John Mayer On The IWC Big Pilot, Past And Present

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One of the most popular videos we ever did here on HODINKEE was Talking Watches With John Mayer. It was, in actuality, supposed to be a one-off - a look at a well known watch lover's favorite pieces. That video aired all the way back in October of 2013, and to be totally frank, we were just winging it - two guys talking about a few watches with Will there to film it. Now, 22 episodes later, it's safe to say Talking Watches is one of our benchmark editorial products; and so we thought it might be kinda fun to bring back our original guest - Mr. John Mayer - to pick up the conversation and focus on just one of his many horological passions - IWC. For the full story, go to www.hodinkee.c...

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@Cchichester 7 лет назад

I'm mentally going into debt watching this

@euanmorse 5 лет назад

Me too, brother. Me too.

@RobertoVelazquez91 4 года назад

I just wanna buy one 😂😂😂

@YouTubeAIbot 3 года назад

Well I just gave you 666 likes your welcome

@djdc81 2 года назад

YOLO brother

@aldojasso9177 2 года назад

Let’s do it together

@MarkoFlajsek 8 лет назад

You could literally listen to John talking about all kinds of stuff for hours and hours..

@injuredtabletennisplayer1474 6 лет назад

It’s his presentation capabilities. He could make my medical conferences sound interesting.

@darksidecarnival5385 5 лет назад

I found myself wanting to listen to John longer. He really shows you his soul

@TheQNProduction 4 года назад

Listen to him on Dean Delray's podcast, simply fascinating

@lapelcelery42 4 года назад

People say John has a big ego and likes the sound of his voice, but it would be a shame for someone with his insight, and skill at articulating concepts to say less in order to avoid that unfair reputation.

@wintertimetrio 3 года назад

That’s not true, look at his Land Rover RU-vid videos... they make me puke 🤮 even though I love his guitar playing and watch stuff

@mr.bluenotedoobop 8 лет назад

Love John Mayer, he's very entertaining. You guys need to have him on there more often.

@ianchs 8 лет назад

John Mayer does the most fascinating videos, always a treat.

@brycemenchaca 8 лет назад

John's knowledge on watches is underrated. He's one of the most intelligent watch enthusiasts out there and not usually thought of as a guy of this level of cognition.

@turtlehater2 8 лет назад

Mayer is an great guest. I really didn't expect him to be. He's eloquent, yet can crack a joke and be silly occasionally. The whole video had a nice relaxed vibe about it, which is not often the case with some hodinkee editors who seem very uptight and snobby.

@Myrslokstok 5 лет назад

turtlehater2 True but it is your lucky day. There is even a better Mayer at Hodinkee video google it.

@9feetfrog 3 года назад

Apparently he invested his money on Hodinkee so there you go

@youraveragepasser-by7367 Год назад

@@9feetfrog I mean duh, Ben has been his friend for over a decade

@scnupe7 8 лет назад

Does anyone else get the urge to go out and buy a watch after watching Mayer talk watches?

@derrickmartinez2147 8 лет назад

I do I bought the Tudor Black Bay after I saw his article on Hodinkee, now I want an IWC Big Pilot. I really like the big crown on that watch and the leather strap. My Breitling may have to go I will be at an IWC shop next week in Tampa so may have to pick one up.

@evaburnz 8 лет назад

no.

@AlexRocks24-7 8 лет назад

+Derrick Martinez yes 😃 After watching this is i went out and bought one and I love it. this clip must have made iwc a lot of money 😑

@nickallen2257 5 лет назад

Yeah, and then I remember I don’t have thousands of dollars to spend on a watch.

@tobytaylor5960 5 лет назад

yes, but i am drunk and hid my money cards.

@peleti027 8 лет назад

Cmon!! Great content!! Nice to see Mister Mayer again!!! Thinkin'.... How about Mr Clapton talking about his PAtek collection?? :-) :-)

@sypen1 8 лет назад

Yes Clapton please

@andysnober1895 8 лет назад

Yes, Clapton!!!

@SlowandFat 8 лет назад

yes Clapton! all of his pateks and rolexes pls

@diegohernan82 8 лет назад

yes Clapton!

