This $650 Watch Absolutely Blew Me Away
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ม.ค. 2022
- I love an oxymoron. “I can resist everything but temptation,” said Oscar Wilde. “The budget was unlimited, but I exceeded it,” said a former president. But my favourite is this: “That cheap watch is excellent.” You see, watchmaking is one of those distinct industries in which excellence comes at a cost, one so steep you could put snow and a chalet on it and make a tidy income. There are good cheap watches and even great cheap watches, but at some point the bough breaks and the analogy falls, because it seems like making a cheap, excellent watch is nigh on impossible. That is, until now. This cheap watch blew me away.
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This has always been my most favourite youtube watch channel, mostly for watches that I will never be able to afford.
Glad to see the channel is shifting course to more budget oriented watches that I can afford and will likely get.
I second that, yet I value the luxury content aswell. Brands such as Breguet, AP, Lange & Söhne, Vacheron Constantin and the like deserve Andrew's beautiful lyrics, no less! Horological masterpieces need a proper ambassador...
@@Tomsgate101 Ditto. I can't count the number of times that I've fallen into a grand slumber due to Toms reassuring voice that all will be well in the horological world until tomorrow. These videos are addicting. Thank you.
Agreed. A watch I may be able to afford, but still of quality.
Had some movement issues with my MR01 Silver dial. Baltic accepted it in for repairs no questions asked. Should be returned to me today. Looking forward to getting it back, it's a beautiful piece!
What was the issue?
@@warrbandit6295 Check it out on my channel!
Go check out your channel to see the story of how you had a watch that doesn't even get released for another 5 months repaired?
This is the most pathetic attempt to get people to watch your videos I've ever seen
What an ignorant and rude comment. You have no idea what you’re talking about. Don’t you know they first released the MR01 back in the fall of 2021? They released limited numbered editions then and I got one. Good try though…
@@TheTownWatch okay buddy whatever you say
Had a jaw drop at the first zoom on the dial, that's a beauty !
Those numerical metal Indices are just perfectly cut and pasted. ...and, what a dial! Stunning! 🖤
Another cheap alternative to this watch is the Lobinni interlaken 1888. It also features the same hangzhou CAL 5000A movement + a date window for a mere $200. I think affordable mechanical watches are gaining traction and I’d love to see it being reviewed on this amazing channel.
Thank you very much. I just saw it and it’s a good surprise
Cheap yea but quality is far from Baltic MR01. Very bad quality in Lobinni
I’ll check it out
I have the Lobinni and it is a nice watch IMO - it shows the possibilities of this movement. It is much bigger though. Don’t forget that Baltic can charge their price because the market agrees with it (otherwise it wouldn’t sell). IMO paying the price Baltic asks for, is fair for the design and execution of the MR-01 (as is the Lobinni!)
Do you know what the lug to lug is? as a woman, i have very small watches but i like all these large male watches and it’s frustrating to find one that fits.
This is a very nice piece. A beautiful design and superb finishings for the price. Great job Baltic!
Been waiting months for availability. Was on waitlist for 8 months. Finally got confirmation of my order yesterday and BOOM, you do a video on it! Awesome.
Same. Gonna be fun when it arrives. Waiting is annoying yet exciting
Love it and also considered paying 3x as much as retail. Stunning watch and thankfully the second batch has been released. Baltic’s HMS is also a “good looking cheap watch”. I think you’re right by saying that Baltic are in it for the long haul. I do hope they are.
When I first saw a "Lombinni" microtor watch I instantly thought someone needs to put a better face (set of dials and hands) to it and they can sell this $130ish watch for a $1000 easily. Baltic did that for $650! Fine work.
The Lombinni micro rotor model I saw is way more attractive than this one.
@@xpusostomos why?
@@michele_ More symmetrical, more traditional.
@@michele_ This place is full of bots and shills for Lobinni. It’s looks like crap compared to the Baltic.
@@xpusostomos And even 1.5mm thinner.
Great presentation as usual. The movement is unique. I prefer larger watches but I own a Gladstone manual that resembles its shape & size complete with a hesalite crystal hmmm 🤔. I’m not running away from it but it appears that the window of opportunity has closed.
Andrew, your exceptional narration always makes the various watches really shine. Well done good sir. Please complement the person that does the videos on the watches as well.
The Baltic dial numbers look a bit too garish for my tastes, but still I have to admit the watch really does look good. Cheers from Texas!
gorgeous. Love the micro-rotor and dial design.
The vintage look of this watch is beautiful and the dial is kinda different of the other watches cause it has texture that is so amazing that give its more beautiful look of it.❣ The movement is fascinating too 👏👌
Beautiful dial. Another watch to add to my list of possibilities!
I just pre-order the watch and your video popped up. Talk about timing and I am even more excited to get it after seeing this video.
