My father called it the quartz revolution... He was a career officer in the Army and I can only imagine how much more convenient quartz watches were compared to mechanical watches when they first came out.
Definitely. As a tool, the Quartz Crisis/Revolution was one of the best watch advancements ever. Much more reliable, durable, easy to sync with your buddies before mission, easy to sync before trains left the station... I just find it unfortunate how many people lost their jobs due to the ease of quartz watch construction.
My great-grandfather sold his Omega military watch (he was a British paratrooper during WWII) just to buy Seiko Astron in the early 1970s. Kinda crazy from the modern perspective but quartz watches were desirable.
Roger Moore will always be my Bond. I was a kid during his run and I loved everything about it. I work in Engineering cause of Q and his gadgets. And screw everyone else Moonraker is my fav Bond movie. The first movie with Space marines and Miss Goodhead...oh my Miss Goodhead. I'd take her around the world one more time too. 😂
"Moonraker" was the campiest & silliest Bond flik.......but it still rocks! Hard to beat Bond in space with laser-firing space marines (pew! pew!), cool armed space station, multiple space shuttles, and tons of hot women, like Dr. Goodhead.
I work at a department store that carries Hamilton, and the PSR from Hamilton is great!! Keep in mind the gold special edition was limited edition, but the silver version is unlimited in availability, and is $745!
I've still got my original Mk. III Pulsar from 1977. Haven't worn it it in almost 40 years; it's been in the box all this time. What amazed me was that it still fits my wrist perfectly. One day I'll get the replacement battery and see if it still works.
The Texas Instruments series 500 red LED watches brought the technology to the masses with their low, $20 Price tag. Good luck finding one for that price these days.
As someone who works on primarily mechanical watches and has been as a hobby for five years, I can say that, yes I am of the opinion that mechanical watches are better in general than electronic watches, but I can appreciate the timepieces that came out in this area of watchmaking. And remember, these eventually gave birth to george daniels co-axial escapement and higher sets of regulations on what can actually be called a chronometer. I hope to work my way through the george daniels book of watchmaking sometime soon, and being 19 as of this post date, continue and preserve this tradition that I have loved for so long. Thanks for the inspiration Jory.
Ah, the 70s! I was in Germany's equivalent of high school, fascinated with the space race, beginning to have an interest in astronomy. So my dad - a master watchmaker - gave me a Texas Instrument TI-500 LED watch, and I LOVED that thing! It was all plastic, it ate batteries, but man, those red numbers! Eventually I mislaid it, and have been searching for it ever since. So when I found an almost perfectly preserved 1975 Pulsar T4 BigTime at an estate auction a few years back, I snapped it up for $85, put in a new battery, and it has filled that LED-shaped hole in my heart very nicely with its accuracy, endurance, quirky magnet-assisted setting procedure, and with those red numbers that light up with a flick of my wrist thanks to the little mercury switch hidden inside.
Well, I’m a long time collector and I have a Pulsar that was bought for me when I graduated college. The one problem with digital watches, at this time, was that you needed an extra hand to activate the watch and read the time. Mine was a later version that when you shook your wrist it would light up. I still have it and your video has inspired me to go get a new battery for it. Just subscribed so I’m looking forward to more content. Thanks, Larry
The pulsar is magnificent, and Roger Moore is the best Bond (yeah, i just said that). I kind of like the vintage yema led and it's glourious re issue - french quartz, creme de la creme of the technology. I can just imagine having this watch back at the time, showing it off to impress the girls: (french accent here) "want to see my red led appear?", "heh... here it is, and now it's gone - it's there only when you really really want to know the time and not like all the time like those peasant watches"
I really loved my red led watch when I was a kid in the 70'. I also hsd solar lcd watch with little solar panels. They were inexpensive, but I loved watches even as a kid. Also my grandparents would give us watches and that made them special too. Sadly all were stolen in one event.
That Heuer Chronosplit with the Ferrari signage may look dated today but it would have been INSANELY cool in the 1970s...Imagine Niki Lauda sporting that watch in a Formula 1 race and timing his laps on the Nurburgring with it while racing his Ferrari...Classic
Just a small reminder. In the beginning of digital watches, red LEDs where the pioneers of the time. They died out because of LCDs and technologies with a better power consumption. Usually to look at the time of these "red" led watches you had to press a button. (Similar to the not-always-on-displays of smart watches). These watches weren't really practical and the battery drains in under a year. Thats also a reason why they were discontinued. There are still some lovely bulova reissues in this kind of space. But otherwise they have been proven unpractical. Fun trivia: Jimmy McGill (Saul Goodman) wears a golden LED watch in Better Call Saul.
My absolute favorite is the Pulsar P2 !! I was fortunate enough to be able to get one in great condition cosmetically and functionally earlier this year !!
What do you think of the GS SBGC221 and SBGC223 both in regards to the watch as well as the “ceramic” center links and sides to the case? I have a submariner that is my everyday watch, but I have been looking for something a little more dressy, I have regular seiko automatics. I have a large wrist. I have considered the Daytona but I tried one on and they are SUPER small. Heck even the submariner is a little small for me. Anyways, the ceramic bracelet concerns me a little and the general build quality as basic seiko watches sometimes leave a little to be desired from the aspect of alignment of things and I’ve gotten new Seiko’s from Seiko USA with debris on the dial. Also that would be my first spring drive movement. So I hope to hear from someone who follows the watch industry a little closer than me what they think of it. I know the Daytona you should be able to get your money out of it if you sell it later, but just like with my submariner I bought it as a “gift” for myself and this would be too, so resale value isn’t a big consideration for me. I plan on wearing it.
