Tom Ford Is Now Selling Garbage For $995!
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I’d rather go and scoop out 32 plastic bottles from the ocean, recycle them and then go and get a Hamilton.
It would probably take about 10,000 bottles to get enough to buy a Hamilton. 10,000 x .05. Unless you have access to a USPS truck like Newman on Seinfeld.
@@M3LTUP hey you could do it. And in the end get a much better product plus would have effected the environment much more. Not bad I say
Recycled plastic makes good furniture, concrete masonry blocks, and road asphalt. I would rather have those than pay 1k for a designer brand watch, regardless of material.
@@M3LTUP i think it wasnt about the money but the nature aspect
You could USE the Hamilton while you did, as well. 3ATM on the TF.
Alchemy AND magic! Turning garbage into a watch, back into garbage WHILE making $1,000 disappear from buyers wallets.
some SJW is gonna buy it to save the Oceans.
This!
tired argument.......garbage
If I wanted a Swiss made plastic Quartz watch, I'd buy a Swatch.
The only cheap plastic watch I can wear to a meeting with my bankster is a Swatch. And yes, I do wear it then.
A plastic watch that cost almost $1k? Swatch would like to have a talk with you
Konsultan Jodoh GREAT COMMENT. I USED TO WORK FOR SWATCH THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A NICE COMMISSION
How about Richard Mille? 😂😂😂
$2200 for a quartz watch?
A fool and his money...
*looks at Grand Seiko*
@@ZeroSOFInfinity Comparing a Grand Seiko to this by saying they are both quartz is like saying Tesla and a rundown Chrysler Town are the same since both have wheels, windshields, seats and rear view mirrors.
@@kornelodri9906 well I didn't say ppl were fools for buying a high end quartz watch...
@@ZeroSOFInfinity Sorry, but it felt like you did. :)
What a ridiculous statement, there are high-end, respectable quartz watches, you know.
With that mindset, you’re a fool to spend money on a watch, period.
That's expensive virtue signaling.
MVMT watches are garbage.
Tom Ford: Hold my 15 dollar budweiser
Mas Tun for the WIN!!!
Mas Tun - very good! 😂
Right makes MVMT look like a great deal... and I don't' like them but i think MVMT look better than Tom Ford too.
The amount of plastic used to make that watch relative to the amount of plastic in the ocean is so infinitesimally small that I find the whole concept silly. It's like claiming to help world hunger by mailing a tic tac to one hungry person somewhere.
I bet that one hungry person would really appreciate that tic-tac though 🤔
8k for the gold tom ford? you can buy, let's see, two Omega Railmasters and still have some change for a PS5 (when the scammers stop).
You could get the real thing for the same or not much more. (Cartier)
For that money you could buy almost every grand seiko under the sun and would have change for an omega.
@MJ Mail He's clearly just salty as he didn't have the foresight to act the same. Just take a look on Ebay at all the single mother/sad parents guilting people with their sob stories. Makes me sick.
I think 18K tank solo is cheaper lol !
Outright exploitation of ignorant status seekers, hmm. A fool and their money soon parted.
Drinking sound effect from Diablo? mans got culture lol
You know your stuff! 🤣👍
@@thetimeteller I dare you to use a Minecraft drinking sfx for once.
Thanks for this, now I know
No matter how noble the underlying effort may be it's simply not a thousand dollars worth of watch. Period.
The bottles never changed, they just got turned into more garbage.
Tom needs to change his last name because his watch seems like Tom Foolery.
Thats cockney rhyming slang for jewellery.
Maybe this is the middle man mark up that all the mvmt type brands are trying to cut out....
Aray 😂😂👍
The middle man is Aquaman
The right way to do this: Oris Aquis Clean Ocean.
Or a Seiko Samurai save the ocean series @ 400 buck with an ISO certificate.
Or Triwa Watches so an ocean plastic watch for under $150
Yeah there isn’t a single data point that doesn’t support buying a cartier tank and then making a donation to a clean ocean organization instead of buying this. That’s win/win. This is kaka!
