Why is the Sinn U50 the Most Desirable German Diver?

[@ID-Guy]

How cool would this watch be with Yellow Accents? Which of Sinn's catalogue is your favourite? 🥃

[@ID-Guy]

@@MrRazoa Sinn and their MOP... hey! Imagine a Damascus dial on one of these?? 🔥

[@dannycph]

This model should be called “The Beatles” as a tribute to (We all live in a yellow submarine) 😀

[@ID-Guy]

@@dannycph Sinn "Yellow Submarine" now we're talking!! What an awesome pitch Danny! Love it! 🥃

[@stephan3500]

My 356 is the beauty and my U1 "DS" with that special "scratched dial" in a run of 500. Amazing watch

[@simongoddard8490]

My U50 MOP is 95%. If that date window was not there it would be 100%.

[@privateaccount6827]

A few years ago I was looking for a serious rough duty watch & a friend recommended Sinn. I loved the story & intent of the watches. It was definitely the watch I wanted. The U50 had just been released but I went with a preowned U1. The U50 likely would be more wearable daily, but the U1 was the original. I own a Speedy & 2 Rolex. But $1,900 US for a 2 year old U1, fully tegemented..... Maybe my best purchase of all my watches

[@irawolf]

What a great thumbnail experiment! It doesn’t even have your name on it and clicked on it as soon as I saw it. Your yellow color way is absolutely perfect. The brushed case with black bezel is quite distinctive by itself. The white surrounding the yellow square on the second hand makes the square pop even more. The yellow strap pulls everything together beautifully. Sinn should take careful note of your proposed design. They could easily outdo Doxa if they tried.

[@ProfessorPesca]

You magnificent bastard, you are always reeling me in with these recolours in the thumbnails. I loved that green moon swatch you did too.

[@ID-Guy]

It's what I do 😉 The beauty is that Sinn could see this and maybe make it a reality... we hope...we hope 🥃

[@ProfessorPesca]

@@ID-Guy Fingers crossed for that. It reminds me a bit of that AquaTerra they did with the black and yellow second hand - absolutely fantastic industrial-style look.

[@ID-Guy]

@@ProfessorPesca I nearly pulled the trigger on a "too good to be true" deal 2 years ago... kinda wish I had... those >15000 gauss models are amazing!! Great recall of that seconds hand!

[@ProfessorPesca]

@@ID-Guy Cheers mate, and not to suck up to you too much but thanks for your videos. I really enjoy your thoughtful comments that go beyond just reciting the measurements of a piece that lots do. Have a good one.

[@alvinmick218]

I hope Sinn will listen to you. I addition to yellow, I’d like to see a bright orange as well! As you’ve mentioned, there is so much potential waiting to be realized. I’m really excited that you made this video. Thanks for all your excellent work!!!

[@ryanstafford8544]

You got my hopes up for a second. Seriously Sinn must make this. Simply stunning.

[@a3l0e0x3]

Love the yellow colour edit!

[@ID-Guy]

Appreciate it Alex. It has been the one thing on my mind ever since getting one of these in hand... gives it a nice injection of character 🥃

[@BrittPearceWatches]

You know! I kinda love this yellow pop! A really underrated colour! Fantastic video, AS ALWAYS!

[@MyVideosWillCalmU]

Amazing video, and idea! Not only is Sinn one of my favourite brands. But they do listen. The EZM 13 in forums was spoken on! Also a video was done by Click Spring with an idea to remove the numbers for a cleaner look. Months later Sinn discontinued the EZM 13. And dropped the EZM13.1.
Which I purchased immediately. The piece look's amazing and is my favourite in the collection. I also brought the limited edition of 500. U1 Ds slate grey metal dial with white and black hands! Completely changes the look from the red and white. And looks more professional. So I see what you mean, in your opinion in the yellow. Luv your Sinn videos when you do them! You and Click Spring! Have got the best Sinn videos on You Tube bar none!!👍🏾

[@meznine44]

Yep. Saw the thumbnail and almost lost my s***. One can hope. Great rendering and video. Cheers

[@ID-Guy]

And the crazy thing... I hadn't even made the renders or put the thumbnail together yet. Goes to show that sometimes expectations and reality can be equal 😆 Appreciate it as always brother 🥃

[@fjlbanks]

Don't forget the BB Pro for recent use of yellow! U50 with yellow accents on a MN strap - I can picture it now.

