YESSSSSSSS!!!!!! ABSOLUETLY. Please show them my "10 reasons for buying a watch" video, that should put them right ;-) Thank you Niki, Best regards, TGV
The Urban Gentry of course! If I can get them to pay attention for long enough! I'll also be sure to show everyone with a fake watch your video regarding how they support organised crime!
Faizal F haha very true. If I ever get to Iceland (which is on my bucket list) I'd much rather bring a sturdy watch with me on day trips rather than my phone which could easily get lost in the snow
My biggest pet peeve is when no matter what watch you wear, non watch enthusiasts will ask if it’s a Rolex, and you have to tell them it’s not, people think if it’s not Rolex, it sucks, even if I were to wear an Omega, people wouldn’t care at all since it’s not a Rolex
Liam Geddes I owned an old watch with screw down lug and everytime I unscrew the lug the machine inside move around. I ended up had to carefully screw it back without messing with the hands positioning too much.
evaninnewport Remind me of a snobby popular musician who talk big about his luxury watch collection only to find out that some of them are franken watches. I enjoyed the schadenfreude of it.
It's just a paycheck for them. What's obnoxious to me is the knuckledraggers that actually buy watches because they see some celebrity wearing it (though there's nothing new in this).
Yes! How do you expect someone to work their way up to luxury watchers? Most collectors (myself included) collected sub $1000 or even sub $500 watches for a long time before taking the leap on a true luxury watch. It all starts as a curiosity and develops into a passion and appreciation for fine craftsmanship.
Exactly, unless it's a cheap "fashion watch" that are more for esthetic rather than actually serving a watches purpose. I see no reason to judge. If they love It then let them, whether it's a $20 casio or $300 seiko.
Just got my first 'real' watch this week, a Seiko Sea Urchin. Four days after getting it i dropped it face first onto concrete from a few feet up and took a chunk out of the glass. Was hurling expletives at the walls for hours that day.
First cut is the deepest. After a while you learn to appreciate them as giving the watch character. But I know the feeling when your brand new pristine watch you saved up for gets its first scratch...
When your watch doesn't stay where you want it to stay on your wrist. Tighten the strap to make it stay in place and it's too tight, loosen the strap for comfort and gravity takes it where it doesn't belong.
Tyler Hayes i love invictas. especially the subaquanomas. the most i spent was for a subaquanoma 5 that was a limited edition, only 500 made. i paid 200, the store price (not msrp) was over 600. the other i paid around a 100. my subaquanoma 4 and excursion. they are the only waches i don't break because they are so heavy duty. weigh over a lbs. i have 55mm watches, my hand and wrist are huge, smaller watches look like toys.
My mother knows that I collect watches, so for my birthday she gifted me an Invicta. Her eyes lit up when she saw Invicta supposedly had it priced at "$900". I didn't have the heart to explain to her how they priced their watches truly. However I still wear it from time to time because it at least isnt one of their gaudy pieces. Plus, it was my first skeleton watch after all, and it looked ok on a leather strap.
Fr, I remember going to a flee market and this one guy was selling an invicta for $800 and I asked why so much he claimed it's because it was worth $2500 because the price tag said $2500 and I was getting a "good deal"
Paying a lot more attention to Casios thanks to these videos and other channels too, lots of very affordable movie Icons I was too dense to notice before XD
In the military a lot of people wear the watch face down so the glare from the crystal won't give away their position, you won't beat the face against a tree or whatnot when bracing a weapon and you can see the dial without taking your hand off of your weapon.
Isn't there a bigger wrist to scratch the crystal by wearing it like this ? I mean, ok, it's fine as long as the soldier is walking or running or whatever, but what when he lies down and has to crawl under enemy fire ?
JonFFavale Yes, but he can run, jump, fight and lie down while wearing his watch normaly. "The glare of the crystal" - there's a solution for it: a fabric cover attached to the strap. You can get these for less than 10 quid. No need to put your watch in an awkward position, scratch it or get spotted by the enemy.
My father owns a Seiko that is on his wrist for over fourty years and have been serviced only a couple of times. It's his beater watch. And guess what? It looks great and works as new. After four decades of daily use one can say that it is a quality watch.
The seeing watch in person thing is something that shocked me as well. You see a million pictures or videos of a watch and then you see it in person and its just a different experience. I remember when I bought my Speedy, I showed my brother pictures before it arrived and he said he liked it. When he saw it in person, he loved it.
The Urban Gentry , the chronograph watch on your wrist watch check is the sort of chronograph I would like to see more of nowadays. with the more is less view on dials.
This channel is fantastic. I was about to purchase a characterless, quartz Hugo Boss 'fashion' chronograph. Since watching some videos and building my knowledge I have spent the same amount I would've spent on the fashion watch on a beautiful Seiko 5 with a gold face and a brown leather strap. I love automatic movements and I didn't know what they were before watching these videos. Good show, TGV!
Ordered a Boderry Urban skeletal automatic before I found this channel just because I wanted something I could enjoy the mechanics of, in retrospect actually happy with my choice since I could have done much worse! Course, It's still a few days away, and I'm already picking out wishlist items thanks to videos like this, mostly focusing on "space legacy" watches like the G-Shocks and Bulova Lunar Pilot that I actually have the means to afford and fully enjoy. Also going slightly mad hunting down every timepiece I still have in my room, including a old Timex ironman that's been run ragged but I'm still messing with it and cleaning it up because these videos have made me a touch obsessed XD
Truly I was about to get the rose gold mvmt watch. And then I started to learn more about watches from you channel. Then I bought the orient bambino with a cream dial and I absolutely love it.
Truly enjoyed this video. Re: wearing dial inside the wrist. During military field operations at night we would wear the dial inside to reduce visual (lume) detection. A small detail, but part of patrol preparation nonetheless.
An interesting aside, former President Jimmy Carter was known to wear his watch on the inside of the wrist, ostensibly to keep track of time during speeches. The next trend to return, perhaps..
Go Aztecs I saw two flightmaster auctions ending on eBay yesterday. One had Seiko and the model number, one had 'flighty' in the title. The one with flighty in the title was about £80 more and had more time to go! Don't know how it ended up but made me laugh.
1,2: With qualifications. There's no excuse on new stuff, but you have to forgive it when looking at something that predates it. Not every mechanical movement is accurate enough for that to be reliable. Certified chronometer. For anything else, it's just there for you to time 1 minute, and it's close enough for that. 3: XXL guys need an XXL watch. some people go overboard, but some people like one big enough to look proportioned like their other clothing and accessories. SM: Yes.
I like them to be non hacking, kind of remembers you of the fact that time has an urge of its own and how you ultimately must bow to it as a slave to the watch. The watch cuffs his wearer in time and doesn’t let him get control over it. Of course you can curse it, or drool over it, time doesn’t care one second of it.
Pet peeve lately: Strangers thinking they can come up to someone with a Rolex and ask if it's real Biggest pet peeve all-time: The fact that fake watches are so prevalent that people have been conditioned to assume that luxury watches could be fake
That is why replicas are such a wonderful thing. They undermine snobbery. Produce more. Buy more. Spread them worldwide so that no one will ever buy a "luxury" watch for its snob appeal. Because lets be honest, if you're not buying for that reason, it won't bother you if someone else assumes it wasn't really made by Patek/AP/Rolex.
Oh yeah! At one time, I even shaved my wrist to keep it from pinching. But now that I know that I can modify my watches to leather or NATO straps (and rubber straps for divers), even if I get a Rolex, I'm taking the bracelet off!
