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My addiction to luxury watches

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As an F1 photographer I'm exposed to lots of watch brands. But my love affair with luxury watches dates back 4 decades. Allow me to share my passion with you thanks to www.Canity.com, the world's best online staff training.
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@saigiritharrao8477 3 года назад

Kym: I love watches Also Kym: THROWS THEM ONTO THE TABLE😂

@KymIllman 3 года назад

They survived.

@VarjoPira 3 года назад

Sudden quality test.

@Em-7Add11 3 года назад

@@KymIllman Or did they? Vsauce, Michael here.

@justforfunpagla 3 года назад

They can take it, they are expensive for a reason mate!😉

@sloppynyuszi 3 года назад

@@justforfunpagla not always for their ruggedness though.

@sloppynyuszi 3 года назад

The man dumps his watches on the table like I used to dump my game boy games when going camping back in the day.

@kefren1322 3 года назад

My heart literally stopped when you threw them on the table. PS: That Patek looks gorgeous, best piece on the table.

@MrGaberacer 3 года назад

the title should be more like " My addiction of tossing luxury watches"

@TheRausing1 2 года назад

I.... I’ve literally never seen someone treat their watches like that. When you poured them all out I actually gasped. Good on you for not babying them but man... that’s a level of nonchalance I could never achieve.

@ThePoushal 2 года назад

Fancy editing here.

@GlasgowCelticFootballClub Год назад

If you think that’s bad you should see how he speaks to taxi drivers in developing countries trying to do him out of $10….

@powers14sj90 3 года назад

I’m waiting for pride and pinion to react to this

@nitronixus9402 3 года назад

YES

@zuriel1888 3 года назад

Me too mate

@srfhdx5584 3 года назад

Been subbed to those guys since 30 mins after the first video was uploaded, incredible to see their growth

@nikhilshinde7711 3 года назад

Yes

@balazsbenke1692 3 года назад

Yes! We gotta make that happen!

@harryvanderveen773 3 года назад

"I am quite weary photographing around the track where you have metal fences, I don't want to scratch any of them" Also throws them upside down on top of each other on the table and carries them in a bag :) Really enjoyed this vid!

@dakota1435 3 года назад

Kym tooting his own horn in the title cracked me up.

@romanalyon7764 3 года назад

I like that he's honest and refers to it as an addiction. After you have enough watches you begin to realize that.

@jamesestrada82 3 года назад

“Today, it’s probably worth 30,000 maybe 40” proceeds to throw the Daytona across the table 🤦🏽‍♂️ Really nice collection though 👍🏼

@cpcxgsr 2 года назад

I don't baby any of my watches either. But damn Kym! Dumping out your $200k collection like it's a bag of candy!!! 😂😂😂😂

@Leftystrat 2 года назад

Us be aussies don’t care. This guy didn’t get caught up with the bs babying hype, old school maaate!

@TN48005 2 года назад

Omg lol 😂 thought the same thing. I Cringed

@VarjoPira 3 года назад

Mercedes: We have a Hamilton. Kym: ***** please, I got two.

@lowend5566 3 года назад

I'm still waiting for a video on how you set yourself up for a day of shooting at the track, logistics, positioning, etc. Unless you've done one already but I've not been able to find one.

@KymIllman 3 года назад

Will consider that one. Thanks

@Honraxxx 3 года назад

I watch loads of watch content each and every day on RU-vid and I gotta say this one left me with a great feeling. Love the diversity of your collection, the fact that they are worn and loved.

@KymIllman 3 года назад

Good to hear. I had another Daytona to my collection since I shot this.

@walkerb1734 2 года назад

2:02. “This is a Breitling. Probably keeps the worst time of any of my watches. I don’t love it”. Hilarious….and so true! My sentiments exactly regarding the brand

@sobeit712 3 года назад

"I don't even know why I bought it..." threw an Oris big crown on the ground with an expression of disgust...

