Wow, Hodinkee please continue with this type of content! We don’t want random stats in 2 minutes or predictable celebrity collections, we want stories like this one!
No way… did he give his Rolex Destro to that dude in Boston for real?! If so, MAD props to Hodinkee for spreading watch love to new fans in the making.
As a native Bostonian and major watch enthuskast who lives in Somerville, a short drive from the Schrafft Tower in Charlestown and across the Charles River from Boston, this video was absolutely excellent. I loved seeing my city represent so hard in the history of clock and watch making. I walk by these areas downtown all the time and it was so awesome seeing the watch shop and other major landmarks with watches being represented and talked about. And giving the tour guide the Sprite was a next level power move, he probably didn't know he was given an $11k timepiece that is damn near impossible to get.
Finally Hodinkee post something relatable. True "every man's" horology. No snobbery. These are the watches our grand parents and parents wore. Today every time I hear the name Hamilton I think of my grandfather. From our railroads to our assembly lines, these are the watches that helped build America to what it is today. These companies even gave the Swiss watch industry of it's time a run for it's money through standardized automation and quality control. Hodinkee, please keep these kind of stories coming!
Such an amazing produced video! As a resident of Waltham it was amazing to see such brilliant coverage of the area! So glad you got to highlight David Chang as well as the rest of the crew here! They are amazingly kind and knowledge collectors! thanks for this
THANK YOU. I live in Cincinnati (home of Gruen Watch Company on "Time Hill" National Register of Historic Places) and am a bit old to be changing careers at 44 but am taking my first half of the AWCI CW21 exam in April to hopefully contribute to the American watchmaking culture and maybe spread the word. Looking forward to the next episode. Have aa great day.
Loved this video so much. I’m named after my grandfather who passed down to me his Waltham pocket watch and to see where his watch was made was powerful. Thank you for telling these stories. They are our stories too!
Could this be the return of Hodinkee content that is actually worth watching? Between this and the guy who does the 'week on the wrist' videos I hope so!
I'm not finished with this yet, but this is such a cool concept. From a really new watch guy whose collection comprises all Casios and smart watches so far, I really appreciate this kind of content. So much to learn! Thanks a lot.
This is a really fascinating segment on the history of American watchmaking. It shows history, development, artistry, industrial evolution, downfall and ultimately the oncoming resurgence of the American watchmaking industry. Being a Brit, I truly am glad to see that isn’t evolving into the banal, often tedious smart watch rubbish. Some things are just too precious to let descend into extinction.❤️🙏
Thank you for sharing. Last year I received a Waltham pocket watch produced in Aug 1871. It was purchased new by my great, great, great grandfather. And it works great.
Thank you so much for producing and distributing these segments on the history of watchmaking in America. Fascinating and well done. Very enjoyable to sit, watch, and learn.
This is actually incredible. Fascinating histories, told by compelling folks to excellent hosts. Editing is beautifully done, y’all have created something massive here for watch lovers of course but I think episodes like this are going to resonate with anyone who’s curious about how things work and how they got to be that way. 5/5 lol I can’t wait for more!
What an awesome episode this was! I really love the story of watchmaking in America. It saddens me to no end that it has basically died here, however, videos like this one give me hope! Wonderful companies like RGM, and watchmakers like Josh Shapiro are helping a whole new generation discover this passion. I am hopeful that with the increasing enthusiasm we see for wrist watches around the world, that eventually American watchmaking can make a comeback. Kudos for a terrific video Hodinkee. Cheers! 🍻
This was very cool. I lived in Boston for 15 years and had no idea of the watch history there. I'm heading back next week and definitely going to hit up The Colonial Trading spot and some other places. Great episode.
I got into watches via pocket watches, predominantly Waltham watches. I grew up in Mass, lived their most of my life. Was so fascinated that we had such a huge watch company there. I collected other American brands, and some foreign one, but my favorite is a beautiful Waltham I have. Pretty amazing that America was the Swiss standard not to many years ago.
This may be sacrilege, but I’m curious if Hodinkee will reference Shinola (for good or bad) during the season. They’re the closest thing to mass market American (and I use that term loosely) watches we have. Strike that… Timex is probably the largest “American” mass market watchmaker, but they’re owned by a Dutch holding company and all of the watches are assembled overseas. At least Shinola assembles its watches here in America (even if they use mostly - if not all - foreign parts). Bottom line, globalization makes it pretty tough to have a fully American watch company. I tip my hat to you, RGM!
Great video! BUT, it does seem like a bit of an oversight when mentioning all the watch companies to come out of Connecticut not to mention the Waterbury Watch Co., better known today as Timex.
Damn wouldn’t you like to go back to 1st grade and be like nah teach not Eli Whitney….. but, Eli Terry….Hodinkee said so!😊 so it’s a fact! 🕰️ clocks own the Industrial Revolution.
Wow, Hodinkee please continue with this type of content! We don’t want random stats in 2 minutes or predictable celebrity collections, we want stories like this one!
