The watch that got us into watches + disappointments - Panerai, Rolex, Omega
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Andrew, George and Adrian share stories about their first serious watch, and then the watches that pushed them deeper into the watch hobby. The watches they fell in love with. The guys also open up about the disappointments at the start of their watch journies.
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@Bark and Jack
My dream watch in college was the Omega Seamaster 300 Automatic in blue. I couldn’t justify the $3000.-$3500. Then time passed, I graduated, got married, bought a house, had children, finish graduate school and am now divorced. But I never lost my first love, which was that Seamaster.
When I got divorced, I realized I always put others before me. (Family, Wife, Children, Work) because that’s what men do, right?So now, I plan to buy that new Seamaster in green. I feel that same youthful love again.
Best Regards
Steven T.
Hell yeah get some my man
Good for you. Hope you get it soon and may it bring you a life time of joy.
I understand completely; when I got divorced I said the same thing. "Start looking out for what I want and being a bit more selfish in my relationships, making sure I get what I needed emotionally"
A good man always put other ahead of themselves. A great man alway knows his happiness is essential to making those around him happy.
Thats not what men do, go be happy
My first watch was a Timex when I was 4 years old. My parents promised that i could have a watch as soon as I was able to tell the time. That started a love of timepieces that has lasted 60+ years so far
Drink break question…it’s gotta be Omega. I cannot think of another watch that I never worry about. My Seamaster 300 Chronograph is 22 years old. Outside of the servicing, I’ve never had an issue. Not one. It’s been in the sea. It’s often at work. It’s even in the yard on Saturdays, doing all the yard work with me…not one issue. The best money I ever spent on watches. Nice First Episode. I really enjoyed listening.
"Most gin smells like depression."
Well done, boys. I'm so in. Loving this
Haha. That was my favourite quote too. Thanks for joining Alex 🤙🏻 cheers, Adrian
Best backhanded compliment to Four Pillars on the planet 😂
@@Timeandtidewatches Too funny. Fear not, Four Pillars - I'll be purchasing your Bloody Shiraz Gin 2022 for the cool bottle alone (v. Seiko Tsunami wave)
@@alexlazenby She's a beauty isn't she?!
It’s about effing time someone made a podcast like this! I’ve watched almost all of the Bark and Jack episodes and Adrian is a big part of my decision to pull the trigger on my Pelagos!
Thanks a lot Shane and great choice with the Pelagos. I keep thinking of selling my BB58 for one. But it’s so good on nato straps. 🤦🏼♂️
@@AboutEffingTime keep the BB58 and get the Pelagos (or wait for a reduced model, one can dream ;))
Been looking forward to this and wasn’t disappointed. This is just the content we have been crying out for, fabulous entertainment. Thank you Chaps !
That’s too kind Martin 🤛🏻
Thanks for watching Martin, and glad you liked it 🤙🏻
Great first episode! The first watch that got me into watches was the first generation Apple Watch, once the battery failed I started looking for something more serious. The watch that got me seriously into watches was Tag Heuer Carrera Twin Time.
Thanks Tim, and that’s a cool transition from Apple Watch to Tag 👍🏻. A
Got a Twin Time too, what a great watch, hey?
15:27 That’s so true for Australians of a certain age, I used to get lost in the window of the TAG Heuer shop
Effing good start - Very enjoyable, thanks. My first watch was a Gucci as well.. And third...
The watch of my first love was the Grand Seiko SBGN005. I was born in Nagano, where Grand Seiko and many other Japanese watches are manufactured. I was so much in love of the Zaratsu finish and its 9F Quartz precision. BUT once purchased, next day I fell in love with Tudor BB58. Japan watches are great I am proud of them for sure, but Swiss made is still a big value😂
The Explorer 2 Polar. It's my adventure watch, my travel watch. I was visiting my best friend after two years of pandemic. I mean, i go hiking, gravel riding, camping with this watch. It was all fine. I went to re-arrange the deck furniture (metal) and just barely touched one of the chairs... chipping the crystal at the 7 marker. very small, need a loupe to see it... Its my adventure watch and it finally has its first scar. It occupied my mind for a full week. Now, its back to full adventure mode. Still love it.
Bond is actually a Rolex guy. In essence, and in truth, Bond would have worn Rolex Milsub on a grey nato. And, the discussion between Omega and Rolex requires and entire episode :) (please make this happen gents!). Fantastic content - well done chaps and please keep it coming!
@Mike Kamler - Omega has real military history, Bond was a naval guy; Omega was not chosen on a whim, the brand was chosen specifically because of its history and how that fit the character of Bond more realistically.
