I remember watching an earlier video of Dave's where he said he wanted to get hands on with the videography side of things and Dave hats off this is some of the finest videography, loved it and also loved the way you approach collecting.
I just bought a camera slider, so I've been trying to figure out what sort of cool shots I can get with that. It's always fun getting a new price of kit and seeing what sort of possibilities it opens up!
My only small critic, as someone who now has over 150 watches, some of my regrets are the brands I own multiples in. In a 10-watch collection I'd try not to duplicate any brand. Loved the video!
You can also save for 2-3 months and have money accumulated and at the end finish buying a more expensive version. But you are right, a gshock is a must. 👍
I am really liking the G-Shock GM-S2100-3AJF, a smaller 40mm CasiOak model in a steel case, which works on a small wrist. It's less utilitarian in design than a DW5600, but it's still a 200m WR do everything G-Shock. You can wear it to a meeting or wear it to hunt zombies, your choice 😛
WOW! I'm impressed by your very first watch on this list! It looks gorgeous! And with a solid movement at that affordable price on top of it. Just that watch alone made my day 😄👍🏼 Thanks for sharing and giving us the opportunity to discover these nice watches.
Great choices Dave. The Wise has never been on my radar before today. Beautiful watch. I think that Bulova Lunar Pilot on a Beads of Rice is a pretty awesome combination as well.
Love the 'allowance' approach. I've used that approach for some time now for my various hobbies. Its amazing what a little discipline can accomplish. Also, don't think that the FP background props have gone unnoticed...
I know this is already an old video, but still I have few things to say. Firstly I just found your channel and it really "resonates" with me. Also in this particular video I would love to see a Seiko Diver. But that's just me because I'm a diver watch enthusiast. And at the end: I learned a few new to me micro brands from your channel which I liked a lot. Thanks you!
I own the Wise... but in LE bronze, It is my favorite watch in my collection, hands down! Will probably be buying different variants in the future. Currently I am only losing 1 sec every two days... incredible.
A fantastic selection Dave, but what pleased me more than anything was seeing your beater Casio in among all the other beautiful watches. Nice selection.
Nice selection. Over the years my 10 watch collection has morphed into Citizens, a couple Casios, 2 Islanders, and an Alpina. All sale prices except the Islanders, so maybe 2K and change I have in them. Mix of watch types. I have to say, the Islander's are extreme value, no real compromises (ghost position is about it) for $300+/-.
Great video, Dave. I've been collecting for around 25 years. I don't buy anything above 1000eur. And my main difficulty is to put them in a box of 10 slots. Sold a lot of watches in the meantime, some of them i keep because they have a story or sentimental value to me. But I am really glad with my collection. In the last 2 years I only bought 2 watches, a Smiths Commando and a Lorier Safari. The actual value of the collection is around 5000€. Not much for a 25years journey and a lot of fun.
I hesitate to mention it but I noticed the sounds of children playing in the background. Good job leaving that in. The sound of happy children is no reason re-record. The voice over was easily understood regardless of atmospheric noise at your location. 👍
Dave, Tim from Montana. Love this episode. Escapement’s Flieger is one in very tempted to get. Glad the service was prompt…relatively speaking. I’m surprised you didn’t have the Royale in the mix but I understand the 217. I’m going to leapfrog off your rebuilding a watch collection, great idea. I’d love to collaborate sometime. Stay in touch and thanks for a great video! Tim
Thanks Tim! The only reason the Royal wasn't in there is I was trying to keep the list to 10 watches total. In reality I most likely would have snuck in a few extra Casios along the way, the Royale being one of them! If you have any ideas for a Collab, let me know!
Love your affordable watch videos. I would love to see you do a review on the Seiko chronograph SSB417P. It has saphire crystal, 100m WR, history of Seiko and is quarts accurate. Keep up the good work!
That Taucher has a little style I must admit. I've also got the old Escapement Time flieger, mine has the Seiko movement and 300m WR! Its worth noting too that prices for the old Lunar Pilot have plummeted since the new smaller version was released.
