Marshall makes watch repair accessible and watching his videos gives you a great appreciation for what goes into manufacturing a mechanical watch. I’d love to take up watch repair as a hobby but I don’t have the time in my life to develop the skills.
Agree with you about you wearing the watch and not the watch wearing you, most of my watches are between 36mm to 38mm but every now and then I love wearing my 45mm Panerai Radiomir 380 😊😊😊
Do U like the panerai brabus? I've only just seen it, the blue one is right up my street as they say. Terrified to actually look up how expensive it is considering it's limited edition too, Christ on a bike....
As to "No. 1" I love a California dial on a square watch, and my $150 Spinnaker scratches that itch and unlike a $12,000 Panerai, and i don't have to worry about breaking it or having it stolen. 🤷 The rest of them I agree with.
@user-io2ym6gm8zCitizen, Timex, and so many other big name companies all make a version of the Rolex datejust that look identical. Are the fakes or homages?
I made the mistake of buying a clone. Not full on counterfeit, but a Pagani Rolex Pepsi from Amazon. The first time I wore it, I happened to be talking to an old timer who had a genuine vintage Rolex Pepsi. He commented that we had the same watch and I was embarrassed to tell him that no, we didn’t. #learnedthehardway
Yes - this is the danger of wearing a clone (or just a full on fake). While they might be, in and of themselves - excellent watches that have great specs and keep excellent time and obviously have the classic style and visual appeal of the "real" watch it is homaging (or faking) - at the end of the day, YOU know that it is just a pale imitation of the real thing, and if, on the off-chance you meet up with another fellow watch enthusiast, you'll be shame-faced having to admit you're wearing a fake or a clone.
It's like someone who claims to have studied at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Bangalore Technical University. And when asked a pedestrian question about their time there, they don't get it right. Embarrassment all round.
I just buy what I like and what's a resonable price. Paper stats matter yes, but also a watch must be usable, comfortable, reliable, good-looking and functional
Always love the guy whose job is literally to sell more watches trying to talk me out of buying another watch. You're a stand-up guy, Andrew! ❤ (Pretty sure Andrew gets that no one will follow this advice, anyway. Yep, we're all doomed.)
@@AndrewMorganWatches It’s like offering gummy bears as a replacement to a heroin addict. He’ll consume all your gummy bears on the way to his next fix.
First things first.I cant afford a rolex or an omega.Second even if i did there cant be one watch which suits each and every outfit that you wear.If you think im lying keep two watches one white dial one black and pair dark dial with darker ourfit and white with lighter outfits.Basically i rather have reasonably priced watches which i can pick up during the year whithout burning a big hole in my pocket.Some people are addicted to food, some with cars and us with watches😂
😂Andrew is just amazing. I could listen to him all day - I just can’t get enough! And along with the humor, I agree with virtually everything he says about watches and life in general.
Hey! Great video. For me, most of these points apply to buying decisions in general. I especially appreciated the one about "mulling it over". Thank you!
Great video Andrew, especially appreciate the sentiment and advice at the end. Your wit and endless supply of colorful analogies are a treasure to the watch community. Keep up the great work, and come back to Seattle to hang with us watch people again!
Awesome!! I tried to repair a Casio Edifice this week, disaster...obviously. The battery swap was easy enough, removing the crown pure guesswork when UA-cam let me down, replacing the chipped glass was surprisingly satisfying but the plague of the loose glassy hour markers (who wanted to stay seated less than an incontinent pre-schooler) nearly drove me bonkers....fish!!
I owned a Q&Q SmileSolar for about 14 years. Its rechargeable but unreplaceable solar-powered battery recently died. I'm now kinda sad. I don't think I'll be replacing it with another Q&Q SmileSolar though. Nor with a plastic Swatch. I've placed it on my bedside table as a memento. I still love it and will keep remember its great service to me for more than a decade. (What am I using though, for my daily? Why a Casio MRW-200 of course.) (It's currently 5 years old and I've only replaced its battery once so far.)
Getting a watch that’s too versatile. I just picked up a Tissot PRX Quartz green for a vacation. I’ve received more compliments on it than any Rolex, Zenith, Tudor or Omega I have owned. It’s super accurate, comfortable, stylish and can wear it anywhere at no risk. It’s basically perfect, so why all the other watches?
