Rolex Is No Longer My Favorite Brand. 

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Yeah yeah, we all say that until they call.

michael gets a little spicy and more energetic without that christian guy holding him back

I’m a career firefighter. I’ve worn my Hamilton Kaki automatic every shift for the last three years and anytime I need a “beater” work watch, it’s never done me wrong. With all the beating it’s taken it still holds time like it did when new. I wear it in the shower, the pool the ocean and in fires… it’s still running strong! 8:42

Cartier: art deco, elegant, precious, reserved, and slim. After collecting for a few years and owning and selling AP, Rolex, Longines, VC etc ive settled on Cartier being one of “my brands”. I also love Seiko and love seeing my Tank Louis and Seiko turtle side my side as two extremes.

My favorite brand today is Longines. Just got the Ultra-Chron. With its sapphire bezel and high-beat movement it's a winner.

Solo Michael is actually really funny

Omega. Because they seem always have ideas that are cool technologically but have none obvious practice value, such as co-axial and spirate. It feels like Omega is being led by a bunch of engineers, and they'd jump onto cool technologies without thinking to much. Also Speedmasters went to the moon!! I'm an engineer myself, so I really resonate with Omega.

Also, dude, you're insanely good in this format! I have four Hamiltons (and had many more in the past) - zero issues except hand alignment on a couple. One of my fave brands as well. Dug the philosophy lesson as well.

Cartier for me, the old world luxury, the history, how svelte and classy their designs (usually) are. I could happily be a one brand guy for Cartier. But I do have others that I like nearly as much. (also I rate the Digital PRX, I think it's a hilarious watch, just so amusing)

I fell in love with that pilot pioneer early. Since then I’ve had everything from micro brands to a reverse, but still never pulled the trigger on the Hamilton. Are you saying I should? And if so can I tell my wife that?

I enjoy cartier for their design language and philosophy. Elegance is their bottom line, even in quartz movements.

Love Hamilton and Seiko as well. A lot of variety in their collections. But I think at the moment my favorite is Longines. A lot of beautiful designs, they normally have different sizes for the same model, real good price points, great build quality and amazing history.

Interesting topic, I agree wholeheartedly on the attraction for something being engineered for the specific user needs but nothing more. Currently in my journey Breitling and Mido are my best friends, a couple of years ago it was Rolex and Seiko. Great video. 🍻

Currently wearing my Khaki Field 42mm. All the watch I need (until I put a different one on!). Hamilton are pure bang for your buck.

Great, fun video Michael. Always a pleasure to listen to you. I seem to maintain a 3 watch collection. A Rolex and 2 others. Currently it is a Rolex, Grand Seiko and Omega. I do find that whatever that collection is, I navigate to my Rolex most. I find them superior in fit and styling, durability, brand appeal, and also important, resale value. After I bought a Rolex, I wish I had just started with Rolex and I only dream of buying another one, no matter how much I want there to be something else.

It’s an interesting topic. Similar to Michael I can’t single out the brand. I won’t ever have a one brand collection. Unless I’ll be down to one watch, which I doubt 😊 Currently I own 4 watches. All from different brands and pricepoints: Casio, Seiko, Marathon and Omega. I love each of my watches for what it is not just for the brand that made it. Although brand does matter as well.

I bought my third Hamilton this morning & it's the Khaki Aviation Pilot Pioneer on your wrist. The only other brand I have multiples of (apart from Seiko) is Smiths. No problems so far.

Micheal how do you feel about the Hamilton a few months later?.. and how come you went for that one not an original W10? I’ve just picked up a W10 and think it’s great!

I love the repeating "omega moon watch went to the moon reminder"-meme 😂

Awesome video! You rocked it by yourself! Well done! Very clean. You speak very well on mic by yourself.

can christian please extend his vacation for… forever?? Your videos are so much better (and so much less annoying) without the narcist 🤷🏻‍♂️

I love longines I own several, tried the grand master annual calendar chronograph; I’m in awe, and can’t wait to get one someday…

I’m in the camp of many others with no favorite brand because at this point I’m still experiencing all of the watch brands out there as a recent enthusiast 👍

You’re genuine and consistent in your choices! A great quality to have! 💪🏻🙌🏻

Baltic watches have really grown on me as my favorite brand. Their variety makes owning 4-5 different watches in their collection easy to accomplish. The quality for the price is more than sufficient for my lifestyle. I love their beads of rice bracelet and the fact they utilize tropics rubber straps for their sports watches. I favor unique pieces and feel confident I am the only one wearing a Baltic watch when I'm out and about, and that makes me feel special... for no reason. Thanks for sharing Michael!

If you are going to add a Seiko, go for the new Alpinist GMT SPB379. Hiking/Swimming? It has compass, 20 ATM, GMT function, and it is gorgeous.

