Totally agree with you. The great story behind the making of this watch doesn't really translate into the watch itself. I was expecting more, especially at the price point. Good review as always.
I had the privilege to review the blue version of the Concordia. It truly is a very nice watch, robust and elegant. I love the story behind it. Great review Shane 👍🏻
I thought the autos are VERY expensive for what they offer, so I went for the mecha quartz (sweeping hand), which has no date, no dive bezel (so no misalignment) and less text on the dial. And, it's $322 / €275, which is a much better option. Good, honest review. Keep up the good work!
If I was to go out today and spend 800 on a watch, I'm afraid this wouldn't be it. Nice looking but nothing about it jumps out to me as anything special. Certainly not in that price bracket. Great review, thanks.
If there was a "Gentleman's" award given by You Tube, you would be considered for showing humility and generosity, for reviewing a watch that...that...does not add up.
It is sharp looking, although I am now in my 70 s, I was once a professional hard hat diver not many of us left today. I wish we had the selection of divers back in the day, they have today. For the right price I will consider it even if only to dive under my desk these days. Great detail review, cover every possible question, thank you.
I have watched every one of your videos now. I just wanted to say thank you for all the work you put into your reviews. The quality of your content has come a long way and you’re one of my favorite reviewers on UA-cam. Thank you.
I'm considering one of their lower priced Quartz watches. I already own watches from three French brands. Nice to have something not Asian or Swiss (I have plenty of those already, as well as many made in USA).
You are the master of the measured review, Shane. For a $500 microbrand, this watch would be OK so long as nobody calls it a diver. As you say, if anyone needs to use this as a diver they're probably in trouble. The Orient Star field watch is a much better proposition at half the price. Thanks for this. Cheers 🍻!
Bought this watch april last year already. I was enamoured by the story and the design. But primarily I only found out about them because I was looking for watches with the Seiko VH31 Sweeping Hand Quartz movement and they have one of the most attractive ones. On my Automatic Concordia my bezel was misaligned, their answer/solution: _'Unfortunately the triangle on the bezel will never be perfectly aligned with the 12 marker... I am afraid this is the case on all our Concordia Automatic and there is nothing we can do, as the bezel cannot be repositioned'_ ... so I'm stuck with a watch that I ended up not like looking at and don't ever wear.
I completely agree with your review Shane. In The Netherlands we call it "no meat or fish". It means it's not good or bad and it's hard to give a verdict about it. They could have put an acrylic to it. But for the price, there are better alternatives I think ( including missalignement issues).
The old English expression is "Neither fish nor fowl nor good red meat ". I agree with you and Shane, especially if one takes the price into consideration.
Great overview. I agree with you pretty much across the board, especially with your conclusion. For the money, I absolutely would expect more. The issue that really kills this watch, though, is the misalignment--absolutely no excuse, particularly at this price. Thank you for another very well-produced, educational and entertaining vid!
Excellent review Shane. I do dive so appreciate the advice on that. It's still a beautiful watch and I would bring it on an expedition to the back garden any time!! However for Antarctica, it would definitely be my G-Shock Mudmaster! The only other thing that keeps coming to mind, Charlie Paris reminds me of a perfume.
I didn't even attempt to pronounce his name in my review, as I just knew I'd butcher it. I have mine on the ostrich leather strap, which I really like. As for the bezel alignment, mine is spot on. I was a little disappointed with the lume though, given the price of the watch. I think the quartz version is better value for money.
Interesting review, although I would think that a simple cheap G-Shock watch would have probably just do as well, if not better. I often wonder if watch manufacturers are just not hyping up the mystique and retro feel of those old style military automatic watches (when old technology limited them to making do with what they had) to sell their expensive watches. As an ex-military personnel who used to specialised in jungle warfare, I had a cheap analogue G-shock watch which I bought in the 1990s that served me well in the jungle. Frankly, I can't imagine any other watches which could have survived being bashed about, and water immersed that it received in the jungle. It also coped well with extreme changes in temperature, from hot humid daytime temperature to cold night time temp, especially after a monsoon shower. Many a times the dial face would fogged up from such temp changes but after some time warming up in the sun, it would clear up again. I still have that Gshock and apart from a deep scratch on the resin, it is in good working order after almost 30 years. Ironically, because it was cheap, I had bought it as a disposable jungle watch, to be replaced if it smashed up. However, despite all I could throw at it, the G-Shock survived, and I still wear it when I go trekking.
