Steinhart Ocean One 39 Black Ceramic Full Review - The best Subby homage on the market
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- I think I have found the best Subby homage that you can buy.
Well at least I think so.
It really is amazing.
This is my full review of the watch.
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Steinhart is possibly the best value for money of all watches right now. I hope it continues to produce quality timepieces for years to come
I agree. The quality, finishing , movement and price is amazing. Very few watches can compete.
Honestly?I'd take a steinhart over just about anything else under £3000 and that includes Tudor ,sinn , seiko etc
Thanks Gunter Steinhart for the gift of unbeatable quality
They have some great watches
I just received mine today and gosh… that dial looks so good, 39mm is just perfect. That quality for ~500e totally worth it.
They are an amazing watch and one of the best quality for the money I’ve come across.
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Totally agree with your review. I’ve had the same watch for 4 years now and it still looks like new. I wear in rotation through my collection for maybe 4 or 5 days before change. Watches have come and go but I can’t imagine I would ever want to sell my Ocean One 39. Love it 😊
I am so so impressed by Steinhart. This one is amazing but the vintage military is the one that that I know I’ll keep long term.
They have both been so good I’m looking at trying to find another from their collection to try.
@@WATCHingJames good timing. Just as your reply came through I was checking out on a Triton black….Now shopping for a 24mm rubber strap!
Fantastic
I fully agree. Got myself an Ocean one GMT with the Batman Bezel. I was looking for the 'original' Rolex, but i don't want to wait maybe 5 years or so. So i purchased the Steinhart and i am absolutely happy with it. For me the Rolex is obsolet now. What i also like very much on those Steihart watches is the bracelet with the screws. You can adjust the width perfectly over a few days. Wear it and check until you find the perfect size. The only requirement is a good screwdriver because the screws are really tight. 😁
They really are fantastic. I also bought their Milsub and it has become my most worn watch.
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Definitely is a step up from the other subby homages I've seen, for me though the Cronos with the pt movement is just about everything I could want or need. Great work with the review mate
Thanks mate.
I had one of these for two years, utterly gorgeous to look at and outstanding quality. I have recently sold it but only to buy a Steinhart Ocean 39 Premium 904, it will be my third Steinhart. I had a warranty issue with the watch, it was sent back to Steinhart who dealt with it and sent it back all free of charge. I had excellent communication with the after sales team. Highly recommend.
That’s great to hear. I’m considering another from them at the moment too
I also have an Adventure 39 , another outstanding piece from Steinhart. @@WATCHingJames
Thanks James - your video was one of the reasons I bought one... and I'm very pleased I did - it's a great watch.
That fantastic. It is a brilliant watch
Great review! I will be buying the 39mm doubble green ceramic soon :)
Thanks!
It is a wonderful watch. The best that I have experienced at this price point.
I recently picked up a bronze Ocean One and they definitely make a nice watch. Thanks James.
I would love to see the bronze. I’m so impressed by this watch. I have already bought another of theirs.
Got the same diameter watch in Green/Green. Absolutely love it, a fine piece of work.
It is a great watch
I have two Rolex’s a Datejust and a steel/gold submariner, my daily wearer is the Steinhart had it 4 years never missed a beat.
That’s interesting you say that.
I have had similar thoughts about how well it stands up against much more expensive watches.
Sadly my Ocean one started leaking! It’s been repaired and the glass gasket was split,not good quality unfortunately the plastic material had become brittle
@@jonharry6293 this is the first time I hear someone had a bad experience with a Steinhart. Maybe you bought a fake?
Great review of A Gorgeous Watch!
Thank you. I am so impressed by this watch and by the brand.
Good show mate! Steinhart is a great brand, I'd love to own that chocolate GMT jubilee bracelet, the 1655 homage, and the titanium dive... oh well!
They have some of the best watches for the money that I’ve come across.
