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Sorry for your loss. But I'm happy you have that Invicta to remind you of her everytime you look at it, even though it may also hurt a bit. :) Much love.

Sorry for your your loss. Thanks for sharing your story. That Invicta is much more valuable than any submariner you may buy in future. You should falunt it with pride, regardless of any opinion. Much love & respect 🫡

I have a pro diver 42mm I love it, I also miss my Dad, to those that made us!

That’s exactly why some watches are more worth than money. You’re watch has a story, more important it has emotional value and that’s the most important. Thank you for sharing this perspective ❤

Sorry for your loss man. 😢❤

Thank you for your service. My nephew did multiple 'brown' tours, amongst others. Glad you made it back, look after yourself.

Thank you for your service man. Remember your never alone brother man

@@iancourts8435 Thank you. It was my honor to serve.

@@trevorgray4852 Thank you. It was my honor to serve.

Why are you "anti quartz"? Quartz never let you down, unlike mechanics.

Except for lume .

I have the bronze and it's my favourite watch, find myself just keep going back to it. Really nicely put together and feels of a certain quality.

I agree. mine has become the time keeper for all the automatics in my collection. it only gains 3 seconds a week. And it looks great in general and fascinates the eye on close inspection. And it's getting cheaper 😂.

Even better now that is half-priced

Bought it few days ago it's on sale for 40 now

I can't stand mecha quartz

@@DC-uf6ve …why?

Tissot is a scam brand. They exist to bilk gullible WIS who are afraid of AliExpress and Microbrand watches because they’re not muh sWiSs mAdE.

Yes, the guilloche dial is really well done. I'm thinking about getting one, but want to see it on wrist before committing. Hoping it will scratch the itch I have to someday get my hands on an Atelier Wen Perception

It only has 50m water resistance

Citizen is a better brand than Tissot. Swatch only keeps them around to sell overpriced schlock at high street and mall department stores. They’re no better than the AliExpress stuff for half or a quarter as much.

only if the larger case size fits your wrist well. Integrated bracelets wear larger, and the 35mm PRX works wear better for smaller wrists. I have the ice blue 35mm auto PRX and I absolutely love it; I get compliments every time I wear it

just wait for it. There is a reason why it’s a poor garbage in house movement and made so fast into a mass production. That is actually impossible to achieve in such a short period of time. Yo could have bought a Invicta Pro diver instead. It’s also accurate the same and has a more reliable movement, still is the mechanism without oil but for few years it goes pretty well.

@@semirnukovic853 this dude is a clown, he has no idea about watches. Glycine garbage? Tell that to my Airman which Ive owned for more than 10 years and is good as new. But then again what can you expect from someone who recommends Invicta.

@@rsamachina-tn3te It’s the same as Invicta. So you could have bought it instead of Glycine. Im not recommending it. It’s the same garbage!!!

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Great that will fetch some cash. *I used to be a collector, but I liquidated my collection to venture into real estate. In January, I acquired homes in Malibu for $35million, and the returns on investment far exceed what I earned as a collector.

How did you grow your portfolio to $35m, I'm impressed, I have a lump sum in the bank, the rates are not impressive so I'm moving it, what's your cash flow like?

I have a financial advisor (trader) she grows my liquid assets and I reinvest the weekly payouts back into real estate and long-term ETFs.

Sure, could you please share her name with me or any details so I can look her up online? Thanks!

She is well known as - Hannah Susan Jennings. please do your own research.

Yeah you're right, just bought a square (solar, bluetooth) and I think its the way the resin band kind of wraps around and integrates a deceptive lug to lug wrist hugging thing

Strangely enough same with seiko 5s. Ive never seen another line of watches manage to fit a 41.5mm case in a wearing experience that feels closer to 39

I had a G-Shock but I could never get it to fit right. Maybe I have the world’s weirdest wrist

@@benburgess9428 which model was that? I bought my son GA-700 and it’s bloody huge, but somehow his average wrist seems to pull it off!

I think there's a reason the formerly so Vostok-loving Jody omitted the brand. Happy to have one in my collection. Won't buy another before the russkis come to their senses.

