Longines Majetek - Different done right 

good choice. Did you get this one or the titanium version ? 😊

I like Tudor a lot, but daring they are not. Then again you see enough watches and it becomes harder to spot the unique ones because you’ve inevitably seen it all before…. 😂😂😂

I have a Longines Conquest 39 and a Tudor BB58 and thought when I bought the latter, it would outclass the former. That didn’t happen. I still wear the Conquest quite often!

The big eye, just like this pilots watch in this video, is too big and chunky. I sold the big eye a couple of weeks after purchase for this reason.

Thanks a ton! I truly appreciate the feedback (especially when it's that positive). I try my best and I'm glad you enjoy my approach. 😁 Thanks for taking the time to contribute 😀😀😀

Good luck with developing the channel 👍

Thanks for the feedback and absolutely take a look for yourself. It’s only wheb you’ve handled a watch yourself that you know if it’s for you 👍

Boring is not always a bad thing. 😀👍 I have a Tudor GMT that slakes my thirst 😂

Yes 😀😀😀

Noted in the improvement points. I will remember that going forward. And really appreciate the feedback. Thanks a ton 😀😀😀

Thanks a ton. Glad you found it worthwhile 😊😊😊

Thanks a ton for the feedback and the sub. It means a ton. The RAF is a cool piece BTW. Great choice 👍

Wow! Thanks. That's really appreciated. Let's see. I didn't expect to be at a 1000 now. I'm having fun and have the energy so I'm gonna keep trying to make good stuff and hopefully the channel will grow. 👍😃

I completely agree. If the case was slightly smaller but kept the actual dial face the same size and decrease the thickness of the bezel, I would absolutely pick one up.

Thanks for the sub. It’s really appreciated. I saw that they have quite a few 40mm now outside of the due line. I had the 683 that is 42mm but I started feeling the proportions were off, so it had to go. Will have to check out the new quarantas in person at some point See you and around also thanks for sharing 👍😀

9:45 I fully agree! ❤

IT's really a cool watch... and it's actually a little hard to get a hold of because of it's popularity in some areas. Not Rolex level of course, but "we'll have it in in a weeks time" - is not an unlikely response... Thanks for sharing 😀👍

Thanks - Glad you enjoyed it. Yeah. The plague doesn't bother me that much but I get why some people would feel it hurts the overall look. End of the day, the only opinion that counts is your own 😀😀😀😀 Cheers!

I like the new titanium one 😃😃

Tough choice. My money is on the majetek but that's just my preference. You need to try both and see how you feel. 😊😊

Thanks - Glad you've chosen to tune in to my channel 😃😃

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. It is a cool watch. Definitely worth a look Be sure to come back for more 😀

Thanks! Glad you like it 👍👍

Fair enough! It is a size that's not for everyone 😃

It's a stunner for sure 😀

Probably true. The movement is in a couple of their models including the sector dial version. It's unique to Longines but not unique to a specific model as I understand it 👍👍

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Thanks so much! 😃

This hobby gets expensive very quickly 😂😂😂

Thanks and welcome 😃

Lol 😂

You and me both 😀

Glad you enjoyed it. Yeah. I suppose they can, but there must be a cost related to it that they're not willing to take on to keep their margins. At least, I would think so. 😀😀😀

@@Mike.thiswatchthatwatch -- Many thanks -- although another of your videos on the very impressive NOMOS brand which have developed watches that are impressively thin . . . I am getting closer to deciding on a *dress* watch 🙂. I do appreciate your in-depth reviews from a marketing perspective vs my interest in what I would also like from an engineering perspective. There are several engineering areas that watch makers gloss over . . . case thickness, time keeping accuracy, micro-adjustment bracelets, how old is the design (could it have been improved in the last 30 years), some clarity on the design and manufacture of the movement and can a watch be serviced locally at a reasonable price (i.e. they are able to obtain the parts). A big thank you for all your videos. Apologies for all the engineering details but some watches are very expensive and the engineering should be at an equivalent level.