Definitely a brand worth considering
I truly love my Rolex GMT Master II but I love my Steinhart Ocean One Black Ceramic better because it’s just smart to have an excellent watch that’s 29 times less expensive than my Rolex. I will always live my Rolex and will buy a Submariner when one becomes available - that will give me 2 Rolex watches but I will have many more Steinharts - they are just smart and beautiful!
They make some amazing watches
Great review! 😊
Thanks Marcus
A really good looking watch. Lovely!
Thanks Paul
I have the 42mm version that I've been enjoying since April of last year. Great watch, I appreciate it more as time goes on.
I’m really impressed. It is better than I expected and feels like it should be more expensive.
@@WATCHingJames I agree
My first "good" watch was an Ocean One. My grail when I got into watches was (and still is) the Sub. So the Steinhart ticked every box. I wore it for a week while waiting on my first luxury piece to arrive (Tudor) last week and it still keeps great time, after 7 years and no service! Will never part with it.
They make great watches.
Great review james, as usual im late to the party, i found your review because im going to get one of these in fact its in the basket on there site, im just waiting till monday to see can i get a discount code! Looks like a winner to me , i see they partner up with gnomon to do some special editions but this looks fine to me. They do a nice fitted rubber strap for this model too. Anyway cheers im subbed.!
Thank you. They are impressive watches and amazing for their cost.
I always keep an eye out for new models to see if I can get another from them.
I have the first gen ocean one 39 since 2017, runs pretty well although I hardly wear it. Being first gen, the bezel is slightly misaligned with some back play and the lume isn't that great but for the price, it is definitely a good buy. The ETA2824 runs okay at -12secs per day without being serviced since I got it
I think Steinhart is one of the best watches for the money I have come across.
Definitely a great watch to have in the collection.
I have one and as you say fantastic value for money 👌
They have incredible watches. I am keeping an eye on the brand to see if they have others that grab my attention.
4 months now with this watch,my rolexes stays in the safe...geogeous watch
They make amazing watches. I have been very impressed
I have Steinhart ocean one blue ceramic 39, the mother of pearl. Discontinued now, I am glad I got it in time.
And I am very tempted to get a few more Steinharts. The next one I plan to get is the ocean one black ceramic 39 GMT.
They make fantastic watches.
Enjoyed your review so much I ordered one. Thank you
I have no doubt you will love it. It is an amazing watch.
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beautiful rolex, congrats!
😂😂😂😂
I'm wearing mine now. I got it used new for $350 AUD and still under warranty. I love it and like my King Turtle, will never sell it.
That is a great price. Well done
Bought same watch used, I thought it was aluminum bezel. Great to have a very elegant ceramic bezel with filled markings
It is an amazing watch and incredible at the price
I think you may have found the perfect subby mate looks great
I think it is. So well made and just amazing
Some of your old videos are pretty good James👌🏼, & I’m trying my best to help you get to 10k subscribers & beyond 🤞🏼🎉🎉🎉
Thank you no really appreciate you support
@@WATCHingJames You’re welcome James 👍🏼
Great review James! Looking back at your enthusiasm for this piece and the CW Trident 300m, which is your pick and why?
I love the Steinhart but the CW is better.
Better finished, better bracelet, much better clasp, better dial and on and on.
Might be interesting to add that this is an older O39 Black - they've since changed the ceramic bezel insert to a more traditional one that has markings that are cut into the insert and filled with white paint. I think yours is a gen one version which had those metallic looking markings on the bezel that will "fade out" under certain lighting conditions.
I've owned seven Steinharts altogether - two of which I still own to this day (39 Ceramic Green and 39 OVM). I tried a couple of 42s initially and found them too large for my wrist. And while I will recommend the brand to anyone who'll listen, after two to three years of ownership, there are a few things that bug me.
