Me personally I would always go for the Casio World Timer. A bit more presence on wrist, 100M of water resistance, more functions and only a bit more expensive than the F-91W. Also available on bracelet or rubber strap.
The question you failed to ask is, where to buy the recommended watches at the prices quoted? That is where the AI should be able to leverage its’ internet searching facilities and save you the trouble.
I personally think that the F91W and its successors should always be replaced with the Casio World Time, especially on a larger wrist. It looks better, feels better, has more functions.
Great content as always Ben, happy to have you back! Personally I’d have picked the Timex Marlin for the smaller wrist dress watch. Usually goes for around £120-£140, mechanical movement, really classy 1950s look and vintage era sizing. It’s been my personal favourite for a year now, for events and in the office. Also is a low key strap beast, looks great on a natos and tan leather for casual weekend outfits.
US Walmart has Casio G-Shock DW5600 for under $49 currently. You can mod the "time" out of it with a bully bar, paint, and a sheet of polarizing film...as I plan to do
That was interesting and I think it shows how Timex, as a brand, probably deserves a little more credit than it tends to receive from collectors. I think if I were to buy someone a watch who is just getting into watches, the timex weekender is a fairly solid choice.
I have to disagree with you on the Weekender Chrono. I find it better than the time only Weekender in every way. True, I may be missing the simplicity, but it might be perhaps too simple. Realigning misaligned hands is really a matter of five minutes of googling for a 70$ watch, so that's a non-issue. Or if you buy it from an official retailer, there might even be a manual included. What is an issue for me, that the split time function doesn't always work. Still, it's a very pretty watch and I get a lot of compliments on it.
Man that lorus field watch really did it for me, can't find it anywhere tough unfortunately. Seems discontinued. I hope they'll make something like it again in the future
I found the phrases "seasoned watch enthusiast like me" and "will it prove that human intuition and experience still reign supreme" sounded weird. Like it was something you wouldn't say... and I was right. A cookie for me, please.
I told AI to pick mine. 3 watches with a $150 budget one for casual wear, one for dress wear, and one for everyday wear. It suggested Dressing Up: Seiko Men's SNK793 Automatic Stainless Steel Watch, Casual: Timex Weekender Chronograph Watch, Everyday Wear: Casio G-Shock DW5600E-1V
You could make the perfect 3 watch collection from Casio brands alone. SNK is a solid choice however, now not as easy to pick up at a reasonable price. Can't stand Timex ticks
I can't help but think that everyone who complains about the Timex Weekender's "loud" tick has a hard time sleeping. I quite often wear my Weekender to bed, and the ticking never bothers me. In fact I find it somewhat soothing.
You haven't been doing too many videos of late, which is a shame as I appreciate your humour and honesty, not to mention your extremely rubbable (🤔) done..😎👍
I think ChatGPT did quite well. I liked the inclusion of Timex, a brand I usually ignore. With inflation in mind, I’d have swapped out the DW5600 for the CasioOak G2100. I’d also have ditched the Bambino but I’ve never been into Orient watches.
As much as I love Casio, it's hard going for their stuff when most of their watches are at *least* 43-44mm minimum, and the ones that are less than that have been covered to death.
@@StrikeWarlockdespite having a slim wrist, that larger stuff fits me quite well. I’m not sure how that works but if you get the chance I’d say try on their watches in a store.
I like your selection for larger wrists, but I just can’t find a Duro for an acceptable price here in Slovakia, and with all the import fees the price is once again too high… I could get one without the swordfish, but that just isn’t that special…
for those who dosent know. you may find that Ben is losing weight fast and uploading fewer videos lately. It is because Ben is suffering from testicular pelvic Cancer, luckily it is still in the early stages. we all wish him well.
Without having watched any further, here's my problem with the Bing Collection: If you want a 3 watch collection you probably want a beater, a dresser and a digital watch. The beater should provide decent water performance, be durable and depending on who you are probably the most expensive of the three (at least for me as an outdoorsy person), the dresser should look nice and dressy and be unobstrusively elegant. As for the digital watch... well take whatever you crave for as long as it's in your budget. I myself would choose an Armitron over a Casio all day but that's personal preference. What Bing suggested was more like: 1 Digi (which is fine), 1 rather cheap and probably not that durable field watch and 1 very cheap analogue watch, which falls almost in the same category as the second one. It all seems like kinda thoughtlessly thrown together 1st page Google results...