I am a quartz fan since I remember , my late father was a master watchmaker and I literally grew up in his shop , I like all watches but from a practical standpoint I prefer accuracy and reliability over pedigree , name or mechanical complexity ; I even own an Omega Seamaster quartz which is 25 years old and so far , not a single hiccup . My favorites are Solars and Eco Drives . I remember that I purchased an Orient Defender first generation and I got so frustrated with the resetting of the day , date and GMT function that I put it back in the box and gave it to my brother in his birthday ...... he loved it .My default watch is a Casio , the DW5600CMB . I can't live without this thing , it is literally like another organ of my body .
Good. You chose a picture of Sean from "Never say never again", the "pirate" Bond always criticised and rejected because is not "canon". I think that's one of the best Bond movies. (Maybe nostalgia because I saw it in theatres when I was a kid).
A very good episode. The humor was good also. I came of watch age during the quartz crisis and so my collection is heavy on quartz. I learned some stuff...thanks.
Cool piece on LED watches back in the day. Fun fact: My uncle George was the original inventor of the LED watch (he just turned 90). I am considering adding a PSR to my collection (now with OLED tech which is pretty cool) but yah, the price, ouch. Then again, the debut price back in 1972 was around $2100. Which would be a shade over $13,000 today... yeesh! Maybe not so expensive after all. I'll just keep telling myself that until I buy one... Enjoying the channel & keep it up! Wish someone would do a review of the Hamilton Ventura Elvis80 quartz w/steel bracelet... doesn't seem to have attracted the attention of the RUclipsr watch cognoscenti.
Those red LED 7-segment numbers eat battery power like mad. Every such watch I’ve seen in person requires the press of a button to turn on the display briefly. Did any work in response to a sharp motion? I can’t recall.
Man you should get one, I saved and finally pulled the trigger on a 1967 accutron spaceview gold filled case and I cant keep it off my wrist! They used the same 214 movement from the 60s through the 70s. I'd personally go for a round case, white indexes, gold filled spaceview
Great video, back then there were so many Watch Companies going under it was hard to figure out what was a good deal, I bought a Seiko dress because I worked indoors after a year I looked down an the battery was dead, I bought another one, threw it away because I inherited my Uncle's Hamilton Automatic, so I had it cleaned and wore it for 7 years. After that I had a few more Seikos then after Ebay started I started buying old Automatics until the current market got going. I don't think my story is unusual, I cannot get into wondering if my battery would crap out on my watch, I came up in the mechanical age, that is where I am comfortable.
Jory, thank you. Most watch you tubers ignore ani/digi freaks like me in favor of Hodinkee bros. Thank you for giving me plenty of ani/digi goodness to drool over.
It's not exactly a Pulsar, but I sort of like the new affordable LED watch by Yema. It's only $250 or $280, depending on whether you want silver or gold color. Look it up!
The Sinclair Black Watch, cool at the time, nerdy as hell thou. From the guy who brought you the Sinclair C5 three wheel car/scooter/rollerskate 🏴👍🏻😆
I would choose a Pulsar,If possible. Not exactly beautiful,by no means practical but, definetly iconic. Great video! Thanks for sharing your horological knowledge! Yes...I'm late here...
You mentioned about Heuer signed watches. But even Tissot made something similar. And yes I am a petrolhead. The Tissot Stratos by Bertone (as Lancia Stratos), the Tissot F1 similar to the Omega one and the Martini Racing Collection. Even Poland had a brand bringing back to life an older watch, the Gerlach Kosmonauta and recently Yema with the LED. Oh, by the way it's ellipse by the Greek "έλλειψη" which is translated as missing. That's in the literal sense of the word as missing my home, bike, etc. or in terms of behavior as lack of culture, manners and such. And also, Roger Moore was in my mind the second best James Bond after Sean Connery. Anyway. Cool video man. ✌️
I remember wanting a RED LED watch when I was 12 years old. First time seeing them in 1977. I did not realize they had them in 1970. I saw some wearing them in school and I wanted one. I did get one but no idea of the brand. I just remember it was a battery drainer.
Hello Jory, I hope you are fine and in the best of health. I am from the Philippines and always watch your videos and have learned a lot from you. I have one very unique quartz watch here that I want to seek advice, insights, and comments from you. I have a mint Omega Speedmaster Professional LCD Quartz watch with Ref Number ST 186.0004 from 1977?. What can you say about this particular model? Pros and cons? Thank you and stay safe Sir.
Also for your list,the weird tissots (rock, glass, wood), the seiko from bond (the one with tv or the one with a fax machine). Also nice to mention that that pulsar costed twice as much as a rolex submariner (that also at the 80, was cheaper than a datejust)
Great video! Thank you. Just a suggestion. Maybe put all the watches and their reference numbers in the description and also write it on the screen at best.