Great video. Your idea of $50 a month is more realistic than the usual “build a watch collection for $X000”. Great selections, although you’re much more of a dive watch guy than me. I’m really happy with my collection of a Hamilton Khaki Mechanical, Bulova Lunar Pilot, Seiko Presage SRPB67 “Sinnko”, and a couple Timex’s for beater duty. Maybe when my kids are out of college I’ll splash out on a Sinn or Tudor.
U have beautiful collection and this a great system. I'm actually saving up for Seiko cocktail time mojito. 2) First watch a bought was Lacoste fashion quarts watch. It was so cheap and phoney 😂. Learned my lesson and got Seiko 5 next
$3000 is a pretty nice budget for an affordable collection. I think I’d go with 5 watches instead of 10 and go with some nicer pieces. Seiko Alpinist SPB117 $750 as an everyday watch. Orient Bambino 38mm $250 as a dress watch. Christopher Ward Trident 300 $1050 for a diver. Dekla Flieger $680 for a pilots watch. Casio G-Shock GWB5600 as a beater.
Thank you for this video im not necessarily going to buy these watches but i respect a video with watches someone who isnt making 100k plus a year can afford.
The only surprising thing is that I just found out that HQ of Wise Watch is practically near my house, I mean I can bike to its place, and yes, I just heard about this brand, even I'm Thai
Not sure if this was an assignment, but I got my list ready after much thought. In the order in which they would be purchased, with many of the prices random grey market prices from the internet: 1. Basic bro choice, casio dw 5600. Because I have to start there. $53 2. Tissot prx, 35mm quartz on my 7.5 inch wrist, cause that’s how I roll. $282 3. Islander Brookville two tone. Kinda caual, kinda dressy, I need some gold in this collection. Bonus points for the miyota 9000 movement. $350 4. Seiko gmt solar sumo, black dial, sbpk003. Solid every day sports watch, probably get most of my wrist time. $500 5. Hamilton jazzmaster performer, three hander, black dial on metal bracelet. Looks to be a bit more refined than the others, really like the look, $1,045 6. With the remaining $770 dollars left, try to find a nice vintage Tag 1500/2000 series diver. Always liked those models, but never owned one.
These are awesome options! I have several of them on my list to purchase. I’m watching the Seiko SARX, Lunar Pilot, Wise Adamascus, and the Citizen Nighthawk. That Merkur GMT and the Namica are very nice looking too.
Nice video, giving a different perspective to the typical “build an X watch collection with Y dollars”…….all solid pics, if it were me doing the list, I’d probably give some consideration to islander watches, I think they are great value for money in their price segment (specifically an islander brookville instead of the seiko dresskx since you would be getting a miyota 9000 series movement). There would definitely be a prx in there, most likely quartz in order to preserve some room in the budget. Finally I might carve out 1000-1500 to get something slightly more refined (maybe a grey market longines, that new hamilton jazz master performer, etc). But that’s just where I’m at with watches today……great work on your pics for this collection
Check out Nodus Sector Deep 500. For $575 it has the craziest lume have ever seen. DLC bezel that remind me of sinn U50. They regulate the nh35 movement, it has a left hand drive, a 38mm case with a 42mm bezel. It's insane but it works so well. Mine has been running at cosc. Love to see a review on it. They may send you one in if you ask. Also would love to see you review a Maen Manhattan 37mm if you haven't already.
Realistic watch collection that average Joe can have.We all would like to have top shelf brands but there are too many needs for limited resources to spend 5-10 k on a watch.I have 60 watches that I’ve collected over last 20 years and the most I ever spent was 1k for one watch.The rest average 100-300.I am a dial guy and I only collect automatics.Replacing batteries is a hassle.Thank for videos that paint realistic collecting for the masses.
