I like the look and the quality of this watch. The handsets are nicely looking aviation type, look like a bomb, but are large enough to be seen easily which is a good thing. the only gripe from my side is that pusher that changes the month, which only needs to happen every 30 days. I think that pusher is too easy to access that will be pushed accidentally pretty frequently. The presence of the watch on the wrist is phenomenal
I think its a really nice looking watch, unfortunately a fashion style pilot's watch, that isn't necessarily a bad thing. IMO it's a beautiful design. A great casual watch posing as pilot's chronograph. If you can get over that fact, this piece is really really nice. Thanks Peter for another great review!
Nice looking watch, nice to see some original design in a pilots watch! I want one- But just got a new watch and will have to wait until next year- or wife will kill me. LOL
Thank you for reviewing a brand new to me. The watch looks very nice and I like the military style font for the numbers, albeit, agreed, a little small. Beautiful lume. I am not a fan of months on my watch. A date ok, day maybe, but month? I know what month it is…. As a woman with a 16cm wrist extras on a watch make it bigger and harder to wear. All the nice watches are men’s….. Women’s watches are generally dull, boring, small and quartz. If I go for this sort of watch I’d take a chronograph instead to make better use of the space. Great video!
I bought mine on April 30 just days before your review but I'm still looking forward to it. With a $50 gift from Wise, it only cost me $660 delivered to my front door here in California.
That is a Beautiful watch!!! But I agree with you on the size of the "Arabics". A little more contrast would have helped, but then the lume wouldn't be so brilliant. Great Review! 👍
Thanks for your full review. I really like the look of the Bronze on their website. I also like that it is not a chrono. Yes, going to get a bronze one. Cheers!
@PeterKotsa look forward to seeing your review and thoughts. The bit that got me the most is was the little sticker saying Warning we left the screws loose so you can adjust the bracelet , so many other watches where I damaged the bracelet trying to loosen the screws to adjust it. And Using X as Roman 10 I found interesting. These little things on top of the fabulously crafted watch. Seems to have a ball bearing click bezel but yet to confirm as its not a click spring
Beautiful finishing as usual from them. I do like that shark strap, very nice. I'm not real big on a "multifunction" watch though. Wouldve preferred a chronograph instead. As always Pete, great video!
I don't own a Wise yet, but this may be my first. Not sure I agree with any of your criticisms with the exception of pricing....This seems to be a $479 watch, not $700+
When you get one of their watches, you'll know where that money went, build quality is Longines/tudor level--- I'm really impressed with my Wise Hitman watch.
What a beautiful design, but squandered on a calendar complication. This would make a sensational chrono, with a Seiko movement for under $400. Ah well. Wise designs really are cracking though, hats off to them.
Not something I would choose, but I do like the color of the dia. I don't really see the issue with the "undersized" Arabic numerals. I have more of an issue with the top pusher. To each their own, I guess. Overall, a nice looking piece.
Just watching the video, even before you revealed your gripes, I'd formed the same exact impressions of why the watch is not for me. But I'm looking forward to seeing what's next from Wise!
I love the dail layout, I think the (shape) and height of the pusher along with the name plate scream chronograph, and not the annual calendar I think it's supposed to be, giving it an identity crisis. I think if they refine those small things, they've got a really attractive watch ! ❤
Nice looking watch. So, a fancy triple calendar pilot watch then. *Shrugs* I'm waiting for the delivery for my ADX GMT and I already bought the Asura so I'm tapped out.
I’ve been wanting to see a pilot watch from Wise for years. Now that they finally do it, it’s effed up with messy sub-dials and pushers. Oh well, it’s still impressive.
Hmmm. A quite beautiful design, I especially like the sandwich dial and leather straps. However, a regular chronograph would be far more suitable for this design.
I agree that the numbers could be a bit bigger but I also like how nicely they fit around the date window at the 6 o clock. So give and take where that is concerned I guess. I like the design and spacing however it would be too big for me to wear with that lug to lug on my wrist. Not a watch I will personally be adding to my collection but a great watch to cover and a neat design, I like the date setup for it being a modern day pilots watch as it lets you keep track of the calendar date of your home time or home terminal ect while traveling through different timezones or even across the world dateline if you travel internationally.
