Iconic? ...and no Rolex Pepsi GMT? 😆 😂 Oh that's right you Sell or Advertise watches. Pepsi Rolex GMT is literally the Definition of "iconic". But nice try 😉
In no particular order 1 Rolex submariner 2 Rolex datejust 3 Omega Speedmaster/ moon watch 4 Patek Nautilus 5 AP Royal Oak 6 Zenith El Primero 7 Breitling Navatimer 8 Cartier Santos 9 IWC Pilot 10 JLC Reverso And yes for a bonus the Casio F91W If only one watch per brand then replace BP fiftyfathoms instead of datejust….so hard to compile a list though
Sorry but the Omega IS the iconic chronograph, not the Rolex. In fact you'll be hard pressed to find a more iconic watch, period. Plus, it is the looker of the two. In fact, as far as icons go I would swap the Daytona for the Submariner. Now that's an icon.
I would argue the GS and Tudor might be “emerging icons” rather than having reached iconic status. Other watches to maybe consider: - Cartier Santos, Roadster or Tortue - Blancpain FF - Omega Seamaster or Railmaster - Rolex Submariner - B Uhr type watches from Laco, Stowa, Wempe, Lange - Heuer Autavia - Panerai Luminor - Dirty Dozen / field watches such as Hamilton Field - Breguet classic or Type XX/XXI - VC Historiques Americain - Patek Calatrava - Swatch (basic model) - Casio G Shock - Seiko Tuna Emerging icons - Bulgari Octo? - Richard Mille? - Lange No. 1? - Zenith with El Primero movement? - Tudor BB58? If you put a gun to my head I would say the three most iconic are Submariner, Moonwatch and Tank
Thank you, thank you, thank you for someone FINALLY including a Breitling in a watch channel episode. There is an old adage: If you want to impress someone....buy a Rolex. If you want to tell what time it is...buy a Breitling. Although Omega was the first watch on the moon, Breitling was the first watch IN space. Well played, gentlemen!
Excellent choices, although if it were me I’d have chosen a Submariner over a Black Bay, and maybe found room for a Tag Heuer Monaco Calibre 11 somewhere in there
You forget following: 1. Tag Heuer Monaco (McQueen impact) 2. Casio G shock DW5000c (first G shock) 3. Omega Seamaster (thanks Mr Bond) 4. Mickey Mouse watch, Disney’s TA56952 (for some the fascination with watches started there) Good list though
The one watch I think is iconic because of the style and the celebrity provenance it carries is the Heuer Monaco. The beautiful blue square dial you can identify a mile away and the “King of Cool”, Mr. Steve McQueen, making it famous in the movie “LE MANS”. Keep up the great work!
Patek should have been there fore sure.. Either Calatrava which was an inspiration for a million other watches or Nautilus as another icon, almost as iconic as Royal Oak.
Don’t understand the love for the Daytona. Case is too small dial is too busy. Had one and sold it years ago to a guy who was willing to over pay. Rolex is really good at holding back production and somehow that makes collectors want it more. In Lucerne a number of years ago a sales person at the biggest watch store offered to by my GMT Master off my wrist. Rolex, over priced over rated. Omega Speed master is the real icon. Bought one in 1968 for $450. Still have it.
I wouldn't have chosen a BB58 over a Sub, but I guess that's just me. Having said that, the rest of the list is spot on! Maybe if it were longer it could have also included a Seamaster, Monaco and a Datejust as well. .
Yup Vostok Amphibian, Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, Type B Flieger (a few original makers), 'Dirty Dozen' watch (again a few original makers), Sinn U1/U50 a.k.a. the Lego watch, Doxa 300T, someone else mentioned Panerai Radiomir another mentioned the Tag Monaco, A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1, Casio G-shock especially the 5600 ... so quite a few others.
I think the BB58 is iconic among watch enthusiasts, but the Submariner has such a wide reach among the masses that it's hard to agree with putting the BB over the Submariner as an icon. BP Fifth Fathoms may be the daddy of the dive watches, but whenever anyone mentions the concept of a dive watch, I can guarantee the Submariner is the first, if not among the first, of the designs that come to mind.
Zenith El Primero is a technical achievement. Omega MoonWatch is a historical and esteticle achievement. Rolex Daytona is a...marketing achievement, exactly as the...MoonSwatch...