Guy who just paid $995 for the Ocean Plastic watch just did a face palm.
The only time anyone should spend over $1000 for quartz, is when you need a new quartz stone kitchen bench top.
Nah I bought my tuna for 1000
Grand Seiko would like a word
The cartier tank solo maybe, not anything else
I love that the editor adds in the bubbling sound effect every time TTT takes a swig of his drink
What do you expect it's cheap vodka that came from a plastic bottle.:)
Gotta restore that Mana
They're one of my favorite parts of his videos!
What's a Tom Ford and why does garbage have an MSRP nowadays
I didn't realize that I was worth $995 until now.
MSRP = Municipal Statute Reclamation Penalty
Tom Ford is a luxury clothier, and a Goodwill level watchmaker
The only quartz watch id buy for over 1,000 dollars is the seiko tuna
@@RanenPo yup, never seen a chronomaster in person though. They look awesome
You have no proof he takes plastic from the ocean, more like a recycling bin nearby.
Me: He can't be literal with this title, I'm sure it's just a really bad watch.
Tom Ford: *Literally uses ocean plastic to make watch*
Me: Oh. Oh...
He is taking garbage from the ocean and selling it.
🤣
They finally released an automatic version of this Ocean Plastic for $1499. Debating on getting it. Not sure wanna see the movement in person and hold it.
How will you really know its ocean plastic, or those recycled bottles found in recyclig center?
I've just brought the ocean plastic 2 sport edition and it's heavy, automatic and is a nice watch, the only down side is the cost of a replacement strap is $300 so a little bit steep
The fact that they sell a plastic watch with a quartz movement for $995 just proves how big their margins are when selling overpriced clothes made by kids in bangladesh
You CAN have a watch in any color as long as it's black.
They're probably not even going to their local beach and picking up all the discarded coke bottle's - instead buying they're soft drinks from the local superstore and putting them in bin's around their office marked " Please put nasty plastic in here for watch production"
2,200$ for a quartz movement and not even any precious metals? no way I'd ever buy that
For about a grand more you can get a Cartier Solo XL automatic, from Cartier direct, went on their chat cs thing, and asked about any discount codes, the guy threw in a blue strap with the sale. They're from NJ, or was shipped from NJ (the US division) and I lived in NJ and got it like the next day. I know people will say you should have saved and got a JLC reverso pre owned, and they may be right. But I happen to like my Solo, it was new, full warranty and sold by them direct. I looked at the grey market dealers they weren't much cheaper and had like a 2-3 week ship time. So with sales tax may have paid $400 more, but a branded Cartier strap while not crazy expensive is $150.00. (if I remember)
@@VersedNJ Exactly! I would much rather have a Cartier auto then a Tom ford. Even if it's a grand more your getting a very high quality piece.
#CaptainPlanet!
I wonder how much of that MSRP goes to paying someone to remove exactly 32 bottles from the ocean 🤔
About a dollar.
If you really want to save money and help the Ocean. Just go to the beach and pick up some trash you will feel like you have actually done something for the environment and get some exercise and saved money. WIN-WIN situations. And then that makes you an AWESOME DUDE/DUDETTE
What they *could* have done: Take the same band and case, put a sapphire crystal and a Seiko automatic movement or even a cheap Swiss Quartz (or make both and let you choose which you want) and a more attractive yet still cheap dial, sell it for $100 (and they'd sell a lot more with a sane price - probably more than enough to make up for the price difference), donate $10 of that to a decent environmental charity... people could love the product AND it would be something they could keep and service when the time comes instead of throwing it away AND they could honestly advertise that the watch is both a decent product and serves a good cause.
Hmm, now I sorta want to start a watch company.
Casio MW240-1EV 43mm direct from an authorized seller in Texas for $18.99. A classic plastic watch from a well known company, looks damn near the same as that black 02, for a fraction of the price. Choose your weapon. LOL
TF's new watch collection looks clean!
If you're interested in reducing ocean pollution you could "cut out the (Tom Ford) middle-man" and just give the money to a group like oceanconservancy. More bang for the buck.
Or better: go and pick up empty bottles on the beach.
