The 5 Toughest Watches In The World - Federico Talks Watches
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2024
- The 5 Toughest Watches In The World - Federico Talks Watches
In today's episode of Federico Talks Watches I talk about what I think are 5 of the toughest luxury watches ever made. The best mechanical luxury watches for the end of the world. Brands like Rolex, breitling, Omega and many more make an appearance. Tough watches that will definitely take a beating. Let me know what you guys think in the comments section below.
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A fun video. But let's face it, Casio has a whole line of g shock watches for the end of the world.
The end of the world will most likely occur with an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse-massive solar flare) in which case ANYTHING electrical with a chip is dead forever.
Touche
Circuits will only last a set amount of time... usually a long time in a Casio though.
I will say, in my career I have worked at sea, in Antarctica and in offshore oil and gas. I have worked with military clearance divers and with various other military types for who dependability and capability to perform in extreme conditions is everything for their equipment. And the G Shock family was the watch of choice in all of those applications.
@@cnaarndt what about solar casio
Just in case you didn't know it , there is a solid gold DW G-Shock with sapphire crystal .
"Toughest" ... "Has to be mechanical" - Sorry, that cracked me up. Still, nice choices within the difficult criteria.
lol trust me, the irony is not lost one me.
I knew that it is your list and you were talking about luxury watches. Which is alright. But nobody will deny the “real tough watches” are G-Shocks.
agree 100%
My G-Shock Mud Master GWG-1000 is a beast!!!
G-Shock's claim to fame is that the module (the movement) will keep running no matter what you throw at the watch, not that the case will survive the abuse. I broke a G-Shock at the lug/strap attachment during a fall, but Casio refused to repair the damage under warranty because the module was still functioning, no matter I couldn't attach the watch to my wrist any more.
JerehmiaBoaz At least you can still tell time with it. Lol
ye, was thinking the same man.. G-shock is one of the kings on this terrain for SURE!
I know you are talking about tough luxury watches in the video. But if I had to take only one of my watches to the end of the earth with me, it would be a hard choice between my G-Shock Mud Master GWG-1000 or my G-Shock Rangeman.
Any of the Marathon dive watches. Used by the Canadian and US Special Forces and Coast Guard.
And can be repaired by your local watch guy. Also tritium tubes over any lume in apocalypse time.
Fred, have you considered the Ball Hydrocarbon DeepQuest 3.000 m water resistance in Titanium, monocoque case, Chronometer certification and Tritium gas tubes for luminescence? It is hell of a watch for its money!
That’s a great addition to this list 👍
Love Glasshute Original. I agree with you on that particular design, but they make some great pieces and I wish they got a lot more love.
I'll stick to my Luminox and Seikos any time. I know the Luminox is quartz, but it's still my favorite.
Fed, you know what I'd love to see? Some proper close up hands on watch reviews! You clearly get to handle a lot of watches, why not start some reviews? I know I would certainly love it!! Do it man!!!
Ash Rashid pull out the white gloves lol
For toughness, you can examine toughness by examining low maintenance movements, i.e. strong material properties, quality bearings, low friction of moving parts. High power reserve solar watches need be added to the convo, since no sun = game over.
You are one of the few watch youtubers that actually pay attention to glashütte original! Very nice :)
Cool watches, I love that Omega. For me I will take my Solor powered G shock.
Also consider the Omega Planet Ocean. Great, tough timepiece.
Absolutely, they also up there!
Hey Federico, love your content. I know you're not the biggest seiko-guy, but it would be interesting to hear your thoughts on classics such as the marinemaster 300 or tuna. Also their new divers, SBDC051 and SBDC061 looks pretty good in the $1000 range.
Breitling Seawolf. A tank and a real bargain.
A Patek minute repeater is the one for me
lol, if you gotta go out, might as well go out in style!
Yes!!!
Federico, another great video! Your charisma is magnetic! Thanks for the interesting topic, what is Your top5 sturdy movements? I’m asking, because the producer of one of the toughest watches - Sinn uses mostly ETA, combining with very robust cases. Does that mean, that there is no sense creating “inhouse” since the best in terms of robustness is already created? And what do You think of Damasco? They are micro, independent and nobody talks of them... looking forward🤝
If one is on an uninhabited island, the best choice would be G-Shock MRG-G1000B-1A.
Shockproof, waterproof, light titanium but scratch proof, solar powered, adjusted by GPS thus always precise. And besides it’s still a truly luxury watch. Both in terms of assembly and finishing and in terms of the pricing (3000 USD).
Sinn U1.