It's very strange that this video shows iconic watches and doesn't mention the Rolex Submariner, I thought it would be at the top of the list, I guess not mentioning the Submariner is a smart move 😉 To increase the number of comments below the video
You could’ve swap out the Grand Seiko with the Patek Philippe Calatrava Ref 96, the wrist watch collection that started it all and set out exactly what a wrist watch should look like.
0:40 Patek Philippe Royal Oak 2:50 Cartier Tank 5:04 Grand Seiko Snowflake 6:33 Omega Speedmaster Professional (aka "Moon Watch") 8:36 IWC "Big Pilot's Watch" 10:02 Breitling Navitimer 12:00 Tudor Black Bay 13:52 Casio F-91W 15:12 JaegerLeCoultre Reverso 16:55 Rolex Daytona
I paused the video and made my own list to compare, and we had mostly the same list! However my list had the Tag Heuer Monaco, Rolex Submariner, Zenith El Premiero instead of the Daytona, IWC, Navitimer. Fun exercise to do nevertheless!
I was expecting the Monaco and Submariner much more than the Daytona and Black Bay. The Reverso is well known, but I don't see it as an icon (which typically inspire imitators from everyone else).
Great list. If I would allow myself to add a few, it would be the Rolex Datejust and the Patek Phillippe Calatrava as I feel they both modeled every dress watch that we see today.
As a Pelagos owner, I say the BB does not belong in any top ten. It is a homage watch with most styles it incorporates taken from other watches and the original, just to make it look good and to sell well. It ticks all the boxes for the broadest audience but excels nowhere. Is the New Beetle just as iconic as the Käfer? I think not. Hamilton Ventura should have been on this list. If you ask anyone who wore it, or ask What watch did Elvis had, this is what pops up. The 50's vibe incorporated forever by Arbib, car designer of that era. The only triangular watch people will know.
Well whaddayaknow, a bit earlier just before I started making dinner, I picked up and wore ... my Casio F-91W! I hardly ever wear it because the wife has an utter disdain for digital watches in any form, but today is our lucky day
So the Cosmograph is iconic because it was so unliked the dealers had to give them away with other purchases, and one given to Joanna Woodward happened to end up on the wrist of Paul Newman, who liked it so much he gave it away to one of his daughter’s boyfriend? Rolex couldn’t even be bothered to build a movement for it until this century…The Submariner is iconic, as is the GMT Master, the Daytona pretty much just a second or third run chronograph.
Well, Casio F-91W is the only alone digital watch in this list among the best and most elegant analog watch. What a legendary. Very cheap price that everybody can afford, yet the most sold watch in the world.
Iconic without a Submariner and a Frank Muller - RM type watch?? A.Lange&Sohne belongs also. As well if there is a Casio on there, G-Shock is a contender along with Swatch. Great video though
Submariner should definitely feature, maybe before the reverso and snowflake. Cause that is the watch everyone thinks of when they think watch and the Apple Watch. So, maybe that too.
It's sad that watches like Zenith El Primero or Blancpain Fifty Fathoms didn't make it to the list. I would replace Tudor BB together with GS Snowlake (it is a good GS or entire Japanese watchmaking representative, but it cannot be really called iconic). Otherwise great discussion as usual :)
Yes man, Blancpain been around right, Rolex Sub got a lot of Blancpain DNA in em, Blanpain is the Daddy, Rolex Sub is the son, I love Rolex too, not hating, got nothing but respect for The Rolex Brand. As for Zenith El Primero 3600 calibre,Zenith is the Father and, its son is the Daytona. I am liking the Zenith Chronomaster Sport with the 1/10th of a second complication, Zenith and their bench work on watch making is supreme. I stay true to my Seiko and Casio, Zenith El Primero is my favourite Swiss watch anda Stainless Steel VC 222, they could have the rest hahaha.
Could you do a video of what a watch would be like for a Mars Mission? Time would be totally different there due to the length of a day, the elliptical orbit, and different length to a Mars year.
Totally agree with the Cartier Tank, but that could be swapped for the JLC Reverso (My personal fave,) would be even better if the JLC had the cabochon spinel. Agree with the Speedmaster, which could be swapped for the Cosmograph.....For a few £ more. Instead of the IWC, I'd much rather go for a Laco. Far more like an original Second World War era Fleiger watch, especially the Erbstuck models. 100% with you on the Navitimer. I DO like the Tudor Black Bay apart from the absence of crown guards, and that strange hour hand! As for the Casio.....I must be the ONLY person born in the 1970's who didn't actually own one! :( I still feel deprived! LOL. Ah......And THERE is The Reverso! Good choice! AND the Cosmograph! LOL. Just to finish off!
