As long as the watch is a good manufacture, the watch should represent what you like, not what other thing is nice ! - 99% of these watches, I find them atrociously ugly !
@@jonathanryanart5848With the exception of Seiko, not one Chinese made watch when there several exquisite, stunning and unique watches like the Memorigin range. Shame!
YES!!!!! The Omega Speedmaster - truly, passionately, unequivocally, THE Greatest Watch of All Time!! Gentlemen, well done with your choice! I doff my hat to thee - and thee!! ❤
Stopped by my local premium watch dealer today, had a look at the Tissot display. Not a single seconds hand on the dozen PRX's (quartz) in the display managed to hit the markers. Went to look at the usual high street jewellery chain stores and watched as almost all the £30 to £50 Sekondas did. It's a funny old world.
I havent fully watched the video yet so dont know if its covered but ones that dont hit the markers are worked on by hand as its impossible to make them hit every marker and ones that do hit every marker are fully made by machines. Id personally rather have one that has at least some what been worked on by a person.
@@tmb2411 £25 Sekondas don't see a human hand until they're being moved from one machine to the other or they're being boxed for shipping. And they still hit their markers. I'd wager that those PRX's are the same.
That's what's stopping me from picking up a PRX Quartz. If it just does its best impression of a Walmart Timex all day and can't hit the markers like my 80's Seiko Quartz can, why bother?
Loved the way you made it to number one. Freaking deserving Omega Speedmaster. Also loved the reference to Alberto Santos Dumont, the real first to flight with the self-propelled (not catapulted) 14Bis.
My wife bought me a speedy to commemorate the turn of the millennium for Christmas 1999. I have worn it every day and I still love it. It seems to be timeless and looks good at any occasion.
@@betterstepswell, how about you enlighten us all with your #1 pick??? You’re so confident in letting us all know that Omega isn’t deserving of the #1 slot, but can’t tell us who the winner is? Your one thumbs up to the gentleman who was man enough to let us who is deserving of #1 has 50 thumbs up at the time of my response. Who has the spine?
Enlighten you? No. I don't think so. This is a simple public forum and I simply gave my humble opinion. No spine required, no confidence. Only honesty. @@amgolfer3591
Wow, this was most entertaining! Well done guys. One miss though atleast in my opinion, wish the Seiko Alpinist especially the SARB017 Green/ Gold had made it into this list.
Love this Video!!!! I myself owned 31 of those models, including 19 Speemasters, from the 145.12 Ed White with 321 caliber, to the 376.0822 with 1045 Caliber "Holy Grail" that I lamentably sold in 1999 for 1900.00..........
Good shoutout on the Zenith Chronomaster Sport. I’ve handled tons of watches and the Sport’s fit and finish is among the best. Plus that El Primero 3600 is absolutely stunning
Loads of fun. From a horology perspective, you should have included: *Seiko Astron 35SQ (first commercially available Quartz watch) *Bulova Accutron Spaceview 214 (first fully electronic watch) *Seiko SBWA001 (first watch with Spring Drive) *Citizen Caliber 100 (most accurate wristwatch made to this day). *Synchronar 2100 (first solar-powered watch). While some of the watches on the list are certainly popular or famous, their greatness is questionable.
I agree with every watch on your list here. You have a discerning mind and thankfully the watch community has given these watches the vaulted status they deserve. The Citizen 0100, perhaps because it's the newest, is the least valued. The Citizen 0100 is the culmination of 100 years of watchmaking, physics, chemistry, and mechanical engineering. The Citizen 0100 is the ultimate expression of horology pushed to the limits and would be a perfect choice for a 1 watch collection, a true spiritual successor to the Seiko SBWA001.
Love this. Very fun. My complaint/ contribution is that while all of my watches, except my 39MM Explorer, made the list, the most glaring "mistake", and I use that term in jest, is that I own #98 (Grand Seiko Shunbun) and can't believe it wasn't more highly ranked. It could easily have replaced numbers 38 or 32 and most viewers would have been in agreement..... Great work!
I was disappointed to not see the Omega SeaMaster Aqua Terra in the top 15 at least - it’s one of the most technically advanced in terms of specs watches on the market. For me it made the whole video mainly redundant! Just my humble opinion 😢
Definitely the right choice putting the omega speedmaster moon watch at number 1. Love the Frederique Constant Monolithic got a mention; underrated watch and a seriously underrated brand
What a fun and clever video--clearly you put a ton of work into making this thoroughly enjoyable and hilarious! The Patek Aquanaut is far too iconic not to be in the top 20, and how did the VC Overseas not even make this list?
Additional favorites. Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra. Rolex Explorer 1 and 2 Breitling Superocean Breitling Navtimer Sinn 556 or 104 Seiko Monster Citizen Nighthawk
You two are so entertaining. Every time you do a video like this I find myself laughing throughout, which is no small feat for a video about watches. Cheers!
I own an Omega pre-lunar Speedmaster, purchased in 1967 from an Omega dealer, only serviced by Omega. Cost was $300 new. Now the collecter market says the value is $8,000+/-.