What is great about it is that it is still a watch that clearly follows its own path. Whether chrono or pilot's watch, neither genre is necessarily what I'd gp for, so I didnt give the Flyboy much of my attention. One of the yhings that I did notice is that in daylight shots it looks a bit dim. The matte of the diak looks great. The shape and polished pops of all hands, too. But indeed, it comes down to those numerals. When I look at the Thai version, I understand the sizing a bit better. I think some take up a bit more space, but that cpuld just be the way I look at them. However, in daylight they dont habe sufficient visual weight. They could be bigger, and perhaps they should be brighter (thus bolder). I am not a find of the badge either. I don't know what it's doing there. The sizing seems to work well on your wrists but objectively it's just a little over. Finally I'm not sure if the fonts of the additional on dial printing work well with rhe font of the numerals. I do quite like the crown guard integration of the case. So, yes, it's a bit of a mixed bag, but I already considered this one of those into this genre of watch and not for me. The price seems very much in line with their other more premium watches, so I find it hard to complain. If they were fine where they were, then so is this. That said, as other brands have been stepping up in refinement in design and finishing with similar movements, it is true that Wise starts looking like a bit more premium than many. I am thinking for example of all the praise that Henry Archer reaps, and seemingly very justified, but also generslly more affordable. Very different styles, but Wise is certainly not pushing to be the budget option, nor do they need to, to be honest.
After learning it wasnt a chrono, I was wondering what the second pusher was for. Would have looked better not doing the badge. A really nice looking watch otherwise. Great presentation as always! Cheers
Thanks for the interesting video. I think the watch looks attractive overall, but that month subdial feels out of place, and a dedicated pusher for it makes it all the odder. A second time zone subdial on a pilot's watch would have made more sense.
Bought a true GMT from Wise. This was October last year, to be delivered in March. We’re in May and I am still waiting. Their watches seem fine, but I don’t think I’ll ever be able to buy anything from them again.
Yeah production is slow across the board with many companies lately I just received delivery of the GMT and its superb so far (one week on the wrist at this stage) I will share my review in the up and coming weeks 👍
Good points raised here - and here's another one (my opinion). The lug width is too narrow. It should be 22mm rather than 20mm on a watch this size and with a lug length of 49.7mm. The strap looks too narrow and therefore the watch as a whole looks unbalanced .I could never bond with a watch that has this issue unless it's put on a Bund strap. Pity because aside from that and the fact that the arabics are a ilttle on the small size, the piece looks amazing.
I say a watch is too expensive, I get told.."its all relative" I say a watch is not expensive, I get told.."whats wrong with you?" I say nothing, I get told..."what's the price?" I say you guys decide, I get told..."I have no balls" Looking forward to your reviews Tony 😊👍
Even if they are not in keeping with a traditional pilots watch that we are used to in the west I like the size of the numerals on this watch. Design wise I feel they work well. Would have preferred a quartz chronographs rather calendar dials and it’s quite expensive. Nice watch.
I’d buy the Thai (font) Chrono Flyboy! But, it’s not a chrono movement… Flyboy visual cues with the ‘2’ pushers could also be a GMT if sub dial numerals showed 24hr military , but dat, date, month complication is misleading and useless. PK reality photography shows the crystal as milky, and while the numerals are visually acceptable, too small for a Flyboy. Opportunity missed, swap out movement for production. Thanks PK
Strange on the website the watches appear to be deeply discounted and they offer a further 20% off if you buy 2. Then at the top it says due to high demand times may increase to 20 days.
Mate I'm not sure whether I agree with you there. If the numerals were largely they would clash with the subdials. Mutilated numerals to make room for subdials are a pet peeve of mine.
I hear you Alex..its just that the numerals are too dull and low in contrast Maybe a tad thicker rather than physically larger could possibly work?.. cheers brother👍
I'm very fond of Wise as a brand but this one is a miss in my opinion. The month pusher concept is just bizarre and feels out of context on a pilot themed watch.
I hate chrono style calendar watches with a passion. I love a real chrono, but I feel these are a con. I hate calendar pushers too. It's only a day date, why has it got buttons? Aaaaaarrggh! It makes me so angry!!!
Wise make very nice watches, however, I can't get past the names they choose to call them. This one is called ''Flyboy'' which could be taken as a derogatory name for a pilot. Another of trheir watches is called ''Hitman'' , if you wear one does that make you a Mobster killer? So Wise should wise up and get some better names for their watches.
