The Best Iconic Wristwatches Under £1000
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- In this video, I would like to address the topic of affordable iconic wristwatches with excellent specifications and interesting histories from use by the Royal Navy to the wristwatch of Elvis Presley.
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Featured Watches:
-Seiko Turtle
-Junghans Max Bill Manual Wind
-Hamilton Ventura Automatic
-CWC Royal Navy Diver Mark II
-Stowa Klassic 40
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The Junghans Max Bill watches are so beautiful that it hurts to see them.
oscar gustavo arcos ruiz couldn’t agree more, saw one for the first time yesterday, it is BEYOND gorgeous
@@jeevang7853 care to elaborate?
With the new music intro this only confirms further that Harry Potter is actually a watch reviewer on RUclips
If the Junghans Max Bill had a sapphire crystal they’d sell twice as many of them
Junghans offer sapphire crystal as an optional retrofitting on their website when buying new
The sapphire crystal has been an option for 2 years now.
Why you say that? Honest question (I've a Speedmaster without sapphire crystal and no scratches)... Same for a Klokers 01 (not the same league I know... but beautiful watch!). For the 2/3 swatches I have, the story is different
@@Not_me9791 There seems to be an influx of nouveau watch collectors who hear things and automatically believe them. Sapphire is just another mineral, a little more scratch resistant, yes, but, also more brittle. Mineral crystals are stronger for this reason, but, are nowhere near the scratch magnet some people seem to think. I've never scratched a mineral crystal. By the same token, I've had sapphire crystals that had some hard knocks and didn't shatter, like some think. For all practical intents, it's doesn't really make a difference. One thing, though: I'd rather have a good quality mineral crystal than a Chinese made sapphire on some no name model. Not saying it will necessarily be bad, but, we've all seen that the QC is often not there.
@@Aceofswe do you have any idea how.much the retrofit is?
Great video, I love the Junghans watches.
However they do not feature sapphire cristal but a mineral one similar to plexiglass.
If you didnt get your hand on the 100-jahre Bauhaus, but they only made 1000 of them.
I just picked up the Max Bill in 34mm! Super excited to get it!
I probably wouldn't have included the Hamilton Ventura; it's an oddball watch, no one else uses the design and it's exceedingly dated. The Hamilton that I would have put on the list instead is the Hamilton Khaki field watch; a far more timeless and popular Hamilton model (and easily differentiated from the Stowa). Also for pure iconic status, the Casio G-Shock DW-5000C could easily have made the list; it's not haute horology, but there are models in the G-Shock range that look the same as the originals released in the early 1980s.
agree
Another cool video love the stowa klassic 40 Armand great choice of watches kind regards as always Terry
Another superb video Armand, thanks very much. I really love the CWC & the Stowa, I had no clue as to the historic ties of the CWC to the Rolex & Omega.
I own the Stowa 40 and I can wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone, it is a perfect watch.
If I could only decide what I want (no date/no logo, logo/date etc. etc. ) I would have one by now!
TimeKeeper I can't make my mind up between the A or the B sadly I love both but know that's unreasonable...
I love that max bill Junghans watch! I think I will get myself one
why not all junghans read "design" on their face? I have one that only reads "junghans" it's a quartz one
Great video Armand. I loved every one of your choices. I found your review on the JMB particularly interesting because I always kind of dismiss this brand as boring but you brought certain light on it that for the first time I actually felt interested in doing some more research on my own on this watch. One watch I'm surprised you didn't include in this video is the Christopher Ward C60 Trident Pro 600 as I think is a truly fantastic watch.
Before starting the vid....wow almost 23 mins of Armand on another good subject, a Sunday treat....
Hamilton Has to be battery driven IMO. The nature of the case came from not having to be round and this skelotonise watch really is against everything Hamilton was aiming at (including thickness)
I aspire to a junhans meister chronoscope, my grail, meanwhile I thoroughly enjoy my rose gold black face bambino.
The glass spec of the Max Bill in this video is wrong - It does not feature a sapphire crystal, it is coated plastic essentially.
What do you think of Hamilton Ventura H24412732 ?
Where´s the Sinn 104 ST SA I ? Or is it over 1000 outside Germany ?
Memmnarch1981 its not iconic
thanks for sharing!
He understood it. The New Turtle is far better than the SKX, because of the Movement. All other Watch RUclipsr go on the SKX Train and try to sell us cheap Garbage.
All the youtubers I've seen say the Turtle is a better made watch but some prefer the aesthetic of the skx, so disagreeable?
Ive owned a turtle and the skx007 at the same time. Its true the turtle is alot better, regardless I wore skx007 alot more. I sold the turtle and kept the skx007 which i do not regret at all. It wears alot better and is alot more versatile imo.
They turtle and skx compliment each other in a collection, both excellent watches and iconic.
The sumo is much better than both in my opinion. It’s still not expensive and has a better movement, better case and when combined with a Crafter blue rubber watch strap it looks like it costs 3-4 times more than it does.
I’m not a fan of the skx and I would always rather pay a touch more for a monster or samurai. Sometimes I feel it’s less contentious to make a cartoon of the prophet Muhammad than it is to criticise the skx 😂
Evening. Can you please compare the following two watches? 1. Christopher Ward C65 Trident Vintage Mk II, with the camel leather strap. 2. Stowa Fleiger Classic 36 (both automatic with the handmade rotor and the hand wound). Thank you.
usually a fan of this channel, yet am left wondering exactly inspires it now. thought armand was an afficianado, but maybe he's just another guy scrounging for content. there is nothing iconic about any of these watches aside from the junghans and stowa.
Awesome, thank you.
What music is that in the intro? I recognize it, just cant place it :)
Karneval der Tiere
Saint Saens
Aquarium
I would add Stowa Marine Classic, Seiko Alpinist, the SKX and G-SHOCKs.
What an awesome video. Always knees about most of these watches but now I’ve put atleast three new models on my bucket list.
After: Excellent, thank you!
0:01 ... The Aquarium ;) good choice
Top vid as usual .
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Id love to try on a max bill because 34 mm seems way to small.
It's all in your head , watch ,,Narcos'' They all have 34mm
In 20 years the Junghans Max Bill will be the next Paul Newman Daytona. Mark my words.
What does that mean?
hahaha no
Every video that features a turtle deserves a like!
First!
Of course they shy away from 34mm diameter watches.This is a girls size watch and look ridiculous on a man!
Muhammed Ali wore a Cartier Tank (which is smaller than 34mm). Stop overcompensating mate! ;)
Seriously??? You call yourself a watchguy???
The Junghans Max Bill watches do no have sapphire crystals. Instead, they are acrylic with a Sicralan coating which cannot be refinished.
I guess Armand didn't do his homework. (But wished it has a sapphire crystal though.)
The form A / Form C Junghans watches do have sapphire, but the design is modernized a bit. . .
I would not be at all surprised if the service division at Junghans noticed more Max Bill models returning for service within the 2-year warranty period than they ever expected just to replace the peeling Sicralan coating on the crystals.
JohnMcKLV the Junghans with sapphire crystal is not a Max Bill.
Junghans has been offering sapphire retrofitting as an option for their Max Bill series for 2 years now. Check out their official website for Max Bill.
I just bought a Junghans Max Bill. It may be the most beautiful, minimalist watch I’ve ever seen.