Your explanation at 3:02 is pretty much exactly what I try to explain to non-car enthusiasts who can't understand why I prefer antique vehicles over modern.
Well stated observation here.. likewise I can relate to the car enthusiast parallel you make ... it's the same reason which draws me to stripped out 90s Honda's with huge turbo setups along with awd conversions taken from Honda suv/mpv's ... I've been mocked as being a 'fast an furious extra' or boy racer as I'm 35 but I love cars, esp fast ones and few platforms allow you to build a relatively reliable setup capable of 9 second 1/4 mile drag strip runs back to back for a 15/20k budget. It's a Honda yea I get it but line up a ferrari lambo and Aston Martin .. and my little Honda 4cyl is taking them all down! I'm a Honda car man and a Sinn/Glasshaute watch man lol .. each their own
I have a very large watch collection, I have been collecting since I was 8 and after 40 years I have around 100 watches most automatic. I inherited a lot of watches from my grandfather who is the person responsible for getting me into watches. One of my most prized watches is a 1952 gold Omega. It’s flawless just patina on it. The crystal is perfect, I have the papers from when it was bought and I have the Omega service receipts. Me and my grandfather use to work on watches together and would take watches from the junk pile and take a few and make one.
Thanks, Teddy. I'm excited to start looking for my first watch. I'm going to save up for a watch to celebrate overcoming drug and alcohol abuse, poverty (both many years ago), getting out of debt, buying a home, and saving my first emergency fund. Lol, it's a lot to celebrate all at once. Wish me luck that it won't be the last watch I buy to celebrate an accomplishment!
@@newfiejoe4998 Thanks so much! I wish you the best too!!! I do my best to inspire people with my story. It's true what they say about not giving up. That's the key!
Hey what do you think about this German watch Brand tourby watches i am from Germany and I'm thinking about getting one but I'm not sure the brand isn't that present and I'm a little afraid that the quality is not that good
My watch was purchased 2 years ago from MAMACOO and, to this day, it still looks and runs as well as it did the day it arrived. That movement has never missed a beat despite never having been serviced. I can't complain about that.
In regards to movements, does well made ( ie. perlage, bevelling, in house etc. ) mean work better, more efficient, last longer? eg. does a Patek Philip automatic always last longer & work better than a Seiko 6R series movement? Or, are we just paying more for "hand finishing" & bragging rights?
Depends. The answer always is depends. Good finishing generally helps with durability, for example polished gears have less friction and this makes the watch work with less friction which in turn makes it more precise, have a bigger power reserve and suffer less wear. I cant answer your question because there are a lot of PP automatics.
I've recently began my obsession as a watch collector. And i must say- out of all the luxury brands I've been researching, for me the MAMACOO's watches are the most intriguing.
Some channels give you the price, aesthetics or market aspects. Teddy gives us that and a boatload more information. To strike a balance between giving easily digestible information on a subject and on the other hand not making it into a 4 hour horological documentary is no small feat when a person has sage-level knowledge on a matter. He seems to pull it of effortlessly.
You don't often talk about high accuracy quartz Teddy. As someone who only wears my "fancy" watch every couple of weeks, it's great not having to set the time every time I put it on, as I would with an automatic movement. It's accurate to within 5 seconds per year, which is nuts. Just needs a battery every 3 years or so.
Yes, I honestly believe that it is a missed opportunity to cancel out quartz watches considering that there are many with great finishing and the fact that the technology is just more convenient. Just one example of quartz with great quality are Seikos. There are also other brands that make nice watches with quartz - e.g. Cartier, Tag etc. I just think it's a bit odd to just ignore it all.
I got an early quartz watch,, Jungans with a hand soldered board, a coil and a big battery. It's ridiculously antiquated but darn , the thing working properly 45 years later. It makes me happy. I like oddball watches.
How come no one ever mention the "trimmer condenser" feature (or lack of) on quartz watches? Most people think that having accurate time is all about the quartz crystal oscillator, but that’s only part of it. You can consistently have very accurate time, regardless of the precision of the oscillator, if your quartz analog or digital watch has a "trimmer condenser". A trimmer condenser changes the frequency coming from the quartz crystal oscillator when its capacity is changed. The frequency can be fine-tuned to provide 1 Hz, or one second per second, in frequency dividers in a quartz analog watch. The same principle is used with an LCD (liquid crystal diode) digital watch. The trimmer condenser looks like a little screw that’s been wired into the circuit board. Typically, turning the screw clockwise speeds the watch up, and counterclockwise slows it down at roughly about 1 second each day per 1/6 turn of the screw. You should be able to get accuracy to within a couple of seconds per month.