Your right about the price for a what looks like a generic watch. But If you want to compare French watches, I would instead buy the Baltic Aquascaphe which is more unique better looking and more suitable for diving.
Nice review Shane, really appreciate your thoughts as I collect Divers. I'm just not quite feeling this one. I like the vintage vibe, black dial, and narrow bezel, but it just doesn't grab me for some reason. No differentiation of the 12 o'clock applied index bothers me some too.
Overall I like it. The design speaks to me, for me the the dial to bezel radio makes it look very elegant. However I agree about the price. And especially at this price they have to get the bezel alignment right.
Considering the kinds of conditions this was designed for, I'm kind of surprised they went with a dive watch style rather than a field watch style. I would think that would be more useful if you were climbing glaciers or exploring. It seems like they took the easy/popular way out by designing a diver without really having their heart in it. And it's definitely not good enough for $800. For that kind of money, I would expect a great bracelet and a bezel that was wide enough to be easy to read. For $800, there are much better dive watches. Also, "If you don't care about price or value..." is a hell of a caveat. :)
good, honest review....since I started building watches I take one look at something like this with its asking price and shake my head, the markup is mind blowing, there's nothing special about this other than a slighly up market movement
I think it looks good. I nice field watch with timing bezel, very handy. 1/2 tic off on thr bezel isn't going to mean anything to me in the field. If it keeps good time in the extreme conditions it is worth every bit of the $800. It is only $800 bucks fof goodness sakes. There are watches out there when all totaled up aren't any better for three times the price.
The dial gives me Blancpain Fifty Fathoms vibes and the case, BB58. Cool watch, cool story. Maybe enough to give it an edge on the Baltic Aquascaphe. I think both are challenged at their price points, for what they are.
I don't know how STP Quality Control is. As I have read some Bad reviews on The STP Movements. Not this watch Brand specifically. If anyone knows more on ,weather they tightened up their QC? Let me know.
Thanks for the review. I find the blue version pretty nice looking. But I agree, lack of lume and too high prices, even in France, so transfered in us$ and adding import and sales taxes that is a big NONO
One thing that they mentioned. Was that they decided on an auto, as they thought the extreme temperatures would play havoc with a battery of a quartz watch. Not sure how accurate that is, especially if it's on your wrist sitting next to your warm skin. But that was their thought process.
@@RelativeTime I don't think very accurate as the original Seiko Arnies were used in Antarctic and Arctic explorations, and that's 30 plus years ago quartz technology.
Poor effort compared to many others with smaller price tag. The competition is hard nowadays. Nice that you brought up the Flagship. I've been using it about half of the days in the last 18 months (other watches just have to share the remaining 50%). Beats this watch in design, with saphire bezel that is alligned, lume, most likely in bracelet department and with a cool box crystal. Crown and caseback are the things that strike cool on this CP watch.
Please, thanks for the review, but….Lume, Lume, Lume! He must have gone on his expedition in (endless lighted) summer! Quite frankly, he probably would have been better off with a “high end”, lighted G-Shock! (My two cents.)
That case is straight up Tudor Black Bay, that's their thing. Slab sides with bevels. Nice looking watch, just that case is lifted straight from a Tudor. One other thing, it can't be certified as an ISO diver, its missing a half index at 6.
I was just about to comment this, the case looks just like my Tudor Black Bay 58. Even the coin edge bezel looks the same. Not a bad watch to copy it’s design, good catch!
Gee that's a lot of money for what you get. From smallest company to largest, I'd look at all of these - Second Hour, Zelos, Steinhart, Glycine, Orient, Seiko (really - the King Turtle). Also NTH, although the prices are similar.
Do you really think that some guy actually relied upon this on a solo trek across Antarctica? Zero chance. If a watch from this company did accompany him, it was in his pack or with the support/rescue team that followed him. Come on. Kudos for you for calling this what it actually is - a rip off - albeit very politely. Your pal didn’t go quite that far and he should have.
