I’m just a passionate collector of watches, cars and well-crafted goods. I’ve been fortunate in life and I enjoy sharing my passions with others. I created this channel to connect with like-minded individuals that appreciate fine craftsmanship regardless of price. My videos are casual and have occasional swearing and sarcasm. Elitism and snobbery free, here is a place we can come together to celebrate the finer things in life where all passionate souls are welcome.
Welcome to J. Anthony
Below are just a few of the brands I review on my channel.
Audemars Piguet, Breitling, Cartier, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Omega, Panerai, Rolex, Tag Heuer, Vacheron Constantin, Zenith, Seiko, Citizen, Orient, Casio, Mondaine, Hamilton, Longines and many more.
I also provide expertise on automatic watches, quartz watches, and automobiles including Lexus, Chevrolet, BMW, Mini and others.
Yellow gold is my favorite metal. I wear yellow gold jewelry. However, I can’t foresee myself ever wearing a full solid gold watch in public. Two-tone has the metal I love in small enough amounts to please my eyes while not being over the top. ‘Bimetal’ or twotone watches may be so 90s and prior, yet for me, it never went out of style.
It seems to me that the prices that Rolex sets, no matter how much the watches are certified, are exaggerated. I remember when you released the video of the Tudor BB GMT, which I had bought on my ID a month before and three and a half years later, I like it as much as the day I went to pick it up. I have seen that video more than 20 times, I love it. Many thanks and already waiting for the next one.
Really, really good to have you back! People would do well to listen to you here. As you say, it's not rocket science! Live within your means, the feeling of security is the ultimate form of satisfaction!
Absolutely right with regards to credit cards. Unless you pay off the entire balance each month (and live within your means), you should not be using a credit card. I have seen so many people spiral into uncontrollable debt because of this. I myself use credit cards exclusively to make purchases and I pay off the entire balance each month without exception. I do so to get some of the benefits, but more importantly to protect myself against fraud. It is a lot harder to recover losses due to fraud if it is your money rather than the credit card company's money. With watch purchases, I also agree with you. Unless you can buy the watch there and then in cash, you shouldn't buy it. The only time I will look to finance a watch is if they offer 0%, in which case I may set aside the cash if I may benefit from the affects of inflation. But I will always have the cash to hand.
Great to see you back J Anthony. Dishing out what I call "Dad advice" on the old RU-vid again. Love it. Keep it up. And hope you keep ranting on stuff for weeks and years to come!
I am glad you are back. Last time I saw a video on this channel I was at the beginning of watch collecting and all I wanted to see were ideas for my next buy. Now, several years later I went through almost all tiers and enjoy much more these topics about the psychological aspects of watch collecting.
Great video, we are covering the leak of the Patek CUBITUS line up tonight on our livestream. Would love for you to join us tonight and discuss! Cheers
@@JANTHONYCHANNEL thank you again for joining us last night. Please let us know if we can send our audience your way when you are doing a live stream. Patel (my channel manager) has reached out to you on IG to coordinate any help we can provide to your channel as you relaunch.
@@ARCHIELUXURY Thank you sir, I really enjoyed it. Work is a bit crazy at the moment, but I'll gladly jump on any time I get home in time to join. Appreciate the warm welcome and support!
Buying watches is only a symptom of a much larger social issue. It may have started as a lack of financial education but now it’s just values that are out of whack. What happens when this generation reaches retirement and can no longer work? Another bailout?
I have several luxury watches from brands like Breitling, Omega, Glashütte Original, and Blancpain. And I didn’t lose any money buying or owning them. The key to not making the watch hobby expensive is to buy watches on the grey market or used. For those who are new to this, be sure to use places like Chrono24 and only choose watches that are guaranteed authentic (watchmakers go through the watch before you receive it, and you get papers to document the authenticity). A lot of brands can be bought for 50-60% of the official price at an authorized dealer. And if you want to sell the watch in the future, you will have minimal loss, or even a slight gain financially.
We just paid off both CC’s and both cars a few weeks ago! First thought….dump a monthly payment into the watch fund!!!!!….Second thought was don’t be an idiot…Call the financial advisor, tell him what we did and ask him now what. It felt better to make that decision versus to start saving for another watch on top of the one I’m currently waiting for the call on ( got the cash for that one thank goodness). The watches are investment’s argument has kind of separated RU-vid into separate camps and created Soooooo much drama as I’m sure you’ve seen. Once that money is spent…it’s gone in my opinion.
Good for you! Congrats on that milestone and moving towards financial freedom. I’m with you, once it’s spent I don’t have expectations of seeing it again. Sounds like you’ve had some life experience.
Honestly I don’t know how that works and haven’t thought that through. May just ask for viewer questions to be submitted for future videos. I don’t have a ton of free time.
@@JANTHONYCHANNEL cool, totally understandable. it’s quite easy it’s free to open a StreamYard account, then you have to link it to your utube channel, then click ‘Live’ and you go live on your channel. If you want you can put the StreamYard link if you want others to join you on the panel, if not you can use StreamYard to pull up on-the-screen comments in the live-chat. There’s a demand for someone like yourself who speaks well about cars & wristwatches & money (budgeting), but I totally understand you are very busy
I would take the "pay cash" thing one step further (with the exception of cars): You can only afford to buy something if you can also afford to replace it if you had to the very next day. May be a bit extreme, but you'll never struggle to pay for something you need because of something you wanted.
