An Iconic TV Watch For Under $300!
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I paid for it, waited for it, waited AGAIN for it, but really like it. Not perfect, I think the clasp could lose some weight, and they need to be careful not to jack up the price, but a fun watch with or without the connection to one of the finest moustaches of the 1980s. Cheers, Jody
Cool watch but that intro stole the show!
Charlie Chaplin driving a Ferrari 😜
Totally 🎉
You can tell Jody had way too much fun with this one! Had me dying
Literally too
Nope the moustache did.
I want to marry his moustache.❤
Love the intro Jody, you’ve come leaps and bounds in your production values since the early days. It’s well noticed and well appreciated. Yeah, I felt that the seconds markers were there just as a suggestion for the quartz movement.
Not just you, it struggled.
It puts me in mind of another Canadian product, a Marathon, in both its no-nonsense appearance and the fact that it wears smaller than its size suggests. And I love the reference to Magnum P. I.; I was in the Navy stationed in Hawaii when the series was produced. For a time I lived on the North Shore and saw both the MD-500 and the Ferrari as they were filming. Cheers!
Hi Jody! Incredible intro. Thank you so much for the review!
We will definitely keep your comments in mind regarding the clasp, hour hand, and case back finish.
Regarding the pricing, there was a 20% pre-order discount at the time of your purchase, but the retail price of the watch itself has not changed. We do plan to have a special pre-order offer again this next round, although the type of discount might look a bit different! 😉
We are also trying to shorten the pre-order window on future batches. For those of you who are interested, please sign up for back-in-stock alerts and stay tuned for early September! Thank you once again for the review!
- The Momentum Team
Magnum was one of my favorite shows growing up. I like the idea of wearing an attainable reference of the show.
Magnum P.I. was a great TV show! Thanks Jody for the fun walk down memory lane!
Magnum p.i. was a crap show Canon was way better
Dude, I grew up being a HUGE Magnum fan, and you just won The Internet for the day with the first 20 seconds. Well played, my friend, well played.
As a huge Magnum fan myself, I would immediately buy a SeaQuartz 30-but only if it were branded as a Chronosport. Since Momentum are monitoring these comments, I would be very interested in knowing if they own the Chronosport name and if they intend to use it for a special edition. I would be the first to sign up. The original versions are not special, but the Magnum connection makes them ridiculously priced-even for ones in terrible shape.
Omg I can't stop smiling from that intro. The reviews are are always fair and informative. But these special intros add the gold😎👍
The $195 was only for the first pre-ordered batch. They were giving the first buyers the original 1980 pricing. When I heard that I couldn't say no. That intro was classic!
It's honestly not worth it at the higher price points if you're not a Magnum superfan. It's a no-brainer sale at $195, but at $260 it's out of the bounds of reason for what it is. If it goes up a 3rd time, it should be treated as the crime it would be.
I just bought a Momentum M20 GMT. It’s an excellent watch for the money. They go for $315 but I got it for half off. It has a sapphire crystal, milled clasp, 200m WR, and a Ronda GMT movement. They make high quality watches.
Half of $315 is a good price for the watch. At the full price, there are others that have better appeal.
@@kevinorr6880yeah I wouldn’t pay full price for it. I got it off the watch gang wheel. Watch gang mostly sucks and is a waste of money. However, I do find good stuff on their watch wheels from time to time.
I have one, and absolutely love it. The hour hand grew on me after wearing it for about a week. I used it while timing barometer comparisons at work, and found the hand design made it very easy to read at a glance.
I bought it mostly to have a toolish quartz watch, and because as a Canadian I like to support Canadian brands.
I am a huge Magnum fan and a huge JOMW fan and that intro was an absolute delight. I can't stop smiling about it.
I got one for myself during the second round of pre-orders. Arrived in mid July and has been on my wrist since. I ordered it on the black tropical band as I wanted to remain faithful to the show.
Fell in love with the watch when I watched the episode "Ghost Writer" from the original series. The watch was not in production at the time I saw the episode, so kept searching for a suitable facsimile. I recall eyeing a Timex Indiglo in a display case a few years ago which came close, as it had an orange minute hand, though it only offered a date display and was rated at 30m WR. Was glad when they offered this re-launch of the Magnum PI watch.
