I enjoy your content. I think as an owner of multiple watches high and low end. One thing no one talks about is the cost of maintenance of high end. I've spent over 2500 pounds this month on servicing 2 Rolexes, a Breitling and an Oris, granted a significant time before intervention. My advice unless your seriously wealthy or just don't care buy cheap. If you buy a premium watch it comes with premium responsibility, if you want to pass it on?

I love Grand Seiko and actually enjoy the fact that they fly under the radar or are misunderstood. I’m a contrarian at heart, so anything as beautiful as a GS that goes against the group or majority think, actually makes me happy. Keep up the great work on the channel and have a fab 2024!

Powermatic 80 plastic parts will outlive the rest of the watch. Its made of polymer that was used for parts in Lemania 5100 - one of the most reliable mechanical chronograph movements out there. The same type of polymer used for transmission parts of some KTM motorcycles, so don't be hating on plastic Russel, 70% of your body consists of it nowadays.

Grand Seiko does my head in: amazing dials , finishing and movements but Zero effort but Into brackets with no taper and clasps without micro adjust a product is only as good as it's weakest link ... So disappointing as they must have the technology and ability to correct it in seconds but don't .

I was surprised to see the AE1200 wasn't on the list. I can't think of another watch ever created that is so much watch for so little money. Like you mentioned about the F-91, when I wear my AE1200 I wonder why I even bothered buying any other watch. Next thing I know every other watch in the watch box is gathering months of dust because the AE1200 does literally everything you could want in a watch.

The problem of Grand Seiko is that it has Seiko in the name. if it was named Kanagawa or Kawabunga or Fujitori it would a contender for the top 3 spot of the holly trinity of watches

My two cents here: the 50 meters water resistance is good enough for a field watch. During my service, I was wearing a plastic Swatch with 30 meter water resistance and had never any problem with the watch. But as mountain infantry rifle man, scuba diving was not our priority. 🙂 Second; some folks says that manual winding watches such as a Khaki Field or a Speedy are a pain to own.

Casio is God tier, and it sucks to own anything expensive after the realization that there's no point to any watch collection after adding the FW-91, a G-shock, and a couple of other fun Casios. Good show to open the new year. Cheers.

Your point on the F91W was hysterical. It's all we ever needed.

Must say , I've been gone awhile and I miss this channel. I'm subbed to a few popular watch channels but yours is THE GREATEST!

I believe regarding the prx, you could buy the quartz version of it not only for half the price, but it’s easier to maintain, more accurate and would probably last longer than the plastic parts in the mechanical version.

The recommended video at the end was this video again, youtube thought it was so sensational I should watch it twice 🤣🤣🤣

I agree with you so much on the hamilton khaki feild, I love mine but I don't wear it as much because I'm afraid of it finding water.

How does one get robbed in a country where there is not a lot of guns? I am just curious. I live in the U.S. and if someone came up to me and wanted my watch and they did not have a gun they would just be asking for a bad day.

About the Hamilton's 5ATM WR: you have to remember that this watch was originally built to a military specification. Not "military" as in "tough enough for any war zone" but "contract won by the lowest government bidder". Also meaning, "sustained swimming is *not* a general military duty." 5ATM WR will survive a torrential downpour as well as *casual* swimming (aka splashing around hip-deep in the shallow end of the pool, which is how wet a fully armored and armed infantryman wants to get). In comparison, Marathon Watches' General Purpose military watch is built to current military specs and is 3ATM WR.

A great show to close out 2023! I think you absolutely nailed every point MWC! Especially the F91W being all the watch anyone ever really needs. That hits home hard when you think about it 😂 Happy New Year to you and your family MWC 🍻

I absolutely LOVE my Invicta pro diverers. One for over 10 years now, and 4 have been added over the years.

Love The royal oak, bought The prx (like you said), wouldnt pay The royal oak price for one so The prx is good enough. My favourite part with The prx is its versatility, can be worn with suit, casually clothing etc. And love The way The integrated bracelet with 40mm case looks on my wrist.

Why would a brand like Tissot put PLASTIC PARTS inside one of their models!?? I won't even entertain a thought of buying ANYTHING from Tissot now. Gross.