This comment needs more likes, so the message can be clearer for them. I am with you, James.
No way… did he give his Rolex Destro to that dude in Boston for real?! If so, MAD props to Hodinkee for spreading watch love to new fans in the making.
Right? 😂 I was thinking the exact same thing.
Guy walks around for 10 minutes gets a Rolex meanwhile I’m 37 and all I can afford is Invicta 😡🙄
Dude was like: nice Casio! Thanks! 😂
@@kevinc1001 thats a YOU problem.
That museum guy was great. He needs his own show on Hodinkee.
John Reardon has a website and podcast called collectability which is focused on Patek
This is by far some of the best content you guys have produced. The long form story telling is very enjoyable. I can’t wait for future episodes.
As a native Bostonian and major watch enthuskast who lives in Somerville, a short drive from the Schrafft Tower in Charlestown and across the Charles River from Boston, this video was absolutely excellent. I loved seeing my city represent so hard in the history of clock and watch making. I walk by these areas downtown all the time and it was so awesome seeing the watch shop and other major landmarks with watches being represented and talked about. And giving the tour guide the Sprite was a next level power move, he probably didn't know he was given an $11k timepiece that is damn near impossible to get.
Finally Hodinkee post something relatable. True "every man's" horology. No snobbery. These are the watches our grand parents and parents wore. Today every time I hear the name Hamilton I think of my grandfather. From our railroads to our assembly lines, these are the watches that helped build America to what it is today. These companies even gave the Swiss watch industry of it's time a run for it's money through standardized automation and quality control. Hodinkee, please keep these kind of stories coming!
Such an amazing produced video! As a resident of Waltham it was amazing to see such brilliant coverage of the area! So glad you got to highlight David Chang as well as the rest of the crew here! They are amazingly kind and knowledge collectors! thanks for this
Come see what we're doing in Baltimore! 🕰☺
Did you really gift him a GMT Sprite? If so, kudos to you. 👍
That's what I thought I saw. Wondering if it was theatrics. Perhaps the guy didn't know what it was.
Please Hodinkee keep doing what you do best. Bring the history of mechanical arts which we love.
This was like a Netflix special on watches, love it!
I'Ve owned over 600 American Pocket Watches, is delightful to watch this episode/series.
Good to see there's still some quality left at Hodinkee. This was amazing, more of such content please.
Oh myyyy, I've just watched the intro and this is going to be truly amazing! Awesome idea, thank you!
Found myself so emotionally moved while watching! 10/10
Bravo! Finally a forum that is giving the USA some of the watch making credit it deserves! Great Episode! looking forward to more!
THANK YOU. I live in Cincinnati (home of Gruen Watch Company on "Time Hill" National Register of Historic Places) and am a bit old to be changing careers at 44 but am taking my first half of the AWCI CW21 exam in April to hopefully contribute to the American watchmaking culture and maybe spread the word. Looking forward to the next episode. Have aa great day.
Loved this video so much. I’m named after my grandfather who passed down to me his Waltham pocket watch and to see where his watch was made was powerful. Thank you for telling these stories. They are our stories too!
These are so good, that I think they would be interesting to more people than just enthusiasts.
I could see this as a Netflix series as an example.
This was great! I really hope hodinkee tries to capture the essence from this and implement it into all of their content from here on out
Love these video! Not just watches, but also the stories. Great job!
Cant wait about Waterbury story, they were big in their time plus I am connected as I just collected my Waterbury pocket watch from repair
Could this be the return of Hodinkee content that is actually worth watching? Between this and the guy who does the 'week on the wrist' videos I hope so!
Cole and Stephen have both left right?
I'm not finished with this yet, but this is such a cool concept. From a really new watch guy whose collection comprises all Casios and smart watches so far, I really appreciate this kind of content. So much to learn! Thanks a lot.
Hodinkee, you have my attention. Please more of this
Hodinkee, thank you for being the greatest curator of watches of this generation.
This is a really fascinating segment on the history of American watchmaking. It shows history, development, artistry, industrial evolution, downfall and ultimately the oncoming resurgence of the American watchmaking industry. Being a Brit, I truly am glad to see that isn’t evolving into the banal, often tedious smart watch rubbish. Some things are just too precious to let descend into extinction.❤️🙏
Thank you for sharing. Last year I received a Waltham pocket watch produced in Aug 1871. It was purchased new by my great, great, great grandfather. And it works great.
Thank you so much for producing and distributing these segments on the history of watchmaking in America. Fascinating and well done. Very enjoyable to sit, watch, and learn.
Thank you for this phenomenal content! I can’t wait for the second episode.
This is actually incredible. Fascinating histories, told by compelling folks to excellent hosts. Editing is beautifully done, y’all have created something massive here for watch lovers of course but I think episodes like this are going to resonate with anyone who’s curious about how things work and how they got to be that way. 5/5 lol I can’t wait for more!
This is the series I've been waiting for from Hodinkee for years!! So Awesome!
Now, THAT was a video! Well done! Keep them coming!