Or the more likely choice, a Royal Navy omega seamaster. Or some variant of that, as omega has a longer relationship with the British armed forces
Awesome start gents, looking forward to the next clash! Thanks for the great time! Regarding the Qs:
1. I took my daughter to skating, I'm the master, she's the apprentice, I fell first, my wrist leans back, snaps the springbar in the bracelet. That I didn’t know until I checked the watch (the crown stabbed the back of my hand), so I pulled up the sleeve of my jacket and the watch flies away onto the ice, face down and there goes the bezel too.
2. My first watch was a Casio Moon Graph (GMW-15). I loved how the little stars moved with the seconds, the display of the Moon was awesome, it just showed me that watches can be endless fun, while being practical.
3. Bond for me is a Rolex guy. When Omega stepped in the Brosnan era, the product placements got so harsh and hurtful for the eye, that it did not do justice for Omega. As you guys mentioned, it was like Bond driving a BMW, and he did in Tomorrow Never Dies. With the plans to reinvent Bond, I think he should be a Tudor guy in the upcoming movies. :)
4. The most beloved watch I have is the one given to me by my dad. He was never into watches, but when he learnt of my growing enthusiasm for timepieces, he gave me his own right away. It is a Casio Beside and will never leave the box.
A small humble advice: stop drinking Gin from a mug! :D
Great show! Keep it coming!
I had a family friend pass, and their mum gave me and my brother £50 each for Xmas. Said it was from her son, so we both said in our early teens (if that for me)
"I want a really nice watch"
Thinking £50 was like Rolex money at the time.
I got a pulsar chronograph, in about 45mm
Now, a skinny lad with such a big watch looked a bit daft, but I adored that watch I wore it all the time.
I still have it, 10+ years later and still wear it from time to time.
Amazing how these simple objects capture us so much, and how they get us into the hobby.
Thanks to that watch, I'm not mental about watches and currently saving for a 1960s Omega Seamaster.
Tempus Fugit
The first watch I ever fell in love with was an all black Citizen Eco Drive that my parents bought for me when I graduated highschool. When I got to college I started to hate wearing watches due to my peers always picking fun with comments such as “nice watch what is it a Rollie?” I got a comment on it in the campus library’s Starbucks and after the interaction I took it off and put it in my jacket pocket. That was the last time I saw that watch. Someone grabbed my jacket off my seat back when I went to the restroom. Of course I was pissed so I looked to make a rage purchase on another watch. Doing the research on a new watch is when I really fell in love with all things watches. My savings account is now named Piano5711 just in the off chance I never have to dip into my savings and I can afford one. Love the show men keep it up.
The vibe is just spot on!
I once put my 1962 gold IWC 309a in my trouser pocket, and it went through the washer and the dryer. Eventually had it restored for as much as I first paid for it, because I loved that watch so much.
Awesome commentary.
The watch that made me fall in love with this whole hobby was a citizen dress watch. My father bought it for me before my final high school exam when I was 17. I wore it for the exams, it then came with me throughout college and then 5 years of dental school and now my working life. Whenever I am about to take an exam or if I feel like I need a bit of luck on that day, I always go for the citizen.
See you soon guys. Nice first episode
Excellent first episode. Definitely subscribing.
beautiful see three friend speaking and enjoy our passion
I was at university and was studying for an exam. By the time I finished it was 11.30 pm and it was a rainy autumn night. I just wanted to get home as quickly as possible so I biked at full speed on my way home. When I finally entered my neighborhood and was a few hundred meters from home I crossed a tram railway and some how the front wheel got stuck in the tracks and I flew off my bike like mad hell. I could have gotten injured really badly but luckily I was quite alright. That was until I noticed my 214270 Rolex Explorer was beated up like crazy. Plenty of chips in the crystal and the bracelet and case was insanely scratched..
Fortunately…touch wood…I have yet to have a BIG accident wearing any of my watches. The lugs on almost all my watches have endured plenty of scratches from constantly switching up straps however.
The watch that was my true first love was definitely my Tag Heuer Formula 1 Chronograph that I was gifted to commemorate and celebrate my 18th birthday back in 2008. 14 years on, 4 battery changes, unpolished bracelet and 2 TH rubber straps later it still sits proudly in my collection.
For me as a 90s kid growing up in the Omega era of James Bond I have to say Omega (I’m sure Pierce and Daniel would not turn down a 6538 mind you)…it also started my love for the Seamaster which then became my first automatic watch gifted to me on my 21st birthday (there’s a trend here…I can’t wait until my 40th 😆)
It’s about effing time the watch community had a podcast like this! Incredible first episode gents.
Also for BYOI, PLEASE mention Kurono!
Brilliant 1st episode!
The reason why I am into this rabbit hole is a natural attraction to watches but things evolved.