I agree with most of your examples except maybe the Seiko, just because its way to new to be an iconic watch. Other than that, maybe the Calatrava from Patek, which i think is the oldest of them all. Great video!
Panerai Luminor, you may like it or not, but most definitely and unmistakably iconic. Probably unpopular opinion, but after the quarz, the biggest shake to the watch industry (perhaps not the mechanical one) is the Apple watch, again very much iconic (kind of sadly)
My picks would be, in random order: 1. Omega Speedmaster Professional 2. Breitling Navitimer 3. Rolex Oyster Perpetual 4. Tag Heuer Monaco 5. Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso 6. Panerai Luminor 7. A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 8. Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 9. Zenith El Primero A384 & A385 10. Charriol (forrgotten by everyone, with their unmistakably steel cables bracelet)
The speedmaster has been my grail watch for a few years now. Definitely take some saving for that one. Just purchased a PRX to hold me over till then 😁
AP does nothing for me. CARTIER - not. Omega i went for the aquaterra. Tudor i went for the 38mm Royal, and Rolex the day-date and datejust. And yes the Grand Seiko could be the best of the lot.
such a nice surprise to click on a video and see that its the old much MUCH better format. EDIT: i hate the Royal Oak. the Nautilus on the other hand is THE most beautiful watch and it shits on the Royal Oak 100% of the time.
The Calatrava is the template for the modern wristwatch. The Rolex GMT gave us the now ubiquitous Pepsi bezel. And before there was an F91W, there was the Timex Marlin.
I'm a watch enthousiast on a lunch break. Let's see if I love or hate your icons. You did ask for it. - APRO: The downfall of Audemars Piguet, they're a one trick pony now. Gauche sports watch, derivative of the Santos. Hate it. - Cartier Tank: Love it. It is French for something classy. I'm all for finding a Cintree or Basculante one day. - GS Snowflake: Lovely dial, but it's too large, too bulky and it doesn't know if it's dressy or sporty. Love & hate. - Speedmaster: Cracking little chronograph, but I hate the marketing. Love the watch, hate the bollocks. - IWC Big Pilot: Hate it. It's vulgar and unnecessary. Can't hold a candle to a Mark XIV. Speaking of iconic: The Mark series is a RAF pilot, and the Big Pilot is an RLM Flieger. Don't mix those two. - Navitimer: Love it. Super cool. Nuffsaid. - BB58: Love it, aside from the snowflake hands. Decent skindiver. But it's not an icon. You meant an SKX. - F91W: Love it. Grew up with it, but it's ridiculously much watch for 20 bucks. - Reverso: Love it to death. The best Art Deco thing that ever existed. Period. - Dayona: Yeesh... That was the ugly stepchild of the Rolex family for 60 years, and now that it's hyped it's an icon? Bugger off, I say. A Daytona can't hold a candle to a Navitimer, an El Primero, , a Speedy, an Autavia, a Breguet Type 20, a Pogue, any vintage Breitling from between 1930 and 1955, vintage Excelsior Parks, the Monaco or even a Hanhart 417 ES. FWIW, Steve McQueen is cooler than Paul Newman. The Daytona is an also-ran from a brand that just wasn't very good at chronographs for 100 years of its existence, so they sourced movements from Zenith, amongst others. Indeed, the only thing I'll credit the Daytona for is that they helped perpetuate the El Primero movement. Much like Ebel did during Miami Vice times. :)
It is kind of nice to lust after Royal Oaks, Lange, Pateks and the likes, because you know you'll never afford one anyway, so it feels safe. Kind of like having posters of supercars in your boys' room as a teenager. The Grand Seikos are actually obtainable, so that's a bigger risk getting lustful over. Suddenly you've bought yourself a £9000 watch and think heh...at least I can tell what the time is :D
@@rashakor I really want a GS in my life too, but I'll wait until I can actually just buy one without worrying about it. I'm particularly fond of the Heritage ones, the pink, blue and white textures.
It is iconic but the title is „Iconic watches that every Enthusiast loves“ - I think the BlackBay is more beloved by the watch enthusiast community in general :)
Denk You very Matsch for Excellent Entertainment. It’s a little late but, all the best for the new Year 2023. I love your channel. I miss the current rolex date date model 40 mm. It’s like the current Royal Oak maybe even more the absolute icon. Even much better than the original icon in 36 mm. I Would place it behind the Daytona.
