7 Overrated Features Of A Watch That Are Not As Important As We Think When Looking to Buy 

Sinn don't fit them Tyler, they design their watches properly to start with! 🙂👋

It's a marketing thing more than anything. All of Omegas watches can handle all commercial applications because of the HE valve as to where Rolexs submariner can only handle limited commercial applications.

Teddy mentions them briefly at 4:26.

If the omega seamaster didn't have that ugly Espace valve at 10 o'clock i would bought one already.

@@StreetEquus I feel your frustration, brother! 🙂

honestly can't say enough how much you have taught me through my new and young journey of love for watches.

So true. Without this channel I probably would never even think about watch collection

Teddy is making that sweet RU-vid dollar 😂😂

For a modern watch I'd rate accuracy pretty high but I'd be more forgiving for vintage watches.

I couldn't agree more. I had the same thought, may as well buy a bracelet. If accuracy doesn't matter, then why do high-end watches all have high accuracy (high performance) calibers? A high-accuracy mechanical movement can be admired for its engineering performance, even if it doesn't perform as well in accuracy as a quarts movement. You aren't just buying it to keep the time only sufficiently enough for your daily tasks. I'd like to see Teddy buy a $10K watch and not care that it runs just as accurately as a watch with a Miyota movement, I'm sure he'd care about the engineering quality that goes into the movement.

with you on that. I'm wearing a watch so it keeps time! ..the cool factor is nice but secondary. yeah, if it doesn't keep time then go for a bling bracelet *not* containing a multi$K watch 🤣 you kinda advertise being a dummy when the time on your R or O or whatever is off 🤣 you can be sure that when I see a fancy timepiece, the immediate next thing I also look for is how close is it to real time. is it a minute+ off? you get a smirk. is it

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+12 is my limit. But i typically let watches die in between use and have to reset anyways. no watch winders for me lol

Thank you, Mark! I greatly appreciate the support!

Agreed! 🙏

See my identical comment. Mechanical watches celebrate old-world innovation. Completely unnecessary today, but, oh, so satisfying! 😊

@@richardnedbalek1968 Indeed . . . like vinyl albums and steam locomotives . . . and gas powered cars soon!

Honestly for these prices, every single watch made by these companies/GRAND Seiko/Rolex/Richard Mille/Ulysse Nardin/Piaget/Omega/Brequet/Panerai/Breitling/Hublot/Vacheron Chopard/Patek and so on, SHOULD, MAYBE be made out of Titanium,even if its disguised titanium, meaning they can still keep the look their going for, but just add that durability, it should DEFINITELY have sapphire glass,it should DEFINITELY be 200mm+ water resistant,it should be solar and it should be atomic, no matter which watch it is/if the watch is over $1000 it should have ALL OF THESE FEATURES/the value of these parts are DEFINITELY not worth the price tag anyway, your paying for a name and to be honest, they should make ALL of their watches keep time to 1 second a year,even if they aren't using quartz, or just perfect it,even if Atomic is built in or if it uses a satellite of some kind, after all for these prices, there is no limit/for the price their charging, NOTHING should be left out/left off,no excuses,we should DEFINITELY hold these companies to higher standards/I think if you buy a watch at these prices, it should have ALL of these features and you should have access to their time keeping satellites,that could auto wind your watch/send a signal to automatically set/wind your clock at midnight, every night or when ever you want to manually set your watch,to the time keeping satellites. We need to hold these companies to a higher standard/they can't ask for crazy prices,without offering everything other watch manufacturers are offering, for much cheaper prices/we don't want to just be buying a name, to fit in,we want quality made products. These are good watches,SOME lack SOME features,but they are all at least built well/they are not just junk/they will actually hold up; Bulova Sea King Omega Ploprof Omega Seamaster Ultra Deep Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Titanium Rolex Deepsea dweller Tudor Pelagos 25600tn-bkti Titanium Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon Deepquest ii Shinola The Ice Monster Seiko Tuna Orient Triton MTG-G1000D Steel GST-B100 MTG-B1000XBD Mudman Rangeman Frogman ProTreks GW-5610 GSW-H1000 GPR-B1000 Rangeman

Honestly for most people watches aren't even necessary, they are just jewellery to most people that wear them and will even still whip out the phone to check the time

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I agree. Would like to see more high accuracy quartz (haq) watches. Preferably combined with solar. A Mondaine watch with a Bulova like smooth second hand, solar and haq would be a superwatch to me.

