Teddy, great job producing the best watch content out there, consistently. I’m busy, and you are respectful of that with your concise approach, but not at the expense of thoroughness. Your filming is professional grade and you speak to the audience with organic enthusiasm. Big thumbs up!
I agree and have said the same thing. I do not think there is any other channel that goes to the effort and lengths that Teddy does. I sort of pick at him about all of these newer watches stating in the manuals not to do this and that with them. What ever happened to buying a watch and just wearing for everything you do? Teddy has some of the best of everything for sale on his sight. But he also lets you know and honestly says I know you like this and that but if you want to do that you need this type of watch. Got hooked on these watch channels several years ago and started watching them when I was off several months for surgeries. And they have seemed to just multiply into a plethora of channels. Viewed a few from Teddy from 2017 and 2018 and he was on track then as well. I am sure that in his quiver is a watch or watches that would fit anyone's needs and wants.
@@jeffcline7689 @Jeff Cline You two gotta be kidding... for example in all the 'tutorials' or comparisons in which he's featured chronographs he hasn't once discussed central minutes hands, 12hr registers or even the pros & cons of 30, 45 & 60 minute sub dials - all essential considerations for someone who might want to time everyday events far more easily than by using a phone or smartwatch. Like most channels he throws around phrases like tool watch without even understanding their meanings. He's affable and he can make very good content but to say he's thorough is kinda depressing.
I find it laughable that someone would buy a Speedy with the intent of seeing it as an alternative to a Daytona. It doesn’t need to be an alternative. It is its own icon.
It's ludicrous for people who buy a Rolex they are not that good, there's a ton of fake models and if you got the money buy a Zenith, if not get the Hamilton, I would also consider the Tudor basically is the same watch as is the cheaper Rolex is like buying a Hyundai and a KIA same shit different name
@@havr1979 The Tudor s that were amazing are the Prince Big block and Tiger chronographs. I love they resembled the early years of the Rolex Daytona except with a cyclops date window. I hope Tudor brings them back exactly 💯 like they were
@@havr1979 I agree 👍 I just wish instead of the date window on the new Tudor chronograph they gave it a 12 hour counter. That would have been perfect 👌
These are absolutely CLASS alternatives. Thank you sooo much! You know…. I got the Daytona a few months ago & I just haven’t fully bonded woth it. Honestly, Daytona is a bit overhyped & I hope soon it won’t always be the benchmark of purchasing a chronograph.
Fantastic alternatives. The Zenith really stood above the rest, absolutely beautiful dial and movement. The Breitling looked fantastic as well. Of course you can't go wrong with the Omega but I think I actually prefer the Zenith. Never thought I'd say that.
I am waiting the new Daytona, rumored for 2023, with the tachymeter scale converted to a Viagra optimization scale, to be synched with the roofie-onset timer subdial at 3, as this is the only real-world function the modern Daytona wearer would actually have for a chronograph-- while at a Dubai disco, of course. The hour aggregator subdial would of course be converted to a suite-sterilization countdown timer for extra security.
I personally think Rolex is just like Apple (Iphone) in terms of sales. The reason why they're so sought after is because "Its a Rolex" or "Its Apple". One could argue the percentage of enthusiasts is not a lot. Most people buy the aforementioned brands just because most people have them- and also maybe they look good and are reliable, and I dont blame them. Idk, just a thought.
There is clearly a difference: a Rolex was, is and always will be a luxury item. As a professional I work with MacBook and iPhone because it is economical to do so. Yes, they are a bit more expensive, but from direct comparison and experience I can definitely say that over the lifecycle of four years (I am not a kid that needs the latest item each year just to feel comfortable in its peer group) you save so much in time and nerves because they work without a service nerd or maintenance guru, that I would never ever get myself an Android phone or PC. The price tag you can see on the item isn't everything you pay for.
@@christophneuschaeffer7489 rolex is a luxury item for peasants like you maybe. rolex was and is a tool watch - and a crappy one at that with outdated technology. only true tools like you would subscribe to their rebranding themselves as a luxury watch. but hey, 80% of westerners are peasants and easy to fool
@@redcapitalist Rolex is not a luxury for me, it is something I can easily live without. As a Red Capitalist you might be pleased to know that this White Communist wears a Seagull 1963. A 300 $ chronograph made in the worker's paradise, that killed dozens of million of its own people while making a giant leap forward in the 1950s and during its cultural revolution in the 1960s.