Great job, Andrew. Well written and very insightful… I am particularly impressed by your analogies. The outdoors part cracked me up- cars, watches always try to show you that once you purchase the product you enjoy the great outdoors, when the reality is that you will just enjoy signing up for a second job! Keep up the insanity sane!!!
I once heard a story about a couple of guys who bought some bad watches: the one ended up in the hospital, while the other guy is serving 25-to-life. A bad watch can really make a difference in a person’s life, or so the salesman told me.
Really love your way of talking ironically a lot! You became one of my favourite channels on UA-cam! 😊 keep om doing the great work my friend! Greetings from germany 👍
So I'll say I spent the most I've ever spent on, "the watch I just found out existed." And I couldn't be happier. Went in looking for a Grand Seiko, left with a full titanium Landmaster. Gotta say I love it and the dial is to die for.
So much sarcasm and wit. I’m laughing all while trying to determine if the video feed are examples of what not to buy. The smart watch bit was clear, and I remember reading an article about the two tone Rolex. . .
This is great commentary! Amazing how a video about not buying more watches makes me want more watches too. And its all true - i love "mulling" over stuff. And im so glad the industry is starting to realise they were making stuff thats far too big.
I broke rule no. 19 the other night when I ordered a Pitzmann III Chronograph within an hour of watching a review about it. It's my first expensive watch, can't wait to wear it and I regret nothing!
I bought a $2.50 watch in a dollar store with dummy buttons, fake complications, a glass watch glass, and the watch band broke before I even opened the package. I put an old band on it and wore it all day and it was very enjoyable. And it keeps good time.
I'll disagree on one - the trashed buy. I found a Marathon Gsar in a shop in Turkey for £360. Trashed. Crystal broken, case dented - it looked like it had been run over by a tank. But the movement ran. So i bought it. £400 later with a full repair (new case/crystal etc) from Marathon Switzerland and I have a £1200 watch for under £800. Bang on.
This video is recommendable even if there wasn't any interest to watches at all, great insight to healthy attitudes which don't seem to be fashionable these days. Thanks!
I have a couple of watches that frankly are just way too big for me to wear regularly but I find stunningly beautiful. I keep them in my desk just to stare at and admire from time to time.
Damned you, Andrew. I was drinking coffee when you started number 6 and now it's all over my shirt because I couldn't stop laughing😂. My wife is now certain that I've lost my mind where as before..... she was only on the ropes about it. I love your wit as you talk about our shared passion. Keep up the good work.
best watch video ever 🙂 !!! (I did my mulling a while ago, very much enjoyed all the researching, know exactly what I'd buy, except I don't wear watches, or any jewelry of any kind, ever)
Ugh I spent way too much of my life with smartwatches and watches way too big for my tiny wrist. I regret it all and am still selling/gifting them while I slowly replace them with small dress watches. I did actually have a medical situation, and a fitbit was of no use whatsoever. No doctor cares about your "steps," all it did was sudden false alarms that my blood had no oxygen in it.
The paradox of being into watches is that there is no such thing as a grail watch, there is no end to collecting, there's no 'keeper', no perfect watch. Thus, we are doomed to forever chase the horizon. Personally, I'd recommend avoiding the mid range G-Shocks (£300-£700). They're really rather good and you end up just forgetting to wear the hideously expensive 'sparkly antiquities' you've bought.
The script-writing is something worthy of so much more than 'just' a watch channel. When you graduate from watches into mainstream comedy, I, for one, will not be surprised.
I think there should be a discernable difference between the phrase "cheap" and "affordable". For example, I could buy a chinese double tourbilion or a Hamilton for the same price. One is cheap, the other is affordable. Buying a good watch that is within your budget isnt cheap, its living within your means.
My loved one usually has one of three comments, when I show her one of my watches: "Looks like my granddad's", "Looks like your others" or "Is that the one I got you?" Now I got an Invicta Pro Diver with a gilded bezel and a blue, purplish dial. I bought it on ebay for a low bid, which I thought wouldn't win, but got "lucky". This watch was commented like this: "Oh, what a beautiful colour combination! That one's really special and I love seeing it on your wrist." I guess I can't sell it now. Should I have avoided buying it?