I remember I loved a pilot quartz citizen I had in elementary school (which I still have) as a cool gadget… then at my first job I noticed on an older colleague a Reverso: I was in love with it’s function … but didn’t want to spend that money on a watch back than.
After that a couple of years later I saw a Franck Muller Casablanca, just loved the uncommon style with those kinda of a Willy Wonka numerals, the engraving “masters of complications” and did some research and discovered the crazy hour function: that was love for the mechanicals.
Still didn’t want to spend that much money on a watch but it followed me for I think three years… then I got married and as a wedding gift my wife bought me a Casablanca with cream dial and green numerals: when I opened the box I loved it.
That’s it, I am one of the few that can say: it’s my wife’s fault 😅.
These watches are still with me with many others but didn’t yet buy a Reverso… I keep a grail that I don’t buy untill some thing very special happens.
Your wife is clearly a keeper
And Crazy Hours is perhaps the most underrated comp in the game (apart from maybe LV Spin Time)
I have been into watches for a long time, but the first real love was a Seiko 5 ref. SNXS79K that I bought off Amazon back in 2011.
Then came the SKX, then the G-shock.. and more recently the Tudor, then the Grand Seiko.. and now I am DOOMED LOL!
I still have it and I regularly go back to it with an immense sense of satisfaction.. I am positive that I will suffer more if I lose that watch than any of my other watches worth at least 50 times its value.It got me into the hobby, and I never looked back.
Well done for getting this channel together!
That exact Formula 1 was my first watch love affair and I still have it
Bought my first automatic watch at the end of 2020; a Seiko 5 (dress SK/SRPE67K) in black on a NATO. It made me fall in love with watches and I wore it everywhere with countless different straps. I smashed it on a turnstile leaving work within a year. I was prepared to pay over the price I bought it for to have it repaired but the amount became ridiculous. I could buy the same model but it wouldn't be the same. My daily wear is now a 2014 Omega Seamaster (no wave dial) in black and I absolutely love it. But I still mourn the loss of that Seiko. Great first episode btw!
In 2019 I got a Pepsi at retail, two weeks later at work I brushed it against a rough concrete wall while just being in a hurry & dented the bezel. I still have the dent and with time its weathered down, ill never polish it in my lifetime though 😄 Give me one of those T shirts, looks pretty effin rockstar for a big fan of the new channel ❤
Damn fine show guys! The first buy was PAM111. Saved up and sold almost an entire collection to get it. I loved the hell out of it, but ultimately it wasn't until I impulse bought a Sub, but found out later that what I purchased wasn't just any sub, but a factory service dial 5513. I remember sitting in the car after getting it and just staring at it as if it was glowing and that was the true beginning of the love. I loved watches before. My family was into watches, I received my first mechanical watch at age 7 and always loved watches, but it wasn't until I held that sub that I really felt the sickness take root.
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Mechanical watch at 7yo as a gift? Woww that's is awesome! May I ask you how old are you?
My first watch was a birthday gift from my father in 1966, a 37mm Caravelle dive style watch with a “water resistance” on the dial of 666 Feet. (Of course I still have it !) What followed was a series of quartz “dive style” watches, until in 2000 I was doing a lot of work in electrical substations and wanted an automatic watch with enough magnetic resistance to survive all the electrical fields. Of course I purchased the ubiquitous Seiko SKX……and so my slide down the “rabbit hole” began !
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I kinda get the impression that Daniel Craig's Bond was subsidised by the UK Government. His first car was a Ford Mondeo and his company car owned by the British Government was an Aston Martin. I know he won the Aston Martin DB5 at a card game, but I actually think he got MI6 to pick up the tab for the servicing via company expenses. Therefore, I actually think he is an Omega Aqua Tara guy.
This is great, about effing time I had a good watch pod to listen to rather then flicking through short videos. Well done lads.
New ep every two weeks 🤌🏼🤌🏼 Great to have you with us
That was fucking brilliant guys!!
Can’t express my joy in watching this series. I am a newbie into watches .. and started watching Bark and Jack got addicted to his way of reviewing and his passion for watches and coffee.
Add to the fact there is a fellow Aussie .. Sold
Bloody ripper comment, welcome to the madhouse 👊🏼
For B.Y.O.I you should look into Christian Lass. Master watchmaker who has even been head watchmaker for the Patek museum as well as working with other major brands. After moving back to Denmark he now makes and sells watches in his own name. All done with old/vintage machines. And yes they are very expensive watches. :-)
Various Swatch skin models from my early travel days at the airport boutique.
Also, that Night Surfer is awesome!!!
My gateway watch was a Zelos Swordfish, #19/20, that I bought as a graduation gift for myself. My parents then told me that they wanted to cover the cost as their gift to me, and from that point onwards I was obsessed. It's mostly thanks to Adrian/B&J that I have this passion, and I can't wait to see how this podcast grows!
