My collecting philosophy is simple: Buy only what you love. Take the time to research and examine if you really think the watch is special and worthwhile.
This is my philosophy as well. I often wait for months before making a purchase to see whether my desire for a certain piece stays or goes away and base my decision on that.
This is the only way. I started out thinking I needed to check certain boxes. But really, who cares if I collect only sports watches? As long as I love them...
@@giusepperocchi2979 Well it's something I would probably will never be able to afford I gotta be realistic even if I want it so bad. My grail watch that I will hopefully buy in the future is a Grand Seiko with the Spring Drive movement. No specific model in mind yet but I'm set on what kind of movement it should be. But that is something I can only hope to buy since buying one would probably be at the very least worth half of what I make in a year currently unless I go for the used market. Buying a Patek will pretty much be impossible unless I drastically change my financial situation which I doubt will happen.
Beater / gym watch: Casio DW5600 Dress Watch: Orient Bambino (I rarely dress formal in my line of work) Daily Driver: Seiko Samurai Pepsi Sport Watch: Casio Pro Trek (hiking / camping enthusiast in NH) Wild Cards: Citizen Nighthawk is perfect for traveling abroad and to switch up the daily driver. Seiko Solar Chronograph to scratch my Speedy lust. Low end kit for sure, but I’m saving towards buying a house.
Former military and now commercial pilot here. Find myself acquiring older, not quite vintage, aviation and military watches that I admired but couldn't afford in my younger years. Love your channel. Like it more now you are independent again. Stay safe and happy collecting.
The internet is obsessed with minimalising decision making - “The one single way to success....” etc. You introduce 4 watch categories and then deliciously open them into a huge number of possibilities. I am seeing you as an educator TGV. Just loving this journey. Thanks.
Excellent video. I've been preaching this for a few years: A perfect "core collection" is the Triple D + G (Dress, Daily, Dive, G-Shock). Having a watch for each specific purpose results in the least amount of decision fatigue when it comes time to select a watch in the morning. The further one gets away from that core of 4, the more difficult it is to justify further purchases.
I totally agree, throughout my watch collecting journey (3 years) I have gone through cycles where I buy watches and return them since they have not satisfied my needs and wants. As of right now I have around 12 watches in my collection, valued about 3k msrp. However, decision fatigue is a real thing and I suffer from it daily. Hahah, what a spoiled thing to say but it is the truth! I agree with the idea of only have 4 watches!!
@@davidsiler5505 "I implore you, old chap, please say "What?" just once again. I beseech you, doubly, to once again enunciate it for me one last time...", Hugo, auditioning for the role Jules Winnfield.
Mine perfect four are: my Seiko SKK and Alpinist, my Speedie Pro Moonwatch and I’d love to add a Hamilton Khaki King (Champagne) back into the rotation as well, still working on that! Cheers!
Well, as an 18 year old who just finished high school, currently the watch that I mostly desire is a junghans max bill. To me it's the definition of beautiful, I absolutely love the bauhaus connotations it has and thus its spark to architecture, and luckily its price seems pretty achievable later on in life
I've always said I'm a basic watch bastard. Beater: g shock solar Dress: Sarb 033 Everyday: SKX Weekend: also the SKX. While I own others, these are the ones most heavily in rotation.
what strap have you put on it? I own too and I've got a teal leather band, not sure about the style name but it's this type: www.watchstyle.com/leather/vintage/peak.html Sometimes I love it, sometimes I'm not really sure about the combination
I just bought all 3, and must say the blue dial face with a blue with white stripe French marine parachute strap looooookkkkssss freaking amazing. I hang around with the same people at least once a month and I’ve worn more more expensive watches and never gotten a compliment. Well last night I was wearing it and they all loved it. That’s the beauty of watch collecting. You don’t have to have expensive pieces in your collection to look good.
My philosophy is: make the watch in your collection mean something. I bought watches that I loved for the way they looked... but I never got attached to them. I always ended up wearing the watch my dad gave me, a similar version of the watch my grandpa used to wear, and variations of the watches mentioned before.
3 is the magic number... one =Beater (for doing anything where i might lose or damage the watch) one Sports Diver (for everyday casual wear or clubbing) and one Dress watch (for formal events, weddings, funerals, black tie, interviews etc) a few exceptions depending on what i'm wearing, i may still wear beater if i'm wearing a tracksuit for instance or going to the gym & i don't have a nato on my Sports Diver at the time.
I would add that another daily wearer gives you a little refresher during the week. Perhaps for that special Wednesday afternoon tea or Friday happy hour.
I am considering the blue aqua terra also. Is the 41mm fit smaller or larger than normal. I have a 6.5” wrist but would prefer the 8900 movement for travel. Thank you
Hamish Carpenter Go for the 38 or 38.5 if you can get one. Your wrist is the same size as mine, and the 38.5 AT blue dial is a perfect fit. It looks much classier to have a watch that doesn’t wobble all over place because it’s too big!
The perfect channel: horology expertise + style/taste + outstanding cinematography. What a shame Quentin did not see Hugo's potential and left his lines on the cutting room floor. Happy to see these "lost" scenes!!
I have 19 watches: All have a story, which is a must for me. 10 were inherited, given to me, or represent someone in my life. Seven I purchased for myself at different stages of my life (73 years) and for particular purposes, such as the Daytona style watch I wear while driving my Corvette. One in particular is my Holy Grail which I have owned since I was 14. It represents four generations of my family and, for me, no other, no matter its rarity or "value" can replace it. Love your show, in fact, as Hugo would say, "Daaaling, it's absolutely scrumptious!"
Done! I've now made it into an Urban Gentry video (Clyde's outstanding 12 piece collection 5:10) so from here it's all downhill in my watch collecting journey!!!!!
Today I completed my first 4-watch set! 1. Beater - Casio A168WA-1 2. Dress - Seiko Presage SRPB41 3. Everyday - Omega Speedmaster Professional (this took a bite out of my vacation savings but I wasn't using that this year anyway lol) 4. Sports - Seiko 5 Sports SRPE57 (DressKX) Love this video, and I think it makes a ton of sense all around!
I've always been into watches, but never really put any money into my collection, I have a Timex Expedition and a generic Timex dress watch. However, I'm going into the Navy in a month and decided to finally go in on something I've wanted for several years so I bought my first real deal time piece. I am a Scuba diver and love divers, and going into the Navy I thought it only right that I bought a diver. So I picked up a Citizen Promaster Diver Chronograph reference CAO-719 and I'm in love. The biggest reason I wanted a Citizen Promaster is my dad. He was in the Navy as well and, in 1989, bought a Promaster and wears it to this day. It gives me another connection to him as well as a way to show my personality. Thanks for the inspiration, much love!
To me watches are like travel. I will always have my favourite watches, or favourite places. However I don't think the lure of a new watch/new travel destination will ever go away. As you say there is no right/wrong answer and everything is personal. As long as you enjoy what you have/your experiences, that's the main thing. Good to see Hugo back to his old trick's and awesome De La Soul quote 👍
Extremely well said Chris, I love your outlook, it goes so much deeper then mere watches. Thank you for sharing that it was profound and inspiring. Onwards and ever upwards my friend! Have a good week ahead. Best regards, TGV
When I just started watching this channel, I had none. Now, 3 years later I have several that I now am considering selling... I am so grateful for a supportive and understanding community. At the risk of sounding maudlin, Hail The Good Gentry.
Excellent Video! As a newbie and not a watch enthusiast (yet) who don't work in an office setting, I can only afford to stick to only 2 watches: Beater/Light-Sports: Casio AE-1300WH Daily/Slightly-Dressy: Seiko "5KX" SRPD73k2 Nothing fancy or stand-out, but I'm really enjoying it!
I can’t say I have found the correct amount. I started with certain brands, then I looked at different complications, then automatics vs quartz, then I found vintage watches. At the present I have about 40...some given to me to enshrine certain events in my life, my year of birth and the first one I ever bought as a young man, and finally my retirement, most I have bought. My most current event was to send a Seiko 007 out to be modded....that should interesting...the best part is just wearing them..in an era where people use their phone for time, I am still a T-REX.......keep putting out these great videos TGV!
I have curated a Breitling only watch collection over the past year or so. I sold off about a dozen low to mid price range watches to subsidize the new purchases. Three is the magic number for me - this small collection is perfect for my taste and lifestyle. I’m incredibly pleased with the quality of these pieces: once I bought one, there was no going back! Superocean Chrono 42 A13340 Chronomat 44 GMT AB0420 Navitimer D23322
I currently have over 40, however I'm quickly learning that more watches creates a feeling of duty vice enjoyment, because I find that I am forcing myself to wear different watches just to get through the collection.
