A Decade On YouTube & Time To Call It Quits? - The End Of An Urban Gentry Era
Вставка
- Опубліковано 7 тра 2024
- Quick announcement! And a big thank you to YOU, for joining me throughout an incredible 10 years of making videos about watches on UA-cam. In this video I also share a sneak peek of what's next, and why this is the end of an era for The Urban Gentry as we know it. Onwards and ever upwards!
Get your Urban Gentry coffee mug, #wristwatchcheck tee, and more official merch:
the-urban-gentry-shop.creator...
Check out The Urban Gentry Amazon storefront for items in my videos. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases:
www.amazon.com/shop/theurbang...
Follow The Urban Gentry on Instagram:
/ theurbangentrychannel
Waffle strap change on the Forged Carbon:
wristcandywatchclub.com/colle...
Check out the video I highlighted, on the real story behind @alpham's MVMT vs. Rolex video:
• MVMT vs ROLEX (the rea...
Join us on Facebook to get your watch or Gentry related questions answered, and engage with some of the community beyond UA-cam:
/ 1503241666636531
#watches #watchcollecting
Thank you for watching The Urban Gentry channel, home of the #wristwatchcheck and #seikosaturday! Check out my other videos for more watch and lifestyle content.
On Tag Heuer & Richard Mille:
• Why We Hate Tag Heuer ...
2024 Watch Industry Predictions:
• My 2024 Watch Goals & ...
Cash Grab or Worth The Hype?:
• Why I'll NEVER Buy A N...
Nivada Grenchen F77 Review + Audemars Piguet & Patek Alternatives:
• The 3 Best Affordable ...
The Toughest Watch Under $100:
• The Toughest Watch Und...
Reacting To Your Watch Collection Videos #1:
• Reacting To Your Watch...
Reacting To Your Watch Collection Videos #2:
• Reacting To Your Watch...
Reacting To Your Watch Collection Videos #3:
• Crazy Seiko Divers, Yo...
Reacting To Your Watch Collection Videos #4:
• Viewer Collections #4:...
Watches for Heroes & Villains:
• Why Villains Wear Role...
Searching for my Final Grail Watch:
• Searching For My Final...
How To Restore & Service Your Rolex:
• Restore & Service Any ...
The Best WW2 Military Reissue - Longines vs Vertex:
• The Best WW2 Military ...
The Essential Guide to Watches & Strap Pairing:
• How To Match Your Clot...
My Watches in Italy:
• My Dream Trip To Italy...
Universal Geneve White Shadow Unboxing:
• A Masterpiece Under $1...
Top 10 Watch Collecting Mistakes:
• Don't Buy A Watch Unti...
Inside Germany's Most Prestigious Watchmaker:
• Inside Germany's Most ...
Modern Rolex Watches vs. Vintage:
• New Rolex vs Vintage: ...
Travel Watches in NYC:
• A Perfect 5 Watch Trav...
A One Watch Collection:
• If I Could Only Own 1 ...
The Hidden Meanings of the Luxury Watch:
• The Power, Secret Mean...
Rolex vs. Tudor Submariner:
• In Search Of The Perfe...
The Best Everyday Watch Under $30:
• The Best Must-Have Eve...
Seiko Speedmaster - A Watch Icon:
• How Seiko, Aliens & Gi...
Essential Watch Movements:
• Understanding Essentia...
My 2023 EDC:
• My 2023 EDC: Favorite ...
#watchcollector - Навчання та стиль
I’m 57, retired military, and I spent most of my life with affordable G-shocks for work.
I have always admired mechanical watches and horology in general but I figured I’d never have the means for a really good mechanical watch. (and not really knowing enough to “choose a good one”.)
I discovered your channel a few months back and have been “devouring” (nod to Hugo) the past ten years worth of knowledge and experience that you have been sharing on your channel.
I recently bought my first automatic watch (a modest Hamilton Murph 38mm) and now I have my sights set on soooo many different and amazing pieces.
I’m living proof that you’re never too old to learn and to pursue those things in life that bring you joy.
Thank you, TGV.