[@robinjohansson6604]

It looks smashing in yellow, and yes i clicked because of the image with the yellow. Sinn here you have some free design work;)

[@deanspeer1]

This proposed yellow offering would be awesome! As a U1 and U2 owner, I'd love too see Sinn offer the U1 with their Ar and copper sulfide technology.

[@mcody68]

Superb idea. I’d be first in line for. Yellow option. Love it and keep up the epic work 🫡

[@ericb8888]

Yellow and black ! Nature’s warning colours.
This Community doesn’t fully appreciate how talented you truly are .
SURELY one of the Maison’s will
Snap you up sooner rather than later ;)

[@ID-Guy]

"Y'never know your luck in the big city" - dad always used to say 😉 Thank you as always sir 🥃

[@mr_watchaddict3146]

Welcome to my army, sir! I've been harassing Sinn for a long time now to produce the U50t-b; a blue U50 in the U1 blue. This yellow is stunning. I much prefer your idea of leaving the dial black and changing the hands/accents. I really hope they're listening as the U50 line could be so much more. They will see this video, by the way. I'll make sure of that! I'll be going back to the factory soon, too. I'd be very surprised if we didn't see some more colour options coming through this summer.
Cheers to you as always, my friend. I hope you're managing to keep your your head up. 🥃😉

[@roelvandenbergen611]

I saw the picture and went immediatly to the sinn website,… no new releases… then i watched the clip. 😂
Great design!
Personally, i’m saving for the 3006, no watch like it (and i like it).

[@ID-Guy]

That 3006...what an amazing machine... also sorry for the disappointment 😆 It goes to show that at least there's one person interested in the colour change! 🥃

[@NPrez-cv4jn]

Yellow looks stunning

[@KeepingWatchUK]

Thought it was a legit new model. IDGuy you are a fantastic designer. Many brands would do well to hire you! Happy 2023. Ps. You just needed to shift the crown to 3pm also 😊

[@aritzartetaerviti2665]

I have bought a Sinn U50 S BS limited edition in degraded blue. It will be in my wrist in a week. Like your videos mate! Amazing work as always

[@marcgirard7551]

Great video and agree with your colour commentary.

[@ID-Guy]

Thank you Marc 🥃

[@jameshoward9700]

So glad to see a Braun alarm clock given a shout! Waking me up since the '80s... U50 not my bag, just too Minecraft, but yellow definitely a suitably German replacement for Red. Though I'd expect it up against grey, rather than black: keeping the modernist without straying to wasp! Personally, I'd keep it monochrome white - I hear tell that selling yellow product to men is a challenge!

[@ID-Guy]

Braun and their alarms 😉 Great remark about Yellow being difficult to sell. It's definitely a context thing. The yellow could evoke lots of "old school" aqualung emotions. But compared to Black, Blue, Green... it's quite niche haha! 🥃

[@zachtan]

I feel Sinn occupies a very special place among enthusiasts, truly nothing else looks like them at all - they are 'unmistakably Sinn'. I had a chance meeting microbrand Mitch Mason founder Benedict Ong once, and on his wrist was unmistakeably a Sinn 556.

[@johnbalian874]

Hey ID Guy happy Sunday my friend. Hope all is well. Keep up the great work.

[@ID-Guy]

And a happy Sunday to you John! Fantastic always seeing you here sir and thank you. I hope you had an excellent weekend 🥃

[@jasonh1589]

Yellow on black is a killer combo on the U50. Any chance of a video looking at another great German brand Muhle Glashutte? Especially on their SAR Rescue Timers, some of the most distinct and functional tool watches on the market. As always keep up the great work.