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Iconic? ...and no Rolex Pepsi GMT? 😆 😂
Oh that's right you Sell or Advertise watches.
Pepsi Rolex GMT is literally the Definition of "iconic".
But nice try 😉
My personal 14 watch list: -
1) Omega Speedmaster (First watch on the moon)
2) JLC Reverso (Novel flip mechanism)
3) Brietling Navitimer (Made busyness on the dial cool)
4) Rolex Datejust (Wall Street watch)
5) Casio F-91W (Our first watch)
6) Seiko SKX009 (Go everywhere, do anything beater watch)
7) Panerai Luminor (Single handedly started Big-is-better trend)
8) IWC Big Pilot (WW2 heritage)
9) Heuer Monaco (70s bold design)
10) Cartier Tank (Jackie's watch)
11) Rolex Submariner (Most copied watch)
12) Rolex Daytona (The Paul Newman)
13) AP Royal Oak (Integrated bracelet)
14) PP Nautilus (First steel PP)
Sodapop? How’s Ponyboy?
Good collection. You can’t go wrong in fashion or accessories by focusing on classics that never go out of style.
no vc overseas???
Even My list starts with Speedy :D
Great list
In no particular order
1 Rolex submariner
2 Rolex datejust
3 Omega Speedmaster/ moon watch
4 Patek Nautilus
5 AP Royal Oak
6 Zenith El Primero
7 Breitling Navatimer
8 Cartier Santos
9 IWC Pilot
10 JLC Reverso
And yes for a bonus the Casio F91W
If only one watch per brand then replace BP fiftyfathoms instead of datejust….so hard to compile a list though
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Casio G-Shock, anyone?
Half your selections instantly sprang to mind. Great list, agreed. 👍
dont said that here😂 but g shock still great build quailty and you can swimming and diving in deep sea water without thinking twice to use it lmao
Sorry but the Omega IS the iconic chronograph, not the Rolex. In fact you'll be hard pressed to find a more iconic watch, period. Plus, it is the looker of the two. In fact, as far as icons go I would swap the Daytona for the Submariner. Now that's an icon.
Just wanted to say I really love the talks you and Tom have. My fav videos by far
100% agree, prob my fav watch content right now, and there’s a ton out there.
I would also add the Omega Seamaster on here. It's the James Bond watch, after all.
When someone recommends the Seamaster. The next question is which one… so it does not qualify enough as iconic.
I would say the Submariner is the definitive James Bond watch. The Seamaster is only for people who don't remember Sean Connery or Rodger Moore.
@@Andy-kl1ve not really. The sub was the first bond watch, but it was only in one bond film. The 300m is in 5 bond movies.
IMHO Submariner is more iconic than a Seamaster
@FxL it may well be, but it's not as iconic as a Bond watch.
I would have the Monaco too
„New“ but already iconic to me are the Lange 1 and especially the Zeitwerk.
I really appreciate these conversations with Tom. You guys are a great team!
I agree with 5 of 10; regardless, the Rolex Submariner trumps my list versus the Tudor BB or Daytona for sure.
I would argue the GS and Tudor might be “emerging icons” rather than having reached iconic status. Other watches to maybe consider:
- Cartier Santos, Roadster or Tortue
- Blancpain FF
- Omega Seamaster or Railmaster
- Rolex Submariner
- B Uhr type watches from Laco, Stowa, Wempe, Lange
- Heuer Autavia
- Panerai Luminor
- Dirty Dozen / field watches such as Hamilton Field
- Breguet classic or Type XX/XXI
- VC Historiques Americain
- Patek Calatrava
- Swatch (basic model)
- Casio G Shock
- Seiko Tuna
Emerging icons
- Bulgari Octo?
- Richard Mille?
- Lange No. 1?
- Zenith with El Primero movement?
- Tudor BB58?
If you put a gun to my head I would say the three most iconic are Submariner, Moonwatch and Tank
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Anybody know the ref no. For that Grand Seiko? I’m blown away by that sweeping second hand!
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I don't own one, but the Submariner seems to be an iconic watch if there ever was one.
At least in my mind.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for someone FINALLY including a Breitling in a watch channel episode. There is an old adage: If you want to impress someone....buy a Rolex. If you want to tell what time it is...buy a Breitling. Although Omega was the first watch on the moon, Breitling was the first watch IN space. Well played, gentlemen!