I have the blue dial on beads of rice! Love it very much.
Hi, love your channel and am an absolute fan of your very peculiar humour and narrative. At the very end of this video immediately pre-ordered the silver one from the site. Thanks a lot for showing it to us. Take care.
Beautiful watch, thank you for the nice review, Watchfinder
Like some other people here I've just ordered one of these, but then I read some of the negative comments on the movement accuracy and a 'cheap' feeling when handling one. Started to feel a little deflated at first but, you know what? I still think I'm gonna love this watch. The dial design is aesthetic perfection, case size is exactly what suits me, and I'll enjoy looking at some of the decorative elements of the movement through the case back. Pearlage AND cote de geneve stripes? Decent effort for a watch that price. I can deal with losing/gaining a minute or so a day as I'm a vintage lover and I'm used to that. Alright, it's no Lange or Patek but this is still one of the best-looking affordable indie brand watches right now and it's so good to see Watchfinder doff its hat to Baltic.
Always trade-offs in life, nothing’s perfect and so are we humans
@@lewislee4565id say something like a sbga413 is definitely perfect. What could possibly be wrong with that?
Wow love those polished metal numbers and that amazing dial for 650 is a bargain! That movement is very nice for the price!
I don't own a single mechanical watch but I really enjoy this channel, that should indicate how strong the content is coming from this creator. Cheers boys!
He is like the Bob Ross or the Morgan Freeman of watches, great voice and content 😂👌
Still no watch?
@@Hlbkomer still no watch
The music and extended camera angles @1:30 was a fun addition to the formula!
The surface finishes on the dial are a delight to look at .
They are available for preorder again but the earliest batch ship in july
Hello, love your videos! As a engineer and thus skeleton watch enthousiast I love you to have your opinion on code 41 watches (mainly the X41) which I believe are quite good for the price, and more than swiss made ;)
Totally agree with review - Ordered my silver with blue strap and confirmed for July !
Maybe I have lots of prejudices, but with significantly less than 700€ that you get a Tissot with an ETA movement, zapphire front and rear windows and water proof (100m). This Baltic is certainly beautiful but with a Chinese movement, plastic window and just splash-proof (3 ATM). Maybe this is just the confirmation that nothing beats a Tissot when it comes to the quality/price ratio.
Couldn't agree more. Great looking watch, but the spec to price ratio is too far off for me.
I'll throw another brand in the pot: Glycine...
Most Swatch brands at their respective price points, imo.
Steinhart?
You cant really set any swatch group entry level brand against other watches in the same price range.
Tissot will blow every microbrand away on specs for the price. What you do get from microbrands are esthetics.
Outstanding✅Not for me though ‼️
No bracelet and no water resistant is a deal breaker for me !! Bravo for the movement and dial decorations really remarkable 👍
On the website you can get a bracelet with it
Baltic has been coming out with some really great watches in the last couple years. I remember the first time I heard about them...there offerings weren't all that compelling, but I have to say they have a solid catalog at this point.
Stunning piece at a great price point. Bravo!
Would love a video on how you make your videos, you must have a 1 RPM turntable, macro lenses, and amazing lighting. The quality and craftsmanship is remarkable. Thanks.
Amazing. Been following Baltic for a while, gotta pick one up already.
Had to rewatch this one, we love the Baltic MR01, they absolutely nailed it
I owned the salmon version from the original release. It was a beautiful watch, but unfortunately the movement felt extremely cheap. It didn't feel like a $650 watch. Some days I regret selling it, most days I don't.
Sad to hear it didn't work out for you. The movement definitely photographs well, but what exactly made it feel "cheap" if you don't mind me asking? I was also curious about this piece when Baltic announced it.
Ive owned 3 Baltics, very cheap feeling in the hand, and their first 'hit' watch was very badly finished, it was well known on watch forums, but still, the owner rowed with me for days even know I had pictures and macro shots showing the terrible brushing and polished in dents on the lugs. junk watches, look great I'll admit, but be careful of the QC. I was tempted by this when I got a email yesterday to pre buy. but checked my emails again at how rude the owner was
@@kennetha.1937 It's just slapped together quickly and cheaply in a Chinese factory. The QC issues on this movement (and increasingly on Baltic) are notorious. Don't waste your time or money. No matter what these TH-cam channels try to get you to think, $650 is still A LOT of money for a watch these days, so make sure you're getting what you pay for.
@@Lord_englishgent was all same for me.. Baltic.. Looking from far away is a yes!.. But once in the hand it is a nope.. 😅😌😬
Same here, it's just not woth the money. Finishing and QC issues are to common to take this into consideration.
Why wouldn't a company like this just offer sapphire and higher water resistance? They could charge more and people would happily pay it.