Long comment but I want to share my own experiences as a new fan of yours. I can relate to two sentiments in this: first off, the "second honeymoon" period. I recently fixed my dad's old G-2300 that he passed on to me a few years back when he switched to wearing a Seiko. The strap had broken back in 2013 and I hadn't bothered to replace it until a few weeks ago. Then, I discovered the hard way that two of the back plate screw holes lost their threading, and I flooded it with brackish saltwater. After painstakingly disassembling the module and scraping a few contacts clean, it was brought back from the grave. Wearing it to work the next day was like going out with an old, dear friend. The second part is my current 3 watch Casio collection, which I plan on expanding. As mentioned above I have a G-2300 that's seen better days, a CA-53W that I wear when working the register at my job (fantastic conversation starter when comparing it to Apple watches being used to pay, and calculating discounts), and an AE-1200WH (a silver "Royale") that has become my daily driver watch. Somewhere I also have an embarrassingly misplaced AE-1000W-1AV, which was my only working watch from 2015-2020.
I started with a target of 4 watches similar to what u sugeested but ended up with 6... I decided to skip the dress watch as it will have very little wrist time and I want every watch in my collection to be able to wear everyday as well since my daily wear is mostly casual to business casual. 1. Beater - G-shock Mudman 2. Everyday - Longines VHP, quartz always ready to go in a hurry and my reference time for setting my other watches. 3. Diver - Sinn U1 for the weekends at pool/beach or taking my family outdoors. 4. Chronograph - Speedmaster Pro for the weekends at the mall to time my parking meter and for the vintage aesthetics 5. Pilot - Rolex Air King perfect vacation watch with 100m water resistance and anti magnetic. No complication, easy to set other time zone and not look out of place at the pool or a fancy restaurant. 6. GMT- Rolex Black GMTc is like a dressier Submariner with my favourite complication in my opinion. Can be worn daily and double up as my dress watch for the occasional functions. I like to rotate my watches daily and each of them have a dedicated purpose and yet versatile enough for everyday.
I enjoyed this video. Personally I am glad that feel of early Urban Gentry starts to reappear in your recent videos, like in your early days when i was enjoying your passion for hobby and videos. This was very zen video for me as a watch geek and it triggered and enhanced my personal collecting thoughts. Personally I am still searching for perfect time piece and I have not formed firm opinion on what watch collection should really be. One thing I know for sure is that it varies from person to person and that is beautiful thing. Cheers and thanks for good content.
Thank you so much sir, I very much appreciate the kind words and motivational sentiment. I especially like your comment on how beautiful it and how it varies form person to person, so ruddy true!!! Best regards, TGV
@@theurbangentry When reading Bear's comment I heard it in his voice in my mind! How funny... Great video mate. Well done... I'm saving for a 36mm Rolex OP in "steel"... But other ones are on my radar - Planet Ocean 39mm, Aqua Terra 38.5mm, Tudor BB 36... It's impossible !
My main watches are: G Shock GW-B5600, Citizen Promaster Tough, Cartier Tank and the Bulova Accutron Spaceview. These 4 fit the categories in the video and honestly, I feel somewhat content knowing these watches will last a heck of a long time. Thanks for a fantastic video and topic TGV. May I add, I've enjoyed the channel even more since your return to being independent. Your creative freedom is well and truly in full swing. All the best, Simon.
My watch journey started with the SKX; It was a graduation watch and I cherish it every day. Now I'm working towards a Speedmaster reduced, a piece I consider a grail watch. Ultimately it is not about the price tag of the watch, but the inherent value & appreciation one puts into the timepiece other than telling time, cheers!
My collection currently consists mostly of cheap watches or ones given to me by friends and family. Great video I'll work on getting these 4 essential watch types.
Great vid...I wish I could limit my collection to just 4, but I'm hopelessly addicted to collecting. You definitely need to have a watch you keep hidden from your spouse. One that is just yours and only comes out when you're traveling..your alter-ego watch. One that makes you look forward to traveling just to wear it? This feels a lot like a watch mistress. The Navitimer will always have a special place in my heart even though I've never owned one. The Navitimer was the first watch I truly fell in love with and was my portal into this endlessly frustrating but the most amazingly satisfying hobby I've ever had. My next obsession is the 300M or perhaps the el primero, which are my grail watch of this year. I do plan to pick one of these in '20. Do I need either or just want them? Well, I can actually feel how much I need them! I absolutely experience a second honeymoon when I pull one out after a lomg separation. It's like dating an old girlfriend again. Comfortable, easy to hang out with, she just understands you. I obsess over my beater, but every time I pick up what is meant to be a beater, I just can't beat on it and end up with my faithful marathon quartz beater..one of the very few quartz movements in my collection that I've actually beat to death and its still ticking away. It is virtually indestructible. I do have a fugu with full lume dial on its way that is meant to retire my Marathon My collection, I've never sold a single watch. Way too hard to let them go...but I'm not a hoarder. They are part of my family and we have memories together.
Thank you very much TGV, for adressing this subject. I've never considered myself a collector, but rather a "one watch guy". Now, this is a delicate situation because, in the past, a common working class man, wouldn't take so much... trouble in choosing a watch as a lifetime companion and legacy to their offsprings (I love that idea). In the case of my father, for example,; who was a chief engieer in oil tankers during the late seventies to late eighties, he just bought a nice diver from a reputable brand,( as many of his fellow seamen did), that happened to be a Tag Heuer Spirotechnique, but it could have been anything he trusted and could afford. And those men would proudly but unconspicuously wear them for most of their lives, till they decide to pass them onto their children. Now, It is impossible for me to do that, to achieve that purity and simplicity; although I was close when, while in the spanish marines, I bought a Tissot T-Touch in 2005, that, sadly, got lost in the field. Today, I wear my citizen promaster blue dial ny0040 everyday. I keep it in the locker while I'm at work (Im a machinist), but I don't think I have really bonded with it, not in "that" way, at least. The two pieces I'm currently considering as my only and "legacy watch" are the Seiko baby Turtle (true, tooly, not a revisit or a homage, affordable), wich suits my more realistic and pragmatic personna; and most likely, the Yema Superman Heritage. A gloriously classy, vintage syle diver that I'm very much in love with. What are your thoughts on this two contenders? Best regards.
For me, my special watch is the Omega Aqua Terra Golf Edition (220.12.41.21.02.003). This watch is the single reason that I began collecting timepieces. Whilst on a vacation in downtown NYC, I happened upon an Omega boutique, and wandered in just to see what the fancy storefront was representing, and I found out that it was for watches. I wandered out, feeling of the opinion that spending so much money on a watch would be wasteful, but there was one watch that caught my eye. Later on, as I was researching to find what the watch was titled, I started learning more about the history of horology, and then my collecting journey began. Today, I now own that aqua terra, along with a new speedmaster with other omegas and seikos, and I could not be happier with the way I spent my money.
I just started collecting so I'm trying to mix up styles, movements, & country of origin. Examples -Oreint Kamasu Diver Automatic China -Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical Swiss -Disney Mickey novelty quartz -Timex '65 Marlin Vintage/dress British/American I'd like to add a Flieger B, something digital, & a solar one too. Really enjoy the videos, cheers
Beater and sports are pretty much the same thing for me. As is the everyday and dress watch if you choose correctly. For me, the perfect collection is split in two i.e. weekday watch and weekend watch.
To add to that, my current two watch collection is. Weekday: Rolex DateJust (which also doubles as my dress watch). Weekend: Boldr Venture Carbon (go anywhere/do anything super affordable field watch with a Seiko automatic movement)
I can't argue with that, I love the efficiency of that, a duo based on the time of the week, simple but so cool. Thank you for sharing, Best regards, TGV
This is a very philosophical video for watch collectors like myself. I have a vintage (mostly military issued) watch collection and I obsess over finding a single 'do-it'all' modern watch that can fill the 'reliable watch' gap in my collection. I'm having a hard time finding it though. There are great watches worthy of being a one watch collection that checked all the boxes. But for some reason, they didn't speak to me. So I am still on the endless journey of watch collecting.