Also a solid choice
Valen Greymoon Valen, I have a Sinn U1 NYPD Divers SE, 53 of 100. Tagimented German submarine steel. A tank could run over this watch it would probably be in 1 piece.
That'll do it.
Sinn ezm 3
Indeed
I work with a Casio branch and I had the opportunity to visit their headquarters at Hatagaya, Tokyo, they have at their show room a testing material which their designed for GSHOCKs, they provide you with eggs, and you can throw them against this material, you can drop the eggs at any altitude and it wont break, it is a remarkable material which they use to protect the GSHOCKs mechanism.
My Sinn watches have been extremely tough (857S UTC and U1). Both super strong steel, no scratches ever..build like tanks.
Explorer, Explorer II.
Sportysport as an explorer II owner I beg to differ. A tough one for sure but easily scratched/ damage if dropped etc
Victorinox INOX II all the way if I can choose a quartz
Agreed, otherwise I would also go with the SINN U1!
Great list! I like the Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon Airborne too.
I'm on construction sites all the time so toughness is an issue. My Sinn 103 does well, but the thickness has caused some unnecessary knocks and dings. I think an Aerospace will be my next work watch even though it doesn't fit this specific list.
Why is Daniel Wellington not on this list?
mike c they are too nice. Don’t wanna scratch them up
Any Sinn dive watch in submarine steel (non-corrosive) such as the U-1 or the U-2. These have high shock protection and are anti-magnetic. The are also easy on the wallet and have ETA or Selita movements that are upgraded by Sinn and have proprietary oils that last a long time.
That Omega is fantastic! So cool.
can u pick best bang for buck Swiss gold watches? thanks!
I would choose the Sinn ezm 3, because it is cheap, with magnetic protection, 500 mt water resistant, stainless steel case and easy maintenance movement
Fed they fixed The deepsea’s issues at Basel
Yes I saw. Haven't seen the new one in real life yet.
Bracelet works well. On the new 126660
Great video and great choices
Federico, every time one talks about tough LUXURY, MECHANICAL (your criteria) watches, one has to include Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Extreme LAB 2. I mean, band around its hairspring, screws to hold the hairspring stud, case with inner container and exterior housing, both made of the titanium alloy TiVan15 and the list goes on...Great idea of a video and great choices once again...
I'm personally a fan of the PAM0025 myself!
Bremont Martin Baker, I would never want to pay retail for it but with the anti-shock and anti-magnetic faraday cage to protect the Bremont BE-36AE Chronometer (ETA 2836-2) movement I would bet it will survive a lot of beatings.
Stephen Berry agree 100%. Surprised it didn’t feature.
i wear my Omega speedmaster grey side of the Moon every single day to work, which is in a skilled trade where I'm always cutting, drilling, filing, etc. the ceramic case has taken a beating - being hit against light poles while walking by, vibrations, metal dust, etc etc etc, and it still looks 100% brand new, with no marks at all.
it might not have the water resistance, but this ceramic case is brutally tough.
This episode should be a Ball watches exclusiv video 😆 After the Rolex explorer 2 their is nothing as though as Ball watches 👍🏻
victorinox inox is the toughest watch of all time
No mention of Damasko or Sinn?
What about a Ball, maybe something from their Engineer Hydrocarbon line? Tritium dial, solid build quality, and a reputation for shock resistance. Whatcha think, any love for Ball around here?
My SMP 300 has taken a damn good pounding since i bought it in 97. Worn to work for 21 years, gains about 3.5 seconds a day.
Vostok Amphibian ftw... you put yourself in the corner with luxury but if I didn't have a g shock around that would be my mechanical choice right off the bat
I'll throw in the Victorinox Titanium Airboss and the Vostok-Europe North Pole.
Great watches. Great idea. However, I think they are more "durable" as opposed "tough." I don't think any of the time pieces would survive a truck or a car driving over them. Now that is tough. Though I must admit I did like you analogy of dumping a bucket of sand on them. Now that was cute))))
Personally I dont think toughness equals to diver / depth rating. It should be tthe ability to take shock resistance. Maybe, one test should be puting the watch onto the wrist of drummer. If after a concert, the watch still maintains a good timing, maybe its a tough mechnical watch.
Love the Glasshutte, and I honor your list qualifications, because there is something to be said for living out your final days in luxury, but I'm going into that good night with one of my Citizen Eco-Drive chronographs. My Swiss watchmaker tells me the Eco-Drive could go 10 years without a repair.
