Sound advice. Good to hear your Empire is going strong. I am awaiting delivery of mine and looking forward to it. I will be following your channel. All the best. 👍
A very interesting video and a great watch. I have just purchase a Smiths Empire (serviced) that looks great, but was concerned about the bad comments made. Your comments on the Empire has made me feel a lot better regarding my purchase. Many Thanks.
@@jamesgreig8796 buy what you love and you’ll always be happier! My smiths empire has been running perfectly since it was gifted to me! Such a little beauty!
Bought the superman 500 gmt on a scales bracelet and had to pay VAT @ 20%. But nevertheless a beautiful watch. My only grip is the clasp is pressed and not milled.
perhaps your right - I think the Green monochrome look doesn't help - maybe the colour for those wanting something a little different is White. I will say I prefer the green on the seamaster over the green on a subby hulk or starbucks.
@@AwkwardHorology Yes, the blingy green dial on the Hulk makes it look so ghastly that I wonder what makes it so popular and celebrated; when the simple black version can look so quintessentially classy and understated. Like celebrities who are popular for being popular, it is sometimes hard to fathom what their attraction is if you judge them without prejudice.
Gorgeous dial. IMO, best green dial and bezel in the industry. I had one but sold it because it saw lesser wrist time compared to my Sub. Also, the clasp 'jammed' on me not even a year into wearing it. Had to send it back to Omega Service Centre. Even they can't unjam the clasp so they gave me a new clasp. Overall great watch. Just wished the bezel action and bracelet was better.
Ok, so I have this and like it. BUT - try using the bezel under water/when wet. Extremely slippery. Needs more teeth. Such a big miss on an otherwise iconic diver.
Preface: I love both Omega and Rolex. I own and enjoy models from both of them. But why is it that Omega “fan boys” can only ever review an Omega in relation to Rolex? Don’t you get that you’ve already lost if that’s always the comparator? You see Rolex as the bench mark, without realising it!
I think that everybody sees Rolex as the benchmark - Rolex fans, Omega fans, Rolex themselves, Omega themselves (since they revived the Seamaster diver with a more rolex-like dial and the Sub is their target to beat), and the whole watch market too.
It's crazy how everybody wanted their watches brought back to new during a service when the materials showed signs of damage (or patina as you describe it), and now that watches are made to last forever, everybody's complaining the watches have lost character. My beef with modern day watches isn't the materials, but that they've grown in size. Sometimes to the extreme. I'm a massive fan of certain neo-vintage watches, because the new ones have just gotten too big.
If you buy any quartz watch.. you fail! you know you won’t keep up on replacing that battery.. get something that really lasts and doesn’t require battery changes.. buy a watch with an automatic movement! It will last longer than you will and can be passed through generations..
Northstar Straps in the UK sell the same Sailcloth straps for less money. Also the length of the Northstar is 125/75 as standard. What I think its a better length.
squale love it seiko love it but the shogun is overpriced G love it but dude! not in gold oris yessss yema lets gooo shinola yeah baby longines awesome junghans ohh yeahh the rest are meh and some are a NOOO
@@Mat-sz9hs not in my opinion. Smaller watches can feel a little jarring at first if your used to bigger watches but once you wear it for a few days it feels great. For me I usually like a watch on rhetorical smaller side! (He says whilst wearing a 42mm seamaster 😂) but my point still stands! The smallest watch in my collection is 34mm and I think that’s okay too
Frankly, this one came out of the left field and went straight up the number one of all my 30‘ish watches, it basically got 100% of wrist time for the past three weeks. Why? It’s ergonomic. It’s comfortable and it has a damn good lume. The NH35 is a quality automatic movement and has good enough accuracy. I prefer the Steeldive Willard over most of my other watches - including name brand watches like the Speedy and the Zulu Time.
Tbh I don’t know how people get so many scratches on their watch? I’ve worn my GS while stacking supermarket shelves and running around the store / warehouse. Very few micro scratches
I just Bought the SBGN029 and Love the Quartz movement by GS, I also am waiting for The limited edition Spring Drive SBGE305 GMT. SO I am very much looking forward to acquiring that piece. I’m sure I will love it equally.
I don't believe this is a "Top Grade" Sellita movement, and CW does not advertise it as such. I believe this is an Elabore grade of the 330-2 movement, which would be the same as the one in my CW Aquitane GMT. This is also consistent with the timing tolerances (+/- 20 sec/day) listed in the specifications for both watches. With a full wind, my Aquitane is running between +6 and -2 sec/day, across various positions, which actually falls within COSC specifications. As to the GMT hand, I have a Steinhart GMT watch with colours and design language that mimics the Rolex GMT master in the blue/black ("Batman") colour scheme,. On that watch the GMT hand is completely outlined in blue, which is ridiculously hard to locate at a glance because of its low visual contrast against the black face. By contrast, both the Aquitane and Dune have high-contrast colours (orange on in the case of the Aquitane,) on the GMT hand, which visually lead the eye to the 24 hour bezel or hour-index ring. I think CW got this one absolutely correct!
Industry saved through marketing. It feels empty. A quality watch is no longer a practical tool - it's a status symbol, worn by the wealthy to show each other their status. They have to be made needlessly expensive, because if the commoners could afford them the desirability as a status symbol would be lost.