I thought Roger Moore had a Rolex Submariner in Live and Let Die with the ridiculously strong magnet inside. However, I think he used this watch in another Bond, maybe the spy who loved me? My favourite Bond is Sean Connery, followed by Brosnan, Moore/Dalton, Craig, Lazenby
The Hamilton Watch Company that Swatch owns today has never had any interest in Pulsar. It's an interesting story confused by the company's corporate reorganization in 1971. Pulsar was introduced by the Hamilton Watch Company prior to it's corporate reorganization as HMW in 1971, which is why Pulsar is often associated with the Hamilton name. However, the use of the Hamilton name in this context prior to 1971 refers to the conglomerate parent corporation. In 1969, the parent corporation entered a joint venture with Electro-Data to create the Pulsar Watch Division, which developed Pulsar completely independently of the Hamilton Watch Division. At that time, the Hamilton Watch Division and the Pulsar Watch Division were separate and independent businesses within the parent conglomerate. In the 1971 reorganization, the parent conglomerate was renamed HMW (Hamilton-Metals-Wallace), the Hamilton Watch Division was renamed the Hamilton Watch Company (17% sold to SSIH) and the Pulsar Watch Division remained a separate corporate entity within the newly named parent conglomerate. In 1972, HMW created Time Computer Inc. to market and sell Pulsar watches, still completely independent of the newly named Hamilton Watch Company division of HMW. When HMW sold a 51% majority interest in the Hamilton Watch Company to SSIH (Swatch) in 1974, SSIH did not acquire the Pulsar brand, trademarks or technology. HMW retained the Pulsar/TCI division until they sold it to Rhapsody in 1977 who resold it to Seiko in 1978. Seiko acquired the last trademarks of Pulsar from TCI in 1984. The point here is that the Hamilton Watch Company owned by Swatch that you know today does not and never has had any ownership or intellectual right to the Pulsar name, technology or brand. Their only connection is that they were once owned by the same corporate parent conglomerate which was itself once called the Hamilton Watch Company prior to 1971. This has created a lot of confusion. The brand and trademarks of Pulsar are all owned by Seiko, traced back in a direct line to the parent conglomerate HMW, not to the watch division acquired by SSIH (Swatch). This is why Hamilton cannot call this new model a Pulsar, with that connection merely implied by the near exact recreation of the watch, suggestive PSR name and the pulsar image on the case back. I find it disingenuous that Swatch/Hamilton would market a nearly 1-1 homage to a watch that they neither developed nor ever owned the intellectual rights. All this didn't stop me from buying a PSR because I'm a huge Hamilton fan but still....
Imagine the state of mind of the public and watchmakers when digital technology was introduced. I believe they saw the mechanical watch as the steam engine going obsolete when the internal combustion engine appeared. The future was uncertain. Fortunately the public appreciated the craftsmanship too much to let the mechanical watch disappear. Having said that I actually have on my quartz Rado Sintra chronograph which I love and by the way it is way underappreciated.
Came here to mention just that. Flunked a chemistry test (my dad bought a couple) trying to use the stylus with the calculator function, but boy did I look cool [for certain generous definitions of cool].
Be careful with old quartz watches though. Seiko has some really nice quartz watches from the 70s. I recently got a Seiko 3003 quartz from 1973 with a snowflake dial which was pushing $1000 (in today's money) back in the day. However, it started acting funny and my watchmaker wouldn't even touch it- no way to guarantee a watch like that for any length of time due to wear and lack of parts. Archie Luxury did one of his rants on the dangers of owning early quartz.
Jory, thw thing is that before the 80, the watch to have was an omega. My dad wanted watch was an omega. At least in the south amercian countries (and i believe spain) the top common watch to have, that was seen as a doctor or senator watch was an omega. So that's why they had too many. I love them all except for that stupid ones (forgot the movement) that use the NICD battery, is not reliable today, battery lasts like 3 monts, and to move the minutes you press a point in the middle in the crown
I think Seiko VFAs quartz are respectable watches too. 70's watches, but they are still traded around 300-1000 USD in second hand market. Only a selected unit from production line was named VFA. Not a luxury watch, but it is a kinda showcase that Seiko push their accuracy to the limit.
I have a quartz Seiko rose gold tank watch from the early 90s that looks just like a Cartier Tank Americaine. There’s no maintenance. Every few years I stop by Walgreens and buy a the right hearing aid battery and I’m good to go. I have a few Seiko Solar watches too and their batteries never need to be replaced. My last name is Solomon and my nickname is Solar so I tell people that my watches are monogrammed.
The equinoxe has been on my radar for a while and I've debated buying one multiple times. Hopefully it doesn't get a youtube tax now that it was featured in a "top 10" style video
So how many times did Jory mix up Hamilton and Omega during the Pulsar bit? Lol! Pulsar called their watch "The Time Computer." You can still see the old commercials on RUclips. I didn't know Omega did, as well. Back in 1970, a new Pulsar actually sold for about the same as a new Rolex! Once LCD displays came out, those red LEDs were instantly outdated junk. The red LED display only showed while you held the button down. The comedian Gallagher used to joke whether he was a good friend or an asshole for giving his one-armed buddy a digital watch. Like all electronics, quartz movements quickly became super cheap to produce, and makers like Patek and Rolex soon realized they wouldn't be able to command luxury prices using quartz. Though Rolex continued to offer quartz til 2003.
