Talking Watches With Shuhei Nishiguchi
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ธ.ค. 2019
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Today, we are excited to launch the very first Talking Watches from HODINKEE Japan. In this milestone first episode, we welcome Shuhei Nishiguchi, the Director of BEAMS F, the prominent men's clothing retailer in Japan. He is also the author of “Nishiguchi's Closet” (Gakken Plus), where he discusses his hobby of collecting vintage watches. He loves to wear a great watch as the finishing touch to an outfit. His watch collection is mainly from the middle of the 20th century. Each of the watches perfectly matches his style, which always involves mixing vintage and modern.
These watches are from a time when classic style reached its peak in terms of size and design. With sports watches being the most popular in our modern age, this is a good opportunity to discover the appeal of more classic style watches. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
"These watches enrich my life. It's not about the price or the brand", says the true enthusiast. Thanks for this interesting video.
Michael Gisiger *says every guy with watches worth tens of thousands each and not a timex amongst them.
It's interesting to see the difference between the collections of American collectors on Talking Watches and the Japanese. Here we see all of his watches are showing dials with advanced patina and scratched up crystals. Often you hear American collectors seeking watches in relatively decent condition or unworn new old stock, so they would not acquire these kind of watches. But the Japanese appreciate wabi sabi, believing that vintage pieces should have lived an honest life, like the weathered face of an old man. So it's great that this guy is kind of expressing that it's ok to collect battered, old watches. Surely he can afford vintage Daytonas and Subs, or a rare Patek, but he decides to buy what he loves, not what the trend setters dictate. A refreshing look at another world of watch collecting. Thanks Hodinkee.
Well said
Well i am sure he had some crazy pateks and daytona, hes just not trying to show off, and like you said showinh what is sentimental for him and what he really enjoyed collecting
On point!
Exactly it's Wabi Sabi!
I love the old watches and a watch like the Lip wouldn’t be crazy expensive. It is a gold watch which ups the value, but a regular vintage Lip is pretty affordable.
This has to be the best dressed Talking Watches yet
Well, he is the director of Beams F! 🙏🏻
The host seems to be wearing some "Beam F" merchandise
Agrreeeeeeeeeeee
His drip is absolutely impeccable.
Mad respect for their appreciation for the vintage
More of this please. Exploring less known corners of watches is infinitely more interesting than following the lemmings talking about the same 5 sport steel watches endlessly.
Bani Niba thank god!
Yes, yes, and again, YES!
It's quite interesting how Nishiguchi-san created a time capsule around himself: his brand is heavily inspired by classic American casual clothing, his watches are not the flashiest, but they're very representative of the era he's chosen.
Also the host-guest dynamics in Japanese culture is fascinating: lots of nodding, bowing, appreciation. Thanks Hodinkee!
Thankfully not a Rolex Orgy
The most important for watch collection is about being you. If you happen to worship Vacheron, then you are good without Rolex.
For real
Ess tiger I see you cannot use correct grammar.
@JPS JPS 😂😂 enjoy your shitters. You can’t find a better quality watch than a Rolex. I own AP, patek, omega and VC watches and no brand is close to The quality and accuracy of a Rolex! Most reliable watch brand. Everything is total in-house even the metals.
Deep inside my heart I know he has a G shock somewhere
And a seiko !
Na Jo oh yess definitely a seiko
😂😂😂 it's like a rice for japanese
Now we are talking. Love getting different perspective.
Wonderful vintage collection and a nice change of pace from the typical Rolex and Patek collections consisting of the same 5-10 watches. I never understood why collectors often shy away from beat up watches, I have been guilty of this myself. If you are buying a piece that is 40-80 years old it should look the part.
You have to appreciate how strong the world of watches is across all cultures. Thank you hodinke for constantly reminding us of that!
What a refined and romantic collector. And thank God no regurgitation of model numbers.
“Once you get into watches, you can never get out” this creed transcends country, culture, & race for those of us who love the experience of a timepiece and what it means to us, truly unites us across the world. I have to say this gentleman has an sincere perspective of watch collecting and I appreciated this episode.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
This is my favorite talking watches yet!! Shuhei Nishiguchi's collection is unique and totally approachable. Proof that you can't buy taste and style especially when it comes to watches. Simple, Cool, Stylish watches! Congrats @hodinkee Japan for its first of hopefully many talking watches JP!
Great first video out of Japan - looking forward to what's coming next!
This reflects more how Asian are collecting vintage watches. Not easy to get your hands on NOS watches if you are not in US or Europe. Hope to see more of Asian Hodinkee such Hong Kong, Singapore, or any South East Asian country.