Had a great time viewing and I laughed out loud with the commentary. As others mentioned, the Bulova 214 tuning fork Accutron was a remarkable achievement in the search for accuracy. The astronauts may have worn Speedmasters but instrument panels sported tuning forks.
All Mercury astronauts and the NASA X-15 pilots were issued an Accutron "Astronaut" GMT pilot watch, as were the Lockheed A12 CIA pilots. The Accutron "Astronaut" tuning fork pilot watch has been worn in space by Gordo Cooper (1963), on Gemini III (both Grissom & Young), on Gemini V (Gordo Cooper again) and during STS-7 by astronaut/physician Norman Thagard in 1983. #MoonwatchUniverse
@@phmwu7368 Thanks! The crew following these watch videos can be intimidating so I try to stick to short comments. I have a 1966 214 very plain, no date. I wore it through high school, college and grad school. I popped in a new battery two days ago and it runs. It was abandoned to a drawer for 44 years. It should be serviced.
Yes, you are right!!! A real great watch. I still have my Uncle's Spaceview with the crown in the back. But it was one of those Accutron clocks in the cabin who failed during Lunar Landing, so the astronauts had to leave one of the Speedmasters in the cockpit, for reference use. I think one watch who was forgotten was the REAL First Fully Integrated Automatic Chronograph, the Seiko 6138/6139 which was Automatic, with Castle Wheel and VERTICAL CLUTCH!!!!
Yes, you are absolutely right on that. But it was in 1964 when Schirra and Cooper approached Derek Slayton (His Videos are here in RU-vid) to ask for a formally certified watch for everyone to use, and its from there that the Speedmaster Legend was born- It was THE ONLY WATCH TO PASS ALL TESTS!!! And the ULTIMATE TEST was when one of those NASA-Qualified Speedmaster timed the burning of the auxiliary rockets who help the Apollo 13th Crew to come back to earth!!!!
I knew a guy who made a sundial watch. It came with instructions on how to orient yourself to get precision time in sunny areas like the Sahara desert. It was thick but got the job done. I think it should be #1, because it is very, very reliable.
Great list. If you make revisions, I have thoughts: Nothing from Breguet? Chopard? Piaget? Girard-Perregaux? Parmigiani? Habring? Arnold & Son? Czapek? Gronefeld? Laurent Ferrier? Vulcain Cricket? vintage Universal Geneve?
Great list! Personally would've taken the Proplof and Sea Dweller out of the Top 10, and swapped in there the G-Shock DW5600 and the Seiko 5 though. Also, is the legendary Patek 5970 missing from this whole 100 or is it just me?
I bought my Speedy at a freaking Costco back in 08. I wore it almost every day up until 6 months ago. The crown broke while winding it, my son in law thought he would polish it up for me. Now there’s a dip on the crystal, or whatever it is. I’m just terrified of what the repair bill is going to look like.
Top 8 is 5 times Rolex and 3 times Omega. Good I don‘t have AP or Patek money, would feel a little depressed finding the brands at 11 and 12 after TagHeuer and Breitling ;-)
Yay! Omega! Happy to see a few of my watches in there. Disappointed in no Bulova and GS not cracking the top 10. Also, no Edifice? Definitely deserved a spot with incredible finishing and very smart movements.
Wow I own 7 from this list and made it to the Top 10 !! Fantastic video. I was skeptical as to how Andrew and Tom will get through 100 in less than 20mins but anything's possible with slick elocution and brevity.
I agree, #1 Omega Speedmaster, #2 Rolex Submariner, #3 Cartier Santos. My grail watch this year is a Tissot Couturier Quartz. I plan on getting one to commemorate graduation of a commercial driving school. But for now I’m poor and still in my 20’s, so I’m wearing a Pagani Design PD-1701 with a Seiko VK63 movement and it works for me. 🤷🏻♂️ I love homage watches.
love the list.. my additions: Citizen calibre 0100? Glycine Airman? Glycine Combat sub? Seiko SNA411? Seiko dolce? Seiko GMT? Laco flieger? which ones would i take out? all the Jacobs (2 of them)... remove one of the Cartiers especially Mr Blue balls and remove a couple more... and i might event want to find a place for an Orient/Orient Star
Excellent video as usual. I would have switched the number 1 and 2 places, though. Just like you said, ask anyone to draw a watch and they will draw something like the Submariner. That's just how iconic it is.
Agree with the top 3 just in popularity and in my own collection the Speedmaster is top followed by Submariner and the Daytona, regardless of the price. And thanks for the show.
The Speedmaster is a worthy winner. You used to be able to pick one of these watches up relatively cheaply back in the 80s/90s. I was always impressed that unlike Breitling and Tag etc, they used their own din-house movement. The Snoopy version is great!
I just think you missed 1 watch. The tissot powermatic 80, althoug the list was absolutely great. Oh and missed my personal favorite Alange Datograph but you had a few on the list
