Thank you for all those great videos ! I discovered the channel just a month ago, and I must have watched 150 of your videos already :) Clear, precise, insightful and very dynamic ! Big fan !
Awesome stuff. I have watch 3 videos of yours and you have educated me so much. Based on the video, I’m seeing a trend here that all independent watchmaker companies carry their legacy, history, and the price point in future. Break groups tend to consolidate an offer product at a affordable price point, eventually diluting the value of the product.
Miss the days when the world wasn't consolidated to 5 or so large corporate conglomerates. More to the point of this video, I remember seeing my first tourbillon on a Blancpain watch in the shop, I didn't know what it was at the time but it stuck in my mind for years after as something of a mechanical marvel and it proved to plant the seed of my interest for timepieces ever since. Hope to own one someday.
thank you for your passion and enthusiasm to bring us such deep reviews and news from the watchgame . I appreciate that very much and I´m very looking forward wht to come
Great research and history about the watch industry, agree completely on your comments regarding the lack of synergy in the Richemont Group and its possible effects on the company's outcome...
Dear Marc, Your videos are almost all unanimously awesome: well researched, simply presented and with meticulous attention to detail. I've just started in the watch industry, and I'm extremely grateful how you manage to share your wealth of knowledge on both brand history and current trends. You have definitely helped to smooth the learning curve considerably. Look forward to your future work and hope you gain the wider recognition you deserve. If you don't mind sharing, what is your background? (No worries if you don't feel comfortable divulging) All the best
Thanks a lot for this relatively deep insight into the Richmond Group. It would be interesting to hear how Monsieur Biever would reconstruct the watch companies of the Richmond Group, if he would be in charge there...
Superb video series, i enjoyed it a lot, getting to know more about the watch industries. As in my country South Korea, There's not much of informations about Watches, due to it's small watch market. Just can't wait for the next one.
Thanks and we have more and more people looking at us from South Korea. Quick question: do you think that if we added Korean subtitles it would help a lot and increase viewership in SK?
Well... as you know, Watches and timepieces are still a maniac kind of luxury items. So only some of the populations are interested in it. And as I said the market here is small, so there are not many ways to get informations and latest news. Only those who are enthusiastic about watches and luckily if they're capable of understanding english then they would go search about the informations
And unfortunately, not many of us would wholly understand English. And indeed myself too. So if possible, adding a Korean Subtitle would be a great opportunity for us to get the latest news. We would very much appreciate that!
And i could help gather attention by posting this conversation in the community i'm in, and help increase viewership and subscription. as I believe this site is very helpful and enjoyable.
Thanks so much for this feedback and your help on this. We will for sure look into it rapidly, but I'm indeed convinced we need to add these subtitles!
This is an extremely complicated scenario to explain. I think you did an exceptional job in packing that much relevant information into a 14 min video. Thank you very much!
i'm clearly not rich enough because I have not heard of a few of these brands nor would I probably be able to afford to buy one of them!!! I like looking and dreaming about them tho ;-)
Thank you for the clarification, I really didn't expect to hear from the channel :). You guys are the best horology channel on youtube. Your host André reminds me of my lifelong best friend, also named André. I hope to meet you guys someday soon, maybe at Baselworld! Best always!!
Salut à vous TheWatchesTV! Pensez-vous que l'horlogerie restera un domaine attractif dans les années à venir? (J'ai vu que l'apparition des montres connectées avait réduit les parts de marché des entreprises d'horlogerie suisse) En tant qu'élève-ingénieur passionné par l'horlogerie je me pose cette question au cas où j'aurais envie de travailler dans ce secteur. Merci à vous ! Have a great day
On est clairement dans un moment de redéfinition de cette noble industrie, mais je suis persuadé que l'attrait pour la montre mécanique subsistera pour son côté émotionnel, mais il est clair que certains abus de ces dernières années aura des conséquences.
its actually a surprice for me that it doesnt have a entry lvl brand, while swatch controlled tissot hamilton and mido. if it is the case that they can lower a brand but chose nevertheless not to do so, thats very respectable
Even more so as Baume & Mercier have now introduced watches under 1,000 USD!!!!!!! We talked about it in our latest PRIMETIME: ua-cam.com/video/XqVItLeBcjQ/v-deo.html
From your accent, one could assume your first language is French. so you should be familiar with the pronunciation of the German umlaut-U (Ü) since it sounds exactly like a French U. So why is it that you pronounce a German name such as "Günter Blümlein" like a native-English speaker would "goonter bloomlein"?