I love that Wise are willing to follow their own path with design, all of their watches sre impressive and distinctive
Can’t tell you how many times someone comes up to me and asks “what month is it”. Now I will be prepared.
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Tbf it’s a while since anyone’s asked me if I’ve got a stopwatch
Yeah, handy for passing a dementia-test at the doctors.
They keep asking me about what year it is so I had to buy a million dollar Patek...
Nice and nice to see different complications to the usual day/date.
Don't see the shortfalls you mention.
I'm sold .
I completely understand your gripes. WISE is the up and coming watch. Thanks for sharing Peter.
I like the look and the quality of this watch. The handsets are nicely looking aviation type, look like a bomb, but are large enough to be seen easily which is a good thing. the only gripe from my side is that pusher that changes the month, which only needs to happen every 30 days. I think that pusher is too easy to access that will be pushed accidentally pretty frequently. The presence of the watch on the wrist is phenomenal
I think its a really nice looking watch, unfortunately a fashion style pilot's watch, that isn't necessarily a bad thing. IMO it's a beautiful design. A great casual watch posing as pilot's chronograph. If you can get over that fact, this piece is really really nice. Thanks Peter for another great review!
Nice looking watch, nice to see some original design in a pilots watch! I want one- But just got a new watch and will have to wait until next year- or wife will kill me. LOL
Thank you for reviewing a brand new to me. The watch looks very nice and I like the military style font for the numbers, albeit, agreed, a little small. Beautiful lume. I am not a fan of months on my watch. A date ok, day maybe, but month? I know what month it is…. As a woman with a 16cm wrist extras on a watch make it bigger and harder to wear. All the nice watches are men’s….. Women’s watches are generally dull, boring, small and quartz. If I go for this sort of watch I’d take a chronograph instead to make better use of the space. Great video!
I bought mine on April 30 just days before your review but I'm still looking forward to it. With a $50 gift from Wise, it only cost me $660 delivered to my front door here in California.
Did you have to pay for import tax? Thanks.
@@tranhuuhung2508 no, I didn't.
Of couse he did. He's lying.@tranhuuhung2508
Very cool looking piece.
Absolut stunning Watch😍
Looks really nice.
If it were a bit smaller, say 40mm with 47mm L2L I’d be all over this watch.
The Arabic’s remind me of my Formex field (which I love).
That is a Beautiful watch!!! But I agree with you on the size of the "Arabics". A little more contrast would have helped, but then the lume wouldn't be so brilliant. Great Review! 👍
Thanks for your full review. I really like the look of the Bronze on their website. I also like that it is not a chrono. Yes, going to get a bronze one. Cheers!
Design-Wise I could do without that side badge. OtherWise, the watch is beautiful.
Just received their new GMT , and it doesn't disappoint, i like it alot more than I thought and wears better than I thought.
Ive got the GMT on the wrist all week...very impressive, review coming 👍
@PeterKotsa look forward to seeing your review and thoughts. The bit that got me the most is was the little sticker saying Warning we left the screws loose so you can adjust the bracelet , so many other watches where I damaged the bracelet trying to loosen the screws to adjust it. And Using X as Roman 10 I found interesting. These little things on top of the fabulously crafted watch. Seems to have a ball bearing click bezel but yet to confirm as its not a click spring
Beautiful finishing as usual from them. I do like that shark strap, very nice. I'm not real big on a "multifunction" watch though. Wouldve preferred a chronograph instead. As always Pete, great video!
I was convinced it was a chrono when I first saw the renders..oh well maybe next one 👍
It’s different and I like it. Good job.
I don't own a Wise yet, but this may be my first. Not sure I agree with any of your criticisms with the exception of pricing....This seems to be a $479 watch, not $700+
When you get one of their watches, you'll know where that money went, build quality is Longines/tudor level--- I'm really impressed with my Wise Hitman watch.
What a beautiful design, but squandered on a calendar complication. This would make a sensational chrono, with a Seiko movement for under $400. Ah well. Wise designs really are cracking though, hats off to them.
Agreed it would look good as a chronograph. Not sure about Seiko quartz though with the useless 24hr sub dial.
Nice looking watch.
That LUME looks amaizing.