How fortunate are we that you saw fit to share your passion with the rest of us?
We can’t wait to see what comes next!
Onwards and upwards.
Cannot go wrong with Hamilton. I have a couple of them.
That's a strong first mechanical
No watch is more amazing than the first one! ♥
Pure class choice of watches and comment. I love the inspiring message. We only stop learning when we stop. Thank you also for your service and loyal support. It's what keeps me going to know there are people like you watching.
O&U!
Best regards,
TGV
Hamilton, good choice.
Hard to believe it has been 10 years. Time flies. You are my favorite channel. Here is to the next decade.
Congratulations.
It was YOU who introduced me to the world of watch culture, as well as starting me on my Seiko collection when I found your videos nearly 7 years ago mate. Thank you so much for your hard work / dedication, sick intros, and level-headed views on every watch review. I have great respect and appreciation for content creators like you mate! Cheers ⏱️🏆
Same here. He really started my watch journey. Very good videos. Hopefully another 10 years.
Me too
Me too, I wanted to get a nice watch at a reasonable price, and it must be 7 years ago now that I pulled the trigger on a Sinn 104 ST SA thanks to this channel 😊
He also started me on my watch collection around 4 years ago, he introduced me to the Orient Bambino and the rest was history.
Can't wait to see what comes next! Thanks for all the great videos over the years. It was your enthusiasm and love of watches at all price ranges that convinced me to start a watch collection!
No one provides even remotely the quality of watch content as you TGV, I learned so much from you and your editing skills in combination with the history you teach are beyond superb.
That means the world, thank you so much, you have no idea.
Onwards, upwards and best best regards,
TGV
Agreed! Cue music…Nobody does it better… 🎶
@theurbangentry I hate to be a party pooper, "but these are the end times, and it's about to all get wrapped up real soon"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
100%. Dial in dial out, from crown to back, hands down, makes the case.
Your channel is the standard for other watch channels.
the lowest standard possible.
I cant say how long but I have been following your channel for many years and you have been hugely influential in my watch journey from a watch voyeur to a watch designer.
May your journey continue to inspire others.
Crazy to think 10 years have flown by. You were one of the first watch channels!
Is this the 3rd or 4th time you've done this? One time you even said you weren't going to do watch reviews anymore. 2 videos later, you're reviewing a watch. You're never leaving UA-cam. And that's fine.
Instead of me watching the video I went straight to the comments to get my info. Thank you!
Attention seeking.
I love TGV, he is like all of us. You say one thing, do the other. We are just human. :)
Yeah 9/10 its clickbait garbage.
He is bipolar
Happy anniversary TGV.
You are one of the most influential people of the watch community.
Your informative videos reached millions of people and you showed brands that the world didn’t even know exist.
All that while being yourself.
I thank you, because if it wasn’t for you I don’t think I would know half of the things I do now.
Although this is my first comment , I have been here since the days you used to make coffee on the moka pot and the tissot was always on the intro.
You know which one 😉.
Your videos helped me at tough times when I couldn’t relax.
One video of yours was enough to calm down and enjoy my time.
From the bottom of my heart , thank you and I truly hope you never stop making videos.
However your content is delivered, you are eternally a total legend. So many people (including myself) wear and enjoy watches entirely because of your channel. As always, thank you, TGV!
Since the coffee pot, yellow paper score cards and your copy of Meditations, I've thoroughly enjoyed your videos. You're a true gent. It's so good to see you thrive, old pal.
Happy birthday T!!!! You are a legend my friend! Thanks for inspiring us in so many ways!
1. I need to see what’s inside this sausage!!!!!!
2. Let’s get a bloody collab going !!!!
3. No I have the best audience!!!! Because they are pretty much the same great people!!!
Collab with you, Mark, Jeffrey McMachon would be avengers of the watch world
Russell!!!!
We need to do another collab my friend. YESSSSSS.
As soon as this moving house lark is over, let set a date.
Thank you so much for the support, inspiring comedy, but also for the informative content too. Next time I am in the UK we should do a meet up too.
Bestest regards amico mio
T.
Can confirm, I'm a fan of both and am indeed the best audience.