Yes indeed Breitling!
If you just want to tell what time it is, a £30 Casio quartz will do a better job than a Breitling 😊.
Thought it was a Russian watch that was first in space, Sturmanski?
@@rorynosworthy1202 Yes in deed, ir wasn't Omega it was the Sturmansky but the western world fails to acknowledge it...
The Submariner is the most iconic watch ever made. The second one is the Speedmaster Profesional.
Excellent choices, although if it were me I’d have chosen a Submariner over a Black Bay, and maybe found room for a Tag Heuer Monaco Calibre 11 somewhere in there
You forget following:
1. Tag Heuer Monaco (McQueen impact)
2. Casio G shock DW5000c (first G shock)
3. Omega Seamaster (thanks Mr Bond)
4. Mickey Mouse watch, Disney’s TA56952 (for some the fascination with watches started there)
Good list though
The one watch I think is iconic because of the style and the celebrity provenance it carries is the Heuer Monaco. The beautiful blue square dial you can identify a mile away and the “King of Cool”, Mr. Steve McQueen, making it famous in the movie “LE MANS”. Keep up the great work!
And yet he wore his henhart chronograph rather than monaco
“impossible screws” on the APRO! yes! they drive me nuts! i’m glad someone else recognizes that the screw slots are redundant.
Patek should have been there fore sure.. Either Calatrava which was an inspiration for a million other watches or Nautilus as another icon, almost as iconic as Royal Oak.
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@@Pinnednischa.. I hope your end will be painful and unbearable.
Where is the submariner? Still on a waiting list at a guess 😂
Awesome as ever guys ✌️
Such Sass… such Truth
- Rolex Submariner over Tudor Black Bay 58
- Patek Philippe Calatrava over the Rolex Daytona
Don’t understand the love for the Daytona. Case is too small dial is too busy. Had one and sold it years ago to a guy who was willing to over pay. Rolex is really good at holding back production and somehow that makes collectors want it more. In Lucerne a number of years ago a sales person at the biggest watch store offered to by my GMT Master off my wrist. Rolex, over priced over rated.
Omega Speed master is the real icon. Bought one in 1968 for $450. Still have it.
Often forgotten but definitely iconic? Panerai and take your pick. Nice rugged Italian watch.
I wouldn't have chosen a BB58 over a Sub, but I guess that's just me. Having said that, the rest of the list is spot on! Maybe if it were longer it could have also included a Seamaster, Monaco and a Datejust as well. .
Good call on the Datejust...
Any rolex is an over hyped pos. If it takes you half your existence to finally be able to make your own movements you're nothing special
The Nautilus?
Yup Vostok Amphibian, Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, Type B Flieger (a few original makers), 'Dirty Dozen' watch (again a few original makers), Sinn U1/U50 a.k.a. the Lego watch, Doxa 300T, someone else mentioned Panerai Radiomir another mentioned the Tag Monaco, A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1, Casio G-shock especially the 5600 ... so quite a few others.
Nice to see someone else besides me mentioning the Dirty Dozen
My grail is the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, but gunning for the Moonwatch because i am a realist.
An iconic list with the Royal Oak should also include the Nautilus. Just saying.
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I wish GS would stop putting the power reserve indicator on the dial. Kills the symmetry and overall design imo
Symmetry is a bit overrated. Lots of really, really high end watches (A. Lange und Söhne, F. P. Journe, Greubel Forsey) are asymmetrical.
I think the BB58 is iconic among watch enthusiasts, but the Submariner has such a wide reach among the masses that it's hard to agree with putting the BB over the Submariner as an icon. BP Fifth Fathoms may be the daddy of the dive watches, but whenever anyone mentions the concept of a dive watch, I can guarantee the Submariner is the first, if not among the first, of the designs that come to mind.
Zenith El Primero is a technical achievement.
Omega MoonWatch is a historical and esteticle achievement.
Rolex Daytona is a...marketing achievement, exactly as the...MoonSwatch...
Putting the BB58 instead of the Submariner was a brilliant troll move! 😂
It's very strange that this video shows iconic watches and doesn't mention the Rolex Submariner, I thought it would be at the top of the list, I guess not mentioning the Submariner is a smart move 😉 To increase the number of comments below the video
You could’ve swap out the Grand Seiko with the Patek Philippe Calatrava Ref 96, the wrist watch collection that started it all and set out exactly what a wrist watch should look like.
