Hello Pete. Thank you so much for following my suggestion to review this beautiful watch. I told you that you would be surprised with the overall quality and attention to detail. I feel Escudo has been able to achieve a lovely design incorporating very unique and tasteful aspects in a package that is of the utmost quality. In addition, both Simon and Richard, the Owners, are the nicest gentlemen, who along with their team provide world class service. In my humble opinion, i believe these watches are well worth the price, and mine sit very comfortably next to the luxury Swiss Made pieces in my collection. Thank you again Pete for taking the time to review. I hope you enjoy your Escudo as much as i enjoy mine. Be well my friend.
I know there is a lot more to a watch than the movement but i still find it hard to pay over 1k for an sw200 powered watch when you can get them below $400
This is one of the best watches I've seen on your channel. It is stunning, and IMO, very worth its ask. I think J1MW is going to have a heart attack when he sees this particular model...it is his preferred aesthetic in absolute.
Looks like a truly handsome watch. I particularly like how the triangle on the seconds hand echoes/interacts with the shape of the other hands and the major indices. That said, "celebrating the bravery of Spanish and Portuguese explorers" is a bit of a loaded conceit over here in the Americas. For everyone? No, but it would be a deciding factor for me and many others.
Was really curious about this, a former player of my football team is their brand ambassador (Jose Fonte) and I admired from afar on their mailing list but always thought the price was crazy. After watching your video, the price doesn't seem so extreme, my opinion is altered, not on the value end but not so crazy - great video thanks bud.
Another beautiful international collaboration/ inspired micro brand. I am curious, as you’ve had the pleasure of experiencing both recently, who provides the more satisfying experience; the French-American March LA.B, or this Portuguese-British inspired Escudo? Both look phenomenal.
Hi Michael, I think they are completely different in their feel on the wrist. They give off a different vibe. Ones a dive watch (Escudo) the other is a Lifestyle watch 👍
Surprised that these micro brands keep developing "new" dive watches. I expect the market to be more than saturated after years of new dive watches about every other month.
@@satl3161 I like their designs too. At least there is some creativity apparent and not just yet another attempt of a cash grab via dive watch coattail riding.
Peter, please don't stop reviewing watches like this. I hope those comments with very narrow expectations don't make you shy away from a watch like this in the future. Yes, the price is getting pretty high for what this watch offers on paper however, the price is not extreme. What the spec sheet doesn't tell you is that the watch is beautiful and seems to be executed very well.
I am stunned by the number of rude comments in this section. Yes, it's a bit overpriced but the finishing and attention to the details should make much more mainstream brands to blush...From shame. How many guys into this section are planning or already bought any MoonSwatch or Happy Meal BlancPain? @Peter, please keep on doing those UFO reviews, you are doing a great for the watch fam community!
One other thing - there are now ‘pre owned’ oris/Tudor/etc., that are on the market, in excellent shape that are within distance (price wise) of many of these micro brands…(or vice versa, these brands are moving up into ‘real brand’ territory) Why waste your money on these watches with so-so off the shelf movements (non chronometer, low power reserve, etc), when you can buy a ‘real watch’ with in-house movement, great prestige, etc. for the same money? The micro brands better start offering a better deal as they move up the price ladder. If you are still going to put a Sellita 200 in a watch past a point, and want to charge ‘real money’, I want to see precious metal cases, etc. Past $1,500, I would save a bit more and get a Tudor or Oris. Used, likely. But still a recognizable brand that has been at it longer.
Looks very nice to my eyes, though I’m no bronze fan because of tarnishing. My gripes: 39mm too small on a watch with a dive bezel, external AR coating, no nice bracelet included. Personally I prefer the black model and it’s a little cheaper, but my gripes still stand.
Thanks for another super review Pete. This is really beautiful actually. Fantastic attention to detail. If this was priced at about 1000 usd it would sell by the boat load. Great review as always.