Omega Ball Zenith IWC Glashutte Original Jaeger Le Coultre Tudor Oris Grand Seiko Breitling Longines All are alternatives to Rolex and all have some amazing pieces.

Hugely enjoyable video and love how you’ve told your story with cars and how this embodies your taste. I’ve been tempted with a Hamilton for a while, probably for the wrong reasons. Either a Murph (as Interstellar is my favourite film) or a Jazzmaster as like the design (maybe an open heart). I have watches from a number of brands, but if I’m honest I guess I do like Rolex the most for there overall product design (dial, bracelet, reliability) and how they make you feel. Amongst others, I do enjoy Seiko, for something under the radar and amazing value/reliability (own a Pogue) that I can wear without worry. And Patek for their artistry. So I guess I think in terms of a predominant brand, but others that capture different sides to you and for different times.

I'm not really into modern Rolex but my 14060m Submariner and Explorer 1. 114270 are two of my favorite watches of all time and will never sell either. My favorite brands are Rolex, Heuer and Seiko. Been rocking my Heuer Coral 980 026 Monnin " thick case " lately and absolutely love that piece. It was also Pierce Brosnan daily back in the 80s and 90s

My Hamilton Cooper recently had the dial come loose. I have owned it three years and to be fair: it has been exposed to -50C more than a few times. That said I wear Seiko in the winter in Alaska with no problems.

My go to brand is Tudor and Halios. It started in 2015 with my Pelagos Blue. Still have it and what a great watch! Moved to a couple Black Bay Divers but left them behind eventually. Current Tudors- S&G Chronograph, S&G GMT, my Pelagos, and new Tudor 39mm Ranger. Great timekeepers and if you feel like selling them there are a lot of buyers for your used watch. Halios is like a mini-Rolex brand (yes I said that). I've bought and then sold a few (over retail) but still keep a couple Seaforth's in my collection. The Halios's remind me of Rolex in a weird way (especially the bezel less Seaforth that feels very much like a Rolex OP) Both are great brands and are in my favorite.

It's hard to pick one brand as a favorite when. My collection is all one watch from per brand, and each watch is a different size, dial, complication etc. It's easy to go with rolex based on how perfect the DJ36 is, with fluted bezel, jubilee bracelet, and the blue fluted-motif dial. But also having a blue Omega SMP 300M, IWC Pilot's Chronograph 41 in green, Grand Seiko SBGW287 Boshū, and a Tudor Black Bay Pro...they are all awesome pieces that speak to me in a different way with their design, style, use, wearability, and history. I guess I am in a similar boat with multiple best friends but not a single favorite.

What you said on the speedmaster is exactly where I am at with it. I had a regular professional for 6 years and recently sold it due it just being to big. Bought an explorer instead but will get a speedmaster if they make a reduced size professional.

I like how an advertisement for T Rowe Price popped up in the middle of the advertisement for the watch straps. It was an “advertisement within an advertisement,” like the movie “Inception.” Who can tell my gummy kicked in?

I definitely understand having the best of something not be the prettiest, most expensive, or truly highest spec. Sometimes someone makes a product that just feels like it's exactly what it needs. My core daily watches are a marathon gsar and a khaki Field automatic in 38mm. I've been sitting on these two for a while, and they still fit me very well. I'm constantly looking at watch content, and nothing else out there feels as perfect for me as those two. I'm sure I'll find more that fit for me at some point, or cave and buy something I just find really fun or interesting to wear occasionally. It's not that the best watches in the world aren't for some people, but I think too many people assume that they value the same things in watches that absurdly rich, high end collectors do.

I just bought my third Hamilton this week, khaki field bronze. I love the brand, has been very reliable for 8 years now.

I love your solo content! Keep it up!

Good job this month, Michael!!! Who needs Christian, anyway?? LoL!

Great video, Michael! You just expressed my entire relationship with cars and watches. Right now Oris is my obsession..."Go your own way" says it all.....

I would imagine the main reason for people complaining about Hamilton's reliability is due to the fact that they use the 2824 movement in so many of their watches: it has a known design flaw in the manual wind mechanism. It's not a question of if it's going to break but when (depending on how often you use said manual wind mechanism, which is why you'll find advice online telling you to use it as little as possible). I have a Hamilton Field Khaki Day-Date and yes, the manual wind mechanism broke about 5 or 6 years after I bought the watch (new from an AD). I had it repaired and it's fine now.

I always seem to gravitate to IWC. I’m wearing a Big Pilot now. I just love the font and the hands.

Michael could be a comedian, his delivery about the moon watch was impeccable

I really like Junghans for the design. Especially Max Bill and the Meister collection. They are just pretty, clean design with a great retro touch. I also like vintage watches, so maybe that's why 😊

In watch to cars term, Seiko is definitely the analogy to Toyota, and Grand Seiko is Lexus. And also, the baby Alpinist is a perfect watch for you because of the stuff you do on your other channel, particularly hiking.