Helium valve is ment for decrompression period in a bell, for saturation divers. You can dive with a Rolex Sub and just open the crown when you decompress. Helium valve is just a gimmic. The deepsea has a check valve helium valve , thats is a nice thing then you dont have to remember to open any crown. On the Seamaster you can just also open the regular crown for time and date. The main thing is to let the helium out of the watch when you decrompress..
Michael Barry Last week my boss was so proud of his Invicta and at how much discount he got (almost 80%??) So he showed me the watch and 3/4 of the display at the back is the battery.. I mean come on.
Antonio Jr. Nagales I agree that the Invicta seems like an unnecessary design choice. I was thinking about those Grand Seiko limited editions which truly deserve to be enjoyed visually IMHO. :)
Michael Barry The Grand Seikos mostly aren't quartz watches but spring drives. The F.P. Journe Élégante 48 however surely is a quartz watch that deserves its display case back.
JerehmiaBoaz You're right right that much of the Grand Seiko range is spring drive, but they actually have three seperate movement types: 1) Pure mechanical (both regular and hi-beat) 2) Spring Drive 3) High Accuracy Quartz The limited edition HAQ models do feature exhibition case backs, whereas the regular production models do not. Their mechanicals and spring drive models mostly do.
A lot of hate for quartz I see, Don't fret good sirs and let it be. Quartz is accurate and it is precise, It oscillates 32,768 times a second, THAT is nice. Divide it by 2 until you get one, That counts as a second; Now isn't that fun? Don't fret good sirs, Quartz is ingenious I say, Let me explain further, if I may. The tiny crystal de la Quartz is akin to the balance wheel, yes indeed, For it vibrates similarly, back and forth, inside it's chamber..that's agreed. It has it's it's place in horology gentlemen Enjoy it, cherish it and count to ten!
People who wear their watches on the underside of their wrist normally were veterans from the second world war. My grandfather being one of them. This was done in order to prevent light from reflecting off of the watch and thus giving away your position to the enemy. Taking the watch off wasn't an option because platoons would often set their watches simultaneously and need to see the time in order to coordinate attacks and tactical movements for operations that were time sensitive. After the war it became a trendy way for veterans to identify one another and it still carries on to this day.
Watches whose makers insist on writing an essay on the dial. Example: the _Rolex Daytona_ which is a lovely watch except that Rolex insist on plastering "Oyster Perpetual Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified Cosmograph" all over the dial. Lovely piece spoiled by all that text. Clean up the design by relegating all that twaddle to the back of the watch. All the front needs to say is "Rolex", "Daytona" and "Swiss Made"; that's it. Many a watch could be improved this way.
Thank you for the video. This one comes a little late but as a lefty, I say it anyway: One of the best things about being an adult is that no-one dares to complain about me wearing the watch in the right (i. e. wrong/against the common standard) hand. When I was a little kid I, I heard it many times. I don't think people say to Mr Paul McCartney (with the same hand priority as me):"You should hold the bass the other way round". So, when you see something made or kept in the wrong way, it is probably for a reason. Let us all keep our minds open. Keep on taping!
That was a fun video TGV. Very entertaining. Thanks! One of my pet peeves is how much of a target a new watch can become when you're in the 'still babying it' phase. So many potential knock and scratch hazards😩. Btw, Stirling Terry Thomas homage. "Ghastly". Hahahaha👏🏻
Actually helium release valve is not even about going deep, it's about spending time in helium based atmosphere. So only saturation divers or other professional divers that spend time in a bell in sea bottom need one. I think a helium release valve in an everyday watch goes well with the avalanche transceiver in your everyday jacket :-)
I was in a high end bar in Charleston SC. A distinctive gentlemen was sitting near me with his arm around his woman but his watch was just glowing there next to me. being a watch fan because of you Mr TJV. I said that is a beautiful watch, what is it? he immediately took it off and handed it to me, asking what is it? it was light and the surfaces were like perfect silk. I saw the smurf and the rolex and said 'no wonder I love it'. He said it's a Daytona. I was wearing my Orient Bambino and didn't even point that out after all. Then later I looked it up and realized that I had the most expensive watch of all time in my hands. I have three Orient Bambino's and love each one dearly.
I'll tell you what is almost unforgivably ghastly. That I didn't find this channel sooner and am watching this clip for the first time. I plead that my redemption is that I recognize that Hugo is a gentleman with taste and refinement.
I have had a Diesel watch for 14 years, and it was from the age, when they were normal sized. The older ones were actually quite nice. The new ones are ridiculously sized.
To answer your question about the gas release valve on the Rolex, I was lucky to find someone that can answer this. I work as a nurse here in Central Florida and one of my patients used to be a diver for Walt Disney for 8 years. I noticed he was wearing a Rolex watch with the gas release valve. He said when he was at Disney he would go as low as 150 feet below with no need to release the valve. HIs friend who is also a diver has a Rolex fixes ships and welds oil rigs below the ocean at weeks time in Alaska. He too never had to use the release valve and he has been using his Rolex for almost 10 years and the watch is still functioning like the first he bought it. I am happy this question can be put to rest. My Disney Diver made $350/hr to put fix the aquarium. The guy that welds in Alaska makes $1000 a day for his work.
Hello governor, I just wanted to say a quick hello from a friendly colonial (I'm a French-Canadian from Ottawa, Ontario). I've been watching your videos for a while now and have become quite a fan. You are a fine example of a true horologist and a gentleman. Cheers, Eric Parent
Dial down is big in the military. It protects the crystal, limits the crystal's reflection, and makes it possible to see the face of the watch while holding a rifle.
TGV I noticed that in the back that you are using a nato strap as a book mark!! Thats when you know you are seriously obsessed with watches hahaha! Hope you are well Sir Ben
I have a 20 year old Accurist quartz watch in the divers style that I have recently returned to service. It has a superb lume and outshines my Seiko baby monster. Just saying.
I wore my watch face in on my right wrist for years while i was in the military and for several years afterwards, its a matter of tactical efficiency. Whenever I see this I ask what branch of service and Im usually right in assuming its a military habit. I no longer wear it like this, but I realize Im no longer hunting and being hunted.
I wear mine on the right because a surgery scar on the left wrist, which didn’t heal well, would make it painful to wear there. I’m right-handed but it doesn’t cause an issue; I try on watches before buying them to make sure they fit comfortably and won’t impede me.
"I'm left handed, and wear my watch on the right wrist." Same here. 1000 years ago many left-handed babies were put to death. The Latin tern "sinister" means "evil" and also "left-handed." "Dexter" means "right-handed" and also "righteous." So you see, some things are improving, slowly.
Invicta's pricing ($7,000 discount). Paragraphs of text on the dial Printing the exclusivity number on the dial (Omega..... - Number 34/500) Over-populating a line of watches - Speedmaster and Black Bay Bi-directional bezels on a diver Non-hacking movements Chronographs that use the large second hand instead of having the large one stationary and using a sub dial (small peeve) Big/colored logos (I'm sorry, I still love you Orient) Unique crystals (Bulova Precisionist watches sometimes have strangely shaped crystals) Fingerprints Noise bracelets Case backs not being straight Misaligned date wheel Service costs
I think some people wears their watches in the inside part of the wrist to avoid scratches hitting the glass or the case. May be. Or just a preference.
The disparaging comment about $4000 quartz watches is confusing to me: people will often look down on quartz under the premise that they are cheap and disposable. Then, a manufacturer goes to the effort of making one that matches the technical and aesthetic polish of a high quality mechanical watch...and that doesn't cut it, either! It seems as though quartz simply cannot win.
They're reliable until the circuit gives out. Then they effectively can't be fixed. Or it would cost more to fix than replace. In that sense, they *are* disposable. Why would any quartz watch cost 4k? The movement *is* the watch. Everything else is window dressing. I don't see why any quartz watch would cost more than a couple of hundred.