Really can’t compare 300m wr to 200m. 300m is least needed for surfing or skindiving on or around reefs with breaking waves. Much sturdier construction needed. Compared to say a Tudor (with only 200m)it seems like a bargain and to a Rolex Sub or BP 50 Fath it’s like they are giving it away. However being OCD the misaligned marker would do my head in but it’s the only desk breaker for me.
Great review, as usual! This is an ok watch, but appears disappointing in multiple areas for the price, considering that I've brought nicer made watches on AliExpress for I/3 the price. The lume seems awful, and a misaligned bezel for $800.00 USD...really? They must be working off the Seiko business model!
A watch with the story of some expeditional Seiko models, but with the looks of a Walmart discounted aisle watch. Sad. A missed opportunity. That's why not all entrepreneurs are successful.
The watch doesn't seem translate value for what you are paying for. The story is awesome though! Thanks for your honest straight forward reviews. I definitely value your input.
Wow. $800?? I have several swiss-movement watches, including divers, pilot and field watches, many below $800, and have brand cache', looks FAR better and are more useful all around (one with GMT), I'd have to say this one is real stinker.
Great story, really like the look and nice to see a microbrand from France. But when you can get an ocean full of fantastic divers for like half this price with none of the issues...it's not gonna be top of many peoples lists. Which is a shame. Great concept, lacks in implementation
Hello, thank you for your interest. Our watches are now almost entirely assembled in our new workshop in Paris. Some models are still assembled in Morteau near Besançon. We are progressively moving towards 100% assembly in our Parisian workshop with the help of our three watchmakers.
It's a lot like a dress kx but cooler. Ouch, just heard the price. Time is money so you didn't get it for free but I wouldn't pay 1000$CAD for this. Way too many options in this price range.
It looks like a Christopher Ward C65 to me just... not as nice. It's a cool story to go with the watch, but we don't wear stories. In all honesty though, the Antarctic expedition thing feels a bit too contrived to me.
Unfortunately, the look of this watch is just too bland for my taste. My profession takes me to several countries each year, Antarctica is not on my route. 😉
What tha duck?!! 😜 (and it's not a duck, but... wtf !!! ) 🤪 French design stopped being good back in the 80's, after that it's just... memories! Can't go with the Parisian hype even if i liked this one, this is an easy pass. Thanks Shane, honest as always you did (had to do) what we say here "tongue doesn't have bones but can break them!". Cheers!
It would be nice if an english speaking person for once, could bother to pronounce watch brands the right way. I'm from Sweden (Europe) and I don't speak french, but still, I know how to pronounce "Charlie Paris". Regardless of the language, I try to make the effort.
Well, when it comes to different pronunciations it's tricky online. Even though you can pull up and hear people in that language say it properly, your mouth won't always say it right. It takes practice, so even when you try you may butcher it and it could come out worse. Then throw in the camera and trying to remember what you wanted to say while doing it.. and it's even harder. On another level, you also have people in your own language (English) who hear you butcher it and think you trying too hard.. that you are trying to make it sound fancy and therefore you must be a shill. I've actually had this happen before. It also gets tricky when there are multiple ways to pronounce something. Like San Martin. I grew up in Southern California not too far from Mexico. I've grown up around Spanish speakers and feel comfortable with that. So for a while every video on a San Martin, I'd pronounce it as a Spanish Speaker would. Yet every time I'd get comments complaining that it wasn't the right way... that it needed to be done more French... or Dutch.. or something. So eventually I gave up and just said it as an American would and no one ever says anything. So your sort of damned if you do and damned if you don't.
Please note, don’t make your viewers wait so long on Lume analysis! And, for a watch with the stated purpose, it frankly doesn’t “cut the mustard”! Go with a high end G-Shock. My two cents.
@@RelativeTime I’m sorry, I guess I’m particularly disappointed on Lume on my watches! I’ve been very disappointed with the Lume on several of my recent watch purchases. It’s gotten me “hyper-focused” on this issue. Given the nature of supporting this type expedition, I would be VERY disappointed with the watch in question. Is there any commentary out there from the expedition principal on his satisfaction or dissatisfaction with this watch?
@@montanaosprey9840 I know there is an interview on their website (or maybe there UA-cam channel) talking to him. But it was all in french, so I have no idea what they were talking about. I'm guessing it was more about the overall experience. Although as someone else pointed out at both poles you can experience days with only a few hours of darkness. So he might have gone during that period of time.
