My shift to smaller watches plus my take on the Pink Lemonade - SPOILER: it’s illegible in the dark

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VIDEO OVERVIEW
I take a reflective journey through my evolving taste in watches. Over the last 4 years, I've found myself reassessing my watch collection and gravitating towards smaller, more elegant timepieces. This video delves into this personal transformation, exploring how my preferences have shifted from larger models like my first Bremont MBII, to appreciating the subtle charm of smaller watches such as the A Lange & Sohne Saxonia Thin.
IN THIS VIDEO
•My Shift in Preference: How I moved from large 43mm watches to smaller, sleeker models.
•Skinny Wrist Considerations: Adjusting watch choices to suit a thinner wrist.
•The Allure of Smaller Watches: My growing love for smaller case diameters and thinner watches.
•Unveiling the Pink Lemonade: My latest acquisition from Studio Underd0g and why it caught my eye.
•The Purchase Adventure: The excitement and anticipation of acquiring the Pink Lemonade.
•First Impressions: Sharing my initial experiences and thoughts on the
Pink Lemonade's design, fit, and feel.
•Size Matters: Exploring the Pink Lemonade's dimensions and how it compares to other watches in my collection.
•Design Details: A closer look at the Pink Lemonade's unique features, including the tactile domed crystal, the supple suede strap, and its striking dial colour.
•Timekeeping and Luminosity: Evaluating the watch's performance in terms of time accuracy and dial lume.
•Practical Challenges: Discussing some of the limitations I've encountered with the Pink Lemonade, particularly in low-light conditions.
•Reflections and Feedback: Sharing my overall thoughts and the response from Studio Underd0g.
•Final Thoughts: Concluding with what this watch means to me and its place in my collection.
WHY WATCH THIS VIDEO?
Insightful Reflections: Understand how personal taste in watches can evolve over time.
Honest Review: Get a candid assessment of the Pink Lemonade, including its strengths and weaknesses.
Collector's Perspective: Gain insights from a watch enthusiast's point of view.
What's been your journey with watch sizes? Do you prefer larger or smaller watches?
Pink Lemonade Owners: Share your experiences and how it's been performing for you.
For more content on watch reviews, collecting insights, and my personal journey in the world of horology, make sure to subscribe and hit the bell icon for notifications on future videos.
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@YusssoM 5 месяцев назад

I really like your completely honest review. Almost every review out there is often downplaying any weaknesses they found on a watch. Also that's a great to mention that you ask your friends opinion about the legibility at night, sometimes it's really the problem with one person but apparently it's a real problem. Great video!! Also i want to comment on the comparison in size with the Zeitwerk, the Pink Lemonade feels smaller because the use of sloping bezel and domed crystal, which makes the actual case size become smaller hence feels smaller. Meanwhile the Zeitwerk is 12mm all case with flat crystal making it feels thicker.

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

thank you... on all fronts. 😊🙏

@jaymt1982 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for this! I will save my 800 pounds and save a bit more to get a Longines Hydroconquest. I was torn but seeing this review has helped me decide.

@george88pizza43 4 месяца назад

Your videos are fantastic, honestly. Serious potential to become one of the huge watch channels on here

@watchenthusiastlondon 4 месяца назад

Thank you. Just enjoying my watch hobby…

@Stanjara 5 месяцев назад

My 17cm wrist likes 38mm the best. Never liked big watches. I also don't understand "fun" watches that you eventually can't wear with anything.

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

It's a mood thing, for me...

@zikrett 5 месяцев назад

Completely agree. I am relatively new to the watch hobby, about a year or so, and even thought I to my surprise have a relatively large wrist at 18.5 cm I still instantly gravitated towards watches on the smaller side. My first watch was a Speedmaster and it might be sacrilegious, but I picked it up in 38mm. There is something about the proportions with watches around the 36-38mm that just feels so right on my wrist, like it just slots into place. I did purchase some other watches, and the only regret I have so far in my collecting have been size, and more specifically on my datejust 41 with fluted bezel. It is an incredible watch, but I do think it would have been that little nudge extra into perfect, had it been 36mm.

@saphna2095 5 месяцев назад

love the speedmaster 38. imo one of the most underrated models of the big brand offerings

@jamesd5689 3 месяца назад

I was close to purchasing one of these, but held off partly because of the visible dial screws. I don't hate the screws, but I wish a more elegant solution was used. I've seen Richard say in interviews that it was a deliberate design choice related to show off the sapphire sandwich dial, but in my opinion, it comes across as more of a rationalization for a construction element than a deliberate choice. The shadowing behind the numerals and lume is sufficient to highlight the sapphire sandwich, and the design and colors are different enough to differentiate it from other field style watches. I think four screws partially hidden at 3, 6, 9, 12 under the railroad track markers would have felt like a much more cohesive design element, and I probably would have purchased even at a slightly higher cost

@JackoWillMakeLives-loveu 5 месяцев назад

Always happy to see when you upload, sir. I’m a 38-44mm kind of guy. My 19.5cm wrist is 58mm wide so as long as lug-to-lug is less than 51mm or so, I’m good to go.

