Best damn video out there 💪🏽😤‼️ If I die during an apocalypse, I want the future human, aliens or evolved advanced creature anthropologists to find me wearing my Rolex Sky Dweller and my two Sea Dwellers! Everyone else will have their G-Shocks I want my death to mean something, they’ll say Big Frank vidividivichi! i came, I saw, I conquered🔥!
One parmeter to consider would be how easy it is to find spare parts in the apocalyptic world and watch makers that can fix the movement. ETA2824/Sellita SW200 I guess is known for reliability and easy to find spare parts for and getting fixed. Inhouse movements will be hard to find parts for. But your choice to buy 4 pce is a good idea.
This video got my brain flooded with imagination. Really fun. And that cabin where you'll keep the canned goods and weapons better be stocked with "Kentucky's Finest." And maybe we better explore which one the "finest" is.
During early days of COVID, I started thinking about apocalypse watches and settled on a solar G-shock steel, GST-W130L-1AJF. Among mechanical watches: toss-up between the Tudor Ranger you mentioned and the (arctic) Marathon GSAR that has tritium tubes for apocalyptic darkness.
Great information, with all your experience out in the wildness, I would heed your outdoor advice. Love the rolex submariner, but would go with your rolex explorer 2. That is such a cool watch, but i get it and you are right, simpler the movement the better. Another awesome video.
I would take my Tudor Black Bay and my Hamiltons Field watches. The Hamilton were used in the World War 2. Not the greatest lume but a couple of my Hamiltons are about 2-3 seconds a day.
yeh i googled on Reddit apparently many Hamilton owners had been saying their watches are around COSC accuracy. It's insane for its price.. i dropped one of my Hamilton to the floor and it messed up the accuracy to -6 but it fixed itself after awhile like your Explorer 2.. which was weird but in a good way ..i mean where is the logic in this 😅
The question is how long will you last in an apocalyptic winter 12 years without service could well be enough Again a great video Also the credit card idea is a classic
Yeah a great watch, I just left it off because its accuracy is +25 to -15 seconds per day. Fine for a long excursions in today's world, but for this apocalypse exercise after a few years in the accuracy could be many hours off.
Heheh! A fine distraction while I'm in bed with man-flu! All comes down to the movement doesn't it? The Honda Civic that will do 100,000 miles with no oil change is better than the Mercedes G-Wagon that will do 10,000... I've still got a non-solar G-Shock running that I bought for mountain biking in 2006! Of modern manufacturers, I think Rolex and Seiko stand out for proven reliability and long service intervals (but the Seiko will be less accurate). Though Omega claim 10 year intervals for their 8000/9000 series co-axials, they haven't been around long enough to test this. Even Rolex's last gen movements would do (max) 10 years' hard work (marine survey, diving, forestry, farming, clay shooting, motorcycling for me) before service. Not sure about 12 though, those SEAL lads must lead a leisurely life! Then you gotta keep it simple. No complications! Divers do tend to break bezels under hard use, so I wouldn't go for one. I'd go Rolex Explorer: simple, small (less knocks), good lume; Explorer 2 if there's no light in the fallout, so you can determine day from night! If cost's an issue, go older Seiko - they'd often do 20 years plus with no service, but it's gotta be a diver, if its a Seiko right (Tuna, Marinemaster?)?! I wouldn't touch anything with a Seilita/ETA - great movements in some amazing watches, but they have to be serviced. Tudor don't have the best reliability rep... No high horology (JLC, Blancpain)!
I agree, I did take the breaking bezel into consideration, but have you heard of the Rolex Submariner breaking. I myself have broken many bezels, but never a Rolex Submariner and I have pushed that watch the hardest. The Rolex Explorer and Explorer are my two favorite watches from Rolex and I'm sure would far well. As for the servicing, I did a ton a research on that and saw 15 years between services with hard use down to 5 years. So I spoke to people I know who own a rolex, other "wilderness folk" and I got numbers around the 12 year mark, then heard that Navy Seal's experiences of 12 years, so went with 12 years as a base. I really enjoy Seiko watches, very tough, little service, but I just can't get past their lack of accuracy. I have a Seiko Prospex and one day its 12 seconds fast, the next day its 5 seconds slow, and I'm doing the same activists. Thanks for the insightful comments, Cheers
My (now retired) Sub did 25 years, 24/7; serviced at 8, 10 and 7 years (I think they used to suggest 5 for the 3130). Three bracelets, two bezels, one hand set. Modern bracelets/bezel mechanisms are much tougher (though the ceramic can crack) - I think your arm would wear out first!. But, the Explorers have a simpler clasp - less to go wrong. But amazing that Rolex suggest a 10 year service interval for 3230/5 - a lotta ticks! Mine certainly feels like it would survive a nuclear strike! Cheers bud@@cheynewalls
I'll look deeper into the Spring Drive, I'm interested in the tech they use for that amazing accuracy. Do you personally have a Grand Seiko Spring Drive? If so can you speak to its toughness? Speaking with a Grand Seiko Rep, he said there is no shock protection and I have gotten many comments that Grand Seikos Spring Drive are very fragile.
It is a great day to day system, but again it is useless in very cold weather, batteries go flat and it doesn't matter where "charging" light is coming from. I haven't personally tried a Citizen, but they use the same watch batteries as G-shock and those batteries go flat on me all the time.
@@cheynewalls in very cold weather i have my watch under my sleeve,im wearing jacket,and my boby produce heat ... Automatic watches without service 30 years ? (Or even 10) nope....
@@αντωνηςκατσαντωνης-ρ6χ I just report my personal experience, have you spent an extended amount of time outdoors in very cold weather? I'm talking about, below freezing for over a week with your only shelter is a tent? This is where my G-shocks and battery powered watches failed. As for automatic watches without service I've personal know people and have held their automatic watches in my hands that haven't been serviced in 10, 15, 20 plus years and they are working fine (again there not wearing them every day). Cheers
@@cheynewallsIt could be that it was an LCD problem, not necessarily a battery problem. LCD screens really struggle in the cold, maybe more so than batteries. So it could be that a quartz analog watch might perform better (including the analog G-shocks; I believe there are some models which are listed as ‘low temperature resistant’ down to -20 C)
If you want a mechanical tool watch that will be very tough without going to Rolex. Get a Sinn. Made in Germany and with loads of great technology. If you're not a mechanical nerd like the rest of us just get a god damned G-SHOCk and go on about your day.
Yeah I really like the Sinn watches, good watches and hopefully soon have one in my collection full time. Did you watch this video? I have broken 3 G-shocks in the last 5 years. They're not ideal for cold weather camping. Cheers
@@cheynewalls Haven’t watched all the way through yet, just wanted to drop my recommendation of Sinn :). Oh, that’s really interesting. I used my G-shock square for half of my military service with no issue, during the other half I used a CWC RN Quartz Diver. Also a fantastically rugged analog timepiece for not that much money. Also available as a mechanical watch. Will keep watching the video :)
Vostok are not featured, I left it off because their best accuracy is -10 to + 30 seconds/day. Fine for a long excursions in today's world, but for this apocalypse exercise after a few years in the accuracy could be many hours off.