I've been on their mailing list from when they were launching. It promised to be interesting, but the overall style and feel as well as genre of this first release remains on the very margins of my interests. Especially at a 13.5mm thickness, despite the movement, it was only ever going to appeal to five watch lovers. Then in came the price and it took me a while to adjust. Ultimately, no watch without any discernible brand history and reputation can make a good value watch with an SW200 at 1500. Sure, it would have cost margin, but this should have been at least an upgraded and/or certified movement then or perhaps better still a higher grade. That said, I'll completely admit that generally for me it applies that if I really really like a watch as long as the movement is good, suitable, and reputable, I'm quite flexible on it. Yet, 1500 for a first microbrand release is also just across the board an ambitious move. In other words, it would be a flip if it didn't at least impress in some ways. Here I'm happy to agree with you that under your lenses, this looks very well made and finished and there are appreciable details. It's still unlikely to be an outright value proposition, but there is thus little to hold back on if the design and construed back story speak to you. And, for what it's worth, arguably the way this watch designs comes across I still find preferable over de Black Bay, but then it didn't make me think of the BB once, probably because I just really am not that interested in Tudor or the BB. So, if it's capable of luring a few pointers away from the BB on the simple basis of offering a different feel in a well-made package for a lower price, I think the community is winning. I am interested in what the brand might do next. I can imagine field- and dress-like watches with these kinds of touches that might end up really attractive.
Hi Benjamin, I just wanted to point out that the thickness is 12.8mm. I actually own this model and it’s such a beautiful watch. The details and the packaging put some big brands to shame. As for the movement, the Oris sixty five diver uses the exact same movement and costs more with less details and quality. 👍🏽
@@corecasrcworld7100 ultimately, I'd say that a starting microbrand aspires perhaps to equal and better brands like Oris, but is competing with other microbrands. I'm not sure what a sixty five goes for, since divers are usually out of my purview. I do own one Oris with a modified SW200 movement, and I've got to say that the movement in the Oris feels more premium when handled than SW200s I have in micros. I bought my dressy Oris new from an AD for significantly less money (a few hundred) than this Escudo, and it's not the only Oris that can regularly be had for less. That doesn't mean you may not be right about the comparison with the sixty five, I'm just giving the anecdote for context. As for the thickness, I think this was measured in this review, wasn't it? There are often slight discrepancies with measured dimensions and claimed ones. If you also measured, then I find .8mm difference between two watches oddly large. For me, I really start noticing the thickness of a from about 12mm, though it matters how a watch sits on the wrist. The flatter the watch at the back and then more of a straight vertical rise in the side, I find thickness becomes more noticeable, which even can make a 10mm watch come across somewhat thick.
I have several Christopher Ward watches. Living in the US its a straight up hassle to have them serviced. What a pain mailing all of it back to the UK. Such a shame, wish they considered the American market.
Nice looking watch. At the end of the day, though....it's yet ANOTHER dive watch with a simple movement for around $2k USD. I just don't see the point, really. IMO, this watch is about 2 years too late to the party. Wish them the best, though.
Peter's comments confused be this time. He said that "it comes at a hefty price" which is 1.5K, but he often times has called watches that cost at least that much "cheap" and "affordable". Also, is anyone else bothered that a watch that costs 1.5K comes with a strap and that strap doesn't even have a clasp?
@@garyboyle695 Not a "fancy strap" but a steel bracelet. The manufacturer needs to supply that so that it has end links that perfectly integrate with the case/lugs. For most sane people, that is mandatory on any sports watch - especially one at this price point.
$200 is cheap and affordable to me. I have a few like that. This watch looks very nice to my eyes but 39mm is too small for a dive style bezel. My RLG dive style is 39mm and as much as I like it it always looks a bit small. This watch being reviewed should include a nice metal bracelet at that price.
Its ok but you could get a much nicer watch from say Christopher ward with a good bracelet to boot. £1500 is a lot to pay for an unknown brand. I mean you can get oris, tag heuer, rado etc for not much more. Or brands like tissot ,certina, glycine, alpina for a lot less . Its a no from me, but great vid as always peter.
That price, man. You should REALLY WANT this one to spend such a big amount of your hard-earned money for a none-familiar, yet another, microbrand watch on a strap and a Sellita SW200. I'd say this company is rude to ask for such sum. What a joke.
