The Best Watch Ever Made
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- What is the best watch ever made? We try and answer that with some help from Russell: The Mad Watch Collector!
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What? No mention of Rolex in the title?!......b-r-a-v-o
The Mad Watch collector has the right vibe for your show. The collab made you all better. UNITE.
I love that you all actually answered the question! Well done, guys!
Nothing on Rolex, it's rather a good point. On the other hand, the SKX, the Royal Oak and all the G-Shocks, I can no longer see them. So I vote for the Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch.
@@chrisenchemin7183 At the end, everyone reluctantly conceded that the Rolex Daytona is the best watch ever made.
I never thought I'd see the day when the Mad Watch Collector gets on here! Great to see you all doing what you do best!
I loved Andrews summary of the Royal Oak! Exactly how I feel!
Hey Britt!!
Casio F91W is the best watch ever. Changed the paradigm in terms of movement, prices, materials and is timeless.
GWM-5610U
I agree :) F-91W
The F91W is the best watch ever made. Why? It gave many millions of people all over the world the opportunity to know the time long before cell phones came along. The F91W was the printing press, the Ford model T, the lightbulb of the watch world.
I absolutely agree.
cheap and popular back in the days, best? not even close
@@BoazNGK Tell that to the average person in the global South who could never have afforded a watch until the F91W came along. It was the first watch that even the poorest person could afford if they saved up the money. That's why it's the best. It took the standardization of time, and everything that goes with that, meaning expectation to be on time, when to arrive and when to leave, etc. and it made these ideas accessible and the social expectations around time applicable to everyone in the world. Sure, Rolex is a good watch, but how many people in Uganda or Bolivia have Rolexes? How many of them have an F91W? Before the F91W, how many of them had watches?
@@BoazNGK It definitely depends on your definition of "best".
The F91W blasts every watch on the list in terms of accuracy. It's also value for money beyond the moon. It's iconic, gets respect from EVERYONE whether they are into watches or not, and is versatile.
It was my first ever watch and if I was desperate, it would be the only watch I'd keep (since there is literally zero resale value).
To say it's not even close is to do the Casio an disservice, and that's an understatement.
@@Muzly"blasts every watch" is somewhat amusing considering they were (are still?) the most popular watch for improvised explosives.
I have Rolex, Omega, Breitling, Patek. My favorite is my Submariner that belonged to my father, but unquestionably my *BEST* all around watch that goes with me everywhere from meetings, to weddings, to the ocean, is my all metal square G-Shock.
The best watch ever made was the transformers watch
This is the only right answer. This and the Casio F-91W
Nah, F91W. The person above me seems to be an all knowing watch god.
The 12yr old me back in the days would agree.
I just bought my first one. Started wearing it yesterday. Now I understand!
Facts
This trio is the best. Just jokes after jokes. Cool and breezy episode. Cheers, guys!
Surprised the Rolex Submariner wasn't mentioned! That being said, I think the Submariner and the G-Shock DW-5600 are the two best picks.
Or the DW-5000C. Whatever variation of the classic square you prefer!
Don’t be surprised, it’s Watchfinder
Agree
The BEST watch?! OUUUSH! What an impossible question to answer! But I loved every second of this episode! MORE RUSSELL PLEASE!!! 💕👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Why hello there you fellow Canadian you! Hope all is well, stay awesome 👊🔥👊
It's without a doubt the hublot big bang! Such an incredible value for money piece! JK in my opinion the grandmaster chime is one of the greatest watches of all time
I have a feeling you'd pick a Rolex.
Actually the screws of the RO are really functional. They are those on which the case back "screws" (actually they look like screws but in reality they are nuts) screw-in to compress the sandwich made by bezel, midcase and caseback together and make it water tight.
I'm not familiar with the Royal Oak but I LOVE AP.
I know a blurred Speedy when I see one 😂
SKX007 is a top candidate for sure. How many new enthusiasts that watch brought into the world ? Is there any other watch that brought more people into watches ?How about the modding community which is HUGE today, all started by the SKX.
I suggest the Casio Duro for the poor people of the world 🌎 $50
Okay but to 99% of people they have no idea what an SKX007 is or looks like and they'll see it and think '"Oh it's like a Rolex then". I like it but you can't call a watch with mineral crystal, a way out there accuracy wise movement, and little recognition from the public as the best watch ever made
@@fark69 Specs are irrelevant for this matter. And 99% of people don't know what a Submariner is either. They know Rolex as a brand, that's about it.