Another great vid, Teddy! Personally I prefer the older 4-digit Daytonas (panda and reverse) because they are actually LEGIBLE! Only a few colour combinations of modern Daytona are easy to read IMO. Anyway, another iconic 3-6-9 chronograph is the Breguet Type XX, no?
For all the watch enthusiasts who love to gaze at the watches with little watches on the dials this is right on the money. For anyone hoping to see a comparison of chronographs based on features, functions or even timing lengths I feel your frustration!
@@dustindodge5974 , probably indeed lucky. On my holiday in Swiss i sort of stumbled on one at a dealer in Sainkt Moritz. He said no discount since it’s a new model. I didn’t even know that but just liked it. When i got home my son almost flipped over the fact that i found one. Pure coincidence 😊
Omega speedmaster racing, for me, is the best alternative. It offers the same general look, white dial option on stainless with a tapering bracelet that includes micro adjustability in the clasp, black ceramic bezel, and probably even better finishing than the daytona. It features an in house manufactured Co-Axial master chronometer 9900 movement, 60 hours power reserve, accurate to 0 to +5 seconds, and has the added benefit of being completely anti magnetic with it's si14 balance spring. It's honestly probably a better technical watch than the Daytona, without the ridiculous hype and gray market price that more than doubles it's MSRP cost.
Another great option is the Chronograph Sport family from Farer. They have four models that are racing inspired, great specs and with their own unique design. At the same price as the Hamiltons, the Farer chronos are a great option.
Literally could get all the watches in this video for the same secondary trading value of ceramic Daytona in 2021. That trio you mentioned alone is enough to prove the point. Craziness
@@toadamine I understand the Daytona is glamorous and hot. Not my piece of cake however. Technically zenith is nowhere below the Daytona. Plus, but that’s not the point, bet you know very well that no dealer will readily hand over a Daytona at the retail price point. It’s a long long wait. I’d get the Zenith anyway.
A superlative video! I own three chronographs...the Omega Speedmaster Professional from 1971, the Lorier Gemini, and Bulova Lunar Pilot. I always considered the Speedmaster Professional and Daytona as equals. I love the Zenith, but for my use, the 12 hour timer/register is a must-have. Frankly I don't understand a 24 hour military time register. I don't see any advantage of spending thousands more on the Hamilton and Tudor. No 12-hour register. You might as well get the superb Lorier Gemini. It's a panda and come in three colorways. It's $499 and punches way above its weight, using the fantastic Seagull ST19 manual wind movement. No, the Gemini doesn't have the 12-hour register, but it's still a terrific chronograph. The Lorier and Bulova Lunar Pilot have been my daily drivers...with the Lunar Pilot being my favorite. Yes, I know it's a quartz, so it won't make your cut, but it has Bulova's revolutionary 262 kHz movement, that buttery-smooth chrono hand and the +-10 seconds-per-year accuracy.
Great video, Teddy! I personally am saving for a Tudor Black Bay Chrono. I love the history of the brand and agree that is a great value proposition rocking the modified B01 movement. Love all the content coming out. Have a great weekend!
Hey Teddy - loved your videos as I've gotten into the hobby. I did want to throw out a quick point on your newer studio setup that could be helpful. Right now your background is pretty overexposed. I'd recommend lowering your ISO or putting an ND filter on the lens to match the exposure to the outside light. Then I'd turn up your studio light(s) or invest in a something with a more powerful output (2x Aputure 300D, a single 600, or even some Godox VL300's) to step this up to the next level. I totally respect if this is the look you were going for, but I think it would be a little less distracting with the more even exposure and easier to watch with that change. Good luck!
Talking about chronograph, yeah, the Speedmaster might be iconic and so as the Daytona but Zenith deserves more credit for the El Primero line since the beginning... more than Rolex for sure.
I can't disagree with any of your choices Teddy but the stand out options that I would look at are the Zenith and at the other end of the price range Hamilton with the Tudor in the middle. I have the discontinued 1861 Speedy that is a manual wind for me and for anyway adds that extra connection to the watch to keep the heart beating. Great video Teddy.
Excellent video. Thoughtfully presented in offering multiple alternatives should one be inclined. Kudos to Teddy for his honest Rolex opinions. I personally like the brand yet here we have other compelling choices ready to be discovered and enjoyed without a 30, 40, 50, 60 percent FOMO tax.
