Hands-On With The William Wood Valiant. What Is Going On Here?
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- You see the title, and you may have seen this watch reviewed elsewhere. In case you have not, I won't spoil a video that took me quite a long time to film and edit, but this watch is quite pricey considering what is under the hood. No, wait, this isn't a car. Well, it is under the dial. Either way, watch, enjoy, eat some ice cream while doing so, and let me know what you think of the William Wood Valiant down in the comment section below, after you have subscribed, hit that notification bell and of course, shared this with your closest friends and 1000 other people. :-)
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What do you think of the William Wood Valiant? Does everything else about the watch justify the price, or is someone just plain crazy?
I think it looks great. Didnt realise the movement . But I don't think that deters me
Compare this with an Ollech & Wajs, at a similar price or with a Steinhart for half the price and ETA elaboré movements. These guys are way too greedy.
The pricing is not defensible. Nicely designed watch, but you have to look at the totality of the watch, which includes the movement. I am a big fan of the Seiko NH35 and microbrands, but this doesn’t make sense. I think it’s indicative of the company’s thinking that upgrading from a $30 NH35 to a $200 SW200, all else being the same, warrants a price increase of $600. The firefighter focus and backstory, however, does have value, and perhaps the movement/price disconnect will only bother watch enthusiasts.
I love these watches! The designs are really unique and beautiful!! The chronos are dynamite to look at! But the 900-3000 price ranges are little to much for me. Love the watches though!
I feel with all it has to offer and the unique look, if they just put in even a miyota 9015 over the NH35, it would be a lot more palatable.
@@watchreport Agreed!
It's ironic that people would drop thousands on quartz watches made by some "prestigious" brands, with some hideously looking quartz movement sitting under their bonnet, yet frawn at simple yet fairly precise and reliable mechanical movement of NH35. Makes no sense.
Great watch, excellent background story and smart thinking of upcycling retired firefighter equipment like helmet and hoses.
I’m not the type to grouse about price or think the movement necessarily makes the watch but I’m not seeing value here. I’d kindly suggest Johnny put down the crack pipe.
You can't charge that much, unless it's a swiss movement.
Holy crap $1000 for a micro brand with an NH35??? Good luck to them.
These guys make some nice watches but their prices are way out of wack. Luv their upcoming chrono designs but at 3K plus it does not make sense. If you want a very high quality microbrand watch with industry ETA movements check out Detroit Watch Company.
I own TWO pieces from Detroit Watch Co. Absolutely exquisite. Works of art. Highly recommended! 👍🇺🇲
In my opinion, William Wood miss one of the advantages of a microbrand. The advantage being, value packed into a watch with a unique design
language. I think these are beautiful watches (the purple one they released a while ago was spectacular), but there is nothing here that speaks
to value or a design unique enough to justify the price. Thanks for the honest breakdown.
The asking price is insane for a chinese made watch with a cheap NH35 movement...therese just nothing that backs this up...not even brand heritage.
I believe that all the assembly happens in the UK, and the material all comes from UK original firefighter equipment. Obviously the movement is cheap but it works well.
@@TheJebacgodine still its only a ultra cheap Seiko movement. There's a ton of Swiss watches, thou the case might not be made in Switzerland, that carry a 2824, a much better movement, for a lower price. Other than any sentimental thing, I cant imagine, why anyone would pauly retail for this watch.
This watch is a total garbage its produced for £40 and being sold for £920 in uk haha it has a £30 nh35 movement inside its daylight robbery with 0 heritage
Nuts
Nice watch but way over priced with the nh35. it should be $350 on a strap and maybe $400 on a bracelet although i havent seen the bracelet. Just not worth $900+.
I gave myself 6 months to think about it before I went through with the purchase. I love the design and couldn’t find similar watch that I liked just as much. First think I noticed is how thick it is and the color of the watch is darker in my hands than in the pictures on the site.
I feel like I over paid for the watch but I am happy with the purchase. I love the watch but not the brand and can not see myself spending that much again for a William Wood watch.
Interesting take on it. Hope you enjoy it in the long term.
I agree with your logic. It's a very beautiful and unique watch, and as long as it's a reliable movement then maybe one can swallow this price and buy it.
I would have considered this watch (looking good) with the Sellita movement, but man, that price up though. Yikes!
An item is worth whatever a person is willing to pay. People pay 20x that for a stainless-steel Rolex because it says Rolex.
nice review! I like the watch! but having an Oris Divers 65 which looks similar would make owning this William Wood watch somehow redundant.
I actually really like the watch. It looks good. I would totally buy it. At a fair price. You are dead on. They did a good job on the watch, but they are seeking to be compensated as if they did a phenomenal job using phenomenal components.
At $500 to $600 I think they would sell twice or more as many and I suspect there is still a lot of profit at those prices.
The name was a bit of a miss too. I don’t want William’s Wood on my wrist
@@theannouncer5538 🤣
They call themselves "luxury watch company" yet use a $30 movement. How peculiar.