![АЛАУДИНОВ у Скабеевой: эти их ВСУ нас НЕ ДОГОНЯТ 😁 [Пародия]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/an0anqU4WGQ/mqdefault.jpg)
Keep an eye out for Dave's Take on this one.
ua-cam.com/users/JusttheWatch
And also keep an eye out for Aviv's excellent review on My Affordable Watch Collection. ua-cam.com/video/s-NbkFLAUfA/v-deo.html 👍
Totally agree with you. The great story behind the making of this watch doesn't really translate into the watch itself. I was expecting more, especially at the price point. Good review as always.
Perhaps something on the dial as well .. silhouette of a solo skier and sled etched in?
Yeah, a little something to at least justify the price.
I had the privilege to review the blue version of the Concordia. It truly is a very nice watch, robust and elegant. I love the story behind it.
Great review Shane 👍🏻
I thought the autos are VERY expensive for what they offer, so I went for the mecha quartz (sweeping hand), which has no date, no dive bezel (so no misalignment) and less text on the dial. And, it's $322 / €275, which is a much better option.
Good, honest review. Keep up the good work!
If I was to go out today and spend 800 on a watch, I'm afraid this wouldn't be it. Nice looking but nothing about it jumps out to me as anything special. Certainly not in that price bracket. Great review, thanks.
If there was a "Gentleman's" award given by You Tube, you would be considered for showing humility and generosity, for reviewing a watch that...that...does not add up.
Ouch. It hurts when you want it to be good. Lets just hope they fix it on the next version. It is a tuff watch. Good honest review. Thank you
Good watch. Good size. I like the look of that narrow bezel, even if it might be hard to grasp. Good vid. Keep at it!
It is sharp looking, although I am now in my 70 s, I was once a professional hard hat diver not many of us left today. I wish we had the selection of divers back in the day, they have today. For the right price I will consider it even if only to dive under my desk these days. Great detail review, cover every possible question, thank you.
I have watched every one of your videos now. I just wanted to say thank you for all the work you put into your reviews. The quality of your content has come a long way and you’re one of my favorite reviewers on UA-cam. Thank you.
I'm considering one of their lower priced Quartz watches. I already own watches from three French brands. Nice to have something not Asian or Swiss (I have plenty of those already, as well as many made in USA).
Love the logo👍👍 ... Hate the name🤨🤨( 'Charlie Paris') it just sounds like a fashion brand.
You are the master of the measured review, Shane. For a $500 microbrand, this watch would be OK so long as nobody calls it a diver. As you say, if anyone needs to use this as a diver they're probably in trouble. The Orient Star field watch is a much better proposition at half the price.
Thanks for this. Cheers 🍻!
Bought this watch april last year already. I was enamoured by the story and the design. But primarily I only found out about them because I was looking for watches with the Seiko VH31 Sweeping Hand Quartz movement and they have one of the most attractive ones. On my Automatic Concordia my bezel was misaligned, their answer/solution:
_'Unfortunately the triangle on the bezel will never be perfectly aligned with the 12 marker... I am afraid this is the case on all our Concordia Automatic and there is nothing we can do, as the bezel cannot be repositioned'_ ... so I'm stuck with a watch that I ended up not like looking at and don't ever wear.
I completely agree with your review Shane. In The Netherlands we call it "no meat or fish". It means it's not good or bad and it's hard to give a verdict about it. They could have put an acrylic to it. But for the price, there are better alternatives I think ( including missalignement issues).
The old English expression is "Neither fish nor fowl nor good red meat ". I agree with you and Shane, especially if one takes the price into consideration.
STP1-11 is fairly reliable... I prefer that a lot more than an SW200
Great overview. I agree with you pretty much across the board, especially with your conclusion. For the money, I absolutely would expect more. The issue that really kills this watch, though, is the misalignment--absolutely no excuse, particularly at this price. Thank you for another very well-produced, educational and entertaining vid!
"Under that kind of conditions, if you're underwater, you're probably not coming up." That made me laugh out loud. Great review, as always.
Excellent review Shane. I do dive so appreciate the advice on that. It's still a beautiful watch and I would bring it on an expedition to the back garden any time!! However for Antarctica, it would definitely be my G-Shock Mudmaster! The only other thing that keeps coming to mind, Charlie Paris reminds me of a perfume.