I thought the quartz Bulova Lunar Pilot came out around 2015. I believe the one off Lunar Pilot worn on the Moon by Commander Dave Scott in 1971, which sold at auction for over 1.6 million, was a hand wind chronograph. I know that a quartz watch would have been more accurate, but I believe that NASA specs required a hand wind movement. That's why it wasn't an Accutron movement.
That Chronosplit is gorgeous, I'd be up for buying one if they decide to do a new version. PS Roger Moore is my James Bond, after all nobody did it better!
Tried quartz a few times, but just not for me! I'll stick to flawed inaccurate cogs and springs thanks 👍🏻 But I do remember my Dad having a red LED push-button-to-read watch in the mid 70s & thinking it was very James Bond cool as a youngster. Roger Moore the worst Bond?? Surely you must have forgotten about Timothy Dalton....
I vaguely remember omega watch when I was mayb 6 - 10 years old at home. It was quartz just lying around... No one cared about it.... I cry at night sometimes thinking that I could have wonderful happy life together with it.... It was lost 😭
It's funny back in the 70s and early 80s, weird design watch was considered futuristic and most people thought in the next milenium, those watches will be common design for watches, when exactly, watch lovers/enthusiasts actually looking for vintage watches and watch manufacturers actually make watches according to vintage watches. Hmmm....
Don’t forget the Omega was still with ETA(which hadn’t yet done any digitals yet), some Tissot also were done (same group manufacturer). Their SWATCH was their $$$ savior.
Jory, that Rolex ref. no. 5100B21, is so Hideous. I had to chime in, just to agree. There are Hundreds of more colorful adjectives to describe that model. But other than the Noun - Gold. Saying anything more, would be, cruel. btw - Would you consider doing a piece on "tuning fork" watches ? Of course, when anyone mentions Tuning Forks - Bulova Accutrons, come to mind. But, what I'm hoping for; Is if You would feature Omega's iterations. I've seen photos. The obvious attraction, over most of the Accutrons, would be; that the Bulovas Don't use a standard Watch Battery. The Omegas I've seen, do. Just food for thought. Cheers !
I was hoping to see the Concord Delirium make the cut. Unveiled in 1979 and 1.98 mm thick it was the worlds thinnest watch. Maybe it’ll make the next video, and your thoughts on the decline of Concord
My father called it the quartz revolution... He was a career officer in the Army and I can only imagine how much more convenient quartz watches were compared to mechanical watches when they first came out.
Yes it was a revolution affordable watches for the people.
Definitely. As a tool, the Quartz Crisis/Revolution was one of the best watch advancements ever. Much more reliable, durable, easy to sync with your buddies before mission, easy to sync before trains left the station...
I just find it unfortunate how many people lost their jobs due to the ease of quartz watch construction.
@@zahktuthalxalyrion6364 well perhaps they should of kept up with technology instead of resting back on their loreals
My great-grandfather sold his Omega military watch (he was a British paratrooper during WWII) just to buy Seiko Astron in the early 1970s. Kinda crazy from the modern perspective but quartz watches were desirable.
If anything the real quartz crisis is happening right now with all the smart and fitness watches.
Roger Moore will always be my Bond. I was a kid during his run and I loved everything about it. I work in Engineering cause of Q and his gadgets. And screw everyone else Moonraker is my fav Bond movie. The first movie with Space marines and Miss Goodhead...oh my Miss Goodhead. I'd take her around the world one more time too. 😂
Roger was the Man.
I freaking love Moonraker
"Moonraker" was the campiest & silliest Bond flik.......but it still rocks! Hard to beat Bond in space with laser-firing space marines (pew! pew!), cool armed space station, multiple space shuttles, and tons of hot women, like Dr. Goodhead.
Ditto. Although, I'm a 'For Your Eyes Only' guy for many reasons but primarily for the best integrated score ever IMHO by Bill Conti.
Love that movie simply for Jaws. He was just so much fun to watch. God Rest his soul.
I work at a department store that carries Hamilton, and the PSR from Hamilton is great!! Keep in mind the gold special edition was limited edition, but the silver version is unlimited in availability, and is $745!
“B-b-b-but the Soul of the watch!”
@@rossb48 to be honest soul does not exist, period :D
Now I'm going to have to make a quartz crisis video! You left out my favorite, the Omega Memomaster!!
Do et!
I've still got my original Mk. III Pulsar from 1977. Haven't worn it it in almost 40 years; it's been in the box all this time. What amazed me was that it still fits my wrist perfectly. One day I'll get the replacement battery and see if it still works.
The Texas Instruments series 500 red LED watches brought the technology to the masses with their low, $20 Price tag. Good luck finding one for that price these days.
I still have my Citizen analog/digital watch that I bought when I graduated HS in 1984. Still runs great!
i have an Omega Polaris Multifunction...bought it as an NOS...im loving it..😬☺️😍
The Polaris is a beautiful and unique example of omegas history.
As someone who works on primarily mechanical watches and has been as a hobby for five years, I can say that, yes I am of the opinion that mechanical watches are better in general than electronic watches, but I can appreciate the timepieces that came out in this area of watchmaking. And remember, these eventually gave birth to george daniels co-axial escapement and higher sets of regulations on what can actually be called a chronometer.
