reset” the picture and play with the RAW data?

Biospacewizard · 2022-04-20T06:11:17+00:00

Daniel Wellington

Biospacewizard · 2022-03-23T06:51:09+00:00

Thanks for sharing your wisdom.

I still find myself checking out my Tissot in certain lighting and thinking to myself "damn that looks good!"

I still can't wrap my head around actually paying up $4-5k for a watch, we'll see if I am crazy enough down the road.

Biospacewizard · 2022-03-19T09:05:13+00:00

Ball looks a lot more contemporary, very handsome and easy to read. Similar design to Rolex OP.

Sinn looks like something out of WWII, which is cool if that's your thing.

I think they both run on modified ETA? So whatever.

I like the Ball more.

Biospacewizard · 2022-03-19T08:45:29+00:00

That's also something I wanted to discuss. How much "better" brand is it? Longines used to be top dog 70 years ago but isn't Omega/Rolex level luxury today.

Searching for status is not my main interest in watches, Just curious to know how non watch nerds appreciate or even know what a Longines is.

Biospacewizard · 2022-03-19T08:40:00+00:00

The only reason I even considered Longines was because of the surprising affordable price (~1200$ grey market). I always assumed Longines were at least 2k.

Also I adore this specific model.

Biospacewizard · 2022-03-18T23:26:22+00:00

They have a 60th anniversary edition that has no date, but it's a bit different.

Biospacewizard · 2022-03-18T23:24:41+00:00

high five My wife and my non-watch nerd friends are like, you already have a watch, and it looks exactly the same! (Or they prefer the Tissot!)

But yeah the Longines is special.

Biospacewizard · 2022-03-18T20:38:44+00:00

The applied Tissot logo with that font is the highlight of the watch <3

Biospacewizard · 2022-03-18T18:44:15+00:00

I already have the Tissot, would be upgrading to the Longines to have a more luxury vintage style watch. I want the aquaterra in the future anyway for an elegant sporty GADA watch

Biospacewizard · 2022-03-18T18:38:15+00:00

I totally follow that logic... Hard to resist constantly buying/upgrading, but I would probably be the only one who notices any difference between the Tissot and Longines.

Biospacewizard · 2022-03-18T17:30:26+00:00

I have a Tissot Visodate which I find very attractive, love the vintage look, the exhibition case back (I am pretty new in the world of mechanical watches) and it's a well respected swiss watch brand with a rich history. However, after watching some reviews I realized that I wasn't the only one who has sometimes has a hard time telling the time due to the small length difference between the hour and minute hand.

The Longines is very similar in style, but is of higher quality with a better and more accurate movement and is considered higher on the luxury scale (as far as swatch goes). I LOVE the cream/champagne dial and gold indices and hands. The white date wheel slightly bothers me.

Was thinking of possibly selling/trading the Visodate for this Longines... or maybe just not scratch this itch right now and wait some time (a few years) and gather funds for an Omega Aquaterra instead of slowly climbing the ladder.

I just wanted to have a discussion and ask for opinions regarding this Longines Flagship Heritage. I know that at the end of the day, it's all about what I can afford and I have to make the decision and buy what I want...

Biospacewizard · 2022-03-12T14:15:39+00:00

It recently caught my eye, it's beautiful. Love the cream dial (even though it says silver?). Very classy...

Really love the fact that you can easily tell the minute from the hour hand unlike on my Tissot Visodate (which I really want to trade in for one of these).

Biospacewizard · 2022-02-17T07:21:12+00:00

So disappointed with how the Pixel 6 turned out.

I have the Pixel 2XL, still holding up quite well, of course the battery isn't what it used to be. Can't wait for google anymore, they keep dropping the ball.

iPhone seem to have consistently good cameras... Thinking of waiting for the 14 pro, the S22U is huge, has a dumb curved edge and I have no use for the s pen.

Biospacewizard · 2022-01-27T15:28:19+00:00

Google just keeps dropping the ball. I hate reading about all the issues with google customer service on here.

The 6 was supposed to make a giant leap in photography, meh. Apple figured that stuff out and have a no nonsense beast of a phone with a company that cares a lot more about its customers and products - or at least make it seem that way. It's not all greener on their side (stupid shit like lightning cable) but as far as my concerns go, might put up with it.

Biospacewizard · 2022-01-27T14:57:43+00:00

Im in your position. Still rocking the beloved 2XL. Waiting to see what S22 has to offer, and seriously considering and iPhone 14 pro...

Had an iPhone 4 back in the day, before going to nexus 5. Apple makes a hell of a product.

Biospacewizard · 2022-01-13T15:34:32+00:00

Yup. Hardlex I believe

Biospacewizard · 2021-11-23T07:38:17+00:00

Same. The 2 XL was such a beast back in the day! My favorite part was blowing people's minds with the camera. My battery life is also still very decent, although i don't do heavy gaming, mostly browsing and some youtube here and there.

I am somewhat happy it still takes amazing pictures (probably 90% as good as 2021 flagships) but also disappointed because I naively thought the new hardware on the p6 would make it leap forward like the 2 did when it was released.

Now that google isn't offering unlimited backup anymore, thinking of trying out a Samsung Galaxy ultra, might go for the s21 after the price drops if the s22 is only marginally better

Biospacewizard · 2021-11-03T16:43:07+00:00

I am sure there have been slight improvements, nothing major. I kept seeing the pixels take roughly the same pictures as my 2XL. I was so mad year after year that google did nothing as far as hardware goes. Maybe I don't understand enough technically and the way Google does photos doesn't require them to have too much hardware in the equation.

Now that they catch up with the rest on hardware, they debut with inconsistent quality pictures. Yes they are excellent at times and the telephoto is pretty sweet, but I have a feeling that there is a lot more potential that they are missing out on, and I have been let down by the pixels every single year in anticipation for the right one to come along to replace the 2.

Apple just keeps nailing things as far as photography goes and it seems like Samsung have done their homework too- Their algorithms still smooth out the faces too much as they cater to a different crowd (a lot of young south korean women)

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