Far too expensive for what it is (especially without a bracelet). Maybe the high price is to compensate for them giving the watches away to RUclips reviewers for free! Everyone who is actually buying one is subbing the freebies... 😉😁
Hmmm... a bit cheeky appropriating the Portuguese Historical Shield as their Logo and name brand. One could see it as patriotic or one could see it as opportunistic. And starting out positioning at such high prices is also a little too bold especially riding Tudor's case design.
Reminds me of Afghanistan. Bombed out and depleted. If I wanted to waste money like that, I'd date a chick with 5 kids all with different baby daddies.
The same boring bracelet as all others from these Microbrand watch brands like "Yema" and Co. It's boring, always the same thing. Maybe it's time for all these Microbrands, to develope something new. EDIT: and they are all way to expensive, all of them. I own a Yema Superman, bought it for 1100.- and it was to high in price. Every single Seiko for 1000.- or Tissot, Certina and Co is way better in every single way.
@@garyboyle695 NO it's not. Yes obviously it doesn't have a bracelet, you can see in the video. Sorry, english is not my native language. I mean the ugly rubber strap.
@@Horizontalvertigo I know, I have the Superman, but it was broke and new foundet few years a go and so it is a microbrand now. Yema is just an example of these rubber bands they all have.
So many pointless, finnicky gimmicks bloating out the price on an otherwise really unremarkable to look at watch. Or maybe there's just so many details to justify the eyewatering cost. If it were a thousand dollars cheaper, I'd be impressed by the attention to detail. At 1500 I feel like they've wasted time doodling in the corners of their worksheet instead of focusing on delivering a competitive value prop. End result is a busy watch, with no brand cache, without a clear identity of its own, that can't compete with the smaller brands charging less for more interesting watches or the bigger brands that have the cache and history to demand the premium.
LOL! The delusions of grandeur. NO WAY will I pay this kind of money for a microbrand. The most I'd pay for a microbrand is for the Baltic Aquascaphe which is less than half the price. If you want a cheap Black Bay knock off homage buy a San Martin for $200.
I'm prepared to pay a lot for a micro or an independent if the quality of design is there and it's interesting enough, this one doesn't quite cut it though
CW for half the price. Swiss movement and equally high finish. Not competitive price point I’m afraid.
Hello Pete. Thank you so much for following my suggestion to review this beautiful watch. I told you that you would be surprised with the overall quality and attention to detail. I feel Escudo has been able to achieve a lovely design incorporating very unique and tasteful aspects in a package that is of the utmost quality. In addition, both Simon and Richard, the Owners, are the nicest gentlemen, who along with their team provide world class service. In my humble opinion, i believe these watches are well worth the price, and mine sit very comfortably next to the luxury Swiss Made pieces in my collection. Thank you again Pete for taking the time to review. I hope you enjoy your Escudo as much as i enjoy mine. Be well my friend.
Thanks Rafa, definitely finished on a top level thats for sure..
Stay well my friend 🙏
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I know there is a lot more to a watch than the movement but i still find it hard to pay over 1k for an sw200 powered watch when you can get them below $400
This is one of the best watches I've seen on your channel. It is stunning, and IMO, very worth its ask. I think J1MW is going to have a heart attack when he sees this particular model...it is his preferred aesthetic in absolute.
Many better options for the price. By the way, no need to expend that much to have similar product, nowadays
Looks like a truly handsome watch. I particularly like how the triangle on the seconds hand echoes/interacts with the shape of the other hands and the major indices. That said, "celebrating the bravery of Spanish and Portuguese explorers" is a bit of a loaded conceit over here in the Americas. For everyone? No, but it would be a deciding factor for me and many others.
Nice watch in a very tough market segment where it has to compete against major brand names.
I'm Portuguese and didn't know about these. Great job.
Nice watch Pete, the attention to detail is remarkable, toss up between this or a CW
Such a top watch. I'm really keen on getting hands on with this one. Definitely BB58 influence but in its own style. Loved the review brother. 👌
Hope you enjoy it and thank you for watching 👍
Agree with most of the comments already noted…what I really like is the Scottish leather band! Where can I get one?
Contact Escudo 👍
Another green discovery Peter.
Thanks for sharing.
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Was really curious about this, a former player of my football team is their brand ambassador (Jose Fonte) and I admired from afar on their mailing list but always thought the price was crazy. After watching your video, the price doesn't seem so extreme, my opinion is altered, not on the value end but not so crazy - great video thanks bud.