@@MichielJ71 I have never understood why Bulova hasn’t used the Precisionist movement in a less polarizing watch design! I think it’s an incredible bit of engineering, but I don’t like any of the designs they use. Total missed opportunity by them so far. If they put that movement in a more traditional diver design I would buy it immediately

@@ethanbluth3211 their 262 kHz movement has also been put in other watches, like the Bulova Lunar Pilot, their moonwatch.

If you want accuracy, you should never be looking at mechanical watches in the first place. You will always want quartz, or better yet, a quartz synchronized with an atomic clock. If you want a sweeping seconds hand, oh well, then you're left with either the humongous Accutron or the recently overhyped Spring Drive.

Yes! I was going to write something similar about the difference between static and dynamic water pressure and that our watches are rated at static pressure. The example you gave is perfect to explain this difference. 😊

But dynamic pressure is pretty much negligible. I doubt theres many people diving below 10 meters let alone moving more than 14m per second at which point the resistance of 30m would be plenty

Yep was going to say the same the water resistance part was totally miss leading

A wipe out while surfing or other high energy water sports can create a high dynamic pressure. I’ll stick with my 500+ meter water resistance watch..

@@ats440you still over kill because you’ll only find those speed at the surface but if you want to do that thats your choice

Especially on full lume dial watches. They look so cool haha

Water resistance is an important feature for me. I do not wear my watch while swimming or showering. However, when I'm going to spent my time anywhere near body of water, or when it's about to rain, I will surely grab my G-Shock.

And like Day/Date...I find a date is pointless without the day.......Lol

Strong agree. This was excellent on overrated features (I would have added dates and especially days. I don't need 'em on my watch). Underrated is the natural sequel. Example: legibility is underrated. Lug-to-lug measurements are often underrated.

I would like to see every bracelet with at least the option for a sliding micro adjust clasp. I had to find an aftermarket one that worked well and switched it out. Would've just been nice to jave the option when buying. Also, I'd be willing to pay a small premium for a micro adjust

There's something to be said for ultra thin watches, if you can say it's a feature. I'm wearing more and more of them the comfort is supreme, it's probably the best feature we lost in the quartz crisis.

​@@Not_Mark_Twain legibility, that's part why pilot watches and divers are appealing to the masses they can't really screw this up or either they're kinda pointless, for dress watches who cares but that's 10% of the market. It should be a crime to make everyday watches you can't read at glance.

Hummmm??? 🤔

i guess its all about your lifestyle...1) i dive up to 200 feet... so i dont need omega 1200m for that... but i like 300-600m on my watch... 2) straps are very personal... i change my straps every 6 months because it makes the watch look different and new. 3) i agree with you there.. i buy a watch because i love how it looks on me and i wear them not put them in a box and pray on them. 4) i use loom all the time in fact besides longines heritage 1945 i have all of my watches have lume. like most of the people i use my cell phone but i rarely pull it out just to look at the time. 5) the accuracy of my watch is a deal breaker for me... i hate to adjust time on my watch because its running +-30s per day. i dont mind 5-10s but 30 would drive me crazy and i would most likely take it to my watch guy to get it adjusted so it runs to my specs. But i do agree there is nothing wrong with microbrands, in fact i own a few of them. Zelos / Baltic / Scurfa just to name a few. i am one of those crazy people that will wear a different watch every day.

@@Gawriify ...Which watches do you dive with? . I luv looking at the lume, I simply don't need it, but it is nice to have when you are at a concert!

@@triumph2013 i have a few... my favorites are zelos hammerhead 2 / movado series 800 (i bought about 10 years ago) / hamilton khaki navy frogman... all of them have great lume... i have a few others but these 3 i use all the time

5 bar is 72 PSI; so you're telling me your swimming strokes are like 100 psi. I think your just making sh!t up.

You aren't moving your arms fast enough to cause much pressure.

1) Moving your arms makes a negligible difference in pressure. 2) 100m depth is significant pressure: Around 162 pounds per square inch. Way more than you need to go for a swim on the surface. 3) The recreational dive limit is 40m. Any WR greater than 100m is just for bragging rights and is of no practical value. 4) Professional divers wear dive computers, not luxury mechanical watches.