@Antelope1013 5 месяцев назад

Another great and honest video. Look forward to the next.

@nghila900 3 месяца назад

Thank you for your honest review of the pink lemonade. Subbed!

@WalterKovacs... 4 месяца назад

Excellent video as usual. My wrists are 185mm (7.25") and i'm happy with the case diameters of my small collection of watches, all of them between 40-44mm, my preferred limits. However case diameter is only half the story and simply reflect a preference of size. If the lug 2 lug length is too long and reaches the point of an overhang then the watch becomes 'too big' for the wrist. I'm not a fan of Studio Underdog. I'm wary of RU-vid influencers claims of a watch being "a lot of fun". How much fun can we have with a watch and how long will the fun last? I put on the watch and skip up the street licking my ice cream while staring at my wrist, but then what? I'm just left with a watch i probably cant bond with and then have the trouble of selling it.

@sardendibs 5 месяцев назад

Fully agree about sizes. I have a 17cm wrist as well and bought two 43 and one 45mm not so long ago. Sold them all again and now prefer 38-40mm. My favourite for months now has been the (relatively) inexpensive 39mm IWC TZC - brilliantly simple yet interesting. I can't say I agree about Studio Underdog being interesting, though. To me, it's a silly fashion fad akin to the Moonswatch. You're paying close to 1,000€ for some airbrushed colour gradients that look like they belong on the track suit of a 1990's Russian athlete at the Olympics. Not for me.

@jjktng 5 месяцев назад

Hahaha

@dscotp185 5 месяцев назад

Excellent collection. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

@carreralicious 5 месяцев назад

You have an amazing collection of watches. I too went from wearing larger (44mm Breitlings) most of the time to 38mm-42mm) either my 18cm wrist. I find the smaller watches more comfortable and look more “right” on my wrist.

@taijifank3875 5 месяцев назад

I will NEVER buy another watch with a light-colored leather strap, especially -- but not only -- suede and nubuck, unless I'm certain the dial color will also work with darker straps or gray rubber. It can be very difficult to find the right gray, too. A mesh strap would look great on your Pink Lemonade, though, or maybe white rubber. I really enjoy your videos, especially your calm voice and thoughtful reflections over a backdrop of horological eye candy. Thanks for making them!

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for your kind words. Glad you enjoy the videos. And yes, you do tend to ‘live’ with certain straps, when they ‘age’ during wear. Ageing is one thing, however merely looking grubby is another thing entirely.

@supaG-1.0 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for sharing another well narrated video. Most of my life I've been wearing relatively huge Gshocks. However as I've dipped into the world of watches over the last few years I've been leaning more towards the sub 40mm range. I just feel like they suit my wrist a lot better to the extent that I'm quite dismissive of anything above 40mm. The largest watch I have is a 42mm fleiger style watch, one of my first luxury watch purchases that has a short lug to lug distance that makes the watch look much smaller than it is. Anyway, thanks again for another lovely video and look forward to hearing from you again.

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Thank you. It's my pleasure.

@sticky70 4 месяца назад

I don’t have a large watch collection, just five in fact but I was wearing larger size Breitling watches but the last watch I purchased was about 18 months ago in the form of the Breitling B09 chronograph which is a lot smaller than the watches they have produced over the last few years. The B09 feels so much more pleasant on my wrist as it’s not as bulky or weighty or dare I say it so brash as the others that I own. Your collection is mind blowing by the way.

@WaterJake 5 месяцев назад

Very fair take on the new Studio Underdog, and helpful too. I haven't seen it yet, but a colleague has the watermelon chrono, and it is a fun bit of kit. I'm hoping to see them in person at British Watchmakers Day in March. Maybe catch you there!

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

You never know...

@silverstar2835 4 месяца назад

what an amazing watch collection !

@watchenthusiastlondon 4 месяца назад

Thank you

@BAF605 5 месяцев назад

Good take on the Pink Lemonade. I bought the WaterMel0n on the previous drop (that sold over 5000 watches BTW) and have been very happy with it. It's an affordable bit of fun to me at £500. I think Mr Jones Watches do more fun for a lot less, and I find all their ideas very clever. I passed on the Field watch thinking the uplift in price was a bit hefty. I do own much more expensive watches. I wasn't convinced either that the jellyfish on the case back was a suitable field watch marker and wondered if a diver hadn't been the first thought, later ditched though the case backs weren't. I think the the second album was a bit of a miss and sales so far seem to confirm that. It will be interesting to see if SU can return to form with watch three.