I didn't even attempt to pronounce his name in my review, as I just knew I'd butcher it. I have mine on the ostrich leather strap, which I really like. As for the bezel alignment, mine is spot on. I was a little disappointed with the lume though, given the price of the watch. I think the quartz version is better value for money.
Interesting review, although I would think that a simple cheap G-Shock watch would have probably just do as well, if not better. I often wonder if watch manufacturers are just not hyping up the mystique and retro feel of those old style military automatic watches (when old technology limited them to making do with what they had) to sell their expensive watches.
As an ex-military personnel who used to specialised in jungle warfare, I had a cheap analogue G-shock watch which I bought in the 1990s that served me well in the jungle. Frankly, I can't imagine any other watches which could have survived being bashed about, and water immersed that it received in the jungle. It also coped well with extreme changes in temperature, from hot humid daytime temperature to cold night time temp, especially after a monsoon shower. Many a times the dial face would fogged up from such temp changes but after some time warming up in the sun, it would clear up again.
I still have that Gshock and apart from a deep scratch on the resin, it is in good working order after almost 30 years. Ironically, because it was cheap, I had bought it as a disposable jungle watch, to be replaced if it smashed up. However, despite all I could throw at it, the G-Shock survived, and I still wear it when I go trekking.
Overpriced with not much to offer, watch buyers always look for value and features. Good looking watch and great review as always!
I would expect tritium tubes and a bezel that can be operated with thick warm gloves
Great review as always 👍
Your right about the price for a what looks like a generic watch. But If you want to compare French watches, I would instead buy the Baltic Aquascaphe which is more unique better looking and more suitable for diving.
I really need to look at Baltic sometime. Are they also assembled in France?
Nice review Shane, really appreciate your thoughts as I collect Divers. I'm just not quite feeling this one. I like the vintage vibe, black dial, and narrow bezel, but it just doesn't grab me for some reason. No differentiation of the 12 o'clock applied index bothers me some too.
Overall I like it. The design speaks to me, for me the the dial to bezel radio makes it look very elegant. However I agree about the price. And especially at this price they have to get the bezel alignment right.
Considering the kinds of conditions this was designed for, I'm kind of surprised they went with a dive watch style rather than a field watch style. I would think that would be more useful if you were climbing glaciers or exploring. It seems like they took the easy/popular way out by designing a diver without really having their heart in it. And it's definitely not good enough for $800. For that kind of money, I would expect a great bracelet and a bezel that was wide enough to be easy to read. For $800, there are much better dive watches.
Also, "If you don't care about price or value..." is a hell of a caveat. :)
good, honest review....since I started building watches I take one look at something like this with its asking price and shake my head, the markup is mind blowing, there's nothing special about this other than a slighly up market movement
Nice ferrum forge
I think it looks good. I nice field watch with timing bezel, very handy. 1/2 tic off on thr bezel isn't going to mean anything to me in the field. If it keeps good time in the extreme conditions it is worth every bit of the $800. It is only $800 bucks fof goodness sakes. There are watches out there when all totaled up aren't any better for three times the price.
The dial gives me Blancpain Fifty Fathoms vibes and the case, BB58. Cool watch, cool story. Maybe enough to give it an edge on the Baltic Aquascaphe. I think both are challenged at their price points, for what they are.
It's a good looking watch and the story is awesome, but that's a lot of money for a story. At $800 I'd expect almost everything to be better.
I don't know how STP Quality Control is. As I have read some Bad reviews on The STP Movements. Not this watch Brand specifically. If anyone knows more on ,weather they tightened up their QC? Let me know.
Thanks for the review.
I find the blue version pretty nice looking.
But I agree, lack of lume and too high prices, even in France, so transfered in us$ and adding import and sales taxes that is a big NONO
Hard sell at that price point when you look at what Swatch are offering.
If I was to traverse the Antarctic (not planning on it) I'd defo go with a G-Shock or Pro Trek.
One thing that they mentioned. Was that they decided on an auto, as they thought the extreme temperatures would play havoc with a battery of a quartz watch.
Not sure how accurate that is, especially if it's on your wrist sitting next to your warm skin. But that was their thought process.