I find the indices on my Ceramic Green a bit underwhelming... they look more like flat steel donuts put on top of printed-on lume plots - not like lume filled indices you'd get on other divers (like the Rolex Sub). The dial is a bit boring what with its matte black/nearly grey looking color (I much prefer the deep black, lacquered dial on my CW Sealander). The cyclops is way too weak. Should be 2.5x, but I reckon it's only around 1.5x on the Steinhart. I'm having a hard time making out the date unless I put on my reading glasses - and I use pretty weak reading glasses.. :).
All that said: It's hard to think of another brand in this segment of the market that offers this much value for relatively little money. Considering the entire package you're getting, these are pretty hard to beat. Plus all of my Steinharts came very well regulated from the factory and their customer service is very good too.
I’ve been impressed y mine and have actually been thinking about getting another.
But I just spent my whole watch budget on a Stowa so need to start saving again for a while 😁
@@WATCHingJames Don't get me wrong: I'm not bashing the brand by any means. I'd never sell my OVM and I'd have a hard time selling my Ceramic Green. It's just that ... no watch is really ever perfect. I'm pretty sure that even if I could get my hands on a Submariner, I'd find "fault" with it after a while. :)
In any case: Be glad that you don't have a brick-and-mortar store selling Steinharts near you. I do have that (around 50 km from me) and it's *probably* the main reason why I bought this many Steinharts. First time I went there I was very much blown away by how good they look and feel "in the flesh". The thing that made my Steinhart-habit a bit more bearable is that, despite what some folks say about the brand, I found it pretty easy to sell them on.
Wow what a watch. What else do I need to say. Well. Watch the video to see 😄
ASTOUNDING RESULTS AFTER REGULATING MY BLACK STEINHART OCEAN 39 A FEW TIMES.
I’ve noticed that my black Steinhart Ocean 39 runs slow every time after I hack it to synchronize with GMT and after a few days it starts to speed up. I’ve regulated it a few times trying to get it just right, but even though it starts out slow, it gradually picks up speed as the days go by, so it’s difficult to get it just right.
The testing I ran this past month was very, very interesting. It was running about 3.5 sec slow on average for the first 9 days and then it started to run faster. By 15 days, the average was down to 2.25 seconds per day. By 20 days the average was down to just 1 second per day. By 25 days the average was just 0.4 seconds slow per day (it was a total of 11 seconds slow after 25 days). By 30 days, the average was 0.0 seconds slow (it was exactly the same as GMT to the second).
So, after 30 days, my automatic mechanical watch had neither lost nor gained one second compared to GMT time. My quartz Tissot was running a bit more than 2 seconds slow after the same 30 days.
The difference was my Tissot was never more than 2 and a bit seconds slow at any time during the month. My mechanical watch peaked at a total of 36 seconds slow compared to GMT on day 13 and then started catching back up until after 30 days it was exactly the same as GMT to the second.
I think I will just synchronize my Steinhart with GMT once a month and leave it regulated where it is.
Very interesting. Have you tried de magnetising it?
The lug-to-lug is 47mm. The Lift angle of the Swiss ETA 2824 is 50 degrees and not 52 degrees, as shown on your timegrapher. Nice watch and nice enthusiastic review. Thumbs up!
I do forget to look up the lift angles sometimes. Sorry about that.
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@@WATCHingJames, It's still a very accurate watch with that Elabore grade. I have the OVM 39 with the Swiss Sellita SW200 movement and am very impressed with the accuracy. Mine runs 2-3 seconds fast with a 0.2 beat error. I'm delighted with that accuracy. On the wrist, it's about 3-4 seconds fast in 24 hours of use. I can't ask for more.
They really are amazing
I really like this watch, ecxept one thing..... they should have used a different design on those hands.
That is the only reason why I havent bought it. For me personally it makes the watch scream copy instead of homage.
Yes, I could change the hands. But I am at the point, where just on princip it annoys me that I "have to do that", to get it where I would love it for a homage watch.
Mayby I will change my mind. I did change the hands (and crystal) on my seiko monster srpd25, but that was for aesthetic reason.
This one really is trying to be a homage. I also have the vintage military with the different hands that looks amazing.