Thanks for sharing 😊
My pleasure 👍
Not something I would choose, but I do like the color of the dia. I don't really see the issue with the "undersized" Arabic numerals. I have more of an issue with the top pusher. To each their own, I guess. Overall, a nice looking piece.
Just watching the video, even before you revealed your gripes, I'd formed the same exact impressions of why the watch is not for me. But I'm looking forward to seeing what's next from Wise!
I love the dail layout, I think the (shape) and height of the pusher along with the name plate scream chronograph, and not the annual calendar I think it's supposed to be, giving it an identity crisis. I think if they refine those small things, they've got a really attractive watch ! ❤
A very nice triple date for that price
Nice looking watch. So, a fancy triple calendar pilot watch then.
*Shrugs*
I'm waiting for the delivery for my ADX GMT and I already bought the Asura so I'm tapped out.
Ive got the ADX Gmt on my wrist this week...impressive for the price
Review coming 👍👍
Impressive delivery for the money. Shorter lug to lug would be appreciated, but not a deal breaker. Everything else looks fantastic.
I’ve been wanting to see a pilot watch from Wise for years. Now that they finally do it, it’s effed up with messy sub-dials and pushers. Oh well, it’s still impressive.
When my granddaughter was young her favorite song was You Gotta Dig A Little Deeper. Princess and the frog 🐸
Haha 👍😂
Hmmm. A quite beautiful design, I especially like the sandwich dial and leather straps. However, a regular chronograph would be far more suitable for this design.
I agree that the numbers could be a bit bigger but I also like how nicely they fit around the date window at the 6 o clock. So give and take where that is concerned I guess. I like the design and spacing however it would be too big for me to wear with that lug to lug on my wrist. Not a watch I will personally be adding to my collection but a great watch to cover and a neat design, I like the date setup for it being a modern day pilots watch as it lets you keep track of the calendar date of your home time or home terminal ect while traveling through different timezones or even across the world dateline if you travel internationally.
What is great about it is that it is still a watch that clearly follows its own path. Whether chrono or pilot's watch, neither genre is necessarily what I'd gp for, so I didnt give the Flyboy much of my attention. One of the yhings that I did notice is that in daylight shots it looks a bit dim. The matte of the diak looks great. The shape and polished pops of all hands, too. But indeed, it comes down to those numerals. When I look at the Thai version, I understand the sizing a bit better. I think some take up a bit more space, but that cpuld just be the way I look at them. However, in daylight they dont habe sufficient visual weight. They could be bigger, and perhaps they should be brighter (thus bolder). I am not a find of the badge either. I don't know what it's doing there. The sizing seems to work well on your wrists but objectively it's just a little over. Finally I'm not sure if the fonts of the additional on dial printing work well with rhe font of the numerals. I do quite like the crown guard integration of the case. So, yes, it's a bit of a mixed bag, but I already considered this one of those into this genre of watch and not for me. The price seems very much in line with their other more premium watches, so I find it hard to complain. If they were fine where they were, then so is this. That said, as other brands have been stepping up in refinement in design and finishing with similar movements, it is true that Wise starts looking like a bit more premium than many. I am thinking for example of all the praise that Henry Archer reaps, and seemingly very justified, but also generslly more affordable. Very different styles, but Wise is certainly not pushing to be the budget option, nor do they need to, to be honest.
I enjoy your unbiased reviews thank you Peter.
Thanks Criss, appreciate the feedback 👍
After learning it wasnt a chrono, I was wondering what the second pusher was for. Would have looked better not doing the badge. A really nice looking watch otherwise. Great presentation as always! Cheers
Don't see the need for the month display, but thats me, I would christen this model "The Badger".
Haha, a pusher would have been nicer there for sure 👍
Nice watch, Im waiting for the Wise true GMT review. I'm hoping you can get them to send you one.
Ive got one here , I have been wearing it all week..review coming soon 👍
@PeterKotsa very much looking forward to that review!
Thanks for the interesting video.
I think the watch looks attractive overall, but that month subdial feels out of place, and a dedicated pusher for it makes it all the odder. A second time zone subdial on a pilot's watch would have made more sense.
Agreed, Peter. A Straightforward pilots watch with bolder handset and numerals would be better. Ditch the sundials..
