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Hi nico you inspired me to get a watch. I have some mental stuff that makes it hard for me read analog so I bought a Casio F91W I love it so much. Thank you for teaching me about this world and entertaining me along the way.

Good to have you on the team Nico! Looking forward to reading some controversial columns 😅

Missed the most important bit about Habring: Richard was the man who created the IWC Doppelchronograph, and is more or less considered a wizard when it comes to the Valjoux 7750. Matter of fact, that deadbeat seconds reference you called out is a dramatically reworked 7750. Pretty neat.

So glad to see Maen getting some run. I’ve been scooping them up for stupid cheap the last couple years and I love showing them to watch guys.

Yes! We are now officially in the educational era of Nico Leonard. Been waiting for something like this, not just the Rolexes, Pateks & APs, sure they’re great but after a while it just gets samey.

Nico calling Hitler a communist is probably the best thing about this video 😂 It's about as true as saying that Hublot make good watches.

Sarpaneva out of Finland has some amazingly beautiful moon phase watches. I personally love the Lunations Black Ruthenium and the Näkki Harvest Moon. Thank you for all the great content you create! Keeps me interested in drawing my own watch designs!

I learned about Grönefeld because Nico Leonard's grail watch is gronefeld chronograph.

Great video. I'm so glad that you started with Maen but you left out the model that really stands out, the Manhattan 37, a tribute to the Vacheron Constantin 2215 of 1975. I ordered it in May and received it this week. For US$700, it compares well with Longines models that cost three to four times the price and is unbelievably elegant and has a stunning dial.

I've been following Behrens for YEARS and i love that you've finally touched on them! Absolute works of magic and art

Love the video Nico very educational and eye opening 💪🏻

Hi Nico and team! Love the content! The brand I love is probably a little known out there, but make phenomenal chronographs: Hanhart. I am confident very few people know about their offerings and pedigree.

Hi Nico, another very good vid from you, love that type of content fron the beggining. Watchbrand you might never heard of is Balticus. That's independent watch brand from my homecountry, Poland. It's quite young, they started in 2016. Neverless the have some cool and classic pieces in their catalogue, worth checking

I saw Maen in person at Chicago Windup. Great watches and great people!

So happy to see Kurono here ! I absolutely love the MORI !

Zelos is another kickstarter gem. Swiss movements, exotic materials, at affordable prices. Meteorite dials, a dial made from parts from the sr-71 blackbird, "damascus" titanium cases. Cool watches for sure

You lose Nico, I’ve heard of all 5 and own a Maen 🙌🏼

Thanks nico for sharing information

The next watch I'll buy is Maen! It's absolutely stunning, and as a Dutchman it has an extra plus!

I ordered the maen Brooklyn 36. And I’m happy that Nico approves. I pre ordered it tho for 700. Now they go for 850. Not 670

Love Maen. Was hoping to keep that brand to myself. Not easy as they truly make beautiful watches. The Manhattan is mu favorite. I know its based of a Vacheron Constantin model from the 70's. The finishing is insane for the money I dont know how they do it and stay in business. The Brooklyn 36 with the creme dial is top notch. I plan on owning them all. Only other brand that has my attention like this right now is Lorier. While Lorier uses mostly miyota movements I like how they may use 3 or 4 iconic vintage pieces and select different elements from each to create a new piece that is all their own. It just works imo.

Nico, thank you for all the great content! You provide great context and history on models and brands which are my favorite parts. Most of what you cover is out of my $500 price range so I’m curious what your thoughts are of Lorier, the husband and wife brand out of NYC. I found their watches by chance and love their old school style. Just bought the Hyperion Skyward GMT.

Thanks to this, and more reviews of Maen; I ordered my first mechanical watch to commemorate finally becoming a home owner

HMT in India

Although it’s quite popular for a micro brand, I think Zelos offers insane value for money.

Congratulations and I keep learning more about new watches that I didn't even know about new people that create watches

Hi Nico and the team , always enjoy your channel and because of your content I have recently purchased my first quality watch ( Tudor black bay Pepsi) absolutely love it thanks for the recommendation, would you in the future be possibly considering watch manufacture if so I’m in , keep up doing what you’re doing just quality.

I am now quite proud of myself for knowing all these brands! 😂😂

Hi Nico ! Love from India 🇮🇳 Have you heard of a brand named Titan? They are very popular in here, cheapest yet brilliant movements I would imagine. I have a watch from 2018 for less than 10 GBP ( INR 1000) and it is still accurate! Also would like your opinion on Svalbard watches !

Behrens watches are absolutely incredible feats of engineering mate, thanks for tuning me into this brand.

Hi Nico! I have loved watches since my childhood but have learnt a lot about watches from you. My passion for watches has grown so much. You probably won't have heard of Indian watch brands like Fastrack and Titan which are pretty popular in India. Would be interested in your views on such regional brands.