Shout out to whoever did the translation on this. They did a great job capturing the essence of what Mr. Nishiguchi is saying.
Of all Talking Watches episodes, this man's collection and taste are what I resonate with most. Beautiful vintage watches!
Incredibly charming pieces and a display of incredibly charming reasoning behind Mr. Nishiguchi's collecting principles. I'm charmed!
Interesting collection. His passion for watches shows.
What a great episode showcasing how different the watch collecting ethos is across cultures. Clearly vintage and design inspired, with some very unique classic pieces. Love it! More from Japan please.
I thinks this hits right in the core of Hodinkee followers. Normal guys with passion for (mostly) vintage watches just for the thrill of it. Not as an investment or a business for yuppies. It doesn’t need to be a Rolex or PP to make you happy wearing it.
Completely loved it.
reading watches
The Japanese concept of beauty includes an appreciation for the transitory. The word the collector uses is translated as “ephemeral. “ (About 7:10)
I don’t know which word he used, the traditional phrase is “mono no aware.” It’s why they love cherry blossoms so much-amazing one day, swept away the next.
I suspect this is connected to the enjoyment of patina, scratches, and so on.
Western civilization has traditionally placed more emphasis on permanence as an element of beauty, thus our practice of collecting watches in perfect condition.
Oklahoma Hank He uses, "hakanai (儚い)"
Masato Hama Thanks! Very interesting.
Love both collecting philosophies!
He has very good taste and obviously has an appreciation for vintage watches that show their age which is nice to see.
After thinking about it, this is my favourite talking watches. His collection is eclectic yet also perfectly harmonious on many levels, and he focusses on the image and story of the watch not (in his own words) " the price or the brand". A very considered collection and conversation.
Fantastic and very different in comparison to Talking Watches of that we watched before. Beautiful watches that you cant see often. Keep filming 👌🏼
So cool to see a different mindset from a non American collector! I love how much appreciation he has for American watches!
Appreciate the aesthetic behind his collection & agree about the appeal of rectangular watches!
Love this attainable collection, collector, and spokesman
Really great episode! I love his appreciation of vintage pieces.
Once you get into watches, you can never get out. So true.
My two favourite things is watching Tahe make keyboards and the typing sound ASMR and also listen to talking watches in Japanese. The language we never knew we needed.
Within the last few years, I have been collecting vintage pieces with advanced Patina and character. Except, my pieces are 38 and 40 mm respectfully. One is a chronograph that is missing a hand but it is a Girard Perregaux from 1957. I can appreciate the decision to collect the older models despite being able to get more contemporary pieces. My GP is my favorite piece currently...I just spent money getting it serviced and my watchmaker had it eight months because of needing to find the correct parts. That exclusivity is priceless for me.
Which model is that?
Z Z. I am not sure of the model that I have. Too bad I cannot attach a picture of it on here. My watchmaker “estimated” the year of origination...not even sure the year is accurate.
@@darrellmccall6100 ok
I like how he has a very humble collection of watches, great video!
Beautiful vintage collection, congrats and happy christmas!
Wow, how awesome was that? Thanks for sharing.
amazing first ep for Hodinkee Japan. really interesting collection of watches and how his collection has become an extension of his style and passion. looking forward to more.
Honestly enjoyed this collection so much. Such a fresh perspective untainted by trends, he buys what he likes!
As soon as I saw "talking watches" on my youtube feed I stopped everything i was doing hahaha. Keep em coming! :) Great collection with a lot of passion!
watching Talking Watches always like therapy to me
Really interesting collection. Enjoyed seeing this episode.
Interesting how this guy has collected watches based on their designs and beauty and not on price point or how flashy they are which is almost the case with Americans. Especially the rock or movie stars! This is a simple yet very elegant collection.
Nice threads.
I collect both vintage and modern watches but i have to admit, vintage watches are something else. I just love wearing one.
Its comparable to Classic cars from the 60-70s.
Really an inspiring and most honest enthusiast.
Watches - the international language of love!
Stunning watch collection. Merry Christmas to you all 👍 Tam.
Wonderful start of Talking Watches in Japan. Please continue.
great video , loved the appreciation of accessibility as well as plain quality in vintage under our 👃 noses, happy holidays to you, interviewee and viewers
Interesting to see someone so knowledgeable and deep into horology that essentially is into watches because they match his outfits
Such awesome content. Such a wonderful entry for HODINKEE 🇯🇵
Great video. Enjoyed seeing the collection. Thanks.
this is one of the best talking watches episode
Tried hard to find defaults but i couldn't then his passion won me over. Nice collection.