Another beautiful international collaboration/ inspired micro brand.
I am curious, as you’ve had the pleasure of experiencing both recently, who provides the more satisfying experience; the French-American March LA.B, or this Portuguese-British inspired Escudo?
Both look phenomenal.
Hi Michael, I think they are completely different in their feel on the wrist. They give off a different vibe. Ones a dive watch (Escudo) the other is a Lifestyle watch 👍
Surprised that these micro brands keep developing "new" dive watches. I expect the market to be more than saturated after years of new dive watches about every other month.
Yeah I'd appreciate something new, like Brew did
@@satl3161 I like their designs too. At least there is some creativity apparent and not just yet another attempt of a cash grab via dive watch coattail riding.
Wow nice watch...best quality
Yeah it looks a lot like my Tudor 925. Very nice
Peter, please don't stop reviewing watches like this.
I hope those comments with very narrow expectations don't make you shy away from a watch like this in the future.
Yes, the price is getting pretty high for what this watch offers on paper however, the price is not extreme.
What the spec sheet doesn't tell you is that the watch is beautiful and seems to be executed very well.
Nah, please be honest when reviewing watches like these....
What happened to your great music opening? Got to get it back. Great review.
Hi Steven, I thought I'd streamline the music a little..
I am stunned by the number of rude comments in this section.
Yes, it's a bit overpriced but the finishing and attention to the details should make much more mainstream brands to blush...From shame.
How many guys into this section are planning or already bought any MoonSwatch or Happy Meal BlancPain?
@Peter, please keep on doing those UFO reviews, you are doing a great for the watch fam community!
There's so many different points of view on this that's for sure..nonetheless thank you for the encouraging words, appreciated 🙏
Thanks for showing the watch. For my taste nice details but in sum too much going on.
One other thing - there are now ‘pre owned’ oris/Tudor/etc., that are on the market, in excellent shape that are within distance (price wise) of many of these micro brands…(or vice versa, these brands are moving up into ‘real brand’ territory)
Why waste your money on these watches with so-so off the shelf movements (non chronometer, low power reserve, etc), when you can buy a ‘real watch’ with in-house movement, great prestige, etc. for the same money?
The micro brands better start offering a better deal as they move up the price ladder. If you are still going to put a Sellita 200 in a watch past a point, and want to charge ‘real money’, I want to see precious metal cases, etc.
Past $1,500, I would save a bit more and get a Tudor or Oris. Used, likely. But still a recognizable brand that has been at it longer.
It looks impeccably finished but i'd have liked them to step up to an SW300 at this price.
Why? The SW200 is a more robust movement.
Nice watch
It’s stunning but too expensive for what they’re asking for imo
Nice
Looks awesome
Looks like a lorier homage
That price for a sellita sw200-1 is very high.
It depends what grade of movement it is. If it's chronometer grade then it's fine.
@@garyboyle695 38hrs is a problem….
It's not chronometer. It's extremely overpriced
I like everything but the arrow hour markers
Looks very nice to my eyes, though I’m no bronze fan because of tarnishing.
My gripes: 39mm too small on a watch with a dive bezel, external AR coating, no nice bracelet included. Personally I prefer the black model and it’s a little cheaper, but my gripes still stand.
Thanks for another super review Pete.
This is really beautiful actually.
Fantastic attention to detail.
If this was priced at about 1000 usd it would sell by the boat load.
Great review as always.
Nice
Do you sell it?
