Watch Buying Challenge: Best Dive Watch Under 1k, 5k and 10k. 

You guys nailed this episode. All episodes should be outside the studio, and more lifestyle content like this.

You guys are the Top Gear of watches! What we've all been waiting for.

Took Mr Bamford all of a few seconds to make the episode non-child friendly. Don't ever change George 😄

Andrew rules this episode !! His journey of finding the right one is so exciting. He found many interesting choices, but in his mind he knew it wasn't the right one. Love the way he keeps running to new stores. That Seamaster is gorgeous, and truly a champion in this episode. Great job Andrew 👏👏🎉🎉

Andrew had my heart in his hands with every different store!! I loved that he wouldn’t settle and kept pushing!

I feel everything to this point has been building to an episode like this, and boy was it worth the wait. Nailed it gents!

No one’s mentioned Seiko for the under £1k? That G-Shock is immense though but that whole episode was simply superb! Worthy winner from Andrew but if only that JLC was in stock! What a battle that would have been!!!! Thank you for a great Sunday afternoon programme! Have great weeks ahead one and all!

This was a fun episode, but I felt that GB could have tried harder. Nothing wrong with G-Shock, but there are a dozen Seikos I would have opted for above the Frogman. Adrian made some great choices, and had that 'seaweed' Seamaster not have been available, he would have won it for me. But that £5k price bracket is the Goldilocks range and probably had the best selection of readily available watches for the general public.

This channel just gets better and better. Please don’t stop ! ❤

Such a sick episode. Cannot imagine the experience of going to watch stores like that, so cool. Makes me want to travel and just do a day of watch shopping!!

Amazing episode, gents. It sometimes feels like watch-related content are more or less the same nowadays, but you’ve introduced something so fresh by incorporating the retail purchase experience to your top caliber podcast. Bravo!

This is probably the best episode of About Effing Time. I wish you did this challenge again in Geneva. Yes Andrew won here, that green Omega Seamaster no words! Adrian and George gave compelling alternatives. Please do this again with chronographs.

The only thing wrong with this episode is that it wasn’t longer! Brilliant content, favorite show by far.

This was like the OG Top Gear but with great watches, well done guys

OMG the pause when you told the boyZ that you got the GREEN Omega SMP. Lol

I think Squale is a decent Italian owned watch company. They have great history and they crossed path with many important brands like Heuer, Doxa and blancpain.They changed direction now and stopped doing homages and they have been focusing a lot more on their heritage models. I thinks they offer great value for money products. My 1521 wear fantastically to be a 50atmos diver and imo looks stunning.

This was a great episode. Very cool to have a shopping challenge like this and it gets you three and us really taking watches in a real way. Love it!

Really looking forward to the Therapy session. I think it could be as good as the actual episode. So much to unpack here. Seiko would have been the choice for under a £1000 tho.

This is what Sundays are all about! Kick back and watch the lads have some fun and chat about what we love to hear 😀

Best episode so far - more of these challenges please! That hour flew

Unbelievably entertaining guys, told so many friends & family to watch, can’t wait to watch the next episode

Would love to see sequels to this episode, just with other types of watches (flieger, dress, chronograph)!

It's about effing time you guys did an episode with this format! I love it! Hoping to see more excursions and challenges from the boys

Guys, effing great episode. I love it! More like this please. ✌️

I haven’t even finished the episode yet, and this is one of your best!! Y’all are becoming the Clarkson, Hammond and May of watches!!!

One of the best episodes that you made, love it, and I also loved the Mr Jones Watches. Great job !!

What a brilliant episode!! Super fun, love the format… keep them coming 😊

brilliant content - the best AET episode so far hands down!

Best video yet, love the walk-about watch-search format. Also nice to see Bond street ADs and the guys in their “natural habitat .” Good stuff. 🏆😎

Andrew's tale was absolutely enrapturing!!! Good on you all, I loved this video. What fun!

Great concept for this episode 👍 Highly entertaining!