First of all thank you very much! thank you for considering our requests and for teaching us new interesting things. that said, relatively to your list, it confirm what I thought: when people think about "toughness" they think about diver watches. I'm very interested in "shock absorber movements" (is it correct in english?) and I didn't know the glashutte. but it's a diver watch. do not misunderstand me, I love diver watches, I have many and I'm waiting for 2018 seamester 300 professional (blu dial). but I'm really interested in tough watches designed not for water. for the moment I can only think about the Rolex Explorer II which has the PARAFLEX system. I don't know any others. I would like to learn more about this topic. thank you very much again, take care and greetings from Italy!
It absolutely baffles me that the Nomos Orion black is still available on sale on your Site!
I thought it’ll get bought within seconds of it going up!
I know it’s a quartz but what do you think of the new Breitling Colt Skyracer in terms of toughness?
@Federico I would nominate the I.N.O.X. Mechanical. I don't have the expertise to assess the 2824-2 ETA movement. I know it's reliable, of course. But I don't know if it would stand up to an end-of-the-world scenario. While it comes with a bracelet, you can get it on something they call a 'wood' strap as well.
2824 absolutely a tough movement. great pick
Hey thanks, good to hear from an expert! I would like to buy one. BTW Another Great video!
and ofcourse, the Omega seamaster quartz!
“Let’s get right into it” at the 3:20 mark. Ha. Yeah right.
What’s up with the right side of the glasses? There’s like a brass something on the right side, not the left.... seems unbalanced
The Ball Hydrocarbon Trieste would have been my first thought. Very few were made, but they are automatic chronographs with pushers operable umder water down to 600 meters. I had ome and ended up selling it because it was so huge on my skinny wrist.
Thanks Fed. Always a fun and interesting topic. Toughness and well rounded " ready for anything " nature of the piece is always a key consideration for me. That Omega and Rolex - bad ass - but cool. Gotta get myself a basic Pam someday!
Got to include Sinn U1 or even better U2 (in my opinion). 2000m water resistance, antimagnetic anti shock toughened German submarine steel etc etc. Please can you make a video on the U1 and U2 some time? Id appreciate your opinion. Great chanel btw.
Water resistance is no proper indication of toughness. For all practical purposes, 200m water resistance is as good as any higher rating. But shock resistance is far more important in day to day use. “Non” of the luxury watches from “any” brand can impress in this area. Magnetic resistance is an over emphasized requirement, important to a very small minority of users involved in work related to engineering.
Rolex Explorer-I 214270 and Explorer-II 216570 both use Paraflex Shocks and not KIF.....
What do you think Fed?
The Zombie apocalypse watch = Federico is dinner
Going into this with no research and going straight off the dome i would say (in no order) 1.)Doxa 300T, 2.) Rolex GMT, 3.) Omega Speedmaster, 4) Marathon GSAR Auto, last but not least a Rolex Expedition ll... Honer. Ment.) Rolex Submariner.....and honestly with the tested real war hero history of the Marathon GSAR(it was handed out to tons of marines during op: Iraqi Freedom) i would say the the cheapest option out of all 5 would out perform all of these....
I'd probably go for a Sinn 757 S. Built like a panzah! and tacticool as hell.
Going down in style :)
Great list! I know it’s luxury but I couldn’t stop thinking of Sinn and especially Damasko
Great video! You are correct in that my Breitling Chronomat 44 gmt is tough as nails...so is my Pam359.
Love fue Panerai too, awesome toolwatch full of military history and pedigree
Marathon Jumbo Day Date all day!!! Tactically luxurious 😜
Off topic, but I just purchased a Seamaster from Delray watch at really great price! Highly recommend buying a watch from Federico!
Thanks for the shout out! Wear it and enjoy it in good health!
Rolex Explorer II perhaps? Great content (as usual)!
Certina as honorable pls , cuz they are tough as hell
No Blancpain 50 fathoms?
Among #5 in my list: Fortis Official Cosmonauts Chronograph
thanks for this its very interesting
Toughness is G-SHOCK and G-SHOCK is toughness ! Debate over
Hey Fed,
FYI- I don’t think the Proplof has a HEV.
Anyway, good vid.
EDIT: I beg your pardon. The original did not have a HEV (why lost COMEX to Rolex) but re-edition does.
Great video, I just knew the pro plof would be in there.
I watched a Bear Clooney video this week, I’m sure he says he knows someone that rocks one IN A SUIT!,😂
"But being a watch geek I want it to be mechanical even though that's probably no the smartest choice..."