I am also glad they remained faithful to the original design. The charm of buying this is the tie-in to the show, even though the watch is good value for money without it as well. However, without the tie in to the show, the watch might have retailed for a hundred less. I'm still glad they kept it reasonably priced and did not try to jack the prices north of 500 as most limited edition models might try to do.
As for the movement, the specs online mention a 45 month battery life. A moan and niggle you may add is that the movement does not have an End of Life (EOL) indicator which would have been a useful upgrade.
They have offered another watch in a similar design with solar powered movement (SQ30 Eclipse Solar) as well but it lacks the 12, 6, 9 numerals on the dial which make it slightly different from the Magnum watch. More military, more modern.
Btw, love the way you photoshopped yourself into the intro.
I bought one as well and got it in early July. I skipped out on the jubillee, but did get both the orange and black tropical. I am a HUGE Magnum fan, so this was right up my alley. The early ones from Momentum were listed at the higher price, but you could get a big discount for the pre-order. I still may go back and order the jubilee, just to have it. I normally wear the black strap, but the orange is a fun way to change it up. Looking forward to keeping this one for a long time.
Magnum PI never looked better ❤
That Magnum P.I. intro certainly had the memories flooding back! Well done on the editing there too.
Apollo and Zeus! Have had a couple of Doberman's over the years thanks to that show. Truly an amazing breed.
Signed up for the pre-order for the Sea Quartz and got my email to order back in June. I immediately deleted it and wanted nothing to do with this watch or the company. Momentum was basically using us to finance their wholesale order with zero risk and outlay on their behalf. They are a real company and have been around for years and years, they can finance the watches themselves with their money and put them up for sale when they get them. They don't need us to order/pre-pay as many as we collectively can and then order the production based on that with the money we already gave them.
The watch business is quickly becoming to 'scammy' for me. Waiting lists, planned scarcity, price hikes just because, using 'influencers' for marketing/advertising, everyone jumping on the hype of the week watches, every company releasing the same same watch (ever since Seiko came out with the SSK seems every company is GMT'ing everything. Tissot PRX? Cool, everyone releases an integrated bracelet sports watch. Tiffany Blue? Coming right up!), and so on.
Momentum put these out for preorder again back in June and I was able to get one. They were offering a nice discount, so I was able to get the black rubber strap model for $220 USD. I think that still is a pretty solid value. I want to say it was a 15% discount being offered on all preorders.
I was lucky enough to be sent one in February for review and I absolutely love it. They were kind enough to let me keep it and it's found a place at the top of my collection and it's seen plenty of use both in and out of the water.
They sent you a free watch to review and your channel has 3 subscribers? How does that make sense?
That intro is immense! One of the best theme tunes of all time. Pure class.
Nice watch as well!
As a Vancouverite and Magnum PI fan, buying this was a no-brainer. Wearing it on the jubilee and lovin' it! Nice 'stache Jody!
I will never understand how brands like Casio and Citizen manage to produce watches, even some at $100 or less, with quartz movements that hit the markers every time... but it seems like no one else can.
89€ : Steeldive with excellent quality, finish and Nh35 inside....
They use automated hand setting equipment producing large numbers of watches cheaply. Trade off is lack of originality.
My Casio does not hit the markers. My Seiko Arnie does not either.
Love it! I own a Momentum watch, but is the much larger 52mm M1 Deep 6 with a quartz movement. It is a bit heavy and big for daily wear, but if you want your watch to stand out or you need a really easy to read dial, look no further. For some strange reason, it looks O.K. on my smallish wrist. What I like about Momentum is that they are a true tool watch that was used by real divers. Mine has scratches on it bezel to prove it. This Magnum PI watch looks great and and encompases all the virtues of my M1 Deep 6 in a much more wearable package. Good work Momentum!
Super loved the intro! Used to watch this series with my grandma :) Lovely watch too.