What a whole bag of fun this one was - as a lifelong fan of a good diver - you've provided me many minutes of reviewing and ruminating when I should really be doing something that will help me pay for them!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

Best episode by far - love the journey descriptions Andrew and Adrian. George lift your game mate

This was a really great episode from the production value to content itself. Really nicely done!

Such a brilliant episode!! 🔥 More challenges on the horizon I hope 👌

Absolutely love this format. Yours is the only content over 30 minutes I ever watch.

Really wonderful episode and Andrew's storytelling is second to none and George's, almost childish love and energy, is infectious. Mr. Boring keeps the team grounded and always has great insights. Keep up the superb and creative content Lads.

Nice work Gentleman! Episode was fun! I think it was brilliant that you each got categories that challenged you each in different ways! The deep sea was awesome and of course NOT AVAILABLE 😂

Another banger lads, cheers for making my Sunday far better.

This episode was so cool… love that they took this so competitive. Please please do this challenge with other types of watches

This was so fun! Keep ‘em coming! Cheers

Best episode to date. Well done guys

I absolutely this style of content!!!! Please please please do more!!!

Such a cool format. I love the way this challenge altered the nature of your conversation. I didn't expect that subtlety. Sort of on topic. I was enjoying my tranquil bubble of Tag hate but you lot keep talking them up. Since you engineered my curiosity I tried on a night diver earlier this week... and now I NEED it. I am beside myself in rage.

This is by far my favourite episode yet. I absolutely loved this concept and you guys as always made it more fun that anyone else could ever do. You are my favourite watch podcast in the Hive👊

G-Shock is a cheat code

Another Italian brand besides Panerai? Bvlgari! They set so many records with the Octo Finissimo. Great episode gents. 🥃

Really fun episode as you went out into real shops in London! More of this kind of episode

Pretty cool to be honest, didn’t think I would like it but here I am finishing the video . Great job guys! Keep the challenges going

Best episode yet! I love the BYOI segment too. I visited Farer, in the UK, last year and next will be Mr. Jones.

Now you can go to Apple store to get an under 1k “dive watch”/ diving computer ;)

My favorite episode yet! You three just keep getting better and better. Please do more challenges like this one!

Sorry for not watching live celebrating my birthday but what a great episode throughout absolutely love the JLC definitely need to check it out in green

Until this episode, I didn't know much about Maurice De Mauriac watches. Seeing your experience, other watch brands should take notice. It's that personal experience where a company goes out of their way to make a customer feel welcome that creates life-long clients. It's moments like that make one want to support a company. Looking through their website now, I've definitely added them to my list of brands to watch (no pun intended lol ).

Great episode with fantastic examples. It wouldn’t have bothered me if you had chosen a “waitlist” example for your number two. Omega is the winning choice but I’ll go with the green Seamaster from a wearability perspective, plus that dial is gorgeous. Not sure I could’ve left the store without that watch on my wrist.

George “I know my shit” 😂 best intro ever

Great episode! Loved every minute of it. Nailed it.

51:45 ……I think Andrew nailed this with the diver 300!!! Beautiful in green…the rubber strap amazing on this watch.I thought Tudor would have been an option the pelagos FXD at just over £3000 a fantastic dive watch but is it obtainable 🤔maybe not!!

BEST. CONTENT. EVER!!

Very nice episode again! You guys know how to spice it up.

Absolutely loved this episode! Best “watch” video I’ve seen in forever

Great episode guys! It was a really well documented journey. I think Capt Boring found the winner with the Polaris but I can’t believe there is a 7 month waiting period for this at the time of filming! I picked up my JLC green Polaris back in October and pretty much haven’t taken it off since. It is an absolutely stunning watch in person and much like the Omega green Seamaster the press shots don”t do it justice. You guys are right on about the customer service at Omega though, from my experience they really do go above and beyond.

Awesome episode. Great choice Andrew - from a very happy owner of an Omega “Seaweed”. Has to be seen irl to do it justice, as the green is just perfect 👍 - I persuaded my AD to sell me the only one they had in stock, and had received for months 😊

Just excellent...you guys are the highlight of my Sunday mornings now.