I hope to work my way through the george daniels book of watchmaking sometime soon, and being 19 as of this post date, continue and preserve this tradition that I have loved for so long.
Thanks for the inspiration Jory.
Mechanical watches we buy with our hearts
Quartz watches are tools
@@deanwaller8283 Very true. That's a good way to put it.
@@sketchpalosotherchannel thanks,it's the only way I can describe it to people who ask why I insist on wearing mechanical watches
Ah, the 70s! I was in Germany's equivalent of high school, fascinated with the space race, beginning to have an interest in astronomy. So my dad - a master watchmaker - gave me a Texas Instrument TI-500 LED watch, and I LOVED that thing! It was all plastic, it ate batteries, but man, those red numbers! Eventually I mislaid it, and have been searching for it ever since. So when I found an almost perfectly preserved 1975 Pulsar T4 BigTime at an estate auction a few years back, I snapped it up for $85, put in a new battery, and it has filled that LED-shaped hole in my heart very nicely with its accuracy, endurance, quirky magnet-assisted setting procedure, and with those red numbers that light up with a flick of my wrist thanks to the little mercury switch hidden inside.
Well, I’m a long time collector and I have a Pulsar that was bought for me when I graduated college. The one problem with digital watches, at this time, was that you needed an extra hand to activate the watch and read the time. Mine was a later version that when you shook your wrist it would light up. I still have it and your video has inspired me to go get a new battery for it. Just subscribed so I’m looking forward to more content. Thanks, Larry
im really liking the reverso
The pulsar is magnificent, and Roger Moore is the best Bond (yeah, i just said that). I kind of like the vintage yema led and it's glourious re issue - french quartz, creme de la creme of the technology. I can just imagine having this watch back at the time, showing it off to impress the girls: (french accent here) "want to see my red led appear?", "heh... here it is, and now it's gone - it's there only when you really really want to know the time and not like all the time like those peasant watches"
I really loved my red led watch when I was a kid in the 70'. I also hsd solar lcd watch with little solar panels. They were inexpensive, but I loved watches even as a kid. Also my grandparents would give us watches and that made them special too. Sadly all were stolen in one event.
That Heuer Chronosplit with the Ferrari signage may look dated today but it would have been INSANELY cool in the 1970s...Imagine Niki Lauda sporting that watch in a Formula 1 race and timing his laps on the Nurburgring with it while racing his Ferrari...Classic
I don't think it's dated, it's very retro yes but that's cool asf even today
I just bought a led yema . Very happy with it.
Roger Moore is Simon Templar, the Saint. But when I hear "James Bond", Roger Moore is still the first name coming to mind.
He was good in the Persuaders with Tony Curtis.
I’ve always been fascinated by the Omega Marine Chronometer, a great looking quartz watch.
Just a small reminder. In the beginning of digital watches, red LEDs where the pioneers of the time. They died out because of LCDs and technologies with a better power consumption. Usually to look at the time of these "red" led watches you had to press a button. (Similar to the not-always-on-displays of smart watches). These watches weren't really practical and the battery drains in under a year. Thats also a reason why they were discontinued. There are still some lovely bulova reissues in this kind of space. But otherwise they have been proven unpractical. Fun trivia: Jimmy McGill (Saul Goodman) wears a golden LED watch in Better Call Saul.
Hey Jory, I would love to see an episode on what we should know about bracelet stretch and what, if anything, can or should be done about it. Thanks!
My absolute favorite is the Pulsar P2 !! I was fortunate enough to be able to get one in great condition cosmetically and functionally earlier this year !!
Connery may have been the most popular Bond, but Moore was my favourite.
Same.... Roger's Bond to me. Connery still an awesome actor..
Definitely the best!
Glad to see a lot of 'team Roger' in the comments 😄. I'm a proud member of the club.
What do you think of the GS SBGC221 and SBGC223 both in regards to the watch as well as the “ceramic” center links and sides to the case? I have a submariner that is my everyday watch, but I have been looking for something a little more dressy, I have regular seiko automatics. I have a large wrist. I have considered the Daytona but I tried one on and they are SUPER small. Heck even the submariner is a little small for me. Anyways, the ceramic bracelet concerns me a little and the general build quality as basic seiko watches sometimes leave a little to be desired from the aspect of alignment of things and I’ve gotten new Seiko’s from Seiko USA with debris on the dial. Also that would be my first spring drive movement. So I hope to hear from someone who follows the watch industry a little closer than me what they think of it. I know the Daytona you should be able to get your money out of it if you sell it later, but just like with my submariner I bought it as a “gift” for myself and this would be too, so resale value isn’t a big consideration for me. I plan on wearing it.
I've got that gold Pulsar reissue and I love it. Ordered it from Hamilton the day it dropped.
I am a quartz fan since I remember , my late father was a master watchmaker and I literally grew up in his shop , I like all watches but from a practical standpoint I prefer accuracy and reliability over pedigree , name or mechanical complexity ; I even own an Omega Seamaster quartz which is 25 years old and so far , not a single hiccup . My favorites are Solars and Eco Drives . I remember that I purchased an Orient Defender first generation and I got so frustrated with the resetting of the day , date and GMT function that I put it back in the box and gave it to my brother in his birthday ...... he loved it .My default watch is a Casio , the DW5600CMB . I can't live without this thing , it is literally like another organ of my body .