Great show mate! Really amusing. The F91 popped up and I thought: 'Hang on a sec... where's this going!!' All the best to you and yours for NY. 👍👍

The negative comments I just know are going to POP up is part of the reason my invicta pro diver in a way “sucks” too own. 😂. But haters bring it on. My daughter bought this for me like 12 years ago and it still keeps good time. It’s very durable it looks great. It’s the silver sunburst dial/stainless steel case black rubber strap only wear is a few minor scratches on the bezel. Is it perfect. No not at all but my only complaints is the poor lume and the poor function of the bezel. Very difficult to turn. I’ve actually thought about putting a dab of gun oil in it LOL

Not a powermatic80 fanboy, but plastic has been used in mechanical movements for decades and decades, lemania5100 comes to mind. Even the powermatic80 has been around for 10 years already and have never heard a story of the plastic pallet wheel or pallet fork breaking, and not all of them contain plastic either. As well, you'll not need to regulate them as they regulate them to cosc spec at the factory, and the free sprung balance system is also much harder to go out of regulation than the more common regulation organ.

😂 I think you could say Casio sucks for all watch collectors, as for under £100 they offer "the only watch you need", whether it's the £10 FW91 or the all singing dancing G-Shock with regularly retails at Argos for £79.99. Watches that suck for me are the overpriced, overhyped and often unobtainable ones which offer little more than a display of your status in this strange world of aspiration. Must confess don't understand the negativity towards the PRX. The auto keeps superb time (mine -3 secs per week) and providing the movement lasts several years and can be replaced inexpensively then I would have little worry given everything else it offers. Keep up the good work, your videos are certainly a refreshing take in the world of watches and really enjoy what the wife says 😁👍

The thing I hate about owning an F91W is that my wrist is just too big for it. I absolutely love the watch, but can't wear it without it looking silly.

The orient triton neptune dive watch, blue, with power meter is terrific.....but, it's not a seiko. But, I love it! My ersatz grand seiko is the seiko presage spf53. That textured light ice blue dial is like wild. I have the quartz blue prx. I've had problems with the powermatic 80 movement. My mido is a constant headache.

Re PRX. I almost refused to even look at a PRX for a long time due to people like yourself trashing the movement and even now i part agree with your opinions on it BUT after finally trying one on it was such a beautiful watch and wore so well I now own two of them. Now yes I still agree on the use of plastic parts but has anyone shown and proven that those parts actually wear out or fail faster? Also as for the regulation. Well I spent some time looking into the movement and when seeing the high tech laser based regulation they use on them they really are performing the best they ever will. Now sure they might get worse over time when people don't look after them or abuse them but so far it's one of the most accurate movements in my collection and i do own some really nice watches. Given how many PRX's are getting sold I am also sure in a few years time other companies that deal in making parts and tools for watchmaking will come up with some kit that will just swap out those few plastic parts or even just OEM spec new parts so the argument many have on them not been serciable will become a mute point. Regulation? People already say their are ways to do it on these if needed but I have not looked into that much. So could tissot just done it better from the start? Yeah sure but then it would not be the bargain it sells for. I have a gentleman powermatic as well which is the same movement but without the plastic parts in it so one could just swap in that spec powermatic into a PRX anyway 5-10 years down the track.

The casio f91w is actually true. It’s the watch that stop me from buying automatic watches. The last time i bought an automatic watch was back on 2020. And i don’t wear my automatic watches that often because i can’t take my casio off my wrist.

Last year on dec 25 2023 i got a F91W as a xmas present. I kept it in its original plastic see through box after setting the time correctly, so never had it on the wrist for over a year. Last week i checked the watch and it was on -14 seconds over the last year.....wow. My Captain Cook runs on +7 seconds a day....i guess that sucks a bit considering the price difference between these 2 watches.. Hny to all the MWC gang out there!

I had absolutely NO idea that the PRX contains plastic parts! I wouldn't buy one anyway, I remember seeing one in a pawn shop in Blackpool, sitting in the window, slightly scratched, slightly dusty, and amazingly for sale at ABOVE RETAIL!! PMSL. It just looked so sad, dated and pathetic I was instantly repulsed! Combine that with the massive publicity it's had on KZfaq watch channels, I'm really turned off to it, but to find it's got plastic bits, is to me quite shocking. I would have expected better from Tissot!

Absolutely agree on these! Great fun to see you again Russ! Have a fantastic start to the new year! 🧡

Great subject! Great logic! I've never had a watch i didn't like ... But I've a few with butterfly clasps and no micro adjust that make sizing dicey. The ones without half links can suck because it's hard to get them to fit through all seasons of the year. 😮😊

Spot on with the SKX observation. My first watch was a 009. I then bought and sold 50 watches to arrive back to the SKX. Amazing little thing.