2:07 the six, five and nine numerals ought to match the parallelisms of the two's and the three like the difference between Helvetica and Arial typefaces/fonts
I bought this popular video watch from amzwatch , which was originally priced at a few thousand dollars, but now it's only $380! It's really suitable to pick up feces!
Nice to see MAMACOO show a watch that can be afforded by almost anyone rather than these pieces costing thousands and thousands which are out of reach for so many.
Teddy been with you from the start. It’s amazing how much you’ve progressed, from visiting Essential Watches, Producer Michael, even before that from your own room. Cheers and congratulations on your business
I definitely appreciate your understanding and appreciation of engineering, machining and materials. The key is to aesthetically put this all together into a package called a watch. This video was an excellent way to understand how this process works, step by step.
You are absolutely right Sir,,buying watch for a men is like buying jewelry for a woman,, I can’t afford those expensive gems,but Seiko and Citizen have some affordable options,, I wear them every day and they just work,if you really don’t have much money Timex and Casio are really good option,,now he’s talking about over $1000 watches,,I am poor, and most people can’t afford none of them expensive watches because they would be stolen,,sooo why bother…
@@ilijabosnjak76 I hear me in what you are saying here....same collection in terms of Seiko & Citizen. But lemme tell you....both these watches don't come cheap....( If you are picking the right model...that is) have fun with your collection buddy 👍
@@siddharthaiyappa5583 Citizen EcoDrive is unstoppable beast,they’re not cheap but they always work,Seiko 5 Automatic is basic standard,cheapest and most dependable are Casio.When I was teenager that’s the only thing you could afford even in my early 20s I would buy them,because you go to a place,get drunk and you forget your watch.. Nowadays is different,I can wear nice watch that stays on my hand, but I don’t like to splurge too much money on it…
I’d love for you to take 3 or 4 watches at different price points and compare each detail so we can really see the differences. Maybe a Baltic Aquascaphe, an Omega Seamaster, and a Rolex Sub (or a vintage looking watch) and walk through why’s each watch is progressively better made. Including the movements. Why is an ETA better than a Miyota. And why is a Tudor in house better than ETA? I totally understand why those handmade and hand decorated Vacheron or A Lange movements are so expensive, but what makes a Rolex’s hidden movement better than an ETA. Thanks.
Agree, also would be great to have the same video but on higher end watches. I think many of us already knew most of what was pointed out and would appreciate more high end examples and close ups.
ETA movements vary in quality, depending on the specs demanded by the company that orders them. The ETA movement in my Ball performed, looked and felt every bit as good as the co-axial movement in my Omega Seamaster. The ETA movement in my Rado, on the other hand, couldn't keep up with the 4R35 in my Seiko.
I don't personally know, but, on the channel "Federico Talks Watches" here on TH-cam, he feels that the Tudor in-house movement is more comparable to a Seiko movement.
To be honest, at $1500 you can get a 2892 powered watch that is as well made as a Rolex, JLC or AP. Seriously, I CANNOT TELL the workmanship and finish differences between a Longines Spirit and an Oyster Perpetual. What you are paying for is prestige, exclusivity and (with a few select brands) resale value.
@@dwightlooi so you will understand that in the watch world the value for money is not a linear function. Saying that a 1500$ watch is as well made as a Rolex/JLC or AP is just acting in bad faith. You’re right a 6000$ watch of a recognized brand is not 4 times better and accurate than a 1500 one. But come on, you can easily see the difference. The new trend is to hate Rolex but they still produce awesome watches with better finishing, reliability and accuracy than your 1500$ watch.
@@leatt6136 I am not saying that it is 4 times as accurate. I am saying that the ETA 2892A2 derived L888.4 movement is as well finished as a Rolex 3130/3230, the Bracelet and the applied dial is as well finished that on the Oyster Perpetual. I do not see a workmanship or refinement difference between the Longines and the Rolex. As a matter of fact, the Luminova filled, chrome outlined, numeric hour markers on the Longines is more impressively done than the simple rectangular block hour markers on the Rolex. As far as reliability goes, the 2892A2 is about as dependable as they come -- any brand, any price. It is in house calibers from small volume vendors that I am more worried about.
I have a longines spirit and I've compared it to both an iwc and Omega aqua terra and I couldn't see any difference in quality and build, it looked better made than the iwc and comparable to the omega. Either the Longines is a bargain or thr others are overpriced massively.