I've been on their mailing list from when they were launching. It promised to be interesting, but the overall style and feel as well as genre of this first release remains on the very margins of my interests. Especially at a 13.5mm thickness, despite the movement, it was only ever going to appeal to five watch lovers. Then in came the price and it took me a while to adjust. Ultimately, no watch without any discernible brand history and reputation can make a good value watch with an SW200 at 1500. Sure, it would have cost margin, but this should have been at least an upgraded and/or certified movement then or perhaps better still a higher grade. That said, I'll completely admit that generally for me it applies that if I really really like a watch as long as the movement is good, suitable, and reputable, I'm quite flexible on it. Yet, 1500 for a first microbrand release is also just across the board an ambitious move. In other words, it would be a flip if it didn't at least impress in some ways. Here I'm happy to agree with you that under your lenses, this looks very well made and finished and there are appreciable details. It's still unlikely to be an outright value proposition, but there is thus little to hold back on if the design and construed back story speak to you. And, for what it's worth, arguably the way this watch designs comes across I still find preferable over de Black Bay, but then it didn't make me think of the BB once, probably because I just really am not that interested in Tudor or the BB. So, if it's capable of luring a few pointers away from the BB on the simple basis of offering a different feel in a well-made package for a lower price, I think the community is winning. I am interested in what the brand might do next. I can imagine field- and dress-like watches with these kinds of touches that might end up really attractive.
Hi Benjamin, I just wanted to point out that the thickness is 12.8mm. I actually own this model and it’s such a beautiful watch. The details and the packaging put some big brands to shame. As for the movement, the Oris sixty five diver uses the exact same movement and costs more with less details and quality. 👍🏽
@@corecasrcworld7100 ultimately, I'd say that a starting microbrand aspires perhaps to equal and better brands like Oris, but is competing with other microbrands. I'm not sure what a sixty five goes for, since divers are usually out of my purview. I do own one Oris with a modified SW200 movement, and I've got to say that the movement in the Oris feels more premium when handled than SW200s I have in micros. I bought my dressy Oris new from an AD for significantly less money (a few hundred) than this Escudo, and it's not the only Oris that can regularly be had for less. That doesn't mean you may not be right about the comparison with the sixty five, I'm just giving the anecdote for context. As for the thickness, I think this was measured in this review, wasn't it? There are often slight discrepancies with measured dimensions and claimed ones. If you also measured, then I find .8mm difference between two watches oddly large. For me, I really start noticing the thickness of a from about 12mm, though it matters how a watch sits on the wrist. The flatter the watch at the back and then more of a straight vertical rise in the side, I find thickness becomes more noticeable, which even can make a 10mm watch come across somewhat thick.
Nicely done, but not quite my cup of tea.
Christopher Ward has same level of finishing, original design and is cheaper. This is a black bay homage without a bracelet and it's very overpriced.
I have several Christopher Ward watches. Living in the US its a straight up hassle to have them serviced. What a pain mailing all of it back to the UK. Such a shame, wish they considered the American market.
@@kevinhuber8723 they're just sellitas aren't they, why do you need to send them back to the UK to be serviced???
@@kevinhuber8723it's an off the shelf movement... you can get it serviced at literally any watchmaker in town
Warranty demands it, can't find a competent watchmaker here in Indy@@Horizontalvertigo
Nice looking watch. At the end of the day, though....it's yet ANOTHER dive watch with a simple movement for around $2k USD. I just don't see the point, really. IMO, this watch is about 2 years too late to the party. Wish them the best, though.
You're gonna have to adopt me at this rate Peter 😂4:39
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@@PeterKotsa 😂🤦🏻♂️
First pic made me think of a Bremont homage.
alot of little details went into this. the slab design feels to close to the BB.
Tell him he's dreamin'. No value for money here I'm afraid.
It's a beautiful watch, but for that price, I would expect a better movment with 70Hrs powerreserve.
Super thick!
It does look a little slab sided, but seems to wear exactly like a Tudor BB Pro
@@PeterKotsa they should price it at $1,850.
"seems to wear exactly like a Tudor BB Pro" - so in other words, horribly
Peter's comments confused be this time. He said that "it comes at a hefty price" which is 1.5K, but he often times has called watches that cost at least that much "cheap" and "affordable". Also, is anyone else bothered that a watch that costs 1.5K comes with a strap and that strap doesn't even have a clasp?
i am , anything above 700 - 800 dollars should have a well executed bracelet or strap i feel .
@@bigbodykarate6403I'd rather have a better case, bezel etc than a fancy strap which a lot of people will change anyway.
@@garyboyle695 Not a "fancy strap" but a steel bracelet. The manufacturer needs to supply that so that it has end links that perfectly integrate with the case/lugs. For most sane people, that is mandatory on any sports watch - especially one at this price point.