I luv this watch channel....its like I'm gettin watch advice from a bloke at Pub off his head on Charlie & beers .

Something for people to note on the powermatic 80 movmt inside the PRX, this is the 23-jewel version of the movement which, as the video says, does have a plastic escapement and pallet fork. However, there is more than one version of the powermatic 80, Certina, Hamilton, Mido etc all modify them slightly for their needs. BUT, within Tissot if you see any watch which has the "25-jewel" version then this is a more premium version with real, metallic components in the movement and would be the better option! E.g. the one inside the Gentleman or the Certina DS action diver.

My black bezel GMT master 2 is my daily. Met a bloke in a pub with a rose gold one he'd paid £19k for. Most folk haven't got a clue about watches.

Chronoswiss lunar chronograph. Looks stunning, just can’t tell the time with it because the gold hands on silver dial are literally invisible for 95% of lighting conditions!

Offering the PRX with a mechanical movement that isn't the Powermatic 80 would have been a far better idea than making it digital.

The 50m water resistance of field watches has had me puzzled as well.

Who's buying a $600 Tissot to be an heirloom watch? To me the problem with the PRX movement isn't the plastic parts, it's that the watch and movement are so cheap that it will never be worth the cost to service or repair. This problem is common to all cheap mechanicals (including your precious SKX). Personally, if I take it to service and it gets a new movement, I'd call that a win. It's not the kind of watch where parts originality is ever going to matter.

The best part of wearing an under-appreciated watch is that you own and wear it for yourself, for the story you know and appreciate, not merely to impress other people; the next best part, I suppose, is not having to worry as much about theft/muggings.

The PLASTICmatic 80 is in everything and just isn't as good as ETA's 3 jewel quartz movements in the quartz versions of the same lines. I have a watch with that movement and it gains 3 seconds a month. Not days, but about half a minute a YEAR accuracy for a lot less than that cheap "auto-plastic" movement. Pick whichever name you like - I'm partial to "auto-plastic" myself. * note - don't actually GET the digital PRX. Get the same movement in something with hands and dials. It is indeed interesting that the best Swatch group watches are their quartz models in terms of reliability and accuracy. What you are looking for is "ETA Heavydrive" or "3 Jewels" somewhere on the face or specs. I think it's the least expensive high accuracy quartz movement currently.

I have to agree that even though I absolutely love my PRX Powermatic 80, the fact that it has plastic parts sometimes nags at the back of my mind like “Hey, this watch has plastic parts in the movement, it’s only a matter of time before one of them breaks.” Beautiful watch, bracelet and case finishing is second to none for its price point, but the plastic parts is still a major concern.

So true 😂 for some reason i always grab my Casio F91

I have the PRX and I love it, so I’m a bit biased. However, while it is true that you can’t regulate the P80 movement as you would with other movements, the P80 movement is serviceable by Tissot. They even publish the costs of servicing the movement, which is quite affordable. So there’s no reason why you couldn’t pass on a PRX to another generation just like any other mechanical watch.

Come on Russell; when you coming out with your field watch? I’m dying with suspense!

I see lots of reviewers complaining about watches being “ only “ 50 meters water resistant. 99 % of people will never go below 5 meters in their lifetime. And if you do go diving, you will absolutely never wear your “ diver “ wrist watch. 50 meters is more than enough for a wrist watch. Happy new year, keep up the good work !

You rock, dude. Always hoping to run into you when I pass through Waterloo.

Couldn't agree with you more regarding the Powermatic 80. They also have it in some really nice looking Midos for their high price point

Explaining the smooth sweep of my Shunbun Spring Drive, and being asked, “oh, like Rolex?”

My Grand Seiko Spring Drive Chronograph sucks - it has spent more than 50% of the time I have owned it away in Japan being repaired. Fragile rubbish that I wish I never clapped my eyes on 😢

Im just here to say that my GMW B500D-1 is taking a hell of a beating and looking better for every scratch! Don't be afraid to wear: the Steel Square.

Honestly I don't get the prx plastic hate, I mean if the plastic is as good or better than a metal part... So what! Is progress on materials engineering and will help produce cheaper movements for entry level brands... So everyone wins you get a good watch at a cheaper price (margins are margins and always will be sky high in this industry... Or are we sure a royal oak only has a 7% profit margin as any commodity)

Mine is the casio dw5600. I love everything about it except the screen. When i look at it directly it fades out to the point of being hard to read, i have to angle my wrist like im showing someone else the time to be able to get a nice sharp image. It honestly makes me choose my casio MRW-200HD over it every day even tho the dw5600 features would be so helpful through the day!