I annoy watch snobs by telling them that their fancy mechanical watch is now reduced to becoming 'just jewelry' because everyone has a phone with the most accurate timing. That seems to annoy the crap out of them.
Michael Barry quartz movements are more accurate and they last longer as well.. by the time the battery gives out for most quartz pieces, it's time for a service on an automatic watch anyway.. but I think 4k for any watch unless you've got that kind of cash to swing around is ludicrous. All a watch does is tell time.
People who wear watches that do not work; especially luxury ones, as if they were only fancy bracelets or function-lacking status symbols. Recently I saw this on two guys at work and it bothered me profoundly (and they have kept on wearing them over a long period of days, so its not a matter of " it died sometime through the day'). If you can't afford to service a watch, sell it, or keep it in store until you can. A watch, in its essence, is a time-telling tool. What is the point of wearing one that doesn't fulfill its intended purpose?
I was browsing around the websites of various high end watches. The more obscure designer ones I mean. I swear I came across one watch (I can't find it again now) and it was a full watch, with a fully functional automatic movement in it, stupid money (i.e. $20,000+ or something) and it had NO FACE. It ran and supposedly kept time and everything, but no face, no hands, no means of telling the time or anything. Instead it had a glossy black 'dome' where the sapphire crystal would be.
I wore a broken Seiko for months because it was a gift from my mother to my father and it was his first watch. I ended up getting robbed, all my music equipment, my car and my father's watch. Not only did it just feel normal to wear it after having it for so long, it had sentimental value to me. I still have a bad feeling about not fighting back that night because eventually I would have loved to have it repaired. I have no idea what type it was, it was a gold (faux I'm sure) case/bracelet purchased in the early to mid nineties with a day/date window at 3 o clock and block hour markings. I guess if I researched I might find another one similar. EDIT: After less than a half hour of looking I've found the Seiko SMY042 to be the watch I'm looking for. Maybe I'll try and pick one up soon.
I have to say, when this channel first popped up in my feed I thought 'oh great, rich hipster bros humble bragging about expensive watches', but that statement couldn't be further from the truth. Your channel is fascinating, I love how you give equal time to luxury and inexpensive timepieces. You are a knowledgeable, professional and likeable gentleman and I doff my cap to you, sir. I had a couple of cheap Timex beaters in my youth, purchased a Seiko Arctura in my 20s and last year got myself a Slow watch. I also own a $7 Casio as my daily wear. So I've always liked watches but wouldn't consider myself a collector. BUT! Now I find this channel and have ordered my first automatic: The Seiko SNK. I've also got my eye on the Orient Bambino as I'm heading to Rome in the summer for my first visit. I'm British Italian like yourself, but from Manchester so I lack your eloquence 😁. Anyway sorry for the long ramble, please continue the great work. BTW that intro was hilariously ghastly. AJL.
the dial down one...... ahh thats a military and driver/pilot one. The purpose of having the dial inwards is two fold. the first is because the crystal of a watch is usually reflective and in a military context, can give one's position away easily with a bright glare. It also allows for easier reading when using a rifle without having to take one's hand off a weapon. in some cases, it also protects the crystal when taking a tumble onto a hard floor/against a wall the second being that having the dial inwards allows for easier reading when using a steering wheel/yoke of a car/plane respectively.
People might wear watches on the inside of their wrists for practical advantages really. Military personnel do that a lot, say a sniper while holding position with his left hand supporting the rifle’s barrel and needs to be checking the time. Very practical to wear your watch on the inside in such instances. Cool video TGV as always!
To clarify, I think the issue with mesh bracelets is that they can't be shortened and usually the moving retainer that holds what is left over (like a belt loop) doesn't keep it in place for long and will usually slide towards the clasp leaving the oversize section flopping about and catching on things - apart from in the rare cases when these are magnetic. Also the clasp itself can often mark them. If this weren't the case I'd go for a mesh bracelet 9 times out of 10. As for the whole watch snobbery thing; every watch enthusiast is going to have it to some extent as it comes with having an opinion at all. The question is whether you are overtly rude with that snobbery or you can keep it to yourself - it's called tact.
Why does everyone hate Citizen Eco Drive? I have my fair share of manual and automatic watches, but my every day watch is a gorgeous Eco Drive cronoghraph that replaced after 20 years a Corum Admiral's Cup. Please, don't hate me. I'm a woman BTW.
I have never seen any hate towards them myself, I have owned several citizen with eco-drive before I had a channel. Outstanding watches, I have only spoken highly of them. Anyways great to have more female viewers. Thank you, Best regards, TGV
Hey! Your music has improved. I really liked the old theme with Flowers by the Yancey Boys (thanks for turning me on to them, by the way), then there was a period I found bombastic or ghastly! But the new hint of Tango with the (is it Jazz?) Piano sample at the end is gorgeous. A chronograph is not a dress watch by the way. What a ghastly suggestion. It is lovely, but more for a gentleman in his leisure time. :)
The genre of watches that gives the most accuate time is quartz.Anything else is for the love of mechanical things or snobbery not accuracy.We like what we like .Knock off the snobbery against quartz.
Delgado So, so, so true! I am an antiquarian book collector, yet I have no problems with those who prefer e-readers. One's personal taste should not be the concern of others.
Yes, personally I much prefer mechanical movements (as I'm sure most of us here do), but quartz movements are objectively better. They _should be_ more accurate, and they should never require a service, just change the battery every ~5 years or so. Seiko's spring drive tho...
Agree about the text. Sometimes you find watches that would be beautifully stylish if they hadn't written a novel on the front of them. Less is more. Maker's name or logo (not both) and maybe the model. Anything else that doesn't directly serve the functionality of the watch and it's complications should be omitted.
I'm loving the upgrades to your videogrophy! The nice little comedic bit at the start and then the cut-aways with the lower angled shots are a very nice touch. Keep up the good work
I am an older watch enthusiast, and I no longer snorkel or dive. Therefore if I want my Divers to wear Leather, they wear Leather (usually winter months). I happen to like a Cyclops on my Cristal. My older eyes need help. If a watch has a date window showing the numerical Day of the Month, then I add the Cyclops. It's my watch and I'll do what I like with my watches. 1000 feet = 304.8 meters, so close enough for Diving, IMO. For me, if I can stick my pinky finger under the Bracelet, then it fits correctly for me. Leather Straps are different, since I can easily adjust the tightness of the Strap by adjusting the notch on my Strap.
My pet peeve is when I go to a jewelery store and the staff doesn't understand what an automatic watch is. More than once I've had sales people show off the exhibition case back but tell me the battery is dead. Then when i ask to handle it they are astonished when it starts working. Also people who brag about the money they spent on their watch, and then when I ask if it's an automatic or quartz movement they have no idea what I'm talking about. I'm mean damn, do 15 minutes of online research people. Just chaps my ass raw
The reason you would wear a watch facing inboard is purely utilitarian in a military context. When you're shooting a rifle you can see the watch face without taking your hand off the stock. The watch band gives your wrist area some protection when shooting from a barricade standing position and the flat of the back of your arm is more stable when it's not rolling around on a big bump of a watch. Additionally, that puts the tritium glow toward you instead of displaying it to an advesary at night. Desk jockeys wear them on the outboard position because it's easier for them to read when the palm is down as in writing or typing. Like most things it is mostly about practicality, not affectations.
The opening remarks are exactly my feelings every time I involuntarily walk into a TV showing mainstream media "news" and/or pharmaceuticals ads rattling off their "side effects". Maybe they're not "side" effects but the main effects after all.
Liked the Panerai comment; but really ANY watch that looks absolutely stunning in pictures until you read the case size and thickness is something like a stone sundial really annoys me.