If you create a desirable product, you’ll create more demand for removal of ocean plastic than you would simply donating to charity. This isn’t the product to create that demand and is hugely overpriced, but it’s far better to make something from recovered plastic and grow the recovered plastic industry in the long run.
I got me a Seiko "Save the Ocean" turtle is basically wear it everyday. A good watch, a good cause and it's really good looking for not much money.
News flash. Your paying for the name. A Rolex isn't worth 10k+. It probably costs rolex around 1-1.5k to make each watch.
Hmm, interesting.. The labour cost in Switzerland is stupid high tho. But I agree, the markups crazy. Shame...
Looks like a $20 Casio. The difference is the Casio is an honest watch, and a fair deal for the money. The Casio is a true piece of horology, and deserves respect for what it is. Buy a cheap watch then donate a few hundred bucks to any of the groups dedicated to cleaning up the ocean, or spend a grand on a watch that's actually worth the money. I hate these fashion watches.
Triwa, I believe a Swedish company, is also making watches from reclaimed ocean plastic. If memory serves their watches cost less than $200.
Yeah they cost around $130 on their website.
Tom Ford: "Pay me $1000 to remove 36 plastic bottles from the ocean."
Me: "I will do that for you for $500, half price."
Not new thing. Triwa (Swedish brand) also make watches from ocean plastic.
Btw Jory, it seems like your Cartier Tank case was discolored. But you don't want to polish it or rub it with polishing cloth due to the risk of taking the solid gold coated material off then would expose the silver case? You could use a exam grade eraser like Stabilo 1191 N36E or else as long as the eraser is exam grade. Rub it to the whole case, just like how you erase pencil mark from a paper. It won't polish the gold to look shiny as it is just an eraser, but it would remove the discolouration only without taking the material off.
I've done this so many times in my workshop
I have an idea. I like the idea of making the case and strap out of recycled ocean plastic. Unfortunately, they fumbled the ball by putting a non-serviceable movement in it, which means that when it breaks, it goes straight back into the ocean. My proposed solution is to fit this case and strap with a Seiko 7C46 fully serviceable quartz movement, a shitload of lume, a screw-down case back, and 200 meters of water resistance. Sell that for the same price and I think you’ve got a winner.
Given his "form" is there any hard evidence that this plastic coes from the ocean? I'd want chapter and verse if I was thinking of buying one.
They could use ocean plastic in their packaging, instead of the watch itself.
They do apparently
I watched an interview of Tom Ford a few years back. He said he hated to see a watch on someone that “ticks”. He always advised people to buy a good quality watch. Now he’s selling junk quartz movements and just removes the seconds hand from them so they don’t tick. I really like Tom Ford’s style, but he needs to back away from the watch game or get into quality automatics. Never ever a quartz.
Triwa do something very similar for 150usd which I still thought was a bit on the nose. Also had an interesting array of colorways. Screw this noise
Christopher Ward c60 Blue Marine Foundation giving around 200-300£ per watch to the charity. A superb looking watch and giving the profits to charity.
The only thing I can think of as to why someone would by the rectangular Tom Ford over a Cartier, besides the money, is a dislike for Roman numerals. I'd much rather have a Cartier Tank.
so some of you have you seen the the watch in person or hold it in person?
TOM FORD: Makes a $5 watch and sells it for $995. Profit $990.
ROLEX: Makes a $500 watch and sells it for $6,490. Profit $5,990.
An overpriced garbage is always an overpriced garbage, no matter of which brand it is. You can't take it with yourself in afterlife, anyway.
Right, I wouldn't spend the money on either!
Richard mille lmao
It depends how much money you have , buying a rolex makes a lot more sense because it keeps the value or it goes up
At least Rolex retains its value. The instant you buy the $995 piece of shit its worth $10 lol
Anyone claiming a superfluous item is good for the environment is full of it. Just think of how many environmentally unfriendly processes it took to make that braceleted turd. A lot.
All watches are superfluous items & use unfriendly processes, so by your standards the whole industry should shut down since we all have clocks on our phones so don’t need watches at all.