Had exact same watch some years ago and sold it , decent quality and yes its an hommage watch but who cares right 😂
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i like it ... espeacily those CROWN GAUDS
I’m a big fan of the Steinharts.
Nice rev, I have the Steinhart, Grovana, and Debaufre versions of this watch in 42mm, I want to buy the final one in the "set" namely the Robert Posiden , My Stein is Green Dial Black Bezel. Grovana Black Dial red Bezel, Debaufre Blue Dial Green Bezel ( raised Breitling style) all new purchases, if I can track down a Robert am happy to take whatever colour. They are all badge engineered versions of the same watch like say BMC cars Riley Elf, Wolsley Hornet, . I just subscribed so dont know your review portfolio, but would love to get your take on the Rotary Henley Seamatic ( if you not already done one?)
I have not had a Rotary yet. They have two models that I have been keeping an eye on.
I am sure I’ll get one when they come up at the right price.
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With that many Submariner homages, it’s hard to tell which ones are the best for each price bracket. Personally I’m not that much into the Submariner but at that price for a homage it should have a glide lock micro adjustable clasp IMO.
I understand people would like the glide lock. But this watch is so good that it is great just as it is.
I wonder why glide locks are so rare. I would have thought they couldn’t be that difficult to add to bracelets, but yet most watches don’t have them. If anyone could list 6 brands that have 200m or 300m rated dive watches under $800 with SS bracelets having solid end links, solid links, screws instead of pins and glide-locks, I’d find that very interesting.
Steinhart’s have all the bracelet features except glide lock clasps, but no glide locks seems to be the rule for watches in general, not the exception.
Steinhart and Gigandet making great affordable hommages. The customer service from steinhart is not the best for my opinion. The service from Gigandet is awesome.
@@orwellknew9112 Christopher Ward has some great dive watches that meet those specifications and have a nice on the fly adjustment.
@@orwellknew9112mido diver e.g.
Nice watches but there are some. issues in my experience. Wish it had aluminium bezel insert. I'd be all over it but I don't like the ceramic. Another issue I have had with Steinhart is that the bracelet screws have been know to become very loose, very quickly. This has happened on several of. the Steinharts I have had. The clasp can be a bit tough to open and we all know the famously stubborn bezel rotation. I can live with the but not with the screws coming out of the bracelet that is deal breaker for me. Fix that and get me an Alum. bezel and lose the useless mag bubble over the date and this watch would absolutely great value for money Great video! Of course, I have had a genuine sub and they really are superb. Yes, I could be. happy withe a Steinhart. no problem.
I was really impressed by it. I did not have any issues with the screws. It’s disappointing to hear that you did.
Just one of those things I guess, still nice watches though@@WATCHingJames
I have been toying with my next "expensive" watch. I am a cheap watch guy. Love the Steinhart Ocean One and also the Mido Tribute. Thinking the Tribute will get my money. I am a month and a bit away from the purchase (budgets and all that) Have you any experience with the Mido Tribute?
Not any hands on experience but I love the look of their GMT
I know that its a “hommage” but i would love to see the handset different. No mercedes hands. Feels so cheap for me. For me Steinhart can give there own style to the watch. Litle less hommage and more own style. Not an ugly watch but just dont know about hommage.
I understand that. Especially these subbys. They have been replicated so much now.
But still an amazing watch and lovely to wear.
Aww this is the previous version with the ghost ceramic bezel. The numbers disappear under reflection on this one. The markings on the ceramic bezel isn't engraved like on the later ones they produced which has engraved markings on the bezel.
Good to know they are still evolving and getting better.
I’m keen to find another from the brand. I’m so impressed by them.
@@WATCHingJames The version with the engraved ceramic bezel has been around for at least 3 years or so. That's when I got mine. Was surprised to see this one because I thought Steinhart had already phased out these ghost ceramic versions by now.
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I have the later engraved one (2021). It is better than my Seiko Turtle.