@glenh4971 5 месяцев назад

I have a 16.5 cm wrist. When I first got into watches I started out with large watches. Little by little I realized that I do not like wearing watches over 40mm wide. I prefer 36mm watches now and I also like smaller as well like 34mm or even 33mm. Then I found out that many vintage watches are smaller. I found out that smaller watches is not some kind of passing fad. They have been around for a long time. They will make a come back and be popular again in my opinion.

@sampennington772 5 месяцев назад

Same 16.5cm wrist and i think 40mm looks massive on my wrist but can just get away with it. where as 36mm does feel like the right size.

@siddhant46s54 5 месяцев назад

Since you’re leaning more towards smaller watches recently, i suggest you should get into the high end Seiko SLA divers such as the SLA055,SLA043 and the SJE093 particularly .The SJE093 is a stunning diver with the iconic 62mas case design of seiko with a lot of history and comes in an extremely comfortable 38mm case ! I suggest you get into seiko divers and try on a few watches, seiko just work their magic with the case ergonomics such that even a 42-45 mm diver just sits and wears beautifully on the wrist.

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Will take a look 👍

@timmatheny-lo9ze 2 месяца назад

I have collected many 36 mm manual winds. I have a smaller wrist and like the way they look on my wrist.

@johnnybgood7812 5 месяцев назад

That’s one amazing collection of watches you have there! As someone who has a similar sized wrist I too have moved towards smaller sized pieces but also know that dimensions alone don’t tell the full story. That Panerai for instance looked great on you in this video at least. Thanks for saving me from temptation with the Studio Underdog. I like what they do but I’m at a point where I would rather wait and buy something a bit special rather than spend £800 on a novelty that I know I will later regret. I’m not saying you have to spend a fortune either, one of my favourites is a £85 Casio G-Shock 5610, but I want something that feels “right” whatever the price ticket.

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Thank you. That’s the now discontinued PAM512. Lovely size for a Panerai…

@martinlaird9712 5 месяцев назад

When I first saw your videos, you seemed like a posh watch dude , with really expensive watches . Now you are becoming a proper watch, dude, excited by cheaper or any watches that are just cool and catch your eye! Just proves anyone can enjoy watches at any price point!

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Thank you. I think!

@martinlaird9712 5 месяцев назад

@watchenthusiastlondon was a compliment in a way, I really do enjoy your videos! I was one for expensive watches , now I prefer my seikos , Hamiltons, Chris wards etc because they get worn, and i also get to enjoy more for less money, i realised i get excited about interesting watches. Don't get me wrong, i love and appreciate the craftmanship in the higher end watches. Keep up the great content , it's really good stuff. I prefer your watch content to most other watch people on RU-vid. You are real and not just a watch salesman.

@martinlaird9712 5 месяцев назад

I just watched one of your early videos, and I must apologise. You have never been a watch snob, really love the William Wood watches.

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

@@martinlaird9712thank you 🙏

@phillipwong3754 5 месяцев назад

As a watch collector for nearly 30 years. You will get more excited if you start buying reps. The money spent on macro brands can get a clone 4130 then modify it to your liking (think of Bamford and Artisan de Genève),is like modding cars much more rewarding than just buying a watch, is your own piece unique.

@sergeyyatskevitch3617 4 месяца назад

Watching your videos, or rather listening to your stories, is a great pleasure. Thoroughly enjoyed each one, some of them even re-watched couple times 🙂 I probably mentioned that the way you share your thoughts is very hard to come by these days, it is calm, collected and intelligent. I wish you could do more videos to share your views on watches, maybe not some particular watches, but rather about watches as a class of things that may, or may not, define a person. Just to be a bit more clear, I would be very much interested to hear your opinion on the 60s-70s design ideas "renaissance", as more watch manufacturers produce some sort of "reimagening" of the popular 60s-70s models. Do you think people are getting tired of the "new beautiful" (sit tight, RM before you are called 🙂), and want more of the "classic beautiful" instead? Cheers!

@watchenthusiastlondon 4 месяца назад

I don’t know the answer to your question. I only know how I feel (and sometimes that comes into question too!). I’m currently working on my next video which might be if interest to you…

@sergeyyatskevitch3617 4 месяца назад

@@watchenthusiastlondon The answer might not even exist. Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis, after all :) On the other hand, having watched your videos, I've come to appreciate the way you feel, thus I asked my question. Cheers! P.S. I certainly will watch your next video.