[@2K9s]

SAR Titan is a beast 🦾

[@Vox-Populi]

Bravo! My Citizen Promaster diver with a yellow rehaut is my go-to when I'm outside, hiking etc. I call it my bumblebee!

[@blaight87]

Currently saving up for the u50

[@robertlock6041]

Oh man... what a concept! I have a Tegemented U50 on a bracelet and it's one of those products that's greater than the sum of its parts. But that yellow and black: WOW!!! It had me visiting the Sinn website (again), but in vain 😢. Sinn after sales service in the UK is excellent, and their watches are, in my view, a good ownership proposition. Thanks for this Mr Guy, you're on fire right now! 😀🍻

[@PabloTBrave]

I went for a pelagos LHD for my diver, but my pilot/chronograph is a Sinn 756 and I love it even 8-9 years later. The splash of bright colour on dial and strap in your rendering looks amazing though.

[@floydmorrison2025]

I absolutely detested this watch, with it's lego/video game Minecraft aesthetic, when I'd see it in photos. It looked liked a toy designed by a child. But that all changed when I was able to try one on in person, and fell in love with it. In the metal, it all makes sense! One thing you didn't mention is just how THIN it is. Along with the 4 o'clock crown, it is ridiculously comfortable. A yellow & black colorway would be amazing! You forgot to include a Porsche Design address for Moser to send the checks to LOL

[@younusimam-thesalamproject6340]

Ironically I was trying out my green Orient Kamasu on a yellow rubber strap. Surprisingly good looking!

[@ID-Guy]

Amazing how these coincidences fall into place 😉

[@watchsixto]

I haven't had a Sinn before might have to get one by years end. This U50 looks great especially the black and yellow combo

[@migfed]

This is a man who clearly understands the importance of miniatures in RUclips

[@AbdulRWatches]

Definitely Sinn makes some of my favourite watches and their divers are great, Definitely these colors would make it awesome 👍🏽 Thanks mate 🙏🏽

[@steves8322]

I agree this looks awesome in yellow but I am now hesitant of Sinn and their sellita movements after originally thinking they were bullet proof. I have a EZM3 diver that is only a year and 1/2 old that the movement has completely locked up on. I loved how slim and comfortable this 500m diver wore but after winding the other day the rotor seized to the crown and now spins when winding. I’m in the process of sending to have serviced which isn’t easy in the states. It is seldom worn being the beater in a 7/8 watch rotation 🤷‍♂ I just picked up a seiko king turtle with the grenade dial to take its place for now

[@robertlock6041]

Hi Steve, I'm told that your movement issue can be a problem with the SW2XX movements, but isn't a problem with the SW3XX series. My U50 has been fine. Good luck with sorting this out.

[@tim462]

Great watch! :) what do you think about the Classic 556i on the Steel bracelet? :)

[@ID-Guy]

A couple months back I made a video about the best "entry level" Sinn's and the 556i & 104 were first on the list. Love them. Also really dig Sinn's bracelets. They make for amazing daily's 🥃

[@WestCoastAce27]

Great job; your yellow interpretation would be quite a unique dive watch.
U50 is on my list - I have it bookmarked on the US authorized dealer’s site. But like all GER brands, I just can’t see the value for price - 15-20% lower, easy purchase. Maybe if I don’t get the call from Rolex I’ll give up and buy 1.

[@UnoSpritz]

Great thought provoker.
I'd buy that yellow offering with eagerness.

[@georgehave]

Yellow is stunning

[@ID-Guy]

Had no idea that more people would feel this way about it. Ah, it's refreshing! 🥃

[@wubbalubbadubdub2810]

I actually clicked on the video because I love your channel:) keep at it!

[@WatchGeek]

If they made it, I would buy it, as black and yellow really work well, thus my channels colors being the same 😄

[@nusbacher]

What this brings to my mind is late-20th-Century neoprene wetsuits in yellow and black.

[@verykeen2please]

Old gold and black is a wonderful colour combo

[@CapitanHarlockisback]

I own a Sinn U1, and I love this one too.