Eve. Dec. enn in. 😢j🎉n😢nnn rkt😮kukkm😮 mmm kllll noii
My first love was an Omega Seamaster 36mm white dial with a polished steel bezel purchased new in 1992. I gave it to my son who wore it for several years until his untimely death. Never was able to find it after that. Two years ago I was searching the gray market sites for whatever and boom, there it was at a dealer in Japan. I immediately bought it. It's now my wife's every day ware. Great to have it back even though it's not the original.
My first watch love was a Tag Heuer 2000 quartz, stainless steel, black dial that I got as a college graduation gift from my parents. Just loved that pop of green and red on the dial logo, and also on the dial: a simple “professional”. I really thought it was a professional tool dive watch. I regret to report that several years later I was mugged by a group of guys in a dark alley and they took that watch.
Great fun to watch 🙂
The most damage? Scraped the bracelet and clasp of my new Explorer 1 across the corner of my brick house; left some scars!
The first watch which got me into it? The Bond Omega in Tomorrow Never Dies. I wanted that since I was 13 and bought everything that looked similar until I could afford one age 22, and bought the 2220.80 😎
Nothing a little Cape Cod can’t fix. 🙏
@@michaelriera6277 Haha it was on the brushed part, so I used some ScotchBrite cloths which got the bulk out. Lucky it wasn’t on the Rolex symbol on the clasp.
Sold the watch a while ago with no issues from the Dealer so, all good! Thanks 😅
My first watch love was an Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean - similar to the one hung on the wall behind Adrian's head!
I didn't wear a watch until my mid thirties when I found myself in a store trying on watches just to kill time. This watch never left my wrist until some 10 years later when I could finally afford another, a Speedmaster. Thankfully my watch love has now developed beyond Omega thanks to UA-cam and channels like B&J sparking a wider appreciation for watches. Great first episode BTW guys, enjoyed hearing your watch stories and looking forward to more.
Loving the show, fresh and entertaining!
When my son was born, I bought a Seiko SKX with the idea that I’d wear it and give it to him when he was older. Foolishly I let him play with it when he was a toddler to distract him whilst I was working (thinking it was like a mechanical G Shock and unbreakable), to my initial dismay he banged it on the ground putting a rather large dent into the corner of the lugs. Now a couple of years later, and separated, I wear the watch when I miss him and look at the dinged lug and it brings me immense happiness.
As a side note, I bought myself a Seiko Turtle a little while later so that we would have father and son watches, until I realised the serial number of the Turtle placed it built in the same birth year and birth month as my son, so now he is getting them both at some stage in the future.
Freaking great story J L. love it! Full of heart. I love how watches can become the holders of meaning and intention. And you have clearly demonstrated this aspect of the hobby.
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On the day of the arrival of my Trilogy Seamaster 300, I took off my Speedy FOiS and dropped it on the kitchen tiles.
The custom hesalite crystal (usually it comes with a milky edge saphire) was shattered and the watch was kaputt and stopped ticking.
It did kinda spoil the arrival of my new Seamaster. But I looked on the bright side and the milestone NWA positively overshadowed the temporary demise of my Speedy.
But the "best" watch accident story will always be from Bruce Williams though who left his Air King on the roof of his car and forgot about it and it got run over and was totally FUBAR...
Terry from Toxic NATOs (UTE now) bought it off of him and had it repaired, but with all the signs of destruction still left.
Great episode, guys!
Cheers from Germany,
Dan
Couldn’t wait for the podcast to drop and man you guys did not disappoint! My first ‘serious’ watch was an omega speedy that, on the day I picked it up flew off my wrist due to a faulty spring bar and glided face down along a pavement and into a road full of rush hour traffic. As it disappeared under a bus I felt like a complete idiot for all the time I’d spend dreaming of owning it and all the money I’d scrimped and saved to get it, now wasted! Unbelievably I was able to retrieve it and the second day I had it it was back in the Omega workshop for a full crystal replacement, case repair, and treatment for shock to the movement (not to mention a replacement spring bar). Andrew’s story really resonated with me as I beat myself up for weeks as I waited for the watch to be returned to me, almost sure I was just going to sell it on and rid myself of the bad taste in my mouth. However, years on and the same speedy is still at the heart of my small but growing collection and gives me so much pleasure when I do wear it. As George said in the episode, it’s not about the money, the branding or the prestige, it’s about the stories watches tell us and the way we see ourselves in them! Keep up the fantastic work guys, can’t wait for more coffee and chat! 👍
Sensational story 🙌🙌🤜🏼
Got a Rolex air king from my father. Did nothing for me. Inherited his datejust. Did less for me. I always wanted a nice watch but these were watches I couldn’t get excited about. I sold them both and bought a JLC Polaris in their stead and that watch with its pedigree, display movement, amazing blue dial and lack of ‘big branding’ was the winner for me. Been a watch geek ever since
No way is bond an omega guy. To sit at a roulette table in Monaco wearing a Rolex is palatable. Omega? No way. He’s a naval commander so vintage submariner is what I’d expect to see on 007’s wrist
My First True Watch Love was the first watch I ever bought for myself and that was the Fossil Big Tic Blue Dial. I wore it all Senior year in high school. Loved the animated numerals of the dial. Still have it til this day, almost 20 years later. Cheers gents.
