Your story about your relationship with your first Rolex is so relatable. Had a very similar experience with my Omega Seamaster Titanium Chronograph until I discovered independent horology in 2010 and buying my prized A. Lange & Sohne followed by a Breguet
While buying watches is a hobby, it can still be a dangerous one when you dip your toes in, £200 seems a lot at first and then £5000 seems 'affordable' and so on. As watch enthusiasts, numbers become very relative because it is easy to look at the most expensive watches like the Dufour or the highly desirable PP and then think that £15,000 is not too much for a JLC Perpetual Calendar Moon, Rose Gold, house movement and the length of the power reserve. Collecting watches has become more popular and looking at overwhelming collections trivialises putting a lot of your salary in this.
Rather than purchasing an expensive digital replica, wouldn't it have been more prudent to buy a Casio instead? If it goes wrong, you can simply replace it, and it likely keeps better time too! ;) Just kidding, beatuful watch and great content! It's a shame you had to go through such hassle. Between the dealer and ALS you'd have thought they would have agreed to fix it at good will.
It's kind of funny. The wealthy take more of the pie, so there is less left for the rest of us. Then you have the nerve to whine... cause the poverty you create... BITES YOU IN THE ASS
This is not really a watch to tell time … this is a watch to represent money … so some people buy golden Rolexes with diamonds others rings … and some buy langes … not to tell time but to show their wealth and status this is the reality … if you would have more money you would of bought CHRONOGRAPHE À SONNERIE but you loved this one and you had enough money for this … but these are not real objects … these are value storages just like bitcoin or gold or some other “ideas”
Great video thank you very much for making it … but one - spiritually connecting to the brand that tries to maximize profits by playing the Patek game where they make you buy crap watches for 30 k to make you buy odisius or other watches like 1815 chrono ? Which unlike Patek can’t be sold for more but lose value ? It’s all a game to make sheeple buy their products and they are failing at it… datograph just like these zeitwerks how far beyond retail … so even they they try to make this artificial shortage nobody needs their watches. These are not Philip dufour watches that are made by the artisan himself so there is nothing special about them … they just pay some cheap Labour to use a machine to finish the movement parts wow … so special ( sarcasm ) … second you say second to none .. what about Moritz Grossman lang Heyne and the list goes on forever … there is always a better finishing … Romain gauthier greubel for. atelier based in Geneva, founded in 2012 by Rexhep Rexhepi … while some elements might even be better with Lange over all some watches from other companies have more finishing and the time spend on it … so it’s nonsense to say second to none … thirdly Lange watches can’t even make their own case … and all their cases are just ugly Sinn cases which has no place in high watchmaking .. it’s fine for 7 I glashutte but not for 80 k zeitwerk … this hobby is just like women collecting diamonds … all in the head only … and yes your parents are right it’s stupid to spend so much money as this is a mass produced product … even the rarest Philip dufours are mass production not inspiring crap … these are not Mona Lisas.
I bought an orange MB2 in 2012. I wore it for about a year until my wife borrowed it. I’ve seen it every day since and it looks good on her. Unfortunately I came to view most Bremonts as a bit gimmicky and if they’d made me CEO I would have simplified the range but kept the trip tic 3 piece case design and the old logo which was simple and distinctive. I’m still available if Cerato wants to get in touch.
I just found this channel and to be honest I wish I documented my journey like you did. My watch journey started early with a casio in middle school, then a Tag. Then there was a big gap before I spent my first internship paycheck on a GMT. Then it was years before I started expanding my collection and I also quickly decided to stick with the most iconic models from each brand, with the added filter that I must be able to see myself wearing the watch at least one day a week on average for at least a year. Over the course of about a decade, I basically went through the usual grails with a long phase of large number of basically every omega vintage model I could find. I also ended up not wearing the Nautilus and RO at one when they became hype beasts. I've since gifted some to friends and family since and find myself indulging in buying way cheaper but interesting watches that I know I will enjoy for only a short while and then gift away.
Totally agree your view on change in buying behavior especially due to the surge of watch crime. In fact I was being robbed in Brussels just few days ago and lost my tudor black bay pro. Honestly I really don't know if I am going to buy another luxury watch again. Not because I can't afford but I don't want to wear anything which may make me become a target. It is really sad to lose this hobby due to this reason. Anyway great content as always.
Sorry to hear. It’s got to the stage where it’s no longer about being unlucky / in the wrong place at the wrong time… Sad. Thank you for the kind comment. 🙏
Long-run viewer here and thoroughly enjoy all your uploads! Such thoroughly enjoyable storytelling. The story of your father's Piaget is a topper of a moment. Thank you very much for sharing the moment. What a thrill! ✨
Great video. I am curious if/how your feelings have changed now that you have had more time to think about the transition. Also curious how this leaves you feeling about your older Bremonts (asking as a fellow owner). Thanks!
Thanks. My feelings haven’t really changed since making the video. If anything, I increasingly see less of a future with me & Bremont. Sad. However, I am not sure the new brand or watches fit where I am on my personal journey. I still feel a (irrational?) sense of upset, given the changes to the brand. Much of what I loved has been / is being dismantled. Beyond that, I’m certainly curious to learn the extent to which the newer watches are actually selling. Change always brings about positives & negatives but once the dust has settled, the justification (or otherwise) for the changes will be established. And if the watches sell like hot cakes, then I’m delighted for the Bremont shareholders - good luck to them - but that still doesn’t make me a ‘new Bremont’ fan. For what it’s worth, I’m finding that I appreciate my existing Bremont watches ever more so now. Most of my Bremonts are limited edition pieces & the Longitude and Supernova watches that I bought are extra special to me, given the apparent new company direction.