Good. You chose a picture of Sean from "Never say never again", the "pirate" Bond always criticised and rejected because is not "canon". I think that's one of the best Bond movies. (Maybe nostalgia because I saw it in theatres when I was a kid).
I love some of these. I would really wear several of these today. Funky is always cool
A very good episode. The humor was good also. I came of watch age during the quartz crisis and so my collection is heavy on quartz. I learned some stuff...thanks.
Cool piece on LED watches back in the day. Fun fact: My uncle George was the original inventor of the LED watch (he just turned 90). I am considering adding a PSR to my collection (now with OLED tech which is pretty cool) but yah, the price, ouch.
Then again, the debut price back in 1972 was around $2100. Which would be a shade over $13,000 today... yeesh! Maybe not so expensive after all. I'll just keep telling myself that until I buy one...
Enjoying the channel & keep it up! Wish someone would do a review of the Hamilton Ventura Elvis80 quartz w/steel bracelet... doesn't seem to have attracted the attention of the RUclipsr watch cognoscenti.
My favourite is my great grandfather's omega seamaster quartz that was given to me by my grandmother, still works
Me: mom, I want an Omega
Mom: we have an Omega at home
The Omega we have at home: 13:24
Those red LED 7-segment numbers eat battery power like mad. Every such watch I’ve seen in person requires the press of a button to turn on the display briefly. Did any work in response to a sharp motion? I can’t recall.
My favourite quartz watch is the accutron such a classic watch although there are so many models of them and I don’t really know which ones i like
Man you should get one, I saved and finally pulled the trigger on a 1967 accutron spaceview gold filled case and I cant keep it off my wrist! They used the same 214 movement from the 60s through the 70s. I'd personally go for a round case, white indexes, gold filled spaceview
@@12pagani I do have one 1970s
Thought I would see Bulova accutron / omega f300 / tissot pr516 , but wasn’t sure if electronic / tuning fork watches counted ..
Great video, back then there were so many Watch Companies going under it was hard to figure out what was a good deal, I bought a Seiko dress because I worked indoors after a year I looked down an the battery was dead, I bought another one, threw it away because I inherited my Uncle's Hamilton Automatic, so I had it cleaned and wore it for 7 years. After that I had a few more Seikos then after Ebay started I started buying old Automatics until the current market got going. I don't think my story is unusual, I cannot get into wondering if my battery would crap out on my watch, I came up in the mechanical age, that is where I am comfortable.
My 1978 Omega constellation LCD agreed to you !!!
Jory, thank you. Most watch you tubers ignore ani/digi freaks like me in favor of Hodinkee bros. Thank you for giving me plenty of ani/digi goodness to drool over.
Think we have it bad today? Think what we lived through in the seventies: The quartz watch crisis on top of the fashion style crisis 😜
Roger Moore my favorite 007 ! Awesome Hamilton also !
I got two Pulsar in my collection and I love the funkiness of this pieces...awesome content 👍🏼👍🏼...
Can you do a video like this on Doxa? They are a dive watch icon. Thanks!
The blue dial of that Patek Philip is gold. Yes blue gold.
That Heuer is a stunner 😍
It's not exactly a Pulsar, but I sort of like the new affordable LED watch by Yema. It's only $250 or $280, depending on whether you want silver or gold color. Look it up!
Worth mentioning is the Seiko Pan Am
5:56..."...on my phone" LOL
The Sinclair Black Watch, cool at the time, nerdy as hell thou. From the guy who brought you the Sinclair C5 three wheel car/scooter/rollerskate 🏴👍🏻😆
I would choose a Pulsar,If possible. Not exactly beautiful,by no means practical but, definetly iconic. Great video! Thanks for sharing your horological knowledge! Yes...I'm late here...
That Omega duoface is incredible. Maybe not $1500 incredible, which seems to be the going rate, but I want one.
How about the first quartz analog chronograph, the Seiko 7A26 from 1983?
1 Like for the use of Diablo potion sounds, a truly man of culture!
The equinox is a beautiful watch. Especially the full stainless steal
You mentioned about Heuer signed watches. But even Tissot made something similar. And yes I am a petrolhead. The Tissot Stratos by Bertone (as Lancia Stratos), the Tissot F1 similar to the Omega one and the Martini Racing Collection. Even Poland had a brand bringing back to life an older watch, the Gerlach Kosmonauta and recently Yema with the LED. Oh, by the way it's ellipse by the Greek "έλλειψη" which is translated as missing. That's in the literal sense of the word as missing my home, bike, etc. or in terms of behavior as lack of culture, manners and such. And also, Roger Moore was in my mind the second best James Bond after Sean Connery. Anyway. Cool video man. ✌️
I remember wanting a RED LED watch when I was 12 years old. First time seeing them in 1977. I did not realize they had them in 1970. I saw some wearing them in school and I wanted one. I did get one but no idea of the brand. I just remember it was a battery drainer.
OMEGA 1640 was the watch I lusted over, during my Cyberpunk stage back in the mid 90's.
I have mechanical watches I have quartz watches and like them equally .
Yes it's like as a Bond fan I like Roger Moore and Sean Connery .
The Heuer chronosplit GMT is cool...I like several of the watches you showed. Great vid, very educational and entertaining as well! Thank you!!!