@jh-il5sb 5 месяцев назад

that "coke" looks to be in amazing condition. I have always liked that color combination better than the pepsi in aluminium

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Me too. I always preferred the black and red...

@sakusjoman1047 5 месяцев назад

Your flow and narration is really on point, great video! Have you been loking at any Oris watches or do you own any of them? I think the calibre 400s are quite impressive. Anyway, keep up the good work!

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Thank you. I’m afraid I don’t have any Oris watches, although I have tried a few on…

@jackochainsaw 5 месяцев назад

I agree with you wholeheartedly on your gripe about the lume. It's the major element of the watch. There are much cheaper watches with a fully lumed dial that last all night. Considering this is one of the major selling points for this watch, it's a bit weak. I was of the thought already, with the Studio Underd0g follow up, that it was significantly overpriced for what you were getting and I don't think I'm wrong on that now. You could have purchased a whole slew of very interesting time pieces below that £800 mark which might have scratched the microbrand itch more adequately. I have a smaller wrist diameter like yourself at 17cm. It really depends on the style of the watch. In some cases I can get away with a 46mm with no problems but smaller watches often fit much better and feel more comfortable on wrist. The smallest in my collection is 28mm which some would definitely class as a female watch (I barely even feel it being there). I think my sweet spot is between 34mm and 39mm.

@jamesblonde2271 5 месяцев назад

Im a 7, (18) I can wear a 44 but those bloody Bremonts wear like paperweights, Im all signed up for a tour of the new facility, hoping the mew CEO can push them to the next level. Love the Underdog btw, lume is a deep and difficult subject, the more you look into it the more difficult it becomes, for a start buy a UV torch for pre bed lume stimulation also AliX will do you a micrometer for less than a fiver.

@Robert-vw3od 5 месяцев назад

Lug to lug is everything, four seconds a day is well and truly acceptable. It’s a lovely watch. You are only going to get a certain quality of lume. let’s be honest, breitling lume is only so good. if you want to watch, you can see in the dark, then you would have to get something like ball. They are superb.

@maxinahunt8652 3 месяца назад

Absolutely! As a woman the lug to lug can make the difference between wearable and looking like I borrowed a man’s watch because it’s tippy on my 16cm wrist.

@jamesmustin7289 23 дня назад

I have a small wrist. My biggest is my newest watch. It is a Seio Alipinst at 38mm. Forty for me is too big. I am an Omega watch. My smallest is a 1940 Doctors watch. You can actually set the watch by retarding the secondhand. It is 15 jewels manual wind. For a watch that is 84 years old it is accurate. It runs a minute fast over two or three days. I set my watch by an atomic clock on my ipad. Since I have to wind the watch everyday it is quite simple to adjust. Most of my Vintage watches are manual wind with no calendar. Since I use a watch for just telling time, it is simple to adjust and set. The functions you add to a watch the costlier and are to maintain. So I let my Iphone handle any other watch function. The size of the Doctors watch is a size 30. My best watch is a 1949 18karat rose gold with 18k rose gold buckle watch. It is a size 34. It is an eighteen jewel watch, It has a black face with sub second dial. The watch is in excellent shape, This watch is an Omega Tresor. I modern look alike verson size 36 will set you $18,000.

@watchenthusiastlondon 23 дня назад

Thanks for sharing

@rzezniqq 5 месяцев назад

I think this watch size vs wrist size discussion needs some additional input so here it goes. When it comes to the wrist size not all 17cm wrists are equal. Mine for example are flat on the top and bottom and I can wear a Rolex Sky-Dweller at 42mm with ease. Others are more round making sizes of 40mm+ almost impossible to wear. Then there's the body frame/hight size question. Myself at 190cm of height makes a 36mm watch look small. Even the original Royal Oak at 39mm looks tiny on me. I think this is partially because of the thickness and small dial size. I think the most important measurement is the lug to lug. I can easily wear a Seiko Tuna at 47mm because of the small lug to lug at around 50mm or maybe less. Also watches with big dials and no bezels tend to look bigger than they actually are. This is a case with the recent Rolex Oyster perpetual 41 that appears HUGE to me. Bigger than a Sky-Dweller. Finally there's the dial colour, with black looking smallest and white biggest. Oh and the way the bracelet connection to the case is shaped...

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Great points. Well made.

@atthelord 5 месяцев назад

You need to try a Saxonia small seconds (the 35mm version). It’s so nice! That and the new 36mm explorer changed my perception of size tbh. For reference my wrist is the same size as yours and I too have a similar collection as yours. Would love to talk about watches with you at some point!