As a newbie, I've gone totally with Tissot: 1) Le Locle as dress watch, 2) Seastar as sports watch, 3) Gentleman Quartz as every day and 4) Savonette pocket watch because you've just gotta have one. (I have a Timex Waterbury for old times sake and a Mickey Mouse Quartz on a nato strap which alternate as my 'beater')
I was going to just do Japanese watches. Most of my watches are Japanese, but I have found a few others that I like. The Yema Pearl Diver and the Yema Navygraf, for instance. So, after years of going back-and-forth I have decided on a four wrist watch collection plus are you single pocketwatch. There is no rhyme or reason to what fills those spots. Right now it is a Seiko Railway pocket watch (1967), a Kuoe-en field watch, a simple square G-Shock, a Yema Pearl Diver, and a Tisell 39mm Explorer. As of this year, I have decided to go down to three watches. Those will be a pocket watch, my G-Shock square, and the 39mm Tudor Ranger.
The best thing about this channel is being amongst others who share your passion for watches and all things noble and dignified. There is far too little class in today's world. I don't equate this with wealth or being pretentious, rather an appreciation for manors, style, virtue and culture.
Thank you for sharing your videos. They have been an inspiration to me and helped me be a better collector. Always stay true to yourself and do what you love.
im a small time collector: i collect orient bambinos...i am one shy of completing my small collection: a blue faced open heart...i wish i could get one before the year ends.... maybe i can start a new collection once done...maybe seiko 5s
I have a 9 watch collection currently consisting of: 3 dress/everyday watches that I rotate: 1: Rolex Datejust 1988 gray anniversary dial (model 16030) (currently ware it on a aftermarket black leather strap but do have a genuine jubilee bracelet for it. 2: Tudor Galmor Day-Date Black Dial 3. Charles earnshaw Buford Skelton Watch with a mesh bracelet 2 beaters: 1: Nethuns LAVA 2 2: MTM Special OPS Patriot And the last group is watches I just like the design of and were less often but still occasionally: 1:SO&CO NY blue dial chronograph with a mesh bracelet 2: Pierre Petit chronograph on a brown leather strap 3: Melbourne Lonsdale automatic with Green Dial 4: Puredial Square Legacy with brown dial and leather strap.
First time commenting but I've been following you for 1 year +. I currently have 1 watch that covers all my scenarios. It's the watch I fell in love with and that got me hooked on watches. The Limited edition 37mm Captain Cook from 2017. Even though I've owned it for 1 year + I like it as much or more than I did before I bought it. I wear it all the time and look down at my wrist constantly. Luckily for me my wife is sort of ok with my new passion for watches. I even got her a Seiko 5 instead of the Fossil she initially wanted. Now there are several more watches on my desirables list but I'm doing just fine with my Rado. I change the stap weekly (partly because of you TGV). NATO or rubber or metal bracelet for casual and grey suede or maroon perlon for an elegant look. The versatility is endless and I don't think I'll ever part with the watch until I give it away to one of my kids much later in life.
My collection is as follows: Casio F91W, Seiko SNA411, Glycine Airman GL0214 (purist), Hamilton H64785835, and the big dog is my Breitling Avenger XB1210. I'd love to get your opinion on that one! I found one of your Squale Lion Sharks on Ebay today! Considering picking it up!
@@theurbangentry Thank you! I'm sure you noticed that besides the Casio, they are all aviation pieces. If I pick up that Lion Shark, it will be my first diver. Double honor!
When you said that nobody washes their car wearing a Patek, it immediately reminded me of an interview I saw with John Mayer about his watch collection. He quite literally held up a Tiffany designed aquanaut and described it as his daily beater that he mows the lawn in. Oh how the other half live, aye? Classy as always TGV
We all make choices based on our circumstances. I'm a carpenter and have a long time love of Casio. I'm hard on my daily watches and I have a collection of G-Shocks. I'm also a diver when I get home from work I switch to a dive watch. I have several dressy watches but tend to go for a Casio Royal. I use my Citizen Promaster when I dive but never my more expensive divers. BTW I love your intros, I know it's a lot of work, so thank you.
I love my Hamilton and Seiko watches I may not own any of the big money watches I do love my collection and maybe one day I may get me a high-end watch one day
Great job man! Keep it going! From my humble collection, I owe many of them to your content: 1) dress: Seiko SDGM001, a hidden gem 2) gift to wife: SARB035 3) beater: Casio GW-M5610 on a canvas strap, I wish for a sapphire though 4) daily: modded SKX 5) the humble choice: Casio W217H 6) just for fun: Casio F91 What I can highly recommend for outdoor/beach activities: Casio Pro Trek PRW-S3500 with a sapphire crystal and 200m WR, ABC sensors + Multi-Band + Tough Solar Because of your videos I am now also searching for a Fortis Official Cosmonauts =)
When starting out, I wrote down 2 watches. The Omega Seamaster Professional 300 co axial and a Rolex Datejust. I have the Rolex Datejust and the Omega Seamaster 300 Professional co axial.... I also currently own an Omega Speedmaster profession MOTM, an Omega Geneve Daydate, an Omega Geneve manual wind (bought this watch for the bracelet) an Omega Seamaster tuning fork, a vintage Omega Seamaster with a unique “moon dust” dial, a Jaeger LeCoultre 9kt cased dress watch (no second hand), a Girard Perregaux Gyromatic dress watch, a vintage Girard Perregaux High Frequency and a Tudor Hydronaut II chronograph....
Great video as always. Loving this format without Watchbox. Keep it up TGV! Would also love some more videos related to your favorite films and books (both can be watch related if you want to tie it all in).
I personally loved watches since i was a little kid. I remember walking into the swatch shop every time i had a chance from the early 90's. I now own about 30 watches, more than half are swatches between year 90 and 98 that just represent my childhood (most of them don't get out of the original box). My "obsession" watch is a Citizen Pilot Chronograph that i bought in 2010 as i always been in loved with the Navitimer, but couldn't afford one. Has been my every day watch for over 10 years, working every day in kitchen, travelling, sports, skiing, bike riding. Love them all, from a 10$ wood-watch made from a guy in a street stall in Hong Kong , to my luxury pieces. And love your channel! Ciao da un Italiano ad Hong Kong ☺️
im so sick of seeing the same watches: omega speedmaster, rolex submariner, seiko skx... does no one have an imagination? be interesting, go after the ones no one has.
so true. walked past a shop today with the black bay 58 in the window, and for some reason i was excited to see one ready to buy. i dont even like them much, but have to some degree been "influenced". like it or not you tube has a huge say in what people want - or think they want
dreximax spot on! I was thinking the same thing the other day. We try to be adults with our own thoughts but we are still human and therefore subject to influence. I have a hard time now figuring out whether I truly like a watch intrinsically or because the watch community subconsciously made me like it.
I'm not sure about other people, but I really like the idea of your true dress watch being something vintage. In my collection, that means a SARB017 as my daily, an SRPA21 as my sports watch, and an SSA393 as my happy hour/dinner party watch. While I guess you could call my Cocktail Time a dress watch, something like a 56KS would be perfect for when I want to get legitimately fancy. Now that would be one heck of a four-watch collection.
I have known a few people who only wear one watch but I don't know how they manage to do it. There are just so many beautiful watches out there to have to settle for just one.
Hit the like button after 58 seconds Hugo old chap ...hope that TGV fellow does not disappoint for the rest of it......................Amended. Don't worry the boy did splendidly.
My obsession was the Oris ProDiver Chronograph. Since 5 years ago I was dreaming of this watch. 2 years ago Oris brought out the limited edition ProDiver Chronograph in black with yellow accents...I fell in love with it. Now, lucky me, I have both!! They are my most prized watches. I have close to 30 watches. I was into Citizen as they have Eco-Drive and radio controlled watches that also are 200-meter water resistant. Technology, beauty and functionality. I have 8 G-Shocks also with Tough Solar and Multi-band functions. I have 2 Lum-Tec that are rare also, which I find fun to posess since no-one in my area is likely to have one. In this video, I find that feelings and back-thoughts were finally put into words for me. As reasons to collect, and the *second honeymoon* sentimate where key points in this particular thought for me.
Bulova Hack Watch military heritage grey stainless steel case with a black dial and luminescent hands w/green leather NATO strap. THAT is what speaks to me more than anything because it is a replica of my grandfathers military watches he was given. Makes me feel so special and close to him wearing a part of heritage and history. Thank you for your videos, just found them as I am just starting my watch collection and major interest in the hobby! Cheers...
I think I've got it covered: Daily beater: Rolex Submariner 14060M 2-liner/NATO Dress watch: Rolex GMT-Master II 16710 Coke/Tritium/Jubilee Daily watch: Rolex Explorer II 16570 Polar/3186 Sports watch: Rolex Sea-Dweller 116600 I am looking at a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Duoface, but am not sure which one to go for yet.