Love my LP. Great watch, great look

I would’ve bought a Vostok by now if Russia would stop launching invasions & fomenting separatist rebellions

@@Beechhill agree ... I have both a Amphibia and a Komandirski at this time ... But for obvious reasons not being worn at the moment. Still it is true that it is a brand mostly worn/ owned by watch enthusiasts.

@JR-gp2zk This reads like something someone with a gimmick account on a watch forum would write.

Love mine. I think they're technically discontinued now.

​@@K.J.H_ It's always seemed to me like Promasters never actually get discontinued, they just go on hiatus to prepare for the next refresh.

Love mine, goto water watch. Couldn’t decide on color, had to buy 2. Great choice for diver

I've bought my Nighthawk pre-owned, but in excellent condition for 150 EUR. It was a bargain, I am so happy with this watch - so busy dial, but somehow very legible. Also it's very comfortable to wear and solid. Even a friend of mine, who is a watch nerd and owns several luxury watches like Rolex, Omega etc. really liked my Nighthawk.

I love my EcoDrive Field.

But honestly I haven't been able to source one from a dealer I trust or a price in willing to pay

@@ricardomorales1039 yeah, agree. Got one from EBay for a reasonable price, but not an easy find.

I have one of those and it's excellent.

I hear you. I live in California and purchased the atomic clock orange NASA square Casio. It only connected a few times in some locations but never at my home. I ended up selling it and replacing it with a version that is like the regular 5600 but with Solar. I love that one.

I think the purists like the electroluminescent backlights but to me it's just evolution. LED tech has got so good they are brighter and use less power, what's not to like about that?

@@simonbeasley989 Yeah I think you're right, purists, or maybe just people nostalgic for EL backlights prefer it. The green looks cool, but like you said, the led uses less power and is brighter. On the updated Tough Solar Squares you can also set the LED display time to 3 seconds, twice as long, which would be really nice. After wearing my DW-5600U for 10 days, I found the flashing LED alarm option to be really nice too.

Have you seen the 1953 though?

@@ivoshandor6859 It might be their best looking model, but still no ceramic, no sapphire, no solid endlinks. And just black bezel versions are hard to find.

I own both color ways of the 1953. And a couple of quartz divers. The green with the waves and the hammerhead is super cool. I'm wearing the huge 48mm PEPSI today (model 34311). I have big hands, and it fits surprisingly well. Don't knock the invicta. They build em tough as nails. They each hold a special place in my collection of 60+.

Yeah I’ve seen the 1953 and it’s not terrible looking but the specs r dismal and for the same money addiesdive put them in the dirt imo. And I know addiesdive r mainly homage watches minus the ad2055 $65 right now which I have on a leather strap and the sector dial is good looking I think also there r a few others that r loose homages like the ad2118 $55 right now all the bells on these the bracelets arnt the greatest but above and beyond the invictas I’ve seen and held in hand. No offense if u like invicta im just saying there r way better options at the price

I like the way the display scrolls the full name of the chosen city in WT mode. Okay, it doesn't make any difference to my life but I just love that so much thought and effort has gone into it.

I actually feel like bulova is the hublot of the entry level watch market tbh

​@@MyNameIsGhost​ Take a really close look at the Invicta Speedway Rev that flashes on screen at 7:28. This is truly an abomination. Bulova does have far too many uglies in their catalog, but the Rev is the ultimate design disaster.

There are so many damn Invictas that are a better value than the Duro and the Timex. If you want small they make small watches to 36,38,40mm

??? That is a Pro Diver!

You don’t have to spend a fortune if you don’t want to - to get a good watch on your wrist

Interesting field watches

PLUS, Timex and all the others get either components, complete calibres ("movements"), or whole watches from China. They buy CHEAP and add a premium ... which we are supposed to pay for inferior stuff. Timex is always on my list. I am on a limited income and cannot afford to waste money on cheap junk. What I need is quality at a good price, not cheap junk. Times keeps losing....

Yes, pagani design offers great value for money watches but all of their watch designs are copied from luxurious brands some people might say it is homage but no one can deny the fact that it offers great value for money watches.