Friends, this is one very confusing video ! Monsieur talks quite fast trying to deliver what is a great deal of information in a relatively short time. It's difficult to follow. I think this needs to be a "special" documentary long version video with much more contextual and historical background information. I follow your channel every day, and I am an enormous fan.
Thanks for this constructive comment and we understand your point. Always hard to summarise such a complex universe and the idea is really to pinpoint some of the main characteristics, but totally agree that it could be a full length documentary on its own!!!
TheWATCHES.tv I am a broadcast television and film editor, who, as a young child was apprenticed to a local watchmaker back in my home town of Montreal QC Canada. I now am based on The West Coast. Let me know if you are looking for any post production editing services. We are doing a great amount of video post for the web these days. I am confident we can offer editing and web encoding at very competitive prices.
Mark Job Keep your videos fast and full of information, I have only a short time for my viewing of videos, if I need to, I would rather watch a particular episode 2 times and that is enough. I just love the bulk of info.
that would explain why the richmont group is so powerful. Free labor from south africa can get you a long way. Thus I will never ever spend my $$$ on the richmont group.
Wow, so they were a rich South African family during the age of the apartheid AND they started off by manufacturing cigarettes. Talk about mass murderers, seesh. I love my Seiko's, bloodless, no-greed, Seiko's.
My Richemont Group stocks will buy me some of of those beautiful watches. Great video!
Quickly becoming my favourite horology channel on UA-cam.. Keep up the awesome work!
Very motivational comment, very appreciated, thank you so much and all the best to you.
An excellent illustration of the main players in the watch industry. Excellent Job Marc.
Super interesting once again! Great analysis.
You are the best watch presenter on the Internet. Love the videos!
Very nice to hear, many thanks and happy you appreciate! Best
Most informative! This is definitely the best horology channel out there.
Thank you very much!!!
Thank you for all those great videos ! I discovered the channel just a month ago, and I must have watched 150 of your videos already :)
Clear, precise, insightful and very dynamic ! Big fan !
Thanks a lot, makes us happy and proud!!! All the best to you
Merci Marc Andre! My favourite channel to watch BY FAR!!
thanks that is a great interesting info for us the watch-lovers
Very welcome!
Just found your videos today and find many of them very good, and very interesting. Like these explaining the big groups. Nice job on these. 👍🏻
Many thanks for this kind comment and all the very best to you.
Great video as usual! You guys should consider doing a full documentary about the high horology in the future!
Been dreaming about it since a while!!!
The most informative watch video I have seen.
A very very good job to resume it. Thanks a lot
A very qualitative UA-cam Channel !
Awesome stuff. I have watch 3 videos of yours and you have educated me so much. Based on the video, I’m seeing a trend here that all independent watchmaker companies carry their legacy, history, and the price point in future. Break groups tend to consolidate an offer product at a affordable price point, eventually diluting the value of the product.
Miss the days when the world wasn't consolidated to 5 or so large corporate conglomerates. More to the point of this video, I remember seeing my first tourbillon on a Blancpain watch in the shop, I didn't know what it was at the time but it stuck in my mind for years after as something of a mechanical marvel and it proved to plant the seed of my interest for timepieces ever since. Hope to own one someday.
Impressive coverage of the watch industry! Congratulations! Incredibly well done!
Many thanks!
Very good informative presentation!
Thanks and very glad you enjoyed it 👍👍
thank you for your passion and enthusiasm to bring us such deep reviews and news from the watchgame .
I appreciate that very much and I´m very looking forward wht to come
Thank you for this great video. The fact I was interested the whole video says A) I'm an official watch nerd now and B) Another well done video!
Haha, good one and happy you liked it, thanks a lot for watching!!
Excellent explanation of this complex group. Very fascinating!
Great vid, great channel! Thank you so much for providing high quality content for watchgeeks like me!
You^re very welcome, it's a pleasure!
Great research and history about the watch industry, agree completely on your comments regarding the lack of synergy in the Richemont Group and its possible effects on the company's outcome...
Yes, it's a bit sad because it now has big consequences on the workforce: the ones behind workbenches unfortunately and not the overhead ones...
very interesting video which summerize the history of the group ! Very instructive thank you !