The early part of this video when you were talking about people who were honed in on a particular reference like the Tudor sub etc, made me think of when I was a kid collecting stamps. My focus was on the British colonies and even though most of them had very similar configurations, nothing made me happier than filling the page in one of my big albums, usually finishing up by saving for the 5 pound stamp that usually had a just a portrait of the King and Queen on them. It really gave me that sense of satisfaction you re talking about. I hope in my watch journey I will find a path in some way, but in the meantime I am just figuring out what that is. I know this comment is a day late, perhaps you won't see it, but what a great video and the intro ...well fantastic as usual !
I like big watches with date, and the size with 40-42 mm is a sweet spot for my 6.5" wrist. 1. Polar watch with hearth monitor for morning run and swim. 2. Cartier Drive w date, white dial for daily office time. 3. Panerai Luminor Marina 42mm with date for evening party. 4. Omega Seamaster 300 m 42 mm blue wave dial on bracelet (+optional rubber strap) for weekend on the beach. 5. Rolex DJ 41 mm flutted bezel with Jubilee , black dial for special days.
I don't obsess about my watches. Watches are tools, like a hammer, or the vintage pocket knife that's the same age as my vintage car and stays in the glovebox, so I have some watches to fit certain purposes: One for "daily-wear," one aviator, and two dress watches (silver and gold.) I would suggest you start with the four types mentioned, then consider carefully if you can afford (monetarily and responsibly) any others, like a novelty watch or something you saw somewhere that was"cool." or to modify or restore. You can't just buy a watch(es) and let them sit in a box! They need to be cared-for, like children. I have a vintage stopwatch, but that is used for a single, special purpose: auto racing.
Excellent content, TGV. I personally differ between collections (more than five-ish watches, often built more for pleasure than practicality) and selections (fewer watches - 1-4 - specifically chosen to cover practical needs) For me the daily and the sports watch are the same watch. But, as you pointed out, it all depends on your personal preference, position, and needs. For a long time my 3 watch selection has been 1: Casio AE-1400 The dirt cheap not-a-G beater 2: A clean dial Skagen as a dresser, even though I often just stay with my daily, Bond style, when wearing a suit. 3: My do-it-all Tissot PRS516.
Wow! I REALLY loved this one! I kept hitting pause so I could gaze at all of the collections. And that Intro with Hugo is just STELLAR !!! So yeah the start with Elliot's collection was almost surreal as I'm wearing the Komandirskie GMT as I type and was wearing my SKX 009 yesterday. But Allan's collection at the end - WOW! My grail Omega No Time To Die, a Reverso, 41mm Date Just and a Squale!!! (Yeah I know there was a Rolex Sub in there but they don't do anything for me..) Very Nice Vid indeed. I'm sure I'll be coming back to this one.
“O bliss of the collector, bliss of the man of leisure! Of no one has less been expected and no one has had a greater sense of well-being than... a collector. Ownership is the most intimate relationship one can have to objects. No t that they come alive in him; it is he who comes alive in them.” ― Walter Benjamin
My humble collection for you : A Cartier Tank as a dress piece A Ball fireman necc diver for weekends Hamilton day-date for lazy days off Omega globe master annual for my office
Omega 4 piece collection for me, Seamaster 300m as a 'basher', Speedy as a daily, Planet ocean for Holidays at the beach and a De Ville 42 chrono as a dress watch. Awesome video's, I must commend you.
Beater/Exercise watch: Casio G-Shock DW-5750 in all black, or the F-91W Dress watch: a secondhand quartz Calatrava homage made by Pulsar Everyday watch: Vostok Komandirskie GMT, second timezone comes in handy as a student pilot Weekend watch: Victorinox I.N.O.X Professional Diver (bought due to your review), or a Casio Protrek PRG 260 Misc.: A Casio A158W in Silver, mostly for clubs or nights out where you want something nice but not too nice (Don't want to be that guy that swung a quarter of a kilo of Swiss steel into the back of someones head) I'm pretty lenient with these categories, for example I'll often wear the Victorinox Diver in the plane where the countdown bezel, anti-magnetism, and fantastic legibility are a huge plus. I also love to take the Komandirskie on weekend adventures too, as it's extremely rugged and can function as a makeshift compass wiith the sun and GMT hand in a pinch. A lot of these purchases were influenced in some way by the channel, so thank you for the work you do here TGV. Looking forward to many more great memories made with each timepiece.
Casio G-Shock Solar/Mulit-band 6..............the ONLY watch you “really” need.............said the guy with 200 watches in his collection 😂⌚️. But I have to draw a line somewhere.......... no ghastly “Apple” watch’s........ever !🚫
Bought a Tudor Sub 79190. It was a safe queen. Now I find myself not wearing if for fear of any scratches that inevitably will occur. From one safe to another. This was not my intention. If I can't bring myself to wear it with some more regularity, I must sell. Not fair to cage that bird so to speak. Beautiful, and well edited video! Top notch as usual.
I’m a new collector, currently at 11 wrist watches... not nearly content yet! I guess I am now addicted to the hobby, thanks to the Urban Gentry. I love the channel
My collecting philosophy is simple: Buy only what you love. Take the time to research and examine if you really think the watch is special and worthwhile.
This is my philosophy as well. I often wait for months before making a purchase to see whether my desire for a certain piece stays or goes away and base my decision on that.
This is the only way. I started out thinking I needed to check certain boxes. But really, who cares if I collect only sports watches? As long as I love them...
And what happens when you realize that what you love is something like the Patek Grand Complications ?
@@giusepperocchi2979 Well it's something I would probably will never be able to afford I gotta be realistic even if I want it so bad. My grail watch that I will hopefully buy in the future is a Grand Seiko with the Spring Drive movement. No specific model in mind yet but I'm set on what kind of movement it should be. But that is something I can only hope to buy since buying one would probably be at the very least worth half of what I make in a year currently unless I go for the used market. Buying a Patek will pretty much be impossible unless I drastically change my financial situation which I doubt will happen.
Yeah, my early watch collecting journey was and still kind of is a mess. Need to sell off a bunch of stuff after lockdowns are over
1: Tool/Flight (Sinn 756 UTC)
2: Dress (Junghans Max Bill)
3. Dive (Spinnaker Dumas)
4: Everyday/Casual (Timex Navi Automatic)
Beater / gym watch: Casio DW5600
Dress Watch: Orient Bambino (I rarely dress formal in my line of work)
Daily Driver: Seiko Samurai Pepsi
Sport Watch: Casio Pro Trek (hiking / camping enthusiast in NH)
Wild Cards: Citizen Nighthawk is perfect for traveling abroad and to switch up the daily driver. Seiko Solar Chronograph to scratch my Speedy lust.
Low end kit for sure, but I’m saving towards buying a house.
Sooo... the suitcase in Pulp Fiction was actually just filled with Seiko 5s?
As good a theory as any
The only good explanation for that light is some good old Seiko lume ✌🏼
oh, we happy
Pure class.
@@Diepvries11
Praised be all the gents from Reddit.
Video is pure quality, no one does it better
Former military and now commercial pilot here. Find myself acquiring older, not quite vintage, aviation and military watches that I admired but couldn't afford in my younger years. Love your channel. Like it more now you are independent again. Stay safe and happy collecting.
Thank you Harley, I very much appreciate that.
Safe flying and happy collecting my friend.
Best regards,
TGV
I agree about TGV being independent
The internet is obsessed with minimalising decision making - “The one single way to success....” etc. You introduce 4 watch categories and then deliciously open them into a huge number of possibilities. I am seeing you as an educator TGV. Just loving this journey. Thanks.
Excellent video. I've been preaching this for a few years: A perfect "core collection" is the Triple D + G (Dress, Daily, Dive, G-Shock). Having a watch for each specific purpose results in the least amount of decision fatigue when it comes time to select a watch in the morning. The further one gets away from that core of 4, the more difficult it is to justify further purchases.
I totally agree, throughout my watch collecting journey (3 years) I have gone through cycles where I buy watches and return them since they have not satisfied my needs and wants. As of right now I have around 12 watches in my collection, valued about 3k msrp. However, decision fatigue is a real thing and I suffer from it daily. Hahah, what a spoiled thing to say but it is the truth! I agree with the idea of only have 4 watches!!
Watches and good cinema references, doesn’t get any better does it
Hugo could have went Jaurasic Park on the guy that kept asking "WHAT"?
Another fantastic intro. Great video, too. Seeing all of those collectors’ collections was a nice touch 👌
@@thehappywristchannel yes it was a nice personel touch.