No, they can't. Normal people never heard of let alone seen a Patek Philip. We do know about Seiko.
@@randomanon7040 then all the more they should educate normal people like you about the history of iconic wrist watches
0:40 Patek Philippe Royal Oak
2:50 Cartier Tank
5:04 Grand Seiko Snowflake
6:33 Omega Speedmaster Professional (aka "Moon Watch")
8:36 IWC "Big Pilot's Watch"
10:02 Breitling Navitimer
12:00 Tudor Black Bay
13:52 Casio F-91W
15:12 JaegerLeCoultre Reverso
16:55 Rolex Daytona
"Audemars Piguet" Royal Oak
Just the banter I need with my ☕️ on a Monday morning!
I would swap BB for submariner (I prefer BB, but submariner is more iconic) and Daytona for El Primero. Awesome list!
The reverso is simply the best
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I paused the video and made my own list to compare, and we had mostly the same list! However my list had the Tag Heuer Monaco, Rolex Submariner, Zenith El Premiero instead of the Daytona, IWC, Navitimer. Fun exercise to do nevertheless!
Yes, if we're taking iconic, the Monaco should be in there.
I was expecting the Monaco and Submariner much more than the Daytona and Black Bay. The Reverso is well known, but I don't see it as an icon (which typically inspire imitators from everyone else).
Great list. If I would allow myself to add a few, it would be the Rolex Datejust and the Patek Phillippe Calatrava as I feel they both modeled every dress watch that we see today.
As a Pelagos owner, I say the BB does not belong in any top ten. It is a homage watch with most styles it incorporates taken from other watches and the original, just to make it look good and to sell well. It ticks all the boxes for the broadest audience but excels nowhere. Is the New Beetle just as iconic as the Käfer? I think not. Hamilton Ventura should have been on this list. If you ask anyone who wore it, or ask What watch did Elvis had, this is what pops up. The 50's vibe incorporated forever by Arbib, car designer of that era. The only triangular watch people will know.
Why do you guys LOVE the grand seiko soooooooo much?? You mention it in EVERY video! And you're the ONLY people on the PLANET who know about it!
Well whaddayaknow, a bit earlier just before I started making dinner, I picked up and wore ... my Casio F-91W! I hardly ever wear it because the wife has an utter disdain for digital watches in any form, but today is our lucky day
I just started listening, I hope you included the Lorus Mickey Mouse hands watches... It would be unforgettable.
An Ice Box custom Hublot Big Bang is the greatest watch ever made.
(just seeing if Nico is watching)
Great List but I would also add Submariner, Datejust / DayDate and Heuer Monaco
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Yes!! The McQueen is a true icon
Rolex Submariner
Omega Moonwatch
Cartier Tank
AP Royal Oak
PP Nautilus
Rolex Daytona
JLC Reverso
IWC Portuguese
Rolex Explorer
Seiko Marinemaster 300
Honourable Mention:
Casio G-Shock
Seiko 5
OMG the soliloquy on the Casio F-91W was amazing 👏 🙌
So the Cosmograph is iconic because it was so unliked the dealers had to give them away with other purchases, and one given to Joanna Woodward happened to end up on the wrist of Paul Newman, who liked it so much he gave it away to one of his daughter’s boyfriend? Rolex couldn’t even be bothered to build a movement for it until this century…The Submariner is iconic, as is the GMT Master, the Daytona pretty much just a second or third run chronograph.
Well, Casio F-91W is the only alone digital watch in this list among the best and most elegant analog watch. What a legendary. Very cheap price that everybody can afford, yet the most sold watch in the world.
For me the Rolex submariner instead of the Tudor 58 .
11. Blancpain Fifty-Fathoms
Iconic without a Submariner and a Frank Muller - RM type watch?? A.Lange&Sohne belongs also. As well if there is a Casio on there, G-Shock is a contender along with Swatch. Great video though
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Nice watches. I would also add the Casio G-Shock DW-5600E-1 too.
I would change Black Bay for Submariner and add Patek Philippe Nautilus
1. Submariner
2. Speedmaster
3. Reverso
Probably the perfect three watch collection.
I wouldn't have used the Tank Francaise just the basic one for iconic status. And yes no sub is blasphemy :)
The word “iconic” is perhaps the most hackneyed term in all of horology.
Tag Monaco anyone?
Heuer Monaco, there was no "Tag" back then :)
Any time iconic watch is mentioned, even non watch people will say “ submariner”.