Cool that you still use it! Any other watches or is it an one watch collection?
I first fell in love not with a watch, but with a "watch moment". I was a young boy sitting around the table in Bisbee Arizona with my uncle, and he took his small watch collection out, and we washed each one together (I think OCD and watches go together 😜). I can remember removing the bracelets, hearing the subtle sounds of the watch links, and being surprised when my uncle ran the watches under warm water and cleaned them with a tooth brush. I can't remember a particular watch from that moment, but I can remember being amazed by all the little details.
Felt like we were there - great story 👏🏻
The reference to sound in your story is super nice. It's the little details sometimes hey that get locked into our subconscious. Love it.
My first ever luxury watch (note, I saw Bark & Jacks recent video on "luxury" and this is what I consider to be luxury) was my brand new 2020 Rolex Submariner Date (116610LN) (purchased in February, 2020). I sort of babied it for the first few months of wearing it, obviously (as you guys mentioned, you notice that you have a cracking expensive watch on the wrist). I remember the second day of owning it, I was taking a shower and left my Submariner sitting on my t-shirt on the counter. When I got out of the shower, I wasn't thinking, and I pulled my t-shirt off the counter and my brand new Submariner flew out from under my t-shirt and dropped about 4-feet flat/smack on its watch-face/crystal on the hard tile floor. I thought my heart was going to sink beneath my toes and I panicked, picked it up, and noticed that there was almost zero damage whatever. The only damage I saw was that the cyclops had a little tiny knick/chip. Nothing noticeable to the eye. I remember thinking about what Andrew said, about how I don't know if I could love this watch anymore, if I should sell it, if did any damage to the movement, etc. Then after a few months of wearing it with a pit feeling in my stomach, I realized that this is my watch, that it has a story to tell, and that it has real character. What a show of the quality and build quality to withstand such damage (the movement was not damaged or anything) (makes me think of Andrew's story of the Rolex Submariner). My Submariner for me is the real tool-watch and I have been wearing it as my daily since then and will never ever sell it, polish it, etc. I love telling this story to people who ask, "Is it really as tough as they say?" The answer is "Yes, 100%!" The Rolex Submariner Date (116610LN) is my first true love watch and I will cherish it for a lifetime.
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I woke up with a scratch from the 5 o’clock position on an angle to the middle. When I realized it wasn’t just one of my hairs I almost drove off the road. It was my first luxury piece - 2014 model - I got sucked in by the evil John Mayer article on HODINKEE haha. Anyway, I started this with I woke up because my wife and I were out drinking and the next day we noticed it and have no idea how. We have 2 theories: 1) I whacked it on the car door being courted around from bar to bar as if I was in college again 2) her ring. To this day we both make sure her ring stays far away from my watches haha.
Great episode guys! Love this.
What watch is it?
@@hugomota3696 wow. Forgot the most important part! Haha. Tudor Black Bay (Smiley Dial) Maroon Bezel
Ian Fleming decided that James Bond would wear a stainless steel Rolex. That decides the question for me.
My late grandfather's TAG Heuer 2000 professional (Quartz) was my first love!
I still remember him wearing it at night and explaining me the luminance! I was so amazed!!! I also remember when he gave it to me (I was 14 years old)!
Happy memories!
The watch that I am in love for the past 1.5 year (since I bought it) is a SEIKO spb185ji which has the same tool watch vibe with the TAG Heuer 2000 😅
Very good watch indeed and very happy with the accuracy of the movement!
great stuff
The watch that got me hooked was my dads Bremont. I was 9 years old at the time. 14 now and still addicted.