I listened twice and still havent heard it all . Dont get me wrong your meanderings on a topic with multiple sub-topics is insightful , entertaining and sets new benchmarks for attention span , in a good way. Much appreciate your time Andrew and that of the crew in putting these together ! Cheers 🍻
thought i like dress watches, got a prx, sold it at a loss because the movement is plastic. got a much much cheaper seiko field watch with a well respected movement and couldn’t be happier
Hah, as someone who wears an oversized Garmin watch most of the time and also owns an entry-level vintage Rolex plus something that looks like a Pepsi GMT Master (homage not fake) I may have failed in some of these! To be fair I run long distances and have bad eyesight so I think that I can get away with the Garmin at least. I also bought the Rolex 25 years ago and love that thing so willing to fight over that one too. :)
@Andrew: ever considered making a vid about straps (NATO, parachute MN..), Bracelets etc? There are so many producers and they can make so much of a difference. Would love to hear your thoughts..
Well I bought a bimetal type sub from Invicta in the 90’s. Wore for a few years then bought a sub that looked like this Brietling logo sub replica. But then 10 years later sold the real Rolex Sub Bluesy bi metal for a real diver. A Sea Dweller
This has been the first one of your videos that I have come across and it surely won't be the last! Thanks for the very entertaining (and thought-provoking) 19 minutes! I enjoyed every single one of them, I love your sense of humour!
Number 10 is the single biggest argument in favor of not owning a smart watch I've ever heard. Not that they're ugly, or not even really watches at all, but because I'd prefer to be less tethered to my phone rather than more. Even a cheap Chinese watch will do to tell me what time it is. Do I need a wrist mounted device to alert me every time I get a text, email, SM update? No I don't, and probably 80% of other people do not either. I also don't want to be bothered charging my watch, either.
I've been diabetic for 27 years and I choose to have a patch stabbed into my arm every other week over a smartwatch. It's a huge step up over the olden days where I had to bleed myself and wait a minute to get the results back (not exaggerating, picture 90s cellphone technology and add blood) - and do that every few hours. Now I just look at my phone, like checking the weather for my blood.
Please don’t let this man tell you that you can’t buy a Timex, Casio, Seiko, Citizen, Bulova, Tissot, etc from a store like Macy’s or Dillard. As a matter of fact, I opened a credit card with Macy’s and they took 20% off my Tissot PRX Powermatic. You can’t find a deal like that anywhere.
I think he was getting at fashion watches, but you are right, you can certainly get good watches from the legit brands at an ok price from the big department stores.
Got it. Buying a Seiko that calls to you is OK, One Rolex , is OK, a gShock that makes you happy is OK, a relatively inexpensive off brand watch that just makes you happy. OK.
People who generally buy fakes can not afford a gen. So, they are not even in the market for one anyway. I do not think Rolex is losing that customer as they never had that customer to begin with. However, someone else sees that fake, thinks it's a gen, and suddenly wants to buy a gen, and maybe they do (if they can afford it). What did Hannibal Lecter teach us? "We covet what we see.." Or, words to that effect. For my part, my watch collection is comprised of Garmin, a Rolex Explorer 2 (I thought the GMT Master 2 I really wanted was out of my price range at the time), and an Omega Seamaster Pro. Then, I really got into microbrands after that - I have several. Unfortunately, now, my Garmin Epix Pro dominates my watch rotation since I'm all in with the fitness metrics, and I'm a Crossfit guy. But, I don't have the heart to sell my other watches.
Respect Andrew for checking in on peoples mental health
Came for the watches. Stayed for the humor.
hearing u talk abt watches is exactly the same as jeremy clarkson describing cars, enjoyed every second of it
He needs a show, Top Mainspring
I totally agree, I find it poetic a la Clarkson in top gear.
Wow. Spot on! That's a great comparison, AM is definitely JC of the watch world. 🎉
"If they all jumped into a Hublot store, would you do that too?"
OUCH!
LOL!
Great sentiment at the end, all it takes is a conversation to change everything
Respect to Marshal. Because of him, I signed up for watchmaking classes in a couple weeks with the AWCI in Cincinnati.
Marshall makes watch repair accessible and watching his videos gives you a great appreciation for what goes into manufacturing a mechanical watch.
I’d love to take up watch repair as a hobby but I don’t have the time in my life to develop the skills.
This is definitely up there with your best work. So well written 👌🏾 thanks!
“Mulling is also one of the most satisfying things to do.”