More for a Chinese movement? Most of people wouldn't.
Water resistance? On a dress watch? What world are you living in?
@@lx_srs A world where such watches already exist.
@@jlg395 But again, it's a dress watch. I wouldn't expect one to have water resistance, because I wouldn't expect to be wearing it in a scenario where water resistance is required.
Just like I wouldn't expect a dive watch to come with a leather strap, or a field watch to come with a divers extension.
I've been eyeing this watch for a while now and this video just forced me to pre-order a blue dial version. It will be a few months till it gets here but I couldn't be happier. Thank you WF!
just in time for current round of preorders!
Best watch reviews with no competition on this globe. Keep going!
Hamilton 940 i was carrying was superb at timekeeping. For weeks it would only differ maybe 10 seconds. Its an 18s size pocket watch made in 1908.
"...keep this one as far away from water as you would a Gremlin." Classic! Once again, another great video. Love the looks of this watch, wish it was bigger as 36mm is too small for me. Again, great job!
Pre-orders now aren't available until September. Beautiful watch.
I've just bought this watch a couple days ago, and now this video pops up, can't wait to get it!
I have been considering purchasing one for a while, and since Baltic announced the pre-orders for the upcoming July 2022 batch my interest has been piqued once again. Needless to say, I paused this video half way through, moved some funds around and purchased a blue dial version from the pre-order in July. I know it's going to be even sweeter when it finally ships out in September. Thanks Watchfinder for helping me make what will surely be my favourite purchase of the year!
I did the same thing! Mine will have a Salmon dial
Hey guys I just placed my order for this summer release. How do you like yours how is the quality in person and finish. I ordered the salmon.
@@nickr3589 I thought that the overall experience was enjoyable, though the movement is quite loose feeling and rattly because of the rotor. It looks more premium than it feels. Definitely not for me, though I can see the appeal of the design and aesthetic 👌
@@grahamcawthorne3720 thank you for the reply did you end up keeping it
@@nickr3589 sold it after a month, I think I got what I paid for it
Six minutes into the video and I was finding that movement utterly familiar. The finishing, the regulating organ, that micro rotor... Aha! I'm wearing a watch with that exact same movement! The Hangzhou 5000A, beating at 28,000bph if I'm not mistaken. Mine has a date window at 3 tho.
Ordered! IMO Baltic have made a desirable watch (and brand) through great design choices. This is a 36mm watch, which retail-wise, just would not sell well if it were made by the bigger watch companies - they just would not make it. But there is a niche Baltic have found it seems to be doing well. There was a point you made about ‘made in Hong Kong but assembled in France’ - why is ‘French watch assembly and regulation’ better (respected?) than it’s Hong Kong/Chinese equivalent? If ‘Made in Japan” can become something of a laughing stock to one of the elite manufacturers in the span of 30-40 years - then surely an even larger nation can reach that standard even quicker. South Korean cars, for example, had to be sold at half the price and double the warranty periods of their european counterparts a few years ago but today the price difference is a lot closer. The bigger amount of watchmakers in the world, the larger amount of competition there will be - for consumers this only be a good thing
I just ordered one of these (in salmon) last week. Cant wait.
Interesting timing on releasing this video.
Ya, it’s almost like he wants his audience to have a chance to order a great watch at retail. What a sly bastard.
@@baxoutthebox5682 No I think he got an email from Baltic.... I have this watch its not worth the almost $700 , this same movement with micro rotor and sapphire crystal can be had for hundreds less. Look it up!
@@MARKO2465 I understand but like with many of the micro brands the value is in the design and summation of the components into something unique
when i see the close up of the regulator, i wondered whether the regulator hairspring clip has been adjusted properly and wont have a position that the balance runs at full hairspring length.
Baltic is great! I love my Baltic Aquascaphe
Beautiful watch at a solid price point. Wish they offered it with a sapphire crystal option.
Please review the Citizen AQ 4020-54Y. Thanks.
Love your new format chats with Tom BTW. 👍
Is this a paid review? The timing with the preorder seems too perfect. If it is, more power to you and get that dough. And if it isn’t, that’s cool too.
But it would be nice to know for transparency and integrity of this review.
This is a beautiful watch but my OCD would prefer a more symmetrical centered small seconds, but all the details are spot on… I can definitely see myself with this on my wrist.
An alternative to this watch I would also recommend is the Solas Starlight, 38mm with the same movement but with a sapphire crystal, date complication and an aventurine dial
another alternative is the Lobinni Interlaken. Uses the same movement and looks very similar, but only $220
@@ajmarion absolutely altough i don’t own this one, so I am not aware of the quality
I have been keeping an eye on micro-rotor watches. This one looks not too bad to me considering the price. But the comments on the QC and movement issue really scared me. Folks, let me know if there are any not-too-expensive micro-rotor watches you would recommend. Many thanks!