Really sensible advice. The lack of financial education in our society is really sad. When you consider our banking system is setup to take wealth from the poor and distribute it to the rich it makes sense that this information is intentionally suppressed and drowned out by "hypebeast" style social media and other marketing. I also see people on Reddit asking if they should spend the majority of their salary on a new car high interest loan. It's insane. If there's a silver lining, perhaps it's that your horology journey doesn't need to start at Rolex. You can gain an appreciation for precision watchmaking starting out with something like Seiko at very reasonable prices.
Glad you are back, because of videos like this. No nonsense and helpful advice. One thing I'd warn young people about is credit card debt. Credit cards are fantastic if you know how to use them. You can get points back for purchases, and that to me is the main benefit. I've never paid a dollar to credit card interest, but have gained thousands in cash back points. You just have to know how to use them. It's not an account to use as a loan, because the interest rates are INSANE! Never ever carry a balance on a credit card if you can help it.
Your experience mirrors my own. I helped my Dad in his HVAC business since I was a literal child, and then started work washing dishes at like 16 or 17. Never stopped working. I'm 36 and finally feeling financially stable and comfortable with some expendable income. I also met a couple of millionaires in my life and like you said, they all looked like just normal people without any flashy stuff. The people who flash all of these luxury goods are either broke or are worth multi millions. Spending money on luxury goods is the worst financial decision you could make. The only time you buy them is if you can feel zero pain if it got stolen or lost tomorrow. If you can't go out and buy it again tomorrow, don't buy it, because you don't NEED it.
This is why this channel is still unmatched and was/is one of the best watch channels out there! Where else would one hear this kind of message? Glad that you came back, Sir J. Anthony! Salute 🫡
Thanks for the very down to earth, facts of life video, which I think many need to hear. I think over here in the UK most people live on credit, spend or over spend their monthly income, and sometimes that can be a very high income, but they get used to living like that, and it becomes a lifestyle thing. Great to see you with another video, keep em coming 👍
Really appreciate that!!! Yeah, it seems the way most are living these days. I don't know how they ever hope to retire or to live a life free from debt. Sad...
It's all about balance. Don't be the cheap guy who takes millions of unspent money to the grave, unless you truly get 0 enjoyment out of experiences/material goods, and also don't be the guy who needs to constantly spend, especially beyond their means. I'm more of the mentality of don't be an idiot with your money. Go on vacations but there is no need to spend 1000s of dollars a night on a hotel or constantly buy material goods... My watches aren't investments but I do see them as stores of cash. Personally, I think the dumbest way to burn money is first class flights and unnecessarily expensive hotels. Even a dumb purse has some sort of value but these "experiences" are literally lighting money on fire. I like a nice hotel but I don't need a $2,000 a night villa and my butt can be a bit sore roundtrip, instead of spending a Rolex on a bit of comfort.
Totally fair! Agree that you can't purely live to work and survive. I've made do without a lot of things that others wouldn't want to. Balance is a great way to sum it up. Totally hear you on first class tickets, the difference between premium economy and first class on my last flight to Japan was $23,000....insane.
Many things are not taught in schools anymore, contrary to what I remember from the 1960s. Now, they are probably teaching that everything is equal, unique, and relative simultaneously. That all choices are a matter of taste and opinion. There is no such thing as "good" or "bad." There is no such thing as "facts." Only the authorities and the police have the right and relevance to define and decide things.
Yeah, I think that's exactly why people talk about a lack of "common sense" so frequently. We take for granted that some things are just plainly obviously bad, dangerous etc. Then again, hopefully as we get older, we get more open minded and better at seeing a broader perspective... who knows.
Just remember one thing: if you don't enhjoy enything in life because you save your money or if you work all the time to have more money to spend you are a slave to the money, balance.
Totally fair! Fortunately, at least in my experience, some of the best things in life are actually free. I know not all feel that way. Appreciate your watching and sharing your thoughts.
Dude! This was awesome!( so much so I’m slowing down in the treadmill to write this). Somewhere between 07&09 this watch was the reason I fell in love with Rolex. My old dentist wore one and I remember the clasp and bracelet was always in my face with his hands in my mouth 😂. Till then I was in Tag. Tissot, Citizen. All I cared about was status symbols as well. Totally out of insecurity and vanity. Then I crashed in life. Bad breakup and a deep dive into drug addiction for 6 ish years Bla bla bla , I get clean and meet my wife. I started the whole RU-vid thing somewhere around 2016/17 and who did I find..you👊. Boy it has changed so it’s super refreshing to see your chill and casual content. Simple hobbyist talking about watches. Now I’ve developed into a watch collector and someone who appreciates the engineering as well as the beauty. Life is amazing now, my collection is solid and I’m finally getting that first Rolex from an amazing AD. Life is wild man! Appreciate ya💪👊
Appreciate you!!! You've been through a lot my friend. Unfortunately, some of the best lessons in life are the most painful ones. Appreciate your sharing your journey and passion and taking the time to watch my videos all these years. Appreciate the perspective and support. Congrats on the new Rolex, I'm 2 years on their waiting lists for my GMT and Starbucks...
Having the financial peace and security to buy a Rolex is what makes it so much better and enjoyable to be the owner of one. People that are not there yet should buy a Hamilton or Seiko and enjoy that while they build a financial foundation
Well said , we live in a collector society ; watches , fragrances , sneakers , jewelry , in my wife’s case , purses . Thank god there’s some sobriety on my half of the household.
