10 Things Every Watch Enthusiast Should Know
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- If you’re a beginner just getting started with watches, here are ten things every watch enthusiast needs to know before they start collecting.
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What do you think every watch enthusiast should know? Educate me!
Your health and financial security is more important. Get those push-ups going...
Be patient and enjoy the journey. In many ways the wanting is better than the getting.
Try on whenever you can. Pictures really aren’t enough to know if it’s right for you or not.
Price doesn’t assure appropriate quality or taste. With a bit of research you can find amazing watches for a fraction of the price of more famous brands of a similar or sometimes better quality.
Shout out to Aki. Bring it
@@wisamal-hakim5531 Agreed mate.
Some people start with high end watches, I'd advise going affordable and working your way up through the price brackets. That way they'll get to experience just how good some affordable models are, and just how impressive each level up from there gets. You actually get to see where your money goes in the smallest of details that you'd only understand if you start from the bottom.
Just my two cents.
Consider the cost of maintenance.
'Nice" watches are never a one-off cost. I ~ could ~ justify getting an AP 11.59 Starwheel if I really tried, but the added $$$ of regular maintainance puts it out of my economic means.
A watch enthusiast should buy with a heart, the budget will be set by the brain. And, the rules are not set by the movement, I’d rather have a quartz Cartier Santos than an automatic of any other brand, but my bank balance (and family needs) won’t even stretch to that Cartier! I’ll settle for a quartz Victorinox Inox instead, just as arresting.
Dave Portnoy should have watched the segment with Quartz vs Mechanical 😂
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Accurate 😂
@End Illiteracy look up Dave Pornoy and Brick Watch Company…. It’s rather hilarious what he’s attempting and for the prices he’s asking
@@richardhawkins1368So we should elevate our literacy by searching Dave Pornoy?
Great video and funny as hell!!
1. Buy what you like the LOOK OF, not specs, brand or hype.
2. Don't buy expensive watches if you're new to the hobby, as your TASTE and PREFERENCES will evolve and change over time!
3. Buy with excess cash you have, it is a luxury item, getting in debt for luxury and something you don't really NEED is stupid.
4. Take a 2 month period of looking at the photos and videos of a watch you want to make sure you don't buy on impulse!
Things I've learned over the years in a costly matter 😂
Andrew your humor in writing for your videos regarding horology is without doubt the best on CZcams . Entertaining and informative 👍👍👍
Thank you very much, and thanks for watching!
Buy what you like, if it goes up in value… bonus!
Thank you Andrew for this interesting and humorous commentary on all the character oddities that make watch collectors who they are. Its a great primer for the uninitiated to understand us. The truth is that many of these eccentricities exist in other collecting communities - whether they are collectors of classic cars or stamp collectors. Those who engage in collecting are not so much consumed by the banal practical concerns of what we are collecting. We love the art, human ingenuity, precision and the history of the objects that we lovingly curate.
Thank you for watching 😊
Hehehe you had me chuckling through the whole video Andrew 😆! It seems a lot of watch collectors share not only a passion for high-engineering + beautiful-art mechanical trinkets (of dubious if not outright useless utility), we also share an irreverent and often self-deprecating sense of humor 😎 And yes I did scroll back and pause to ensure I properly viewed every joke image you've peppered over the video.
Thank you for being you Andrew, bringing us ultra-high quality Watchfinder videos for years, and now these Talking Hands videos with their more informal style (plus the ones you do with Tom on your main channel).
Thanks for watching and your kind words 😊
Andrew Morgan is a true Word Smith. In case you are wondering what he wrote with a half second time space to read, Andrew wrote:
I've been advised by my lawer
Not to mock this up for your
Amusement, so instead,
Here's a poem:
There once was a man from Chorley
Who came over rather poorly
He went to Doc
Who gave him a shock
When he told him that his diet
And lifestyle was the cause and
That if he didn't make a change
He would probably suffer
Increasingly worse symptoms
And would die before he
Reached his sixties
And, the reasons for getting a watch:
-Your wife giving birth
-Lasting another year
-Winning the pub quiz
-Finding an odd sock
-Eating curry without getting it on your shirt
-Correctly predicting the armageddon
Thanks Andrew for another wise video. You really are a wordsmith.
Thank you so much for watching 😊
I bought a G-Shock because it’s the watch I wanted as a kid so I finally got it. I love to play with the light button and the chronometer. It’s so much fun
Buy what YOU like. The watch you like might not be cool on CZcams, the forums, or to your friends. But what matters is that it makes you smile when you look at it.