I don’t really like hours hands being so much smaller than the minutes, but the extra shaping on this one somehow makes it look better. The little T-Rex hour hand on the Doxa 300 (and the clones that I honestly see more often) looks ridiculous, but this one I could live with.
I’m on the wait list for the next batch. Now I’m into quartz watches in the last few months.
Thanks for taking a proper look at this one. I've enjoyed your holiday photos with it on wrist. I initially canceled my pre-order back in February, but chickened out and canceled my order because I didn't really need it. However, it ended up living rent free in my head and when I saw they now had a jubilee style bracelet on pre-order for $250, I jumped on it. I've been looking for a good diver grab-n-go quartz for running out the door with the dogs each morning. We will see if this sticks around, as I do enjoy good lume before sunrise. I ended up ordering an orange tropic with it and with that and the bracelet, the total cost ends up being US$21.50 more than if I had kept my old pre-order and bought the bracelet when it eventually came out. Not too bad of a price jump in the end if caught on the June pre-order discount. I am slightly regretting not picking up the black tropic, but they have them readily available as an accessory for later order if I choose. The FKM strap for US$35 price really isn't terrible.
The out of pre-order price is definitely a bit harder to stomach, but not awful. I do see they've sold out in all variants, so there's that. Note that if you're not stuck on the Magnum P.I. thing like I am, there is a "Black-ion plated matte" solar model for $288 on NATO or Tropic strap worth looking into. Those are still available for pre-order at the time of this comment.
Love the outfit Jody. I woke up at 2am, thirsty and hungry. Just as I poured the tea your video dropped. Thank you. I was all over this and was reaching for my wallet then you said the price. The wallet is back In the drawer! Original price, I’d have suffered the argument with my wife, current price saves me an argument but leaves an empty slot in the watch box
Yeah I think I got in at the right time.
i got mine during the first production run back in january! first watch i ever had engraved! i love it! the tropic strap it came with isn't the best... but i got a curved end orange silicone strap for it and it looks great! thanks jody!
Digging the mustache, Jody. It works!
Also, this is a cool watch, and I like that the current producers of the watch are related to the original release. I could see myself getting one, but I'd prefer to spend 25% less than the current asking price.
My order was part of the Nov batch and I can report the following. First, lume is excellent contrary to this review. It easily lasts all night on both bezel and dial. Quality about on par with lower end Japanese diver - so certainly decent. Second hand hits marks about half the time but doesn't bother me. IMHO, the design of the watch is what really puts it ahead of the competition. It is unique , clean but yet not a copy of some other ultra expensive watch. The only items that I would describe as negatives are a small amount of bezel wobble that I understand is normal on some watches and the lugs don't take seiko fat lug springbars. Overall, I am certainly pleased.
Jodi, you went all out for this video intro. It must have taken so much time, to find the Magnum P.I. intro, then superimpose your face over Magnum's BUT making the same facial expressions he made. Simply brilliant! And that shirt! 😍 You should make a separate channel on what shirts you buy and where you get them. I watch EVERY one of your videos, even if I don't like the watch, simply because I want to see what shirt you're wearing. You're the best YT watch reviewer out there! ❤
That is Jody's 308GTS.
I loved Magnum as a kid(and adult 😂). This watch is just the right amount of retro for me. The Invicta I bought a couple of days ago exceeded my expectations, maybe this will too? Can never have enough divers watches, eh!
Love the Tache, Jody. I thought I was going to hear the Village People's YMCA for a moment there. I really like this watch especially on the Tropic strap, but then I'm a sucker/nerd/saddo for watches used in films or TV shows. Bond watches, the Captain Willard, Michael Caine's Rolex Day-Date (Get Carter), Ethan Hunt's G-Shock, Brad Pitt's Brietling Ambassador, Arnie's Seiko, Ripley's Seiko, the Alsta in Jaws, the Victorinox worn in 'Source Code', the watches the DEA guys wore in Narcos (an old Omega and an Orient apparently) ... I just love them, and it's part of what drives my collecting.
Hey Jody, small suggestion: What if, for the spec sheet/dimensions, you'd put another object for size reference next to the watch, for like 5 seconds or so?