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

thank you. feel free to email me... watchenthusiastlondon@gmail.com

@Larbagumi 5 месяцев назад

Ive got this watch too! Love it so much! I always wanted a yellow watch, and back in the day i was the first to be offered a yellow dial OP at my local Rolex boutique but i turned it down, it just wasnt convincing enough in person. This though has a perfect play on the dial with the additional glass and with the pink hue on the lower half!👌🏻

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

How legible is it for you in the dark after a couple of hours?

@Larbagumi 5 месяцев назад

@@watchenthusiastlondon im happy with what im experiencing, i find it above average legible even during the night, though i have to say i play with the uv torch and the dial before getting asleep so it charges up as much as it can…😅

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

@@LarbagumiI see… I tried to capture what my eyes see with my camera, but wasn’t able to replicate… you are probably a lot younger than me and have better eyesight !

@ozicryptoG 5 месяцев назад

I love listening to you. Not only do we share the same tastes, interests, I appreciate your clear and concise communication. You too remind me of my father and uncles, of which I can longer communicate. I am younger than you and do have a 8.25" wrist and while I tend to gravitate towards bulky watches, I also like smaller. It's just a pity that my Longines 37mm L990.2 vintage doesn't fit well at all, it is gorgeous. In fact it is more like a ladies watch by todays standards. So, I wear my BB Chrono 'panda' often. Too, Seiko Presage Cocktailtime ssa459j with the power reserve and date wheel (have had a box sapphire crystal upgrade). I have a few Rolex's but I often get the 'look' that tells me someone thinks I am an asshole for wearing one (if they notice), so I often just do not. It makes me self-conscious. Various others, but none I like as much as the Seiko or BB. They are just brilliant timepieces. Thank you for your content, keep them coming.

@maxinahunt8652 3 месяца назад

Great video. My issue is as a woman so many of the nicer looking and functional watches are huge, 40mm and up. “Womens” watches tend to be boring, little variability and quartz. Watch collecting is like bird watching the males are bright and colourful and the females dull and boring. In some brands the “Womens” lines appear as just an excuse. There are however, more brands these days with 35-39mm which then depending on the lug to lug measurement are quite wearable on my 16cm wrist. Regarding the Studio Underd0g field watches I kept my money in my pocket. I have a beautiful Kuoe already and couldn’t justify the $1400cdn cost. I prefer their aubergine limited edition if I could get hold of one.

@watchenthusiastlondon 3 месяца назад

Great points. Well made. 🙏

@WyvernDotRed 5 месяцев назад

On the Underd0g shown in this video, while I love gradients in dials, I personally do not like the colour gradient, seeing it on my screen. The glass layer making the arabics hover is the exact kind of quirky I find appealing, but the l33d brand name feels unbalanced and puts me off from the piece. It's simply not for me, though I certainly respect the uniqueness of the design. While it's far outside of my life, watching these observations on your and others their watch collecting journey has been interesting. Emphasising how far apart, currently my opinion of watch sizes is fully determined by whether it affects wearing comfort, which is especially important with a 14cm wrist. My collection mainly existing of cheap Casios (G-Shock, Vintage, Collection), a gifted Seiko Chronograph (42mm) that started my collecting journey and soon a Vostok as an introduction to automatics. I am starting to develop a taste, I've gone from liking flashy metal-black-red combinations on bracelet to picking more subtle brown colours, this developed naturally in a similar way to your shift to smaller pieces. What interests me most are quirky complications, electronic or mechanical, so if it wasn't for the luxury price tag I would be looking at Lange und Söhne pieces (perhaps a future grail/goal). Unlike most watch enthusiasts, I do tinker with my pieces, having modified a certain GBX-100 to become rather controversial for the fun of it and intending to service my own pieces. I am using the term watch enthusiast lightly here, mainly as being interested in watches in the first place is rare in my generation, even just focussing on cheap pieces.

@irawolf 5 месяцев назад

Impressive watch collection! I initially wondered where and why the Pink Lemonade fit into it but then you explained it well. I too got the Pink Lemonade in the same manner and for similar reasons, with me additionally wanting more color in my collection. However, I respectfully disagree with your critique of its nighttime legibility. My GMT-M2C is equally illegible at 2am as the Pink Lemonade. Same with a Zenith Rainbow built for the French Air Force. Only my old Omega PO 2500 with highly polished, multi-faceted hands, and double AR coating was legible at 2am because those hands reflect any light, even a nightlight, clearly. If I want to know the time in the middle of the night, I ask Alexa. :-)

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

And yet most of my watches are legible in the middle of the night… Bremont does lume really well. They have for years used 7 layers of super luminova on the hands etc. Night time legibility has become something that I expect as a matter of course (given that I usually wear a watch overnight)…

@frc1255 5 месяцев назад

I have the Steffany - I too was disappointed by the nighttime lume. However I still love the watch. The way the dial colour (and hand colour) changes throughout the day is amazing., the subtle shadow play of the numerals …. At 37mm I was worried it might be too small, but it’s just right, by far the smallest watch I have, who knew lol ?!