Bought a true GMT from Wise. This was October last year, to be delivered in March. We’re in May and I am still waiting. Their watches seem fine, but I don’t think I’ll ever be able to buy anything from them again.
Yeah production is slow across the board with many companies lately
I just received delivery of the GMT and its superb so far (one week on the wrist at this stage)
I will share my review in the up and coming weeks 👍
Finally delivered. I have to say it is a real stunner. Feels and looks as five times the price asked.
@@fpmtube Bravo..enjoy it 👍
Good points raised here - and here's another one (my opinion). The lug width is too narrow. It should be 22mm rather than 20mm on a watch this size and with a lug length of 49.7mm. The strap looks too narrow and therefore the watch as a whole looks unbalanced .I could never bond with a watch that has this issue unless it's put on a Bund strap. Pity because aside from that and the fact that the arabics are a ilttle on the small size, the piece looks amazing.
Slightly larger numerals , slightly smaller watch in crono format with some brushed surfaces and I’m in.
Love these "you decide, don't have the balls to say yay or nay" Gonna start doing these reviews myself.
I say a watch is too expensive, I get told.."its all relative"
I say a watch is not expensive, I get told.."whats wrong with you?"
I say nothing, I get told..."what's the price?"
I say you guys decide, I get told..."I have no balls"
Looking forward to your reviews Tony 😊👍
they had some good pilots in WW2
Even if they are not in keeping with a traditional pilots watch that we are used to in the west I like the size of the numerals on this watch. Design wise I feel they work well. Would have preferred a quartz chronographs rather calendar dials and it’s quite expensive. Nice watch.
I’d buy the Thai (font) Chrono Flyboy!
But, it’s not a chrono movement…
Flyboy visual cues with the ‘2’ pushers could also be a GMT if sub dial numerals showed 24hr military , but dat, date, month complication is misleading and useless.
PK reality photography shows the crystal as milky, and while the numerals are visually acceptable, too small for a Flyboy.
Opportunity missed, swap out movement for production.
Thanks PK
Strange on the website the watches appear to be deeply discounted and they offer a further 20% off if you buy 2. Then at the top it says due to high demand times may increase to 20 days.
Doesn't it look weird with that date on the inside of the 6 o'clock? Most brands would remove the 6 o'clock to avoid collision.
Beauty but with a useless complication
Mate I'm not sure whether I agree with you there. If the numerals were largely they would clash with the subdials. Mutilated numerals to make room for subdials are a pet peeve of mine.
I hear you Alex..its just that the numerals are too dull and low in contrast
Maybe a tad thicker rather than physically larger could possibly work?..
cheers brother👍
@@PeterKotsaSure that might work 👍
Nice of Wise to make a watch for the US president.
The badge Pusher is a deal breaker
While well made, that pilot's watch doesn't float my boat. Inappropriate metaphor intended.
do they have a nice meteorite dal or is that RZE?
Yes they have meteorite dials on certain models 👍
weird sub dial to be honest
I'm very fond of Wise as a brand but this one is a miss in my opinion. The month pusher concept is just bizarre and feels out of context on a pilot themed watch.
I can’t get over that name Wise Flyboy. Unfortunately sounds like one of those Chinese homage watch brands… Otherwise it’s a sexy watch
I hate chrono style calendar watches with a passion. I love a real chrono, but I feel these are a con. I hate calendar pushers too. It's only a day date, why has it got buttons? Aaaaaarrggh!
It makes me so angry!!!
Wise make very nice watches, however, I can't get past the names they choose to call them. This one is called ''Flyboy'' which could be taken as a derogatory name for a pilot. Another of trheir watches is called ''Hitman'' , if you wear one does that make you a Mobster killer? So Wise should wise up and get some better names for their watches.
I've seen worst, like the mad watch collab military watch,..with 1 year warranty only....
I like WISE products... but their logo and branding is attrocious IMO. Really off putting.
And all the girlies say i’m pretty fly for a white guy 😂
I think they made a marketing mistake with the name "Flyboy" Sounds childish, immature. They should remove that word from the dial.
how can you trust a paid promotion answer is you cannot
Did you watch the video?
@@PeterKotsa yes
@@sengaschmidt195 If you still feel that way after watching the video, then I suppose everyone is entitled to their opinion...thanks again for sharing
Too large, scratch magnet. Pass.