@@owenlaprath4135 Timex has always been cheap. The problem today isn't so much their watches, but their prices for what you get. Every Timex at half the price would be a good value. Still though, Timex does make some good solar watches for cheaper than Citizen. The real problem today is watch companies are still trying to upsell individual features. Screw down crown? Get ready to pay $100 more. Solar? Get ready to pay $100 more. Sapphire? Get ready to pay $100 more. WR100 rating? Get ready to pay $100 more. All stuff that costs maybe $10 tops to include in a watch.

Me too

i wouldn't.

I was going to say, "no flieger, no way" Love my Laco!

My Tandorio 39mm pilot/field was 45 bucks, and its NH35A automatic runs almost like a quartz. No need to blow 500 bucks on the Hamilton A Bertucci might have been it, had I not discovered what became my main grab-n-go.

Maybe - or maybe it'd come across as an Ali shill to include them, because as a value proposition the likes of San Martin can be very difficult indeed to beat. Quite tempted by one myself at the moment... SN004-Q-B - Bronze cased diver with an SW200 - under £400 (before any import, presumably, but still looks a bit of a bargain). I don't need it, and typically prefer to wear bracelets over straps or I might've already jumped - but damn it's a lot of watch for the money and that bronze holds some real appeal.

He actually did mention AliX, he specifically excluded it at the start as some people won't go there. He also excluded microbrands on the basis that they're frequently unavailable.

Baltany , Addiesdive a lot of them fit the bill even Boderry Voyage titanium field watch Their loss if they don't want them .

the Aviator line has a lot of interesting pieces as well! One needs to browse through the catalogue, to appreciate them.

Que?

You like casio?

I'm beginning to see a pattern.

@@martinsaunders7925 WHO?

Ediface?

I live near Vancouver island part of the time,so I bought the $20 moon/tide phase one. It’s my 6th, Casio, and the most complicated by far. The others are analog. Now I know if the tides in or out before I drive to the shore. $20 -$55 Casios can be addictive. (Duro on a Bond SPECTRE NATO) is the bomb

Smart move! When you can get a "fashion" brand with good insides cheaper than the big name donating the real watch, I see no reason to skip it

Or Mako 40

I bought one on Amazon and returned it really poor watch. The Triton model is much better

I am actually looking at the Airman Contemporary Purist later this year ... if I don't get another vet bill for our little pooch

The thing about Glycine being so thin is just that the bezel is thin. I have one, love it, but I don't understand why no one points this out.

@@hotelbravo88 what's wrong with a thin bezel?

Boring looking watch, poor lume, no thanks.

@@jontpt Nothing particularly wrong with it, just strange coming from Seikos, etc. And just strange that no one highlights it. I mean, any thinner and I'd worry about durability. I have the 42 bronze with dark brown dial and love it.

I had the smaller 800 version of that Casio (42mm instead 48mm). I bought for being Tough Solar ... and HATED it! It bit me on my 19cm/7.5inch wrist, so I do not even want to know what the bigger 810 would do! It went back to Amazon. The problem with Casio is, that most of their watches are now oversized and shaped like porcupines, that want to bite my wrist all the time. They are MUCH worse than Invicta in that regard, with Invicta actually being smoothly shaped and thus a lot friendlier to wear, believe it or not. WTF happened to the small and smooth Casios of the 70s and 80s I grew up with? They could have upgraded and evolved them with larger displays, and cases big enough to accommodate that, but smooth and without edges! But no, they had to turn them into weird fantasy military junk fantasies for teenagers on dope. The only one left for older eyes needing a larger display, which is also 100meter proof or better, is the Duro, but that is not solar, and just another battery eater. They are missing so much in opportunities for great watch designs. Back to other brands, for automatics and other, better solar watches! Sorry, Casio lost me a while ago!

I was pretty disappointed with my titanium Vanuatu. Sharp edges everywhere, not very nicely finished

@ImDavidJames yeah. Not a fan of the Ti version, the steel has that impressive weight to it.

@@ImDavidJames I ended up passing on it (also scratched my Ti itch w a Pelagos 39). But the Komodo w the white dial and teal accents - amazing.

Really? Only took 2 years for my Vanuatu and Komodo to eventually arrive late last year.

Getting my Vanuatu next week. Waited 22 months on the waitlist.