@@RelativeTime I don't think very accurate as the original Seiko Arnies were used in Antarctic and Arctic explorations, and that's 30 plus years ago quartz technology.
Poor effort compared to many others with smaller price tag. The competition is hard nowadays. Nice that you brought up the Flagship. I've been using it about half of the days in the last 18 months (other watches just have to share the remaining 50%). Beats this watch in design, with saphire bezel that is alligned, lume, most likely in bracelet department and with a cool box crystal. Crown and caseback are the things that strike cool on this CP watch.
Please, thanks for the review, but….Lume, Lume, Lume! He must have gone on his expedition in (endless lighted) summer! Quite frankly, he probably would have been better off with a “high end”, lighted G-Shock! (My two cents.)
lume pip on the bezel ? not sure !
That case is straight up Tudor Black Bay, that's their thing. Slab sides with bevels. Nice looking watch, just that case is lifted straight from a Tudor. One other thing, it can't be certified as an ISO diver, its missing a half index at 6.
I was thinking they were going after a vintage submariner vibe. Although that's pretty much what a Black Bay has as well.
I was just about to comment this, the case looks just like my Tudor Black Bay 58. Even the coin edge bezel looks the same. Not a bad watch to copy it’s design, good catch!
Wow, how do you know I have that Casio!!! You’re the man! The Charlie is interesting duh!
Not the watch but the back story is quite interesting..
From the side, it looks exactly like a Heritage Black Bay 41.
Understated is good but that price? Ouch
How come Shane didn't opening up with "Welcome back"?
Trying to occasionally mix it up. Next one will.
Gee that's a lot of money for what you get. From smallest company to largest, I'd look at all of these - Second Hour, Zelos, Steinhart, Glycine, Orient, Seiko (really - the King Turtle). Also NTH, although the prices are similar.
Do you really think that some guy actually relied upon this on a solo trek across Antarctica? Zero chance. If a watch from this company did accompany him, it was in his pack or with the support/rescue team that followed him. Come on. Kudos for you for calling this what it actually is - a rip off - albeit very politely. Your pal didn’t go quite that far and he should have.
Really can’t compare 300m wr to 200m. 300m is least needed for surfing or skindiving on or around reefs with breaking waves. Much sturdier construction needed. Compared to say a Tudor (with only 200m)it seems like a bargain and to a Rolex Sub or BP 50 Fath it’s like they are giving it away. However being OCD the misaligned marker would do my head in but it’s the only desk breaker for me.
I think Matt would have been better off with a solid Seiko Turtle than this thing.
The photocopier toner needs replacement. The Rolex is a classic for a reason.
Great review, as usual! This is an ok watch, but appears disappointing in multiple areas for the price, considering that I've brought nicer made watches on AliExpress for I/3 the price. The lume seems awful, and a misaligned bezel for $800.00 USD...really? They must be working off the Seiko business model!
One will probably need to ingest an able amount of "Grey Goose" before parting with $800 for this watch!
A watch with the story of some expeditional Seiko models, but with the looks of a Walmart discounted aisle watch. Sad. A missed opportunity. That's why not all entrepreneurs are successful.
This is almost sinn money which I hope is going to be my next purchase after thinning my collection down bit to generic for me
The watch doesn't seem translate value for what you are paying for. The story is awesome though! Thanks for your honest straight forward reviews. I definitely value your input.
Wow. $800?? I have several swiss-movement watches, including divers, pilot and field watches, many below $800, and have brand cache', looks FAR better and are more useful all around (one with GMT), I'd have to say this one is real stinker.
Just can't see the value, and like you, I don't like polished case sides
No lumed pip or any indication on the bezel is a no-no for me.
Great story, really like the look and nice to see a microbrand from France. But when you can get an ocean full of fantastic divers for like half this price with none of the issues...it's not gonna be top of many peoples lists. Which is a shame. Great concept, lacks in implementation
.. A nice tan IWB holster - what sleeps in it Cobber? 😉.
These days it's a hellcat.
@@RelativeTime - Don't know it .. I like my G19X and Ruger SP101 (in 327 Fed_ Cheers.
An upmarket Casio Duro….😂
For that kind of money, I'd skip it. I'd rather pick up another Glycine Combat Sub on the cheap. Costco's got one right now on a nato for $299.99.
