Interesting, Exquisite Timepieces has that exact Unimatic watch (reference UC1) priced at $550 on their website. I thought $695 sounded awfully expensive for this model. BTW, I had a limited edition Unimatic U1, and sold it, and regret it. I miss it and might pick one of these up. I'm a huge fan of Italy, so there's that too....
Very cool watches. Ball would be my pick of the bunch but have to make a comment about the Seiko. $3200 for that Chrono? Seiko is smoking the peyote in their marketing department. That is a seriously competitive space at that price point among higher tier chronos. Fat, heavy, protrusive pushers and relatively unimaginative, monochrome dial, all for an unheralded Seiko model trying to punch above its weight. It doesn't and will fall into the Seiko hall of shame. Ball has more of a Rolex aesthetic/vibe for a grand less.
Love unimatic's designs. So I bought one. I was really disappointed. Bought it about 1.5 years ago. Over $300 for a watch on a nylon strap, with an NH movement. Way too much money for an NH / nylon strap. But the kicker: the crown stem protruded out of the watch at a very crooked angle. Just completely obvious. It NEVER should have left unimatic in this LOW quality state. I kept the watch. Did not want to go thru the hassle of returning it. But every time I wear the watch, I'm setting the time on a completely crooked crown stem. Unacceptable, especially for an over priced watch.
The ball looks stunning in blue and so does the Prospex chronograph 🔥
Love the Ball, have it in the red dial with rainbow tritium markers. Beast of a watch
the seiko is a bomb
Good stuff and a great vid, Rob!
Please review the new yellow 9400Y Rangeman
I have it in for review now.
Ball: wonderful watch brand, definitely underrated
Just ordered from these guys!
The Ball steals the show! The others aren’t too shabby either!
I have a collection of Ball watches and I agree, very underrated.
Interesting, Exquisite Timepieces has that exact Unimatic watch (reference UC1) priced at $550 on their website. I thought $695 sounded awfully expensive for this model. BTW, I had a limited edition Unimatic U1, and sold it, and regret it. I miss it and might pick one of these up. I'm a huge fan of Italy, so there's that too....
Curious on your thoughts on the Titanium Virtual Armor Camo G-Shock
Super cool colorway, I don’t own any right now.
I've been wanting that white dial seiko since it came out but just too much.
My pick would definitely be the Ball, I prefer stick indices. I consider the Unimatic a designer dive watch.
Very cool watches. Ball would be my pick of the bunch but have to make a comment about the Seiko. $3200 for that Chrono? Seiko is smoking the peyote in their marketing department. That is a seriously competitive space at that price point among higher tier chronos. Fat, heavy, protrusive pushers and relatively unimaginative, monochrome dial, all for an unheralded Seiko model trying to punch above its weight. It doesn't and will fall into the Seiko hall of shame. Ball has more of a Rolex aesthetic/vibe for a grand less.
The Seiko also looks like it’s 2cm thick…🤔. Agree the Ball is a class act.
@@borassictime918 15,1mm with see-through case back sounds pretty normal for automatic chrono.
Second on the Seiko bomb!!
No signed crown on that 3K Seiko
Tasty
I would actually pay 2300 for the Ball instead of "only" 750 for the Seiko. I've decided under 3000 is OK for a watch. Note: I own 10 watches. lol.
Love unimatic's designs. So I bought one. I was really disappointed. Bought it about 1.5 years ago. Over $300 for a watch on a nylon strap, with an NH movement. Way too much money for an NH / nylon strap. But the kicker: the crown stem protruded out of the watch at a very crooked angle. Just completely obvious. It NEVER should have left unimatic in this LOW quality state. I kept the watch. Did not want to go thru the hassle of returning it. But every time I wear the watch, I'm setting the time on a completely crooked crown stem. Unacceptable, especially for an over priced watch.