Your appearance on TGV's channel could very well be the catalyst that takes you to 10k subscribers. You have to do a special 10k video for us McMahon! Cheers my friend
Hey Jeff. I’m still wearing my $16 Casio F91W that I purchased at Walmart years ago. I wore it on our vacation to Thailand at the end of 2023. We visited Rolex boutiques at airports and malls for fun, but instead of enticing me to purchase another Rolex, it made me glad that I sold them all. The Casio F91W wasn’t my dream watch, but it’s the watch I deserve. Nonetheless, it is now my “corduroy jacket” and all other watches just don’t feel right on my wrist (this could change later but I don’t foresee a change anytime soon).
Thank you, Jeff. I’m honored to have inspired your video. I want to also mention that I’m not more intelligent than you. I’m just a corporate bean counter with a smaller vocabulary and a lower tolerance for watch anxiety, which led me to the purging of watches to mitigate those anxieties. Even though I only have one watch now, I still enjoy listening to your watch insights, as they are still very much relatable and thought provoking. I just have to remind myself that I don’t have to own the watches, cars, etc. that I admire to enjoy and appreciate its engineering, design, and style. I can enjoy and appreciate them from afar without the emotional and financial burden.
What I consider a real keeper is a watch I put on and think, at least for a moment, "you know... I *could* be happy with just this one..." It's a concept I call "one-and-done potential." For most enthusiasts, the one-and-done is a target you can get infinitely close to but never quite hit, a phenomenon that drives us to keep searching for that next acquisition. A focused collection thus aims to find the top few watches that hit closest to that unhittable bullseye. Watch obsessives know the one-and-done is a lie, but it's a real feeling I get whenever I put on my Casio GW-5000U, my blue SPB183 Willard, and my SJE085 1959 Alpinist especially. "Huh. Maybe this is all I really need..."
you're onto something for sure, i remember you saying something like 'wearing a watch is like putting on a costume'. With a one and done, it's no longer a costume, it's actually you! It can become an extension of the self rather than just an accessory, and maybe even serve as a reminder of an ideal to strive for as that man's f91w does for him. That being said, I'm stuck on the train myself. Split my time between a spb237 and gw5000u, what're ya gonna do?
Thanks again, Jeffrey. Really like the metaphors you use all the time. Your videos are, like TGV's, rich in detail, and made with passion, but different in style. The two of you together in a video (made by you guys) would be interesting as well. I say: go for it!
Not sure if anyone has made this comparison before, but your channel is like the Nutnfancy of the watch world and I mean that as an extreme compliment. Good discussion!
We have all seen TGV but we choose the GOAT because the ones of us that have been unplugged from the matrix and allowed to sub to this channel understand that this channel is the way to true freedom and people think you need more subs do not understand you control YT and its algorithms. I will go watch some TGV now as directed you sheeps. My dream in life is for the GOAT to roast my watch collection.
I really like the sound of being a $16 Casio wearer. But if the Francis Drake of watch power moves can't do it, what chance have I? Answer to Q2. I do suspect it is freedom. Great videos 👍
Funnily enough, tapas are a complimentary bite-size offer in most restaurants in Spain, served in a small plate on top of your drink (generally wine or beer) to prevent flies from falling in it. A tapa is, literally, the lid on your drink. the opposite of fancy caviar or champagne!
Yea! I had a One and Done! (except one dress watch) It was everything until i had to send it in for service. After that wait, I had to buy 2 Seikos because I couldn't decide between the PADI automatics. So I got both. The blue turtle and the 62 MAS(ish) with the blue black dial. Now I have many more Seikos in different color dials. Each one representing the trials and tribulations of life since the world changed!
I’ve got about 12 in my core rotation now with over 20 including G shocks… I’ll look at my collecting journey as more of a marathon than a sprint, and if I truly love a watch, it will stay and eventually get more wrist time even if I’m not wearing it much now… Sucks to have a good bit of money tied up in the collection, but I’d rather have cool watches than more money 🤣 been enjoying my willard and it’s making me consider an SLA option to have a twin bc the case shape is so unique and fun to wear… great content man! Congrats on the TGV feature I saw it yesterday and thought that was cool of him.
Another great video McMahon! I get the idea of "Watch Twins", and the "Times Seven Principle". I've tried to keep my small collection diverse, so I don't feel like it's a lot of duplicates. I don't swap my straps a ton, generally either a NATO, or some form of rubber. While it would be hard, I could go down to one watch. I honestly had the feeling that the new Seiko that I received could be that, but then it turned out that my QC concerns were true. It'll be going back to Seiko, as the watch has a major defect that requires fixing. Alas, it is what it is. Always looking forward to the next video! You'll be at 10K subs this week!
I buy all my Seiko straps from Chouette222 on eBay: www.ebay.com/itm/296136712355?epid=701892421&itmmeta=01HWY11E2NN2ZP8BC3A4YCEV95&hash=item44f31fa0a3:g:WpEAAOSwuTBlD59I
I am drawn to your videos McMahon because they offer a completely different perspective of the watch hobby. Crucially your niche doesn’t depend on feeding the insatiable capitalist greed of the watch industry through constant reviews that feed our disease. Instead you help us to question our obsession and the factors driving it’s madness. Many thanks and keep doing your thing
I agree with your comment completely, but buying watches that you don’t “need” is the opposite of working hard, saving and investing. My comment was only reflecting that the majority of content revolves around the marketing of new watches to potential consumers, whereas much of Jeff’s content is a discussion on the triggers that push us to purchase unnecessary watches.