Wearing watch on inside of the wrist is a remnant of military tradition. It reduces chances of reflection (toward enemy) and prevents damage in combat conditions. Of course, nowadays that's a bit redundant, because of non-reflecting coatings and technology which makes some pretty tough watches. But it's still a legit way to wear a watch when handling weapons in combat. And in my opinion, it's a good way to wear a watch which you like, but it doesn't look good on your wrist. For example, I like to casually wear my little Casio F-91W and when I do some physical work, but on my large wrist it looks rather ridiculous, so I wear it inside of the wrist. In many cases, that also prevents scratches on its surface. Therefore, many military guys wear watches on the inside wrist, as a matter of habit, but it's always about Casios and some digital pieces. I never saw someone wears some good looking watch or a diver watch like that. Also, I've noticed some women like to wear tiny bracelet watches like that, which imho is ok in cases when the bracelet looks better than a dial.
At 24:10 you talk about wearing your watch dial down (on the inside of the wrist) and don't know why. Well, most (real) military Soldiers wear their face to the inside to both protect the face from damage during maneuvers, conceal the glass from reflecting light, day or night and best of all, a slight turn of the wrist in a firing position and you can see the time without taking your hand off the weapon. Now, if the person in question is wearing a fancy dress watch like that... no comment. Most of the time you'll see guys with low end, easily discardable items that if trashed, they won't loose much sleep over it. Just my two cents after 29+ years in the service.
TomF1970 Great point about watch visibility while holding a rifle. I wonder if this could apply to hunters as well. I just remember it being a sort of fad in elementary school.
TGV, wearing a watch with the face on the inside of the wrist is military thing. It keeps light from reflecting off the face, and keeps it from getting smashed, or making impact noise. I used to do this in uniform for years, and I wasn't comfortable wearing them in the traditional manner until I stopped wearing watches for several years. It sure seems like most of the pet peeves are really just aesthetic preferences. QC issues are my real peeves like the hands not lining up correctly on the indices, misaligned bezels, and inaccurate watches. I can appreciate watches that I would never personally wear. I personally don't like cyclops eyes, and think a number of the Swiss brands are way overpriced, but I can still appreciate that Rolex makes a great watch.
People in my generation who don't wear watches and think you're dumb for buying a watch when "you could just use your phone"
YESSSSSSSS!!!!!! ABSOLUETLY.
Please show them my "10 reasons for buying a watch" video, that should put them right ;-)
Thank you Niki,
Best regards,
TGV
The Urban Gentry of course! If I can get them to pay attention for long enough! I'll also be sure to show everyone with a fake watch your video regarding how they support organised crime!
I should also say another one I just thought of and it's the only downside of owning a watch I can think of: watch tan lines
Niki Sharp Just wait until their phones running out of juice and they can't tell time.
Faizal F haha very true. If I ever get to Iceland (which is on my bucket list) I'd much rather bring a sturdy watch with me on day trips rather than my phone which could easily get lost in the snow
My biggest pet peeve is when no matter what watch you wear, non watch enthusiasts will ask if it’s a Rolex, and you have to tell them it’s not, people think if it’s not Rolex, it sucks, even if I were to wear an Omega, people wouldn’t care at all since it’s not a Rolex
Xelor Yes, but you know what you are wearing is as good as any Rolex - and that's all that matters!
well to be fair if your benchmark is rolex then omega falls below that. having standards is not a bad thing.... just saying.
Alex Jaramillo, it’s really only because of the music they listen to that makes anything that is not a “Rollie” garbage
I wore a simple seiko and every body thought I was wearing a Rolex.
Haha yea wear a JLC and people will think meh not a Rolex
mine is when the second hand on quartz watches don't line up to the markers
YESSSSSSSS, thank you Liam
Spot on.
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
I'll second that!! Yes!
SAME!
Liam Geddes I owned an old watch with screw down lug and everytime I unscrew the lug the machine inside move around. I ended up had to carefully screw it back without messing with the hands positioning too much.
Liam Geddes , my sentiments exactly.
People my age thinking anything other than a Rolex is garbage. Louis
HENDOMAN , exactly there are so many other brands that are affordable and cool.
Plebs, lol..
And they've never touched a Rolex in their lives
People who only know Rolex
Rolex are great watches, but, nowhere near worth the price they want. I've had 2, but, moved on to cooler watches.
watch brand ambassadors who aren't true watch enthusiasts
evaninnewport Remind me of a snobby popular musician who talk big about his luxury watch collection only to find out that some of them are franken watches. I enjoyed the schadenfreude of it.
Faizal F John Mayer?
Like Gaga!
Does Di Caprio have a single photo with a Tag ON HIS WRIST ?!
It's just a paycheck for them. What's obnoxious to me is the knuckledraggers that actually buy watches because they see some celebrity wearing it (though there's nothing new in this).
People in the gentry giving people a hard time about their entry level watches, instead of encouraging them to enjoy the hobby.
Yes! How do you expect someone to work their way up to luxury watchers? Most collectors (myself included) collected sub $1000 or even sub $500 watches for a long time before taking the leap on a true luxury watch. It all starts as a curiosity and develops into a passion and appreciation for fine craftsmanship.
Exactly, unless it's a cheap "fashion watch" that are more for esthetic rather than actually serving a watches purpose. I see no reason to judge. If they love It then let them, whether it's a $20 casio or $300 seiko.
That very first scratch....
Just got my first 'real' watch this week, a Seiko Sea Urchin. Four days after getting it i dropped it face first onto concrete from a few feet up and took a chunk out of the glass. Was hurling expletives at the walls for hours that day.
@@quantametric Ouch! Such is life sometimes though. Great choice for a first real watch anyway! Hope you can get it repaired.
#1
First cut is the deepest. After a while you learn to appreciate them as giving the watch character. But I know the feeling when your brand new pristine watch you saved up for gets its first scratch...
That’s why I just bought a seiko skx5 as a First watch. the old skx mod parts fit.
When your watch doesn't stay where you want it to stay on your wrist. Tighten the strap to make it stay in place and it's too tight, loosen the strap for comfort and gravity takes it where it doesn't belong.
Sometimes removing the straps and putting them back on opposite sides fixes this.
Lol me
I’m literally loosing my mind with my Hamilton khaki field auto with leather straps!! Just ordered a nato for it last night
That's because you have girly man wrist
@@greghemlock6679 do you know whose channel you're on mate
Invicta msrp's sold on 95% discount, then owners think $40 watch is worth $2k
Tyler Hayes THEY AREN’T worth $2,000 😱
Tyler Hayes i love invictas. especially the subaquanomas. the most i spent was for a subaquanoma 5 that was a limited edition, only 500 made. i paid 200, the store price (not msrp) was over 600. the other i paid around a 100. my subaquanoma 4 and excursion. they are the only waches i don't break because they are so heavy duty. weigh over a lbs. i have 55mm watches, my hand and wrist are huge, smaller watches look like toys.
That's actually how all designer clothing is sold
My mother knows that I collect watches, so for my birthday she gifted me an Invicta. Her eyes lit up when she saw Invicta supposedly had it priced at "$900". I didn't have the heart to explain to her how they priced their watches truly. However I still wear it from time to time because it at least isnt one of their gaudy pieces. Plus, it was my first skeleton watch after all, and it looked ok on a leather strap.
Fr, I remember going to a flee market and this one guy was selling an invicta for $800 and I asked why so much he claimed it's because it was worth $2500 because the price tag said $2500 and I was getting a "good deal"
This channel is pure fantasy for me. But at least I was convinced to buy a Timex 3GMT instead of a fake Rolex. Working hard and saving up!
