Ollech and Wajs C-1000: The Perfect Swiss Dive Watch?
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- In today's video, I would like to present the Ollech and Wajs C-1000, a remake of the iconic Caribbean 1000 dive watch from the 1960s. That watch marked the first time a Swiss dive watch offered a 1000 metre water resistance. This new watch may just be the best Swiss dive watch currently on the market.
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I have bought this watch recently, anyone concerned about the lug to lug length should rest assured that it fits my slim wrist perfect. I have put it straight into a tropic strap which I think best suits the style of watch. The case and bezel are both oozing the feel of quality. Trust me when I tell you this watch is a gem.
I agree. Just had mine over a month. I have had many dive watches before, but love this one the best. Hope you continue to enjoy yours for a long, long time!
Thanks for the good review. Didn't know anything about this brand. Yes, this will be my next watch coming from my home town!
I knew nothing of this brand until your review. Thank you. Love the watch. I would've expected a milled clasp at that price point though.
B. Von Schnauser, that👆
Can u get them in the 🇬🇧 UK?
@@granto6738 Stewart’s the watch company in Leicestershire list the brand . It’s one I’m interested in
Love, love, LOVE this watch - though I’ll almost certainly never own one because it’s out of my price range.
Excellent review! This is a very eye catching watch, great features and well constructed!
I had a few O&W’s watches made for military contract consumption back in the 80s when I was collecting military issued watches. They were the same story, sturdy, well made and collectors liked them. Nice to see they’re still around and producing updated modern versions of those 60s classics.
How do i get this in the 🇬🇧 UK?
Great review Armand. And great to hear you podcast on iTunes. I can listen to your great channel on my commute now. Best wishes.
Great review- both in description and pictures. Thank you
Really nice watch,good quality and reasonable price. I like the simplicity of the hands dial and hour marks. Great review Armand,as usual and thanks for sharing.
where is the malaysia branches
Superb review of a fantastic watch. Just had mine about a month now. Very difficult to give any other watch wrist time. Love the beautiful beads of rice bracelet. With the 3 micro adjusts and a few smaller links (not quite half links), it was easy to get a good fit. I don't really understand the complaints about the clasp. It does the job well. An enormous technical challenge to attain the high level of water resistance in such a compact case. And crown operation is second-to-none. I believe this is where the watch outshines many other dive watches. I also love the aesthetics of the dial, bezel and the beautifully lightly brushed case and bracelet.
Love it. And with patience I will add this to my collection.
Absolutely beautiful watch. Thanks for this great review, as well as all your others.
Great photography and a great review
Very good video. Not often does one get a look at an OW. Much appreciated.
The quality of this video, Sir. You deserve a job at National Geographic or NASA.
Beautiful watch. Thank you for reviewing.
Good looking watch and also, a very well made and edited video review. Top effort.
A great review of a great watch. Excellent camera work. I really like the brand.
I like it ! Stunning dial and markings. Simple classic....
Looks great. Love their designs.
Love it , great review mate 👍
Worth to buy, due to its history. The older watches do offer a better readability than most modern models. Cheers fm Singapore+
Ayant moi même une Ollech & Waj C-1000s , je vous confirme tous ce qui est dit dans la revue de Watch Chronicler, c est une montre exceptionnel 👍
I have the O&W M5 which i bought new back in '92 it was a reissue of the 1960's Surfmaster sold on PX's in Vietnam.An ETA 2824-2 movement being the good,the under lumed hands being the bad.The movement fell asleep last year having never been serviced,something i still have to sort out as this was my first decent mechanical watch.I thought O&W had gone under but am very pleased to see that they're still with us.........
Nice review. I will do the ocean graph , OW latest one tomorrow.
This is a stunning watch and that bracelet is like none I've seen before.
Really like the look of this watch love the strap too
Thanks for the video, I discovered the brand a week ago and I already contacted the only French AD to try it. 😬
Great looking watch. Love the strap
Great looking watch, very good price also.
Love it love it love it ❤️ 😍 absolute beauty, only problem is that the price is too steep and I can’t afford one at present if this watch was $1000 it would have been the perfect watch of 2021. It’s been added to my wish list. Love the vintage look and size, they got this watch right just hope it had an exhibition back as that rotar and movement looks amazing and that the price was lower. Absolute 💚
I want one, been following this brand for a while... funky fun and cool timepieces but this is an awesome one. No I don't dive, I like the sport feel of the model and the size is near perfect. Have a good one.
I like it a lot. It would look great on grey or black nato too.
I have been a Submariner wearer since 1982 & all I can say is I like it! Thank you Armand for your review.
+ scott satren: Thank you very much for the kind words! It's a stunning watch by an standards...
@@ArmandTheWatchGuy Thank you Armand, you are a real asset to the watch community & a true gentleman' All respect from your friend here in the US
I’m happy with 200m and a thinner lighter watch with better lume. A zodiac super sea wolf skin 53 is my pick.
I'm purchasing one of these
Very smart looking watch
Great looking.
I like this. I think I want a Doxa, but if I change my mind on that, this would be a good runner up.