Thanks Teddy, a very thoughtful overview with tons of relevancy. I learned a lot. You said you were wearing a Sinn, is it a 556-I ? Nice looking watch.
This was a GREAT video, Teddy. I have been in the hobby only since my retirement, and I am one week short of my one year anniversary of my retirement. One year is not a lot of time, and it isn't as if I started into horology 30 seconds into the first day. So...I have been involved something less than a year. In that time, I have picked up about 85% of what you shared with us here. That means there were some things I did not know before watching, that I know now. Very useful, and very helpful. Thank you for this!
I retired four years ago,and though I will get a decent mechanical watch. I knew nothing about watches.Now I have three limited edition Omega Speedmasters and a Tissiot Janeiro.It's beautiful watch and keeps time better than the most expensive Speedmaster which cost nearly three times as much! The Janeiro COSC certified,and came with the box and papers,at a great price. I am now building up a good knowledge of watches and an looking at buying a vintage Speedmaster.This is a bit of a midfield because there are a lot of them that have been messed around and have lots of service parts and are not original. I now can tell if something is not right very quickly though experience.It is very addictive. It may take me a year or two to find the model I would like,there's no rush as it's fun looking for one that is just right as the right price.
Great Job Teddy . I can rarely say that a video like this one should be used as a good reference that you can always get back to for info! 👍🏻👍🏻 Keep up the good work!
Thank you, Teddy. An outstanding practical guide for every watch enthusiast. I never buy a watch without watching your comprehensive and objective reviews.
Not all watch makers do everything in house, which is a shame considering the money they charge. For example, I heard Rolex only does in house work for its two tone, gemmed, and full gold models. The all steel watches are not all Rolex.
As an animal lover myself, I think it all depends on where the animals come from and how they are treated. Animals farmed purely for meat and skin are abused and treated like shit and that should be shut down. But then theres certain companies that only take leather/fur from roadkill, euthanized animals, already dead animals pretty much. Much more humane. Also I have both alligator leather embossed straps and pure alligator straps and theres literally no difference. Difference is the mental aspect that you know one is real and one is fake.
@@GeorgeFrideric71 i don’t remember off the top of my head but there was an independent brand like fp journe or mb&f or someone that only got leather from already dead animals.
Most animals die gruesome deaths in the wild and go extinct with or without human intervention. Telling everyone it hurts your feelinga doesn't change reality.
Nice to see AMZWATCH show a watch that can be afforded by almost anyone rather than these pieces costing thousands and thousands which are out of reach for so many.
On the subject of movements it is definitely the single area that influences my purchase decision. An example is Aragon who put a Ronda Swiss 12 Jewel quartz into a watch at $119 and TAG H who put the same movement in an F1 model but charge circa $1,500 or more…… thats a hell of a premium just for the brand name….. and yes I honestly believe Aragon’s build quality is at least equal to many much more expensive brands. Ditto brands such as Oceanica Watch Co and their recent Manta Ray with a Miyota 9015….. a very decent movement yet the issue was only circa $300….. you don’t need to pay $1,000 to get a quality watch with a great movement. Same Same Steinhart with SW200 many circa $500.
Teddy I've been watching your videos for a couple of months now and you have quite literally been the inspiration for me to step into this exciting new world of horology and watch enthusiasm. A hobby which is having the unexpected but welcome domino effect of improving my wardrobe, my etiquette, and my revisiting of what it truly means to be a gentleman. Without getting too sappy let me say "well done, lad". At least for me, your videos have done far more than teach about watches.
Great info all in one place, but did I miss a mention of smooth winding and setting as quality indicator? I guess these would be expected in $500+ watches but are an important metric for me with assessing sub $300 watch build quality snd determining condition of vintage watches. Thanks again for a great video😎
This video should be turned into a book.Each point could be a chapter on its own. I think it's a book that many watch nerds would buy! Thanks for the video Teddy!
Thanks for the great content, Teddy! You’ve been very helpful with my decision to enter the watch hobby. I recently bought a Speedy, a Date Just and a Hamilton Khaki for daily wear but I would like to get a nice auto for daily wear with a black strap. I currently have a quartz Victorinox but really want something in the 1-2k range for a black strap casual wear. Looked at Tudor, PRX, Hamilton Jazzmaster…any other suggestions? I also have always been interested in an Omega Dark Side but now concerned about the ceramic from this video…do you think this is well made? Thanks in advance!