Most British sentence ever spoken.
if only more people knew about the joys of mulling. it lets you indulge those impulses for as long as you want without a reality check 👍
Agree with you about you wearing the watch and not the watch wearing you, most of my watches are between 36mm to 38mm but every now and then I love wearing my 45mm Panerai Radiomir 380 😊😊😊
Do U like the panerai brabus? I've only just seen it, the blue one is right up my street as they say. Terrified to actually look up how expensive it is considering it's limited edition too, Christ on a bike....
As to "No. 1" I love a California dial on a square watch, and my $150 Spinnaker scratches that itch and unlike a $12,000 Panerai, and i don't have to worry about breaking it or having it stolen. 🤷 The rest of them I agree with.
There’s a stark difference between an homage vs a fake.
Your Spinnaker is a homage, and imo; there’s nothing wrong with owning one.
@user-io2ym6gm8zCitizen, Timex, and so many other big name companies all make a version of the Rolex datejust that look identical. Are the fakes or homages?
The part about simply not enjoying alcohol spoke to me. Thank you
When you're having a nice Sunday afternoon and Andrew reminds you that homeownership is no longer obtainable for the working class...
The truth never sleeps
Thanks for the great advice. The humor makes it grow down easier.
I made the mistake of buying a clone. Not full on counterfeit, but a Pagani Rolex Pepsi from Amazon. The first time I wore it, I happened to be talking to an old timer who had a genuine vintage Rolex Pepsi. He commented that we had the same watch and I was embarrassed to tell him that no, we didn’t. #learnedthehardway
Yes - this is the danger of wearing a clone (or just a full on fake). While they might be, in and of themselves - excellent watches that have great specs and keep excellent time and obviously have the classic style and visual appeal of the "real" watch it is homaging (or faking) - at the end of the day, YOU know that it is just a pale imitation of the real thing, and if, on the off-chance you meet up with another fellow watch enthusiast, you'll be shame-faced having to admit you're wearing a fake or a clone.
It's like someone who claims to have studied at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Bangalore Technical University.
And when asked a pedestrian question about their time there, they don't get it right. Embarrassment all round.
@@b.santos8804 surely clone and fake are the same thing....
Pagani aren't either....they have their name on the dial
I just buy what I like and what's a resonable price. Paper stats matter yes, but also a watch must be usable, comfortable, reliable, good-looking and functional
Always love the guy whose job is literally to sell more watches trying to talk me out of buying another watch. You're a stand-up guy, Andrew! ❤ (Pretty sure Andrew gets that no one will follow this advice, anyway. Yep, we're all doomed.)
I’ve learnt two things about watch collectors. One, they want my advice. Two, they never listen to it
@@AndrewMorganWatches It’s like offering gummy bears as a replacement to a heroin addict. He’ll consume all your gummy bears on the way to his next fix.
I've made the compromise of making a "bucket" list of the watches I would and can buy, the list must be revised as it's too long.
First things first.I cant afford a rolex or an omega.Second even if i did there cant be one watch which suits each and every outfit that you wear.If you think im lying keep two watches one white dial one black and pair dark dial with darker ourfit and white with lighter outfits.Basically i rather have reasonably priced watches which i can pick up during the year whithout burning a big hole in my pocket.Some people are addicted to food, some with cars and us with watches😂
@@ThatGuyUpThereJust get a bigger bucket…
Andrew, I always enjoy your videos. Funny and witty, all the information is presented to us as a candy wrapped in the envelope of your creativity.
Thank you!
😂Andrew is just amazing. I could listen to him all day - I just can’t get enough! And along with the humor, I agree with virtually everything he says about watches and life in general.
Gotta love the Wristwatch Revival shoutout!
Hey! Great video. For me, most of these points apply to buying decisions in general. I especially appreciated the one about "mulling it over". Thank you!
Great video Andrew, especially appreciate the sentiment and advice at the end. Your wit and endless supply of colorful analogies are a treasure to the watch community. Keep up the great work, and come back to Seattle to hang with us watch people again!
Thank you!
Awesome!! I tried to repair a Casio Edifice this week, disaster...obviously. The battery swap was easy enough, removing the crown pure guesswork when UA-cam let me down, replacing the chipped glass was surprisingly satisfying but the plague of the loose glassy hour markers (who wanted to stay seated less than an incontinent pre-schooler) nearly drove me bonkers....fish!!