After buying many watches, and selling almost the same amount of watches, my golden rule - now - for buying a watch is.... keep the damn thing for 2 years.
The 2 year rule stops me flipping, which stops me buying and thus chasing the next dopamine hit. Also forces me to appreciate a watch over the long term and not succumb to whims of the moment
Good advice, pause for a moment and appreciate 👍
That takes a lot of discipline. Good advice though
Well said and Andrew captured the entire essence and joy of collecting watches in 13 minutes! Loved the cliches and humor!
Thanks for watching!
Can I just say your humour and personality coming through in the video are brilliant. Thanks for the great content!
Thanks very much for watching!
Here's one, buy the watch that you want. Don't settle for something else because of price/availability etc. (unless it's a Rolex at an AD). If you get something else other than what you wanted, you might have scratched the watch buying itch, but ultimately, you'll always want to get that watch that you originally wanted.
I used to click for the topic and watches, now I click for the comedy. Great job! Keep it up!
😄 thanks!
I appreciate Andrew Morgan’s wit and perspective just as much as I do his restraint to begin every video with “WHATS UP GUYS” much louder than necessary. This is the watch channel we all needed.
WHATS UP GUYS
@@AndrewMorganWatches NNNNNOOOOOOOO!!! I knew the urge would be too hard to resist! Well at least it’s not in the video. 😮💨
@@coolblack1 not in this video at least (WHATS UP GUYS)
another hilarious deadpan delivery. love your work Andrew,
I felt the British humor strongly in this video
Baldrick!
What a delightful video to start my Monday morning.
Andrew is telling me to remain sane in the watch game. 😃
Thanks for watching!
Really enjoying your solo channel!!
I’ve been a watch enthusiast for over 40 years and have learnt an important lesson (at great cost) I now only buy watches for the way they make me feel when I wear them, regardless of reviews or current fashions.
Keep up the great channel, love to hear your opinions, even if I sometimes disagree
Thanks very much!
Delightful! Good (honest) points.
I dream of an utopia, where no watch would be considered an investment……😉😄
Thanks Andrew I had a really good laugh at that, riding on that roller coaster journey too.
Thank for watching 😁
I'm new to the channel but I've really enjoyed the videos. Thanks for the content!
Thank you for watching!
Here's one: A. Lange & Söhne is now in the "Holy Trinity" of watch manufacturers, displacing Audemars Piguet.
Andrews analogy f**kin gold "finance anything that's not tied down". "They'll take a lone for the fuel! To sign the Loan for the very car they took the loan for🤣🤣🤣
The chronograph that went in space did make me a bit giggly. Took me a few years but I got a 3861 Speedy and love it! Great video
Congrats on the awesome watch, and thanks for stopping by!
I frikking love this, i was in a bad mood for my birthday, but i feel alot better now. Thanks:-)
I've bought a few second hand watches and have been pleasantly surprised a few times by how gorgeous they are in reality, even better than in the photos. I love that they have had a life before me!
Always keep in mind that you buy a watch for yourself, not for others-- 80% of people don't even notice whether or not you have something on your wrist, and of the 20% that do, 80% don't know, or care, what it is.
Good one there, Andrew... Whatever reason you consider worth rewarding.
Some people might put a picture on the fridge door of their next watch not thinking about the fact that they won't buy it as it has no date.. The picture I mean, not the watch.
Pictuers on the fridge door is well and good but that remains a fantasy spasm. Put the date on the picture and it becomes your next goal.
Still on the Rolex wait list. Very good.
Enjoyable video as always.
Keep em comin. They’re ‘dope AF’
Thanks bro 😁
You said it all. Thanks Andrew
Thanks for watching!
This was lovely. I enjoyed the video very much.
Thanks for watching!
Didn’t know you were an Author. Properly impressed. Indeed.
Thank you 😊
No questions, just want to thank you for multiple fits of giggling and laugh out loud moments that were needed after events of the day.
Now I have to go look up your books…
Ta!
Thanks very much 😁
One of your best vids, and that’s saying something.
I had thought of money retention but I have decided to just go for the one I like the look of. After all …. I will be looking at it ! If I ever manage to get a luxury watch.
Thanks for your video, it’s compounded my view 👍😃
If I'm looking to purchase a watch, I would usually hold off from buying it for at least 3 months. This helps to alleviate impulse purchases and allows time to research the watch.