Maybe one of the more accurate subby homages, most know how big those are.
Great looking watch. As a fairly new watch enthusiast, I’m still on my “automatic only” kick. Although I swore I would wear only bracelets and then I put my Willard Homage on a Tropic FKM, and it’s slowly becoming my favorite watch. Thanks for the great review!
Try not to jump into too many restrictions, biases, and keep an open mind. Defo avoid all watch snob guidance 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@marcdaniels9079 Ha! For sure. I’m about as far from a snob as you can get. I got into watches late last year so I’m still fascinated mainly by automatics. Unless you’re wearing a counterfeit, I think no one should say 💩 about what anyone wears and likes.
I'm fairly new too, but I would just say buy the watches you love(and can afford). It's your taste , no one else's. I went with the'have an example of each style-diver, chrono, digital, dress, field etc-but each to their own. Enjoy collect ting!!
Great production, Jody! As to the watch, I love the looks, the finishing looks great, but I'm going to need a movement upgrade (even a better quartz would be fine) for $295. Cheers!
I usually can't stand day-date complications, but this one is really tempting. Hard to resist the Magnum cool. 😎 Probably too big for me though.
Jody, I can’t get enough of your videos. They’re smart, fun, funny, and so honest and informative. You have such a good sense for a watch’s strengths and weaknesses. I’m sure you could have excelled and been successful at a great many things but you’ve chosen to grace us with your presence as a watch reviewer. My life is just a little bit richer with you in it. Thank you.
Ha! Thanks for the kind words mate! And thanks for watching the channel.
Mine finally came. So happy with this. And it came with a replica Magnum Hawaiian shirt. My dad would have been so jealous. Thanks for reviewing this. I might have missed this otherwise.
Always love seeing a quartz watch review. Quartz is making up a greater proportion of my collection as it gives you grab and go variety without the winding and service costs of autos. And there are so many great quartz pieces out there, new and vintage. Probably a Dan Henry mechaquartz skin diver will be the next one.
Agree, the thought of having to service every NH35 watch in the collection in 5-7 years just annoys me. Furthermore, I wore a Miyota automatic watch some years back to workout and jog and froze up the movement twice. Since then, I cannot bring myself to do anything too physical in an automatic.
Love it Jody, nice Ferrari mate! Quartz, particularly solar quartz is very hard to argue against. I have autos but keeping them going is a pain somedays. My YELLOW 😂 Casioak and brace of Citizens are so convenient. Your reviews of the Casioak and Pagani Moonwatch cost me £188 for both watches and im delighted with both. Cheers.
I picked up Momentum’s M-Ocean [38mm] - White Full Lume dial at the Windup Watch Fair in San Francisco earlier this year, and I find myself grabbing all the time.
Just as usual. Omega was official for the Apollo mission, but actually Bulova withstanded the experiment after Omega failed. Rolex was worn by Magnum chronologically after Momentum, but everybody remember the Rolex. 007 wore a lot of Seikos, but Omega has the most hype. Glad to see that the real retro tool watches are still regularly reissued by different brands (Seiko, Bulova, Casio, Momentum, etc.) with decent quality, robustness & availability.
That Sir, is one of the best intros I've seen in ages. Fact!
I’ve owned aMomentum Steelix for years.
Indestructible and probably the best field watch ever.
It’s a tank.
Hey Jody! I can't tell you how many times I've watched this video trying to convince myself to buy this watch hahah
Long story short, I orders a sea quartz on the tropic strap and I got mine early in December last year and I've LOVED it!!! I just took it on vacation with me to Trinidad and Tabago with my better three quarter and it held up amazingly! Took it swimming in the Carribean sea and everything!!!! Thank you thank you thank you for selling me on my favourite watch with your amazing video! I don't know if it was the same with yours but when I received mine, momentum set my watch to the correct time in my time zone here in southern Ontario, Canada. That alone is 5 star customer service in my eyes
Cheers eh?
Hellooooooo Steve! thansk for watching (repeatedly!) and thansk for your comment. Glad you like the watch and my recommendation of it. All the best! Jody
Love the intro! Jody's reviews are getting better every day 😁
Wow, that intro, the superimposed face over Tom Selleck is just seamless.