Wait until you start making some income, it will be all downhill from there. You will make many mistakes, as we all have, and that’s a good thing because you cannot learn from other people’s mistakes
Also 14 here I got hooked on my dads oris artier complication
Watched it in one breath, you guys are awesome, 👏👏Adrian needs to drink more to relax 😅 looking forward to the next episode 👍
Thanks a lot mate. Yeah it was a bit hectic suddenly running into the first episode. It gets better 🤙🏻
There will always be room for quality videos. This-is-quality-video! I could listen to it for hours. The richness of the speech, the superior quality of the guests and the host, the simple and effective decor, I don't see what could be changed. Anyway, anything with Adrian is always a great idea. More please. As for me, my love for watches didn't even start with a watch as such but with... Producer MIchael's passion for it, about 2 or 3 years ago. Then i saw a youtuber wear a blue dial watch with a brown leather strap and my faith was sealed.
I'm with George on the drink question. He may have been a Rolex and Bentley guy in the books, but he's an Omega and Aston Martin guy in my head now.
Also, Bond used a Rolex (although not a Submariner) in the books because that's what Fleming wore, but the original Omega casting choice made sense considering the history between the Royal Navy and Omega.
Bond is a Rolex guy. It is mentioned a couple of times in the original Fleming novels. This carried over into the earlier movies.
The only reason the movie Bond changed from Rolex to Omega is because of product placement.
Indeed I could be onto something
I've recently started my own watch journey having bought a Tissot PRX Powermatic with the dark green waffle dial. I'm currently saving up for a Tudor Black Bay 58 which I hope to purchase within the next 18 months... hopefully by then, Tudor will have released a 39mm GMT or a white dialled Pro.
That’s a great start to a great collection, but there’s a huge flaw in your plan: where are the watches that you waste a huge amount of money on that you immediately don’t like? Every watch collection has to have at least a few of those 😁
I bought the BB58 before the PRX, and I got the quartz PRX, hah.
I feel that for all the nice watches you can own, there’s still a spot for a cheap, quartz with a really nice dial, that you don’t need to wind, or set the date.
@@bryanbeckett869 I have a G-Shock for that spot. It cost about £90 back in 2013 and it's been a loyal companion ever since. I haven't even had to change the battery either!
@@bryanbeckett869 i know i stand alone...but having watch from both movements...I actually prefer quartz to mechanical...
That was a awesome channel guys in episode 1 and keep up the good work 👍 👏
I could really identify with Andrew’s story about his Panerai. Panerai was the brand that sparked my interest in luxury watches, right around the time I finished college, and had no money. Now I am in my latter 20s, making not particularly much money in publishing, and recently spent an irresponsible portion of my net worth on a used Breguet Type XX, my first luxury watch. A couple of months into owning it, sure enough, I scratched the crystal. Unlike Andrew, the experience has only really fed my obsession, and resulted in buying more watches. Less expensive ones, however. Keep up the good work guys!
Seiko Kinetic was first...powered by wrist movement, no battery? WOW!... I was 16 years old in the mid 90s working for $4.10 an hour at a chinese restaurant washing dishes. I saved up $350-$450 and bought it and loved it. I got into an argument with my mom and she mentioned it and how "i think im better than them" and I chucked it over the building behond my home... I actually found an exact copy a few months back and bought it again. It now sits here on my desk as a reminder. I do remember it being bigger though lol... guess my wrist was smaller back then.
Bond was a BMW guy as well. BMW used the movies as placement for the Z3, Z8, and a remote control sedan (I think the 7 series…)
I thought the same!
Don’t be ashamed by a Gucci; the watch that got me into watches was a fake GMT Master. A Batman that I renamed Badman.
It’s funny I had gshocks & swatch’s throughout grade school but once I got Tag Heuer Formula 1 in junior high It made me appreciate watches as more than a fashion accessory. My first luxury watch was Chopard Mille Miglia which I bought during college years - always loved the linage between cars & watches
Amazing! What do you wear now?
@@hugomota3696 daily a Rolex Sea Dweller 126600
About Effing Time!!!!!!!! Lets Go!!!!!!!!
For me it was 1984 and Seiko Data2000. As a kid, this watch was so cool to own and it had a detachable keyboard that the watch clicked into. It was finished in Matt Black with a LCD display for the win.
I was in love with my Tissot Classic Dream T-Classic. Got it for my 20th birthday. At that time I thought it was luxury, and had no insights about the difference between quartz and mechanical movements. Still have it, still love it, even though it's now surrounded by thousands pounds of premium and luxury watches.