Interesting video, what the AI doesn't and arguably can't do is take taste into a count. The only watch mentioned that I own is the SNK809. The only ones I could see me using are the Casio three hander, the 1963 (and thats purely for the looks) and the Bambino, so thats 2-1 to you
Missed you mate! Funny I tried this a while ago and I was really surprised that Ai suggested me some micro brands also like Zelos, Nodus, Sigma and etc. I put a higher budget the 300€ though.I used chatgpt from open AI by the way.
for me the Daniel Wellington Petite Amber Rose Gold is the most beautiful watch i've seen, it's a shame it's so underrated and the AI dodn't pick it up 😔
Honestly, at that budget, I would be looking at a two watch collection. My picks would be a 38 mm Bambino and a G-Shock GA-2100. All things considered, I actually really like the GPT picks, but personally I would skip the Timex Chrono.
Hey Ben im from India and would to know your thoughts on Indian watch brand Titan it's an indigenous watch brand and also makes their quartz movement in house would love to know your thoughts
Cool. It's really interesting to see AI's improving. I wonder how it does that, as it has no idea what a watch is... Probably why it scrubbed Men's Health and the Telegraph? Isn't it incredible the watches you can get for this little money these days? I was lucky (and perhaps unlucky), and my fathers old Omega (1996) and my old Tag Heuer (2003) could still be fixed for a reasonable price. I did get 2 used Citizens though, as you talked about Citizen not so long ago.. I quite like them to be honest. But now... I really need to try an automatic Lorus, don't I... 😅
Whilst I prefer the individual watches in your small wrist collection, I feel your large wrist collection and the chat gtp have the more balanced collections
I’m really new to watch world and recently I’m trying to find seiko snk361 but I’ve found out that snk361k1 is easier to find for some times, can anyone please enlighten me with the difference between the two? Cause I haven’t found any explanation yet, thanks
Hi in this case I would have to go for the human choice in fact with my experience of eight I am surprised you actually managed to get it to make a decision period love your channel and hope to pick myself a seagull in the 11.11 sale
meanwhile i have most of the watches that made it into this video 1 way or another.... who needs AI? in fact my square G n seagull both just arrived earlier this month!
The Human collection are definitely better , but you missed the bargain of the year, an integrated bracelet 100m, sports watch with a dial to rival a Moser for £55.44 the Accurist 7239.
Mate we just need more cheap Casio content . Not ideal for your channel but I could seriously do with the a168 being reviewed again ( no sarcasm involved neither )😂 For old times sake
ChatGPT wants me to register, which I didn't want to do, so I went to Bing and asked for a G-Shock with temperature sensor, that's not round. Well, the answer was wrong, because it was round.
'Not happy with the results from the Bing search' haven't heard that before ... oh wait ... All aside hope you are doing well Ben, look forward to any content you put out!
i did the same thing with $500 budgegt, mine said 1) Seiko SKX007 $200-$250 / 2) Citizen Promaster Diver BN0151-09l $150-$200 / 3) Timex Weekender $50-$100
I think the human picks are better, particularly the "small wrist" subset. Enthusiasts of all interests love a recommendation list, but what makes them work is the subtler understanding of the person making the list. AI might - might! - be able to stay within a budget, but it can't speak to *value*. It can pick a color when prompted, but it can't pick the one it *likes* better. Most anything that comes close to these sorts of subjective judgements is just a synthesis/regurgitation of real people's opinions. Of course, we might criticize some people for making decisions that way too, but even the most copy-paste person you know is at least adopting others' opinions subjectively (e.g. using factors such as relative clout, freshness, niche credibility, etc.). People can arrive at aesthetic + functionality + cost decisions through facts, associations, even moods. With AI - despite improvements in tone or naturalism of delivery - it seems to be limited to random choice or a raw popularity contest.