[@jasonsiemens2694]

You nailed it with that pop of color! Most Sinn watches don’t appeal to me due to the stark black and white, whereas their watches that have an accent color (or their new LE colored dials) are much more attractive.

[@rhgrabowski3855]

Duly Impressed. Thank you sir!

[@vaughanpearce3435]

Awesome as always. Just looks like you need to organise a group of committed collectors and go collaborate .... Its the thing to do !!

[@TimG--]

Yes bingo. On the fence w Sinn. Nice video mate 🥃

[@pauldevey8628]

A yellow U50 would be stunning. I would also like a orange U50 (on black rubber). I hope your wish becomes true.

[@ID-Guy]

And believe it or not, this watch in a bright "mamba" green also looks unreal. There are so many options to make this great watch even cooler 😉

[@Peter-2704]

I'd love a splash of yellow. One of my favourite Damasko watches was the one with the yellow second hand the DA36.

[@zHumanfactor]

You did get me with that color, lol. It's such a perfect color for a diver. Sinn does seem to dabble a bit with the color, they made a limited edition blue dial which I love. They do have an opportunity to exercise some different colorways, it didn't hurt Doxa. :)

[@davidstephens106]

You’re right, the yellow is beautiful

[@georgeii2629]

Very nice lecture. At the same time I almost automatically had to think of another manufacturer that produces at least as interesting instrument watches, namely Mühle Glashütte: SEA-TIMER BLACKMOTION + S.A.R. RESCUE TIMER

[@mt24Carson]

Thanks @IDGuy, the yellow is an interesting option. Orange would be a good option as well. Cheers from Montana. 👍⌚🍷🥃

[@Maistaah]

WOOOW, this U50 would be 🔥🔥🔥

[@watchroll3310]

I love this watch. I wanted to buy one but there are 3 things that were a turn off for that price. 1: the terrible lume, 2: the generic Sellita SW300, 3: the bezel action.
I hope to see some in house antimagnetic movement with better lume and I would love it. Great video! I am subbed.

[@lostalx]

Sinn servicing is already expensive and if you add that fancy In-house you get Laser calibration silicon components from factory and after 15 years it would be a nightmare to service or say 50 years later. Longevity is way forward for a timepiece. Swiss industry forced this nonsense. Rather, get a COSC Glucydur balance wheel SW330 Diver than a Fancy 6K diver. Lume is longer but not sharp. Bracelet is another actual scope of improvement.

[@mrgee007]

Love it love it love it, your spot on, you need to be designing watches, if your'e not already!

[@blackout8845]

Ulysse Nardin used to produce a Maxi Marine Diver in Signal Yellow. From Time to time you can still find one online. The Yellow is eyecatching and visually pleasing. I think a U1/U50 in that colorcombination would definitly sell in the current market.

[@straightmanforever69]

I would buy it.

[@ID-Guy]

I'd buy that for a dollar! Thank you Tony! 🥃

[@pinahugo123]

This is a great idea! I hope Sinn watches this video.

[@rrm888]

Hello, have you had a look at the son of the Porsche Design, the titanium IWC Aquatimer GST from the late nineties? Its very underrated but my favorite diver ever.

[@hughming]

Sinn UX is still my grail dive watch. The 44mm size is wearable to me but I can still consider a 40mm version if it is available.

[@ID-Guy]

An amazing spec sheet with the UX! I can see why it's so loved 😉

[@cedarcanoe]

The UX should have been paired with technology like the Citizen eco-drive. The idea of having to return a UX to the Sinn factory every 3-5 years for a battery change is absurd. Great technology but realization is not 100%

[@wolfgangpohlmann5952]

@@cedarcanoe The first battery on my UX lasted seven years.The batteries on those light-powered watches must also be replaced after some time (10 years?). So there would not be that much of a difference between the intervals. I am in the lucky position to just walk to Sinn's own store. So I may be biased.

[@sandflea1644]

Nice to have some quartz - super accurate and no worries about power reserve. Batteries on my Seiko 7c46’s have lasted 7 years and counting. Hope my UX does the same. In any case, a few weeks away for a battery swap is no biggie. The viewing angle is ridiculously cool😂.