That's honest gorgeous. I've just purchased a blancier lotterman but wish I had gone for one of these
Oxymoron!? What about "almost timeless" at 2:26?
Excellent review as always.
Thanks.
Which one would you have if forced to choose: Baltic MR01 or Tisot prx 80 powermatic?
Thank you so much for this video.
Love Baltic. Hope to give them some dosh someday.
I just did my preorder for a blue dial one 😁👍🙏🏼
36 mm is such a beautiful case diameter !! Love it
It would be great to see the Seiko SNR045 and SNR049. Both seiko branded with spring drive, but not grand seiko. Both beautiful watches.
Please make a review of the Pélagos FXD. Would ear of what is your take on it. Thanks 🙏🏼
I love the dials on these watches but those numbers. I can't get over them.
I really like it, but the Seiko Alpnist (spb159) has more to offer with a similar dial.. although not quite as good looking as this.
Am I going out of my mind here, or is the seconds hand not consistently centered in the sub-dial between the three watches? It seems as though the overlap with the indices isn't quite the same in every instance.
Love the look of this watch and probably would of purchased but the 36mm worries me. Can't try before you buy so not taking the risk. Had it been 38/40 I'd have pulled the trigger
can you review the Ressence Type 3BBB please? it looks amazing to me
An advert for this exact watch just popped up on my Facebook feed
I am not paying 650.00 for a Hong Kong movement. I can get a Hamilton or Tissot for that and have a Swiss movement.
Certainly not with a micro rotor movement.
And how exactly, is an ETA movement any better than one from Hong Kong?
Could you please do a full review on:
TAG HEUER CARRERA Automatic Chronograph - Diameter 42mm CBN2012.FC6483
Kudos for the Gremlins reference and a wonderful review 👏
Please more about BALTIC, great!
That music at 1:30 had me confused. I thought another video was playing on my phone in sync with yours. It threw me off because I would've never thought you'd listen to stuff like that. I picture you as a Classical Music kinda guy. 😂
Thank you for showing a brand that I would have never considered, until now. It is a very nice looking watch and inexpensive.
Nivada Grenchen is on my list, Watchfinder please make a video!
Beautiful watch but disappointed that it has acrylic instead of sapphire.
Oooohhh... The fonts... The salmon dial may be the most beautiful between the three.
Is there a 40 mm version? Would be great.
The price is just....impossible
I have the salmon dial and agree it is nice. But I disagree on the proportions. In my view the numerals and subdial are too large, and they should have placed small round markers at the 7 and 8:00 positions to better balance out the dial.
Wow, some pretty cool looking watches. I think that salmon colored Baltic was gorgeous.
I’ve just pre-ordered a salmon dial yesterday, can’t wait for it to arrive
got one on pre-order
Marvelous piece
As usual, you have taken me on a journey I would otherwise not have traveled. This watch is now on my radar screen.
I literally just order this today as Baltic has released the second built of these!!!!!
Looks great but shame the specs are so bad. Would consider buying if it had sapphire, water resistance and Swiss movement
Absolutely beautiful. If only it were 38-39mm.
Hello Watchfinder, would it be possible to review the Zelos STARFIGHTER CHRONOGRAPH 'METEORITE'?.
Reminds me of the Naoya Hida NH Type 1B.
Please do a review for Marole & Wood’s Classic series type 01-A kickstarter edition, cheers!
I´m in the "September 2022" Bracket. Blue on a bracelet. an absolute stunner for 720€.
I think everyone is for September, mine is salmon on green!
Dial looks great but Chinese made corners are always cut. Would rather spend a little more on a nice German watch, American, Japanese or Swiss.
Second time watching this video, while I wait for the delivery of the piece I ordered as soon as I watched it the first time.
Usually your reviews are of watches beyond my means. This time however, you’ve picked a brand which I already own. I have a Bicompax 002 Chronograph with the Sea Gull column wheel movement. To my eye, the movement is the best part of this watch, It’s very nicely decorated particularly for a watch at this price. Unfortunately I can’t say that for the rest of the watch. The dial is nice, but nothing special, and the gilt hands look, well, cheap. The case is not impressive either. I never really bonded with this watch and it’s been up for sale for sometime. And that’s the other problem, they are rather high priced for the overall quality and it looks like I may have to take a beating on it to sell it. In all honesty this is probably true of most micro brands. Thanks for your review. I haven’t seen this watch you’re reviewing and maybe it’s a nicer piece in the flesh than mine. Regardless I do enjoy your reviews and your commentary. Keep up the good work.
I'm really sorry, I hope the best
Do a review on west end watch co pls!
i got the salmon dial MERKUR top hill series manual wind with beads of rice from alison. so far so good