Very well filmed - kudos! Pity about the clasp though... And I also wonder whether they would not have been better off going with 300m of WR only, but shaving 2-3mm off the height?
have two watches ollech and wajs given by my retired US military uncle.. it is indedd and incredible price, tho its expensive but it is superb
Love this watch
Excellent video quality, good job, thumbs up given!
Like the watch although a stamped metal clasp on a $1500+ watch is a BIG "NO BUY" for me.
Great review. What is your wrist size? I where an Omega Seamaster 300 chronometer 41mm. The lug to lug on the S1000 is pretty hefty for a 39.5. Love this watch. Fantastic bracelet. And it also looks great on a black nato....
Armand, can you elaborate a bit more about the clasp of the C-1000? Thanks! (Seems not to be the qualilty to be expected...)
thanks for the vid..ps is it my imagination the clicks of the bezel don't fully line up with minute markers?
What is the weight of this watch, so I cam compare to an SD43 for example. Very high quality, both narrative and video, top notch content.
she's a beauty.
but 49mm lug to lug is important, so for a 18 cm wrist, the best option would be a strap.
the trouble is : this metal bracelet is so nice that you would want to leave it on the watch.
what are your thoughts and what is your wrist size on the video?
A very handsome watch.
Not a huge fan of sub-40mm designs but that is one handsome piece.
I think the bezel insert is mineral glass rather than sapphire glass.
Also, in my unpublished BanG Dream!, Love Live!, South Park and Forza Horizon (2012) fanfic (Titled: The double lesbian wedding of Tae Hanazono and Saaya Yamabuki and of Umi Sonoda and Kotori Minami in the South Park Church, Colorado: A BanG Dream! and Love Live! fanfic featuring South Park and Forza Horizon (2012)), Kyle Broflovski wear a Ollech & Wajs C-1000 dive watch, which has a 100 bar or 1000 meter or 3300 feet of water resistance figure (which means it's a deep-sea dive watch) on the rubber strap while Kotori Minami wear a Ollech & Wajs P-101 pilot's watch with a 12-hour bezel for tracking a second timezone on the leather strap with a water resistance figure of 30 bar or 300 meter or 984 feet, in gray for the double lesbian wedding of her and Umi Sonoda alongside Tae Hanazono and Saaya Yamabuki (the watch was gifted to Kotori Minami by Kyle Broflovski, who, in the fanfic, is 27 years old and he has a degree in psychology, therefore he is working as an qualified and licensed psychologist and because the job has a income of more then 100000 US dollars per year, Kyle was able to buy the Ollech & Wajs C-1000 on the rubber watch strap for himself and the Ollech & Wajs P-101 on the leather strap for Kotori as a gift to her, for her to wear with the strapless ball gown-style wedding dress when she is marrying her soon-to-be lesbian wife, Umi Sonoda.)
I would love to see better wrist shots along with size of the wrists mentioned, I can clearly see the finishing from your excellent video but what I cannot see is the quality of the bezel action compared to a Doxa or a Tudor if there is any back play or misalignment issue and if the bracelet is solid for all the links.
First time watching one of your reviews. I like your delivery - crisp and to the point! Great review and watch. Could you let us know what your wrist size is? Like others on here I fear at 49mm lug to lug it'll be too big for some of us.
Not to mention the thickness for what is essentially a useless rating. I mean, it’s impressive and all, but most people won’t be buying it for its intended purpose (which I’m not so sure is intended anymore) - having to constantly bear the price for this at the desk may put potential buyers, including yours truly, off.
Hello past self. I am currently looking for a diver, and it’s good to find you here. I’ll listen to you, cause I have always been satisfied when I listened to you in the past. Thanks! Yours truly, your future (or is that present?) self.
Awesome vid. Just need on wrist!
Looks so much like a ZRC Grand Fonds, I have my dad's old Ollech with a real beads of rice band.
Great Review !
great watch but the Lug to Lug distance of 49mm is i think too much for a 39mm watch,
Some of the shots make it seem they may have outsourced the bezel alignment to Seiko. While you were operating it, it seemed to have considerable backplay, as well.
Great Review. IMHO- That 49mm lug to lug is gonna be a bit wide for anything less than a 7.5 inch wrist. Especially on a nato. The saving grace is the endlinks are hinged to drop straight down once clear of the lug. And that clasp..I know what the other 10% was...weak sauce.
Nice watch and size is perfect for my wrist. Where can I buy it in Mexico City? Ty !!!
Cool review, I’ve looked at O&W for a while now and I’m considering purchasing the OW P-104, a review on that piece would be greatly appreciated, cheers 👌👌
+ Guy Lezius: Thank you for the kind words! I'll see what I can do with the 104 in future.
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Thank you, I look forward to it, again thank you 👌👌
Bark & Jack has done one
The orange hour markers and hands of the OW P-104 are great!!!
Averagebros have done a really good one.
I've watched this video twice now, because this watch does have a certain magnetism, but yeah...those long lugs and the ill-conceived lume is simply inexcusable for a diver at this price point.