[@sgcornfield]

A brilliant watch and the one that gets most of my wrist time. I agree that it would look great with a splash of yellow. Ps- this watch also looks great on a nato and thus gives you load of strap/colour options to play with too 👍.

[@BrightenedNote]

I have a Doxa 600t yellow divingstar with a yellow rubber strap and I love the colour

[@onifrakimarq7663]

I like the red accents on my u50, but the yellow would look amazing!

[@Kpiotr]

@IDGuy Other color variants of the U50 will definitely follow, as 556 has shown they are very popular. The yellow render looks very good; what I realized is that the red is a bit too striking on the U series, it would be already better if these divers utilized the UV-sensitive orange/red luminous paint from their pilot watches.
One thing to note - SDR is the black bezel version, with non-coated case or bracelet. All-black ones are called S, like U50 S.

[@MN-de]

IDGuy says „Looks amazing in Yellow!“, i say: YES

[@ID-Guy]

Don't take my word for it...buuut... I reckon it would look pretty special 😉🥃

[@_DioBrando_]

Sinn need to reissue a 40mm titanium EZM1. It would sell like crazy, I would buy it day one.

[@ID-Guy]

Legendary watch... I have no idea why the 1.1 isn't a part of their catalogue. It really is one of the greatest of all time 🥃

[@pei8988]

A side question about the Longines strap choices. Why do you choose to use a undersize strap?

[@jacklinks9631]

Great idea!

[@alwayspooh1588]

You are wrong - I clicked on the video as I like your take on watches! Oh, and the yellow is nice!

[@ID-Guy]

Flattering as ever Pooh 😉 Can't believe so many are loving the colour combo... refreshing 🥃

[@alwayspooh1588]

@@ID-Guy It really looks good. I happen to like yellow anyway, and am now looking at Doxa and their yellow watches as well. This watch liking is getting too much!

[@fahadkhan-db6bh]

It would be way cooler if Sinn took it the U1 way and introduced the UTC version without increasing the price by $500-600

[@ID-Guy]

Love this idea Fahad! I agree there should be more UTC pieces in their collection (the 105 deserves a bit more focus) 🥃

[@fahadkhan-db6bh]

@@ID-Guy 105 is good but the 856 and 857 utc(s) really knock it out of the park for me. The only thing that has held me back from the 856 is the lack of a countdown bezel. If the U50 can add that, it’s a go for me and a very stromatolites only watch contender for many imo. But Sinn needs to watch it’s pricing as the market isn’t very supportive now as it was in the last 2-3 years, and pure tool pieces always struggle at 3k plus price point

[@edmundwyss]

Hear, hear! Yellow seems like the obvious option for dive watches as scuba gear and waterproof products going back to the ‘80s we’re always yellow.

[@MS-fo8vr]

Yellow looks bloody good, I just wish they’d release a U50 with a Solar Quartz, now that (to me) would be an instant buy and proper modern diver.

[@cedarcanoe]

You nail it every time. Now again. I really hope that one (or more) of your design suggestions will make it through (you already succeeded once with the Commando, I know).
Sinn has a primary approach for readability of their dials. But like many outstanding German engineering, color is not one of their strengths. I see the same with an outstanding technically superb brand like Habring2: most of their dial choices and colors are hard to live with (at least for me). Yellow would fit the U1 & U50 perfectly. I would by a U50 with yellow accents instantly if it were to be released. Thanks for the video!

[@roelvandenbergen611]

To my knowledge is habring2 Austrian, but i could be wrong.

[@cedarcanoe]

@@roelvandenbergen611 correct (ik heb zelf een Erwin Lab02). I was generalizing the fact that german (speaking) countries are aces on engineering but no so much on colors and dedign.

[@roelvandenbergen611]

That is a verry nice watch! Geniet ervan! 😊

[@cedarcanoe]

@@roelvandenbergen611 merci 🙏

[@Beechnutlk]

Yes, great suggestion.