Excelent rant!
Great video, very entertaining and enjoyable to watch. I personally find it funny that someone would finance a LUXURY watch when the key point is LUXURY and or excess
Great video
My first 'nice' watch was a little under $700 - a Seiko Presage SARY107. It was also my first mechanical. Now I'm hooked and whilst quite poor will add to this soon. So advice like this, Andrew, is like free financial advice to a rich bastard. Thank you
Didn’t realize you’re a novelist. Makes so much sense now. Just bought a copy of NY Deep from Amazon 👍
Thank you very much, I hope you enjoy it!
Excellent video. I want an ALS saxonia thin. This was the first watch I saw in a well known retailer's window which just made everything else look it came out of a Poundland Christmas cracker. A snip at £14k used. Might take me forever to save for but the heart wants what the heart wants.
It won’t be £14k by the time you’ve saved up for it… but thanks for watching in the meantime!
@@AndrewMorganWatches Ouch! Too real.
Best voice on CZcams
Still on the Rolex wait list… 😂😂😂
Thank you for this, it calmed me down greatly. Dunno why I get bit by that stupid buying bug when all I've got is a smartwatch, kind of dressy soviet mechanical and a g-shock. What else could I possibly _actually_ need?
We all need a good chuckle every now and then 😁
Man! I got to ask! What mic setup do you have?!
You have one of the best voices out there but also one of the best audio!
Shure MV7X, not too expensive!
Loved this video
Thank you 😁
I love this man ❤😄😄 especially his sense of humor
Thanks!
😂!! You make me think AND Laugh 😆!! Thanks
Please warn me to never eat anything spicy when watching your videos, the level of humour is next level 😂
😁
Well said! Subbed!
Thank you!
Great video!
Thank you 😊
Ah, exactly what I’ve been looking for as a new comer to the world of time pieces. Have a you a recommendation for an affordable option for a Moonphase watch? Thanks. And love this channel!
going to buy my first watch this year if i last through the year, thanks andrew!
Sounds like you’re going through some things, best of luck!
@@AndrewMorganWatches haha mate I am alright, thanks for being concerned! I was referring to you writing in the vid that you should get a watch if you get through the year 😂
@@neilchakr oh 😂 thanks!
I'll be leaving my 'Rolex wait list number' in my will so that somebody in my future bloodline might get a call. Maybe.
Waiting lists are for people who do not value their time.
@@mikesomerset6338 I disagree. I'm not stood outside the door all day every day waiting to be let in and hand over my money. By waiting, I'm getting the item I want at the RRP. If I buy off the Grey market I pay considerably more for absolutely no gain. I'm happy to wait.
The "Brick" wall dig 👌
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"Still on the Rolex waitlist" lol. Just put my (yet to be born) grandson on our Rolex AD's waitlist, just to be sure.
And so it was passed from generation to generation 😄
This is exactly what I imagined talking hands would look like
I think you’re the only one! Everyone else was expecting the Earl of Doncaster or summat 😅
Thanks for making these videos Andrew. You literally make me laugh my ass off😂
😁
Totally agree with finance. I got a GS snowflake. Could have paid cash. But instead got a mayors CC with a nice limit. Now I have access to mayors, watches of Switzerland, and bettridge. And can basically non stop buy a watch every 18months for zero percent interest. It’s a steal.
Also works at any WOS “owned” location. Like the GS boutique in SoHo NY. For the next GS9 club watch.
If you find yourself at a stage in life where your finances will allow you to indulge in your passion of watches, don't fool yourself into believing that the purchase of your "grail" watch will end your journey. In no time at all you'll be 2 or 3 pieces further down that road before you realise that you'd promised yourself that'll be it on the spending. It's also a fair warning to say that you'll probably pick up an unintentional addiction to watch straps. They never mention that in the small print.
that is so true. I picked up my grail watch and was researching for my next one......strange, weird, compulsive hobby
Remember. No perfect watch. 😮
Love it
Every watch enthusiast should know...everyone can be an enthusiast ! You can learn how they work , brand history , etc etc etc without spending anything. So many interesting watches , videos and stories. You can save to get one you can afford and enjoy it ! Just be cool and know you can have a great enthusiasm without a great collection.
Don’t sell yourself short. If you have a watch, your a collector.
After that your hooked.
Fun video. Quartz or mechanical? Quite a difficult question to answer if you’re new to watches. My heart didn’t say ‘mechanical’ until after I’d bought my first watch (which was a quartz).