The Pepsi GMT James, forget the Seiko 😉👌🏽
It does look very good
@@WATCHingJames it’s a bit of a toss up between this and the San Martin, the 39 is just a touch small on my 6 3/4 inch wrist, the San Martin is perfect, so I mostly wear the SM and the full lume bezel! If it wasn’t for the Steinys movement, the SM would be better, the finish on the SM is more lustrous, the size perfect.
They both produce amazing watches.
I am still so impressed by my latest Steinhart. The vintage military
Mido Oceanstar GMT diver with 80 hour power reserve.
I’ve been a fan of that one too. A great looking watch and great value from what I’ve seen and heard.
Great Review! Do you still have It ? Any regreats ?? TKS
I had this one for a couple of years but ended up selling it.
I realised that I am just not a big fan of cyclops’s.
The quality is fantastic and I still definitely recommend them.
It’s a quality looking watch. However I’m totally anti cyclops and for me it spoils the whole watch. I have one watch in my collection that has a cyclops, and that’s only there because it was a gift.
I’m not a huge fan either and have sold watches before because of this.
I have just bought another from them without the cyclops and it is stunning.
Have been told the cyclops glass can be removed using a hair dryer to make the glue dry up and then having it carefully removed. I'd assume one would then need to use something to remove any residue left.
you can always switch the crystals.
Cuanto mide tu muñeca?
Muy buenos videos.
Saludos desde España
Gracias por ver. mi muñeca mide 6.75 pulgadas
Hello From Brasil
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What size is better?
39mm or 42mm
Thank you
I would personally go for the 39mm. For my 17cm wrist
@@WATCHingJames thank you
The only homage its ok to buy 😂😂🤷♀
It’s definitely a great homage to consider
Is it worth $350-400?
I think so. It’s well made and has a Swiss movement
Ginault piss this!
The Ginault is fetter finished but it is also more expensive.
Both great watches.
It's missing the number 10 on the bezel am i right?
Yes. It has the minute track up to 15 then switches to number at 20, 30, 40 and 50
Is it wrong that there is a missing number 10? Or no?
@@davidsonviray1403 it's a homage to a Submariner, not a copy. It's right that it has some small differences.
@@jasonluxemburg1989 i see, it's just my first time to see a diver's bezel without a number 10 marking
Price of the watch: 500 euros.
Price of a simple overhaul (cleaning and lubrication): between 300 and 400 euros.
Verdict: Not viable.
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So many sub homages that all look the same (obviously),£70 pagani to these steinharts. These, San Martín & cronos may be better quality but still a homage at the end of the day. If it’s not a genuine Rolex it’s second best, so why pay so much money.
I understand this argument and have thought about it lots.
For me I really like the subby but I know I will never buy a real one.
Only because when or if I have that sort of money to spend on a watch I have a list of watches I would but before the subby.
I agree in that I will never buy a real one. They are going for more money than I want to spend on my next car! Lol.
I have a pagani homage, which I am happy with, my only Chinese watch to date, just remain unconvinced on spending more on a lookalike homage. Great content, by the way 👍
Thanks Martin.
Have you seen the latest Christopher Ward that’s appearing in reviews? Now that is an expensive homage watch! Lol.
I certainly have
I know this watch very well and I have to say, that except the ETA movement (SW200 nowdays) it is worse than 100$ Watchdives WD1680. Mainly because the cyclops which is bigger and has only 1.5x magnification instead of true to original 2.5x one on WD and also glossy dial on WD. It is very difficult to justify Steinhart's price here.
The WD watchs do look good but they will not compare to a Steinhart in my opinion.
But both are great options depending on your budget.
ETA movement...I don't think so. Take the back off and have a look.
They list there movements are the eta or sw movements.
When you have the watch arrive the card identifies which movement is in your watch.
Poser gear. Mr Steinhart should be ashamed.
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will continue to enjoy your channel tho....@@WATCHingJames
Thank you