My perfect watch would be a Protrek Pwr-60 titanium with a sapphire crystal, the newer prw-61 full lume indices and the addition of a sunrise sunset function to the features list. I really like the baranoter and subrise sunset features on casino watches. I use them allot.
I'm currently on 9 watches, anything over that becomes unmanageable. I took up your recommendation for the baby Triton and bought the pepsi version. This model gets overlooked in favour of the Kamasu but it's a superior watch if you have the wrist to carry it off. I also have a Laco type B flieger which I picked up from an obscure outlet on Amazon UK for half rrp. Sugess 1963 ticks the chrono box for me and for quartz I have a G-shock Rangeman and my Field watch is the obligatory Hamilton Khaki auto 38mm. I'll also mention my Citizen Promaster ny0040 with the full lume dial, superb ISO rated diver with great dimensions and comfort.
Very interesting collection. Glad I was able to learn about brands I wasn't familiar with like Merker, which has some resemblance to Bell & Ross. But am surprised a G shock didn't make the cut. Maybe not your particular taste or I just assume a G shock should be in every collection.
Off subject but would appreciate your opinion. What’s with this “comeback” of two-tone watches? Why are they picking up steam now? Thanks for your valuable time. (BTW: You put together great video’s, great content and excellent points that are very meaningful).
Nice selection Dave. One of these days Wise are bound to release a GMT. I'm waiting until I see that dial, but the AD8 is fantastic. I dislike the Kamasu bezel insert, so I swapped the bezel. The replacement accepts flat SKX inserts. So many options 🙂 (Red dial, stainless w black Arabics, red pip) The AC0K accepts aftermarket bracelets intended for the previous model Triton. Given the standard of Orient bracelets, it can be good to know. BLP but no Square? Sacre Bleu!
You probably won't see this comment, but I need to give you props on the intro shots for this. I run the Split Second Watch channel and I've been trying to think of ways to get interesting and dynamic shots like those. It's crazy how much time and setup goes into something that will take up all of a full second of run time. 😂 Thanks for being an inspiration.
Gah! And that static edit on the Taucher colorway switch. The more I get into this, the more I'm fascinated by the editing and filming aspect of stunning a channel instead of the watches. 😅
Ha ha, thanks! Learning to film and get new shots and angles has been one of the funnest parts of running this channel. I just recently picked up a motorized camera slider, so I've been playing around with it on my last couple videos.
@@JusttheWatch oh, I've seen those! I need to hustle more and get to 1000 subs so I can monetize and use whatever $ comes in to buy stuff like that. That's what you used tor the Taucher, wasn't it?
You have the Axios Pathfinder (an outstanding watch and one I own myself) in your end shot, Dave, but not featured in the video. Any reason for that? Given its price, I'd certainly have included it.
Good catch! It was a last minute switch! My Namica Shirahama came in after I had already started filming and decided to go with that instead of the Pathfinder for this collection. They're both great watches, but the Pathfinder is hard to find these days so I thought the Shirahama would be a little better to show.
Great advice Dave I look at my collection and it’s to much of the same,I’ve spent money on watches and lost a lot on reselling so any advice is greatly appreciated
With that budget, you can have 4 high quality watches. Such as, 1 metal gshock sport watch 1 seiko/orient/citizen daily use diving watch 1 hamilton jazzmaster open heart casual smart watch 1 swiss dress swatch
It would be cool if you did an episode on affordable used watches watches that cost $1,000 or more if you pay retail butter maybe five hundred or $600 if you buy them in high-quality used condition
I almost hate myself for saying it, it is such a captain obvious thing to say, but that Lunar Pilot really needs to be released in a 39-41mm range case. I would sell my flightmaster in a heartbeat to have that. Even if it didn't come with a super high accuracy quartz.
I don't think they can actually make it that small without swapping to a different movement. I opened mine up t change the battery, and the movement basically fills the whole 45mm case. I heard with the new ones they managed to slim down the case to 43mm, but the dial is still the same size. I suspect 43mm is probably the smallest case that movement will fit in.
