Ball! Their Trainmaster moonphase is one of the most elegant dress watches they make, it's surprisingly affordable, and the moon itself is lit up with tritium elements.
its my favorite dress watch, and currently my only dress watch. i have the blue with steel bracelet and a black leather strap and a brown leather strap for going even more classy. its so great. unfortunately with covid and working at home i almost never wear it, i might go wear it now
Jory, how about the Mido Baroncelli Moonphase Chronograph M86073M142 or any of the Longines Master Collection Moonphases? These all use the Valjoux 7751 as a base. Longines even has an 18K rose gold variant for not much more than the Sinn.
My holy grail is the Patek Philippe 5320G. Man what a watch, simple and elegant looking but packing a lot of features...Day, month, leap year, moon phase, and day/night indication.
I definitley missed the Lange 1 Moonphase with integrated Day/Night indicator as changing sky disk. You‘ll love the details! It’s so badass and elegant it hurts
I just bought a $20 Casio moon phase / tide graph that has the same display, probably the same module as the G-Shock you listed. Mine is only 100 meter water resistant and a really cheap feeling strap but it serves me well living near the Texas Gulf coast. Would I love to have the Rolex? Yes, but if I had $20,000 I would probably do something else with it. Warning to those looking at cheap Chinese moon phase watches. Many are fake moon phase. They are really only displaying day and night.
True 😊 I have casios f91 dw5600 w59 and i love them !!all moded with silicone oil.... I bought a citizen ny0040. Only 140€ from a friend who works in citizen. In market in Europe is about 170€ And you know what????? I fricking loved it😍😍😍😍 I don't look casios the same anymore.i love the but i don't want to ware them any more!!!! So much that i dont care if i sratch a little bit the ny0040...😭
The orange strap version of this Casio (WS-1100H-4AVCF) is $18 on Amazon. What a great beach watch, especially with the tide graph! Casio also moon phases with fishing indicators for about the same price.
Interesting! I finally picked up a moon phase watch after years of pining for one but not willing to spend the money. I found a brand new, never worn, Ceres New York M-129 chronograph in a small boutique jewelry/consignment shop in Monterey. It only lacked the manual. Which I figured I’d get online. But, I haven’t been able to find anything at all about the watch or company online at all. Literally nothing but some cheap women’s watches show up. Thus, I can’t set anything on this watch except the hands. Maybe it is just one of the cheap fakes you refer to? It sure seems better made than that though.
The GA-7900! I have one that I got for an unbelievable £28GBP ($36USD at today's rate). I love it. Big, red obtrusive and tough. I wear it to the beach, playing with my kids, doing DIY and it just puts a smile on my face.
Do you know what the watch is in the thumbnail to this video? My late uncle gave me a a very similar Casio when I was a kid, which I sadly lost. He might of bought it in Japan as he was a english teacher there in the 80s. Any info would be most appreciated.
I have had my Zeppelin Moon Phase (7036-3) for about a year. It has a moon phase, day, date and week number (1-52). I like that it is a quartz watch, so that I am not bothered with frequently resetting the complications, as I would with an automatic. I have too many automatics for me to want to keep them all running continuously.
I have some experience with the seiko moon phase watch, i gave one to my father in 1984 ( only because he had a dislike for Rolex and swiss watches too because of his world was 2 experience with the swiss and germans) so i went with the 2 tone seiko with timer and alarm. Being in sales and too a Fishman, we noticed that up to 3 days after the full moon Sales would hit a peak and the fish would bite too. So there is some really good reasons to own a moonphase watch if your in the retail end of the business. The moon allows you to increase sales staff and be prepared for a rush in customers. 😉
One I own and I consider affordable related to the brand and the complication is the Longines Master Collection Chrono Moonphase. I own the 40mm case (now there is also a 42).
The fact it’s “affordable” is mind boggling! Put on Patek or even JLC brand name on it, the price will be six figures. BTW, I got the same watch. Absolutely gorgeous!