@T25de 3 года назад

😂

@leriava 3 года назад

Kym's sons always making the most of their full head of hair lol Great collection, Kym!

@rendullic 3 года назад

When i saw dropping then on table i was NOOOO

@siccodegroot8710 3 года назад

That watch safe is probably the coolest thing about this video. I love that

@KymIllman 3 года назад

I have to keep replacing the watch winders every ten or so years though.

@manmountain7545 Год назад

Love that watch safe. It is beautiful and a Marvel of engineering. One of my pet peeves is having to reset my watches after they've set and not been used. Yes advertising does work as you say you see their names plastered all over the racetracks. I would collect one of each of the sponsored drivers just for fun. I would get a beater watch to take to the track when working like you say you don't want to damage any of your nice ones. The beater watch I used to use when I was working was a G-Shock. Not expensive and they could take a lot of abuse.

@a004 3 года назад

The way this man handles his watches makes me anxious. I've subscribed

@thomasneuber2740 3 года назад

It hurts to see how he treats his watches....

@youraveragepasser-by7367 2 года назад

Tbf it's nice how he treats tools as tools and doesn't put them on a pedestal like other people do

@firstfreonwarrior 3 года назад

The Breitling might just need a service? Watch winders age the time piece prematurely. IMHO.

@johnpeters5842 3 года назад

Merry Christmas! You now hit all three of my passions! Photography, racing and watches! In late '65 I saw an ad in New Yorker of a Rolex GMT. I didn't know a Rolex from Timex at the time but I thought the GMT was unique, totally different than most watches. I wore that one for 50 years replacing it with a two tone blue Submariner. Stay passionate!

@TheUnleashedRT 3 года назад

You've always seemed like a really sympathetic fella. Having you as an F1 photographer - F1 being among my fondest childhood addictions - reignite my watch addiction from when I was a child is truly something else...cheers from Germany, great video! I'd love to see you update us on any new watch purchases, haha!

@KymIllman 3 года назад

I have my name down for another watch but who knows how far down the list I am. And regards to all in Germany, you,re doing it tough at the moment.

@TheUnleashedRT 3 года назад

@@KymIllman Pressing thumbs you're up far enough! Thanks a lot, it is indeed tough but we'll just power through.

@MatthewDcy 3 года назад

That watch safe is absolutely insane ! Amazing collection Kym!

@anthonyshealy 2 года назад

It’s really amazing that you don’t have a million subscribers! Your videos are great ! I’m a Nikon portrait photographer here in the states! Much appreciation to you sir!

@willduff858 3 года назад

That watch safe/display/winder is ridiculously cool. Oh the luxuries of wealth…

@AMGJason 3 года назад

I thoroughly enjoyed the watch dump at the beginning, no need for white gloves or talk about provenance. A watch collector after my own heart. Congratulations to your son on receiving his year 12 results, especially going through covid.

@DC-wz9gp 2 года назад

fellow f1 fan and watch collector as well. so nice looking thru your long term collection. I'm young and just starting!

@rottieshepcalibre9156 3 года назад

they sounded nice and heavy when you emptied the bag out.. ive been collecting beer all my life but sad to say i have none to show.. fantastic memories tho..

@BilTheGalacticHero 11 месяцев назад

Even though I've been wearing a watch daily for 40+ years I never really got "into" them as anything other than functional. I love dumping them on the table though. They're meant to be used, not babied so props for that!

@prongATO 2 года назад

One of the things I love about Rolexes is that they don’t change their style much, classic design and for anyone that’s never held a Rolex.. it’s an amazing piece of art and engineering.

@tomporcinus 2 года назад

Kym, I actually resisted watching this particular post because I have a deep but amateur love of watches, I thought I would get depressed seeing someone with a great job and a great collection that I could never attain, but it turns out I really enjoyed your watches and the backstory to each of them. Like you, my first watch that I love is a Seiko that my dad gave me, probably not very expensive but he has had it for probably 50 years. He has since passed away so it means that much more to me. Today my everyday watch is a Tissot T-Sport MotoGP, not F1 but it is motor racing. I promised myself my next watch will be a TAG...maybe the Monaco. And I love your watch safe. Perhaps something I can aspire to have instead of a wine cellar.