Sooo much to be on the lookout for. Endless variety, price, & most importantly cost. Your experience and knowledge is a very good 1st step in being content with your purchase. Unless your Dr. Strange, some of us spend alot of time sorting through ALL the hundreds of choices w/ options to make an informed choice. ( half the fun? ) I think so.
I am new to watches but want to know: if a company checks all the boxes, but is made in China, how do collectors respond? I collect knives and many new Chinese "mid-tech" knives have dazzling quality and materials. They usually lack in originality, pedigree, and human rights. Does the watch community have the same problem?
Just a suggestion: I wish you can feature Pamela Adlon of Better Things. She’s a big watch person and would be interesting to see her collection and her take on watch collecting. I’m getting into watches and I foresee that more and more women will be into watches in the foreseeable future.
Your explanation at 3:02 is pretty much exactly what I try to explain to non-car enthusiasts who can't understand why I prefer antique vehicles over modern.
Well stated observation here.. likewise I can relate to the car enthusiast parallel you make ... it's the same reason which draws me to stripped out 90s Honda's with huge turbo setups along with awd conversions taken from Honda suv/mpv's ... I've been mocked as being a 'fast an furious extra' or boy racer as I'm 35 but I love cars, esp fast ones and few platforms allow you to build a relatively reliable setup capable of 9 second 1/4 mile drag strip runs back to back for a 15/20k budget. It's a Honda yea I get it but line up a ferrari lambo and Aston Martin .. and my little Honda 4cyl is taking them all down! I'm a Honda car man and a Sinn/Glasshaute watch man lol .. each their own
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@@spooch7728 i think you missed somthing
Teddy Baldassair
That’s the point
Another great informative video ! Thank you Teddy for your continued support for great quality watches !
Thanks for the knowledge Teddy!! Appreciate your efforts for us new at watch collecting.
Appreciate you all for watching! Happy to
do it!
God!!! MAMACOO Who would have thought those gorgeous watches go for that low!!!
I have a very large watch collection, I have been collecting since I was 8 and after 40 years I have around 100 watches most automatic. I inherited a lot of watches from my grandfather who is the person responsible for getting me into watches. One of my most prized watches is a 1952 gold Omega. It’s flawless just patina on it. The crystal is perfect, I have the papers from when it was bought and I have the Omega service receipts. Me and my grandfather use to work on watches together and would take watches from the junk pile and take a few and make one.
AKA, frankenwatches...tho that term's maybe prejudiced . Appeals to my monstrous appetite for watch aesthetic. 🤭
I’m a watch fanatic I have 25lbs of nice vintage watches but want a *amzwatch* if I could find a super clone that good I’d get it.
"You can see by they way they bevelled the edges that they're not cutting corners."
What?
that is SO what i thought!!
Hahaha crazy coincidence there. There is a watch pun waiting around every turn.
😆😆😆👊🏿
Teddy Baldassarre not A second goes by when its not A good time for A good watch joke. 😂
Lol, good one.
Thanks, Teddy. I'm excited to start looking for my first watch. I'm going to save up for a watch to celebrate overcoming drug and alcohol abuse, poverty (both many years ago), getting out of debt, buying a home, and saving my first emergency fund. Lol, it's a lot to celebrate all at once. Wish me luck that it won't be the last watch I buy to celebrate an accomplishment!
THAT'S EXCELLENT DUDE, I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
@@newfiejoe4998 Thanks so much! I wish you the best too!!! I do my best to inspire people with my story. It's true what they say about not giving up. That's the key!
What a great cause to celebrate! Congratulations and all the best! Enjoy the watch!
You've done so much and come so far! Get a really classy one, for a person who deserves it like you!
@@TIMETECH07 thank you! I’ll buy my first watch when I can purchase it with passive income. I’m still working very hard to make that a reality 🙂
Hey what do you think about this German watch Brand tourby watches i am from Germany and I'm thinking about getting one but I'm not sure the brand isn't that present and I'm a little afraid that the quality is not that good
If i was economical able to afford a tourby, i would go for the one with ottoman arabic numerals on the dial
@@shakur4648 thanks
Tourby makes excellent watches. Underrated brand for sure.
Great video
Full disclosure: I am not wearing a quality watch.
thanks Teddy
You definitely nailed it. Especially on the date window comment. For me also if the background and font match the dial.