A good concise look in to the group thank you
Another great report Marc. Keep it up.
Tres bon video une fois de plus,thumbs up.tres instructif
Merci beaucoup, on en a fait d'autres sur les autres grands players de l'industrie si jamais.
Thanks so much for the hard work that must go into creating these educational videos. They are so well done.
Thanks a lot and more coming!!
Very impressed, keep making those entertaning, informative and amazing videos.
Cette vidéo est super intéressante! C'est génial d'en apprendre un peu plus sur ce qui se passe derrière le comptoir! J'ai hâte de voir la suite!
Dear Marc,
Your videos are almost all unanimously awesome: well researched, simply presented and with meticulous attention to detail.
I've just started in the watch industry, and I'm extremely grateful how you manage to share your wealth of knowledge on both brand history and current trends. You have definitely helped to smooth the learning curve considerably.
Look forward to your future work and hope you gain the wider recognition you deserve. If you don't mind sharing, what is your background? (No worries if you don't feel comfortable divulging)
All the best
The best channel in you tube thank you
Many many many thanks for your comment, highly appreciated!! Best to you
Thanks for this very usefull and great informative video Marc. Keep on good work! congrats.
I found this fascinating, thanks for making the series!
Great review of the diverse corporate cultures within the watch industry!
Superb
Thank you so much!
Marc André should do ''quick wrist watch checks'' Urban Gentry style!
Awesome report! Quite technical but you always do a good job at explaining Marc André :-)
Yes, it can get a bit confusing, quite complex story!! Thanks
This presentation was one of your best videos. Very well structured
My favorite channel, bar none!
Thanks a lot for this relatively deep insight into the Richmond Group. It would be interesting to hear how Monsieur Biever would reconstruct the watch companies of the Richmond Group, if he would be in charge there...
Well due to his current position, I doubt he would say much despite having for sure quite a clear opinion about it!!!
Bravo for this series! 👏🏻
Very happy you liked this and the good news is that there is more to come in 2018!! Best to you
That's a great video! Bravo!
Congratulations, for a extraordinary work. Such interesting videos. Love your channel.
Thank you so much!!
Thank you for the video. Amazing work.
Great vid Marc,looking forward to the next report.
Thanks and indeed plenty more coming!!!
Really loving this series, keep up the superb work!
More coming!
Very interesting, thank you
so clear and informatif !
Well research with depth in commentary :-)
Really interesting video,thanks
very informative and compact, thanks : )
wow! great info!!
Great, informative video! Thanks guys :D
Superb video series, i enjoyed it a lot, getting to know more about the watch industries. As in my country South Korea, There's not much of informations about Watches, due to it's small watch market. Just can't wait for the next one.
Thanks and we have more and more people looking at us from South Korea. Quick question: do you think that if we added Korean subtitles it would help a lot and increase viewership in SK?
Well... as you know, Watches and timepieces are still a maniac kind of luxury items. So only some of the populations are interested in it. And as I said the market here is small, so there are not many ways to get informations and latest news. Only those who are enthusiastic about watches and luckily if they're capable of understanding english then they would go search about the informations
And unfortunately, not many of us would wholly understand English. And indeed myself too. So if possible, adding a Korean Subtitle would be a great opportunity for us to get the latest news. We would very much appreciate that!
And i could help gather attention by posting this conversation in the community i'm in, and help increase viewership and subscription. as I believe this site is very helpful and enjoyable.
Thanks so much for this feedback and your help on this. We will for sure look into it rapidly, but I'm indeed convinced we need to add these subtitles!
Great insights!
Thanks a lot!
very nicely done report
Just before a few days I applied my resume in their website - in Dubai , I'm praying to receive a call or email.
Hope it will work out for you, good luck!!
What another great video. A lot of information and a bit confusing but very interesting. Thank you.
Quite a complex construction ;)
This is an extremely complicated scenario to explain. I think you did an exceptional job in packing that much relevant information into a 14 min video. Thank you very much!
Thanks a lot for this nice comment! Best to you
Very Very Nice Marc André
Thanks so much, glad you liked this
Great video thanks!
excellent video thanks
Loving it! You guys rock!
Thanks Roelf!!!! Cool comment
Great vid, looking forward to the next one.
Ok very important- What is the ladies watch with the sun rising? 9:49mins
That's a very nice poetic watch by Van Cleef & Arpels
great video...learned something new
Happy!