@KymIllman 2 года назад

Cheers for the feedback.

@dazlarg 3 года назад

“I don’t wanna scratch them” but you have all them All in a bag jostling against each other and tip them Out of said bag into a table in a heap.. classic 😂

@de.grandi 3 года назад

The difference in the Daytona's second hand is due to the change in the movement

@roelhernaus4109 3 года назад

You almost killed me! Ik nearly had a heart attack when you threw my dreams on that table.

@valentinmoeller 11 месяцев назад

This video brought me into watches. Now I own my first three :) it was actually the pour out shot that stuck with me that go me intro watches 😅

@bottomtext5872 2 года назад

Man you hucking those watches across the table is one hell of a way to treat those things

@KymIllman 2 года назад

Theyve been through much worse

@velvetjones1856 3 года назад

I got tired of waiting for a Rolex Daytona, almost 3 years. I just bought a Tudor Pelagos.

@lowend5566 3 года назад

I ended up with a Tudor Heritage Bronze. Life's to short to wait for a damn Rolex.

@KymIllman 3 года назад

Beckham is their ambassador

@KymIllman 3 года назад

I got very lucky with my first one.

@velvetjones1856 3 года назад

Still waiting for the Daytona if they get one. Covid has messed up production. I used to do photography at our local drag strip in the 1970s. Pictures at the race, run home develop film while I'm writing story for National Dragster and then print the pictures. Had pictures in many of the popular car magazines like Hot Rod, Car Craft and such too. One of my pictures showed up in a magazine a few years ago and when I called them out, a nice check came in the mail. You must protect the value of your work.

@matteosaettini6491 3 года назад

Bro get yourself a nice speedmaster

@woozertoo Год назад

Kym, that 90s Tag is the "S/El", which stood for Sport / Elegance, i believe. It was the predecessor to the "Link" series, for obvious reasons

@danielosh3218 3 года назад

the face i made when Kym showed the safe. probably priceless.

@myenglishisbroke2524 3 года назад

Amazing Collection Kym The Background view 😍 0:25 whyyy Kym 😭

@RadoDani Год назад

That Oris Pilot Pointer-Date would look awesome on a bund strap!!! That Patek ❤. I’d get that Breitling regulated. There’s no reason why it should not keep great time. Chopard, imo, is more of a watchmaker than people give them credit for… although that sexy Mille Miglia uses a pedestrian ETA movement, not the in-house LUC. El Primero Daytona is the only Rolex I care for in this collection. Although one can never go wrong with a black-dialed no-date Submariner. I’d sell off the Rolexes, keeping only El Primero Daytona, and get a Richard Mille and special edition Heuer Monaco. That would tie into the car racing theme.

@creeperjeeper94 3 года назад

Beautiful collection, Kym! Really enjoying your content.

@KymIllman 3 года назад

Happy to show it to others.

@zacharywilliams3136 3 года назад

Kym, looks like you have carved out a nice life for you and your family. Good on you mate.

@KymIllman 3 года назад

Doing the same thing over and over for 40 years is my secret

@zacharywilliams3136 3 года назад

@@KymIllman let’s get a house tour this off-season!

@uhsweb-manager2997 3 года назад

The Daytona with seconds dial at 9 oclock is zenith movement....at 6 oclock is rolex newer movement.

@KymIllman 3 года назад

Correct.

@tekguyphoto 3 года назад

Just started. Got my first Tag. Yes its the cheapest model but it looks great. Tag Formula 1 quartz blue face. Will keep an eye open for some used rolex next year around my birthday month. Thanks for the video.

@Luumuvaris 3 года назад

Trivia: It's Kermit because of the green bezel, as Kermit the frog was green.