Wow! You had me worried with the title! LOL!! I am thrilled to be a part of the journey with you sharing the passion we all have for watch collecting! "Onwards and upwards" TGV!
What a journey! I'm a follower since 2015 or 2016 and it was you who aroused my interest in watches. I don't think I've missed a single video since then. There is no other UA-cam channel that I follow with such enthusiasm. Please keep up the good work. Here's to the next 10 years.
TGV, Congratulations on 10 years! Time flies when you're having fun. I owe you a bit of thanks, because of your videos and your contagious love of horological history, the watches that I wear mean so much more to me now than just jewelry or machines or art. My appreciation has grown over the years and that is a direct result of years of watching this channel. Thanks for adding a touch of class and much needed gentrification to the internet, along with a chaser of good humor!
Been watching from almost the start. You helped me discover watches and i will always he grateful. Do what you love. Onwards and upwards 🙂
You cant quit now, we are just getting started! Congratulations on a decade on UA-cam, you were very early. Im just about 5 years into my watch journey and am making my first watch this year. Hope to send you a video once its finished.
Ive been watching the channel for 7 years, attended meets, and even became an admin for the UGWC. I guess there is no harm in sticking around for the next 10 years too 🙂
I appreciate your take on on cameras, EDC, and watches. You have helped me appreciate my gear with an insight I would have overlooked. Such as pairing my watch for my day and evening attire. I can appreciate a leather wallet than a metal, little things in life that make it more special. Thank you kindly and I look forward to our new adventure in the channel.
I discovered the channel a couple years ago when you still had that synth-type music in the intro. I appreciate the content mate.
Love it, glad to have you along with us,
Thank you 🙏🙏
Best regards,
TGV
@@theurbangentry Yeah what happened to that intro? I loved the neo-synth style music. Perhaps it could feature every now and then?
Yes that intro was pretty impressive!
@@peakrider4886 Agreed! The graphics timed with the beat of the music was on point. I second that motion!
Just want to say thanks for all the reviews and for helping me discover my love of SEIKO.
Been watching since 2016.
TGV, I found you late in 2017 when I first started working in my office. You were the reason I got my SKX007. I have no other watches and it's my only one. You recommended it and it's proven to be perfect and GADA. All thanks to you..
Happy 10th anniversary of the TVG channel,
The original and best ,
Horology channel in the world .
Hey, you’re the guy that that got me into watches. Glad to see you’re here living your watch dreams getting to design them and have a hand in them. Finding that perfect split for you is a great thing to see, very proud to see how far you’ve come along!
You are incredibly kind, I am deeply honored and humbled by your words.
I will think of comments like this in my darkest hours. It gives me great strength, thank you so much,
Onwards, upwards and the very best regards, 🥂😀
TGV
10 flipping years... Fairplay to you T. You've inspired so many and I'm sure will you continue to do so. I'm excited to hear what you've got planned.
I'd love a UK watch meet-up btw, that would be epic.
Stay well 🙏
Hi TGV, I've been a regular viewer for around 8 years, and felt compelled to leave my first comment here. Everything in this video sounds great, please keep it up, and glad you're enjoying what you're doing. Enjoy England, thanks, Michael
Have to thank you TGV. Remember you popping up close to 8 years ago (if not longer) on my suggested watch list. Have been watching you ever since and have you to thank for falling into this watch hobby so deeply. Also, have thoroughly enjoyed the overall mens fashion and some history. Cheers to 10 more!
10 years on UA-cam in crazy, time sure flies, I've been watching you for years now, the level of quality you kept is amazing, for more ten years!
Thank you TGV. Can’t wait for more!!! UA-cam is changing. Original content creators are changing too.
So glad it’s not eaten you up.
Be safe
"And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings." - Meister Eckhart
All the best my friend! Stay safe and be blessed in your new venture!
We’ll miss you! You were always one of the gods when it comes to UA-cam watch videos. . Thank you for everything. You change many a lives, including mine.