@@nathanthomas5133 As a watch collector, I don't have much of a problem with superfluous items that use unfriendly processes. But calling something it isn't, as in the case of our sea plastic watch being environmentally friendly as a value proposition is stupid. Also, we don't really need watches in 2021, but I still enjoy them. My standard is just trying to be honest about what something is.
I've never heard of Tom Ford and couldn't care less what type of over-priced junk he produces.
His fragrances are actually pretty good if you're into that, but watches look the other way!
Ignorance is never something to be proud of 🤪
@@nathanthomas5133 really because I don't follow some irrelevant fashion designer, maybe you need to get off of computers and go outside!!
Suggest cutting out the middleman and moving the ocean trash directly into Tom Ford's living room.
Which one? He has about 5 houses
Maaaaan, 8900$ for a crap quartz watch? Their main selling point will be -70-90% discounts on these during Christmas. I hate brands fooling their customers
I bought 2 new for £97 each, I like how it looks but I wouldn't pay the retail price
I have a good tagline for them..."Proving with each tick, a sucker is born every minute."
Really sad to see a brand take advantage of a truly good thing to try to make there product look better
Unfortunately, plastic never goes away no matter what you make out of it. It will always end up in the (hopefully) recycle bin sooner or later. There are many charities removing plastic from the ocean, donating to them would be money better spent.
Buy watch made of beach plastic for $995 = feel good about helping the environment.
Pick plastic bottle up from beach and put in the trash bin = cost $0 and feel even better about helping the environment and still have $995 to spend.
Couldn’t they just remove the 32 bottles of plastic from the ocean and not use it to make a garbage watch? Sounds like a win-win to me.
I saw this on their IG and I’ve been waiting for this video 🙃
PUT A " HELLO KITTY " STICKER ON IT AND PUT IT IN THE 5 DOLLAR CLEARANCE BIN IN WALMART !!! COME TO THINK OF IT, BOTH WATCHES, PROBABLY HAVE THE SAME 2 DOLLAR, QUARTZ MOVEMENT !!! SMH !!!
Look at the (photoshopped) alignment of the hour hand of the ''plastic ocean''; when the minute hand is at 10, the hour hand should be very close to 51 instead of 50 spot on. But that would probably look too weird because of the offset of the circle, I think.
Tom Ford makes a pretty solid pair of Sunglasses, a pretty good wool overcoat and possibly my favorite aftershave. But as for watches. I think i'll stick with my trusty old Omega.
Love tomford full canvas suit jackets and blazer also his perfumes
Me: I kinda dig that square watch
*T3 announces price*
Me: OH HELL NO
Would have been better to sell the ocean plastic watch for way less and hope to sell more. Supports the whole theory of doing a good cause and removing plastic from the ocean
That's a shame, the dial is kind of cool on the 001
sold my gold/steel Santos Dumont unisex for like 500 10yrs ago. Still regret it till this day
I suspect using ocean plastic means that they need to find a manufacturer who has a way to process it. I am not defending this watch but if they are doing this than it probably means that they have additional costs associated with manufacturing. Unfortunately it is usually cheaper to use raw materials than recycled ones. This is a big issue and its good to see this issue being raised by designers and manufacturers of lifestyle and luxury pieces. Personally, I would rather this initiative was taken by a company with an actual track record in corporate responsibility.
Trash -> Watch -> Trash : Circular Economy, the new trend
Unreal how some people just give money away thoughtlessly. Why not buy an inexpensive watch and make a charitable donation with the rest of the money, if you dont care if the watch has actual value?
That's the truth for most designer brands. Tom Ford brand does great with suits and fragrances. Avoid the remaining products.
BTW, if you are going to buy a brand new Tom Ford suit, you will be better off going to a bespoke reputable taylor.
4:45 IT’S CALLED RECYCLING IF YOU HAVEN’T HEARD IT ALREADY. Despite your view on the plastic watch, which has unique selling point. You are correct in the part which they just sell knock off tank, quartz, for 2200, it is awful. If they really want their brand to enter the haute horlogerie market. Make a good, nice proper one. If they can’t produce a movement, use a nice JLC or high-end ETA or Zenith. Buy a movement put them in a nicely designed watch. Then they can go for high-end market. They could start with higher prices and people would still accept those. But this, it’s just an awful thing.