Gw5000u owner here since last year, Love it, a real nerds watch, keep up the good work.

I have a Rolex GMT Master 2 Pepsi, and I totally agree. I am very hesitant to wear it where anyone can see it, and I whenever someone has seen it, they usually comment on it or I see people looking at it. I get real paranoid after this, even when I live in a relatively safe area. Unfortunate the world we have to live in now.

Agree with you about the Hamilton water resistance. All Certina watches, who are like Hamilton part of the Swatch group, START with a water resistance of 100 meters - there are even some Certina ladies dress watches (not dive watches) that are 200M WR

Yeahhhhhh! lol I love the personality you put into this man, it's more fun than the watches sometimes.

So true, having a Casio G shock, I really don’t need any other watch.

I think the use of "plastic" in the escapement of the PRX is a mountain being made out of a molehill. All the criticisms regarding that are based on hypotheticals and not grounded at all in reality. It's almost as if this issue sprouted up simply to throw cold water on all the hype surrounding the watch. Like it HAS to have an Achilles heel, right? WHAT IF....the plastic parts wear out sooner than a comparable metal component. WHAT IF....the Powermatic 80 is completely dropped by Tissot rendering the watch completely unserviceable. All these are in fact POSSIBLE, but currently are not an issue. There have been no reported escapement failures due to the materials used in this movement. The "servicing" cost of the PRX is more than reasonable, at less than $200.00 USD for FULL maintenance, which includes an entire rebuild or replacement of the movement. No one is expecting you to hand down a PRX Powermatic 80 to your children. In the same way that I'm not going to hand down a watch with a Seiko NH34 inside. It is designed to be an entry level Swiss Automatic movement, not a Rolex/Omega/AP/Patek (insert your favorite luxury brand here) killer. And I don't think that this makes the SUCK to own. IF the Powermatic 80 starts suffering component failures, and Tissot/Swatch group completely drops support for the PRX, then I'd say sure, that makes it suck to own. But considering the Powermatic 80 or a version thereof is being used not only by Tissot, but other Swatch Group brands, I don't see anyone dropping this movement anytime soon.

The price of the SKX certainly sucks now…

I can attest that the Khaki Field watch is junk. I use to own one. I bought it brand new from the online AD. The big crown with no crown guards is a huge point of failure. Also that it is not a screw down crown and manual wind is a disaster waiting to happen. I wore mine exactly 3 times to my office job before the crown just twisted off like snapping a toothpick. My watchmaker said the crown stem had corroded which meant water had seeped into it and due to the daily manual winding friction, the crown was inevitably going to break off. Especially because the components were cheap and it was not constructed to the tolerances of everyday use. AVOID BUYING THIS WATCH!!

The SKX013 was my first automatic watch and I really like it and will definitely keep it, but every now and then I wonder if I shouldn‘t have bought the 007 instead as the 013 looks really small when you look down at your wrist due to the small dial. The overall watch does not look particularly small on my 6.5 inch wrist…

My Hamilton broke winding a few years ago. Wound it very gently. Replaced under warranty and flipped. The ghost now haunts me as I miss it, especially on the no frills metal bracelet which most people hate. Good insights and show always. HNY!

All of my watches suck when I'm debating which watch to wear for a day.

Plot twist! They all really don't suck 😂

Just got F91W with skeleton bracelet. You're right: It sucks because it's all the watch i need.

Couldn’t agree with you more about the Hamilton!

They all suck to own as I love them all and I can't wear them all at once 🤣 And I still want more! 😱

I really don’t get the Swatch collab hate. I work in an office where the most common worn watch is some kind of Rolex and the second most common kind of watch is an Apple watch. I’m the weirdo wearing GS and regular Seiko to the office. The common ground I have with the Rolex crowd is geeking out over the Moonswatch and the Swatch Fifty Fathoms. They’re fun watches and don’t cost a ton. As well compensated as we are, we don’t make enough to have a watch box full of “fun watches” each costing thousands of dollars. Which is why I don’t own a ton of Zodiac.

Imagine getting mugged for a $250 Rolex homage.

FYI, not all PowerMatic 80 movements have plastic bits. The PM80 Silicium in the Tissot Gentleman has no plastic bits, for example. If I had a PRX, I would consider upgrading the movement when service time comes around.