I really like that Glycine Combat Moonphase. I just looked at one of those on Jomashop and it was going for $339, which is a helluva deal considering the specs of the watch. Great Video!
Interesting, I never liked moonphase watches as they reminded me of those cheap tacky watches sold off carts in the middle of a shopping mall and often had over the top gaudy designs. However, a small moon on a nice watch that isn’t too busy does look nice.
I am wearing my Guinqin Moon phase Homage watch today. Less than $100.00 and most thinking it's a Longines Moon phase. It has a white dial, blue hands , sapphire crystal, brown leather strap, 39mm case and just a very cool 4 hand complications and high beat movement
I had a nice gold moon phase in 1990, it was a West German movt. And I have NEVER been able to find into on it. The brand name was “Sequel” and I wore it all through university
Since I have two watches that have date complication, I might be interested in picking up a Moonphase watch since its looks cool. Thanks for showing this!
Christopher Ward looks head & shoulders above the others to me. Cheers 👍🏻 If you want a chronograph check out Hamilton Khaki X Wind automatic, got one a couple of weeks ago, excellent value.
I have the Seiko SRX007P1 , which is the same as in the video, but in stead of gold accents, it has silver accents. As for the full name, it's the : Seiko Premier Kinetic DirectDrive Moon Phase.
What’s interesting about the moon phase complication is that it serves no purpose whatsoever for 99.99% of watch owners. It’s art, because who really needs to know what the moon looks like on any given date?
Great installment Jory. I’ve collected mostly simple three hand watches, mostly with date functions, and have limited my chronograph purchases to nothing beyond the level of a Seiko or Bulova as I’ve been fearful of costly repairs. My question is if chronographs are troublesome complications that require frequent service and if a moonphase function is more simple and reliable. I’ve been considering pulling the trigger on the Master Collection selection below as my motorcycling watch. I like the way that the date function encircles the moonphase and the Barleycorn guilloche dial. I’ve been wearing my Quai de L’lle but think that I should reserve it for other occasions and also think it could be easily jacked off of my arm at a stop.
Love the JLC Master Ultra Thin. My personal choice within JLC would be the Master Control Calendar. Triple Date with a really cool jumping date function so as to not obscure the amazing moonphase display.
Another reasonably priced Swiss moon phase is the Edox Les Vauberts Moonphase 80505. I got a beautiful second hand one for under $350. It uses a Sellita SW280-1 moon phase movement. It is a little big at 42mm. Not sure where to get new ones in the USA.
That Sinn is now on my list, too. It combines my old faithful elegant Sekonda moonphase which I got years ago, and my Timex Chronograph, in a style I love. When I build up big enough wrists to warrant such a hefty workhorse I think I'll have to keep an eye out for one.
Also you should consider the Mühle Glashütte Teutonia IV Moon phase, reference M1-44-05-LB. Very gorgeous watch with an attractive price for a moon phase. Or better yet, the Glashütte Original Senator Excellence Panorama Date Moon Phase, ref. 1-36-04-04-02-30. Keep up the good job. Awesome video!
Lange 1 Moon Phase 🌝!! But seriously, Frederique Constant actually makes their slimline moon phase in a 39mm not just 42mm, but they’re tough to find (and the complication itself uses parts from the 42mm so it looks a bit disproportioned) and the Glycines are also available in 36mm
Love that Seiko Direct Drive Moon Phase! Sadly most Automatic Moon Phases have DATE hand included in the subdial ruining the view. There are very few automatic moon phase watches without date hand on the moon phase window or even better is if seconds hand is included in the moon phase sub-dial.
Not really a moonphase fan myself but really enjoyed this episode, who knows, I could be a convert 😊 Take a look at the Junghans Meister Calendar, its clean and crisp, comes in at 40mm and at $1300, its not a wallet breaker.
According to me the Arnold and sons moonphase watch is so beautiful to watch then comes Mestrisinger moonphase watch complication apart from that the ball train master and ball engineer ll is also a great moonphase watch to own... The Christopher ward moon phase is also a great watch which you have shown here... Nice 👍