LOL
Certainly not a wise choice to head into an apocalypse with a mechanical watch. I had an Oris Aquis I was fitting a rubber strap to when I gave a case pin a tap with a rubber mullet to get it in the whole and the watch started losing time there after. I sent it to Oris and they told me it had been subjected to high impact. Could not believe it. Cost me $900 to fix. What a piece of garbage. I had a string of Swiss mechanical watches and now find myself transitioning to casio and seiko solar models. That's what I'm taking to world's end. I take my swiss pieces to the office or out for coffee, that's all they are good for. Don't kid yourself. You're not wearing the Rolex to do the gardening, build the cubby house, mountain bike riding or even diving ironically. No you're using the Gshock for all that aren't you?
I hardly hear anyone talk about Submariner 1680 red. Is it because they are too rare?
Love the Omega Ploprof, probably the toughest and most functional watch out there in my opinion
End of the world. Where is my watch? Forgot about food, water I need my luxury watch.
Surprised there isn't a Sinn watch in there. I'm very sure you know them, and they are well known for their durability. It does seem to me that you're more into "mainstream" luxury watches however, although I suppose Glasshütte is the exception there, but yeah, still surprised you didn't include any Sinn.
To me, honestly, even though I really like sinn and they are indeed very durable I cant think of any watch they make that is tougher than any on this list (apart from maybe the chronomat).
maybe the Panerai as well come to think of it.
Yeah I have no idea how any Sinn didn't make this list, especially the U2 or T2. 2000m water resistance and all the Sinn tech to keep the case dry (which none of the brands in this vid have) along with hardened cases and clasps/bracelets ... need I say more
I have a Sinn EZM 10 and have taken that some pretty extreme places from the Artic Circle to Marrakech and dropped it in good knows what multiple times - would go toe to toe with many of these watches easily as indeed would I suspect many Sinns. So yes seems a big oversight to have no Sinns on this list.
Brian, what about the clasp construction and the movements with silicone hairsprings and extended power reserves... All the tech none of the sinns have?
“Why? It’s my list!”😂
Thought I'd see a Richard Mile in there..
I think the toughest watch bar none would be one of the Five Rolex Deep Sea Challenger watches proofed to 15,000 Meters. Although you may have to wear it on a rather larger wrist as it’s 51.4mm case and 28.5mm thickness is rather large. 😀
Back to reality....I Fully agree on the DSSD (126660 ver), I’d add the Sinn UX Hydro and INOX as The Ubran Gentry pointed out. They look impressive, for non mechanical.
A Damasko for me, closely followed by a Sinn. Super tough German engineering in super tough Steel too.
I like the way you say watches
Federico, did you hear about SNYPER 2 watches? Are they good?
Casio G shock mudmaster gwg-1000-1a3er and Sinn.
Hello Fed, what about Ball watches, I’ve heard they are pretty tough? Why does that brand doesn’t receive much love?
No Sinn or Damasko? Both companies make extremely robust, resilient watches.
I don't think maybe one quartz but the problem of quartzis they run out of battery and you're not gonna be able to find a battery so mechanical is definitely the way to go you know seiko's have lasted 20 years without a service I enjoy all of your choices and I'd have to say the panerai in s My Favorite I just got a real thing for pan here lately..great video brother 👍👍👍
Buying that speedy you've got on your website is tempting as hell. You wont have it for long...
Send us an email. It’s a great piece and needs a new home’
Sinn ux, I mean it's used by the german special forces...
also a very good choice
I would grab my G-Shock. That said, given the scenario Federico presents, I would select the Omega Seamaster
Planet Ocean 600M 39.5 MM diameter. I would select the steel case on a steel bracelet (Reference Number 215.30.40.20.03.001). I looked at five criteria before deciding on a zombie apocalypse mechanical luxury watch: 1. shock resistance? Yes - Incabloc, 2. Water resistance? Yes, 600M, with a helium escape valve - your crystal won't pop out if you are on a jet at altitude that undergoes cabin depressurization. 3. Anti-Magnetic? Yes, up to 15,000 Gauss. 4. Is it Small? Yes. There is a reason that military field watches tend to be on the small side - they are lightweight, unobtrusive, don't get stuck on clothes and equipment, and are less likely to be damaged by bumping into things. I am going to arbitrarily call anything under 40 MM in diameter "small". 5.Is it well made? Yes.
There is a scientific scale to toughness!
Casio f91w. Done!
Also makes a great detonator!
More an advert and less an informative opinion piece, again. I'm out.
An advert for what? Im not selling any of the watches on that list. Not one lol... Oh well.
The watch definitely, but be prepared to change the strap every couple of years.
G-Shocks for sure. Ask any Special forces member. Don't forget the Timex Indiglo. Combat proven.
Richard Mille NPT quartz? It was designed to resist to powerful shocks
What about the new richard mille that just came out this year??