@@davidsiler5505 "I implore you, old chap, please say "What?" just once again. I beseech you, doubly, to once again enunciate it for me one last time...", Hugo, auditioning for the role Jules Winnfield.
Well, in a way it can get better. How about watches and landmark events in human history?
Mine perfect four are:
my Seiko SKK and Alpinist, my Speedie Pro Moonwatch and I’d love to add a Hamilton Khaki King (Champagne) back into the rotation as well, still working on that! Cheers!
Well, as an 18 year old who just finished high school, currently the watch that I mostly desire is a junghans max bill. To me it's the definition of beautiful, I absolutely love the bauhaus connotations it has and thus its spark to architecture, and luckily its price seems pretty achievable later on in life
My junghans serves dress nicely and smart with a T shirt.
I've always said I'm a basic watch bastard.
Beater: g shock solar
Dress: Sarb 033
Everyday: SKX
Weekend: also the SKX.
While I own others, these are the ones most heavily in rotation.
Seiko till the end!
I have the same 3 (well, a 035 instead of a 033). I only really wear my solar square or my 035 the past few months
SARB033 😍😍😍
Seiko Astron.... For every case..))
@@Christian_from_Copenhagen seiko is lifr
Started wearing my Casio Duro again and fell back in love with it. Funny how changing a strap can do that
what strap have you put on it? I own too and I've got a teal leather band, not sure about the style name but it's this type: www.watchstyle.com/leather/vintage/peak.html Sometimes I love it, sometimes I'm not really sure about the combination
I stuck an orange faux-Planet Ocean bezel insert on mine and strapped it to a nato; now it is my quirky beater.
I just bought all 3, and must say the blue dial face with a blue with white stripe French marine parachute strap looooookkkkssss freaking amazing. I hang around with the same people at least once a month and I’ve worn more more expensive watches and never gotten a compliment. Well last night I was wearing it and they all loved it. That’s the beauty of watch collecting. You don’t have to have expensive pieces in your collection to look good.
I put a nato on my gba 800 and sooooooooo much better.
My philosophy is: make the watch in your collection mean something. I bought watches that I loved for the way they looked... but I never got attached to them. I always ended up wearing the watch my dad gave me, a similar version of the watch my grandpa used to wear, and variations of the watches mentioned before.
Me personally I love to have a one watch collection, being a minimalist. Respect to everybody else's styles.
you've peaked my curiousity; if you don't mind me asking, what is that one watch?
3 is the magic number... one =Beater (for doing anything where i might lose or damage the watch) one Sports Diver (for everyday casual wear or clubbing) and one Dress watch (for formal events, weddings, funerals, black tie, interviews etc)
a few exceptions depending on what i'm wearing, i may still wear beater if i'm wearing a tracksuit for instance or going to the gym & i don't have a nato on my Sports Diver at the time.
I would add that another daily wearer gives you a little refresher during the week. Perhaps for that special Wednesday afternoon tea or Friday happy hour.
Hugo is a "HUGE" talent.
My perfect two in my current collection: Omega Planet Ocean 8500 black dial and Omega Aqua Terra 8900 blue dial. It’s all I need.
Pure class and very Bondian.
Stay classy Daniel and thank you for sharing that.
Best regards,
TGV
I am considering the blue aqua terra also. Is the 41mm fit smaller or larger than normal. I have a 6.5” wrist but would prefer the 8900 movement for travel. Thank you
Hamish Carpenter Go for the 38 or 38.5 if you can get one. Your wrist is the same size as mine, and the 38.5 AT blue dial is a perfect fit. It looks much classier to have a watch that doesn’t wobble all over place because it’s too big!
Rowan Haffenden you have the 8900 so that would be the 41mm version. No?
Hamish Carpenter Nope. 8500. Which I prefer... I like the jumping hour hand feature. I’m not sure they do it on the newer model.
The perfect channel: horology expertise + style/taste + outstanding cinematography. What a shame Quentin did not see Hugo's potential and left his lines on the cutting room floor. Happy to see these "lost" scenes!!
I have 19 watches: All have a story, which is a must for me. 10 were inherited, given to me, or represent someone in my life. Seven I purchased for myself at different stages of my life (73 years) and for particular purposes, such as the Daytona style watch I wear while driving my Corvette. One in particular is my Holy Grail which I have owned since I was 14. It represents four generations of my family and, for me, no other, no matter its rarity or "value" can replace it. Love your show, in fact, as Hugo would say, "Daaaling, it's absolutely scrumptious!"
Señor TGV killing it with the intros as usual
Done! I've now made it into an Urban Gentry video (Clyde's outstanding 12 piece collection 5:10) so from here it's all downhill in my watch collecting journey!!!!!
Today I completed my first 4-watch set!
1. Beater - Casio A168WA-1
2. Dress - Seiko Presage SRPB41
3. Everyday - Omega Speedmaster Professional (this took a bite out of my vacation savings but I wasn't using that this year anyway lol)
4. Sports - Seiko 5 Sports SRPE57 (DressKX)
Love this video, and I think it makes a ton of sense all around!
I've always been into watches, but never really put any money into my collection, I have a Timex Expedition and a generic Timex dress watch. However, I'm going into the Navy in a month and decided to finally go in on something I've wanted for several years so I bought my first real deal time piece. I am a Scuba diver and love divers, and going into the Navy I thought it only right that I bought a diver. So I picked up a Citizen Promaster Diver Chronograph reference CAO-719 and I'm in love. The biggest reason I wanted a Citizen Promaster is my dad. He was in the Navy as well and, in 1989, bought a Promaster and wears it to this day. It gives me another connection to him as well as a way to show my personality. Thanks for the inspiration, much love!
To me watches are like travel. I will always have my favourite watches, or favourite places. However I don't think the lure of a new watch/new travel destination will ever go away. As you say there is no right/wrong answer and everything is personal. As long as you enjoy what you have/your experiences, that's the main thing. Good to see Hugo back to his old trick's and awesome De La Soul quote 👍
Extremely well said Chris, I love your outlook, it goes so much deeper then mere watches.
Thank you for sharing that it was profound and inspiring.
Onwards and ever upwards my friend!
Have a good week ahead.
Best regards,
TGV
The Oscar for best editing goes to.... “The Urban Gentry!”
Tgv, i love your work and it is inspiring. Thank you!
Thank you so much :D
In turn, your comment has inspired me.
Onwards and upwards,
Best regards,
TGV
When I just started watching this channel, I had none. Now, 3 years later I have several that I now am considering selling... I am so grateful for a supportive and understanding community. At the risk of sounding maudlin, Hail The Good Gentry.
Excellent Video!
As a newbie and not a watch enthusiast (yet) who don't work in an office setting, I can only afford to stick to only 2 watches:
Beater/Light-Sports: Casio AE-1300WH
Daily/Slightly-Dressy: Seiko "5KX" SRPD73k2
Nothing fancy or stand-out, but I'm really enjoying it!
I can’t say I have found the correct amount. I started with certain brands, then I looked at different complications, then automatics vs quartz, then I found vintage watches. At the present I have about 40...some given to me to enshrine certain events in my life, my year of birth and the first one I ever bought as a young man, and finally my retirement, most I have bought. My most current event was to send a Seiko 007 out to be modded....that should interesting...the best part is just wearing them..in an era where people use their phone for time, I am still a T-REX.......keep putting out these great videos TGV!
Currently, I have 19 watches. If I could only keep 4, it’d be my Seiko’s sary057, skx007, gshock 5610 and Vostok amphibia.
I have curated a Breitling only watch collection over the past year or so. I sold off about a dozen low to mid price range watches to subsidize the new purchases. Three is the magic number for me - this small collection is perfect for my taste and lifestyle. I’m incredibly pleased with the quality of these pieces: once I bought one, there was no going back!
Superocean Chrono 42 A13340
Chronomat 44 GMT AB0420
Navitimer D23322
Outstanding!!! My collection started when I found my fathers vintage seiko 6159-7001 after he passed 12 years ago.
I currently have over 40, however I'm quickly learning that more watches creates a feeling of duty vice enjoyment, because I find that I am forcing myself to wear different watches just to get through the collection.
The trick is to sew them all onto a vest so you can wear them all at once.