All the Futures u mentioned can be in one cheap watch from China 🇨🇳🤣
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Watches are so delicate and intricately designed, so I have intense respect and admiration for MAMACOO watch makers
One of my favorite watch channels! Great work as always Teddy! 😁 keep up the good work! 👍🏼
My watch was purchased 2 years ago from MAMACOO and, to this day, it still looks and runs as well as it did the day it arrived. That movement has never missed a beat despite never having been serviced. I can't complain about that.
Teddy I've been watching your videos since the days of fashion advice. This video shows how much you have improved since then, congrats.
MAMACOO！Every time you exhibit one of these watches I become super tempted to get one.
In regards to movements, does well made ( ie. perlage, bevelling, in house etc. ) mean work better, more efficient, last longer? eg. does a Patek Philip automatic always last longer & work better than a Seiko 6R series movement? Or, are we just paying more for "hand finishing" & bragging rights?
Depends. The answer always is depends. Good finishing generally helps with durability, for example polished gears have less friction and this makes the watch work with less friction which in turn makes it more precise, have a bigger power reserve and suffer less wear. I cant answer your question because there are a lot of PP automatics.
If we really needed something that will work better and last longer, we would be living with the Casio’s, period.
I've recently began my obsession as a watch collector. And i must say- out of all the luxury brands I've been researching, for me the MAMACOO's watches are the most intriguing.
Some channels give you the price, aesthetics or market aspects.
Teddy gives us that and a boatload more information. To strike a balance between giving easily digestible information on a subject and on the other hand not making it into a 4 hour horological documentary is no small feat when a person has sage-level knowledge on a matter. He seems to pull it of effortlessly.
You don't often talk about high accuracy quartz Teddy.
As someone who only wears my "fancy" watch every couple of weeks, it's great not having to set the time every time I put it on, as I would with an automatic movement.
It's accurate to within 5 seconds per year, which is nuts. Just needs a battery every 3 years or so.
Casio waveseptor sets to a radio controlled signal automaticallynor manually to always be accurate.
Yes, I honestly believe that it is a missed opportunity to cancel out quartz watches considering that there are many with great finishing and the fact that the technology is just more convenient. Just one example of quartz with great quality are Seikos. There are also other brands that make nice watches with quartz - e.g. Cartier, Tag etc. I just think it's a bit odd to just ignore it all.
@@lifetraveltech3176I have a Cartier Tank with a quartz movement. It's extremely accurate.
Dude’s a horological Doogie Howser - Big love ❤️
I got an early quartz watch,, Jungans with a hand soldered board, a coil and a big battery. It's ridiculously antiquated but darn , the thing working properly 45 years later. It makes me happy. I like oddball watches.
Junghans*
Your shirt is in motion. Well done.
How come no one ever mention the "trimmer condenser" feature (or lack of) on quartz watches? Most people think that having accurate time is all about the quartz crystal oscillator, but that’s only part of it. You can consistently have very accurate time, regardless of the precision of the oscillator, if your quartz analog or digital watch has a "trimmer condenser". A trimmer condenser changes the frequency coming from the quartz crystal oscillator when its capacity is changed. The frequency can be fine-tuned to provide 1 Hz, or one second per second, in frequency dividers in a quartz analog watch. The same principle is used with an LCD (liquid crystal diode) digital watch. The trimmer condenser looks like a little screw that’s been wired into the circuit board. Typically, turning the screw clockwise speeds the watch up, and counterclockwise slows it down at roughly about 1 second each day per 1/6 turn of the screw. You should be able to get accuracy to within a couple of seconds per month.
2:07
the six, five and nine numerals
ought to match the parallelisms of the two's and the three
like the difference between Helvetica and Arial
typefaces/fonts
“Expectations are the key to happiness in many ways.” Wise words, Teddy.
Expectations are the key to happiness. Quality control these days don’t care about your expectations.
"Expectation is the gateway to disappointment"
Lower your standards til you're never disappointed!
@@birdytiger That strategy did not work with my ex wife.
Rather Lack thereof
I bought this popular video watch from amzwatch , which was originally priced at a few thousand dollars, but now it's only $380! It's really suitable to pick up feces!
Thank you for the video Teddy! I love to reinforce the basics and continue to learn new things.
Nice to see MAMACOO show a watch that can be afforded by almost anyone rather than these pieces costing thousands and thousands which are out of reach for so many.
Teddy been with you from the start. It’s amazing how much you’ve progressed, from visiting Essential Watches, Producer Michael, even before that from your own room. Cheers and congratulations on your business
When people are saying #amzwatch is a better option for buying a watch,I very much agree!
I definitely appreciate your understanding and appreciation of engineering, machining and materials. The key is to aesthetically put this all together into a package called a watch. This video was an excellent way to understand how this process works, step by step.