RAW is the best way, McMahon. That's why I like your videos -- well, one reason, at least. It's just more real, authentic, and humorous when it's extemporaneous. Keep up the great work!
I wore my Casio pro trek for almost 2 years and my girlfriend kept on bugging me saying it was a kids watch or a plastic toy. So I switched to a Seiko blue cocktail time, but after a month I itched for a diver. As I saw the king turtle padi diver I couldn’t say no. I’ve been wearing it almost non stop for a year and a half and I’m still in love with it like the first day. The power reserve has never run out, when I dress up I switched to my blue cocktail but the next day I switch to my diver. Would that still be considered as a one and done? As always excellent video. I’m out 😅
SLA047 has been my only watch to wear for the last 17 days, since I got it. Had no desire to wear any other watch. Giving very serious thought to selling all others, except for my G 5000 U, OG Ecozilla just because, and Datejust. Everything else will be quietly rusting away.
I'm going to guess having a One-and-Done on a happiness scale of 1 to 5 is like being on a pretty constant 4, and being perfectly happy with that. Accepting that it's worth it so that you don't have to endure any 1s and 2s.
I want to be honest here, if I haven't worn a watch in days and the date is off I NEED to reset it or I wont wear the watch! and sometimes the date is so far off because I actually have 21 watches that I wont I even adjust the date and end up not even wearing it for longer. However in a strange way I aspire to be able to not worry about it like you do.
Seeking a "one & done" watch is a concept that dates back to the caveman days when someone decided he wanted to wear a "one & done" fur pelt. It's as appealing as giving away all your clothes and saying, this is my "one & done" shirt. A person cannot be both a "one & done" and a "watch obsessive" at the same time. A line must be drawn and I find it ironic that the "one & done" crowd can never tell you about it once, and be done.
Jeff your problem is that these two watches shown are too similar. It’s like dating two hot blondes that are both 5’8” and like rock music except one likes steak and the other prefers chicken. You need one watch that’s the wife. It doesn’t have to be the only watch but needs to check the most boxes possible. It’s the I’m doing life with this watch despite her never being perfect. Then your few other watches can be your workout buddy or your therapist. Extremely specific and in no way competing with the wife. If you have 7 beautiful watches then you are always going to be the Leonardo Decaprio of the watch world with all the beauty and choice but none of the satisfaction. Your buddy with the 14 dollar Casio is 75 year old single Decaprio who would fell in love with the next door neighbor. Because he realized the only purpose of a watch isn’t to be beautiful or signal status but simply to tell the time. He could only get there after being drunk on a yacht for too many years.
Your story reminds me of the days of Johnny Casual. He was rocking multiple Breitlings and Omegas if I remember correctly. Then he ran into some life issues and sold everything. Escaped the hobby. Or should I say addiction.
Great food for thought Jeff. Admire the reply from LWC who clearly is no longer searching. How much is contentment? When the enoughometer reaches the desired point. Good work.
One and done , we all crave that , but to be honest , when i wear my sla043 , i feel it could be. But then i like to look in the box at my other precious............ones . Lol.
@@JeffreyMcMahon Can’t wait for you to hit your weight goals and get the self promised gift of the SLA043 a few months down the line as you as mentioned in one of your previous videos , i’m rooting for you Mr.McMahon !!
Simple, McMahon. You are multiplying your raw number of watches (rW) by an analysis paralysis (ap) factor of 3. nW = rW x AP rW = 7 AP = 3 Solve for nW 7 x 3 = 21 Therefore, your number of watches (nW) is 21. Simple math, and proven by me, the mathematician trusted by absolutely nobody. In all honesty, though, I do believe your watch collection is suffering from the narcissism of small differences. Your watches are fighting with one another, and you are the casualty in this domestic, in-group dispute. The number seems daunting, when in really, the greatest common factor is you, McMahon, and so you are dealing with having 1 watch, but are being gaslit by the delusion of 7 watches. Okay, that’s enough from me.
I enjoy snapping quick release spring bars and mostly nearly always swap them out for a real spring bar, whcih makes me feel better about the whole equation. Cant stand them.
@@JeffreyMcMahon thanks, those look great but a little large, same with the Samurai Manta ray watch I keep having to tell myself is too large for me lol
Seeking happiness is a confession of unhappiness. That much is obvious. What is less obvious is that seeking happiness is the method of unhappiness. So happiness cannot ever be 'achieved' through means of effort and process over time. Happiness has to be realised to be the case right now, at this very moment. Happiness is always already the case. It is not enough to know this, it must be realised. I also have too many watches.
I sympathise with your theory, my solution is to put my planet ocean to one side, ( along with all my seikos) and wear my freshly purchased seiko ' arny ' Jeff, I think you would approve, av a Google. And do a video on it.
Jeff stay away from Hugo. That Urban Gentry guy, Tristan Giorgio Venissianaco is alright, but he's no Fedor Lasco. Don't forget Mr. Foreman even named his daughters George.