Oris, like Seiko are actively putting cash into projects to clean up the ocean, Oris supports the PGS project which is probably one of the most interesting looking machines I've ever seen as well as supporting the Great Barrier Reef project and of course, Seiko puts cash into the Cousteau Society.
Do not give them credit for the environmental aspect. More waste and more energy will used to make and ship each watch than each watch is removing from the ocean.
You have to take the plastic pieces from the ocean, transport them to somewhere that turns them into usable plastic (probably China), transport them again to Switzerland (maybe, maybe somewhere else) to turn that plastic into the case, and then transport it again to a warehouse (probably in the NYC area), and then ship them out to a customer. And that is just shipping, not counting the amount of electricity used to do all of manufacturing and recycling of the plastic, but also the amount of waste going into those processes. This is not better for the environment than any other watch other than that it will likely end up as trash in the ocean unlike an actual, high end watch.
Give me $1000 i’ll go and clean up the whole ocean.
I want half.
They are obviously not trying to do a good thing. If they were they would sell the watch for an affordable price like maybe $50 at the most. So they could sell more of them because the more they sell the more plastic is recycled and the cleaner the ocean. It's for rich people to virtue signal and flex at the same time.
You think paying $1000 to rent 32 plastic bottles for a few years is a bad deal? 😅
Maybe it has jumping hours. Look at the hour hand. The circle on the hour hand stays exactly on 10 while the minute hand moves. No idea if it’s a rendering bug or real. If they have a jumping hour, then it would definitely lift it higher.
How do you know its garbage? Did u get your hands on it?
That is right i didnt see it in hands or anything and so hes jumping to conclusions ?
32 bottles? they could do better than just 32 bottles - honestly - holy hell.
Tom Ford is a fashion designer. Buy his suits, not his watches.
Never buy shoes or watches from a designer. For shoes go buy it from an actual shoe company and for watches go with a reputable watch company.
Thanks, I was drinking coffee when you said "I'm a Wizard.." I need a new shirt and keyboard..
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I agree with you about Tom Ford. But I would say $15,000 new and $11,000 used for a steel Rolex is garbage also.
common it's a fashion brand, you can't expect to get anything horologically significant, and yes its overpriced but the same can be said about a Gucci or a Channel watch.
So i like the idea, the price is stupid though. Spending 1k for the removal of 32 bottles is excessive af, just go to a beach and pick up 32 bottles, 1k saved!
Love your non filter!!
I can pick up 32 bottles in less than 10 minutes from the ocean by hand.
The list of grail watches I could get for less then $8,900 is too long to list here.
Just throw at our plastic in the bin and go and buy a 20 dollar watch from a department store.
If it has a jump hour hour-hand so the little circle lined up it would be a little cool.
What about all of the Tom Ford watches that end up in landfills?
When was this not a thing? Every designer brand does this. For the people who buy tom ford products 5$ is the equivalent of 1000$ or more anyway. As much as they are exploiting their customers, I have no sympathy for people who buy products like and therefore enable them by being willfully ignorant of what they are buying.
The ocean plastic is actually a neat idea. A micro brand should pick up this idea, throw an NH35 in a couple of unique Divers and sell them for $200-$300
Casio should produce a G Shock made from recycled plastic. And call it a Garbage Shock.
You pay 1000 to help remove 23 bottles of water that you can pay 800 dollars to manage water waste and still could get a better time piece for 200 dollars
1000$ for a ugly swatch
This is exactly what I hate about "Fashion" brands. I think the watches are ugly, uninspired, and Timex Rip offs. Then they have the gaul to charge thousand(s) for a quartz movement... Like I'll spend that on quartz but it's got to be explained to me why it costs so much, see the Breitling Emergency or something along those lines.
I don't even cares about the cause, this level of pricing markup should be illegal.