[@hughming]

Can you review Citizen Promaster BN0151 and BN0150? I think it is one of the best dive watch designs that is much better than a lot of luxurious brands.

[@ronin7723]

Agree. Yellow is the way to go.

[@leonkaragiann7552]

Masterpiece: yellow and black Sinn. also, IWC Porsche design.

[@tubefriki76]

The Sinn U50 is the Mercedes G Wagon of dive watches. The HK MP5 of the deep. The Adidas Copa Mundial of the abyss. I could go on but I'll stop right there 😁
I geek out whenever I see an "over-engineered" watch, so it makes perfect sense for the U50 to use a yellow spot color because of its visibility in the dark.
Sinn should at least acknowledge this vid once they do release a U Series with yellow hands 👍. Better yet, they should send you a complimentary piece with "IDGuy" engraved on the caseback to show they're listening to customers/enthusiasts.
Cheers 🍺

[@robertlock6041]

Hi Fresh, the words "copyright " and "licence fees " come to mind... Mr Guy could do well! 😉👍

[@Bluepeter62]

Ah ya, Kärcher by Sinn. Love it.

[@Sw00per_actual]

I love my U1T and the my original U212,

[@jean-claudebeaver6614]

The Gibson looks great. Hope she's singing well

[@carguy3645]

I agree w you. Also check Damasko. They made cases for Sinn. They are also awesome.

[@EP-yi3gy]

The colour and watch itself was interesting, but what made me click on it was the fact that IDGuy made the video. Keep up with the great content. Sinn watches are interesting too. They are almost a modern take on the military diver; vs perhaps a CWC.

[@Thomas-vq5pb]

Sinn is probably the most legitimate tool watch brand out there. I clicked because yellow and black are Cousteau’s diving colors: yellow tank & black wet suits 😍.
Thanks for the video!

[@JamesBardolphCS]

I love your videos! That is all.

[@OvidiuHretcanu]

0:00 this is correct, yes!

[@austinzizzi1142]

its the yellow on the H link bracelet and the black nato that does it for me

[@steinhummer]

The yellow U50 looks stunning! Btw, Sinn argues that red fades rapidly under water so they use this color for informations you don't need submerged, like the date. So it's kind of a feature not a bug.
Always enjoy your content.

[@dopagony9946]

l like the Martin, Gibson, and Fender there,

[@BrianPorter2Bs3Cs]

Color - click - correct!

[@ID-Guy]

This colour has been in my head for about 3 months and it's amazing how well it appears on screen! The designers life... wishing for things and making something look tangible 😆 Thank you Brian! 🥃

[@BrianPorter2Bs3Cs]

@@ID-Guy Such a great point about the over saturation of blue and red in watch design! Sadly do not see it fading away anytime soon. Thanks for the great content! 🍻

[@gregdillon7936]

The u50b sold out in days the 2 times they released a batch. The u50p sold out in a day or two, I have both. The yellow u50 would too. I'd be first in line.

[@lucagragnaniello8070]

How did you know that I cliked on the video for the color of the cover image!!! Ahahahahah, nice guess !

[@anthonystevens8683]

A great video IDGuy. I've been looking at Sinn for a while now. The thought of a yellow version is a definite plus. I'm not currently in a position to get one so if in the future if they produce it and I can justify it I might just do something about it. Oh and I love the BigEye in steel the black dial for me works the best. For a chronograph it is so readable. Equipped with the modified Valjoux 7753 base movement it should last as well. Thanks for sharing.

[@chriskeane4917]

I’d buy it

[@terrypmusic]

01:31 Nice, keep it up!

[@fossilimprint2954]

Thank you.

[@frzmtl3849]

The red was the part of the watch I was not fond of. I preferred the professional model with more black, but it looks great with the yellow.

[@itsallrobbish]

Yellow accents would look amazing, as would all white. Often thought of getting one of these, but just haven’t pulled the trigger yet. A D-Sub Damasko floats my boat, too or should I say floats my U-Boat?