What an awesome episode this was! I really love the story of watchmaking in America. It saddens me to no end that it has basically died here, however, videos like this one give me hope! Wonderful companies like RGM, and watchmakers like Josh Shapiro are helping a whole new generation discover this passion. I am hopeful that with the increasing enthusiasm we see for wrist watches around the world, that eventually American watchmaking can make a comeback. Kudos for a terrific video Hodinkee. Cheers! 🍻
This was actually really great. But, what kind of insane watch club was that! Major ballers! My God...
Beautiful video, thanks for sharing 😇💫🙏
This was very cool. I lived in Boston for 15 years and had no idea of the watch history there. I'm heading back next week and definitely going to hit up The Colonial Trading spot and some other places. Great episode.
Thank you so much for this amazing journey through Horological American History. 🙌🏼
You gave the history dude a ROLEX!!! Are you for real???
I got into watches via pocket watches, predominantly Waltham watches. I grew up in Mass, lived their most of my life. Was so fascinated that we had such a huge watch company there. I collected other American brands, and some foreign one, but my favorite is a beautiful Waltham I have. Pretty amazing that America was the Swiss standard not to many years ago.
Excellent series! 👍
What a great piece
Beautiful!
this should be on netflix , truly amazing
Well done, Hodinkee. More please!
Beautiful. As a resident of the area this was spectacular to see!
Well done
Beautiful.
Best video from Hodinkee in a long while! Great content!
"Walthaam?"
jeez, what a delight this was
Putting on the wrist of Casio watch dude a left-handed Sprite GMT-Master II? Classic!
Incredible. We need more content like this. Looking forward to watching the next episodes.
Brilliant ❤
Incredible. Simply incredible. Kudos!
This is awesome!!
Fantastic story telling. More please!
This was great ❤
Hodinkee at their peak also those factories would work well in the horror movie world
This was fantastic. It was enlightening to learn about the American watch industry.
Please make a video series about Dutch watchmaking. Its one of the most forgotten hotbeds for shipchronometers and wallclocks
Off to a solid start here. Seriously looking forward!
Absolutely brilliant. Thank you!
pretty cool that you gave him the sprite (if you actually did and its not just for camera)
Excellent episode! Love stuff like this!
You know, maybe I’m not a watch nerd
BRUH😂😂😂😂🙈
😂😂😂
This is some real production.
Good stuff 'dink!
A nice travelogue counterpoint to the HSNY lecture last month on the same subject.
This may be sacrilege, but I’m curious if Hodinkee will reference Shinola (for good or bad) during the season. They’re the closest thing to mass market American (and I use that term loosely) watches we have. Strike that… Timex is probably the largest “American” mass market watchmaker, but they’re owned by a Dutch holding company and all of the watches are assembled overseas. At least Shinola assembles its watches here in America (even if they use mostly - if not all - foreign parts). Bottom line, globalization makes it pretty tough to have a fully American watch company. I tip my hat to you, RGM!
Excellent!!!
Wait a minute.... at 24:42 did he just give this tour guide a damn left hand drive Rolex GMT?!!!!
That was a great WATCH 😉
Just when im out of Hodinkees shilling and endless product pushing, they pull me right back in.
6:30 I watch John Reardon talk about Pateks on the channel, “Collectability”. Very cool. 👍🏻
Incredible content - keep it up!!
Could be an interesting series as we watch Danny, et al., trespass their way through abandoned factories. 😅
Nice long form content!
John Reardon has a podcast and website called Collectability with a focus on Patek
Holy cow Danny gave that guy a Rolex sprite
fascinating
A few bits of classical music from this are used on Clockwork Orange, coincidence?
Did Danny give him that GMT?!?
Great video! BUT, it does seem like a bit of an oversight when mentioning all the watch companies to come out of Connecticut not to mention the Waterbury Watch Co., better known today as Timex.
Is so dope
I like it. Looking forward to the rest of the episodes.
More of this, less of the other stuff!
More of this sort of content.
I am sceptical the the sprite was actually gifted. Did he really?
Wait, that Destro was a hommage right ? Or is it some kind of staged stuff ?
i kind of just want the american vintage watches to myself tbh
Is Shinola going to make it into this series? They are probably the largest watchmaker in the United States. Seems only fair.
beautiful video make more like this one thnks for it✌️escapment😂 great name for watch enthusiasts love to be part of it but i live far😞
Is everyone getting a Hodinkee prize?
dang that colonial man must hav some seriously damning dirt on our host to get a gmt master
Anyone know the song playing at 22 minutes when they're in the church?
Damn wouldn’t you like to go back to 1st grade and be like nah teach not Eli Whitney….. but, Eli Terry….Hodinkee said so!😊 so it’s a fact! 🕰️ clocks own the Industrial Revolution.
Where is Hamilton ?
Anyone know the watch at 1:38?
I’ll dress up as whatever you want and take you on a tour or whatever for a sprite gmt, just saying.
Excellent video, but I cringe every time the narrator pronounces Waltham wrong even after visiting the town and speaking with the museum curator.