Best episode by far, so far. More like this please 👏👏👏

Quality episode lads, hope to see more of these challenges in future seasons. Also that JLC is stunning, easy winner, shame about availability.

Longines hi beat, No date sub and Citizen Promaster or pick any seiko. Might have been nice if George could mention any brand he isn't in biznizz with......The green Omega is a wow piece

Great episode no doubt the best I’ve seen yet. Throughly enjoyed every minute. Well done guys and thanks to you all. 🔥👏👍

6:51 this explanation of the connection is for Adrian: So there's this thing called Mario Kart. It's a video game whereby Mario and several other video game characters from the Nintendo universe race against each other in various karts and race tracks. Tag Heur is an iconic watch brand renowned for deep ties in racing history (this where lines like the carerra or the autavia drew their design inspiration from...think of Tag's tachymeter scales and how popular they became with racers at the time). Jack Heuer even took the name from the Carrera Panamericana road race, a border-to-border race staged in Mexico, from 1950 to 1954. As you can see by now, Tag Heur's brand is synonymous with car racing history just as the game Mario Kart is a racing game by its very nature. Hope youre able to make that connection now 😀

Finally here! Hello from Bangkok Thailand! Guys i want the merch but in your site it doesnt have shipping options to thailand 😅😅 pls add it! Time for me to enjoy this ep now!

Cheers from Germany! Finally a new episode👌🏻

Absolutely gr8 ep guys..bout tocking time! LoL Nice to see outside of the box!

Loved it! More of these!!

What a great episode. I feel almost as exhausted as you guys running around town to find THE best dive watches... But, In a good way cause that sure seemed like a lot of fun. Best incentive to get some cardio and out of the office time to stretch out.

Under 1000, has to be a Seiko. Specifically a captain Willard in blue 🤤

Ha. What a relief. Watching your shots I assumed I made a mistake buying the green seamaster. Happy to have that in my collection. Liked and subscribed cheers.

I really think this is the best watch related RU-vid Channel around. Great work guys!

My favourite show on RU-vid keep it up guys

This. Was. Wicked. Brilliant episode. Andrew’s journey was amazing. Adrian clinical and accurate as always, shame about that Polaris that’s the one for me it was amazing. GB, why not have head down to the new seiko boutique on Bond Street? Upstairs they’ve got loads of sub £1k seiko divers, missed opportunity! Really fun thank you

Fun episode - thanks guys!

Watched like 5 episodes so far and wonder where I have been?? this channel is so good. I am captivated, keeps my interest start to finish.

Best episode so far. Just brilliant! 😎

Yes, the Seaweed is a nice watch... But it's a shame, that Panerai IMHO came up with THE green watch already in 2019 (so way before all that hype), which was the PAM01055 and literally no one is ever talking about!

Going out into the streets and stores was the best part. great episode

This is fantastic watch content! I really enjoyed that episode.

Love this show! Keep up the awesome job gents! The OG TopGear of the watch world.

An episode where Rolex can’t be dominate is great.

came online to watch a movie then popped up = Movie cancelled

Yep this is a great format now. Such a different dynamic to the competitors with going out into the real world and genuinely being engaging. This hopefully will become your isp. Keep up the great work!

I loved the different style of this episode. It was a lot of fun and I felt the frustration when a certain watch was too expensive or not available. Keep up the great work!

Quality video gents. Love a challenge! Don’t commit the top gear mistake by doing it too frequently! We don’t need a challenge every week! Loving the format and can’t wait to see how this develops. 👍😎

George’s jacket is fiiirreeeeee!

One of the top episodes for sure. Great combination of ribbing each other, competition, “shouty” George, and challenging each others’ opinions. LOVE the show, guys!!

This was super fun to watch. First off, love seeing London in this way. More of that! Secondly, this was just a gem of an episode. It felt authentic and very well produced. You guys are getting into a rhythm.

Certina DS Action Diver 38mm

This challenge was amazing! Please do a chrono and a dress version soon!

Effing love this format

Brilliantly executed, please do more of this guys.

Best episode so far 😉👍!

the Top Gear of watches