You are absolutely right Sir,,buying watch for a men is like buying jewelry for a woman,, I can’t afford those expensive gems,but Seiko and Citizen have some affordable options,, I wear them every day and they just work,if you really don’t have much money Timex and Casio are really good option,,now he’s talking about over $1000 watches,,I am poor, and most people can’t afford none of them expensive watches because they would be stolen,,sooo why bother…
@@ilijabosnjak76 I hear me in what you are saying here....same collection in terms of Seiko & Citizen. But lemme tell you....both these watches don't come cheap....( If you are picking the right model...that is) have fun with your collection buddy 👍
@@siddharthaiyappa5583 Citizen EcoDrive is unstoppable beast,they’re not cheap but they always work,Seiko 5 Automatic is basic standard,cheapest and most dependable are Casio.When I was teenager that’s the only thing you could afford even in my early 20s I would buy them,because you go to a place,get drunk and you forget your watch.. Nowadays is different,I can wear nice watch that stays on my hand, but I don’t like to splurge too much money on it…
@@ilijabosnjak76 please share your email, I would like to share my collection wid you 👍
I’d love for you to take 3 or 4 watches at different price points and compare each detail so we can really see the differences. Maybe a Baltic Aquascaphe, an Omega Seamaster, and a Rolex Sub (or a vintage looking watch) and walk through why’s each watch is progressively better made. Including the movements. Why is an ETA better than a Miyota. And why is a Tudor in house better than ETA? I totally understand why those handmade and hand decorated Vacheron or A Lange movements are so expensive, but what makes a Rolex’s hidden movement better than an ETA. Thanks.
Agree, also would be great to have the same video but on higher end watches. I think many of us already knew most of what was pointed out and would appreciate more high end examples and close ups.
ETA movements vary in quality, depending on the specs demanded by the company that orders them. The ETA movement in my Ball performed, looked and felt every bit as good as the co-axial movement in my Omega Seamaster. The ETA movement in my Rado, on the other hand, couldn't keep up with the 4R35 in my Seiko.
I don't personally know, but, on the channel "Federico Talks Watches" here on TH-cam, he feels that the Tudor in-house movement is more comparable to a Seiko movement.
@@varanid9 Well said
It’ll break down at the Rolex mark.
To be honest, at $1500 you can get a 2892 powered watch that is as well made as a Rolex, JLC or AP. Seriously, I CANNOT TELL the workmanship and finish differences between a Longines Spirit and an Oyster Perpetual. What you are paying for is prestige, exclusivity and (with a few select brands) resale value.
You look quite new in the watch world and I suggest that you should do a bit more research.
@@leatt6136 Actually, no, I am not. But perhaps you can educate me?
@@dwightlooi so you will understand that in the watch world the value for money is not a linear function. Saying that a 1500$ watch is as well made as a Rolex/JLC or AP is just acting in bad faith. You’re right a 6000$ watch of a recognized brand is not 4 times better and accurate than a 1500 one. But come on, you can easily see the difference. The new trend is to hate Rolex but they still produce awesome watches with better finishing, reliability and accuracy than your 1500$ watch.
@@leatt6136 I am not saying that it is 4 times as accurate. I am saying that the ETA 2892A2 derived L888.4 movement is as well finished as a Rolex 3130/3230, the Bracelet and the applied dial is as well finished that on the Oyster Perpetual. I do not see a workmanship or refinement difference between the Longines and the Rolex. As a matter of fact, the Luminova filled, chrome outlined, numeric hour markers on the Longines is more impressively done than the simple rectangular block hour markers on the Rolex. As far as reliability goes, the 2892A2 is about as dependable as they come -- any brand, any price. It is in house calibers from small volume vendors that I am more worried about.
I have a longines spirit and I've compared it to both an iwc and Omega aqua terra and I couldn't see any difference in quality and build, it looked better made than the iwc and comparable to the omega. Either the Longines is a bargain or thr others are overpriced massively.
That Tissot was really nice.
Very interesting video as always. How about a new state of the collection? Cheers 🥂
Looking for details on the Times Watch pictured at 7:05 mark? Cheers from Boston ☘️
Teddy comes at watches from all angles. Very informative stuff.
You got gunz teddy!
This video couldn't have been more complete. Insanely good stuff like always🙌
Teddy arm's looking 👌 good 👍 👌 👏 😍 😋
Teddy sir as the days are passing by you are looking much more stronger and younger.
God bless you
I believe no man can say no to MAMACOO's watches
Hey Teddy- could you do a video of your personal collection? That would be really cool.
12:24 That guy is wearing the same exact Planet Ocean as I am while watching this video (different strap though).
He's like the Dave2d for watches.
"Okay."
agree. very clean and beautiful editing video.
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@@LeonXOV you got it 😂
Like James Hoffman but not for coffee
Hi Alan @ 2:25!
First telltale sign of quality - I can't afford it. That's all you need to know.....
Casio, Seiko you sure bout that
Wow, I feel like I need to rewatch this and take notes. Incredibly informative video! This reminds me that I need to do more research. :)
That zenith defy classic ❤
Thanks Teddy, a very thoughtful overview with tons of relevancy. I learned a lot. You said you were wearing a Sinn, is it a 556-I ? Nice looking watch.
This was a GREAT video, Teddy.
I have been in the hobby only since my retirement, and I am one week short of my one year anniversary of my retirement. One year is not a lot of time, and it isn't as if I started into horology 30 seconds into the first day. So...I have been involved something less than a year.
In that time, I have picked up about 85% of what you shared with us here. That means there were some things I did not know before watching, that I know now.
Very useful, and very helpful. Thank you for this!
I retired four years ago,and though I will get a decent mechanical
watch.
I knew nothing about watches.Now I have three limited edition Omega Speedmasters and a Tissiot Janeiro.It's beautiful watch and keeps time better than the most expensive Speedmaster which cost nearly three times as much! The Janeiro COSC certified,and came with the box and papers,at a great price.
I am now building up a good knowledge of watches and an looking at buying a vintage Speedmaster.This is a bit of a midfield because there are a lot of them that have been messed around and have lots of service parts and are not original.
I now can tell if something is not right very quickly though experience.It is very addictive.
It may take me a year or two to find the model I would like,there's no rush as it's fun looking for one that is just right as the right price.
@@nearlyretired7005 Welcome to our little club, my friend!!
Or, wait a minute. Maybe the chronology suggests that it's you welcoming me. Haha...either way works for me!
Great Job Teddy . I can rarely say that a video like this one should be used as a good reference that you can always get back to for info! 👍🏻👍🏻
Keep up the good work!
Great job❤
When it comes to fine imitation watches, mamacoo delivers. I've bought from them several times, and I've never been let down.
Great information Teddy, thank you for sharing. As a beginning collector this stuff is helpful to avoid mistakes.
Great information, thanks
This is not new for me. But good that you’re making an video for the new people in this hobby
Your macro game is incredible!
Definitely very good points to consider, nowadays it's a must doing a thorough research if you're planning to buy online.
Excellent video Teddy!!
Comprehensive! thanks for the great info!
Thank you, Teddy. An outstanding practical guide for every watch enthusiast. I never buy a watch without watching your comprehensive and objective reviews.
I have to say that #amzwatch 's watches are amazing!
**Looking At $100 vostok with inhouse movement**
Yeah this is better than your Third party pesant Tudor Black bay 36 with an ETA 2824.
You can go into space with it and also go 800 meters under water and it will still work
AkShUly the BB36 uses a Sellita movement.
I'll show myself out.
@@unkono also, not afraid whatsoever to use my Amphibia as a knuckle-duster.
Better than a Royal Oak with its JLC movement
Not all watch makers do everything in house, which is a shame considering the money they charge. For example, I heard Rolex only does in house work for its two tone, gemmed, and full gold models. The all steel watches are not all Rolex.
Got a lot from the video thx
Another well made informative educational video from a man that just lives watches. Respect man
It's pretty insidious, when you think about it, that those exotic animals are just made into straps for our watches.
As an animal lover myself, I think it all depends on where the animals come from and how they are treated. Animals farmed purely for meat and skin are abused and treated like shit and that should be shut down. But then theres certain companies that only take leather/fur from roadkill, euthanized animals, already dead animals pretty much. Much more humane. Also I have both alligator leather embossed straps and pure alligator straps and theres literally no difference. Difference is the mental aspect that you know one is real and one is fake.
@@ToneyDouglas23 Yes, I agree. Do you know of any watch strap makers who only get their leather that way? Be interested to find out.
@@GeorgeFrideric71 i don’t remember off the top of my head but there was an independent brand like fp journe or mb&f or someone that only got leather from already dead animals.
@@ToneyDouglas23 great. Thanks! (gives me a good excuse to get an FP Journe haha!)
Most animals die gruesome deaths in the wild and go extinct with or without human intervention. Telling everyone it hurts your feelinga doesn't change reality.
Very Good video!😊
Has Teddy been lifting? Arms looking thick, bro
No Teddy has always had bloated upper arms
They call that baby fat.
He's on birth control
@@TRUYORK718 🤣🤣🤣
@@TRUYORK718 yooo wtf haahhwahhaha
very informational 👍
Teddy, you literally are the most informative "watch guy" on the internet. I was looking at movement watches before I found your channel. Thanks
As a broke boy and actual enthusiast who wants watch’s prices to crater, amzwatch is a good choice.
Nice to see AMZWATCH show a watch that can be afforded by almost anyone rather than these pieces costing thousands and thousands which are out of reach for so many.
On the subject of movements it is definitely the single area that influences my purchase decision. An example is Aragon who put a Ronda Swiss 12 Jewel quartz into a watch at $119 and TAG H who put the same movement in an F1 model but charge circa $1,500 or more…… thats a hell of a premium just for the brand name….. and yes I honestly believe Aragon’s build quality is at least equal to many much more expensive brands. Ditto brands such as Oceanica Watch Co and their recent Manta Ray with a Miyota 9015….. a very decent movement yet the issue was only circa $300….. you don’t need to pay $1,000 to get a quality watch with a great movement. Same Same Steinhart with SW200 many circa $500.
Casual Friday Teddy looking good
Teddy I've been watching your videos for a couple of months now and you have quite literally been the inspiration for me to step into this exciting new world of horology and watch enthusiasm. A hobby which is having the unexpected but welcome domino effect of improving my wardrobe, my etiquette, and my revisiting of what it truly means to be a gentleman. Without getting too sappy let me say "well done, lad". At least for me, your videos have done far more than teach about watches.
Good man
welcome buddy 😁⌚️
that was incredible. what a beautiful watch and what great work you did on it!MAMACOO
Great info all in one place, but did I miss a mention of smooth winding and setting as quality indicator? I guess these would be expected in $500+ watches but are an important metric for me with assessing sub $300 watch build quality snd determining condition of vintage watches. Thanks again for a great video😎
Thanks Theodore
This video should be turned into a book.Each point could be a chapter on its own. I think it's a book that many watch nerds would buy! Thanks for the video Teddy!
Check out The Wristwatch Handbook if you haven't already. Awesome book with great detailed information on mechanical movements.
Yes, there is a lot to absorb in one video: excellent though.
Thanks for the great content, Teddy! You’ve been very helpful with my decision to enter the watch hobby. I recently bought a Speedy, a Date Just and a Hamilton Khaki for daily wear but I would like to get a nice auto for daily wear with a black strap. I currently have a quartz Victorinox but really want something in the 1-2k range for a black strap casual wear. Looked at Tudor, PRX, Hamilton Jazzmaster…any other suggestions? I also have always been interested in an Omega Dark Side but now concerned about the ceramic from this video…do you think this is well made? Thanks in advance!
great vid ty
Extremely informative. The cutaways to all the macro watch shots is simply awesome. What a well executed video.
30 minutes of my time very well spent!
"you can tell they didn't cut corners here" 14:18
literally a close up shot of a chamfered corner
Sooo much to be on the lookout for.
Endless variety, price, & most importantly cost. Your experience and knowledge is a very good 1st step in being content with your purchase. Unless your Dr. Strange, some of us spend alot of time sorting through ALL the hundreds of choices w/ options to make an informed choice. ( half the fun? ) I think so.
NKUWAN 's watch really surprises me！
I am new to watches but want to know: if a company checks all the boxes, but is made in China, how do collectors respond? I collect knives and many new Chinese "mid-tech" knives have dazzling quality and materials. They usually lack in originality, pedigree, and human rights. Does the watch community have the same problem?
Watches are about history and generational craftsmanship.
@@atodaso1668no 👎
Nice to see the guys at 12:40 wearing their face muzzles. So compliant. I work with sheep and it is easy to do.
Hey, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Love to know more.
very informative.
Just a suggestion: I wish you can feature Pamela Adlon of Better Things. She’s a big watch person and would be interesting to see her collection and her take on watch collecting. I’m getting into watches and I foresee that more and more women will be into watches in the foreseeable future.
Very good vedio!
Ceramic may be expensive, but looks like plastic... 😂
😂
Good break down
Teddy! You are the guy I’m going to come to when I need a solid decision about money spent on a timepiece. Thanks 🙏🏻