Thanks for pronouncing Omega correctly.
Hello Jory, I hope you are fine and in the best of health. I am from the Philippines and always watch your videos and have learned a lot from you. I have one very unique quartz watch here that I want to seek advice, insights, and comments from you. I have a mint Omega Speedmaster Professional LCD Quartz watch with Ref Number ST 186.0004 from 1977?. What can you say about this particular model? Pros and cons? Thank you and stay safe Sir.
Those vintage omegas are beautiful
Also for your list,the weird tissots (rock, glass, wood), the seiko from bond (the one with tv or the one with a fax machine). Also nice to mention that that pulsar costed twice as much as a rolex submariner (that also at the 80, was cheaper than a datejust)
I have a Pulsar Time Computer. Is it the same as the Hamilton or the Omega?
Great video! Thank you.
Just a suggestion. Maybe put all the watches and their reference numbers in the description and also write it on the screen at best.
Great episode , take a look at the JLC Master Quartz.
And Girard Perregaux has an master quartz that is amazing
u should do an episode just for LCD/Digital watches..... or electronic watches ie. tuning fork...i have 2 Omega f300 tuning fork watches...
would like to hear about Citizen please
This is a great video! Some really sick watches!
damn seiko is a beast in innovation not only did they invent quartz they also invented spring drive sick
Hello everybody. Stay well!
I thought Roger Moore had a Rolex Submariner in Live and Let Die with the ridiculously strong magnet inside. However, I think he used this watch in another Bond, maybe the spy who loved me?
My favourite Bond is Sean Connery, followed by Brosnan, Moore/Dalton, Craig, Lazenby
I have maybe the most controversial watch ever... a Tag Heuer QUARTZ F1. Hate me all you want but it’s a fantastic beater
I mean if u like ur beater to be 1.5k dollars sure.
@@pavle98396 actually I bought it a while ago and I got a fantastic deal from my AD, so it was more like $800-900, still relatively affordable.
I bought mine for 500 on ebay kinda new
@@nicholass9591 yeah dont get me the wrong way but u can get 9 beaters for 900$, or 2-3 real good ones, just saying
@@pavle98396 true, I mean you really can’t beat a g shock in value. That’s just not my taste. Besides the F91-w, or course.
The Hamilton Watch Company that Swatch owns today has never had any interest in Pulsar. It's an interesting story confused by the company's corporate reorganization in 1971. Pulsar was introduced by the Hamilton Watch Company prior to it's corporate reorganization as HMW in 1971, which is why Pulsar is often associated with the Hamilton name. However, the use of the Hamilton name in this context prior to 1971 refers to the conglomerate parent corporation.
In 1969, the parent corporation entered a joint venture with Electro-Data to create the Pulsar Watch Division, which developed Pulsar completely independently of the Hamilton Watch Division. At that time, the Hamilton Watch Division and the Pulsar Watch Division were separate and independent businesses within the parent conglomerate. In the 1971 reorganization, the parent conglomerate was renamed HMW (Hamilton-Metals-Wallace), the Hamilton Watch Division was renamed the Hamilton Watch Company (17% sold to SSIH) and the Pulsar Watch Division remained a separate corporate entity within the newly named parent conglomerate. In 1972, HMW created Time Computer Inc. to market and sell Pulsar watches, still completely independent of the newly named Hamilton Watch Company division of HMW.
When HMW sold a 51% majority interest in the Hamilton Watch Company to SSIH (Swatch) in 1974, SSIH did not acquire the Pulsar brand, trademarks or technology. HMW retained the Pulsar/TCI division until they sold it to Rhapsody in 1977 who resold it to Seiko in 1978. Seiko acquired the last trademarks of Pulsar from TCI in 1984.
The point here is that the Hamilton Watch Company owned by Swatch that you know today does not and never has had any ownership or intellectual right to the Pulsar name, technology or brand. Their only connection is that they were once owned by the same corporate parent conglomerate which was itself once called the Hamilton Watch Company prior to 1971. This has created a lot of confusion. The brand and trademarks of Pulsar are all owned by Seiko, traced back in a direct line to the parent conglomerate HMW, not to the watch division acquired by SSIH (Swatch). This is why Hamilton cannot call this new model a Pulsar, with that connection merely implied by the near exact recreation of the watch, suggestive PSR name and the pulsar image on the case back. I find it disingenuous that Swatch/Hamilton would market a nearly 1-1 homage to a watch that they neither developed nor ever owned the intellectual rights. All this didn't stop me from buying a PSR because I'm a huge Hamilton fan but still....
I still have the Omega Time Computer I in a goldfilled steel case and I love it :)
Imagine the state of mind of the public and watchmakers when digital technology was introduced. I believe they saw the mechanical watch as the steam engine going obsolete when the internal combustion engine appeared. The future was uncertain. Fortunately the public appreciated the craftsmanship too much to let the mechanical watch disappear. Having said that I actually have on my quartz Rado Sintra chronograph which I love and by the way it is way underappreciated.
Hewlett Packard HP01
Arguably the 1st Smart Watch
Came here to mention just that. Flunked a chemistry test (my dad bought a couple) trying to use the stylus with the calculator function, but boy did I look cool [for certain generous definitions of cool].