@sloppynyuszi 3 года назад

You sure? Isn’t it a bit low brow for a fancy pants Swiss engineered time piece?

@ashutoshuniyal198 3 года назад

Y E S

@Luumuvaris 3 года назад

@@sloppynyuszi Of course I am sure, just check up how they name the colored ones.

@madgpol 2 года назад

What a great video and watch collection you have When you emptied the bag onto the table I wasn't expecting 2 Daytona's, a Patek and a Kermit to fall out lol. I love the fact watches can tell stories. Wear them with good health

@thehandyguy 2 года назад

As I kept watching Kym's videos I started realizing he was a watch enthusiast as well and I'm so glad I found this video

@RMA_432_ 3 года назад

Kym! Fantastic collection! 🤩🤩🤩 I was hoping you would make this video one day! I love how you just poured them onto the table. Finally, someone who isn’t afraid to use their watches and doesn’t just keep them sealed up in their boxes collecting dust!

@deadliaski 3 года назад

well most of them are just run of the mill. Only ones worth being careful about are the Daytonas and Patek. He said as much.

@RMA_432_ 3 года назад

@@deadliaski Same difference.

@rosscooke3354 3 года назад

Would love for you to do another short film but go into much more detail about the watches; any stories about first buying them, any sentimental watches and why, plus I would love to hear more detail about the hardware, such as movement stats etc. Loved it tho.

@KymIllman 3 года назад

I’ll wait till I add a few more to the collection and then perhaps do that. Thanks for the suggestion

@rosscooke3354 3 года назад

@@KymIllman can I ask whether you got the funds for the watches from photography or do you have another job?

@agopiechand 3 года назад

Kym 'you control your time". If that was my collection 'time would control me' .

@DBStarr7 3 года назад

Great Stuff, Kym! I've been affected by the adverts over the years w/ F1, too! Finally achieved a bucket list item by being able to be a Tag Huer Formula 1. It's a TAG HEUER Formula 1 Chronograph Black Dial Men's Watch CAZ1010.FT8024: Just LOVE it!! Likely won't ever go that high for a watch again, but I've always, always admired them! Thanks for posting the video. Watch content like this allows me to come out of the closet now & again! :>)

@MichaelG1986 3 года назад

Really enjoyable video. It combines two of my favorite things: wristwatches and Formula 1. Terrific collection.

@KymIllman 3 года назад

Glad you found it interesting.

@pistolpete6114 2 года назад

I have too many passions! Sony cameras and lenses A1 and just about every lens to include the 400GM. I collect bass guitars, 17 and counting and I have decent watch collection to include Rolex's 5514 sub with HEV, Hulk, 5513/5517 MILSUB, 1675 "Steve McQueen," James Cameron and a few others like Omega, Panerai etc. For the most part, 2/3 of my collection are vintage watches. I've slowed down lately and I am following my wife's principles, "Buy on, sell one." I have to keep her happy. By the way, you were a bit rough with your watches.

@petergilbert3201 3 года назад

I still have my 1972 Rolex gmt master and recept £125.00 from Garrards regent st London

@KymIllman 3 года назад

How often have you serviced it?

@petergilbert3201 3 года назад

Kym Illman .major service about 6 last one 3 years ago €1300.00 . Problem now is when it goes to Rolex Geneve ( I live in Berl.in) they will change the dial and will not accept it for service otherwise so it is not original anymore and the value drops slightly . I will have to look elsewhere for the next service .

@ml66b 10 месяцев назад

FFS Kym, the way you tipped them out onto the table I thought it was a G-Shock collection! 🙂

@roeimessica3757 2 года назад

I love that he throws the Daytona the same way he throws the seiko

@Cinestudi0 2 года назад

This is the less preppy watch collection video I've seen, kurdos for that , nice collection btw

@mattward7168 3 года назад

You've got a great collection Kym, I'm saving desperately for an Omega Aqua Terra. One day!