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Does this mean that you too cannot read the time during the night ?

@frc1255 5 месяцев назад

Yeah, after about an hour or so. I think these watches will be better in the summer, a great holiday watch maybe?

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

@@frc1255 💯I have just been travelling and took the Pink Lemonade...

@marcn8750 5 месяцев назад

Another lovey video. Thanks for making it and best wishes from Singapore. Have you looked at a neo vintage darling that is still slightly under the radar…? The GP laureato 8010. 36 mm case diameter and 7.9 mm thick. I love mine.

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Ooh. On my Instagram feed I bumped into one of those at an airport recently…

@marcn8750 5 месяцев назад

@@watchenthusiastlondon hmm 🤔 the laureato 8010 Was made from 1995-2000 So perhaps it Was a different watch you saw at the airport? Or did you mean someone was wearing it?

@rayleeaustralia 5 месяцев назад

Fair comment. I believe 🙌

@Fred-nv8gf 5 месяцев назад

Damn that is what I call a collection.

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Thank you

@01egna 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for your honest review. As I type I'm wearing a classic 33mm watch on my well above average size wrist and my daily wear is 37mm. The giant Mohamed Ali wore a small Cartier Tank. Classic size watches are more tasteful and a better experience.

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Classy

@mell3109 5 месяцев назад

The size of the SU puts me off, the 18mm lugs are a tad dainty for me. I love the honest review, I often reflect that the majority of reviews are actually adverts so it’s hard to get a good handle on things.

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

thank you

@bluein2red423 3 месяца назад

I guess the visibility problem is due to lack of contrast between the hands and dial, because they're both lumed. It would perhaps have been better to go with black unlumed hands.

@watchenthusiastlondon 3 месяца назад

I honestly don’t know how to remedy. All I can tell you is what I see in the middle of the night, which is disappointing …

@GOMAROMA 3 месяца назад

Thank goodness I never pulled the trigger on this! 😅

@PabloTBrave 3 месяца назад

Apart from my Nomos my watches are all 40 or 42 mm but that's not a rule and I do consider any size . The watch and wrist diameter are in many cases a misleading metric imo. The lug to lug is far more important and to ensure that it is not bigger than the flat part of the wrist.

@watchenthusiastlondon 3 месяца назад

I agree - the wearability and look is far more than just thickness and case diameter specs… I’m still getting to grips with that, but ultimately for me, it’s about how a watch feels on wrist.

@robin2thek 5 месяцев назад

Great video. Imo 43mm and 37mm works for you. Mine 17cm wrist works best with 41mm watches. Really like your videos.

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Thank you. Glad you like them!

@JustAboutTime 5 месяцев назад

My 7.5 inch wrist demands the 43mm size of the Bremont Alt1-WT. I find smaller watches just look ridiculous on me. So I don’t wear anything under 40mm.

@pittss2c601 5 месяцев назад

I have the same wrist size. I love my big G Shocks although I just purchased a Grand Seiko 40mm sport collection quartz. I love it. Looks great on my 7.5" wrist.

@tyarnold4088 5 месяцев назад

The bigger watches look good on you. But the smaller watches have a classier, more professional look. You have a great taste in watches though. That's for sure.

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

thank you. I still wear my larger watches, just not as often...

@tyarnold4088 5 месяцев назад

@@watchenthusiastlondon very nice. The whole video was spot on.

@andrpers14 5 месяцев назад

I started with 42mm panerai, now I usually wear 36mm 115270, 1016 or a Habring (38mm). +40 feels like a slab of metall on the wrist 😂

@dmora2386 5 месяцев назад

36-39mm only for me. I have my 42mm seamaster but it's like a tank hanging off my small 6in wrist, it's kind of annoying now.

@stu632 5 месяцев назад

I'd bin a lot of those over priced Bremont and get more pieces in line with your new philosophy. Watch collecting (addiction) is a long journey. I recently went through a mini 'quartz crisis', reassessing things, what I want. The stress of having a number of beautiful (not worn enough) mechanical watches plays on my mind. One of the most satisfying and stress free purchases I have made in a long time was a CWC quartz diver, it is amazing. You have some collection, but I bet part of you would like to trim it down? The 'coke' looks great!