I'd like to see Marc's collection
I guess this will come... but nothing spectacular ;)
i'm clearly not rich enough because I have not heard of a few of these brands nor would I probably be able to afford to buy one of them!!! I like looking and dreaming about them tho ;-)
And this is already pretty good!!! We are many in this situation ;)
You are great buddy !!!
As you are the best watches reporter really , all the best !!!!
That's really nice to hear, thanks so much!!!
Can someone tell me who owns Patek, Rolex, and Richard Mille? Are they independent?
They are indeed all independent.
Thank you for the clarification, I really didn't expect to hear from the channel :). You guys are the best horology channel on youtube. Your host André reminds me of my lifelong best friend, also named André. I hope to meet you guys someday soon, maybe at Baselworld! Best always!!
Salut à vous TheWatchesTV! Pensez-vous que l'horlogerie restera un domaine attractif dans les années à venir? (J'ai vu que l'apparition des montres connectées avait réduit les parts de marché des entreprises d'horlogerie suisse)
En tant qu'élève-ingénieur passionné par l'horlogerie je me pose cette question au cas où j'aurais envie de travailler dans ce secteur.
Merci à vous !
Have a great day
On est clairement dans un moment de redéfinition de cette noble industrie, mais je suis persuadé que l'attrait pour la montre mécanique subsistera pour son côté émotionnel, mais il est clair que certains abus de ces dernières années aura des conséquences.
Marc, what watch did you wear during this video ? It looks very nice !
It was my old GP Laureato Evo3, like it a lot!!!
Cool
a nice way of saying its going down hill
its actually a surprice for me that it doesnt have a entry lvl brand, while swatch controlled tissot hamilton and mido. if it is the case that they can lower a brand but chose nevertheless not to do so, thats very respectable
They do. Baume Mercier.
Even more so as Baume & Mercier have now introduced watches under 1,000 USD!!!!!!! We talked about it in our latest PRIMETIME: ua-cam.com/video/XqVItLeBcjQ/v-deo.html
Not gonna lie... I nearly bought shares in richemont halfway through this video
From your accent, one could assume your first language is French. so you should be familiar with the pronunciation of the German umlaut-U (Ü) since it sounds exactly like a French U. So why is it that you pronounce a German name such as "Günter Blümlein" like a native-English speaker would "goonter bloomlein"?
Subscribed!
Cool and thanks!!
Ducati Drew
Friends, this is one very confusing video ! Monsieur talks quite fast trying to deliver what is a great deal of information in a relatively short time. It's difficult to follow. I think this needs to be a "special" documentary long version video with much more contextual and historical background information. I follow your channel every day, and I am an enormous fan.
Thanks for this constructive comment and we understand your point. Always hard to summarise such a complex universe and the idea is really to pinpoint some of the main characteristics, but totally agree that it could be a full length documentary on its own!!!
TheWATCHES.tv I am a broadcast television and film editor, who, as a young child was apprenticed to a local watchmaker back in my home town of Montreal QC Canada. I now am based on The West Coast. Let me know if you are looking for any post production editing services. We are doing a great amount of video post for the web these days. I am confident we can offer editing and web encoding at very competitive prices.
Ok, great, thanks for the info!!
Mark Job Keep your videos fast and full of information, I have only a short time for my viewing of videos, if I need to, I would rather watch a particular episode 2 times and that is enough. I just love the bulk of info.
more videos required )))
On the way ;)
Whats the watch at 10:56 ??
That's a Vacheron Constantin from the Métiers d'Art collection.
My God does that guy speaks!
Ever thought to cut the cheese and come to the point?
that would explain why the richmont group is so powerful. Free labor from south africa can get you a long way. Thus I will never ever spend my $$$ on the richmont group.
Exactly economic slavery
Wow, so they were a rich South African family during the age of the apartheid AND they started off by manufacturing cigarettes. Talk about mass murderers, seesh.
I love my Seiko's, bloodless, no-greed, Seiko's.
And where did seiko get its designs from?
Enigma eugenia stigmata Spartan ....,......,.. ...,.... ..
Creating some unnecessary competition? Precious!
The ruperts have a monopoly over SA, ngyadlala, is a joke, Ey ongamla bafethu
wow for once a guy that knows how to pronounce the names!
Except for Shanghai Tang he said "shanghang tai" (2:25).
لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله