Phil Nobile Jr's Watch Collection: TAG Heuer, Omega Seamaster, Tissot Seastar, Zodiac Seawolf & More
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- Today I'm joined by Phil Nobile Jr., Editor-in-Chief of the legendary FANGORIA magazine, and fellow watch and James Bond enthusiast.
Join us for this fun #watchtalk episode, where he shares 5 excellent watches from his personal collection-plus thoughts on watch collecting, watches in movies, watch seller's remorse, and more.
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**Spoliers Ahead**
In this video we take a look at a super rare vintage Zodiac Seawolf from the David Fincher movie Zodiac, and 2 of the rarest and most underrated James Bond watches (the TAG Heuer 1000 from The Living Daylights, and Roger Moore's Tissot Seastar from Live and Let Die).
We also discuss Phil's favorite watch (the 1957 re-issue for the Omega Seamaster) and perhaps the craziest watch I have ever seen-a smart watch hybrid recreation of the watch from John Carpenter's Escape from New York, worn by the unforgettable Snake Plissken, played by actor Kurt Russell.
This was such a wonderful interview/discussion between you two.I really enjoyed it. Thank you!🙂⌚
Do I need to tell you how much I liked this?!! I'm 45 and also a big film buff, so I literally felt at home. Phil was great! We need more videos with him.
My message to Phil; Love your collection and passion. If you are ever interested in buying a watch, reading is one thing but you need a philosophy to better understand what you are buying. Great example is the blancpain brand which was ressurected by mr. Jean Claude Biver, I swore i would never deal with these resurrected brands. However, after reading about Mr. Biver and how he set up the brand, Oh God was I inspired-a young man taking on a broken down brand and then partnering with a great watch maker and vcarrying out one of the very first forms of vertical intergration- he was a pioneer and this made me change my out look. The more you read, the more your principles change or evolve
Phil Nobile's explanation regarding fascination and curiosity on things that pique our interests as humans really resonated with me. Loved every bit of this. Thank you TGV!
This guy Mr. Nobile, hes good. This was great interview, and he is quite knowledgeable on multiple different subjects. Super stoked for your Bond video tho!
I'm glad Phil asked the question I've been curious about..."what's with selling your watches?"
Your answer was reasonable.👍🏽✌🏽
I had no idea that Hugo had such a stunning singing voice. We are so fortunate to be living in a time where we might be graced by those golden pipes.
PS; Horror Noire is an incredible documentary.
That is a big compliment coming from you, on both the voice 🤣🤣, I will tell Hugo. But regarding the documentary, I am sure Phil will appreciate it. Thank you my friend! O&U!
Best regards,
TGV
Yes he has and reminds me on the Italian singer Angelo Branduardi
One of the best video interviews on your channel to date! Thank you and Sir Nobile
24:54 "remarkably incurious". My wife has a similar phrase, she refers to it as "an appalling lack of curiosity".
Great interview TGV, and educational as always!
But who is the "remarkably incurious" person?
Vocals by Hugo!! You just can't top that! It makes me so happy to see this wonderful intro!
That Tag has been in my memory since my childhood, my uncle who got me into watches has that model from back in the late 80's early 90's but in stainless steel, that fully lumed dial stuck with me, he hasn't worn it in forever but does still have it, cool watch that definitely helped spark my love of watches.
Superb video and interview. More like this please. Top guy. And great insight. Thanks.
Loved this discussion, gents! Legends chatting away!
David, what an honor to see you in the comment.
Thank you my friend!!!
Best regards,
TGV
I really enjoy how your interests intersect with interesting people. And I fully agree with Mr Nobile- learning new things makes life exciting. Calling someone "completely incurious " is a terrible insult.
Great show T & Phil!! Love the Tim Daulton Tag;) Although he should’ve been wearing a CWC ! that’s another subject;)
Thank you TGV and Phil for the video. Very nice, like always!!!
"It's like finding a new wing in the library" - indeed, well put.
Yeh I loved that description. Totally describes my feelings about watches
This channel has some kind of dignity the other channels do not have. I always get happy when you upload new videos!
Really finding myself liking these type of videos more and more. Of course new watch reviews will stay my favorite and lifestyle vids, but seeing someone else and their tastes and knowledge is just as fun. Keep it up TGV!!! Been a fan since how to make coffee that tastes better than Starbucks from home.
Wow, thank you so much! That means a great deal to me. You are a true OG (original Gentry!!!). I will be sure to try and get more guests in now things are not a crazy as last year 🤞🤞🤞
Stay safe and well my friend. Onwards, upwards and best regards!
TGV
Excellent guest, most enjoyable. Cheers TGV 👍🏻👍🏻
This was a great chat, guys. Cheers to rabbit holes and curiosity! --Great collection, too (the result of rabbit holes and curiosity).
By the way, TGV--please do that "seller's remorse" video. That could be an interesting story to tell.
Great chat between you two. Phil seems an interesting guy and certainly has a good taste in watches 👍. Wrist watch check for me I'm wearing my Orient Star Retrograde which I've fallen back in love with again. Would love you to review one sir, as it's a little bit different to the norm and think you would find interesting 👍. Have a good week
LOVE that Orient, very classy. I will see if I can get my hands on one, I like the layout on the dial.
Thank you Chris, have a good week too.
Best regards,
TGV
Good guest, nice collection, well interviewed. Thanks as ever.
This is my newest favourite channel of 2021 I am late to the party but I’ve been watching your episodes very much I loved you on the bond experience and bond related stuff but overall such great content on watches themselves keep going keep up the great work
Thank you Shane, I am deeply deeply honored. Lots more Bond stuff coming you will be glad to hear.
Best regards,
TGV
I purchased a Tissot Automatic Seastar in 1971. I still have the watch, and I still wear it every once in a while.
Great video. Loved those watches - especially that Tissot - Live and Let Die is such a great Bond movie.
Enjoyed this conversation perhaps more than all others on the channel. Entertaining.
Love this episode. So…genuine. I hope you both do one again.
Holy crap! What a great collection! I was not expecting that Escape from New York watch hahahaha. Great episode TGV!
What an enjoyable vid. Loved the insight and the wonderful way that we (The Viewers) are getting to know you.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Great chat with Phil, love that vintage Seastar and FANGORIA!!
So glad to hear that,
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
Great interview. Loved the far ranging discussion.
Respect for "In the Mouth of Madness"! As an avid horror watcher and a Lovecraft fan, I think it's one of the best movies in the genre, and inspired heavily by maestro HPL.
🙌🙌🙌
Thank you John,
Best regards,
TGV
Thank you TGV for another great interview with a new person! Stay healthy and well! Ps. my favorite one out of the bunch was the Omega! Have a great day! Nick L
I bought a Tissot Seastar in 1969 when I was 13 yrs old on a school trip to Interlaken in Switzerland. It cost me nearly all my spending money (about £10). This was a simple manual wind with no complications, but it had a blue dial which I found captivating.
I really wish I still had this watch.
Great guest TGV. Thanks for keeping things fresh.
Wow Fangoria...thats a classic for ya there. I didnt know it started back up
Another fine informative video, combining my love of Bond and growing up reading Fangoria magazines as a teenager in the 70's then well into the 80's.
Well done TGV. As always kind regards from Australia
Rikki
Your introductions are really entertaining. It is a pleasure to watch your videos!
I have inherited my dad's Tissot Seastar 516 which is my daily wearer. He got it for his 21st birthday back in 1967 because it reminded him of the steering wheel on the Jaguar E-Type. I didn't know that it is a Bond watch - so cool.
Really well done, TGV. Truly enjoyed the discourse and the discussion about all of Phil’s pieces. He certainly has e very eclectic and interesting collection. That Escape From NewYork piece is a ton (intended) of watch! Quite fun. I am sure he was grateful for your depth of knowledge oh his pieces. I learned a great deal from both of you. Phil couldn’t have said it better…always seek to learn….the comment on being incurious…..he hit that nail on the head. Wonderful video. Thank you for such interesting, engaging, and quality content. Onward and upward, my friend!!!
Love this style of in-person collection inspections! Really interesting chap! Also, the Tom Cruise running montage.... fantastic!
Quite a coincidence watching this video today as I only discovered that Roger Moore had worn the Seastar in Live And Let Die last week...So to see it prominently featured on The Urban Gentry was fortuitous so that I can get a better look at it. Also I loved seeing the PVD Tag Heuer from The Living Daylights, an absolutely top notch Bond film in my opinion!
I was a big Fangoria fan when i was a kid . It was a way to learn about horror movies that would never make it into the local theatre or the small movie rental section in my towns store. Kids today would not believe life in a small canadian country town before the internet.
In our issue last year with Patton Oswalt on the cover, he wrote an article about that experience - reading the magazine in his small rural town and imagining the movies in his head.
Great video TGV and Phil the perfect guest! 👍
Just by quickly glancing the thumbnail I thought Bruce Williams was his guest😀 Mr Nobile was not a let down though. Wonderful guy!
Great conversation. Authentic, unrehearsed, natural, and all about the love of horology, and not commodity trading like another channel that shall go unnamed!
TGV knows how to find an interesting person to his show. Thanks a lot!
Nice video. Right up my alley. Watches and bond.... Love it.
Great video. Phil Nobile is such a cool dude. Kudos to him for bringing the Snake Plissken watch. That thing was did nothing but increase the pressure in that movie.
Thank you . Enjoyed your discussion very much.
How timely - my wife and I are just starting a watch through of every Bond film in release order. Gives me something extra to look out for!
For one heart-stopping moment I thought TGV was talking watches with Russell Crowe! :-P
LOL!!!! One day perhaps, he has some cool watches.
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
Great video
Lol! Ditto!!
Get a grip
Jay Burgess, Russell Crowe actually auctioned off a few watches during his divorce a few years ago. Prior to the auction he did a short interview about various pieces and how they came into his collection. Well worth viewing to hear the stories.
Really enjoyed this video, TGV. Phil is an interesting guy and brought a nice perspective to the conversation!
Love seeing other people’s collection. Keep em coming!
Loved Fangoria as a kid, best pics of "Zombies getting messed up, REAL Good" ! Actually I was a full grown adult.
Hi TGV
Cool vid😊
I was really surprised that James Bond in the Roger Moore incarnation has worn a Tissot Sea Star. Have my own sad history with that watch although not in the diver version with the bezel. They were very common in the 1960’s in the more dress watch oriented version and I remember the dail layout as being largely the same with the hands, the square markers and all. I inherited one from my father which he bought some time during the late 60’s - and I lost it on a train ride. As the careless young guy I was, and not yet particularly interested in watches, I had indeed noticed that there was a problem with one of the keepers but just tugged it in the best I could. Silly me. I’ve missed that wonderful blue dailed Tissot ever since and have considered buying one back - they’re not hard to come by. But- it wouldn’t of course be THAT watch, not with the same sentimental value...
Really would like to see you make a video about the Zodiac watches. I’ve always been kind of fascinated by them because of that very characteristic design, really a strong design DNA in the world of watches😊
Keep up the good work👍
Thank you Kjeld 🙏😀
That actually helps to understand the Seastar line, I really hope Tissot document and share it's history. So little online about these awake watches.
Have a great week!
Best regards,
TGV
I almost spit my drink out .. when he said I saw you running around like mission impossible lol
Ladiladiladi! This Intro will be stuck in my head all day, thanks Hugo! :D Great video and really contagious enthusiasm!
Finally a good look at the Dalton Heuer, I love that watch! It's a shame that it's virtually impossible to find.
Love my Omega Seamaster Trilogy, just as Phil says, starts shining being worn!
Really enjoyed that. Interesting collection. Love the Roger Moore Tissot!
What an enjoyable conversation and great watch collection! In the Mouth of Madness is 100% an underrated film. There is are so many incredible scenes and quotes in that movie. Sam Neill was the perfect choice for the lead character.
Great chat, thanks for the vid TGV. 👍🏽😎
Better than Talking Watches from Hodinkee.
That seastar is absolutely awesome!!
Hugo, you’re the Cat’s Meow! hahah! Another great interview.
Tristano!
This interview is incredible! It was so enjoyable to watch. I just wanted to congratulate you on how far and incredible the channel has come. It is incredible to think that it was 6 years ago that you helped me start my watch and horology journey with my SKX009. I hope you are well old friend during these times. Congratulations on how incredible the channel has become. Stay well, onwards and upwards.
All the best, from Sydney Down Under!
Ben
Ben, absolutely amazing to hear from you!!! Thank you so much, this just made my day.
Ahhhhh yes, the good ole' skx009, those days feel like only yesterday. I deeply appreciate the support, I hope things are going well for you, please stay safe and well too.