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

I would trim it down, if there was a need. There are watches I seldom wear, but when I do, I still get a kick out of them, even if it’s for a day or so…

@stu632 5 месяцев назад

I understand, you are lucky not to get stressed by not wearing them 👍@@watchenthusiastlondon

@steamboy101 5 месяцев назад

I'm a hobbyist watchmaker and am always drawn to, and enchanted by, the slimmer traditionally sized men's wristwatches. Today's trend of ever-larger "wrist-clocks" strikes me as absurd and make for a very ungentlemanly look. It was interesting to hear your opinion.

@thegorn 5 месяцев назад

Those Bremonts look like monsters, and you'll probably lose a buckload on the secondary market if you choose to sell them. For the Studio Underd0g - it's very surprising because one would think that the dial would be readable 24x7 given enough charging of the luminous materials.

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

I KNOW ! Hugely disappointing on the 'overnight' lume front...

@SinnMaster 5 месяцев назад

I have a lumed dial Citizen and it's the same issue. I don't understand why you'd lume the entire dial and also the hands. It just totally washes out and becomes unreadable. The only brand to figure this out and do it right is Damasko. If you lume the dial, you should actually leave the hands unlumed for legibility.

@TL-ph5wg 5 месяцев назад

Watches are trending back down to 36 to 40mm at most. I loved the design of most Bremonts unfortunately they are far too large for my wrist . Just imagining if they count just bring it down to 40mm - wow. Waiting list assured .

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Take a look at the Bremont S302 if you haven’t already… it’s going to press all your hot buttons

@TL-ph5wg 5 месяцев назад

@@watchenthusiastlondon - You just made me add another grail watch to my collection! BTW really like your vids

@nuttanonlelapityamit2792 5 месяцев назад

May I ask what is the order # of your Pink Lem0nade? Just want to estimate how long till my order is going to be shipped.

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

It was #8270

@lc4n333 5 месяцев назад

I chalenge you to try 30-32 mm size! It is my prefered size because I like vintage watches with vintage sizes. Maybe by today standard it is women's size but with the right strap and bracelet the watch won't feel and look that small. Also women's watches are different by design language besides smaller sizes.

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Will have a go… I do have a couple of watches that size…

@maxinahunt8652 3 месяца назад

Women’s watches are boring!

@melissasmess2773 5 месяцев назад

My 18cm wrist likes 36mm because it’s a more feminine size but I can still wear a 40mm Speedmaster

@javopu 5 месяцев назад

I love the design of studio underdog. But a $800 hand winding watch is a little overpriced for me.

@Ex.zed. 5 месяцев назад

Good thing I got the Hamilton Khaki Expedition instead of the SU.

@canadianwatchmonkey3992 5 месяцев назад

For the money spent on the Studio UnderDog you could have purchased a Nomos Club hand wind used for that money.

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Funny, but I’ve never been interested in Nomos watches…

@jamesrobert4106 5 месяцев назад

Arghhhh. MY OCD!!! Centre that bezel up 😂

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Haha. It’s like that for a reason…

@jamesrobert4106 5 месяцев назад

@@watchenthusiastlondonThe still shot on pause at the end of the video is that exact image with a non centred bezel mocking me. 😂😂

@ifnyou 9 дней назад

If you're interested in a full-lume dial, you might have better luck with the Wise Hitman.

@watchenthusiastlondon 8 дней назад

Wow. Just looked it up. Now that’s something 😎

@LastWatch 5 месяцев назад

Given your slender wrist, I’m surprised you stuck with Bremont so long

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Love their watches. And got used to the larger ones…

@Nefville 5 месяцев назад

I have a smaller wrist than yours and my cut off is when the strap hangs straight down out of the lugs when on my wrist. That's a look I do not like. Width I'm not so concerned about, depending on the watch it can vary in appearance but there is nothing that can change a lug to lug that's too long. As for the Pink Lemonade, I think as a watch collector a bit of acceptance is best - otherwise you'll spend your entire time unhappy and looking for a watch that doesn't exist.

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Good point, well made! I do love the Pink Lemonade, but it completely fails on my "night time glance". Early this morning I glanced at my Odysseus and could tell the time straightaway (05:25) and I hadn't even attempted to charge the lume before bed... proper legibility. As are the vast majority of my other watches with lume (Bremont is really good at lume & legibility)...

@rosomak8244 5 месяцев назад

Go titanium. It makes a difference.

@Robert-vw3od 3 месяца назад

39 mm with a lug to lug of 44-47 for me

@pittss2c601 5 месяцев назад

I don't think small wrists can pull off a large watch. To me, they look ridiculous. However, a large wrist can easily pull off a smaller watch.