Paying a lot more attention to Casios thanks to these videos and other channels too, lots of very affordable movie Icons I was too dense to notice before XD
Anyone that can't understand why you'd need more than one watch!!
In the military a lot of people wear the watch face down so the glare from the crystal won't give away their position, you won't beat the face against a tree or whatnot when bracing a weapon and you can see the dial without taking your hand off of your weapon.
Isn't there a bigger wrist to scratch the crystal by wearing it like this ? I mean, ok, it's fine as long as the soldier is walking or running or whatever, but what when he lies down and has to crawl under enemy fire ?
@@user-et8vm9cc3t I think not getting killed is a higher priority than not scratching your watch...
JonFFavale Yes, but he can run, jump, fight and lie down while wearing his watch normaly. "The glare of the crystal" - there's a solution for it: a fabric cover attached to the strap. You can get these for less than 10 quid. No need to put your watch in an awkward position, scratch it or get spotted by the enemy.
12 years in the Marines and I never did this. Drove me nuts people who did it
Can vouch and say this is the least of worries in real world war time.. lol. My watch is always face up so I can see it while calling times on radio.
My father owns a Seiko that is on his wrist for over fourty years and have been serviced only a couple of times. It's his beater watch. And guess what? It looks great and works as new. After four decades of daily use one can say that it is a quality watch.
The seeing watch in person thing is something that shocked me as well. You see a million pictures or videos of a watch and then you see it in person and its just a different experience.
I remember when I bought my Speedy, I showed my brother pictures before it arrived and he said he liked it. When he saw it in person, he loved it.
Very funny intro Tristano! In my eyes your one off the best youtubers when it comes to combining informative and enjoyable content, keep it up.
Ruben
Thank you so much Rubio, very flattered.
Best regards,
TGV
The Urban Gentry , the chronograph watch on your wrist watch check is the sort of chronograph I would like to see more of nowadays. with the more is less view on dials.
The Urban Gentry , Thank you.
Rubio
+1 Seiko leather straps 🤣😂😭😭😭
This channel is fantastic. I was about to purchase a characterless, quartz Hugo Boss 'fashion' chronograph. Since watching some videos and building my knowledge I have spent the same amount I would've spent on the fashion watch on a beautiful Seiko 5 with a gold face and a brown leather strap. I love automatic movements and I didn't know what they were before watching these videos. Good show, TGV!
Ordered a Boderry Urban skeletal automatic before I found this channel just because I wanted something I could enjoy the mechanics of, in retrospect actually happy with my choice since I could have done much worse!
Course, It's still a few days away, and I'm already picking out wishlist items thanks to videos like this, mostly focusing on "space legacy" watches like the G-Shocks and Bulova Lunar Pilot that I actually have the means to afford and fully enjoy.
Also going slightly mad hunting down every timepiece I still have in my room, including a old Timex ironman that's been run ragged but I'm still messing with it and cleaning it up because these videos have made me a touch obsessed XD
The lack of seconds hand is the biggest for me. I like that instant gratification of picking up one of my watches and seeing its pulse.
The mirror shot slow motion "ghastly" needs to be a recurrence in future videos, its hilarious.
Daniel Wellington!
THANK YOU!
Truly I was about to get the rose gold mvmt watch. And then I started to learn more about watches from you channel. Then I bought the orient bambino with a cream dial and I absolutely love it.
Rolex-Fanboy-Army on every watch forum! Impossible to have a discussion with those guys...
Watches that suffer from SHS
"Shortness of Hands Syndrome"
Danielle wellington makes the best watches. Rolex copied steinhart. Mvmt > Omega
Daniel*
LOL Thank you Ricky ;-)
Best regards,
TGV
We'll cure you of that 😉
LMAO XDDDD
I'm not a watch guy but good Lord this makes my blood boil! LOL good job mate!
Truly enjoyed this video. Re: wearing dial inside the wrist. During military field operations at night we would wear the dial inside to reduce visual (lume) detection. A small detail, but part of patrol preparation nonetheless.
An interesting aside, former President Jimmy Carter was known to wear his watch on the inside of the wrist, ostensibly to keep track of time during speeches. The next trend to return, perhaps..
But when asked for the time people look ghastly trying to read their watch day to day 😂
My pet peeve is the "TGV Tax!" (e.g. Seiko Flightmaster, etc.) LOL :P
LOL :-p
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
I'm wearing my Flighty now
Go Aztecs I saw two flightmaster auctions ending on eBay yesterday. One had Seiko and the model number, one had 'flighty' in the title. The one with flighty in the title was about £80 more and had more time to go! Don't know how it ended up but made me laugh.
The flighty isn't alone, the SKX, Alpinist and Sarb 033 all suffer from this most modern of problems.
the Alpinist has gone up £50 since i got it in December. I saw it all over the UGWC page though so not surprising really
people who say: "1k for a watch??? waste of money" ;)
Ghastly: non-hacking movements;
uber ghastly: no quickset date;
pure ghastly: 40mm and over dress watches.
Special mention: odd lugs width (19mm...)
LOL
Nice one Luca, I love the grading of "ghastliness"
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
1,2: With qualifications. There's no excuse on new stuff, but you have to forgive it when looking at something that predates it. Not every mechanical movement is accurate enough for that to be reliable. Certified chronometer. For anything else, it's just there for you to time 1 minute, and it's close enough for that.
3: XXL guys need an XXL watch. some people go overboard, but some people like one big enough to look proportioned like their other clothing and accessories.
SM: Yes.
Luca Simoncini according to your scale i own a pure ghastly 41mm longines conquest
The Seiko 5 automatics are non-hacking and non-windable. But they do that on purpose to encourage you to buy a more expensive model. Grrr....
I like them to be non hacking, kind of remembers you of the fact that time has an urge of its own and how you ultimately must bow to it as a slave to the watch. The watch cuffs his wearer in time and doesn’t let him get control over it. Of course you can curse it, or drool over it, time doesn’t care one second of it.
Pet peeve lately: Strangers thinking they can come up to someone with a Rolex and ask if it's real
Biggest pet peeve all-time: The fact that fake watches are so prevalent that people have been conditioned to assume that luxury watches could be fake
jerrybronham You're probably better off telling them it's fake if they're strangers.
Well it could be fake
That is why replicas are such a wonderful thing. They undermine snobbery. Produce more. Buy more. Spread them worldwide so that no one will ever buy a "luxury" watch for its snob appeal. Because lets be honest, if you're not buying for that reason, it won't bother you if someone else assumes it wasn't really made by Patek/AP/Rolex.
I almost did that when I saw a guy with an obviously fake Rolex but I felt calling him out would make me almost as much of a jerk as he was.
I always say mine are fake to strangers. Don’t want to give them any ideas.
I have hairy arms so i hate metal bracelets.
I feel u Jassica))))
Dale Cooper Daliffer you always were my dawg. ;)
Jassi Sangha You must have nightmares about wearing those 70's spring, steelux bracelets!
Oh yeah! At one time, I even shaved my wrist to keep it from pinching. But now that I know that I can modify my watches to leather or NATO straps (and rubber straps for divers), even if I get a Rolex, I'm taking the bracelet off!
Same. The moment I put them on, I get pinched. I wear them occasionally though, or at least I want to. Waiting on a bracelet adjustment kit.
Helium valve is ment for decrompression period in a bell, for saturation divers. You can dive with a Rolex Sub and just open the crown when you decompress. Helium valve is just a gimmic. The deepsea has a check valve helium valve , thats is a nice thing then you dont have to remember to open any crown. On the Seamaster you can just also open the regular crown for time and date. The main thing is to let the helium out of the watch when you decrompress..
Quartz watches with exhibition case backs.. I mean, why?