Beater: gshock 5600
Daily: long island skx013
Sport: Dan Henry 1964
Dress: Sarb033 w/ leather strap
Long comment but I want to share my own experiences as a new fan of yours. I can relate to two sentiments in this: first off, the "second honeymoon" period. I recently fixed my dad's old G-2300 that he passed on to me a few years back when he switched to wearing a Seiko. The strap had broken back in 2013 and I hadn't bothered to replace it until a few weeks ago. Then, I discovered the hard way that two of the back plate screw holes lost their threading, and I flooded it with brackish saltwater. After painstakingly disassembling the module and scraping a few contacts clean, it was brought back from the grave. Wearing it to work the next day was like going out with an old, dear friend. The second part is my current 3 watch Casio collection, which I plan on expanding. As mentioned above I have a G-2300 that's seen better days, a CA-53W that I wear when working the register at my job (fantastic conversation starter when comparing it to Apple watches being used to pay, and calculating discounts), and an AE-1200WH (a silver "Royale") that has become my daily driver watch. Somewhere I also have an embarrassingly misplaced AE-1000W-1AV, which was my only working watch from 2015-2020.
I started with a target of 4 watches similar to what u sugeested but ended up with 6... I decided to skip the dress watch as it will have very little wrist time and I want every watch in my collection to be able to wear everyday as well since my daily wear is mostly casual to business casual.
1. Beater - G-shock Mudman
2. Everyday - Longines VHP, quartz always ready to go in a hurry and my reference time for setting my other watches.
3. Diver - Sinn U1 for the weekends at pool/beach or taking my family outdoors.
4. Chronograph - Speedmaster Pro for the weekends at the mall to time my parking meter and for the vintage aesthetics
5. Pilot - Rolex Air King perfect vacation watch with 100m water resistance and anti magnetic. No complication, easy to set other time zone and not look out of place at the pool or a fancy restaurant.
6. GMT- Rolex Black GMTc is like a dressier Submariner with my favourite complication in my opinion. Can be worn daily and double up as my dress watch for the occasional functions.
I like to rotate my watches daily and each of them have a dedicated purpose and yet versatile enough for everyday.
I enjoyed this video. Personally I am glad that feel of early Urban Gentry starts to reappear in your recent videos, like in your early days when i was enjoying your passion for hobby and videos. This was very zen video for me as a watch geek and it triggered and enhanced my personal collecting thoughts. Personally I am still searching for perfect time piece and I have not formed firm opinion on what watch collection should really be. One thing I know for sure is that it varies from person to person and that is beautiful thing. Cheers and thanks for good content.
Thank you so much sir, I very much appreciate the kind words and motivational sentiment.
I especially like your comment on how beautiful it and how it varies form person to person, so ruddy true!!!
Best regards,
TGV
@@theurbangentry When reading Bear's comment I heard it in his voice in my mind! How funny... Great video mate. Well done... I'm saving for a 36mm Rolex OP in "steel"... But other ones are on my radar - Planet Ocean 39mm, Aqua Terra 38.5mm, Tudor BB 36... It's impossible !
@@Valera_Scotland lol
Nothing beats a new Urban Gentry video to start off the day in New Zealand! Cheers
Kia ora cuzzy bro.
Grant Kitto Kia Ora cuz - good to see some Kiwi’s here!
My main watches are: G Shock GW-B5600, Citizen Promaster Tough, Cartier Tank and the Bulova Accutron Spaceview. These 4 fit the categories in the video and honestly, I feel somewhat content knowing these watches will last a heck of a long time. Thanks for a fantastic video and topic TGV. May I add, I've enjoyed the channel even more since your return to being independent. Your creative freedom is well and truly in full swing. All the best, Simon.
My watch journey started with the SKX; It was a graduation watch and I cherish it every day. Now I'm working towards a Speedmaster reduced, a piece I consider a grail watch. Ultimately it is not about the price tag of the watch, but the inherent value & appreciation one puts into the timepiece other than telling time, cheers!
My collection currently consists mostly of cheap watches or ones given to me by friends and family. Great video I'll work on getting these 4 essential watch types.
LOOOOL that intro😂😂😂 Hugo: " Vincent!!....Vincent!"
Great vid...I wish I could limit my collection to just 4, but I'm hopelessly addicted to collecting.
You definitely need to have a watch you keep hidden from your spouse. One that is just yours and only comes out when you're traveling..your alter-ego watch. One that makes you look forward to traveling just to wear it? This feels a lot like a watch mistress.
The Navitimer will always have a special place in my heart even though I've never owned one. The Navitimer was the first watch I truly fell in love with and was my portal into this endlessly frustrating but the most amazingly satisfying hobby I've ever had.
My next obsession is the 300M or perhaps the el primero, which are my grail watch of this year. I do plan to pick one of these in '20. Do I need either or just want them? Well, I can actually feel how much I need them!
I absolutely experience a second honeymoon when I pull one out after a lomg separation. It's like dating an old girlfriend again. Comfortable, easy to hang out with, she just understands you.
I obsess over my beater, but every time I pick up what is meant to be a beater, I just can't beat on it and end up with my faithful marathon quartz beater..one of the very few quartz movements in my collection that I've actually beat to death and its still ticking away. It is virtually indestructible. I do have a fugu with full lume dial on its way that is meant to retire my Marathon
My collection, I've never sold a single watch.
Way too hard to let them go...but I'm not a hoarder. They are part of my family and we have memories together.
Thank you very much TGV, for adressing this subject.
I've never considered myself a collector, but rather a "one watch guy". Now, this is a delicate situation because, in the past, a common working class man, wouldn't take so much... trouble in choosing a watch as a lifetime companion and legacy to their offsprings (I love that idea). In the case of my father, for example,; who was a chief engieer in oil tankers during the late seventies to late eighties, he just bought a nice diver from a reputable brand,( as many of his fellow seamen did), that happened to be a Tag Heuer Spirotechnique, but it could have been anything he trusted and could afford. And those men would proudly but unconspicuously wear them for most of their lives, till they decide to pass them onto their children.
Now, It is impossible for me to do that, to achieve that purity and simplicity; although I was close when, while in the spanish marines, I bought a Tissot T-Touch in 2005, that, sadly, got lost in the field.
Today, I wear my citizen promaster blue dial ny0040 everyday. I keep it in the locker while I'm at work (Im a machinist), but I don't think I have really bonded with it, not in "that" way, at least.
The two pieces I'm currently considering as my only and "legacy watch" are the Seiko baby Turtle (true, tooly, not a revisit or a homage, affordable), wich suits my more realistic and pragmatic personna; and most likely, the Yema Superman Heritage. A gloriously classy, vintage syle diver that I'm very much in love with.
What are your thoughts on this two contenders?
Best regards.
I've never hit a like button so hard.
Edit: How does this man not have 1 million subscribers?
jonmy357 because he trades them for watches ;)
Seiko Flightmaster is so versatile. Not a formal dress watch... but does basically everything else, with style.
For me, my special watch is the Omega Aqua Terra Golf Edition (220.12.41.21.02.003). This watch is the single reason that I began collecting timepieces.
Whilst on a vacation in downtown NYC, I happened upon an Omega boutique, and wandered in just to see what the fancy storefront was representing, and I found out that it was for watches. I wandered out, feeling of the opinion that spending so much money on a watch would be wasteful, but there was one watch that caught my eye. Later on, as I was researching to find what the watch was titled, I started learning more about the history of horology, and then my collecting journey began. Today, I now own that aqua terra, along with a new speedmaster with other omegas and seikos, and I could not be happier with the way I spent my money.
I just started collecting so I'm trying to mix up styles, movements, & country of origin. Examples
-Oreint Kamasu Diver Automatic China
-Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical Swiss
-Disney Mickey novelty quartz
-Timex '65 Marlin Vintage/dress British/American
I'd like to add a Flieger B, something digital, & a solar one too. Really enjoy the videos, cheers
Beater and sports are pretty much the same thing for me. As is the everyday and dress watch if you choose correctly. For me, the perfect collection is split in two i.e. weekday watch and weekend watch.
To add to that, my current two watch collection is. Weekday: Rolex DateJust (which also doubles as my dress watch). Weekend: Boldr Venture Carbon (go anywhere/do anything super affordable field watch with a Seiko automatic movement)
I can't argue with that, I love the efficiency of that, a duo based on the time of the week, simple but so cool.
Thank you for sharing,
Best regards,
TGV
@@theurbangentry I'd love to know what watches you would pick from your current collection if you could only pick two :) ?
I've just bought a "WEEKEND" watch.
@@m.e.p.r 🤔
This is a very philosophical video for watch collectors like myself. I have a vintage (mostly military issued) watch collection and I obsess over finding a single 'do-it'all' modern watch that can fill the 'reliable watch' gap in my collection. I'm having a hard time finding it though. There are great watches worthy of being a one watch collection that checked all the boxes. But for some reason, they didn't speak to me. So I am still on the endless journey of watch collecting.