@irwinsaputra371 8 лет назад

Clapton Pls! Watch mastaaa!

@thomaslavigne711 5 лет назад

John Mayer is not only articulate but very knowledgeable about high end time pieces. Enjoyable to watch!

@Kiddomike 7 лет назад

It's fun to listen to John Mayer talk about watches.

@pupocas 5 лет назад

Kiddomike kkkdl

@anukrw 8 лет назад

To date there is not one single video posted on this channel has missed the mark of being pure, true to the passion, informative and down right fun to "watch".. I salute you team Hodinkee

@AlFadde 8 лет назад

Well I guess it's time to sit down and enjoy one of these rare videos that I'll visit every once in a while when I'm in need of some inspiration. Thank you very much Hodinkee! Sincerely, a big fan of JM & watches

@TheAmaterazzzu 8 лет назад

seriously, how can you hate this guy?

@blizziar 5 лет назад

Taylor Swift fangirls do

@hiems5647 5 лет назад

@@blizziar yea but i think he's talking about people with taste.

@paulchristian5375 5 лет назад

@@hiems5647 hahaha take my like

@harveyfinkelstein2963 4 года назад

I don't think so I envy him. I always wanted to sit and talk watches with other dudes instead of chasing all the super hot tail he is famous for dating in Hollywood doing sold out rock concerts. yeah, your right.....this is way better!

@rousseau327 4 года назад

@@harveyfinkelstein2963 Lol, are you unable to speak to women or something? what's with all your comments on here focusing on John Mayer getting girls?

@ferramirez4570 7 лет назад

Damn it, now i have to draw a Big pilot on my wrist.

@hikondo11 6 лет назад

Fer Ramirez い

@mastermachetier5594 6 лет назад

Make sure your draw it in platinum

@blizziar 5 лет назад

Your wrists aren't big enough.

@Enzoxvx 5 лет назад

@@blizziar 'hurr hurr hurr'

@GuitarTablatureSkill 4 года назад

Brilliant, insightful, modest, eloquent and smooth IWC love experiences by The one and only John Mayer.

@David.S. 8 лет назад

Stumbled across this video...and after watching, it *instantly* turned me onto watches (just bought a pilot-style watch!). Very cool, thanks.

@pupocas 5 лет назад

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@Opposed_Motoring Год назад

There is nothing better than listening to John Mayer talk about watches. It’s priceless… bring em back to ramble on plz

@SeanBlackburn1 8 лет назад

I love your videos with this guy. I love his knowledge and his passion for watches. Real smooth calm voice to listen along to as well. Great video.

@superscienceshow 5 лет назад

50 years from now the John Mayer Big Pilot will blow away the Paul Newman at auction.

@dstfno 4 года назад

I guess both Newman and Rolex have a more legendary status than Mayer and IWC will ever have.

@isaiahhudson5470 4 года назад

Facts

@tryitout-701 4 года назад

dstfno John Mayer alone double the price of the green dial gold Daytona just because he said he liked it.

@Joey-yk6fz 8 лет назад

IWC is really a rare-breed in the sense that they've dedicated themselves to a craft that has waned in purpose. Pilot watches are perhaps as pragmatic as watches will ever be, designed to be a tool and only encompassing aesthetics to aid its purpose. But here we are, in 2016, when flying is less of an experience without on-board wifi, and quite frankly those(most) who buy Big Pilots today buy for solely its looks. As John said, Patek may have its own artistic beauty, but what's really great about the Big Pilot is its beauty in mere pragmatism.

@QuickQuips 8 лет назад

Same thing happened with dive watches, which generally have been supplanted by dive computers and bottom timers (and honestly who needs to know the day at 300m)? It's looks, and not pure practicality or else they'd have atomic or quartz movements.

@bc8Sooners 7 месяцев назад

Love the Hodinkee of old. John knows his IWC Big Pilot history.

@Grunge_Cycling 8 лет назад

Damn you, now I have to buy a Big Pilot...