My guess is that the manufacturer is proud of the movement and wants the wearer to appreciate the excellent finishing. :)
Michael Barry Last week my boss was so proud of his Invicta and at how much discount he got (almost 80%??) So he showed me the watch and 3/4 of the display at the back is the battery.. I mean come on.
Antonio Jr. Nagales I agree that the Invicta seems like an unnecessary design choice. I was thinking about those Grand Seiko limited editions which truly deserve to be enjoyed visually IMHO. :)
Michael Barry The Grand Seikos mostly aren't quartz watches but spring drives. The F.P. Journe Élégante 48 however surely is a quartz watch that deserves its display case back.
JerehmiaBoaz You're right right that much of the Grand Seiko range is spring drive, but they actually have three seperate movement types:
1) Pure mechanical (both regular and hi-beat)
2) Spring Drive
3) High Accuracy Quartz
The limited edition HAQ models do feature exhibition case backs, whereas the regular production models do not. Their mechanicals and spring drive models mostly do.
People who wear quartz watches with a dead battery. Why!?
lol
Gus Wright this comment mad my day man! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Gus Wright haha
I’m gonna act like I don’t have a quartz watch in my collection that I haven’t got around to changing the battery that I still wear sometimes..... :))
no wonder mine stopped I must need a battery...
A lot of hate for quartz I see,
Don't fret good sirs and let it be.
Quartz is accurate and it is precise,
It oscillates 32,768 times a second, THAT is nice.
Divide it by 2 until you get one,
That counts as a second; Now isn't that fun?
Don't fret good sirs, Quartz is ingenious I say,
Let me explain further, if I may.
The tiny crystal de la Quartz is akin to the balance wheel, yes indeed,
For it vibrates similarly, back and forth, inside it's chamber..that's agreed.
It has it's it's place in horology gentlemen
Enjoy it, cherish it and count to ten!
Chintan Pandya did you come up with that or did you find it online? If you made it up that’s a pretty dope poem my dude
My biggest pet peeve is when a company reissues a modern version of an old model and increases the size.
Lmao!!! I lost it when you sarcastically said green @19:53 when you had to explain the Nickname of the submariner haha.
People who wear their watches on the underside of their wrist normally were veterans from the second world war. My grandfather being one of them. This was done in order to prevent light from reflecting off of the watch and thus giving away your position to the enemy. Taking the watch off wasn't an option because platoons would often set their watches simultaneously and need to see the time in order to coordinate attacks and tactical movements for operations that were time sensitive. After the war it became a trendy way for veterans to identify one another and it still carries on to this day.
Watches whose makers insist on writing an essay on the dial. Example: the _Rolex Daytona_ which is a lovely watch except that Rolex insist on plastering "Oyster Perpetual Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified Cosmograph" all over the dial. Lovely piece spoiled by all that text. Clean up the design by relegating all that twaddle to the back of the watch. All the front needs to say is "Rolex", "Daytona" and "Swiss Made"; that's it.
Many a watch could be improved this way.
It would be funny for a watch to actually have some sort of literature written on the dial. Like Shakespear or something
The current Tudor Pelagos has 5 lines! a real shame considering its is a fine watch
sometimes, less is more
You have made me laugh out loud
What about the Rolex low self esteem buy it on credit to impress people you don't like 4000!!!
You need awl the test.
Thank you for the video. This one comes a little late but as a lefty, I say it anyway: One of the best things about being an adult is that no-one dares to complain about me wearing the watch in the right (i. e. wrong/against the common standard) hand. When I was a little kid I, I heard it many times. I don't think people say to Mr Paul McCartney (with the same hand priority as me):"You should hold the bass the other way round". So, when you see something made or kept in the wrong way, it is probably for a reason. Let us all keep our minds open. Keep on taping!
And wearing two watches in public is pretty..... well ghastly
LOL, I do it all the time.
Then again, I am rather ghastly! ;-)
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
The Urban Gentry- The rules for us do not apply to the great TGV haha I love your vids
That was a fun video TGV. Very entertaining. Thanks! One of my pet peeves is how much of a target a new watch can become when you're in the 'still babying it' phase. So many potential knock and scratch hazards😩. Btw, Stirling Terry Thomas homage. "Ghastly". Hahahaha👏🏻
Actually helium release valve is not even about going deep, it's about spending time in helium based atmosphere. So only saturation divers or other professional divers that spend time in a bell in sea bottom need one. I think a helium release valve in an everyday watch goes well with the avalanche transceiver in your everyday jacket :-)
I was in a high end bar in Charleston SC. A distinctive gentlemen was sitting near me with his arm around his woman but his watch was just glowing there next to me. being a watch fan because of you Mr TJV. I said that is a beautiful watch, what is it? he immediately took it off and handed it to me, asking what is it? it was light and the surfaces were like perfect silk. I saw the smurf and the rolex and said 'no wonder I love it'. He said it's a Daytona. I was wearing my Orient Bambino and didn't even point that out after all. Then later I looked it up and realized that I had the most expensive watch of all time in my hands. I have three Orient Bambino's and love each one dearly.
When materialistic people think you're a 'bum' for not wearing a gold Apple Watch or Rolex
I'll tell you what is almost unforgivably ghastly. That I didn't find this channel sooner and am watching this clip for the first time.
I plead that my redemption is that I recognize that Hugo is a gentleman with taste and refinement.
I have had a Diesel watch for 14 years, and it was from the age, when they were normal sized. The older ones were actually quite nice. The new ones are ridiculously sized.
They used to make some quite nice looking ones.
To answer your question about the gas release valve on the Rolex, I was lucky to find someone that can answer this. I work as a nurse here in Central Florida and one of my patients used to be a diver for Walt Disney for 8 years. I noticed he was wearing a Rolex watch with the gas release valve. He said when he was at Disney he would go as low as 150 feet below with no need to release the valve. HIs friend who is also a diver has a Rolex fixes ships and welds oil rigs below the ocean at weeks time in Alaska. He too never had to use the release valve and he has been using his Rolex for almost 10 years and the watch is still functioning like the first he bought it. I am happy this question can be put to rest. My Disney Diver made $350/hr to put fix the aquarium. The guy that welds in Alaska makes $1000 a day for his work.
Mine is when people who do not know anything about horology or watches in assume that rolex is the best in the world
I think it's the best brand in the world. But there are far better watches on every level.
Hello governor, I just wanted to say a quick hello from a friendly colonial (I'm a French-Canadian from Ottawa, Ontario). I've been watching your videos for a while now and have become quite a fan. You are a fine example of a true horologist and a gentleman. Cheers, Eric Parent
Dial down is big in the military. It protects the crystal, limits the crystal's reflection, and makes it possible to see the face of the watch while holding a rifle.
that thing on some Seikos where the lume is on the counterweight of the second hand...
TGV I noticed that in the back that you are using a nato strap as a book mark!! Thats when you know you are seriously obsessed with watches hahaha!
Hope you are well Sir
Ben
LOL, yup, guilty as charged! :D
Thank you Ben, always great to hear from you, I hope you are well my friend.
Best regards,
TGV
My gf when she says "no more new watch"
Haha, totally can relate to that! Thank you sir,
Best regards,
TGV
Bad lume!
Totally!
Thank you Jason, spot on.
Best regards,
TGV
The Urban Gentry Iced up watches with so many diamonds on the dial, that you go blind when trying to read the time in sunlight. LOL
I have a 20 year old Accurist quartz watch in the divers style that I have recently returned to service. It has a superb lume and outshines my Seiko baby monster. Just saying.