Sounds like the speedmaster you want is a 321 Ed white. Smaller and sits really well on the wrist despite its thickness

Best T&H vid yet, love ya man 😘

Hey Michael, you forgot to mention how "Rolex lost you as a customer" or it's just because rent is due soon? Is this what happens when Christian leaves for holiday and has you working overtime?

Grand Seiko 9F quartz for me. I want to like mechanical or spring drive more, but the HAQ keeps perfect time whether I wear it or not and the dials are beautiful as well. They're Toyotas.

I am a original owner of a 1997 Honda Del Sol Si with 219,000 miles. It has a manual transmission. It is my only car and I maintain it

My Khaki Field got water in it while I was in a kiddie pool with my son. I had the movement fixed locally but they had to replace the crown with a smaller, less desirable one. I sent it to the Swatch group asking them to just replace the crown and they wanted to charge me $400 for a complete rebuild, and refused to just replace the crown. So now it sits in a drawer somewhere. A fucking kiddie pool.

I had the green dial intramatic chronograph on eBay. I loved it.. then the screw down crown cross threaded and had to get it fixed. 250 dollars later... I got it fix and could no longer feel safe about it. Flipped it and traded it for a Nomos Nacht.

It’s good people are focus on the hyped brands so we can get a decent price on the others. My favorite is Zenith Chronograph Sports.

I had to think about it, how do I define a preferred brand? I think the brand that has the most models that like in their current catalog, or, to be fair to smaller producers, it can be proportional. So, I think for me it's Lange, because I really like many of their models, across the price range and complications. Rolex has nice lines of models but I hate cyclops lens and not having a display caseback, so that removes many of their models from my list. Omega has multiple models I like but quite few I am indifferent about as well. Moving lower down, Longines have a few, too, but almost all of them are missing something for me. I'll probably buy the Big Eye, and maybe a Spirit. Tudor, only one that I will eventually buy. Nomos has few lines with potential. Orions it the only one I found perfect combinations for, got two. Ahoy might be next but not yet, they've messed up on the date font on the latest release.

Can you do a guide on best value full gold with gold bracelet watches

I honestly got to a point of loving Hamilton I'm buying the scuba navy. Does it make any sense? Probably not. But I keep planning this hole h only collection and just love it

Seiko and Casio dominates my collection and wrist time :-) on the luxury side I have a couple of Swiss watches but they’re in the watch box for most of the year. I’ll have to say Seiko/Casio are my favorite watch brands (specifically the SKX007, the Willard, and DW5600). On the microbrand , I’m looking at growing my RZE pieces. Superb craftsmanship and customer service.

"Here are the 5 brands people love" poor Omega 😂

Iam exactly at the same place. I've been waiting for an Omega Speedmaster in 38mm. Not knowing if its ever gonna come, I am eye'ing an El Primero Original.

My two favorite brands are Seiko and Christopher Ward. I love Christopher Ward because of the value and quality and Seiko is where I started with watches and they hold a soft spot with me.

Man, I would really like the Sinn T50 gold-bronze bezel, but my grail is the VC 222. I would love to see a screw-down crown on the bronze Hamilton khaki field mechanical. But i will never stop throwing money at Seiko and Casio.

Man, so glad to hear Blonde guy giving props to Toyota. I had two Toyota Corollas because of my job. A 92 stationwagon and a 94 sedan. I put over 800,000 miles on the SW and 600,000 miles on the sedan before I sold them in 2011. Both of them were still running perfectly. I would never have sold them were I not moving overseas. Now, I own Volvo V70s. They're REALLY good, but they don't hold a candle to those old Toyotas.

Very cool video. I get it. My Christopher Ward green fume C63 gets more wrist time than my Tudors, Rolexes,, TAGs, etc…. I don’t have a Hamilton though :(

Watches with automatic movements that don't have manual wind frustrate me the most. I'd rather the watch be straight up manual wind. Any of you agree with me on this?

Watching this video after getting out of my new 4Runner wearing my Hamilton. Feeling one with Mr. Kristy.

My uncle's (God rest his soul) white 96 Camry har 221k miles before it crapped out. Never had a transmission change.

my 3 top brands are G-Shock, Omega and IWC... I like Richard Mille also but they are out of range really... ah and also Byrne and Moser.. and MB&F.... ok, ok, so I like a lot.. 😁

Why is this video so LOUD? And why can't I adjust the volume without going into the advanced settings? Did you guys mess with the audio? I've never had this happen before, so I thought it with asking the blonde guy (sorry, always forget your name).

some absolutely brilliant one liners in this video 😂

Guy who never would have got an allocation anyway: "Uh... Yeah, they lost me too...."