O&U!
Best regards,
TGV
In the Mouth of madness... What a movie . Great video guys thanks for sharing with us. Love that tag such a cool dial.
I love his collection! The movie connection is very cool
Giving away my age but, I think I have the first several issues of Fangoria!
that big watch is awesome on your desk in a special stand !!!!
wow! it was very Interesting to listen to the Tag Heuer part especially
I love your passion for that old Omega! I think I got the same feelings with some of my oldies! They are not expensive, but I love the story. They give an insight of an time that was (I’m now also talking about my vintage invicta’s! 😅😉). Thank you for the video! 😃
Fun interview. Enjoyed the digressions as much as the main topic!
Hey TGV, have you ever thought about doing a video on your Top Ten favorite movie watches? Love the video, keep up the great work!
I watched Big Trouble in Little China with my 14 year old (mimic of a) son, a month ago. Everywhere we go he quotes the movie... “This is going to take crackerjack timing Wang.” Brilliant 🎥. All the best TGV. “Complete focus.”
I dig the Charlie poster in the background btw...first time ive really taken the time to look around at the background
That intro was so good. Well done!
Great seeing Hugo back in action!. Great interview and knowledgable, fun to watch. I’m currently in the process of pulling the trigger on a white sea master 300, but that true bond on the Nato is eye catching. Think I’ll stand in the garden when I explain my expensive taste to the wife.. 🤣👍
Loved this! Definitely do more interviews like this.
Hi TGV!
I like this Watch Talk format. Very entertaining. Please do it more often.
Best regards,
Claus
Very fun episode , great guest!
Suave Hugo is great! I love the discussion of watches in movies. Great guest!
Thank you 😊 🙏
Best regards,
TGV
Very nice video. He’s really a big fan of movies and he knows his topic. Might need a part ll... just saying...
Love the hidden gems collection pieces and the Omega trilogy watches are definitely the best to me. Great flat links bracelets ! 😱🤩😍
I'm just thinking of TGV sitting at home singing "LADIDIDAA, DIDA LADIDIDAAA" in his Hugo voice into a mic. ahahahaha
LOL, I don't know what you're talking about!!! 😂😂😉
Thank you my friend,
Best regards,
TGV
Phil was a great guest...
There was a NY comedian named Chris Rush. He had a bit about clues in movies including Blackula. It was "Puncture Wounds and Chitterlings! Must be Blackula"
Finally a zodiac on your channel love the sea wolf
Great content love it....yeah we need second part, great pieces guy's keep going 👍👍...the Tag was my favorite of all...I got the citizen all lume.....
Hugo as 007, I cannot believe it. I see him more as a Bond villain. Love seeing more in person guests on the show! 😀
I dont know where you came up with tootle-pip but it's pure solid gold.
I Love The Omega SeaMaster. My 1ST James Bond Film That My Dad Introduced 2 Me When I Was 4 Is GoldenEye (1995).
I love my No time to die Seamaster. I bought it because I saw it in the boutique and was just mezmerized.
I have a Tissot Visodate Seastar PR516 circa 1972 +/with what I believe is one of the original available bracelets. It is a metal rally style, if that helps your search. I have a Visodate Seastar T12 Navigator 3-hander, also +/- 1972 which looks a lot like the precursor to the Aqua Terra that has a Guy Frères three pièce H link bracelet with hollow end links where it looks like different end links could have made the same bracelet work with lots of different models, again, if that helps. So glad that the PRX is bringing back what I think was one of the finest lines of watches ever, though I don't care much for the moderrn Seastar. Give the Gentleman Silicium a Compressor-style re-fashioning and there you have one for the ages. Or a PRX Offshore...
Great chat and great collection!
Daniel Craig movies made me appreciate the Bond movies at another level. And you made me a « real fan » of the Bond franchise.
The Zodiac Super Sea Wolf 53 Compression collection is really cool,like the one with blue dial and blue bezel. I just discovered the Olympos, striking design.
Cool video with another stunning intro ;)
That was a great video mate really enjoyed that cheers mate
Hugo never fails to impress. Cheers to him and TGV.
Thank you Wes, I will pass along your compliment to Hugo.
Best regards,
TGV
Movies, watches, Bond?
I’m in!
Cheers 🥂
I like your style Farshid!
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
Great fun watching you two 👍🏻