My Lyme is so bright it will sterilize you if you put it in your front pocket!
people who think rolex is the only best luxury watch brand!!!!
why why why?
educate urself! >:-(
AMIAGEEK I wouldn't worry my friend, you find that's only usually people who aren't real watch enthusiasts anyway.
Yuppies with too much money are the common culprits here. The Sub-Brigade.
That's a product of years and years of marketing
Can't believe no-one mentioned black dial with a white date wheel.
After labor day
One of my favorite videos of the year of yours, I like this format and keep them coming!
"Watches on the right wrist". Well shit, I'm left handed, and wear my watch on the right wrist. Feelsbadman
I wore my watch face in on my right wrist for years while i was in the military and for several years afterwards, its a matter of tactical efficiency. Whenever I see this I ask what branch of service and Im usually right in assuming its a military habit. I no longer wear it like this, but I realize Im no longer hunting and being hunted.
Samantha Sowers There's a stigma where people say only gay people wear there watch on the right arm.
I wear mine on the right because a surgery scar on the left wrist, which didn’t heal well, would make it painful to wear there. I’m right-handed but it doesn’t cause an issue; I try on watches before buying them to make sure they fit comfortably and won’t impede me.
"I'm left handed, and wear my watch on the right wrist." Same here. 1000 years ago many left-handed babies were put to death. The Latin tern "sinister" means "evil" and also "left-handed." "Dexter" means "right-handed" and also "righteous." So you see, some things are improving, slowly.
Invicta's pricing ($7,000 discount).
Paragraphs of text on the dial
Printing the exclusivity number on the dial (Omega..... - Number 34/500)
Over-populating a line of watches - Speedmaster and Black Bay
Bi-directional bezels on a diver
Non-hacking movements
Chronographs that use the large second hand instead of having the large one stationary and using a sub dial (small peeve)
Big/colored logos (I'm sorry, I still love you Orient)
Unique crystals (Bulova Precisionist watches sometimes have strangely shaped crystals)
Fingerprints
Noise bracelets
Case backs not being straight
Misaligned date wheel
Service costs
I think some people wears their watches in the inside part of the wrist to avoid scratches hitting the glass or the case. May be. Or just a preference.
When I am driving for a long round trip, I will rotate the watch around so I can glance at the time without removing my hand from the steering wheel
Another brilliant one, Sir!
My Watch Pet Peeves: People who never wear watches and find the need to wear one funny!!
"Absolutely Ghastly"
Thank you :D
Best regards,
TGV
The disparaging comment about $4000 quartz watches is confusing to me: people will often look down on quartz under the premise that they are cheap and disposable. Then, a manufacturer goes to the effort of making one that matches the technical and aesthetic polish of a high quality mechanical watch...and that doesn't cut it, either! It seems as though quartz simply cannot win.
Michael Barry It's simply watch snobbery. In the end quartz became a go to watches for working men and blue collar workers for the reliability.
Michael Barry
Although I own and wear both, you're right. They both have their places, however a lotta snobs out there.
They're reliable until the circuit gives out. Then they effectively can't be fixed. Or it would cost more to fix than replace. In that sense, they *are* disposable.
Why would any quartz watch cost 4k? The movement *is* the watch. Everything else is window dressing. I don't see why any quartz watch would cost more than a couple of hundred.
I annoy watch snobs by telling them that their fancy mechanical watch is now reduced to becoming 'just jewelry' because everyone has a phone with the most accurate timing. That seems to annoy the crap out of them.
Michael Barry quartz movements are more accurate and they last longer as well.. by the time the battery gives out for most quartz pieces, it's time for a service on an automatic watch anyway.. but I think 4k for any watch unless you've got that kind of cash to swing around is ludicrous. All a watch does is tell time.
Just got through the intro and I already love this video. I clearly need to start using the words ghastly and frightfully more often LOL
People who wear watches that do not work; especially luxury ones, as if they were only fancy bracelets or function-lacking status symbols.
Recently I saw this on two guys at work and it bothered me profoundly (and they have kept on wearing them over a long period of days, so its not a matter of " it died sometime through the day').
If you can't afford to service a watch, sell it, or keep it in store until you can. A watch, in its essence, is a time-telling tool. What is the point of wearing one that doesn't fulfill its intended purpose?
I was browsing around the websites of various high end watches. The more obscure designer ones I mean. I swear I came across one watch (I can't find it again now) and it was a full watch, with a fully functional automatic movement in it, stupid money (i.e. $20,000+ or something) and it had NO FACE. It ran and supposedly kept time and everything, but no face, no hands, no means of telling the time or anything. Instead it had a glossy black 'dome' where the sapphire crystal would be.
Rodrigo Trejo Ask them what time it is to vent your anger, and when they reach for their smartphone, ask why they didn't check their watch.
Love the idea muahahahaha
I wore a broken Seiko for months because it was a gift from my mother to my father and it was his first watch. I ended up getting robbed, all my music equipment, my car and my father's watch.
Not only did it just feel normal to wear it after having it for so long, it had sentimental value to me. I still have a bad feeling about not fighting back that night because eventually I would have loved to have it repaired.
I have no idea what type it was, it was a gold (faux I'm sure) case/bracelet purchased in the early to mid nineties with a day/date window at 3 o clock and block hour markings. I guess if I researched I might find another one similar.
EDIT: After less than a half hour of looking I've found the Seiko SMY042 to be the watch I'm looking for. Maybe I'll try and pick one up soon.
Nato straps , don't care for them. But, When well matched to the dial. Very awesome indeed.
You are such a gentleman Tristano!! You set a good example for us Yanks
Thank you so much, your great country has many fine examples far better than me!
Best regards,
TGV
I have to say, when this channel first popped up in my feed I thought 'oh great, rich hipster bros humble bragging about expensive watches', but that statement couldn't be further from the truth. Your channel is fascinating, I love how you give equal time to luxury and inexpensive timepieces. You are a knowledgeable, professional and likeable gentleman and I doff my cap to you, sir.
I had a couple of cheap Timex beaters in my youth, purchased a Seiko Arctura in my 20s and last year got myself a Slow watch. I also own a $7 Casio as my daily wear. So I've always liked watches but wouldn't consider myself a collector. BUT! Now I find this channel and have ordered my first automatic: The Seiko SNK. I've also got my eye on the Orient Bambino as I'm heading to Rome in the summer for my first visit. I'm British Italian like yourself, but from Manchester so I lack your eloquence 😁. Anyway sorry for the long ramble, please continue the great work. BTW that intro was hilariously ghastly.
AJL.
Tristano NATO straps that are too long and need to be folded! They just do not look right.
Oversized watches!
the dial down one...... ahh thats a military and driver/pilot one. The purpose of having the dial inwards is two fold.
the first is because the crystal of a watch is usually reflective and in a military context, can give one's position away easily with a bright glare. It also allows for easier reading when using a rifle without having to take one's hand off a weapon. in some cases, it also protects the crystal when taking a tumble onto a hard floor/against a wall
the second being that having the dial inwards allows for easier reading when using a steering wheel/yoke of a car/plane respectively.
I'm surprised no one mentioned Hublot
People might wear watches on the inside of their wrists for practical advantages really. Military personnel do that a lot, say a sniper while holding position with his left hand supporting the rifle’s barrel and needs to be checking the time. Very practical to wear your watch on the inside in such instances. Cool video TGV as always!
People who recommend me a daniel wellington when they see my SNK809 or SBGA211.
Chiffonkek people who murder the English language by saying recommend me is my pet peeve.
the movement in the oyster quartz is different from other quartz watches for me it feels like ti has a soul
Halfway through the video I noticed the nato strap bookmark and I laughed for 2 minutes straight
TGV: interesting thought from your intro, I actually prefer your setup when you flipped it and are sitting on the right hand side!
love you man. always so cool and never get offended
Thank you so much Aaron, very kind of you to say.