Since I didn't pay for the SRPE55 I won in your drawing (thanks again), I've splurged and purchased a DD sapphire and a Tropic strap. It is the first Tropic strap for me, and it won't be the last. To my eyes, it is the perfect strap for the SRPE55. That Momentum looks great on all of the straps, but I suspect I'd wear it on the Tropic too. Cheers, Mate.
The production quality on these videos keeps going up up up. Great intro. Great review.
Nice, thx for this fun review! Though I would only buy this at 200 $ max - it's for hardcore Thomas Magnum fans only I guess, which tend to be over 50 years old now like me ;) To stay up-to-date I'd rather save some more money and buy a CWC Quartz Diver instead. Would be great to see a review of one of those. Cheers from Bremen / Germany! 😘
I've had the watch for over 3 months. I really like it. I got the bracelet but don't use it. It arrived already set to my local time, day, and date. Nice touch.
OMG 😆 loved the intro! Gave me a good laugh after a busy day at work. As for the watch, I really like it. I like a retro diver. I agree about the bracelet. I think a pressed clasp would be more in keeping with the vintage styling of the watch and would keep the weight down too.
That intro is one of the best I've seen! I like the St. Moritz watches. But, I can get a Casio for $50 or less that lines up with the indices. Can't understand why some companies can't seem to do it.
that must be an Australian Hawaiian shirt- no palm trees, just racing cars. Nice retro watch. I remember Magnum wearing the Rolex GMT more due to the pepsi bezel .
I have one and LOVE IT. One of my favorite watches.
I do really like the looks of the watch. Very rugged, all business design. If they release it in an auto or maybe a mecha-quartz at a reasonable price ($500?) , I might throw some money their way.
I bought one from the first batch on the black tropic.Engraved Thomas Sullivan Magnum P.I.No complaints whatsoever.
Love it! Bought one in the June pre-order, will get it in October.
Now if only you'd been able to drive that Ferrari, you'd have been an absolute legend! (I know it's the second set of Magnum title screens, but you might want to see if you can catch the original title screens because they're really fun.)
OK, you know this already and it’s not original but…BEST…INTRO…EVER.
I haven't purchased a new watch in almost 2 years but this one has really got my interest. Looks great on either of the Tropic straps. As for the hour hand...I like it as designed but would have been a real stunner if they would have framed it the orange. Think I have to go shopping now.
I was originally on the second pre order run when they were under $200 but cancelled my order until there were some reviews out. I just got on yesterdays preorder and they are including a Magnum correct Hawaiian shirt for free with the pre order. That helps with the sting of the price increase.
I asked for a moustache in the previous magnum watch vid....and now I have it....classic intro.... Jody.... Tom Selleck...watch out....and nice looking watch as well....👌
Just got a Sea Quartz 30 on the orange tropic strap..great watch!! Back in the early 80’s, my dad and I never missed an episode of Magnum P.I….I won’t be buying the Rolex model Tom Selleck wore starting in season 4, since the Rolex would cost more than my car!!🤣🤣
In the show Magnum gets his dad's GMT after he dies in Korea, but the GMT had not yet been invented. I read years ago the producers gave Tom Selleck that Rolex when the show ended and he still wears it daily.
Tom Selleck donated his GMT from the show (which he wore daily for many years) to a charity auction a few years back. And yes, not only was Magnum’s father killed well before the Rolex GMT Master was introduced in 1954, but the 1675 reference he wore wasn’t introduced until 1959-making it even more of an anachronism.
Love it. The nostalgia makes it a bargain at the new price. Must have.
Just got mine today. Love it! Magnum was one of my favorite shows in high school
Momentum make good watches! I wore a Momentum Steelix for a LONG time then sold it on for about 60% of purchase price!
Ah, such nostalgia. My father's favorite show. 😢 I may have to get this watch
This is a beautiful watch. Oh, now I really want one. Such temptation!
It reminds me a bit of the Helm Vanuatu. Not quite as tool watch as the helm. I love both. This quarts is beautiful.