Black Bay 58 is fit for all occasions. Its a beater/dress/sports/everyday watch
As a newbie, I've gone totally with Tissot: 1) Le Locle as dress watch, 2) Seastar as sports watch, 3) Gentleman Quartz as every day and 4) Savonette pocket watch because you've just gotta have one. (I have a Timex Waterbury for old times sake and a Mickey Mouse Quartz on a nato strap which alternate as my 'beater')
I was going to just do Japanese watches. Most of my watches are Japanese, but I have found a few others that I like. The Yema Pearl Diver and the Yema Navygraf, for instance. So, after years of going back-and-forth I have decided on a four wrist watch collection plus are you single pocketwatch. There is no rhyme or reason to what fills those spots. Right now it is a Seiko Railway pocket watch (1967), a Kuoe-en field watch, a simple square G-Shock, a Yema Pearl Diver, and a Tisell 39mm Explorer. As of this year, I have decided to go down to three watches. Those will be a pocket watch, my G-Shock square, and the 39mm Tudor Ranger.
I have two watches: G-shock Square for situation when i can die (MTB and snowboarding) and Orient Star Retrograde for everything else :)
Taken it to another level with that intro!
The best thing about this channel is being amongst others who share your passion for watches and all things noble and dignified. There is far too little class in today's world. I don't equate this with wealth or being pretentious, rather an appreciation for manors, style, virtue and culture.
Thank you Timothy for the inspiring words.
You have no idea how much that makes me happy to hear.
Onwards upwards!
Best regards,
TGV
Thank you for sharing your videos. They have been an inspiration to me and helped me be a better collector. Always stay true to yourself and do what you love.
As much as the acquisition and accumulation, to me it's the hunt that matters. A "complete" collection is for me, an anathema.
im a small time collector: i collect orient bambinos...i am one shy of completing my small collection: a blue faced open heart...i wish i could get one before the year ends....
maybe i can start a new collection once done...maybe seiko 5s
The Bambinos are awesome. I get more compliments on my Bambino than I get on my Rolex. 👍👍👍
I have a 9 watch collection currently consisting of:
3 dress/everyday watches that I rotate:
1: Rolex Datejust 1988 gray anniversary dial (model 16030) (currently ware it on a aftermarket black leather strap but do have a genuine jubilee bracelet for it.
2: Tudor Galmor Day-Date Black Dial
3. Charles earnshaw Buford Skelton Watch with a mesh bracelet
2 beaters:
1: Nethuns LAVA 2
2: MTM Special OPS Patriot
And the last group is watches I just like the design of and were less often but still occasionally:
1:SO&CO NY blue dial chronograph with a mesh bracelet
2: Pierre Petit chronograph on a brown leather strap
3: Melbourne Lonsdale automatic with Green Dial
4: Puredial Square Legacy with brown dial and leather strap.
First time commenting but I've been following you for 1 year +. I currently have 1 watch that covers all my scenarios. It's the watch I fell in love with and that got me hooked on watches. The Limited edition 37mm Captain Cook from 2017. Even though I've owned it for 1 year + I like it as much or more than I did before I bought it. I wear it all the time and look down at my wrist constantly. Luckily for me my wife is sort of ok with my new passion for watches. I even got her a Seiko 5 instead of the Fossil she initially wanted. Now there are several more watches on my desirables list but I'm doing just fine with my Rado. I change the stap weekly (partly because of you TGV). NATO or rubber or metal bracelet for casual and grey suede or maroon perlon for an elegant look. The versatility is endless and I don't think I'll ever part with the watch until I give it away to one of my kids much later in life.
finally after a long day a good ol video with the gentry
That makes me happy to hear, you haven idea.
Thank you Drew, enjoy.
Best regards,
TGV
My collection is as follows:
Casio F91W, Seiko SNA411, Glycine Airman GL0214 (purist), Hamilton H64785835, and the big dog is my Breitling Avenger XB1210. I'd love to get your opinion on that one! I found one of your Squale Lion Sharks on Ebay today! Considering picking it up!
LOVE LOVE LOVE your choices, I would be honored to have the Lion Shark among such a classy selection. Enjoy.
Thank you my friend.
Best regards,
TGV
You watch collection costs more than my car.
@@theurbangentry Thank you! I'm sure you noticed that besides the Casio, they are all aviation pieces. If I pick up that Lion Shark, it will be my first diver. Double honor!
When you said that nobody washes their car wearing a Patek, it immediately reminded me of an interview I saw with John Mayer about his watch collection. He quite literally held up a Tiffany designed aquanaut and described it as his daily beater that he mows the lawn in. Oh how the other half live, aye? Classy as always TGV
We all make choices based on our circumstances. I'm a carpenter and have a long time love of Casio. I'm hard on my daily watches and I have a collection of G-Shocks. I'm also a diver when I get home from work I switch to a dive watch. I have several dressy watches but tend to go for a Casio Royal. I use my Citizen Promaster when I dive but never my more expensive divers. BTW I love your intros, I know it's a lot of work, so thank you.
Ok. I’ll say it. Best intro ever!!!
I love my Hamilton and Seiko watches I may not own any of the big money watches I do love my collection and maybe one day I may get me a high-end watch one day
Im just like you....i dont own big money watches...but if one day i can own a rolex batman i would be a VERY HAPPY MAN....😍
@@JV-rp9qj I really hope someday that you can buy your dream watch
Great job man! Keep it going!
From my humble collection, I owe many of them to your content:
1) dress: Seiko SDGM001, a hidden gem
2) gift to wife: SARB035
3) beater: Casio GW-M5610 on a canvas strap, I wish for a sapphire though
4) daily: modded SKX
5) the humble choice: Casio W217H
6) just for fun: Casio F91
What I can highly recommend for outdoor/beach activities:
Casio Pro Trek PRW-S3500 with a sapphire crystal and 200m WR, ABC sensors + Multi-Band + Tough Solar
Because of your videos I am now also searching for a Fortis Official Cosmonauts =)
When starting out, I wrote down 2 watches.
The Omega Seamaster Professional 300 co axial and a Rolex Datejust.
I have the Rolex Datejust and the Omega Seamaster 300 Professional co axial....
I also currently own an Omega Speedmaster profession MOTM, an Omega Geneve Daydate, an Omega Geneve manual wind (bought this watch for the bracelet) an Omega Seamaster tuning fork, a vintage Omega Seamaster with a unique “moon dust” dial, a Jaeger LeCoultre 9kt cased dress watch (no second hand), a Girard Perregaux Gyromatic dress watch, a vintage Girard Perregaux High Frequency and a Tudor Hydronaut II chronograph....
Brilliant editing
Thank you Freddy :D
Best regards,
TGV
Great video as always. Loving this format without Watchbox. Keep it up TGV! Would also love some more videos related to your favorite films and books (both can be watch related if you want to tie it all in).
Deffo more film content coming soon!!!
Thank you AJ, onwards and ever upwards.
Best regards,
TGV
As you say 4 is the magic number but then you end up with 3 dress watches, 4 dive watches, 4 aviation watches and 2 beaters! Love the videos Sir!
I personally loved watches since i was a little kid. I remember walking into the swatch shop every time i had a chance from the early 90's. I now own about 30 watches, more than half are swatches between year 90 and 98 that just represent my childhood (most of them don't get out of the original box).
My "obsession" watch is a Citizen Pilot Chronograph that i bought in 2010 as i always been in loved with the Navitimer, but couldn't afford one. Has been my every day watch for over 10 years, working every day in kitchen, travelling, sports, skiing, bike riding. Love them all, from a 10$ wood-watch made from a guy in a street stall in Hong Kong , to my luxury pieces. And love your channel! Ciao da un Italiano ad Hong Kong ☺️
"Because of you" i bought the Bulova Accutron Spaceview '65, gold plated. Just arrived last week
im so sick of seeing the same watches: omega speedmaster, rolex submariner, seiko skx... does no one have an imagination? be interesting, go after the ones no one has.
so true. walked past a shop today with the black bay 58 in the window, and for some reason i was excited to see one ready to buy. i dont even like them much, but have to some degree been "influenced". like it or not you tube has a huge say in what people want - or think they want
@@dreximax5634 it's still better than being influenced by mvmt, dw etc.
No one wants to wear those watches, they are seen far too often.
dreximax spot on! I was thinking the same thing the other day. We try to be adults with our own thoughts but we are still human and therefore subject to influence. I have a hard time now figuring out whether I truly like a watch intrinsically or because the watch community subconsciously made me like it.