It is very pleasant to watch this episode, one of the best talaking watches. It is interesting how Japanese people are deeply understand about american classic and bring it up to to their daily life just how it supposed to be - the classic american style. His collections is representing every era of the watch
Excellent!
I love the respect they show for each other
Sector Mentor that‘s typical in Japanese Culture
Not only do I appreciate his watch collection, I also absolutely admire his elegance, sense of style, and the way he expresses and conduct himself, can I say charismatic ? I don't know if anyone will agree, but I'm throwing it out there, he's charismatic
yesss!! was hoping to see Shuhei on Hodinkee sometime
Nice podcast. Refreshing that he uses watches to match his lifestyle and sense of style and self.
excellent
Love watches from that era too. I wish they still make watches like that.
Such a sugoi collection
Added to my "unintentional ASMR" playlist 🙌
Please make more Talking Watches episodes like this 🙏🏿🙏🏿
Nice start to a hopefully lasting series. Interesting take on vintage watches which everyone could afford without breaking the bank. I was intrigued by the Monaco on Yu’s wrist which worked well with his entire.
Really wish I understood Japanese now, I loved the clear passion he had for the collection he had curated
Now this is a proper watch collection.
These two men are very well dressed and groomed, classy energy from them. I like it.
I love his unpretentious approach to collecting watches!
That was fantastic! 🙏
Really cool to see collecting from the perspective of different people...I love talking watches because everyone has a different personality and it shows in the watches..I love Japanese ppl....they are so respectful...good one hodinkee
Love this video. Great work.
Nishiguchi San is clearly a very thoughtful person, who considers the watches are the mechanical embodiment of himself.
素晴らしいインタビュー。 作ってくれてありがとう。
Loved it! Great job guys! This is such an interesting take on what we are used to. In many respects it is exactly the same, but with this incredible twist.
MERRY 2019 CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
Love how he's got these watches in nato straps very original
This is great. Didn’t know you had a presence in Japan. Will keep my eyes peeled for any events etc going forward.
Great straps. And I definitely appreciate his knowledge on history
More from Japan, very interesting indeed, such original alternative perspective
So glad they’re finally shooting these in a way that makes sense. Not with random shots of the environment and strange angles while the subjects are talking.
Afroninja But they still exclude watches being talked about
Great episode 👍
Beautiful collection . Will showcase my collection someday .
That was awesome.
Nice episode 👍
Amazing. Refreshing POV on vintage collecting. Easily the top 5 talking watches episodes. Please do one with Japanese and Seiko’s ! (Grand Seiko’s ?!?)
really interesting one after many showing off and flexes, need more like this in the future
Excelent vintage collection watchez .....
Great episode. Nice collection bravo.
This was cool, more like this please.
goddamn, what an excellent guest choice to kick off the jp series. and what a fucking collection oh my lord, Id kill for that deville chronograph
I love this guy's taste and style. He could be in a movie. Its funny he's like American watches. And I have been interested in some gorgeous Seiko watches. We are truly connected people. I hope they are well right now, and send them good wishes.
love the military bulova, nvr seen that dial before. i was surprise no seiko in his collection as a Japaneses
I feel like there is a parallel where US collectors sleep on American made watches just because there's so many of them that they aren't special. I have to imagine it's the same thing here. He has a mythos built up around American made watches, because they are rare in that area. Same thing with American collectors with vintage seiko
Such an interesting collection, although I was a bit surprised that he doesn't have a Seiko or a Citizen in his collection.
Vintage beaters are underrated. You never feel guilty wearing them and don't have to worry about scratching them at all. It's great!
Terrific
How cool. That two tone Bulova was sweet. The patina was great on many of them and love that he didn't even replace the cracked crystal on the IWC. Other than clothes, most of everything I own under my roof is from the 40s - early 80s. As far as watches, I think the 40s -50s offered the nicest, cleanest, stylish watches. Wish, I had the money to match his style but have to settle for cheap examples of Bulova, Caravelle, Garon, Cort, Helbros, Eloga, Waltham etc. Wearing one is a transport back in time to when a insurance agent, police man, baker, factory worker was wearing it.
Big kudos to the translator....the translation is spot-on.
...and not a single Seiko in sight!
Seiko Modern watch are great, but Seiko vintage are absolute shits; worst than the fake Chinese mushroom watches.
@@thomasgonzaga5373 lol so grand seiko is shit?
Karl Wilhelm Queyquep VINTAGE!! He‘s talking about VINTAGE!
Thomas Gonzaga Ah ha ha. Vintage Seiko are absolute shits? Educate yourself lad.
@@thomasgonzaga5373 The most ignorant comment here. Seiko was one of the top watchmakers during that time.
When you get into watches, you never really get out.
wow - no truer words, I've heard.