@KymIllman 3 года назад

It shall be yours.

@TerenceMa1989 2 года назад

My heart stopped for a beat when u spilled out the watches from the bag, guess ur a real collector without any hassle about scratching your timepieces

@sumanthbhat7879 3 года назад

My Dad bought me my first luxury watch and it was a Rolex Daytona

@KymIllman 3 года назад

You are most fortunate. Can’t go wrong with that watch

@jackstein9986 3 года назад

Hooolllyyyy sheeeyaaaatttt

@andresduarte4740 3 года назад

That's an incredible first

@iceman1125 3 года назад

buy one yourself

@sumanthbhat7879 3 года назад

@@iceman1125 I will when I can, considering I just turned 18 I won't be able to afford it for a long time

@Dr.Sheffield 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing great taste wear them in good health and happy new year ✌️

@KymIllman 3 года назад

You bet.

@sporehux8344 3 года назад

"ORIS" - "works best in the shade"

@ThePoushal 2 года назад

Those automatic winders will be the doom of those movements 😂

@prongATO 2 года назад

Hulk if it’s green on green. Kermit is green on black. I’ve wanted a Submariner or GMT Master since I was in the 8th grade

@tonyeid2663 2 года назад

Awesome collection. Hearing the watches bang and crackle on the wood table was hard to handle though. I m better now,

@im_nihar 3 года назад

Love your videos. I like you sharing other things like these (watches and other videos apart from F1) I would like to know, maybe a small tutorial, how you edit photos while you uses to be on trackside. Like which software? Any particular pre-set etc?

@KymIllman 3 года назад

I’ve done a video on that awhile back. Flick back through my library and you should be able to find it.

@im_nihar 3 года назад

@@KymIllman Thank you. Will surely check it out. Edit: I am really enjoying these new videos on your channel.

@Patr1ck2332 3 года назад

The way you dumped them on the table from the bag, not protected, hurt my soul haha. But great video and awesome collection, just found your channel. New subscriber!

@garagedreamauctions 2 года назад

Casually throws a Zenith Daytona on the table............. Respect (At least the table's wooden)

@henkvandebeek7921 3 года назад

When you chucked the watches on the table it cracked me up! Perfect, a few tool watches in here and they should be designed to take a beating

@verena755 3 года назад

Hey there Kym! Loved that you came up with this video. Actually when you did a previously video showcasing a fancy drawer with your watches, I had to freeze the screen to try to see them, so you read my mind in a sense when you made this video. I have to admit though that I cringed a bit when you threw them like that onto the table. Lol please do a video on your fancy luxury scarfs next!

@KymIllman 3 года назад

I just pieces of metal and glass they’ll survive. Glad you like the video though.

@verena755 3 года назад

@@KymIllman love all of them! Huge fan 😊

@Drones_and_more 3 года назад

Thank you for your content through 2020, it must have been hard with the big lull etc, but you kept going, it really cant have been easy coming up with content, lets hope 2021 gives you the F1 content you love. Happy Holidays from the UK Brett

@curbyi76 3 года назад

Confirmed Kym a Pro snapper but loaded so F1 travels a hobby, love the laid back Ozzie attitude chuck the watches about "She be right no worries"

@stuart837 2 года назад

“This is a oris” Throws it on the floor😂😂😂

@edu0013 3 года назад

Awesome collection! Have you considered getting a TagHeuer Formula 1?? They’re beautiful and sporty

@LuisLuna-te4gf 3 года назад

Kym; here's my luxury watch collection.. *Throws watches on table* Me: NOOO THEY'LL GET SCRATCHED!

@timeisahumanconstruct9251 2 года назад

“I don’t want to scratch them”…why the heck are you dumping them onto each other then?!?! This man should have his collection seized. SMH

@burhanuddinsakarwala5033 3 года назад

I still remember when I got a 95 in my final exams, out of 100. My parents were not satisfied at all and questioned why it wasn't a 98. I didn't get squat, no wristwatch. If God wills, I'll buy my own Seamaster with my first salary one day.