Great review! All of the watches you reviewed are excellent choices, however they still can't compare to the Daytona. They are all too thick, I think the Daytona is about 12.3mm? None of them come close to a Rolex bracelet. Believe me I have tried all of them on and I keep coming back to my Daytona, and Explorer II.
As a big dude, the black lunar pilot was the best $200 spent at kohls on black friday. The black wears a bit smaller, and I prefer no date for my watches. No need for a daytona or speedy. Bought black leather white stitching chronissimo straps that makes the straps look 22mm. Super badass bargain. No servicing costs. I do love me some Hamilton. They have a Cartier homage dress watch for bigger dudes that looks awesome. I love that panda chrono. Damasko chronos have my full attention as well...true tool. The tudor panda is washed out. Wished they used black hands like Damasko.
Awesome list! Already got the zenith for those reasons! Couldn't be happier. Haven't set it more then once in 5 months. It's about the most accurate watch I've ever seen.
Teddy, Another superior video. The Hamilton is a chronograph designed for average folks. I suppose that’s the advantage of being part of the Swatch Group. It is a watch I can save up and buy someday. If you do have gold bullion stashed away, the other watches as well as the Daytona are spectacular choices and well worth the money. Just not for most of us.
Great list, Teddy. I actually own the Seiko SRQ029, and have always been a big fan of the Daytona. Chronographs are my favorite complication. While I don't think I'll be getting a Daytona anytime soon unless my AD calls, my Seiko does more than scratches the itch. I wouldn't even say the Daytona would be an upgrade or replacement for my seiko. I'd probably end up moving to a Grand Seiko chronograph like the sbgc240.
So, after watching the whole video I thought Teddy was giving away 10 new Daytona’s? 🤣 Great job. Great choices. Maybe a follow up video with chronos in the $800-$2000 range?
So interesting to see the direction that Breitling is taking. Up until recently, Breitling conjured ideas of overlarge, flashy, ostentatiously cluttered watches. Recently, with products like the B01 movement and designs like the Top Time, they seem to have upped their game in a major way. All that goodness and you can walk into a boutique, try on some watches, and walk home with the one you fancy.
Tudor would be the closest alternative since they are owned by same company. Good analogy would be the equivalent to Toyota and Lexus, Rolex being the Lexus of course.
Not really, there isn't one rolex part in a tudor.... that's like saying a Volkswagen is a lesser version of a Lamborghini because they're made by the same company....it's just not true.... tudor makes some cool watches! But the black bay chrono has no resemblance to the daytona....2 registers verse 3, date vs no date, different handset, and completely different parts on the inside and out.
@@jjworks462 ah, sure! Lol but the main point was they use different parts! And just for me I don't really find tudor an "alternative " to the daytona, it looks more like it's own creation! For me, when I think of "alternatives" I think of things like Invicta or Pagani design watches, I don't really think of watches that have their own identity like the tudor blackbay or omega speedmaster. if tudor did the omega seamaster thing with the open snow flake handset, that black bay chrono would be a snap buy! Atleast for me! The full snowflake hand set currently hides too much of the dial :( but I don't want them to change the handset because a tudor without snowflake hands seems off to me haha
@@pignosis354 Google it they used the same parts until recently. Is that what you did Google it a came to my comment to say they don't have same parts. Lol. Just recently they stop using same ETA. Nice try though. Lol
Blancpain fifty fathom bathyscaphe chrono.....is less expensive than the current trading Daytona and the Lamborghini inspired movement is truly gorgeous
Another very interesting and informative vid 👍. It has to be the Hamilton for me, it's great value and a true alternative instead of being a substitute like the Tudor or Zenith imo.
Speedy is an icon of its own. I don't know anyone who would want a Daytona and buy Speedmaster instead. Zenith chronomaster sport is the best option in my opinion. It has its own history being the first chronograph, but if I gotta be honest the bezel is heavily Daytona inspired. Where Daytona design evolves naturally, zenith just slaps that bezel on their Chrono hoping to bite that Daytona cake. There are a few things to consider before buying.
I bought the Hamilton white dial Chronograph with H-51 movement modified 7753 hand wind about 5 months ago it keeps perfect time still right on the button never hand watch keep that good of time and I have a lot automatic and wind watches any some watches are over 10,000 dollar watches
Hey, Teddy, since you’ve mentioned the Orient Neo 70, have you taken a gander at it and done a review? Seems like a very solid watch but kinda hard to come by outside the Asian market.
