A friend of mine lost a Mido in a private lake. He found it 5 years later, it looked great and functioned perfectly. He lived in a colder climate. The watch would have experienced near freezing temperatures over the winter months.
Great video Chris. I recently bought the CW c60 trident and the quality is amazing for the 800 euro I paid for my pre owned piece. Everything about this watch screams quality
Fantastic video, Chris. I own the Mido Ocean Star 200. While not as amped up as the Ocean Star 600 which you have reviewed, I love the build quality and movement from Mido.The 600 would be would be too much watch for my wrist.
I really like the Christopher Ward and the Seiko. As an owner of an SBDC063 I would love the 62MAS tribute but the price difference on the used market is huge so I'll probably stick with the MM200. Its so comfortable for a big watch as you will undoubtedly know already.
Just bought the Hydroconquest 41mm black dial and I love it. I love having that brand on my wrist and I love knowing what a cool movement it has inside of it. That Mido in the PVD on the rubber strap looked awfully good…and with a Powermatic 80 inside…what’s a guy to do? Anyway Chris, fun and solid selection.
Wearing the 143 . It’s gets a lot of wrist time . It’s really an all around great piece actually stunning at times , and I’m not a seiko fan boy by any means. All solid solid choices the Tissot and mido I consider pretty large and I think the conquest is underrated.
Christopher Ward Hands down is the value king and in my opinion the best looking! I have the C60 elite 1000 in titanium. Another fantastic choice is the Oris Aquis used at around $1000 usd
Can’t agree more. At least 2 of my picks would be CW’s (C60 Tide & Super Compressor) and the Aquis is simply my favorite dive watch at any price. It’s all opinion, but I second yours.
I almost purchased the Elite this year, just worried about how it scratches. Their entire line up is awesome. They will release C60 version 4 next year and have a new line up coming out this year, the Aquatine.
@@shawnholloway2410 I heard about the new Aquatine line, but hadn’t heard about them revamping the C60 line up. Makes it hard because I could finally grab the C60 before they raise prices next month OR wait to see what CW and a few of my other favorite brands come out with in April.
@@shawnholloway2410 I wouldn’t worry about getting it scratched, it is very easy to remove scratches with a scotch brite pad. Check out my review on my channel CANADIAN WATCH MONKEY where I compare the Aquis to my C60 1000 Elite
I love the Spinnaker, Dan Henry and Phoibos divers. And a lot less than $1K as well. The Seiko MAS has an attractive symmetry that's hard to beat. The CW would be my choice though.
Nothing at this price point can touch the Tissot Seastar 2000. Its specs-list is most similar to the Omega Planet Ocean 600M. I'm buying it tomorrow and I can't wait! :D You know, watching it a second time, I realised just how bad your overview of the TS2000 is. How do you not mention that it has an automatic helium escape valve like the Rolex Sea-Dweller and that it's also ISO 6425-cerified? You've clearly never even seen it first-hand, That's called "LAME".
@@thatmemethobro1291 I had to send it back for a defect in the wind mechanism but other than that, it's still as glorious as the day I bought it. I only take it off to shower so it gets worn constantly. It was the amazing buy I expected it to be. My wrist measures at about 7.5" but my wrists aren't round, they're flat, broad and slab-shaped so I need a big watch. At 46mm, this could be too big for many. A friend of mine says that I perform a magic trick when I put it on because it seems to go from being a gigantic watch to a normal-sized one. If you have narrow wrists, this could be too big. I knew it would be perfect for me because I wore an Invicta Grand Diver #3049 for ten years before getting this watch and it's actually larger and heavier at 47mm. It actually sucks to have wrists like mine because most watches are around 40mm and they look like toys on my wrist. That means I can't wear most of the best watches out there as they just look ridiculous on me.
I just got a 42 mm GCS...sending it back as the bracelet is horrible and the bezel action is not smooth. I'm going to try the 46 mm version on the Nato.
@@TheBimmer74 sorry to hear that, while I agree that the bracelet is sub-par, my experience with the bezel action has been very good, but mine is the bronze one and they have another 120 clicks bezel.
I like mine but wears large and the 22mm non taper bracelet is uncomfortable at times . That said I think it’s a great value with tons of options . My bezel is solid the crown is a rock and the dial work is quite good .
I like your content. Never skip a vid. I like your current intro music, bit the previous (more rocking) music was f-ing awesome. Maybe you can use it again now and then…
Mido is the only one on the list where I just can't see and feel that extra quality,I had Tissot seastar and Breitling 57 and they had that visible and palpable quality,in the end I bought Bulova devil diver as my main watch for just 800euros(the best all round diver) but with Mido I was just left disappointed!!!
Christopher ward are amazing value in this price range, but that won't be for long as they've just notified all members of there subscribe news letter that there price's are going up in April 😫🥺
They are still sticking to their pricing structure of setting the retail price at 3 X the cost price, so they still represent good value for your money..when a brand work with small margins they are more sensitive to the rising cost of raw materials.
@@chi1057 I was Ponting out that he says enter level luxury dive watches. I have luxury, many mid tier and entry like the legendary Seiko SKX and Vostok Amphibia
@Canadian Watch Monkey congratulations to you. I think the terminology used is confusing. These watches aren't entry level, as referred to on a number of occasions which was my point.
@@chi1057 totally agree that these are not entry level. Seiko 5, Citizen eco drives, Casio, G shock all make great dive watches under $300.00 That get the job done.
Why does tissot have to put so much writing on their watches? It sooo tacky. I love all of their 700-1000 dollar watches but they just make them look like a G-Shock with all the words slapped on there. Christopher ward is great I just don’t like wearing a guys name on my wrist kinda poor choice for a brand name.