"Cheeky rewards.." Yes....I think that phrase sums up my watch purchases quite well...the money could always be better spent. When I discuss my hobby with my retired mother, she often says, "That's good...they don't take up much space." Her hobbies included coins...often big chunks of gold and silver straight from the mint.
Bit late to the party, only just found the channel. Nice to finally but a face to those hands.
Thanks for stopping by!
Interesting video as always. Wrist watches are fascinating to me because they are so many things all at once. And the more I learn the more interesting they get. I also like to poke around financial subjects. Maybe a video comparing watches to other unregulated markets would be edifying? People stand to make a lot of money but by default of how these things work more people stand to lose than gain. Same is true for anything else, Jewels to Beanie Babies. If there aren’t enforceable rules it’s all just cycles of boom bust musical chairs.
Funnily enough I’ve just written one and watches and crypto… 🤔
@@AndrewMorganWatches Get out of my head! I don’t suppose there is a video on the horizon exploring fine art and watch design?
@@acp02091 unfortunately not, I’m too much of an ape 😅
Brilliant 😂👍🏻👍🏻
Yes, the journey.
The moment I heard that familiar voice, I subbed right away.
Thank you 😊
great content Andrew...!! keep it up...(-"
Thanks very much!
I've not mashed a button as repeatedly and often as the "pause" one above to read the little messages since I broke a couple of joysticks playing Daley Thompson's Decathlon on the Spectrum.
Hot tip: comma and period keys skip on frame at a time
Bought myself a casio duro batman as a placeholder and to save up for my endgame watch which is the GMT2 Rolex Batman and that's a one and done watch for me.
Main question: When do You find the time to write your books? You've been churning out videos recently. Apart from that, I enjoy Your playful eloquence and Your plea for joy over investment in collecting.
Honestly, I haven’t written one for years. I have one waiting in the wings but the industry changed to one that was no longer financially achievable to dedicate the time to. But who knows, this channel my change that and let me live my dream of writing novels again. Thanks for watching!
Hi Andrew,
Here is an idea here which I posted after I saw the gringa last video about Omega. I think the traditional watch industry after sales service should be discussed on CZcams as it’s part of the experience of owning a mechanical watch:
Now, I find that Omega as well as most other luxury brands should significantly improve their after sales service. They should also allow independent watchmakers to buy their spare parts as these independents may provide a better, faster, more economic and consistent quality service than the brands themselves... The brands watch servicing aspect is almost systematically very much disconnected from the brands established luxury image; service is expensive _ ok, luxury is always expensive _ but it’s let down by delays which are huge, abysmal client communication and highly inconsistent quality, repeat returns, massacres repairs, etc… I feel that traditional watches customers are let down by sub-standard after sales service which often cost the price of an AppleWatch or more and I wonder if this is not a threat to the traditional watches industry. I have yet to see CZcams videos regarding the dark hole of the traditional watches industry which I feel is a very interesting subject.
I very much agree, especially about access to parts. There was a whole ongoing law suit around luxury watches and right to repair and somehow the watch brands managed to dodge it.
The Jeremy Clarkson of watches is at it again
😄 thanks!
Best advice I can give is don’t start impulse buying a bunch of seikos.
Watched this after your most recent watchfinder video, another great video! Now are these educational or comedy? 🤔
Educomedy 👍
That's it! You've said it all. Now my mouth is watering for a Longines I saw the other day.
Same I've now convince myself to get the longines I've been eyeing up too. 👍
Is that the same Longines thats £800 and the second hand doesn't line up with the outside dials?
@@milanbaros2005 nope, I think you can pick holes in most watchs and brands and the cost has nothing to do with it.
@@milanbaros2005 😆
I just got a Longine Master Silver with a moon phase for Christmas and I love it.
Andrew, would you be interested checking out and possibly reviewing a very unique collection of watches?
Always! DM me on Instagram (link in description)
I spend thousands on a Rolex, and was disappointed to find that it didn't run any faster than my cheap watches.
The horse pic slipped into the everything is powered by batteries line 🤣
The toothpaste and rotary phone are completely fine then? 😁
One of my mom's boyfriends once told me that a price of a watch one is wearing should not exceed 20% of a price of the car one is driving. That is what true gentlemen do, he said. I kinda liked his advice, despite the fact he tried to rip my mom off later.
Your car turns to zero. Your watch always has value. Also cheaper to repair no matter what.