Still kept my SKX009. My first proper mechanical watch
My Speedmaster is my favorite watch... My Casio G Shock is my *best* watch, 15 years old and never been in for service, just change the battery and keep on beating the $h!+ out of it
Edit: my favorite thing to do with the "high horology" guys, is when they talk about their Perpetual Calendars and how they account for short months and leap years I like to say "oh! Just like my G Shock Mudman!"
Another excellent and entertaining video! While there are quite literally hundreds of watches out there that could be mentioned in this impossibly subjective category, I like to would offer up the original Bulova Accutron for consideration. Great job guys and delightful banter though out the entire video. Well done! 🥃
Fantastic content. Love the banter, and love to see the MWC with you guys!
Outstanding video and collaboration! Andrew, please bring Russell back and do more videos! I really enjoyed it! 👍
It is the Speedmaster, that is the only watch someone identified on my wrist. Everything else is said:
"Nice Rolex" except I don't own a Rolex.
I would certainly have a Speedmaster over anything Rolex makes, money no object.
Dears
I believe the best ever ,gathering all aspects but most important ,originality, is Grand Seiko Spring drive watches(you may choose which ).
With great love and appreciation also to great Russell
Nizar
Nizar
0:28 - that’s where I checked out
G-Shock, affordable, classy and some of them look like an AP 😁
Cartier Santos neatly ties up different eras of luxury watch making.. (the beginnings, the Genta era, modern high quality era) it’s readily available, well made, not as expensive as similar icons..
Great interaction between you three guys. More of this please😀
Russell's not mad, he's mental!
the best watch ever made was the Vincero as it cuts out the middle man. everyone knows that
So does Christopher Ward, Monta, Formex, Ginault, Farer, basically every microbrand ever made, plus everything on Ali Express.
@@thegornexcept they have varying degrees of actual build quality unlike vincero
This could have been 3 hours long and i would have still loved every second.
G-shocks are pretty good tool watches. For 100 or so dollars you can get a solar model with multi band and that’s it, you don’t have to worry about charging it, getting it wet, banging it around or setting time for next twenty years. To be honest, most of thus could be said about most of regular Casio watches as well.
The best watch is the watch your father bought you on your graduation.
The watch you bought yourself when you got you first full time job.
The watch you bought Duty Free on your first international holiday.
The watch you put on this week that made you happy.
We don't appreciate its importance nowadays but there was a time when using a slide rule was the only way to do fast calculations with decent accuracy, so the Navitimer deserves a mention, A very useful tool watch. Honourable mention to the Glycine Airman. My own choice because it is a personal favourite is a contemporary of the SKX, and thus ignored by many, the Citizen "Lefty" Diver.
Watched the Mechanic 2 film last night and never knew Jason had a Speedy on a lovely chunky leather strap, I want one 🤩
My deceased dad's General Motors employee 20 year service anniversary watch, a Hamilton Quartz! I own Rolex, Breitling, Omega, B&R, Baume Mercier, Cuervo y Sobrinos, Seiko, Tissot, Tag Heuer etc., and nothing gives me the same feeling as that watch does.
The existence of watch is to tell time. And no one does it better than grand seiko quartz watches. They’re the greatest and best watches ever made. IMO all gs watches, especially omiwatari, are the greatest watches ever made.
Well done guys. Thanks
Has the sentence, "Milk that Moon-teat dry," ever been uttered before?
OMG, this is the cleanest I’ve ever seen Andrew!! Keep it up! BTW when someone mentioned daytona, I puked my dinner…🤮
Tom's wit is iconic... Yes, Russel! I was thinking the OG GShock... Gotta agree with Andrew on the Daytona.
I knew it! Hit the nail in the head, Russel! G-shock it is!
'THE MOST WATCH EVER!' I'm gonna use this phrase so much now! 🤣
Great video, guys! I’ve got to go with Russel on this one; the ubiquitous square G-Shock is the best! I love my 5610U.
I look at mine everyday, and still love it after 20 years.
Rothschild once said the best wine he had was a cheap wine he bought as a teenager, to drink with his sweetheart, on a hill, looking at the sunset. So if we’ll borrow this allegory, the best watch is the one you can have and enjoy with the people you love. I was wearing a black and fluorescent green AdiZero when I met my love, what a glorious watch.
Lmao so much comedic value here, loved this!
Casio G shock has got be up there for sure. Absolute icon everyone has heard of the G-Shock, extremely affordable, and very high quality, especially around the $100 mark and up. By the trifecta, I believe it would win. But the only thing a watch like this is missing is a very high "want" factor for lack of a better word.