Excellent question and very fair point. I must admit that every time I do a video, I feel I spend way to much time on width, height and lug to lug measurements. The fact is that many people want an opinion on how something will look on their wrist and unlike a pair of pants usually they only come in one size only. So on the one hand we try to talk about the aesthetics of the watch in isolation - "how it looks in the display case". Some watches just look good. Others look ugly. Irrespective of who wears them. Then we try to approximate how it would look on a wrist bearing in mind that we are all different, big, small, short, tall, fat, thing, black, white and everything in between. Because we are all different it's going to look different on everybody. ' ' Finally there's the added component that how you think it looks and wears feel different to how I may perceive it plus the context of fashion. Bell bottom trousers looked cool in the 70s. Today, they are generally agreed to looking silly. Super skinny jeans were all the rage 10 years back. Now the ultra slim fit on a man is generally agreed to look stupid. 20 years back a 49mm Panerai was cool and looked "good". So everybody wore them. We haven't gotten thinner since 2003, so why now does a 49mm look wrong? Long story short. I like it to. It's bigger than most watches today. Most people would say too big. I would wear it any way. Thanks for sharing. 😃

If you just buy from someone reputable you should be fine. Stay away from Ebay when it comes to Panerai is my suggestion.... 🤣😃

😂😂 Sorry...

Fair and good question. As I have said a couple of times in several videos, in-house is not as useful a term as it once was. Case in point. The IWC Ingenieur has a val fleurier movement, technically not in house. However since IWC is part of the larger Richemont group and these movements are then supplied to multiple richemont subsidiaries, some of whom, make changes, adjustments and alterations to said movement making it unique to the individual watch producer. Incidentally the fleurier movement has a lineage back to en ETA movement. Much like ETA movements in the old days I suppose, but nevertheless still broadly accepted in this case as an IWC calibre.. Up till 2004 Rolex did not technically have in house movements either. Manufacture des Montres Rolex SA (a separate legal entity) was the manufacturer but did in fairness only produce movements for Rolex. Again challenging the definition of “in-house. Movements were produced by a seperate legal entity. Kenissi is a separate legal entity from Tudor, though now producing all Tudors movements. In the case of kenissi. Kenissi was founded by Tudor in 2015/2016 and built on Rolex owned land. The first movements were designed fully by Tudor and Kenissi was established to produce those movements. The first movements were wholely designed by Tudor and Kenissi was solely tasked with producing them. As opposed to Rolex though, Tudor, and by extension Kenissi sell their movements to other brands including Breitling, norqain and Chanel among others. Kenissi has also partnered with others (ie Breitling) to develop new movements. On top of all that, the initial Tudor in-house movements were to a large extent “inspired” in turn by Rolex movements. Kenissi goes so far to state that their movements are “dervied from Tudor movements” - quote from their own site. Long story short. Tudor established Kenissi on Rolex land to build movements for Tudor. Others may draw the line differently for their definition of in house, but in my case I am comfortable with calling the MT calibres in house. Hope that gives light to my thought process around this and thanks for contributing. 👍😀

@@Mike.thiswatchthatwatch … regardless as to tudors involvement in starting the company, Kenissi is an independent company and 20% owned by Chanel and also some ownership by Breitling. Kenissi sells only 50% of its movement production to Tudor…and I already said the the MT chronograph is actually from Breitling…and it’s not new…it’s the B01 with a Tudor rotor… as for ETA and Longines, they are both 100% owned by Swatch… ETA movements for Longines are exclusive to Longines…in fact, ETA movements for all the Swatch brands are only for Swatch brands…Swatch sells only Old designs to others….Longines takes its exclusive movements and parts that it’s engineers worked with ETA on and then modifies, decorates and assembles them with Longines employees at the Longines factory. To me, that is more “in-house” than Kenissi.

Very interesting viewpoint. Goes to show how in-house is very flexible and subject to personal interpretation as I also stated. More importantly, as long as one is informed and forms ones own opinion rather than just towing a corporate line, all will be fine. 👍😀 Thanks for sharing 🤜

Yup - Date window is a deal breaker for many 😃

Wow - That's Seiko levels of inaccuracy. If that's a consistent problem in their range, it definitely needs to be fixed because Tudor does not have those issues since the transitioned to their Kennisi movements. But yeah - They're are kind of a forgotten brand in the broader enthusiast community, considering they do sell like 1.4 million watches a year.... 😀

Enjoy it 😀

Not a bad idea 🤣👍

@@Mike.thiswatchthatwatch Judging by the increasing number of sub 40mm case sized watches now available, I think they’re realising that less is more.