The power of Marketing!
If you still have the benrus military you should consider comparing it to the seiko 5 military
I'm not sure about other people, but I really like the idea of your true dress watch being something vintage.
In my collection, that means a SARB017 as my daily, an SRPA21 as my sports watch, and an SSA393 as my happy hour/dinner party watch. While I guess you could call my Cocktail Time a dress watch, something like a 56KS would be perfect for when I want to get legitimately fancy. Now that would be one heck of a four-watch collection.
I have known a few people who only wear one watch but I don't know how they manage to do it. There are just so many beautiful watches out there to have to settle for just one.
Heugo, darling, you look amazing!
Bond wears a new watch when he breaks the old one on someone's face. So I wouldnt say he's a collector.
LOL!!! Indeed, well said sir.
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
Yes, not a collector. His watches are issued to him by Q, he is responsible for Bond's watch style.
Hit the like button after 58 seconds Hugo old chap ...hope that TGV fellow does not disappoint for the rest of it......................Amended. Don't worry the boy did splendidly.
My obsession was the Oris ProDiver Chronograph. Since 5 years ago I was dreaming of this watch. 2 years ago Oris brought out the limited edition ProDiver Chronograph in black with yellow accents...I fell in love with it. Now, lucky me, I have both!! They are my most prized watches. I have close to 30 watches. I was into Citizen as they have Eco-Drive and radio controlled watches that also are 200-meter water resistant. Technology, beauty and functionality. I have 8 G-Shocks also with Tough Solar and Multi-band functions. I have 2 Lum-Tec that are rare also, which I find fun to posess since no-one in my area is likely to have one. In this video, I find that feelings and back-thoughts were finally put into words for me. As reasons to collect, and the *second honeymoon* sentimate where key points in this particular thought for me.
Time to enjoy this video!
Hello Alfre :D
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
Five: Office watch, beater, dress watch, dress up casual, dress down causal.
Bulova Hack Watch military heritage grey stainless steel case with a black dial and luminescent hands w/green leather NATO strap. THAT is what speaks to me more than anything because it is a replica of my grandfathers military watches he was given. Makes me feel so special and close to him wearing a part of heritage and history. Thank you for your videos, just found them as I am just starting my watch collection and major interest in the hobby! Cheers...
I think I've got it covered:
Daily beater: Rolex Submariner 14060M 2-liner/NATO
Dress watch: Rolex GMT-Master II 16710 Coke/Tritium/Jubilee
Daily watch: Rolex Explorer II 16570 Polar/3186
Sports watch: Rolex Sea-Dweller 116600
I am looking at a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Duoface, but am not sure which one to go for yet.
Love the intro!
Thank you :D
Best regards,
TGV
YES MORE JAMES BOND! Love the video as usual and hope you’re doing well! Come to Dallas sometime when the apocalypse is over
Thank you E, would love to, looking forward to it!
Stay safe and well in the meantime,
Best regards,
TGV
The early part of this video when you were talking about people who were honed in on a particular reference like the Tudor sub etc, made me think of when I was a kid collecting stamps. My focus was on the British colonies and even though most of them had very similar configurations, nothing made me happier than filling the page in one of my big albums, usually finishing up by saving for the 5 pound stamp that usually had a just a portrait of the King and Queen on them. It really gave me that sense of satisfaction you re talking about. I hope in my watch journey I will find a path in some way, but in the meantime I am just figuring out what that is. I know this comment is a day late, perhaps you won't see it, but what a great video and the intro ...well fantastic as usual !
I like big watches with date, and the size with 40-42 mm is a sweet spot for my 6.5" wrist. 1. Polar watch with hearth monitor for morning run and swim. 2. Cartier Drive w date, white dial for daily office time. 3. Panerai Luminor Marina 42mm with date for evening party. 4. Omega Seamaster 300 m 42 mm blue wave dial on bracelet (+optional rubber strap) for weekend on the beach. 5. Rolex DJ 41 mm flutted bezel with Jubilee , black dial for special days.
Damn it, too funny intro🤣🤣
I don't obsess about my watches. Watches are tools, like a hammer, or the vintage pocket knife that's the same age as my vintage car and stays in the glovebox, so I have some watches to fit certain purposes: One for "daily-wear," one aviator, and two dress watches (silver and gold.) I would suggest you start with the four types mentioned, then consider carefully if you can afford (monetarily and responsibly) any others, like a novelty watch or something you saw somewhere that was"cool." or to modify or restore. You can't just buy a watch(es) and let them sit in a box! They need to be cared-for, like children.
I have a vintage stopwatch, but that is used for a single, special purpose: auto racing.
Excellent content, TGV.
I personally differ between collections (more than five-ish watches, often built more for pleasure than practicality) and selections (fewer watches - 1-4 - specifically chosen to cover practical needs)
For me the daily and the sports watch are the same watch. But, as you pointed out, it all depends on your personal preference, position, and needs.
For a long time my 3 watch selection has been
1: Casio AE-1400 The dirt cheap not-a-G beater
2: A clean dial Skagen as a dresser, even though I often just stay with my daily, Bond style, when wearing a suit.
3: My do-it-all Tissot PRS516.
Wow! I REALLY loved this one! I kept hitting pause so I could gaze at all of the collections. And that Intro with Hugo is just STELLAR !!! So yeah the start with Elliot's collection was almost surreal as I'm wearing the Komandirskie GMT as I type and was wearing my SKX 009 yesterday. But Allan's collection at the end - WOW! My grail Omega No Time To Die, a Reverso, 41mm Date Just and a Squale!!! (Yeah I know there was a Rolex Sub in there but they don't do anything for me..) Very Nice Vid indeed. I'm sure I'll be coming back to this one.
“O bliss of the collector, bliss of the man of leisure! Of no one has less been expected and no one has had a greater sense of well-being than... a collector. Ownership is the most intimate relationship one can have to objects. No t that they come alive in him; it is he who comes alive in them.”
― Walter Benjamin
My humble collection for you :
A Cartier Tank as a dress piece
A Ball fireman necc diver for weekends
Hamilton day-date for lazy days off
Omega globe master annual for my office
Omega 4 piece collection for me, Seamaster 300m as a 'basher', Speedy as a daily, Planet ocean for Holidays at the beach and a De Ville 42 chrono as a dress watch. Awesome video's, I must commend you.
Beater/Exercise watch: Casio G-Shock DW-5750 in all black, or the F-91W
Dress watch: a secondhand quartz Calatrava homage made by Pulsar
Everyday watch: Vostok Komandirskie GMT, second timezone comes in handy as a student pilot
Weekend watch: Victorinox I.N.O.X Professional Diver (bought due to your review), or a Casio Protrek PRG 260
Misc.: A Casio A158W in Silver, mostly for clubs or nights out where you want something nice but not too nice (Don't want to be that guy that swung a quarter of a kilo of Swiss steel into the back of someones head)
I'm pretty lenient with these categories, for example I'll often wear the Victorinox Diver in the plane where the countdown bezel, anti-magnetism, and fantastic legibility are a huge plus. I also love to take the Komandirskie on weekend adventures too, as it's extremely rugged and can function as a makeshift compass wiith the sun and GMT hand in a pinch. A lot of these purchases were influenced in some way by the channel, so thank you for the work you do here TGV. Looking forward to many more great memories made with each timepiece.
Casio G-Shock Solar/Mulit-band 6..............the ONLY watch you “really” need.............said the guy with 200 watches in his collection 😂⌚️.
But I have to draw a line somewhere.......... no ghastly “Apple” watch’s........ever !🚫
jstrat121 Apple Watch with a gps is excellent for those of us who like to calculate a run precisely. Don’t hate.
Have the solar. True beater and unbeatable timekeeper. Less functional at formal occasions
@@cedric182 apple watches not a watch ... it's a toy for kid
Apple watch.no way.few years time and they are out of date and sitting in a drawer.And in the mean time , Apple release another dozen of them
I guess 60+ is my perfect number, because that's what I have.
Bought a Tudor Sub 79190. It was a safe queen. Now I find myself not wearing if for fear of any scratches that inevitably will occur. From one safe to another. This was not my intention.
If I can't bring myself to wear it with some more regularity, I must sell. Not fair to cage that bird so to speak.
Beautiful, and well edited video! Top notch as usual.
I’m a new collector, currently at 11 wrist watches... not nearly content yet! I guess I am now addicted to the hobby, thanks to the Urban Gentry. I love the channel