Based in France , where is it made?
I can't find it on their website, but the Kickstarter said something about their watches being assembled by a partner facility in Besançon.
Hello, thank you for your interest. Our watches are now almost entirely assembled in our new workshop in Paris. Some models are still assembled in Morteau near Besançon. We are progressively moving towards 100% assembly in our Parisian workshop with the help of our three watchmakers.
@@Charliewatchoriginal assembled in Paris but where are they made from?
I liked it until i herd the price😮
It's a lot like a dress kx but cooler. Ouch, just heard the price. Time is money so you didn't get it for free but I wouldn't pay 1000$CAD for this. Way too many options in this price range.
This is a no go Shane , thanks for the video 📸
This is a great watch to be able to keep after reviewing. But I wouldn't buy it.
It looks like a Christopher Ward C65 to me just... not as nice.
It's a cool story to go with the watch, but we don't wear stories. In all honesty though, the Antarctic expedition thing feels a bit too contrived to me.
I wouldn't dive with this watch. Any watch with polished sides is a non no. I get more scratches getting on and off dive boats than anywhere else.
Assembly in France or China takes its toll..
It’s a nice watch but it’s isn’t worth the $800 price tag
Unfortunately, the look of this watch is just too bland for my taste. My profession takes me to several countries each year, Antarctica is not on my route. 😉
Sorta pricy imho.
The micro brand world is very competitive and this one just doesn’t stack up for the price…
What tha duck?!! 😜 (and it's not a duck, but... wtf !!! ) 🤪 French design stopped being good back in the 80's, after that it's just... memories! Can't go with the Parisian hype even if i liked this one, this is an easy pass.
Thanks Shane, honest as always you did (had to do) what we say here "tongue doesn't have bones but can break them!". Cheers!
It is look like dress watch 😂😂😂. For $800 hmm....hmmm... Now way
It would be nice if an english speaking person for once, could bother to pronounce watch brands the right way. I'm from Sweden (Europe) and I don't speak french, but still, I know how to pronounce "Charlie Paris". Regardless of the language, I try to make the effort.
Well, when it comes to different pronunciations it's tricky online. Even though you can pull up and hear people in that language say it properly, your mouth won't always say it right. It takes practice, so even when you try you may butcher it and it could come out worse. Then throw in the camera and trying to remember what you wanted to say while doing it.. and it's even harder.
On another level, you also have people in your own language (English) who hear you butcher it and think you trying too hard.. that you are trying to make it sound fancy and therefore you must be a shill. I've actually had this happen before.
It also gets tricky when there are multiple ways to pronounce something. Like San Martin. I grew up in Southern California not too far from Mexico. I've grown up around Spanish speakers and feel comfortable with that. So for a while every video on a San Martin, I'd pronounce it as a Spanish Speaker would. Yet every time I'd get comments complaining that it wasn't the right way... that it needed to be done more French... or Dutch.. or something. So eventually I gave up and just said it as an American would and no one ever says anything.
So your sort of damned if you do and damned if you don't.
For this money misalignment is unacceptable thumbs down
Nice but $800 for a microbrand…no thank you.
just to plain for my taste... and the price is too much... cheers
french watches are JUNK
Please note, don’t make your viewers wait so long on Lume analysis! And, for a watch with the stated purpose, it frankly doesn’t “cut the mustard”! Go with a high end G-Shock. My two cents.
That's why I always put chapter markers in. So if someone wants to skip to something specific they can.
@@RelativeTime I’m sorry, I guess I’m particularly disappointed on Lume on my watches! I’ve been very disappointed with the Lume on several of my recent watch purchases. It’s gotten me “hyper-focused” on this issue. Given the nature of supporting this type expedition, I would be VERY disappointed with the watch in question. Is there any commentary out there from the expedition principal on his satisfaction or dissatisfaction with this watch?
@@montanaosprey9840 I know there is an interview on their website (or maybe there UA-cam channel) talking to him. But it was all in french, so I have no idea what they were talking about.
I'm guessing it was more about the overall experience.
Although as someone else pointed out at both poles you can experience days with only a few hours of darkness. So he might have gone during that period of time.
Decent backstory but as for the watch, meh 😐
Thanks, but no thanks.