$200 is cheap and affordable to me. I have a few like that. This watch looks very nice to my eyes but 39mm is too small for a dive style bezel. My RLG dive style is 39mm and as much as I like it it always looks a bit small.
This watch being reviewed should include a nice metal bracelet at that price.
Its ok but you could get a much nicer watch from say Christopher ward with a good bracelet to boot. £1500 is a lot to pay for an unknown brand. I mean you can get oris, tag heuer, rado etc for not much more. Or brands like tissot ,certina, glycine, alpina for a lot less . Its a no from me, but great vid as always peter.
Καλό, αλλά αν το φοράς πας... με το σταυρό στο χέρι! Άμα σε λένε κ Σταύρο, ασ'τα! 😉
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At that price…..you should get a movement with more than 38hrs power reserve…
SW200 is ancient. Time to update it. Even Seiko updates their 4R and 6R movements with better power reserve.
With no minutes on the bezel it can't be used for diving. I don't see the point of desk divers.
No steel bracelet. Não Beuno.
That price, man. You should REALLY WANT this one to spend such a big amount of your hard-earned money for a none-familiar, yet another, microbrand watch on a strap and a Sellita SW200. I'd say this company is rude to ask for such sum. What a joke.
Agreed, was disappointed to see this price point for a SW200
Price a tad high - slight understatement. Nice enough but too expensive and the SW200-1 is a bit 'meh'.
Buy a CW, Monta or even Ginault instead...
Far too expensive for what it is (especially without a bracelet). Maybe the high price is to compensate for them giving the watches away to RUclips reviewers for free! Everyone who is actually buying one is subbing the freebies... 😉😁
Hmmm... a bit cheeky appropriating the Portuguese Historical Shield as their Logo and name brand. One could see it as patriotic or one could see it as opportunistic. And starting out positioning at such high prices is also a little too bold especially riding Tudor's case design.
Wow waaaaay overpriced. 2400aud on a rubber strap lol😅
Yeah and it is the most horrible of case shapes too - big fat slab sided scratch magnet!!
Looks more like an overpriced Lorier than a cheap(er) Tudor
Lorier have more holistic designs imo
Too much…
Reminds me of Afghanistan. Bombed out and depleted. If I wanted to waste money like that, I'd date a chick with 5 kids all with different baby daddies.
The same boring bracelet as all others from these Microbrand watch brands like "Yema" and Co. It's boring, always the same thing. Maybe it's time for all these Microbrands, to develope something new. EDIT: and they are all way to expensive, all of them. I own a Yema Superman, bought it for 1100.- and it was to high in price. Every single Seiko for 1000.- or Tissot, Certina and Co is way better in every single way.
It doesn't have a bracelet, it has a rubber and a leather strap. Your point is pointless.
@@garyboyle695 NO it's not. Yes obviously it doesn't have a bracelet, you can see in the video. Sorry, english is not my native language. I mean the ugly rubber strap.
Yema isn't really a microbrand is it? It's been around since 1948
@@Horizontalvertigo I know, I have the Superman, but it was broke and new foundet few years a go and so it is a microbrand now. Yema is just an example of these rubber bands they all have.
@@LabofmusicRecords did they stop selling watches in the Seiko years?
Mehhh .. but thanks for showing, these will not age well and drop like a stone
Too expensive
So many pointless, finnicky gimmicks bloating out the price on an otherwise really unremarkable to look at watch. Or maybe there's just so many details to justify the eyewatering cost. If it were a thousand dollars cheaper, I'd be impressed by the attention to detail. At 1500 I feel like they've wasted time doodling in the corners of their worksheet instead of focusing on delivering a competitive value prop.
End result is a busy watch, with no brand cache, without a clear identity of its own, that can't compete with the smaller brands charging less for more interesting watches or the bigger brands that have the cache and history to demand the premium.
They are nuts to charge this much
LOL! The delusions of grandeur. NO WAY will I pay this kind of money for a microbrand. The most I'd pay for a microbrand is for the Baltic Aquascaphe which is less than half the price. If you want a cheap Black Bay knock off homage buy a San Martin for $200.
I'm prepared to pay a lot for a micro or an independent if the quality of design is there and it's interesting enough, this one doesn't quite cut it though