I love the 7s26, no hacking or handwinding means less wear and tear on the movement. It will last decades
I couldn’t agree more! I have a vintage Seiko 5 from the 1980’s with a 7s26 as well as an original orange monster. Neither have ever been serviced and both still keep very good time. Neither are cosc worthy but for being decades old and never having been serviced I am very impressed. Meanwhile my brand new Breitling SO Heritage with the in-house movement had to be sent back to Switzerland in under a year to be rebuilt. I love my Breitling but my Seikos are the true beasts of my collection.
It’s a very simple movement, it’s not made for accuracy though and the materials used are cheap. It lasts because there isn’t expectation of long term accuracy. You can take any eta mechanical movement and they last just as long, longer with services
Not really. The 4r is basically the very same movement with just handwind and a small lever that contacts the balance when you pull the crown. No difference in wear between them. I personally replaced the 7s with the 4r into my SKX with zero problems
I just won't service my 7s watches. Replace the movement when they go bad. I also don't mind the lack of hacking as they're not v accurate anyway
@@jroobz they can be. Once regulated mine are within+-5sec/d
Very entertaining episode guys but I'd have to say that in the company of the Speedy, the Daytona cannot hold a half burned, leaky candle to its name. I'd even put the Casio DW-5000C in 2nd place and in 3rd maybe the Royal Oak although not into integrated bracelet or Gerald Genta designs at all, but I do respect it.
I love this collab!
Very obscure choice here, but the Jaeger leCoultre Master Compressor Dualmatic. It's in my opinion the greatest combination of a dress watch, a dive watch and a true GMT all in one.
Casio Gshock GAB 2100. Game over.
“Milk the moon teat” there’s a selection of words I’d never of thought would be used to make a sentence!! Bravo Tom! 🤣🤣 👏
Grand Seiko Snowflake. Best movement in the history of watchmaking. Innovative dial. Mastering the superior material of Titanium. Understated yet bold and classic. This watch will stand the test of time.
This is as exciting as seeing Niels Bohr and Enrico Fermi in the same movie! Loving this.
To keep it affordable: certain seiko prospexes & presages, many orient stars, some tissots & hamiltons, based on their heritage pieces
Love omega, own a Seamaster from the 60s, and have always wanted a speedy, was worried with all of the buzz about them more recently that I’d find it a little boring, but trying one, beautiful watch. Very overplayed at this point but doesn’t change how great it is!
I felt the same about the Speedy, I was effectively talking myself out of it due to it being so universally loved, tried one on and understood why. Is it sort of boring due to being so well known and loved? Yes, absolutely, but.... I love it too :D
@@Draknareth just timeless, the design endures even if you discount all of the history, hope you get to own one soon!
Can’t find it but what clock is behind The MWC???
Brian Adams ref is bang on! Fair play Russel
When I want to treat myself. I usually go to Seiko. I can’t afford anything much more expensive. And the total is getting close to 20 as it is. I also have had no real complaints with the Casio for a nice watch to wear at work. Or just around the house. One thing that I really look for is a Day/Date. I bought a Traser many years ago and it was great very accurate for me. Only drawback was I thought the face was a little too small for my use. I wish that I would have gotten it when my eyes were better. I can tell you without a doubt that the worst was a wind up with no second hand for my first watch. I was constantly over winding the poor thing. Just to make sure it was wound. Never buy that style for a kid.
Love how the casio is set at 10'08
I would love to see a Grand Seiko SKX with their hi beat movement, that would be amazing!
Can u put some time stamps on lengthy videos please?
I am officially a world expert on breaking watches...
Then one day having had enough or breakable watches I reluctantly bought a G shock. I have now spent years attempting to destroy one while it's on my wrist without having a Churchill Tank crushing both, if indeed a Churchill Tank could crush a G Shock.
After the apocalypse all that will be left on Earth will be rats and G Shocks
I am afraid Casio wins this hands down!
Casio G Shock could never have been the star of the Cadbury Smash adverts.
EMP
Skx is a model that seiko should bring back in the distant future as a vintage rerelease.
Danny Wellington kicks ass
Seiko SPC133P1. It does everything, it has everything apart from the kitchen sink and it's relatively cheap.
F 91W is the GOAT. I have a good collection of watches but when I'm at work it's the F91W. It's just simply more functional than a speedy or a diver. Also it's water resistant enough to have never leaked when I dunk it in solvents to clean it off and I've definitely tampered with it trying to do mods back in the day. It just won't break... The battery won't even die. I think it's powered by black magic inside that resin case.