Earnshaw should be included in this list . Its owned by Darthmouth Brands LTD. It’s a Hong Kong based Watch brand and it’s Quality is very good . They sell Luxury Watches at Affordable Prices.

I've been on watch KZfaq too long; between Nico, Watchfinder, and Teddy Baldisarre, I've already seen watches by all these brands. I was also half expecting the brand D. Dornblüth & Sohn to make the list.

I love MAEN especially their Manhattan line.

Definitely already knew about all of them...still, great show Nico! Goed gedaan man!

From Maen you should check the Manhattan in 38mm, so crazy tbh

A hidden gem of a brand you should cover is Horage. Lots of good independent watchmaking from them. At first I was stoked that I knew all the brands you mentioned and then I was like, shit I need get out more and do other things besides watches lol

I love the enthusiasm for Indy brands here. Right on!

Hey Nico! Love the vids, honestly my new favourite 'unknown' microbrand is a little company from Japan called 'Kuoe Kyoto' and their watches just look and feel amazing, Highly recommend for the price

Did bro just say Hitler was communist? 😭

the brand i rlly miss in your videos in general is Montblanc!!! they not only produce outstanding writing instruments but also absolutely stunning and, compared to the big shots, affordable watches. Being from Biel Switzerland which is the mecca of watch making, i know that repair statistics have montblanc on the leaderboard with other brands like ap.. meaning they have the least reported mechanical issues.. Rolex is far worse on that list. Also Montblancs history with Rieussec, the "inventor" of the chronograph is mind blowingly unpopular. Plz bring a video!

Hi Nico, great video but would also love a review of the Maen Manhattan 37 🙏❤️

Awesome video !! Have you ever heard of the Danish watch brand Dissing ?

Arnold and Son isn't talked about much either. Their Globetrotter is a great masterpiece

Hey Nico! I love the Scottish microbrand AnOrdain. Their fume dials are beautiful. I know H. Moser brought out one with a better movement but the AnOrdain watch did it first and for far cheaper. I've been on the waitlist for one for 2 years now 😂

Love the content, a company which was founded by two important chronograph makers, Dubey & Schaldenbrand. I like a few select pieces in their modern watches, but their vintage and neo vintage pieces has some of the most beautiful movements I have ever seen. Much love❤️

Finally Chronoswiss getting some love! Been a fan of theirs since the early 2000s.

Nico you are the man. I love watches but way too poor for a proper one. Mad love to you and the team you have an invaluble service thank you. Love the content and the education.

Dont think you have heard about Bruvik. A Norwegian watch brand with swiss made watches. Many of their pieces are absolutly stunning. Rune Bruvik (the founder) takes his inspiration from the Norwegian landscape and history. The price is not bad and he uses some very good movements from ETA and Sellita

I'm gonna go with Echo-Neutra. Top Vintage feeling and shapes for nostalgia, affordable and they make some crazy limited pieces

The only ones I knew was Behrens and Chronoswiss. The others are great additions. Thanks for the information.

Frederique Constant is a very Underrated Brand . It’s Watches are very good and classy . FC has reached the Level of Longines And Tag Heuer in very short Time .

Hey Nico, let me tell you about a brand from India - HMT Watches. They started producing watches in 1961 in collaboration with Citizen and soon started making them completely in-house. The case, crystal, movements and even the spring and pinions were made in-house and dare I say they produce the worlds cheapest mechanical and automatic watches till now. However the factories were closed in 2016 and they produce very few watches with what they have now. Nothing is perfect about these watches but man they have a legacy of being India's first home brand.

Seems quite inspired by this year's GPHG nominees, not a bad thing tho! Also, the comment section is a gold-mine for cool brands. I personally enjoy seconde/seconde ' s collabs (mainly on his insta account) and the brands he works with, e.g isotope, maen which was featured here and some other cool ones. Ikepod is a cool brand with very interesting designs and affordable prices that comes to mind besides all the above. Great video, looking into a Behrens Constell now....

My go to daily wear is currently an ARAGON. Talk about good value for money!! Bulletproof-they take everything thrown at them. Great designs, tried and true movements that include both Japanese and Swiss models, and mind boggling pricing for what you get.

Proof of me wasting time on watch videos is me having heard all the brands you mentioned in the video...

You have obviously heard of them but I love what Farer is doing just now... Especially their opposite of the Rolex 116506, I believe it is called the Carnegie Titanium. Will be taking a look into Kurono Tokyo for sure!

Amazing stuff, Nico! Keep bringing these rather unknown brands to light for us. You made me curious and I googled all these watches and they are class. Chronoswiss Heritage design reminds me of A. Lange & Sohne. I'd like to add one more less known watch brand to this list: Christopher Ward. Their watches look beautiful.

I've got a MAEN on preorder here for about 6 weeks now the Manhatthan 37 in salmon, I saw it, loved it and ordered it but have to wait till November/December though for it to shipped.