@pastpianist 8 лет назад

Would love to see the relation of sales of the Big Pilot to the view count of this video in the coming months

@basshead615 7 лет назад

cause everyone has $12,000 to drop on a watch

@egibson2266 7 лет назад

Will Lawson thought it would be more, cheaper than a Daytona... maybe I should add it to my lis.... wish list.

@basshead615 7 лет назад

E Gibson that's for the cheapest one they run up to around $35,000

@egibson2266 7 лет назад

Will Lawson dang :(

@Kiddomike 8 лет назад

Great follow up to that very memorable episode of Talking Watches.

@Sebrgeen 8 лет назад

I love this interview - the passion here is incredible. This makes me love my watches even more + the fact that JM's 5002 has some dings in it. It has clearly been worn and used. That is how watches should be!.

@Blue_Libra 4 года назад

The way Mr. J C Mayer ended the conversation could be a life quote for the entire generation of mankind. Excellence at its zenith!!!

@mikkotoivonen2811 3 года назад

Mr. J C Mayer... I see what you did there 😀

@Vilmir 8 лет назад

I did not like the Big Pilot, until I saw this video. John is a very good host.

@pitofor 8 лет назад

Anything with John and Ben is GOLDEN. Thanks guys!

@Hueguh 8 лет назад

Please write a letter to Rolex now.

@VictorDude98 3 года назад

Or now

@panaceiasuberes6464 3 года назад

Its 2021. Did he sent that letter?

@JorgeRojas-ut3wj 3 года назад

Or right now.

@larry.l 2 года назад

Now will be great

@angryarchitect2731 2 года назад

Any day now, any day now, any day bow… (he whispered to himself, barely audible to anyone, sitting in a dark room in the corner on the floor, hands wrapped tightly around his knees, rocking gently to and fro…)

@atl3630 8 лет назад

Well, I enjoyed the hell out of that...

@harveyfinkelstein2963 4 года назад

keep it in your pants lover boy

@dons1932 6 лет назад

See this is what RU-vid is all about. I don't like John Mayer, and I don't like IWC. But I like watches and this is a killer video to the first version. Loved it.

@BrandonDean3 8 лет назад

Given the extensive and tasteful (to say the least) nature of JM's watch collection and knowledge, this should definitely be a regular series of some kind on Hodinkee.

@samchen9951 3 года назад

I'm a big fan of both watches and John Mayer's music. Love this man

@jeffreylee3775 5 лет назад

I would like to see a John Mayer watch channel. Him alone talking watches.

@MrVoayer 7 лет назад

The last scene with all the generations gathered on a reunion is probably the best illustration of that well known proverb: A picture is worth a thousand words ! Terrific video, guys !!! At least for us IWC afficionados !

@kimosabi860 5 лет назад

Love to hear JM observations on cool watches. He clearly appreciates the craft and history of these fine pieces.

@nihvl 8 лет назад

Big pilot has always been one of my favourite timepiece

@shirtbliss8374 8 лет назад

T-Shirt "JUST ONE MORE WATCH I PROMISE" - teespring.com/just-one-more-watch-i-promise#pid=2&cid=2397&sid=front

@TheFerdinand07 8 лет назад

Not a big pilot fan but I really enjoyed watching this. Simply good and effortless taste.

@soubido 8 лет назад

Just received the Big Pilot Top Gun as a bday gift and I'm loving it!

@juniorjohnson5961 3 года назад

Happy Birthday 🎂

@steelmember6326 5 лет назад

Just bought a IWC Schaffhausen Pilot's Watch Double Chronograph Edition Antoine de Saint Exupery . I Can listen to john taking about watches all day. I know i need a life.

@richardman28 4 года назад

Watching this video again, John Mayer has made the IWC big pilot cool and relevant again.

@injuredtabletennisplayer1474 5 лет назад

I hope they catch the guys who stole his watches....he seems such a sincere guy.

@amirjon 7 лет назад

the man can speak. great episode!

@diegohernan82 8 лет назад

1:25 that buckle reeks quality

@irwinsaputra371 8 лет назад

another one at 11:50 , urgh that sounds perfect

@thebeardedyorkshireman8368 5 лет назад

If you want to know what a true watch enthusiast or collector is, just watch Mr Mayer. True gentleman and very humble.