G Shock is by far the best watch ever made.
Wonderful video guys, thanks :) I love it how you tamed MWC :D As much as I visually dont like the SKX, I think it most probably is the greatest watch ever. I would add a Casio F91W. Other luxury pieces dont come close to applying.
I'm going to buy that VC pocket watch and convert it to a diver.
I love that digital clock in the background with little snippets of old video games.
I identified a few favourites:
Earthworm Jim
Golden Axe
The pink pillow thing from Nintendo
Obviously Mario
R type
A few fighters I couldn’t recognise
The F91w is an icon, but I am with Russel, the madman is right about G Shock, the 5000 series and the new 5600 Solar started something amazing, a watch, that no matter what you did to it, it always worked and was always accurate, and with the GA 2100 and GA-B2100, you have a Royal Oak that anyone can afford, and it will always work, MWC is dead on.
Datejust. You can swim in it, wear it with a suit, it’s had loads of history, presidents have worn it. It’s the best all-around watch ever.
The CZcams watch community, and watch collecting community in general, always amazes me.
Nice collab. Totally agree about Omega overcooking the "first watch on the moon" angle. It's a nice watch otherwise.
Is Russel playing Warcraft while being interviewed?
Sonic!
To be fair I think Swatch deserves a shout here - not from a watch making perspective - but as an industry saving perspective - without Swatch there would barely be a watch industry now
You are so right!👍
13:15 because some Chinese folks made aftermarket parts for 2100 G-Shocks, and they sold a fuck-ton of them.
I can't believe you did not mention the real designer of the Royal Oak being Gerald Genta. He did more to salvage the mechanical watches from the ravages of the quartz craze than most. However, Genta was not a fan of the modifications that came later to his Royal Oak design.
Gerald didn’t like all the crap they added to his design.
Best watch review over the pond, to date!
I wholeheartedly agree with Mr Mad. G-Shock closely followed by F-91W👍
From a functionality, innovation and functional design perspective, and for a product which has had and does still has huge impact both on the watch industry and culture it would have to be something Casio.
Awww Russell.... love it
The best watch ever made is the watch that you look forward to wear each and everyday.
Lame
I want a 100m WR Breitling Cosmonaute with a spring drive in titanium or SS.
Speedmaster is merely popular for marketing reasons since going to the moon is skipping a few steps. Like being the first watch in space; which would be far more significant... and that would be the Sturmanski that Gagarin wore and was based on a French LIP26. Just like the Speedmaster, you can still get homages and re-issues. In the 1940s graduating Russian pilots were gifted these watches at the Moscow flight School
The 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar.
Didn’t even mention the Greubel Forsey Handmade 1 or Roger Smith 😐
The best watch in the world is the watch your dad wore and left to you .
After that I’m sure we’d leave this choice to be decided by Breguet , George D and FP Journe .
If Seiko would have just put a screw down crown on the SRPD series, I would have been satisfied. But thankfully we have people like Mark from Long Island Watch who does the SKX style cases the right way.
Nice Collab!
The SKX 007 is a fantastic bit of kit, certainly up there.
No mention of Grand Seiko and their best in class build/polish and quality control?
Best of British humor here, for certain. You guys cover the spectrum from sardonic Bond to cray-cray Python.
Partial to the Night's Watch.
Submariner (before the tremendous increase in rolex prices) and f91w for automatic and quartz respectively.
Is a watch really that good of a value if you have to buy other timepieces to get on the list?
I have a speedmaster just because my childhood hero Neil Armstrong, wore one on the Moon.
G-shock is more robust and more precise than most other watches - simply the best !!!
We need theMADwife!!
This competition was a bit contrived, of course, but fun none the less! The challenge lies in the word best! Best for what, and for whom? One of my parameters would have to be affordability, and “bang for the buck” because it makes the watch available to more people! That’s why I’m leaning more towards your first pick, the Seiko! I’d like to add my own two cents to the mix, and nominate the Tissot gentleman! It’s a watch for all seasons and all occasions, it’s got good spec, it’s affordable, handsome, and timeless and its design! You can wear it to the match, to the beach, or out to dinner, and never be over, or under dressed! Who could ask for more?
Square G-Shock, whatever your flavor, is the answer.
Kind of a weird pick: for me the best watch ever made is the dive master chronograph from victornox.
It's just spot on in terms of functionality.