Great watch. We're can you buy them
Super,j'attend le montre aventurier
Beautiful timepiece. Pity, it only comes in the one-size. I prefer larger watches.
I don't know this brand and I've never seen one of their pieces in a retailer, but this one is very interesting and seems to be very well built for the price.
Soooo schöne Uhr... ❤️❤️... Ich bin fast soweit, total "weichgeklopft" 😂👍👍❤️
Ist die O&W mit einer Siliziumspirale ausgestattet?
Nice watch and finish. I'm really looking for an elegant, smooth, thin, titanium diver. Wish this one was in titanium.
Muy bonito y de muy buena calidad es lo que me parece, no entiendo ni papa de lo que dicen, me gustaría saber el PVP aunque creo que será muy alto. Me gustaría que hubiera un traductor al español, muchas gracias.
That clasp is disappointing. Only thing holding me back. Nice video.
I know there trying to keep the price down but the logo on dial and the clasp are the only negatives i can see but the rest of the watch looks great.
b kinseb - The maybe could have considered printing the non-cardinal indices in white lume rather than just non-luminescent color.
the only negative point is the missing milled clasp. I'll buy one of them.
Good looking watch but if you cant read the lume well, ill keep my GSAR Marithon any day, night or depth!
Quelle est la précision de cette montre ? Merci.
As a long time diver, it was the lack of lume that effected my decision not to buy this peice . As a to watch , at depth , you should instantly be able to read the time easily and clearly. Especially if you have to go to your redundant system , your watch . Just my opinion. Other than that , it's a great looking peice .
Nice, but date ruins it for me. Prefer C. Ward's C65, design wise. Cheers 👍🏻
I’ve found a U.K. stockist, and when this bloody virus decides it’s had enough I’m considering going to have a look. Have you heard any suggestion that the clasp is going to be ungraded to be more in keeping with the rest of the engineering ? I’m sure I’d heard this somewhere , as it’s a stumbling block and not that difficult to rectify really. I’ve reduced the list of possibly maybe watches short term to this and the Sinn 104, so I’m blaming this channel as you’ve done superb reviews on both ......just remembered , what will the position be regrading buying watches from either Germany or Switzerland over the internet and import taxes or whatever the position is now ? Thanks
I was tempted to get one, but the clasp is a cheap stamped one.
I believe the bezel insert is mineral glass not sapphire
I love the look of it with the exception of the cheap looking clasp. Does anybody know if the company ever has promotions ? I’ve added it to my watch list, if you’ll pardon the pun
O&W Club members get such benefits
I’m sorry I missed the posting, thanks very much
Beautiful watch, but the lugs are WAY too long. There's no reason that they couldn't be 45mm.
Ollech & Wajs is it more Swiss than a Tag???
Did O&W get their inspiration from vintage brands like Rewet, Westclox, Paul Peugeot, Norexa, Cimier? Looks like it.
No, they are a vintage brand from 1956, so the inspitation came from their 60s Caribbean 1000 model.
It probably is perfect.
I loved the watch until I saw the lug to lug measurements and it’s too big for me
I do agree
LUG to LUG too long. Like Hamilton field
Beautiful watch, except that the bracelet doesn’t match the contours of the lug tips. Look closely. Too bad.
I think the number on the crown represents the number of the watch. Mine is 15/56
+ john liley: That's absolutely correct, however, that's only for the first 56 watches. After that, it's just the same for all examples.
WATCH CHRONICLER thank you
After 56 the crown becomes the O&W logo.
You know those type of watches that is almost perfect, but something throws everything off? The text on the dial here. Seems unecessary to have the C-1000 at 3. A decision done because of the date wheel at 6 i assume.
I like it but it is just too small all the way around.
The case is a good size but lug to lug adds 10mm, which makes it too big for the average wrist. The lugs will hang over and the case will twist on the wrist. A shame.
Just the thing...
There should be no stampings on a watch at that price. This is a big miss when so many micro brands offer better value. Thank you for a good review.
Ordered one. Showed up with a misaligned bezel. Sent inquiry and was told my message was forwarded. 3 business days later and no response. Major disappointment for a substantial purchase.
@@RemovedLobster thanks for the note. I never got any feedback of worth. After the hype I saw on the brand, very disappointed.
If I treated my clients this way, I'd be out of business.
@@RemovedLobster all the best. Thanks
The limited lume on a dive watch is a joke and the reviewer glossing over it just looks feeble
As a shallow desk diver, i fail to understand why more watch companies do not make, a sub 40 mm diver with an open case back and a 6 o’clock date. It’s almost as if nobody where’s a watch on their right hand🤷🏻♂️. A 3 o’clock date screws up my dial symmetry y’all 🤯🤯🤯
long live #ocean39gmt🤘🏼
That is a very nice looking watch, bank account leakage..
A lot to like, but that C-1000 positioning throws me. Lug to lug also - just too long.
No answer to my question??
Love the watch but to $2750 Aud? No thanks
49 lug to lug, common...
Nice watch. The price is too ambitious. Other small brands offer more for less. Sorry.