@drfdwf392 6 лет назад

You can listen to John Mayer geek out on watches and still appreciate everything he says even if you're not a watch geek.

@Kostas1601 8 лет назад

I just realized that the triangle with the two circles that's at the 12 o clock spot on the watch is the same as the inlay in his Martin OM-28 JM signature acoustic guitar. Makes perfect sense!

@whyaskmenoely25 8 лет назад

Thats actually what inspired those 12th fret inlays, he said so himself!

@Kostas1601 8 лет назад

whyaskmenoely25 Can you point me to a video where he says this?

@whyaskmenoely25 8 лет назад

Kostas1601 Even better! The article be wrote on Hodinkee www.hodinkee.com/articles/an-open-letter-to-iwc-from-john-mayer

@Kostas1601 8 лет назад

whyaskmenoely25 Nice, thanks a lot! I actually had no idea where to read this letter (as they mention it in the video)... I just noticed it after seeing the watch over and over again.

@whyaskmenoely25 8 лет назад

Kostas1601 I never noticed until I read the article but when I saw the picture, it made perfect sense as the 12th fret inlays.

@opicnojam 4 года назад

Mayer's hair looks like the IWC knob. lol. (no diss intended!)

@chipster52284 8 лет назад

Seeing John in the Big Pilot while in college made me buy a Poljot Russian Aviator. Clearly we have different buying power, but that manual wind, 17 jewel carbon fiber strap has been on my wrist 2-3 days a week since (with Mayer playing in the background...)

@alcaponed16 8 лет назад

The rose gold piece is GORGEOUS.

@lal3061 6 лет назад

I don't like John Mayer's music, but thanks to this couple of Hodinkee videos I love him

@patrickcarroll1754 8 лет назад

He's a genius. That's it.

@abdulrahmanmalik8650 8 лет назад

ask him about his vintage Rolex collection !!!!!

@mrplummer1988 8 лет назад

John Mayer is so well spoken...he speaks like an author, well I guess he is because I am assuming he writes his songs

@harveyfinkelstein2963 4 года назад

too bad he can't write music and sing anymore and is hanging out with dudes instead of hot girls like the old days when he was straight....nice to see he gets you hot.....

@WINDINGCROWNS 4 года назад

Harvey Finkelstein , what? he still writes good music , tours and doesn’t use girls like he use to because he’s matured. You just like saying some stupid shit.

@andrewcruz7595 4 года назад

@@harveyfinkelstein2963 he's getting old , let him be lol.

@mrsir1872 3 года назад

agreed. he doesnt say um or stutter with his words. he know what he wants to say and says it. clear minded guy

@injuredtabletennisplayer1474 4 года назад

Bought my last year. Had been watching it since 2010. Big part was watching this video a bunch. Hope John got his watches back.

@davidcote8644 8 лет назад

Love the 5002... Best pilot ever, I can watch this over and over again.

@rosesmith5135 6 месяцев назад

Thank you John for the reminder that the pilot watch was manufactured in platinum!

@ABarrettJones 8 лет назад

Terrific video. One of the most underrated family of watches.

@lilnightsand7079 6 лет назад

Truly a beautiful video. Absolutely fantastic conversation

@JosephActivate 6 лет назад

Still watching this because it inspires me!!

@ardwickhouse 11 месяцев назад

Quickest 14 mins of my life. I love Mayers enthusiasm, vocabulary and overwhelming watch knowledge. I also love his music. He’s cool as fck.

@winedemonium 8 лет назад

Awesome work, you guys. So nice to geek out on the Big Pilot. More like this (and the Speedy one you did a while back) please.

@SpaghettiKillah 6 лет назад

The one with the blue dial really takes the cake! what a stunner!

@pasquale78 8 лет назад

14 minutes is way too short!

@1trife90 3 года назад

John Mayer is such a thoughtful individual, about everything. That last analogy about the gangs is brilliant. Go watch his interview with Jerry Lorenzo, founder of Fear of God.