Be careful with old quartz watches though. Seiko has some really nice quartz watches from the 70s. I recently got a Seiko 3003 quartz from 1973 with a snowflake dial which was pushing $1000 (in today's money) back in the day. However, it started acting funny and my watchmaker wouldn't even touch it- no way to guarantee a watch like that for any length of time due to wear and lack of parts. Archie Luxury did one of his rants on the dangers of owning early quartz.
Jory, thw thing is that before the 80, the watch to have was an omega. My dad wanted watch was an omega. At least in the south amercian countries (and i believe spain) the top common watch to have, that was seen as a doctor or senator watch was an omega. So that's why they had too many. I love them all except for that stupid ones (forgot the movement) that use the NICD battery, is not reliable today, battery lasts like 3 monts, and to move the minutes you press a point in the middle in the crown
The beta 21 is objectively beautiful and extremely unique. Plus the movement itself is a technological marvel
I think Seiko VFAs quartz are respectable watches too. 70's watches, but they are still traded around 300-1000 USD in second hand market. Only a selected unit from production line was named VFA. Not a luxury watch, but it is a kinda showcase that Seiko push their accuracy to the limit.
I have a quartz Seiko rose gold tank watch from the early 90s that looks just like a Cartier Tank Americaine. There’s no maintenance. Every few years I stop by Walgreens and buy a the right hearing aid battery and I’m good to go. I have a few Seiko Solar watches too and their batteries never need to be replaced. My last name is Solomon and my nickname is Solar so I tell people that my watches are monogrammed.
Wow is I can see the polyester disco suits.
The equinoxe has been on my radar for a while and I've debated buying one multiple times. Hopefully it doesn't get a youtube tax now that it was featured in a "top 10" style video
If Seiko did an Astron Reissue, I would buy one faster than.....
So how many times did Jory mix up Hamilton and Omega during the Pulsar bit? Lol! Pulsar called their watch "The Time Computer." You can still see the old commercials on RUclips. I didn't know Omega did, as well.
Back in 1970, a new Pulsar actually sold for about the same as a new Rolex! Once LCD displays came out, those red LEDs were instantly outdated junk.
The red LED display only showed while you held the button down. The comedian Gallagher used to joke whether he was a good friend or an asshole for giving his one-armed buddy a digital watch.
Like all electronics, quartz movements quickly became super cheap to produce, and makers like Patek and Rolex soon realized they wouldn't be able to command luxury prices using quartz. Though Rolex continued to offer quartz til 2003.
Techmoan has an awesome video on the Pulsar watch.
I thought the quartz Bulova Lunar Pilot came out around 2015. I believe the one off Lunar Pilot worn on the Moon by Commander Dave Scott in 1971, which sold at auction for over 1.6 million, was a hand wind chronograph. I know that a quartz watch would have been more accurate, but I believe that NASA specs required a hand wind movement. That's why it wasn't an Accutron movement.
Love my Jaeger Lecoultre Master Quartz LED. Sexy 1970s LED
That Chronosplit is gorgeous, I'd be up for buying one if they decide to do a new version. PS Roger Moore is my James Bond, after all nobody did it better!
I see what you did there . . . ;)
Tried quartz a few times, but just not for me! I'll stick to flawed inaccurate cogs and springs thanks 👍🏻
But I do remember my Dad having a red LED push-button-to-read watch in the mid 70s & thinking it was very James Bond cool as a youngster.
Roger Moore the worst Bond?? Surely you must have forgotten about Timothy Dalton....
The Hamilton Pulsar is beautiful. And even though I agree with you on the Rolex, I like it.
I vaguely remember omega watch when I was mayb 6 - 10 years old at home. It was quartz just lying around... No one cared about it....
I cry at night sometimes thinking that I could have wonderful happy life together with it....
It was lost 😭
Pulsar also worn by Gianni Agnelli.
Hooray!!!! Great vid topic :)
But what about the Bulova Computron?????????
I personal normally wear automatic watches most of the time. Not really sure why so many watch snobs hate quartz
It's funny back in the 70s and early 80s, weird design watch was considered futuristic and most people thought in the next milenium, those watches will be common design for watches, when exactly, watch lovers/enthusiasts actually looking for vintage watches and watch manufacturers actually make watches according to vintage watches. Hmmm....
Don’t forget the Omega was still with ETA(which hadn’t yet done any digitals yet), some Tissot also were done (same group manufacturer). Their SWATCH was their $$$ savior.
Jory, that Rolex ref. no. 5100B21, is so Hideous. I had to chime in, just to agree. There are Hundreds of more colorful adjectives to describe that model. But other than the Noun - Gold. Saying anything more, would be, cruel. btw - Would you consider doing a piece on "tuning fork" watches ? Of course, when anyone mentions Tuning Forks - Bulova Accutrons, come to mind. But, what I'm hoping for; Is if You would feature Omega's iterations. I've seen photos. The obvious attraction, over most of the Accutrons, would be; that the Bulovas Don't use a standard Watch Battery. The Omegas I've seen, do. Just food for thought. Cheers !
I was hoping to see the Concord Delirium make the cut. Unveiled in 1979 and 1.98 mm thick it was the worlds thinnest watch. Maybe it’ll make the next video, and your thoughts on the decline of Concord