@KymIllman 3 года назад

High expectations huh.

@Wishwader 3 года назад

Rolex is just about my least favourite watch brand. They’re more about what other people think (artificially restricted supply) rather than what the owner thinks. And aesthetically they look like the Casio of the luxury watch world, the way they overload the dial with text. Much prefer Omega - the co-axial movements have more precision and history to them, and they just look more pleasing.

@KymIllman 3 года назад

I like em.

@tobiaspascher9884 3 года назад

@@KymIllman and they do a lot of charity !

@ennisventer8038 3 года назад

Really enjoyed your down to earth approach, toss two Daytona’s on the table😂. I stand corrected , but Rolex asked Roger Federer what they could get him, and he went for the Zenith movement Daytona! I have the latest owns, but will gladly make a swap😀Think that safe is worth more than all the watches, careful they always go for the safe. I was a victim of a armed house robbery, and they just demanded the code. Cleaned me out, so had to start again. Be safe and enjoy them. We are not here for a long time, but a good time! New subscriber 😁👏👏👏

@TarrellOwens81 3 года назад

Nice collection Kym. I remember an old photo of Senna wearing a Tag Heuer like this

@zhrou2092 2 года назад

That 16520 Zenith Daytona is one of my grails..One day! Love how you treat the watches like tools HAHA, love the content.

@jamesclery9809 3 года назад

I love the throwing them around. Just like w&w but at least he's not trying to sell them!

@snowdogs01 3 года назад

Ah Kym: Retired newspaper photographer here, also a watch collector. My first was a TagHeuer 1000 diver from 1990. Beat it to hell, but it keeps on running. I buy "movie" watches... a Heuer Monaco as worn by Steve McQueen in 'LeMans"; a couple of "Bond" Rolexes and three 'Bond" Omegas. And I wonder why I have no money!

@KymIllman 3 года назад

Gotta love nice watches huh.

@snowdogs01 3 года назад

@@KymIllman If I could recoup the money I have spent/blown/invested in Swiss watches, German cameras, Italian motorcycles, American guns, sports cars and women..... well I wouldn't be as wealthy as Lewis H, but my wallet would be fatter. Ah well, all were worth the $$ at the time.BTW... fantastic winder setup!

@a004 3 года назад

The daytonas have different second hands because they are different movements. One is the zenith movement (white), the black is the in-house Rolex movement (4130 I think).

@64Sq 2 года назад

Amazing dad, you gave your son my grail watch! :)

@T25de 3 года назад

I’ve watched a bit of TheTimePieceGentleman here on RU-vid, They usually don’t throw them around It’s great to see you dump them out of the big bag!!

@PreMRaGe 2 года назад

I was hoping you’d make a video about this because I knew I’ve spotted you wearing a Daytona. Little did I know the vid was made a year ago.

@JGrindel 3 года назад

Just found this channel! I like F1... I like watches. So I feel right at home here. - Your son deserves the Sub! What an achievement and story, a classic design and perfect gift.

@KymIllman 3 года назад

I’ve cleared well out from him on the subs count. He has some work to do.

@kemmylove 3 года назад

"I'm quite wary... I don't wanna scratch any of them". Throws watch on table (and one on the floor)

@jamien6317 3 года назад

😂

@PhotoDaveJax 2 года назад

The bag dump was so cringe. And the tossing, clanking, and clunking around. But then you don’t want to scratch them? I don’t understand.

@albiariza 3 года назад

That Kermit tho. Niceeee..

@femiceo328 3 года назад

Lovely unique addition to F1 contents....will meet you soon on track after Covid

@curryboyftw 2 года назад

Nooo I have the same big crown pointer date and love it. Got super excited when you pulled it out and them you said you don’t even know why you bought it 😩🤣