@timemasterhms 3 месяца назад

If you buy into the hype of a brand like Studio Underd0g, you're inevitably going to be disappointed. I still don't understand how novelty watches like this become so popular.

@maxinahunt8652 3 месяца назад

I think there’s a new generation of watch wearers. People who never needed to wear a watch because of smart phones. So now watches have to have more reason to be worn beyond just time telling.

@notyourdaddy8300 5 месяцев назад

Good content. I think you are the guy that posted about your Lange nightmare a while ago? That was a good video too. One small bit of criticism if you are interested- your videos aren’t very ‘fun’. It’s a bit like listening to a PowerPoint presentation. Even though I find the content interesting, I get bored. I’m definitely not suggesting you go crazy or provocative like some other well known RU-vidrs, but a bit more personality would be nice.

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Haha. Very good. I’m afraid I’m not an entertainer. Appreciate the frank feedback and you aren’t the first person to say I’m boring ! That’s just me. Sorry and I hope you continue to watch and share. 🙏

@notyourdaddy8300 5 месяцев назад

@@watchenthusiastlondon I sure will. Sometimes I like a good PowerPoint.

@DecemberNames 5 месяцев назад

4 seconds per day is not bad at all to be honest for 800$ watch

@dmoneydmoney6050 5 месяцев назад

Maybe try not sitting your watch directly on top of your wrist bone. Can you even bend your wrist full range? Or is it just locked straight? It’s going to make every watch sit 2cm higher and looks so sloppy. I think you would appreciate the very watches you have if you just wore them correctly

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

Funny you say that. I had (for the first time) someone at Louis Vuitton tell me that the watch ought to be worn further up my arm and not on the bone. Thing is, it feels odd to do that. I just like it the way I do…

@kingsnurglegurglesonthevik4517 5 месяцев назад

Overlarge watches were a fad I greatly disliked . Large watches catch on everything and may as well have been a huge medallion hanging down a bared chest. A watch should fit the wearer not dominate their wrist. ''Look at my huge watch'', was a size thing, ask any lady if size matters, their answers are always proving that the eyes are always larger than their stomach can handle. Looking forward to the demise of obese watches along with all other forms of ''unfortunate'' obesity.

@JackoWillMakeLives-loveu 5 месяцев назад

A 42mm watch isn’t over large for average or larger wrists. Not sure why noodle wristers are so vocal about watch size but it’s something I’ve noticed over the years

@kingsnurglegurglesonthevik4517 5 месяцев назад

It is nice that various sizes of watches are available for different sized wrists. anyone saying that there hasn't been a period where oversized, watches that were usually too high or visually far too cumbersome , weren't being worn by many for whom they were just impractically too large has been living on another planet.@@JackoWillMakeLives-loveu

@dmoneydmoney6050 5 месяцев назад

@@JackoWillMakeLives-loveumostly all “cool” watches are 40-42mm these days. That’s like industry standard size that they give their heavy hitter watches. The small wristed lean towards and beg for what they call “vintage” size because they don’t fit modern sizes. Even women don’t wear those micro sized watches today. People stopped wearing bell bottoms and platform boots for the same reason men stopped wearing tiny watches……they look crazy as hell

@Redbird-UJ76 5 месяцев назад

I find those dial colors to be atrocious,sorry to hear you were disappointed.

@todd3563 3 месяца назад

I never understood the desire for large watches. Some people look like they put a strap on their wall clock.

@watchenthusiastlondon 3 месяца назад

I feel that way about the IWC Big Pilot… but at the same time, there are people who like ‘the look’, so…

@billc6019 5 месяцев назад

looks like a cheap timex

@ChrisKuwait 5 месяцев назад

I was thinking the same. Dang $800 lol

@richardbartlett6932 5 месяцев назад

The whole brand leaves me non plussed TBF. Seems it got YT favouritism and was pushed by them as they each latched onto the latest A few years ago it was Zenith getting all the screen time.. now hardly anyone mentions them.. Far better watches around for that money IMHO

@lordmackery 5 месяцев назад

That Bremont is way too fucking big

@watchenthusiastlondon 5 месяцев назад

The S2000 is a beautiful but monster watch. NB it’s a professional tool watch and so for me, it makes sense. I also like that it’s got a day / date feature which makes it an ideal holiday choice. That said, I’m not often found dwelling 2,000 metres under the sea, but hey…

@togo7022 15 дней назад

I will not be buying this watch now

@watchenthusiastlondon 13 дней назад

Pleased that I was able to help manage your expectations. For what it’s worth, I have no regrets in having made the purchase and still wear my Pink Lemonade.