The last one is really the most important one and hits close to home
I owned a Q&Q SmileSolar for about 14 years. Its rechargeable but unreplaceable solar-powered battery recently died. I'm now kinda sad. I don't think I'll be replacing it with another Q&Q SmileSolar though. Nor with a plastic Swatch.
I've placed it on my bedside table as a memento. I still love it and will keep remember its great service to me for more than a decade.
(What am I using though, for my daily? Why a Casio MRW-200 of course.) (It's currently 5 years old and I've only replaced its battery once so far.)
‘I looked like I’d lost my carer’. That’s supreme and the first time I’ve laughed out loud watching UA-cam in ages!
Getting a watch that’s too versatile. I just picked up a Tissot PRX Quartz green for a vacation. I’ve received more compliments on it than any Rolex, Zenith, Tudor or Omega I have owned. It’s super accurate, comfortable, stylish and can wear it anywhere at no risk. It’s basically perfect, so why all the other watches?
I have a dark blue automatic PRX. Same here, I never been complimented like that with my other watches.
Great job, Andrew. Well written and very insightful… I am particularly impressed by your analogies. The outdoors part cracked me up- cars, watches always try to show you that once you purchase the product you enjoy the great outdoors, when the reality is that you will just enjoy signing up for a second job! Keep up the insanity sane!!!
I once heard a story about a couple of guys who bought some bad watches: the one ended up in the hospital, while the other guy is serving 25-to-life. A bad watch can really make a difference in a person’s life, or so the salesman told me.
The last one is always the MOST important. Hahaha watch all the ADs please. lol 😂
You literally talked about the basics of consumer psychology😁😄
Another thought-provoking, humerous and true video. Keep 'em coming Andrew!
Really love your way of talking ironically a lot! You became one of my favourite channels on UA-cam! 😊 keep om doing the great work my friend!
Greetings from germany 👍
Thank you!
So I'll say I spent the most I've ever spent on, "the watch I just found out existed." And I couldn't be happier. Went in looking for a Grand Seiko, left with a full titanium Landmaster. Gotta say I love it and the dial is to die for.
I don't drink, I'm bald, have small wrists and I wear a Panerai 292. An acquired taste, but I'm still happy.
That’s the most important thing
Panerai 292 is bad!❤
So much sarcasm and wit. I’m laughing all while trying to determine if the video feed are examples of what not to buy. The smart watch bit was clear, and I remember reading an article about the two tone Rolex. . .
This is great commentary! Amazing how a video about not buying more watches makes me want more watches too. And its all true - i love "mulling" over stuff. And im so glad the industry is starting to realise they were making stuff thats far too big.
I broke rule no. 19 the other night when I ordered a Pitzmann III Chronograph within an hour of watching a review about it. It's my first expensive watch, can't wait to wear it and I regret nothing!
I bought a $2.50 watch in a dollar store with dummy buttons, fake complications, a glass watch glass, and the watch band broke before I even opened the package. I put an old band on it and wore it all day and it was very enjoyable. And it keeps good time.
Thanks for an exceptionally good video! You’ve captured all the perils I could think of and more. I’ve made some of those mistakes too.
Your point re 'mulling' is well made, I've learned to savour that process as much as any other aspect
Nineteen minutes and fourteen seconds of pure entertainment. Thank you so much. Plus of course good advice.
No watch reviewer even comes close to the wit of your channel . Not even almost close . Thank you for the humor .
Informative AND entertaining! Funny as hell!
I'll disagree on one - the trashed buy.
I found a Marathon Gsar in a shop in Turkey for £360. Trashed. Crystal broken, case dented - it looked like it had been run over by a tank. But the movement ran.
So i bought it.
£400 later with a full repair (new case/crystal etc) from Marathon Switzerland and I have a £1200 watch for under £800.
Bang on.
This video is recommendable even if there wasn't any interest to watches at all, great insight to healthy attitudes which don't seem to be fashionable these days. Thanks!
Thank you for watching!
I have a couple of watches that frankly are just way too big for me to wear regularly but I find stunningly beautiful. I keep them in my desk just to stare at and admire from time to time.
Damned you, Andrew. I was drinking coffee when you started number 6 and now it's all over my shirt because I couldn't stop laughing😂. My wife is now certain that I've lost my mind where as before..... she was only on the ropes about it. I love your wit as you talk about our shared passion. Keep up the good work.