Great inaugural show guy. Look forward to many more
My first watch was a Timex Expedition when I was about 10 or 11, and I thought I would love it to death, but much like every 10 year old, I was more in love with the idea of a "new thing" and hardly wore it. Fast forward to college and my dad shows me his watch collection consisting of a 90s Seiko 7002, a vintage rally Seiko 6139, and a Citizen Skyhawk. Being in Engineering school I fell in love with the mechanical movements and the insane engineering that goes into this little machine on your wrist and fell deep down the rabbit hole on ebay searching all the time for cheap vintage pieces but wasn't able to find anything I connected with, but the first watch I ever bought on my own was a new Seiko Turtle. It didn't leave my wrist for about a year, but growing up wanting to be an astronaut of course I was destined to find the Speedy. I did tons of research into it and the many special editions and updates and what have you, learning about the watch world along the way, having known about Rolex and that about it, I was fascinated by the entire universe I had no idea about just two years prior. After college I was able to scrounge and save enough to get my hands on a Speedy Pro, and it's gone everywhere with me whether it's on the wrist or not, I've been in friends weddings with it, had so many memories in it and absolutely fell in love with watches with it. Now a full watch box and a half later, I can look back on my Speedy knowing both that I've attained my grail but also that it was the gateway to this wonderful world.
That is so different from my dad and grandad, but the same reason...One an mechanical engineer and other a electrical technician, they stop wearing mechanical watches to use only quartz watches because of the same perspective of the insane engineering of the movements !
My first watch love has to be the Omega Seamaster 396, it got me into watches.
My dad bought 3 of these in the 80s while working in Kuwait, he has one, my grandad has one and my uncle has one.
I love this watch and can’t wait to own one in the future, I’d love the get a wrist shot of us all wearing it!
My first watch that got me into watches was a seiko kinetic about 30 years ago , I loved That it had no battery & could fell the movement when giving it a shake , the watch is still going like a clock to this day & never had a service or anything , Love to get one of your cool t shirts & wear it when working behind my bar
I Love George’s Breitling story. I wear my moms vintage chronomat. I love it dearly. She bought it new and inadvertently sparked my interest in watches. I cherish it and it reminds me of her.
It’s really not anybody’s biz; please pardon me, it’s great to see that a sincere friendship has developed among you. I love that
Great series guy and really enjoyable viewing.
First watch love was probably a Tag Heuer 4000 Automatic on green shark skin strap. The split logo was the appeal and my wife bought it for me as a wedding present. The love for the watch lasted much longer than the love for the wife 😁.
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Great show gents…👊 the watch that really got me into the hobby was a Tag Heuer Link Calibre S but the first true love piece has to be the Omega Speedy Moonwatch….looking forward to episode 2…🥃
The three of you together are just phenomenal, better than any comedy show! …and the watch stories and details are sort of the icing on the cake !
1985.. As a member of the British military I did an exchange with the Italian Commandos and yes I was to get my introduction to Panerai as a number of the guys wore them. I fell instantly for the aesthetic and the history when l was informed about the watch. To this day I love them they are my all time favourite and are the only watch I have connection with emotionally. Other than the Seiko Tuna saturation diver which I owned throughout my service, which sadly got destroyed during the 1990 Gulf war 😢 I am fortunate to own the panerai trilogy +1 irrelevant of the controversy around Panerai, they are for me, the watch. The worst thing to happen to Panerai? Was the day Stallone discovered them.
Liked, and I've only just pressed play. Looking forward to this.
Gents,
Thanks for yet another, no BS, show.
My first real watch and the watch that changed my view of watches was purchased by my mother for my high school graduation. My father had died earlier that year and this watch - a Bulova divers chronograph - cost a “fortune” for her - $100.
I have worn this watch for 50 years. It is no longer a daily, but during its highlight years, it has been on archeological digs, military parachute jumps, scuba dives, Jeep treks in South Asia and years of memories.
My mother passed before I realized how dear the watch was and how hard it must have been to purchase.
It is a memory watch and this watch along with my father’s Garland wrist watch are the only watches that will stay with me until I die.
JR
old warrior/new novelist
This is great! Looking forward to the next one.
great show ! Here is my disastrous grail watch story. I had a lovely house with lots of autumn leaves. Never hiring landscapers , cleaning ladies etc, I made my way out to the lawn and raked about 8 large leaf bags. That is when I noticed that the leather on my gold JLC reverso was irritating my hand , so I took it off and put it on the ground. As I was consumed with finishing this outdoor job it did not occur to me until about 5 hours later that I had raked it into one of the leaf bags. It cost 9000 dollars, gone forever !!! like the girl who gave it to me. If that doesnt win your effing t shirt challenge , I don't know what will !!!
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Great new channel from you and your colleagues. I'm looking forward to the next episodes.
Love the format and your cool studio/watch-dudes man cave. The first watch(s) I fell in love with were those issued to me by the USAF. They gave us a G-Shock which I believe was the DW-5200C accompanied by an analog Tag Heuer stop watch with flyback function. This was in 1989. I still have the Tag Heuer, but the G-Shock is long gone. The Casio's multi-functionality as it relates to aviation was a real treat because there were some older aircrew members at the time who had been issued a mechanical Benrus Type 1 that behaved like it was many moons past it's service due date. I don't believe the USAF had any watch makers on hand to service these watches so they were either put in a drawer or upgraded for the "new" G-Shocks. Looking back, I now wish I could have been issued that Benrus due to the proliferation of G-Shocks today and the scarcity of the original Type 1s.