Hi Jody! Loved the intro, great stash! My favorite outfit since the Gypsy. You give such detailed descriptions that perhaps a stat you could list when reviewing quartz watches is how many out of 60 does the second hand line up correctly. This watch looked about 25-35 out of 60. Your latest Citizen is 60 out of 60 I'm sure. I remember your seiko solar street monstrosity was maybe 3-60
They've recemtly released a black PVD version of this in solar quartz. Wonder if they'll update the stainless model to solar?
That watch is a real looker in my opinion. I've never been a big fan of orange watch bands til I saw this watch paired with one. And thanks for the trip down memory lane re the Magnum PI theme song. Grew up on that show.
There is so much potential to cast other watch RUclipsrs in the roles of Higgins, TC, Rick, Icepick, etc.
Nice intro.. Nice watch, though would've preferred a wider hour hand.. Best thing: the MOUSTACHE ! though the investigator is not exactly Tom Selleck, but more like Thomson and Thompson 🤠😆
So, pre-orders just opened up again. Can’t wait to get mine.
Same here.
I'm loving it! The only thing I don't like is the hands. Would it be possible to swap out the hands with something from a Seiko Diver? Well... I'm sure it's possible but if I ask my local watch repair guy to do that, will he think I'm a nutter, or is that normal?
What an intro! Good one!
Oddly enough I'm rarely interested in the majority of watches you review; however, I very much enjoy your entertaining reviews. Same with the Mad Watch Collector. I have bought a couple Pagani watches based upon your reviews that I was happy enough with right up until they died. Thanks so much for the entertaining reviews!
That's a big compliment. Thanks for watching the channel mate!
That’s the best intro to any RUclips video ever. 😀😀😀😀👍👍👍👍👍👍😀😀😀😀😀😀😀👍👍👍👍👍
What a theme, what a watch, what a shirt! I want them all!
Bro, you’re having way too much fun with this… - and I LOVE IT!! Feckin Brilliant!
The watch is quite nice, but really it’s all about the intro. Fantastic Jody 🎬
I would definitely watch JOMW PI if you ever make it. :) Good watch but great intro!
The second hand not hitting the markers is a deal killer for me
The legibility makes it even more noticeable...
I am glad I got one when the promo was in effect. It’s my third Canadian watch this year after my Marathon GPM and my York & Front
I have an Atlas titanium 36 for a beater and it hardly gains anything in a month.
Long life battery, 100 WR etc, screw down crown
Lume isn't fantastic but been fine.
Really love that Momentum is making these! A cheeky company called ChronoPorts makes one with a rubber duck logo that, at arm's length, almost looks like the AWESOME original ChronoSport sail logo. Same watch in every other respect, as far as I know.
Intro was slightly disturbing, I love it! Great video as always!
Everything I own is quartz, and I'd like an automatic so badly, but this is so nicely done in my opinion, and the price is relatively low.
Arggg... my longines keep getting delayed and i don't want to fall into the pitfall of buying so many budget watches that I never get the grail 😅
Great intro, but magnum pi wore an msw automatic, as the company will remind you if you care to look. Come on, a ferrari 308 and a quartz watch? Maybe tom selleck had one of these kmart specials.
A nice watch - love the retro design of it and the orange minute hand is growing on me. Maybe slightly too high-polished if used for practical purposes, but I'm not a diver it doesn't bother me too much! I do think a brushed caseback would be a better option, if placed on a bedside cabinet. Shame the second hand doesn't hit the markers. I have a couple of watches like that - and whilst I try and forget it's always in the back of my mind 😂😂
Jody, your penchant for wearing kick-awesome F1 shirts never ceases to amaze me.
I salute you, Sir.
That intro brought back some memories and also cracked me up. Beautiful watch!!!
Really like the way this one looks, except for the brand name and logo. Why didn't they leave it as Chronosport since they were the original owners?
Loved the intro, took me straight back to the cheesy 80's TV show that I must admit to quite liking ;)
Love the intro. I picked up the first Gen at $195 USD and love it.