I’m subscribing, I genuinely laugh out loud listening and I’m only two videos in. This is amazing
Quite relieved that we are leaving the time of "Is it a watch or a clock on your wrist" behind.
Yep, the “Is that Your Watch, or are you wearing your ‘Wife’s’?” is much better 😉😂
I get it "gotta catch em all"....made me chuckle Andrew, witty as always, keep it up.
Fantastic video that transcends the initial topic (a trivial one in the grand scheme), great work as always.
Once Rowntrees sold small round tube packets of only Red and Black fruit pastels. My favourite ones . I throw the Orange ones away😮
Buying a fake watch says more about your personal integrity then anything else. At least by an homage which has its own logo on the dial.
What if someone collects fake watches, because it's their thing?
best watch video ever 🙂 !!! (I did my mulling a while ago, very much enjoyed all the researching, know exactly what I'd buy, except I don't wear watches, or any jewelry of any kind, ever)
This is as great a video as ever! Thankyou my friend!
Ugh I spent way too much of my life with smartwatches and watches way too big for my tiny wrist. I regret it all and am still selling/gifting them while I slowly replace them with small dress watches.
I did actually have a medical situation, and a fitbit was of no use whatsoever. No doctor cares about your "steps," all it did was sudden false alarms that my blood had no oxygen in it.
Andrew, you deserve the Nobel Prize for Wisdom for this, or a nice badge for your hoodie. Thank you.
The paradox of being into watches is that there is no such thing as a grail watch, there is no end to collecting, there's no 'keeper', no perfect watch. Thus, we are doomed to forever chase the horizon.
Personally, I'd recommend avoiding the mid range G-Shocks (£300-£700). They're really rather good and you end up just forgetting to wear the hideously expensive 'sparkly antiquities' you've bought.
Great video Andrew as always. I'm guilty of that person that buys to collect rather than wear. Expensive hobby !!
The script-writing is something worthy of so much more than 'just' a watch channel.
When you graduate from watches into mainstream comedy, I, for one, will not be surprised.
Thanks very much 😁
I enjoyed the throwaway 'don't buy 9 of the same watch' followed by 'i buy 9 of the same pants' joke. 😂
I think there should be a discernable difference between the phrase "cheap" and "affordable". For example, I could buy a chinese double tourbilion or a Hamilton for the same price. One is cheap, the other is affordable. Buying a good watch that is within your budget isnt cheap, its living within your means.
I love it! The LAST (and least) thing that watches do is tell time!
"Standing up to wipe..."? Morgan, you savage!
"If you like what they do - support them" - nicely put :)
My loved one usually has one of three comments, when I show her one of my watches: "Looks like my granddad's", "Looks like your others" or "Is that the one I got you?"
Now I got an Invicta Pro Diver with a gilded bezel and a blue, purplish dial. I bought it on ebay for a low bid, which I thought wouldn't win, but got "lucky". This watch was commented like this: "Oh, what a beautiful colour combination! That one's really special and I love seeing it on your wrist." I guess I can't sell it now. Should I have avoided buying it?
Love the honesty lol. Subscribing now
I listened twice and still havent heard it all .
Dont get me wrong your meanderings on a topic with multiple sub-topics is insightful , entertaining and sets new benchmarks for attention span , in a good way.
Much appreciate your time Andrew and that of the crew in putting these together ! Cheers 🍻
Thanks for watching! Just me making these ones
Everyone spending over the odds for a watch is trying to fill a hole. Thanks for pointing this out!
So, no to fashion watches! Most are made by Fossil anyway! Great advice!
A brilliant video Andrew. Was the subliminal watch advertising intentional? 🙂
thought i like dress watches, got a prx, sold it at a loss because the movement is plastic. got a much much cheaper seiko field watch with a well respected movement and couldn’t be happier
I have a watch I don't wear, it's the vintage I want to break. I brought it just to look at because it's pretty.
It's also abit small.
Hah, as someone who wears an oversized Garmin watch most of the time and also owns an entry-level vintage Rolex plus something that looks like a Pepsi GMT Master (homage not fake) I may have failed in some of these! To be fair I run long distances and have bad eyesight so I think that I can get away with the Garmin at least. I also bought the Rolex 25 years ago and love that thing so willing to fight over that one too. :)
The irony of YT serving me up a Whoop ad in the middle of Andrew is warning about the downsides of adding more sensors to my life…
Many thanks! You had some good points.