I think you've undersold some Kickstarter watch brands, I think these have done a great job and have moved on from Kickstarter to be successful watch brands. Brew Zelos Baltic Isotope Direnzo Boldr

Alternative title : communist watchmakers 😭

I'm a big fan of your watch reviews! Could you please consider reviewing some Titan watches, like the elegant Titan Edge, sophisticated Titan Regalia, and the intriguing Titan Automatic? Your expert insights on these Indian timepieces would be awesome. Can't wait for your next video!

If heard of all, except Behrens… you got me with that one. I actually own a Habring2 Erwin. Fenomenal watch and the level of finishing is superb.

Shout Out to YOU! This is great marketing for lesser known but quality businesses 👏 🙌

I fell in love with the MAEN Brooklyn 36

Great showcase 🙄🔥

Quite chuffed that I actually knew 3 of these brands 😎👌🏻 My fav is definitely Kurono Tokyo

Have Maen gmt ! Makes my omega feel and look cheap ! Love it !!

Nico, I cannot believe you did not mention the Atowak Tarantula. That watch is amazing. Echt een tof horloge man! ... blijf doorgaan met je madness man! A follow chubby Dutch guy in the UK... Well almost Ireland 😂😂

i have heard of everything other than the maen and its all thanks to you

thanks for turning on to main!!.. they are my next purchase

Bought my first watch recently, a Seiko 5 gmt black grape and love it

Hi Nico have you heard of luminox? You have inspired me deeply to save up for a god tier watch, keep up the amazing work!!!

Nico on his way to 2M. LETS GOO!!!

I like more videos like this. I simply can’t afford the big name watches and I’m aware of most of them without seeing your videos. I wish you would do more great watches we never heard of along with a series on best watches under 1000, 2000, ect….. I own few watches under 300 but I did come off my alley a little and bought a Steinhart titanium. Looks similar to the Batman. I’ve really enjoy this watch. My kids are a little older and I’m looking to spend 2500 on my next watch. The Maen has really caught my eye! Thanks for what you do!

So many under the radar great watch brands, Stowa & Damasko from Germany, Ming from Malaysia, Doxa from Switzerland and CWC from UK.

Talking about value for $ echo/neutra from Italy is one of my favourite. Also Maen is one of my next watch probably...

The new Kurono gmt with the miyota 9075 looks absolutely amazing!

I really love the GoS watches. Winter nights or Sarek Akka are my favorites.

Thank you for showcasing these incredible brands. I’ve heard of Maen and Chronoswiss but never heard of the others. You are genuinely making the watch world better with your loud mouth and passion Niko. Love ya for that. And please keep swearing you mad c***.

Nico you might not have heard of Otsuka Lotec. They are a small watch company out of Japan and hand make all their parts outside of the movements without the use of heavy common day machinery. They only have 4 current models and this year they have only produce I believe 50 or so of their 7.5 model.

Im thinking about getting a green Brooklyn 36 - ATC.05 as my first ever watch. I love how it looks! Would it be a good investment you guys think?

I love how the couple from Habring 2 have matching shoes on…that’s a bigger achievement…love the content mate!!…🥃🥃🥃

9:14 Nico you were so close to not swearing in this video but you made a small slip up here 😂 . Love the videos always 👏

As someone who has spent 7 years preparing to launch my own Swiss made watch brand and am launching on kick starter in 3 months. It’s great to see this and ironic to see that the brand we see as our biggest bench mark was mentioned straight away at the start.

Nico you legend, have you ever heard of Atelier Wen? The dial of the perception is quite possibly one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen!

Nico please don’t not stop swearing I love the honesty out of u

Thought (cockily - not a swear word!) that you would lose that bet , but you got me with Behrens 😋 very nice to see some niche brands especially on your channel 👍

I purchased 3 years ago a Maurice Lacroix Aikon 41mm with the green dial i love that watch (as i work in a watch store ive had alot of people telling me that they like the design of the watch but theyve never heared of it)

Would want to see something about Maurice Lacroix watches. Whats the quality and so on 😊 Thanks for the content Nico! 💪🏻

You were not wrong about those Behrens. 😍 Those are some fascinating movements. 👍🏻

I love my Kurono Tokyo Chronograph II Shiro watch.

Interesting list, also like H Moser, Czapek and Laurent Ferrier

hi nico.. i would love to see u explore more on japanese watchmaking such kikuno and naoya.. love from malaysia

I have been eye'ing one of those chronoswiss suckers with seconds jump-back and it is absolutely gorgeous

A Japanese watch brand I found out is called “Mirco”. I just really love the design of the chronograph they offer.

Hi, Nico. I've been following your channel for a couple of years now and never miss your new videos. You asked about a watch brand you've never heard of. It's not an unknown brand, but have you heard of CASIO Oceanus? Only available in Japan and the US.

Vincero !! Amazing watches !

Islander watches are another brand that have fantastic value for money. They use mostly Seiko and Miyota movements but for the $300-$500 range they’re really beautifully made with some awesome dials that are almost Grand Seiko-esque. Made in New York as well and not China, for whatever that’s worth lol