I thought the Powermatic 80 was more complicated. I thought there are 3 versions of it. The Prx has plastic, the Gentleman has silicon, and Certina’s version has nivachron (titanium based). You should do a show on these

Marathon GSAR…. It’s an incredible watch that most people have never heard of, and a lot of people mistake for a Seiko.

I wonder about the notion that powermatic 80 is more fragile than the regular ETA2824 because of its plastic parts. If anyone’s seen them, could they share reports on breakage or more evidence based commentary on this?

Grand Seiko needs to redesign their watch bracelet to have glide lock style clasp on the fly adjustment. “Similar to Rolex and Tudor new models”.

Got some watches that sucks since the begining but started to suck even more because they last an eternity and compete each other to the others brands i got and hate each other.

I love my Khaki mechanical. I wear it a whole lot, but wish it was 100m of WR. I paid 300 USD for it, which seems reasonable.

The watch I have that sucks is the DW-5000E. I'm an automotive painter and this is my work watch. It sucks cause it's so damn durable and reliable. I want a new work watch but this one refuses to die!

One of the most sucky things for me in a watch is a incorporated bracelet/strap that can’t be swapped out with standard or a different style. I have an older Citizen watch that I love but, it has a 16mm lug width and then the rubber strap flares out to 20/21mm. So it’s impossible to find a good replacement strap option plus the original strap is weak and defective design 😡

London isn’t the only capital city with watch theft problems.

The pre ceramic Rolex Pepsi GMT is just soo much nicer than the ceramic. I can't stand the bloated numerals on the bezel and crown guard as lugs. The pre ceramic is just perfect 👌

Very interesting and different show 👍

I have 1 automatic watch which I love all the time , except when I have to set and wind it again! I prefer Quartz watches, except when the battery dies and I have to take it to the watch repair store. So everything has it's pros and cons, but I still love watches (even solar ones you only have to replace once in decades)!

The ‘watches that suck to own’ videos are very fashionable these days 😊

Have really gone off the Khaki mechanical, for the price and heritage I'd recommend CWC over Hamilton anyday. I've owned many CWCs and Khakis and the CWCs were more versatile, reliable and accurate.

Love this topic and your twist on it! You mentioned a lot of the watches that I have and… you’re right lol

About the Powermatic 80's plastic internals: this is one of the ways that watchmakers avoid damage by accidental magnetism. Because there are magnets everywhere (stereo speakers, clasps on wallets, smartphones, laptops, etc) there's a higher chance of a mechanical watch's movement getting magnetic damage than there was during the 70s. Since most buyers of the Tissot *aren't* super-enthusiasts, they won't try to regulate a watch on their own and they'll bring it back to the AD for fixing anyway.

6:36 that extra $$$ 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I think that you’re the only one who genuinely told the truth about the Tissot PRX powermatic 80 as no body else talked absolutely nothing against about it. How good is the quartz version of the PRX? Actually I own it and wanted to confirm where I stand!

22k subs in a few weeks. WoW!! Well done... your either getting really good at this or the watch world is really taking off again 🤞👍

Seiko prospex chronograph aka Seitona. All colors of the rainbow are available for purchase. It's a beater, that dresses up well, and it's ridiculously useful also its got solar.

I definitely hope to own the GW-5000U one day, but I gotta say, even a DW-5600 can survive being run over by a truck with no damage. Plus if the 5610 already has radio and solar modules, there’s no use in getting 5000U unless you’re willing to pay the premium.

Happy New Year Russ... I have a Panerai Radiomir... Love it to bits .. And it's a Strap monster.... IT SUCKS... changing straps with their wire lugs can be a proper Faff... 😉

Good choices here! I have a 1980 Seiko 7548 Pepsi quartz diver. Its been serviced, runs within 2-3 second per month, passed the waterproof test, and looks awesome. But...the lume is dead. I love wearing this watch, but it sucks when the sun goes down.

Vostok for me! Nightmare for setting date when left unworn!! Takes an age!

Great video Russ- love the concept. Happy new year!!!!

I love the Casio A168WG. It's great fun, but it sucks to own because the gold pvd coating is so fragile. You could probably wipe it off with a thorough scrub of your thumb. As a result, I rarely wear it, especially with long sleeves.

Fantastic list MWC

Many thanks for a year of fun and informative videos have a braw New Year Russ.

The Omega Speedmaster Professional hesalite has plastic part as well! Look it up! The Sapphire Sandwich version has the metal lever because they knew we would see it through the exhibition case back. The regular version has plastic