@Andrew: ever considered making a vid about straps (NATO, parachute MN..), Bracelets etc? There are so many producers and they can make so much of a difference. Would love to hear your thoughts..
I often find your videos smart and entertaining. Thanks for taking the time to make unique content.
Thank you for watching!
“Am I buying a watch right now + NO = sadness” . Holy shit thats so funny and so true! 😂 I love this channel!
Well I bought a bimetal type sub from Invicta in the 90’s. Wore for a few years then bought a sub that looked like this Brietling logo sub replica. But then 10 years later sold the real Rolex Sub Bluesy bi metal for a real diver. A Sea Dweller
I still like to buy San Martin, Seestern and similar watches brands.
The comparison of the dog and the England fans was pure poetry! 👏👏👏
I have made quick decisions on a purchase following watching this channel!
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This has been the first one of your videos that I have come across and it surely won't be the last! Thanks for the very entertaining (and thought-provoking) 19 minutes! I enjoyed every single one of them, I love your sense of humour!
Bloody love this video Andrew 😁
Oh that Hublot Store😂
What do you think about buying a second hand discontinued watch? I’m in doubt to buy a Breguet Type XX with metal strap, since it’s discontinued
Great way to save a chunk of money
"...jump into a Hublot store" 😂😂😂 Masterful.
That bit about smartwatches hit hard. Expected to learn what type of watches to avoid - got that - plus a reality check for free
Number 10 is the single biggest argument in favor of not owning a smart watch I've ever heard. Not that they're ugly, or not even really watches at all, but because I'd prefer to be less tethered to my phone rather than more. Even a cheap Chinese watch will do to tell me what time it is. Do I need a wrist mounted device to alert me every time I get a text, email, SM update? No I don't, and probably 80% of other people do not either. I also don't want to be bothered charging my watch, either.
That was a great video! 🎉😊
Brilliant advice, Thank you!
The cover had a PRX. Is it a bad investment ?
7:50 Getting all dressed up just to take your airplane for a walk. What a classy guy...
" It just looked like I'd lost my carer....". Bahahaaaaaaa
I've been diabetic for 27 years and I choose to have a patch stabbed into my arm every other week over a smartwatch. It's a huge step up over the olden days where I had to bleed myself and wait a minute to get the results back (not exaggerating, picture 90s cellphone technology and add blood) - and do that every few hours. Now I just look at my phone, like checking the weather for my blood.
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Please don’t let this man tell you that you can’t buy a Timex, Casio, Seiko, Citizen, Bulova, Tissot, etc from a store like Macy’s or Dillard. As a matter of fact, I opened a credit card with Macy’s and they took 20% off my Tissot PRX Powermatic. You can’t find a deal like that anywhere.
I think he was getting at fashion watches, but you are right, you can certainly get good watches from the legit brands at an ok price from the big department stores.
Andrew wasn’t talking about those watches Austin.
Macy!s is a good place to pick up Seiko from an AD.
He did target the Seiko 5. Never saw anyone do that....
This Dude never should have Exposed Himself on Camera !
Amazing video... as usual!
Got it. Buying a Seiko that calls to you is OK, One Rolex , is OK, a gShock that makes you happy is OK, a relatively inexpensive off brand watch that just makes you happy. OK.
‘Passionisation’ i like !!! Hamilton , Longines , Timex , Casio F91W , I like . AMW , I like . Rolex ???? Yoda man . L gooru 😊
People who generally buy fakes can not afford a gen. So, they are not even in the market for one anyway. I do not think Rolex is losing that customer as they never had that customer to begin with. However, someone else sees that fake, thinks it's a gen, and suddenly wants to buy a gen, and maybe they do (if they can afford it). What did Hannibal Lecter teach us? "We covet what we see.." Or, words to that effect.
For my part, my watch collection is comprised of Garmin, a Rolex Explorer 2 (I thought the GMT Master 2 I really wanted was out of my price range at the time), and an Omega Seamaster Pro. Then, I really got into microbrands after that - I have several. Unfortunately, now, my Garmin Epix Pro dominates my watch rotation since I'm all in with the fitness metrics, and I'm a Crossfit guy. But, I don't have the heart to sell my other watches.