You started me on my watch journey years ago. I really enjoy everything you do. You were always such a nice guy with great knowledge. Best, Eddie from Pennsylvania
WOW, I read that aloud to my family, thank you so much Eddie, also on behalf of them, they were profoundly happy to hear that. 🙏🙏🙏
The very best regards,
TGV
Hi TGV, I recall your very first UA-cam video-it was incredibly authentic. I hope you're doing well, old friend. Wishing you abundant happiness.
Your original subscriber,
Darko
Darko!!!!!!! Wonderful to see you still here.
Thank you my friend, wishing you happiness and good health, really great to hear from you.
Best regards as always,
TGV
Happy anniversary ❤️I got into watches because of my father, I started buying designer watches first, and then I landed on your page 7 years ago. You didn’t bash designer or criticize those that buy them. You supported it as an entry level. And I love that about you, you encouraged me to be more of watch enthusiast. Get more education about watches and I learn majority all of it because of you and my dad. Thank you. You are appreciated.
What a journey TGV!!! I am following you since 2017!!! Thank you for the wonderful moments!
Your video title has to be clickbait. I haven’t watched the video yet. There is no way you are allowed to quit the you tube space. You are one of the few real talents in the watch community space. You leave, we’re doomed. 😮
If he leaves then we’re stuck with Mark🙄
What's wrong with Mark, mark?@@Mark-sd7fc
i'm not gonna watch, can someone tell me if it's clickbait?
@@Mark-sd7fc can Hugo stay?
Agreed!
Congrats TGV on the first totally 1st CLASS 10 years!!!! Here's to the next 10...and BEYOND!!!!
TGV has been pivotal to my enjoyment of watches. I’ve learned so much from him about the watches and other topics. A watch for me has to have heritage and story as much as good looks and functionality. It’s not all about the price and status of luxury brands. If you ask me my gold Casio I was wearing during my child’s birth in which their mother hates because “it makes me look like an old man” is priceless. It also looks awesome with an all black track suit.
TGV you have no idea how much you inspired my watch journey... You spread the love!
So from my 5610 to my 124270, happy anniversary and wish you all the very best fratello!
Greetings from Berlin :)
First…for the last! ! Never! Onwards and upwards ALWAYS, TGV!!!
Excited for the next chapter! Cheers, Andrew
Thank you Andrew, also for the recent contribution on the part 2 of the Explorer video. We do however, one day do a really collab!!!
My very best regards to you and your family,
T.
You are welcome and best to yours as well T! I will puzzle over creative collaboration ideas... Cheers, Andrew
Congratulations on your 10 years at UA-cam. Onwards and upwards indeed!
I know you’ll stick around and continue to give us great and fun content.
Always your fan. 😎
TGV, I wanted to thank you for getting me into watches. Watching this video made me realized that we as an audience have grown with you and are all the better for it. Just like old good friends, the frequency of meeting is sparse but treasured more when time allows. We've all matured into true gentlemen now rather than chasers of FOMO.
I've been on multiple hobbies and just like you, I've grown fed up of hype culture and have begun also to carve my own way through all my hobbies in filtering the pieces that make me struggle to the pieces that make me excited to keep using. I have fully assumed my taste and embraced its difference from others, as it should.
While I understand the direction you're looking to explore in this "new era", I already feel you've been doing it for the past year. This video just confirms such vibe :)
Clicked so so fast🎉
I started Wrist Saga this year as a UA-cam watch channel being inspired by the way that you showcase watches.
Thank you for such great watch journalism for the past 10 years. Cheers!✌🏻
Looking forward to the new content! I am 57 year old woman and your channel always keep me informed. I am from southern California and have recommended your channel to several people. I only have one daily watch and it is the Rolex Date that I purchased at Bucherer in Switzerland in 2017. It was more cost effective with the VAT tax refund than to buy in the U.S. Also, because you reviewed watch winders I have concluded that I do not need one for my Rolex. Looking forward to the next 10 years!
10 Years!!! Oh my goodness! Time flies ha! Still remember the Flighty, SARB033, SKX, making coffee with Janeiro & movie reviews like yesterday. Keep up the good work Sir! All the best! O&U!
Please just retire that bloody dinosaur thing!
That's my favourite part!! 🤣🤣🤣
Never!!!
Noooo. Just skip past him if you don't like it
I want the dinosaur to have it’s own channel
@@benironside1264 Are you guys just saying this to be nice, though? I love the guy. Love his channel. Want it to do well. But these UA-cam skits people do... I dunno. Makes me wince. Like children's entertainment where the target audience is kids or something. I can't imagine men genuinely laugh.
Congrats on the 10 years! I've enjoyed your channel for years.
Sad for the ending of the Urban Gentry era, but very happy and excited for what’s to come for you! You are one of the big reasons why I made my biggest and meaningful watch purchase of my life 6 years ago, which is the Rolex Explorer 214270 mk2 ❤ Congrats and thanks for all you have done to enrich our lives these past 10 years! Keep it up TGV!
To another 10 years. Your channel taught me so much about watches. A pleasure to watch. Looking forward to the future.
Congrats! There are not many channels I watch, regardless of the watch. Yes
I remember finding you a number of years ago when I was given a watch and decided to buy my first couple, which at the time of my limited budget, was Invicta.
I would watch your videos to learn the history, the best bang-for-buck watches and just to listen to you and learn from you.
These days I have a watch box of Citizen, Casio, Hamilton, Cartier, (boy, a lot of C's) and a bunch stored away... I'm very proud of where you've come now with your career, designing watches. I'd love to pick one up that you've had something to do with. Happy to hear you shifting things around and going onto a new chapter.
Cheers TGV
⌚
It's been 10 years already? Man when I first watch your first videos of the rangeman I just started my work/life career. Life is so fleeting.
Thank you TGV. You reminded me that I've enjoyed your channel for ten years. Time really flies when you're having fun. ❤
I hope I speak for most of your viewers when I say do what you enjoy, be proud of it, and we’ll keep following you. Onwards and upwards
Tristano, you are a class act - no one holds a candle to you as your videos are never boring. The effort you make to add the history of the time period allied to the watch/brand is par excellence as it is never just about the watch. All is in context. Love all the movie references too! I am sure whatever the future holds for you & this channel will be a success. Can't wait!
I always get nervous when a channel announces a "new era", or a new beginning or direction. I've seen many lose what made them great in the first place in the pursuit of more views or more lucrative pursuits. However, I've been watching your videos regularly for the last year or so (and going back to some of your older ones), and I've always been struck by your integrity, whether it's in regards to not allowing sponsored content, or not double-dipping as a watch dealer. Your passion for watches (whether vintage luxury or a simple Casio) shines through in everything you do, so I'm confident The Urban Gentry will retain its unique charm and character. Onwards and upwards to another ten years!
Congratulations to the 10th anniversary! A bit of change is often a good thing and I guess many of us gentry appreciate the mixture of watch content, history, art, technology and philosophy. I was able to reconstruct that I watched my first video of yours (when researching entry-level Seikos) in October or November 2017. It has been an awesome journey so far. And no matter what the future brings, one thing is for sure: Onwards & upwards!
Ciao
Klaus
Admire that you've carved-out a unique career for yourself; a self made guy, well done. But you have humility, which counts for a lot. Good luck with your new venture - I'll be following any tangential, philosophical watch discussions !
Great to hear your excited for the future. The average creator life on youtube is about 5 years, you've surpassed that with great success. Onwards and up wards as you say!
Can't wait for the new era, new locations, new war room and new ideas. Yes, that's true - you need to visit London more often!
Have been watching for several years. Very appreciative to have found you early in my watch interest. I am almost always wearing a 1545 that was heavy influenced by your reviews and the history of Squale. It’s great and I never grow tired of wearing it. The honeymoon phase on this one has lasted several years and shows no signs of slowing. Can’t thank you enough
Awesome, looking forward to see whats next.
you are my first UA-cam channel about wristwatches that I started to follow and I am glad that I am part of that community where we went through two stages of life together.
I've seen you waffle on about watches and other things for 3 years now, won't stop now. Do whatever makes you feel right, is what I always say. Keep up the good work, sir! Funnily I found your channel while looking for videos about the Seiko Flightmaster, I guess you became "The Flightmaster Guy", whether you wanted to or not. I finally got my own and it's one of my fave watches, it's an older model from 1992 with a date subdial instead of window, green chrono seconds hand and tapering bracelet. I'm rambling, congratulations on 10 years, may we have 10 more years to celebrate in the future. The quality of your intros never failed to impress
TGV. Your channel really helped me through some tough times. I was hit by a car back in October and for the period of time that I was cooped up on my couch during recovery, binge-watching your videos and learning all about watches really helped to ease my pains and make things easier (that and buying an Orient Kamasu, haha 😂).
Thank you for everything. Onwards and upwards 💪
I have never commented before, I have been watching you for years, I am sad that you will be doing less content, I value everything you do, do not listen to the haters. Looking forward to watching everything you do. Thank you very much
I'll watch, fixated, to anything you produce. I consider you THE gentleman of watch information.
I've been watching you since the beginning. I have learned so much about watches from your content. Thank you so much for all of your hard work. I've got 4 kids, 1 in college. I probably will never be able to afford a legit watches, but the Seiko 017 and the Rolex Explorer are my grails. One day maybe. Thanks again for all of your work. I hope you don't disappear from UA-cam.
Mate, It was YOU who showed me the GMWB-5000. That was my first grail, I wear that crazy thing every day. I adore It, and that’s that matters most to me. I have every reason to hate the watch, but I just can’t. It’s a watch that I just absolutely adore. Thank you, TGV, sincerely.
Currently wearing a Casio MTP-V001 that my mother got me for 21st birthday, for 29 dollars.
You got me Into G Shock and from there I went down this amazing rabbit hole of watchmaking.
Just want to chime in and say that I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS TGV! Been a subscriber for many years and I just love your classy, positive, funny and chill videos. Congrats on the decade being at UA-cam! Hope you continue this for a long time! Cheers from Norway! :-)
I am all for traditional watches. I was put in the position to enjoy them. I didn't arrive naturally. I couldn't be happier.
Your review helped me settle on a Victorinox Inox as my first watch. I went titanium and couldn't be happier.
Been watching since 2015 and have enjoyed every minute of it! You are the definition of pure class, T. Thank you for getting me into the passion of watches, your hard work for the channel, but most of all please know I thank you for you genuineness - you have a loyal fan/supporter for life!
Best,
Matt
It feels to me like we are coming along for one really cool ride! CAN'T WAIT!
Congrats on a decade! Few know how much of your life you have spent on this channel over the last 10 years. Veni, Vidi, Vici.
Good morning tgv; indeed here’s to another 10yrs; thank you so much for the journey, the content, your expertise, your help and advice, the channel has enriched my life beyond compare, thank you for being a friend and thank you for the shout out; amazing; all the best my friend and here’s to seeing you soon, ONWARDS AND UPWARDS your friend Ryan.
Been a fan for many years TGV. Always makes me happy when a new video drops. Priceless. Can’t wait to see where you go with it next!
Very excited! Thank you for 10 entertaining and educational years!
Thank you TGV, you have always been my favourite watch reviewer and i hope to meet you one day! congratulations on 10 years, onwards and upwards
7:12 This can not be emphasized enough.
What makes UA-cam so special is it's ability to build good and pleasant communities of people interested in the subject.
The platform serves as a great entryway in to the deeper layers of the dark forest which the modern internet has become.
Though I am using that metaphor based on a single video, eventually I will read the source book for context, like I did with 1984.
In return, thank you for the amazing and welcoming content you put out.
It's unique even to this platform and continues to be fun to follow even as my interest are drifting to other things.
Looking forward to your future content and interesting takes on various trends.
Perhaps I should finally make my own and make a viewer collection showcase, featured or not it would be fun to make.
Glad to hear about your new journey with watch brands TGV. I’ve been a fan of your channel since the very beginning from the review you’ve done on the ceramic sub to the battle of seiko SKX Malaysia vs Japan version. Your knowledge and advice was always useful for me though out my watch journey. Thank you so much for all your videos and facebook posts during this past decade. Good luck with everything you have going on, will keep up with the new vids upwards and onwards TGV is a living legend.