@@David-fu5kb while divers, both recreational and commercial, use dive computers, many of them use a dive watch as a backup; after all computers crash, run out of battery, and so on. That said, you don't need to get a luxury brand dive watch; there are good options made by divers, for divers. One that comes to mind is Scurfa watches.

I remember my mother buying me a cheap 50m watch in Gran Canaria as a kid. I'd jump in the pool and dive to the bottom at like 2 meters, And that watch immediately got all misty inside. Got a replacement and the same thing happened again. So we have two possibilities: 1) 50m water resistance is not enough to even dive 2 meters down and move around under water like hyperactive kids tend to do. OR 2) The water rating on those cheap watches was bullsh*it. They also sold knock-off games for Game Boy around there so this seems quite plausible. Personally, I do believe reason 2 but if someone has bought a reputable 50m watch and then had it leak in the pool, share your story :)

Shout out to day complication. Agree one hundred percent

For some strange reason, the day feature tends to appear on chronographs, like the Little Prince and others from IWC. I think a chronograph is the last watch that needs a day function: It's dial is busy enough. On the other hand Omega doesn't even put a day display on its annual calendar watches.

@@highnrising It’s probably the Valjoux 7750 heritage that still lives on. I really don’t buy the “busy” argument. A day complication is very useful, and can be executed in good symmetry. Otherwise anything beyond the Movado Museum is way too busy.

If you have an erratic work schedule (like me), it becomes surprisingly easy to get mixed up. Then the day/date comes in real handy.

Just buy a annual or perpetual calendar lol

I get the low contrast and legibility at a glance. But what are specific scenarios where you're actually walking in the dark? Even if you're walking outside at night, humans refuse to allow darkness to prevail by having a light source every few steps

What are some of your recommendations for watches with the best lume?

Don't you glance at your phone in the dark instead?

​@Tarek Midani once you have to feed a baby every 2 hours, you will appreciate a good lume.

​@John Davolta not if you have a sleep-deprived wife and a fussy newborn in the room.

I agree with the accuracy statement 100%... worked in a company where we had strict breaks. On a 5 minute break even 30 seconds off was a big deal since then I would have my short break even shortened. So I always wore my G-Shock instead of my automatics

Seiko just don’t regulate their watch more accurately, they can.

@@samkuong3121 yes; I just got my Turtle regulated and it's keeping up with my Omega Aqua Terra.

Grand Seiko quartz; accurate to within 10 seconds a year, with some models having that great Seiko lume.

I really enjoy my Certina with Precidrive movement that has +/-10 seconds per year accuracy

I saw on Tim's channel, someone complained that a Patek Philippe that he was showing had pins and sleeves in the bracelet--and that Patek must have been trying to save money. I said, Patek was making a traditional watch. Traditional watch bracelets use pins and sleeves. If I owned a Patek Philippe, I'm sure I'd bring it in to a watch dealer if I wanted to resize the bracelet.

It is so true. I never had an issue with pin and collar. But I had some issues with screws. You have to use LockTight to secure them after sizing. And some are difficult to unscrew and you have to be really careful not to damage them.

@@IRguyIR Precisely!

The water resistance ratings are misleading, you can't actually take a 200m watch 200m deep in the water. 200m (or 20 atmosphere) is usually only recommended for activities like snorkelling

@@archygrey9093 Maybe accurate specifications is a high value thing then. Some watches that say 200m actually are 200m safe and others are not. It’s like buying a watch that claims to be accurate to 15 seconds a day and it’s actually 45 seconds per day. Or buying a watch that is supposed to have a sapphire crystal but it’s really just ordinary glass. Why are some kinds of b.s. (like water depth ratings) tolerated and others are not (like accuracy ratings)?

100m on the watch doesn't mean 100m in the water

it's not always about how deep you go though. if you're hitting the water hard and fast often, like i do at my work as a kayak instructor in summer, then having more than 100m really helps with peace of mind. for everyone else who dont work on water, 100m is MORE than enough.

@@Fanasz This is just wrong and needs to stop being repeated. It’s just an excuse for the manufacturer to lie and put a bigger number on the dial. Any ISO rated watch will operate down to its rated depth in the real world. Mark from Long Island watch did a whole video where he shows the math that dynamic pressure is BS. He has a masters in mechanical engineering so he knows what he’s talking about.