Best regards,
TGV
To clarify, I think the issue with mesh bracelets is that they can't be shortened and usually the moving retainer that holds what is left over (like a belt loop) doesn't keep it in place for long and will usually slide towards the clasp leaving the oversize section flopping about and catching on things - apart from in the rare cases when these are magnetic. Also the clasp itself can often mark them. If this weren't the case I'd go for a mesh bracelet 9 times out of 10. As for the whole watch snobbery thing; every watch enthusiast is going to have it to some extent as it comes with having an opinion at all. The question is whether you are overtly rude with that snobbery or you can keep it to yourself - it's called tact.
Why does everyone hate Citizen Eco Drive? I have my fair share of manual and automatic watches, but my every day watch is a gorgeous Eco Drive cronoghraph that replaced after 20 years a Corum Admiral's Cup. Please, don't hate me. I'm a woman BTW.
I have never seen any hate towards them myself, I have owned several citizen with eco-drive before I had a channel. Outstanding watches, I have only spoken highly of them. Anyways great to have more female viewers.
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
Hey! Your music has improved. I really liked the old theme with Flowers by the Yancey Boys (thanks for turning me on to them, by the way), then there was a period I found bombastic or ghastly! But the new hint of Tango with the (is it Jazz?) Piano sample at the end is gorgeous.
A chronograph is not a dress watch by the way. What a ghastly suggestion. It is lovely, but more for a gentleman in his leisure time. :)
The genre of watches that gives the most accuate time is quartz.Anything else is for the love of mechanical things or snobbery not accuracy.We like what we like .Knock off the snobbery against quartz.
delgado Agree with you, i could have went for a mechanical watch but instead got a Citizen Eco drive diver because of the accuracy.
Delgado So, so, so true! I am an antiquarian book collector, yet I have no problems with those who prefer e-readers. One's personal taste should not be the concern of others.
Yes, personally I much prefer mechanical movements (as I'm sure most of us here do), but quartz movements are objectively better. They _should be_ more accurate, and they should never require a service, just change the battery every ~5 years or so.
Seiko's spring drive tho...
I think you'll find the most accurate is an atomic clock. Not quite at quantum clocks yet.
James Brine
Got me there!
A friend of mine at church wears a couple of watches that look like over sized Transformers. I nearly wretch every time I see them!
Crown threads that won't catch and dials with too much spec text (Tudor's Pelagos COSC, for example)
Agree about the text. Sometimes you find watches that would be beautifully stylish if they hadn't written a novel on the front of them. Less is more. Maker's name or logo (not both) and maybe the model. Anything else that doesn't directly serve the functionality of the watch and it's complications should be omitted.
I'm loving the upgrades to your videogrophy! The nice little comedic bit at the start and then the cut-aways with the lower angled shots are a very nice touch. Keep up the good work
I am an older watch enthusiast, and I no longer snorkel or dive. Therefore if I want my Divers to wear Leather, they wear Leather (usually winter months).
I happen to like a Cyclops on my Cristal. My older eyes need help. If a watch has a date window showing the numerical Day of the Month, then I add the Cyclops. It's my watch and I'll do what I like with my watches.
1000 feet = 304.8 meters, so close enough for Diving, IMO.
For me, if I can stick my pinky finger under the Bracelet, then it fits correctly for me. Leather Straps are different, since I can easily adjust the tightness of the Strap by adjusting the notch on my Strap.
When someone gives you a watch as a gift and you have to pretend to like it.
Love your watch show style!
Thank you... for making an appearance after long glad glad.. to see you i just keep waiting to watch your videos 💐
You know your life is a mess when your dream watch is a pro diver
BAHAHAHA!
My pet peeve is when I go to a jewelery store and the staff doesn't understand what an automatic watch is. More than once I've had sales people show off the exhibition case back but tell me the battery is dead. Then when i ask to handle it they are astonished when it starts working. Also people who brag about the money they spent on their watch, and then when I ask if it's an automatic or quartz movement they have no idea what I'm talking about. I'm mean damn, do 15 minutes of online research people. Just chaps my ass raw
You know you love watches when you use a NATO strap as a bookmark!
Skinematic Films haaahhaa
Made my day 😃😃
The reason you would wear a watch facing inboard is purely utilitarian in a military context. When you're shooting a rifle you can see the watch face without taking your hand off the stock. The watch band gives your wrist area some protection when shooting from a barricade standing position and the flat of the back of your arm is more stable when it's not rolling around on a big bump of a watch. Additionally, that puts the tritium glow toward you instead of displaying it to an advesary at night. Desk jockeys wear them on the outboard position because it's easier for them to read when the palm is down as in writing or typing. Like most things it is mostly about practicality, not affectations.
Hahaha 3:20 was so Frank Underwood from House of Cards
LOL,
Fantastic, love that show and the original.
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
15:46
The opening remarks are exactly my feelings every time I involuntarily walk into a TV showing mainstream media "news" and/or pharmaceuticals ads rattling off their "side effects". Maybe they're not "side" effects but the main effects after all.
Who else saw TGV using a NATO strap as a book mark?
Liked the Panerai comment; but really ANY watch that looks absolutely stunning in pictures until you read the case size and thickness is something like a stone sundial really annoys me.
sarb033 being a smudge magnet 😏
Although everything else is perfect... for me 🙂🙃
Wearing watch on inside of the wrist is a remnant of military tradition. It reduces chances of reflection (toward enemy) and prevents damage in combat conditions. Of course, nowadays that's a bit redundant, because of non-reflecting coatings and technology which makes some pretty tough watches. But it's still a legit way to wear a watch when handling weapons in combat.
And in my opinion, it's a good way to wear a watch which you like, but it doesn't look good on your wrist. For example, I like to casually wear my little Casio F-91W and when I do some physical work, but on my large wrist it looks rather ridiculous, so I wear it inside of the wrist. In many cases, that also prevents scratches on its surface.
Therefore, many military guys wear watches on the inside wrist, as a matter of habit, but it's always about Casios and some digital pieces. I never saw someone wears some good looking watch or a diver watch like that. Also, I've noticed some women like to wear tiny bracelet watches like that, which imho is ok in cases when the bracelet looks better than a dial.
At 24:10 you talk about wearing your watch dial down (on the inside of the wrist) and don't know why. Well, most (real) military Soldiers wear their face to the inside to both protect the face from damage during maneuvers, conceal the glass from reflecting light, day or night and best of all, a slight turn of the wrist in a firing position and you can see the time without taking your hand off the weapon. Now, if the person in question is wearing a fancy dress watch like that... no comment. Most of the time you'll see guys with low end, easily discardable items that if trashed, they won't loose much sleep over it. Just my two cents after 29+ years in the service.
TomF1970 Great point about watch visibility while holding a rifle. I wonder if this could apply to hunters as well. I just remember it being a sort of fad in elementary school.
TGV, wearing a watch with the face on the inside of the wrist is military thing. It keeps light from reflecting off the face, and keeps it from getting smashed, or making impact noise. I used to do this in uniform for years, and I wasn't comfortable wearing them in the traditional manner until I stopped wearing watches for several years.
It sure seems like most of the pet peeves are really just aesthetic preferences. QC issues are my real peeves like the hands not lining up correctly on the indices, misaligned bezels, and inaccurate watches. I can appreciate watches that I would never personally wear. I personally don't like cyclops eyes, and think a number of the Swiss brands are way overpriced, but I can still appreciate that Rolex makes a great watch.
MORE INTROS LIKE THIS! LMFAO!!!!!! "GHASTLY!"
This "Don´t touch the watch" bed scene: priceless.