If you bought a vintage watch and then later down the line you met the last person it belonged to and he said it was his dad's watch and he didn't want to sell it but his kids took it off of him because they wanted to get the money for it and he really wants it back, would you give it to him?

I’d agree seiko is a great parallel to Toyota. I drive a 2016 Tacoma. Bought it new and have 165,000 miles on it. I plan to drive it for as long as I can. I wear an alpanist most days and an Omega AT.

First omega in space too big for you? There’s also a 38 (automatic but small).

I have a 38mm khaki field automatic and I love it. I don't really swim or go to the beach with it because that's what g-shocks are for, but I ride bike and motorcycle and I'm exposed to the elements often. No issues with reliability, it just works.

I didn't rate Hamilton as a brand until I realised I owned 3 of them - all completely different but each great in it's own way. They are the PSR OLED, Bronze Field Watch and of course a Ventura.

I keep coming back to two; Farer and Christopher Ward. Both offer striking designs and value for money.

Mikes Camry struggle is amazing 😂. Toyotas rule. They just keep going.

I do like Rolex but I own more pieces from Omega. My top three would have to be Breguet, AP & Omega in that order. Rolex does have it over Omega in case size. Rolex pricing and the way they do waitlists has really soured my experience with them. I recently paid $1k over on a Date-just from a reseller I know just to avoid the AD here. I own a Calatrava but that is my only PP and it’s not as nice as my Breguet’s. I like Nomos and GO as well as Breitling

I got a 2007 Toyota 4Runner, Hamilton Khaki Field, and a Neo Vintage Rolex Pepsi. It's the perfect stack for me. I'm driving that 4runner into the ground

I still have the 2001 Camray I bought used in 2003. It was the first car I bought. It has 370k miles on it. I have since purchased other vehicles (a 4runner and another Camray) but that Camray just wont die. I use it to run errands mostly, and take the dogs to the pupper park. All I do is change the oil, routine maintenance etc. At this point I'm just seeing how far it will go. I really want to hit 500k for some reason....

Originally joined this channel for Christian’s watch market hot takes. Realizing I’m still here because of Michael’s hilarious fever dream run on solo videos.

It is time for you to get a real American made Hamilton. There are wrist & pocket watch options out there. Made in good ole Lancaster, PA.

I have a speedmaster reduced... it fits great.

Oris for me. The Big Crown Pointer in all its iterations is just a charming, lovely watch.

I have a seiko king turtle black dial, what a workhorse of a watch. My daily watch. Yes I will be getting a Rolex no date next year.

Breitling for me.. stunning pieces with a great story/legacy

If you like one product by a brand,you automatically like the whole brand by law?? How so? I like the Seamaster,but i'd never wear a Speedy. Although there's a ton of 'em. And the brand itself is ok.

Seiko is totally Toyota. From durable everyday commuters to luxury and legendary racing palmares at the highest level and literally everything in between

I have a 7 year old Hamilton Khaki king Auto. It lost like 3 minutes every other day after about the 4 month of owning it. I brought it back to the shop that i bought it from. They messed with it, but it was never near as accurate, as the first 4 months of ownership. i rarely wear it now. but i like the history of Hamilton.

Had the khaki pilot pioneer for a while… ran beautifully the entire time I owned it. Kinda regret selling it tbh!

I can't imagine showering with my watch. I'm already taking everything off, why not my watch as well! I'm gonna try it now, though...

Breitling - but the Gen1 Emergency from the early 2000s. The last watch made with and for a purpose

Another issue (besides the large size) with the Omega Speedmaster is the kitsch phrase on the back, "The first watch worn on the moon." It's so silly. I can't believe people fall for this advertising. It's the same people who'll buy a Daytona because Paul Newman wore one.

I have been buying Hamilton for 20 years. At the time, they were 1/3 of the cost of a Rolex. Now, they are 1/10 the cost or less, same quality if not better.

I think we all feel like we need our favorite brand to be expensive which isn’t quite enthusiast mentality

What about the speedy reduced? Am I missing something here?

What is the reason why the most simple people buy a Rolex?

Omega - quality without the pretentious mark up, Panerai - for those who don’t run with the pack , awesome military history and Seiko - ultimate bang for Buck - for me. Hamilton and some indies for good measure.

I'm currently into Bulova --- the Devil Diver and the Lunar Pilot are so nice to wear and look at.

Well until they call. They called me and after the obnoxious wait and time spend on searching for a rolex explorer 2; it gave me enough time to realize 42mm is too much and a jewelry watch is not something I want to wear to get mugged. So I decline. Yes, Rolex is falling back on too old designs which are repetitive and unexciting and over priced. They also don't provide luxury service. I can afford it but they played the hard to get. Done! and I am happier for it. It is just a watch and does not make a difference in my life other than I moved on and free of the bullshit.