@@TheTimeFarm yes but most affordable divers aren't ISO rated, so if i am buying a seiko to swim and scuba dive with i'd like to see 200m

@@TheTimeFarmdid you ever ride a bike under the rain with cheap raingear? Well that is the reason why static pressure is a measurement that doesn’t make any sense in real world, 100 m of water resistance is just enough for a jump in the water and it is a bit disappointing that a person like Teddy doesn’t know it.

I completely agree with you. Watches are utilitarian devices first and foremost. The reduction of emphasis on accuracy and visibility will turn watches into a fashion statement rather than reliable tools. I personally prioritise lume and backlight very much. That’s why I haven’t bought a Casioak yet. The negative display and the low comtrast dial is really disappointing.

@@dilipkumar711 I share your concern for Casioak. I am also staying away from that watch for now.

He didn't say it's unimportant. He basically said people sometimes overvalue it.

I like historical accuracy as much as actual accuracy. I don’t expect my vintage watches to perform like they did 50+ years ago. However, I appreciate the fact that they were, at one time, the best.

@@Zion-18 We can dichotomize the words but he was saying it wasn’t that important. It’s OK, I like Teddy but I don’t always have to agree with him. Don’t get me started on his friendship with O’Leary…

@@Iexpedite1 wise ass.

@@DWilliam1 You may have taken this wrong.

Hell, 99.9% of _divers_ never need a He valve.

Wrt to accuracy, who in day to day life reflects at night over the loss of tens of seconds? This makes me laugh that a loss of 5/10 seconds in a day is such an issue. haha

It’s a really strange one. Even if you’re wearing the same watch for weeks then of course it will start to lose more and more accuracy over time. But is it such a big deal to make a slight tweak now and again?…it takes seconds.

I agree, although somewhat begrudgingly. I have a Hamilton Khaki Field Automatic that gains about 3 seconds per day. I love this watch for a lot of reasons, including this one. I also have a Seiko Baby Alpinist which cost almost twice as much, but loses about 15 seconds per day. I’ll live with it because my wife gave it to me for Christmas, and I’ll do the “Reset Ritual” every couple of days, but I’ll never buy another Seiko, or any other unregulated watch for that money.

The Lunar Pilots not overrated or priced. It's a great watch hence its popularity...

I kinda disagree.. I really love putting down a watch on friday evening, put it on on monday morning and it's still running and I don't have to set the time.. Sure it's not the most important thing but I wouldn't say it's overrated..

@4lleyezonme it is overrated as every watch that this applies to, will still be running Monday morning. Keeping in mind, we aren't talking about "likes". Just like many of the points Teddy mentioned. For people not to buy a watch because it only has 50 hours of power reserve, makes no sense. If that important, buy a quartz. Not a shot at you mate, just another thing we watch snobs go crazy about. Lol.

​@@vvvhhhhhbb yes it does.. I was thinking about buying the JLC Polaris Automatic as an every day (monday to friday) watch but it just has 40 hours reserve which is just not enough for me. If you think reserve is overrated, in that case literally everything is overrated and we could just stick to our 40 Euro Casio.

@@anonimushbosh that might count for you, but not for everyone.. If you have more than 5 watches it's just not possible to wear them all. I wear different watches on the weekend than in my office. So yes, for me it is important for at least some of them. I don't care about power reserve on dress watches but surely on other ones.

@@anonimushbosh yes I did?

@text4550 no

I just put a battery in my Elgin FM-121 TI my sister gave me a boot camp graduation gift in 2002. Great little watch that has been around the world with me 😎

@@lebowskiunderachiever3591 Those are the best! Don't they just remind you of more innocent times?

Agreed mate.

my watch loses 2 seconds a day. i set it 15-20 seconds fast and reset the time every 2-3 weeks

Correct!

Most swiss watches above 10k will never see water deeper than the bathroom sink

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Let's watch the language! 😁😁 I'm serious when I ask this, what is it that you do in your day to day life that you need a watch with 200m or more water resistance?

@@sinjinadams2862 My guy having all the openings be threaded with gaskets will prevent ingress of water over time. it will reduce the possibility of corrosion and maintain a superior internal atmosphere. I wash my hands, go swimming in the pool, take showers, swim in the ocean, and even go diving! Humans are around water a lot!

No, I want high accuracy and I want a mechanical movement. As do most people who buy current luxury watches. That's the whole point. Accuracy is also a measure of quality.