A Damasko DS30 is $950 with submarine steel and an ETA 2836. Forget this thing exists. Generic. Ridiculous.
couldn't agree more...just ordered a damasko da44
Nice watch but should be around 400 max.
Enjoyed the review, nice one 👍
I think the "designed in" thing is just a way of indicating the company is based in a certain country. For me, that *could* alleviate some concerns about where the watch is shipping from, customer service being a nightmare, etc. etc.
I have one watch with that Seiko movement. It cost me around $110.
I find it so beautiful specially the materials and story behind the company. But the movement is the only issue. I agree with the Ferrari example.
I think these watches are fantastic looking and have a very interesting unique selling point. But the price is crazy compared to its competitors in my opinion. Surely if they sold them cheaper they would sell more and make more profits in the long term?
How many small boutique watches can you buy for that sort of price and design. Seiko mike nice watches but they are not designer watches like that. This is the reality of small brands and their pricing.
You can buy furniture that is mass produced by a major corporation or you can buy furniture made by a small local company that costs more.
@@bighands69 these watches have third party off the shelf movements inside. So they are very expensive for a novel design, crown and recycled rubber strap. Like I said they are very cool and nice watches, but expensive when compared with other micro brands, who are their direct competitors. There are literally thousands of small micro brands doing very similar things for less money.
I agree with most of your criticisms, but my God, you do labour your points. Ten minutes would have more than sufficed.
You’re probably right. I normally like to keep the videos 10 min or less-guess I went on a little long with this one.
I agree with you! Just way too expensive for an NH-35
I like these but the price is just a bit too high. 100m water resistance as well in a dive style watch doesn't add up.
Technically they would withstand at least up to 200m depth - if not more. Nobody dives that deep wearing these watches, they use dedicated devices to do it.
I think this watch is probably going to appeal to those who work in or around firefighting, for me, i look at their straps and see they're asking 140 USD for a strap, I see how the price of these watches is got to. Don't see the value, not really interested in the firefighting design cues, its just an overpriced watch with nothing for me to justify it. Also, couldn't even colour match the date wheel at that price?
Not sure what type of smoke they're inhaling... But 900+ is insane.. send them over to Zelos for some value for price to consumer classes
...none of that Miyota 8-series movements in my $900 watch!!!
I demand and insist on NH-35!!!!
😅🤣😂
I’ve looked at these watches for a little while now but the cost has put me off when there are so many other excellent brands out there for that money where you get Swiss movements. Beautiful watches and I love the story but too expensive.
Agreed. i just bought a Hamilton khaki with an in house movement for under $600.
@@tube8723
Hampliton are owned a large corporation and simply do not make designer watches likes small companies.
The so called watch community is obsessed with inhouse, watch movement brands other things.
Can we not just have brands that make nice looking things that can be at different price points?
That's crazy. However as crazy as his pricing structure is, there is another brand that keeps popping up on my Instagram sponsored ads that have 8215s and asking for $800. LOL. I guess by that standard he's offering a lot of value.
It is about taste and what you want to pay for it. Clothing stores offer the same thing.
Once you go down this rabbit hole, it never ends. Why does this watch with a SW200 cost 1500 while this is sub 1000? A lot depends on where the watches are manufactured. If they are using Chinese manufactioners, then yes, not a price value.
Where else would this watch be produced? London? Swiss? I think not. Therefore, the word play.
Saw these on social media, thought 'looks pretty cool lets check them out' saw the price saw the specs, went 'nope' moved on...
Really can't see how they can justify, not only the cost of this one but, £450 for just adding a Sellita !! Ridiculous.
Excellent review of a grossly overpriced watch.
Why not buy a Seiko watch,,cheaper with a fab pedigree??🙄🇬🇧
Is that directed at us at Watch Report or are you just throwing that out as an alternative? This was sent from the company for review.
Is this a late April Fools joke?
Oof, someone got overextended and they're hoping to stave off the creditors.
Nh35 movement inside worth brand new £30 ? How can they sell this watch at a mad price of £920 in uk retailers somethings wrong here..... you can buy a longines eta movement which is way more expensive movement for same price. This is total joke
Looks like a re-branded Geckota watch, the G-02. That 399 pound with a better movement (pt5000). Looks alot like, quess same fectory. Totally over priced watch.
Almost 1k for this shit?!? The Doxa Sub200 is better with an ETA, 200 WR, and deep history.
I won’t disagree but that Doxa history has changed many times and CS isn’t that great, so buying on “history” or “prestige” isn’t always the best either.
@@watchreport i do agree as doxa has had qc issues. But this cheap watchfor 1k!?!? Come on. Buy doxa now on joma for 27% off. The sub200 is $715 now bnib.
It’s a shame it’s so overpriced, I actually like the watch , but at this price (I’m out )
Garbage watch ... Just another copy of the Rolex.. 900$ 🤣 ... Dude at least have the oddesity of coming out with a new genuine design ... RIP.. William Woods 😂