My first love in watches came from my first love in girls. In high school, I worked as a carpenter to save up for college and for date money. During my senior year, my girlfriend gave me a beautiful Seiko with a beveled crystal. I had the watch for about two weeks and cherished it. As I was going out the door to pick her up for a date, I remembered that I had left a ladder in the driveway where I had worked all day and stopped to put it away. What I didn’t remember is that I had laid a hammer on top of the step ladder. It came crashing down on the beautiful crystal and smashed it. I think the crystal replacement cost more than the watch did, but I loved that watch. I still wore it years later, even after marrying a different girl. In hindsight she was very understanding about that watch. One day while fishing, I fell out of the boat into some shallow water and came up with out the watch. My friend and I searched for hours to no avail. We always assumed my wife had somehow weakened the lug pins!
Great show guys! Seiko Samurai Save the Ocean for me. That was some time ago, now I even repair watches. Greetings from Spain and keep up the amazing work
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Awesome episode gentlemen 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼.. Being a Michigan native, I love seeing the Shinola clock on the wall👌🏼
A friend was sleeping over and I got up early to do some laundry the next day. I took the linen off the bed and put it in the washing machine. A few minutes later, I started looking for my watch. Then it dawned on me that I had taken it off in bed the night before.
Another moment later I saw my Heuer 64 re-edition swirling around in the washing machine. Tag-heuer managed to overhaul it...for EUR650.
After the "McGregor" Swatch which was my truly first watch, the watch that made me crazy for watches was the same plastic, glowing Tag F1, I still have it and wear it after 32 years. The box is awesome, has Alain Prost in it. Congrats on the JV and best of success for the podcast, cheers from Mexico City!
It was a great inaugural episode! Looking forward to the next one.
Nice show guys! Sooo the most damage I’ve done to a watch, I’ll try and keep this short. After a trip to Puerto Rico I fell in love with their motorized bicycles, came home and bought a 2 cycle gas engine and mounted it on a beach cruiser. It vibrated like hell, so one day cruising down local highway while wearing my 1st “nice” watch (old tag heuer 200m professional link bracelet) the bracelet just gave out. I’m not sure if the vibration just loosened a pin or what, but it hit the highway. I soon hit the highway as I realized my watch had just fallen off and hit the brakes. If you could imagine slamming the coaster brakes on a beach cruiser while doing 30mph It was a pretty good wipeout. As I was running back to find my watch it was run over multiple times. When there were no cars coming I rounded up as many links as I could find from the bracelet. The bezel was jammed and the case was pretty beat up but the watch was still ticking. It still sits in my bedroom drawer to this day with about 90% of the loose links 😁
My true first love watch was between 2 watches that I got during my childhood. A no brand watch that could be flipped to the other side to reveal a compass. It saved my life during a camping trip as I got lost and used the compass to find my way back. The other one is my first "serious" watch I got, the G-SHOCK FOX FIRE X-treme DW-6900X-8AT. The compass watch no longer with me but the G-Shock still running strong until now! Its practically indestructible!
That’s why snipers and SEALs wear em!
Fantastic show. Love the Schrodinger's Kermit story, Adrian.
Loved the show chaps. Look forward to the next installment.
I'll never forget my Zeon diver which I got for my birthday as a kid. I never had it off my wrist.
35 years later and I wear a Omega Seamaster 300 Professional. It reminds me of that old watch and love it.
The watch that made me fall in love is the Breguet type XX with a fly back chrono, I loved the story of the brand, the pioneristic skills of Abraham Louis Breguet in building time keeper so reliable.
P.s. Thank's for giving space to Indipendets, they are the best part of the game today!
My gateway watch that properly got into the hobby was a Seiko SNK805, I had heard other channels talk about it, and was slightly wary as I have massive wrists (8 1/2 inches), but by some form of witchcraft it didn’t look ridiculous, it had the smoothest sweeping second hand I had ever seen and I loved the idea that it was powered by an engineer driven invention ( as opposed to an electrician). I still retain that sense of awe for mechanical watches, the human ingenuity is special. And all this for less than £80
Good stuff, you guys killed it. Will definitely invest in a bottle of 4 pillars.
Future you says thank you, cheers! 🥃
Good watches and good gin make an excellent investment strategy!
What a stupendous first episode-thoroughly enjoyed this and looking forward to more, gents!
Also, Bond (much like Sir Ian Fleming) is a Rolex guy, and that’s that. 👑😉