The Omega Speedy Racing with the white panda dial is gorgeous. I had that watch and a black Seamaster in each hand, and it was a hard choice. I got the Seamaster since I loved it, and well, saved about 4 grand lol
LONGINES need to beef up the water resistance to at least 50m in there chronograph s. If they did I would have bought the Tuxedo chronograph in a second
How about the Ball Engineer hydrocarbon chronograph. I love the Zenith but I hate the 4 o'clock date window. Even the Frederique constant Rally has Daytona vibes
I think another alternate would be the Ball Hydrocarbon Racer. It incorporates both the looks of a racing chronometer and a diver quite well in my opinion, and it’s a more affordable option for how much watch it delivers
I’m not into Chronographs, but the black Tudor is something I will buy if one comes up, as a quality Chrono movement is something I would like to try. It is also the only Tudor I think I could suffer that faux river bracelet with.
Actually my opinion i think the zenith chronomaster sport looks better than the daytona wish i could afford it 10grand. I wish they made a watch that looks like that but was like 1k to 1500 ish. Whats really nice about the zenith not only is it a third of the daytonas price but you can actually go on their site and buy it that easy right now their sold out except the black dial which is what I want anyways. It's the nicest to me I wish my dream watch right now. The zenith is also the only alternative that looks just as good if not better thsn daytona and with the el primero movement history there for 10 grand still way way way yoo much for me but one day maybe. My most expensive watch right now is a tissot ballade and I have a gentlemen blue dial. I mean alot of people say the chronomaster sport copied fhe daytona but if you look at the history zenith alfeadt made a design like tjis along time ago.
That Speedmaster Racing with the 9900 calibre is incredible. Leagues ahead of anything Rolex have ever built from a chronometric point of view. To say it’s the closest thing your gonna get to the Daytona from an Omega point of view is a little insulting to what Omega have achieved with their master chronometer chronograph.
Great video as always. You are a pretty amazing young man when it comes to the knowledge of watches with great charisma. Well done. All the watches you’re presenting in this video are great watches but, personally I don’t think that they are alternative watches to the Daytona. To me they are more like consolation watches. If you want a Daytona, no “lookalike” watches will satisfy you. I would have no problems owning any of those watches from your video. As a matter of act you exited my watch appetite with your video, but not as alternative to a Daytona. I don’t own any Daytona yet but I’m still hoping that I will one day. It is probably because it’s so hard to get it that we are fantasizing over it. I’m lucky to own an AP Royal Oak that I managed to buy longtime ago for a fair price, so this one is out of my dream list. The Pateck Nautilus is out of my league but the Daytona remains a wish that I’d like to achieve. Anyways, good going with your videos, thanks for giving us a bit of joy with them each time.
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Idk if I agree with it looking "much nicer". The Zenith is definitely a classy looking watch, but the way that the sub dials are kind of smushed together kinda bothers me.
The Zenith is definitely not the better watch. Of the two for uses by most people. The Zenith basically has one thing on the Daytona (the fast chronograph hand), and that's it. Most other points (size, readability, movement utility especially with that power reserve, bracelet, etc.) all seem to go to the Daytona.
@@sylinmino ‘cept the Zenith also has a date complication, the 36,000 vph also provides a better level of accuracy, albeit at the cost of a shorter power reserve…. it’s better value for money and is actually available at a discount to list…so how does the Daytona win exactly?
@@dougm659 well for a few reasons. 1. Date is nice, granted. The reason I didn't mention it is because it's subjective to tastes. 2. 36000 is theoritcally better for accuracy, but Zenith is not public with their actual accuracy numbers, and Rolex is (-2 to +2). So can't really be compared, and if they can it's a VERY small difference. 3. 72 hour power reserve is WAY more useful to most users. Going from 2-3 days, personally, has been a godsend in some of my personal set. 4. Size is a big one. The Zenith is quite chunky, while the Daytona is even unisex. Also, its thinness is pretty nuts. 5. Zenith is not public with their shock resistance or antimagnetism last I checked. Daytona has both. Overall, the El Primero has some nice features for hardcore enthusiasts but the Daytona has more conveniences for the general user.
You are 100% accurate. It's a better watch. Better movement, better proportions, has a date on it. I wanted a daytona and was gonna buy it then I saw the zenith and fell in love. I am buying one tomorrow. Also got the defy classic 41. I'm a Zenith fan