@@michaelostassr.2771 Sure. Hit me back when you will actually sell one of your watches for profit. I'll send you a pretty congratulatory post card.
Solution: spend 80% of money on car
@@indramatic didn’t say they appreciate. Said they have value. Pay attention.
Hello Andrew. I've never financed a watch, but I've never paid more than 7000 for one. Ive never felt the need to impress anyone but me. Leather straps are fine on a dive watch if you enjoy buying new ones frequently, or you buy an oil impregnated full grain strap. Genuine leather won't last any longer than calm weather in Punta Arenas. As to buying an investment watch, and having friends who do so, it's go big or go home. A carefully chosen Patek might go up in value, bit a Timex Grid likely won't.
Great video.
FJ (collector/horologist)
I only finance one watch but I had the money it was just 0% for 12 months and I figured free money why not.
@@DanSchrimpsher at zero percent you can't lose.
If god didn't want us to have a nice watch, he wouldn't have given us two kidneys.
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9:43 lol 😂
Andrew, I must know, what happened to the man from Chorley?!?! Love your content man. Cheers from Palestine 🇵🇸
He didn’t listen to the doctor, lived longer than expected but not in great health. His death was slow and painful, alone and unloved in a hospice since his rapidly deteriorating behaviour had driven his family away. In his last dying breath, lucid to the last moment, he shared his regret with the night orderly who sat with him in his final moments. Hope that helps 👍
Requesting an episode on really worth buying Quartz watches at every price point.
I’m not important enough to be on a Rolex waiting list. I’m on a Rolex list that means, if my backwater AD accidentally gets a watch sort of close to what I want, he might call me if no one else picks up that day.
Would you recommend saving for a big, super expensive grail or going for some semi-grails that give you a wider collection. I’m asking because you’ve mentioned before that you are careful with your money and, hence, strategic when it’s time to make a purchase.
😅 my advice is buy nothing ever and then regret it
@@AndrewMorganWatches Thanks for showing the end of the road 😁
my late father had an omega speedy that he passed on to my brother. my brother has kept it in itr original box since then, he only uses it for weddings, funerals and other socials... i am certain that i will have one for myself a brand new one. one day for sure. as for now i bought a pagani "project alaska" ... it is as cheap as a watch as you can get. the swatchmega "travelling to mars" is too expensive and flimsy for me. cheers u fellow watchionistas.
I've really only sold 1 watch and it was a homage watch. And have always made it a point to only buy watches that I can afford to pay off in 2 years max. If I cannot and want to do more than 2 years I am not buying. Which is why I had already given up hope on buying a breitling navitimer. Because I'm only willing to pay over 3 years... Sadge...
Buying used. Can you trust web based sales forums like Chrono24, Watchmaxx, etc? How do you make sure the product is as stated?
I’m sure you can guess my take on that!
Your last bit begs the question -- can you bequeath your place on the Rolex waiting list?
Only to your first born by blood oath
@@AndrewMorganWatches You don't really own your place on the Rolex wait list; you keep it for your heirs.
@@bullnose01 😂
Hello watch lovers! I need your opinion, I'm loving the design, specs and pricing of the Boldr Expedition but they're not available where I live and I'm considering ordering one online.
Have you ever bought a watch online without trying it on first? How was your experience? What key things I should look out for if I choose to move on with the purchase?
Cheers!
I just bought a BOLDR Venture Rally new online. I bought it because I like the look,it’s reviewed well & it doesn’t cost The Earth. I can wear it to work without worrying about dinging it or scratching it. If it takes a knock or two,so be it -it’s a £250 watch!
I have only bought watches online and I have never had any problems. But I am a dial guy so I am less interested in how they feel (not really sure what that means) but I also have very large wrists. The only regret I have is buying a used 65 dress watch that is like 35 mm and I can't wear it because it looks like a girls watch on me.
Good one Andrew, clever, witty & I think you covered the lot. True enthusiast like you & hopefully me, aren’t wankers. Love your work!
I hope not! Thanks 😁
I just sent this to a friend who decided to buy his first nice watch and didn't understand what was what.. very basic, but we forget some people don't know a balance wheel from a spring barrel.
A balance wha?
@@AndrewMorganWatches 🤣🤣🤣
Hi Andrew., I didn't know you are an author, ¿could you please recomend a title of your work to begin with? Thanks. Happy New Year! Greetings from MX.
New York Deep is my most popular! Thanks for checking it out 😊