I suggest you do a video on the "high-end" AliExpress watches, like San Martin. I think you'll be genuinely stunned by the quality of what you can get for less than $250 (in a good way!).
Honestly, for someone just getting into watches, Aliexpress is a great way to try out a load of different styles, sizes, colours, complications etc for very little money, to see what you actually like before you splash the cash on a big watch purchase that you might end up having some regrets about.
That boxing skit was about 10x the amount of effort and production quality I'd expect from a video about cheap AliExpress watches. AND the joke worked too.
@@sinuosalice-1434 you'd be surprised at the quality of AliExpress, especially if you boost the budget to the $200 range. You get quality on par with Citizen or Seiko watches worth twice the price.
If there's one thing Englishmen can't do, it's pronounce Spanish words. Tore-till-a, anyone? Pico de gal-o? Yeah, it's the Atch-ill-us heel of the Brits. :)
That last one might be a clone of something expensive and they expect re-sellers to remove that sticker and replace it with a copy of the sticker/badge that the original would have so they can sell them "Down the market" next to the Rolexes that tick 🤣
I've been impressed by AliExpress brands in the past, but you gotta spend some money. I paid $30 for a Pagani watch that I wear regularly, stunning ice blue dial that looks fantastic on a brown leather band. Another dive watch I paid $60 for a ceramic dial and bezel, it's not bad at all. I'll keep building my own watches from AliX parts, though. Great video Elliot
I just bought a pagani root beer for £45. I couldn't even make one from parts for that, it's crackers. Going to add my own dial to it just to make it my own.
Picked up a MaMaCoo 's watch as my first watch last month and I’m absolutely in love with it. Perfect size, looks elegant, very comfortable. Now my only problem is holding off from buying more watches so quickly!
I bought a watch from amzwatch lightly used for my last milestone birthday. Don't wear it as much as it deserves, but not afraid to, either. It's stunning . Good taste, Sir.
I’ve been watching ur videos for awhile now never knew u was from Brighton congrats on what you’ve done big Inspiration for someone in love with watches and from the same city 😊
My old man was a commercial scuba diver back in the day when divers actually still used dive watches. Back when we didn't have dive computers to tell us everything we needed to know. (Yes I'm also a certified diver). Pops said that back in the day, the dive watches would usually last about six months before they had to be replaced. Even the really expensive ones. This would have been sometime in the 70s or early 80s. Also I highly doubt that green watch could handle 3 atmospheres of pressure.
I paid 28 quid for my fake apple watch ultra, it's mint, OLED screen, full android play store, hidden camera in the crown, it plays ds games, battery life is amazing and it's super bright and clear, nothing wrong with cheap watches if they are good
My favorite 2024 is the Prospex Limited Edition 1965 Recreation European Exclusive in Gradation Island Blue. The dial is stunning and the contrast when on a white strap is to die for. I will get my hands on one from MAMACOO
Thanks for your hard work and creative approach! Cheap watches are definitely interesting. It's always amazing when manufacturers put so much in one product cutting corners and spending the budget in the most effective way they could think of. More expensive watches can't deliver so much value for money as a good cheap watch so they are just safe boring options that just barely meet expectations. Watches are not THAT complicated they tell us. They are not microprocessors that could only be made in like one or two places on the whole planet. Throwing money in watches reach the quality and coolness limit fast enough. Like $300-$1000 would buy a good watch but paying more would result in getting a useless fancy toy with brand stories which keeps time bad since it's hard to create something smart and technological and it's easy to just sell XIX century technologies and traditions.
I bought a watch from amzwatch lightly used for my last milestone birthday. Don't wear it as much as it deserves, but not afraid to, either. It's stunning . Good taste, Sir.
Sanda actually makes some pretty good watches honestly, I bought a lookalike AP sanda and I’ve had it for 3 years now. Keeps the time perfectly well and is always ticking
Some reviewers say that Sanda actually pays attention to small things (like firmware features people wanted Casio to implement), not just produces lookalikes.
I ordered yesterday an epic watch... NOS Tango orange kinda a Swatch looking thing with the seconds hand a can of Tango whizzing round the dial and the dial is neon orange of course :) Kwaliteeeeeee! I am wearing my home built Cadio Rompass, the NH34 powered Radio Compass homage I built, I do have incoming another very high quality Avia-matic in gold and this last week was wearing my 1935 Rotary in its Dennison Meteor case on a WW1 era cuff, the Rotary keeps excellent time despite being 89 years old and the coal black leather cuff strap I got from a chap in Spain he makes them to original WW1 patterns and it looks bloomin' gawjus :D Watching this as I strip down my freemans PS3 Phat, works absolutely fine just no HDMI output.
My favorite 2024 is the Prospex Limited Edition 1965 Recreation European Exclusive in Gradation Island Blue. The dial is stunning and the contrast when on a white strap is to die for. I will get my hands on one from MAMACOO
Sander's Tank homage series are really cool. I got a Pablo Raez, a rose gold Tank Solo homage, and till now, I am still amazed how it looks for ard 10pounds, even original Tank Solo does not come with rose gold colour.
Just bear in mind for anyone who doesn't know, most watches from that website that are under 40-ish pounds come with zinc-alloy cases, not steel, and the plating on them can degrade quite quickly. They also tend to have poorly defined edges and surfaces because they're cast, not milled. Check the specs before ordering.
Very entertaining and informative, and funny :-) I am long overdue a visit to Brighton, was going to go there tomorrow for the Mod Weekender. Thumbs up/Subscribed ..from an avid collector of San Martins. BTW I think the supplied battery was most likely dud too ...Poundland ;-)
I have gone down the AliExpress rabbit hole and now I’m curious about the dh gate super clone rabbit hole, or even cheap clone for silly things that would be impossible to get like the supreme rolex or other crazy rare pieces
Love the videos man, but I got to be honest.. I’m conflicted. I miss the “gameboy” content, but at the same time, I want you to make the videos you want to make. Moral of the story, who cares what I think. You do you man, we love you!
interesting set of aforda watches! The boxing was a funny addition too. Imo, it would be interesting to see how you would upgrade some of these watches to make them more wearable/workable.
This is the first video of yours I've ever seen, pretty different to the majority of RU-vid watch review channels. The reality is, there's a load of cheap shite on Ali Express. But there's also some really good stuff, especially San Martin, Baltany etc. If I compare my Seiko Prospex to my San Martin diver, there isn't 800 quids worth of difference. BTW, Moon Biffy is my new fave Chinese brand name 😅
Been watching your videos for a while now and was inspired to start a collection. Started with the amzwatch, its specs for price and clean looks, now am looking for a dress watch to add.