@nobissc 5 лет назад

I see why his songs are so well appreciated. He can speak correctly, using the correct terms to describe his feelings about their watches.

@MichaelGarcie 8 лет назад

great video. love revisiting a former guest. casual, friendly, yet informative:)

@Jprr12 3 года назад

You know you’re a watch guy when you have a “collection”within a collection👍🏽

@mjtsirhc 7 лет назад

Nice to see a celebrity who collects watches for the sake of watches, and not status. I mean, yeah, he's rich and famous, but it's cool that he actually knows what each watch is about and represents (historically and horologically, as opposed to monetarily).

@Kingstonsmac Год назад

I wouldn’t care if every talking watches episode was just John talking about one watch at a time ! 😂

@aaronchang8397 4 года назад

11:45 An instrument watch doesn’t need to be in rose gold. But a car doesn’t have to be an AMG either, you know what I mean? 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@TDong-qs7qw 7 лет назад

Dear Ben and John, I bought a BP after watching this video for countless time. *sigh*

@stevenuk 7 лет назад

Had to watch this video again.. so cool.

@HABHDAY 7 лет назад

Very nicely done near the end with two gangs facing off and the granddaddy of pilot asking Can we just get along? and the answer is Yes! Next, comes the lineup shot of old and new surrounding big daddy. Was just beautiful. Again, very well done boys! :-)

@sdemosi 6 лет назад

The perpetual calendar is a beauty. Very functional yet intriguing.

@rodneyharris1879 8 лет назад

If John were on this channel as a regular, I'd lose my shit!

@charlesbutler4646 5 лет назад

Lots of fun and fascinating video.

@YouGenie 6 лет назад

It’s the watch that makes the - the artist! There’s a lot of art in these instruments!

@pilotstyle123 7 лет назад

This video really got me. I saw it yesterday, today I ordered my Stowa Flieger.

@QuietFor 8 лет назад

I'm loving these interviews especially with Jean-Claude Biver! The passion shines through in them all, so nice vibe and all... Keep on keeping on! 😈 🏇

@sensitivesystem420 6 лет назад

Thanks passion you guys have is honestly really inspiring :-)

@nickb3250 8 лет назад

Decked out in Visvim per usual

@itsKibbleTalksWatches 8 лет назад

It's literally a SUPER experience once you see a new Hodinkee video :D

@andysnober1895 8 лет назад

Awesome Awesome Awesome! I love Talking Watches!!! Great job!! Ben and John are great.

@ahmadfaeisalabubakar9706 8 лет назад

Dear John/Ben, super awesom..lurve it!!!

@capitalistpig10 8 лет назад

Haven't seen it, clicked the like button already!

@drfdwf392 6 лет назад

The rose gold looked really good on John's wrist.

@ChromeXuGames 3 года назад

The best Hodinkee video!

@MWS1960 Год назад

I just picked up a 5004 transitional….so a 5002 watch face with the 5004 movement. A little over 100 built as IWC made their transition to a double spring movement from the single spring movement in the original 5002 Watch. A number of people complained about the single spring movement in the 5002 and that it would run slow in the last day of the power reserve. I had to go all the way to Spain for this watch.

@above-us-only-sky 11 дней назад

8 years later AP literally created a position for him to design watches. this man is a watch world legend.

@forestgod1845 6 лет назад

This is my favorite video at the moment! :D

@mark10601 8 лет назад

Love hearing another watch nerd! Another great video, thanks.

@jose713ful6 7 лет назад

I'm not into watches , I think a Casio goes a long way lol.But watching Mayer talk about them dam!!!Makes you wanna go get a Pilot.When this guy gets into something let it be guitar or watches you just got to respect.

@Roadjull 6 лет назад

I really like the part where he shows us his IWC Pilot.

@JJJosh949 8 лет назад

Here I was hoping to see an updated collection :/

@karlhurkett4170 3 года назад

So in love with this brand. My sister in law loves to Schaffhausen and every time we visit I dream of going into the factory. I’ll keep it that way, until I can afford a mark XVIII