@@watchenthusiastlondon Hey thanks for the thorough and considered reply. I can certainly understand how someone as yourself would be a bit upset having invested quite a bit in the brand and also finding seemingly a bit of alignment with what they stood for. I am starting to notice "low availability" and out of stock on some of their older models which makes me wonder if these are soon to be discontinued. For myself, I have an MBII Savanna (out of stock) which I had been on the hunt for quite some time. Now that I have it (and with the change of direction), I find myself hesitant to put to much wear on it... I guess if I would have tracked one down a bit earlier and spent more time with it (before the changes), I would feel different but the timing probably was the biggest miss on my part. Anyways, I enjoy the conversation and look forward to your future videos!
You, sir, have a sonorous and pleasant voice. The 34mm Marlin art deco, and this Jet have my attention, purely because I appreciate the design. I am afraid it will be a snack next to other watches by Cartier and Grand Seiko, so I am wondering.... Three months down the line, you still have and enjoy this watch? Was it a snack, or does it have meaningful staying power?
Interesting question. When my teenage son’s Bremont went in for service, he asked me if he could wear a white dial watch, so I let him use the Marlin Jet. I have no idea what he does, but he’s heavy handed and it’s now come back to me with the hesalite dial all scratched up and the person strap has seen better days: it’s all smegged up and looks like it needs a serious refresh. Have been trying to wear the watch on a different strap but can’t seem to make it work. In short, whilst I hadn’t heard the term before, yes - I’d say it’s a snack. Its appeal and pristine look has been well and truly scuffed up and that has upset my interest in the watch and also my dynamic with it. 😏
Pleased that I was able to help manage your expectations. For what it’s worth, I have no regrets in having made the purchase and still wear my Pink Lemonade.
I have a great Rotary brand quartz chronograph. When you start the chrono the 10th second counter whizzes round for about 20 or 30 seconds, then stops, and functions as an hour counter. However when you pause the time, you see the elapsed 10ths as well. Also having paused, button 1 restarts the chrono running, but button 2 jumps to the elapsed time while the chrono was stopped, and carries on. Rotary 90151 or 90152, alternate colours, yours for around £100 on ebay and worth every penny. Swiss made, with a Ronda movement. I thought all quartz chronographs must work like this but they clearly don't. Great videos by the way. I'm very pleased to have found your channel. ❤😊
It’s beautiful. What you say is interesting to me… given I paid less (£13,900) for my Saxonia Thin, to me, in my mind, that’s what it’s worth. Frankly, I wouldn’t pay £22,900 for it either. However, regarding other watches (e.g. FPJourne Chronometre Bleu) I’m in a different situation having missed the opportunity to pay far less for that watch several years ago when it was both less dear and available, but now… I’m seemingly ready to give the proverbial arm and leg for it. 😳
I think I can safely attribute my watch collecting journey to you. As I have OCD propensities, I’m not sure that’s a good thing, but there it is. I find your attitude to the Aquanaut quite interesting - still can’t work out whether you admire it, but it doesn’t speak to you; or is it inverse snobbery because of the predictability of owning a Patek? (I had similar views towards possessing the ubiquitous Rolex, but have now succumbed: 2-3 more models, and I’m done with Rolexes…). A pleasure to listen to, as always.
Well this Video has aged badly! After the terrible rebrand and the release of the new Suoer Marines and the Terra Nova line you be mad to buy into this brand.
The Bremont watches I own haven’t changed, nor has what urged me to acquire them. However, Bremont has changed tack and is sadly not the same brand nor company I bought in to.
indeed top 1 concern on getting an expensive watch is not that its not available but that its a target in today's world. also highly respect for NOT buying over MSRP in secondary market. share the same sentiment. if only all shared the same, watches would be reasonable priced.
An excellent video. I’m glad I stumbled across your channel given your insightful discussion. Fortunately I have a small wrist and limited funds which excludes many watches that I would otherwise love to have in my collection and that lets me ignore them. I’d like an IWC Portugiser Chronograph (especially the new white gold with polar blue dial) and I deliberately avoid going into their Bond St boutique just in case they fit my wrist. I have an obsession with blue dials too! I have no problem wearing my Explorer 36mm in London though - it slips under a shirt sleeve and is largely invisible - but sometimes don’t wear my Planet Ocean in case some idiot criminal thinks it’s a Rolex.
Great story here. This actually changes my opinion of AL&S. Terrible that they wouldn’t cover this. But holy crap the volume is going up and down on this. Does anyone else notice that???
@@watchenthusiastlondon yeah I just went back to double check it on my laptop and it seems to happen every 20 seconds or so. I was originally watching it on my AppleTV and it was jarring; I double checked it on my iPhone before commenting (so I guess the laptop just now was a “triple check”). I haven’t watched ALL your videos, but I have watched at least ten and this is the first one I noticed it. Still an extremely engrossing story and great video. Thanks for sharing
New to the channel. Very good narration in addition to cinematography. I think you are discovering everyone has a budget. I started in high school with a Seamaster after watching a James Bond. Progressed to a two-tone Sub in my 20s. Then Apple Watch for years (sorry). Now getting back into it. Got a Speedmaster, a GS, Hamilton, aspiring to a LANGE 1. I see how/why you’re avoiding PP, AP, VC. They’re unjustifiably expensive. Entry point for VC is doable at least from their website, and as you acknowledge, so is the Royal Oak in steel. PP is off limits, as are many models from all these makes. FPJ and Blancpain are doable entrywise. This is primarily due to buyers from the one place in the world where there is money. They are buying everything up. Same reason why Rolex shops have no product. But who wouldn’t want a 5270J Grand Complications added to his Grail list?