Submariner should definitely feature, maybe before the reverso and snowflake. Cause that is the watch everyone thinks of when they think watch and the Apple Watch. So, maybe that too.
From the comments it looks like a part 2 is in order 😄
I too would pick the submariner over the blackbay. But theyre both icons of their brand name.
Came for the watches…. Stayed for the futurama hypnotoad references 😂
Blanc pain fifty fathoms, Seiko Astron, Seiko SKX007, tag heur Monaco spring to mind.
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I already knew monaco was going to be slept on for this list haha
Yet another wonderful video and example of telling it like it is and not just riding the Rolex hype train. THANK YOU!
I would love to see someday a list of different solar powered watches.
Always wait til the last second for Tom’s ‘BAHBYE…’ 😂
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No sub?
It's sad that watches like Zenith El Primero or Blancpain Fifty Fathoms didn't make it to the list. I would replace Tudor BB together with GS Snowlake (it is a good GS or entire Japanese watchmaking representative, but it cannot be really called iconic). Otherwise great discussion as usual :)
Wrong century! El Primero is made redundant by the Daytona. The 50Fathoms by the Tudor.
Yes man, Blancpain been around right, Rolex Sub got a lot of Blancpain DNA in em, Blanpain is the Daddy, Rolex Sub is the son, I love Rolex too, not hating, got nothing but respect for The Rolex Brand.
As for Zenith El Primero 3600 calibre,Zenith is the Father and, its son is the Daytona. I am liking the Zenith Chronomaster Sport with the 1/10th of a second complication, Zenith and their bench work on watch making is supreme.
I stay true to my Seiko and Casio, Zenith El Primero is my favourite Swiss watch anda Stainless Steel VC 222, they could have the rest hahaha.
Could you do a video of what a watch would be like for a Mars Mission? Time would be totally different there due to the length of a day, the elliptical orbit, and different length to a Mars year.
Ditto! Yes, please. I have seen a video on a Martian watch. I’d love to see another.
Totally agree with the Cartier Tank, but that could be swapped for the JLC Reverso (My personal fave,) would be even better if the JLC had the cabochon spinel. Agree with the Speedmaster, which could be swapped for the Cosmograph.....For a few £ more. Instead of the IWC, I'd much rather go for a Laco. Far more like an original Second World War era Fleiger watch, especially the Erbstuck models. 100% with you on the Navitimer. I DO like the Tudor Black Bay apart from the absence of crown guards, and that strange hour hand! As for the Casio.....I must be the ONLY person born in the 1970's who didn't actually own one! :( I still feel deprived! LOL. Ah......And THERE is The Reverso! Good choice! AND the Cosmograph! LOL. Just to finish off!
I would add the Tissot PRX, if you expand to the top 20.
I agree with most of your examples except maybe the Seiko, just because its way to new to be an iconic watch. Other than that, maybe the Calatrava from Patek, which i think is the oldest of them all. Great video!
I was already elated to find out that Andrew loves cars and now I found out he's a Futurama fan. Next stop DBZ? Truly a channel for geeks in their 30s
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Great selection, the only one I would add is the Seiko SKX!🙂
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Zenith instead of the Daytona
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Enjoyed it... though it is missing Rolex submariner
Made redundant by it little brother the Black Bay!
Panerai Luminor, you may like it or not, but most definitely and unmistakably iconic.
Probably unpopular opinion, but after the quarz, the biggest shake to the watch industry (perhaps not the mechanical one) is the Apple watch, again very much iconic (kind of sadly)
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The submariner is iconic, but not sure if every enthusiast loves it, given that the Seamaster is definitely a better watch in most regards.
Bulova Lunar Pilot also went to the moon, unofficially, and was used when the speedmaster failed
My picks would be, in random order:
1. Omega Speedmaster Professional
2. Breitling Navitimer
3. Rolex Oyster Perpetual
4. Tag Heuer Monaco
5. Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso
6. Panerai Luminor
7. A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1
8. Audemars Piguet Royal Oak
9. Zenith El Primero A384 & A385
10. Charriol (forrgotten by everyone, with their unmistakably steel cables bracelet)
The speedmaster has been my grail watch for a few years now. Definitely take some saving for that one. Just purchased a PRX to hold me over till then 😁
Thank you boys, i have the BB58 and the BB58 925 also the Pelagos all are beautiful watches for the price 👍
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@@Pinnednischa.. Sorry, i dont use WhatsApp ?