Please don't scare us like that. I almost had a panic attack. Top quality as always. You are an inspiration. Keep doing what you do best. Thanks, John...
Thanks for getting me and a couple of buddies hooked on watches virtually on the eve of the pandemic.
It sure kept our sanity.
But to my wife, it's TGV's fault. 😂
Good luck on your next phase.
Thanks for the last 10 years. Your love for watches, watch collecting and history and culture associated with horology is pure in the sense that fundamentally it is for enjoyment. I wish you all the best over the next 10 years. I now own Rolex, omega, Tudor, JLC and Seiko - who knows what’s next (should I be thanking you or blaming you?)
Thanks for being awesome, TGV! Always a pleasure to watch your videos.
Hi TGV, I admire your passion for watches and how you inspired me to become a watch enthusiast. I agree that youtube has flooded with hype watches and basically a marketplace with youtubers as sellers. Your channel has always been organic and I will always support your endeavors. I am so glad that you are living your dream! Congratulations!
The end or not, when TGV helps brands to design watches, you know we are still in good hands. Grazie.
Well said. There are some big Watch UA-camrs who review watches provided by the company whose watch they are reviewing, and I always think to myself " How can I trust this review now?". I also think Hodinkee have become obsessed with celebrity and never make a negative comment about Rolex for example. God forbid Ben Clymer doesn't get allocated the new Daytona.
I'm in my twenties and never imagined I'd be into watches but you "converted" me, so to speak, mainly due to your sincere passion towards watchmaking, almost as a kid discovering this fantastical world for the first time, if you get what I'm saying. I truly believe that makes you unique. I imagine I speak for a lot of us when I say you're a true man of people/gentleman and will always wish well in all your future endeavors, please be safe and remain happy and unwavering. Lastly, on the topic you displayed about smartwatches "extinguishing" entry level traditional watches, what dark days those will be if it comes to pass: I can't afford luxury watches but I still very much enjoy the hobby and there's awesome stuff out there that doesn't cost a limb; it shouldn't just be Rolex or bust. Cheers and here's to another 10 incredible years!
Thank you for all that you do for us TGV. God has given you a gift in this area. I have been watching your channel for years, it is the best horology channel and have learned much.
Ever upwards TGV! I remember the coffee video and scenes from Queens. You inspired and guided my watch interest. I was just finishing a doctoral program and you helped me find the watch I wanted to celebrate my graduation. The King Seiko Reissue. Art,culture, design, history…watches…and celebrating moments in life. Thank you!
Wow TGV
I been watching since the channel was about a year old and because of you I’ve bought watches (obviously) knives,aftershave, jackets and visited places and restaurants. Crazy. My wife thinks I’m mad but I’ve enjoyed them all. Please keep going and many thanks. 👍
thanks TGV on what you have done for the watch community. I subscribed on your channel 8 years ago and now I have 30 watches, happy and broke lol😂😂😂 but kidding aside, you are the GOAT of the watch community
Congratulations Tristano on 10 years, looking forward to seeing your next chapter. Onwards and upwards.
So sad but also excited for the new chapter. Thank you for staying pure. 🙏
Have always enjoyed hanging out with you TGV (the internet is so weird...lol), from walks with your little buddy a few years back, to your historical vids, to travel, style...looking forward to another 10 from you. Glad you're well!
Congratulations Tristan @theurbangentry it's been quite a ride. Sending best wishes all the way from Pokhara, Nepal. You have generated this love for watches to so many watch enthusiasts like me. I have grown from being a boy to a man watching you over the years. Your channel has transcended from not only being about watches but for also about dedication, positivity, honesty and life. I thank you for all the your hard work you have put through in dedication for us. Many more decades to go.
And thank you again.
Thanks for all your work, TGV. I first started watching your videos 6-7 years ago. Have enjoyed them ever since. I think the best compliments I can give are that I’ve learned from you and you’ve made me even more of a watch enthusiast. Best of luck in your new adventures!