"It's like the snowy Japanese equivalent of the eyes of hypnotoad."
Someone got the wiring wrong in Andrew's brain in the best possible way.
AP does nothing for me. CARTIER - not. Omega i went for the aquaterra. Tudor i went for the 38mm Royal, and Rolex the day-date and datejust. And yes the Grand Seiko could be the best of the lot.
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such a nice surprise to click on a video and see that its the old much MUCH better format.
EDIT: i hate the Royal Oak. the Nautilus on the other hand is THE most beautiful watch and it shits on the Royal Oak 100% of the time.
Can’t take my eye off the lint on the IWC’s second hand.
Day date and Submariner
The Calatrava is the template for the modern wristwatch. The Rolex GMT gave us the now ubiquitous Pepsi bezel. And before there was an F91W, there was the Timex Marlin.
Were in the hell is the submariner!???
Iconic because everyone has one?
Ya that’s not very iconic at all. Haha
I would have added that instead of the Tudor BB58.
Under the sea.
@@Theguypostingthis that is the first reason why it makes it iconic
Omega speedmaster is the most iconic movie prop.
F91W, The only watch I can afford from this list.✨
I'm a watch enthousiast on a lunch break. Let's see if I love or hate your icons. You did ask for it.
- APRO: The downfall of Audemars Piguet, they're a one trick pony now. Gauche sports watch, derivative of the Santos. Hate it.
- Cartier Tank: Love it. It is French for something classy. I'm all for finding a Cintree or Basculante one day.
- GS Snowflake: Lovely dial, but it's too large, too bulky and it doesn't know if it's dressy or sporty. Love & hate.
- Speedmaster: Cracking little chronograph, but I hate the marketing. Love the watch, hate the bollocks.
- IWC Big Pilot: Hate it. It's vulgar and unnecessary. Can't hold a candle to a Mark XIV. Speaking of iconic: The Mark series is a RAF pilot, and the Big Pilot is an RLM Flieger. Don't mix those two.
- Navitimer: Love it. Super cool. Nuffsaid.
- BB58: Love it, aside from the snowflake hands. Decent skindiver. But it's not an icon. You meant an SKX.
- F91W: Love it. Grew up with it, but it's ridiculously much watch for 20 bucks.
- Reverso: Love it to death. The best Art Deco thing that ever existed. Period.
- Dayona: Yeesh... That was the ugly stepchild of the Rolex family for 60 years, and now that it's hyped it's an icon?
Bugger off, I say. A Daytona can't hold a candle to a Navitimer, an El Primero, , a Speedy, an Autavia, a Breguet Type 20, a Pogue, any vintage Breitling from between 1930 and 1955, vintage Excelsior Parks, the Monaco or even a Hanhart 417 ES. FWIW, Steve McQueen is cooler than Paul Newman.
The Daytona is an also-ran from a brand that just wasn't very good at chronographs for 100 years of its existence, so they sourced movements from Zenith, amongst others. Indeed, the only thing I'll credit the Daytona for is that they helped perpetuate the El Primero movement. Much like Ebel did during Miami Vice times. :)
It is kind of nice to lust after Royal Oaks, Lange, Pateks and the likes, because you know you'll never afford one anyway, so it feels safe. Kind of like having posters of supercars in your boys' room as a teenager. The Grand Seikos are actually obtainable, so that's a bigger risk getting lustful over. Suddenly you've bought yourself a £9000 watch and think heh...at least I can tell what the time is :D
Or posters of “pin up” girls totally out of my league! 😢
The Snowflake in the video is $5000. I fell in the exact trap you mentioned.
@@rashakor I really want a GS in my life too, but I'll wait until I can actually just buy one without worrying about it. I'm particularly fond of the Heritage ones, the pink, blue and white textures.
I’m sad you didn’t include the seiko skx 007 in the list. I’m still sad that’s not made anymore.
It is iconic but the title is „Iconic watches that every Enthusiast loves“ - I think the BlackBay is more beloved by the watch enthusiast community in general :)
The list is missing the Rolex GMT Master II.
Denk You very Matsch for Excellent Entertainment. It’s a little late but, all the best for the new Year 2023. I love your channel. I miss the current rolex date date model 40 mm. It’s like the current
Royal Oak maybe even more the absolute icon. Even much better than the original icon in 36 mm. I
Would place it behind the Daytona.