DON'T Buy an Automatic Watch 🤚🛑

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@barrettwbenton 5 ай бұрын

When all else fails, Blame Teddy. (And you, and myself…you basically laid out my watch-buying trajectory over the last thirty years.)

@ChronometerCheck 5 ай бұрын

Hahaha. It's not my fault... I swear 😉

@shahan1465 4 ай бұрын

Fucking teddy baldy made me start loving conventional watches. I was big on smart watches before

@danielrojo-campos8681 5 ай бұрын

This hits home. The rush of buying a new watch is a real

@chrissimpson453 2 ай бұрын

Yup and yes 5 minutes after sizing it and putting it on for the first time your already thinking about the one you "need" now😂😂😂😂

@mohit_22 Ай бұрын

@@chrissimpson453😂

@momo2925 5 ай бұрын

Bro you are SO right.....watch collection is an addiction and mine started exactly as you presented...EXACTLY

@ChronometerCheck 5 ай бұрын

Haha. I know, because I live it

@CattaAttoAI 5 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 I've got 148 watches, all working. Collected them since I was 16, when I got a job. In the last 10 years I've learn how to clean the movement and now I'm taking care of them all the time. I still got the watch from my dad, a 1980 Tissot, it's working better that all the others 😊

@turbolenza35 4 ай бұрын

Is difficult to clean?

@CattaAttoAI 4 ай бұрын

@@turbolenza35 it is a little difficult at first, you can see KZfaq videos, depending on what movement you want to work on. There are millions of videos on what to do, how to clean, what kind of tools you need

@mircron6147 5 ай бұрын

As someone with a small collection of quartz watches and only 1 automatic watch, sometimes it gets annoying to keep setting the time on the automatic if I haven't worn it for a few days.

@ChronometerCheck 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, I don't bother setting the time on an automatic until I go to wear it

@mohamedfasil4932 5 ай бұрын

Understandable 😅

@Smoshylife 5 ай бұрын

Sorry for your first world problems

@khazelnut 5 ай бұрын

I either have to set it precise to the second or I just wear it without setting the time when I just use it like an accessory

@thatsawesome2060 5 ай бұрын

Time for winding box storage 😂

@ahchiu9 5 ай бұрын

This video is as accurate as a quartz watch

@kylestokes4501 4 ай бұрын

I’m in the Chronic Terminal Phase where I scratched an expensive one on a parking meter, and now I relapsed back to a Seiko 5 and the Swiss Safe Queens are safe once more. And I am into Vintage Cameras as well!!! Having a sweet enabler as a wife is key to this Disease Process.

@codmasterax 5 ай бұрын

Everything I see a watch ⌚️ that is famous I get obsessed with it until I buy it when I buy it I get obsessed with another watch I just can't stop 😂

@ChronometerCheck 5 ай бұрын

That's how it goes, my friend. :) Enjoy the process

@PridelandGamingOffical 5 ай бұрын

Agreed. I started with tissot and never stopped buying. Said to myself only three watches for tEveryday, dress, diver type. Now buying more watches for different colour and style combinations 😂

@ChronometerCheck 5 ай бұрын

Hahahah, the collection grows and grows

@nguyentrananhnguyen7900 2 ай бұрын

Newbie question What differentiates dress watch and everyday watch?

@jjgalletta66 5 ай бұрын

Citizen Eco Drive’s are the best. Seiko’s too. Anything solar powered is pretty much a winner in my book.

@deanwaller8283 5 ай бұрын

Anything with a 10 year battery life is also acceptable

@russell6777 5 ай бұрын

I have two solar powered watches, one sieko and one Citizen, I just leave them on a windowsill when I’m wearing something else, pretty unbeatable TBH

@carpentersson77 4 ай бұрын

Esspecially when it stops not exposed to light in order to save batterylife and then comming back to life when exposed to light again. That's why I prefer japanese watches over those from Swiss. Japanese watches are better and more suitable in the everyday usage.

@indyrock8148 3 ай бұрын

A citizen super titanium is always nice

@nAcolz 3 ай бұрын

@@carpentersson77left my 12+ years old solar powered Seiko in a drawer for the past 2 years and the battery died. Now waiting for a replacement accumulator to come in the service where I left them and I miss them more than I have over the 2 years when I didn't wear them. Stupid me

@TheOtherSteel Ай бұрын

You're telling me to not get an IWC Portugieser Eternal Calendar, an automatic. If I ever get the money, I will certainly get this watch, one of the most incredible on Earth.

@SlimDonni 4 ай бұрын

I relate. I went down this rabbit Hole, now i cant stop collecting.

@zitimotleyxxjmxx 4 ай бұрын

Teddy single handedly depleted my savings

@imfuctifino 20 күн бұрын

This is literally word for word what happened to me.. Seiko 5 gmt 1st ever automatic, then about 2 weeks later somehow mesmerised by the Christopher ward 12ti blue fumè dial obsessed with how I could buy one for a month before if course I did, now 2 months down the road and I've just had my omega aqua Terra bumblebee delivered.. I think I'm in big trouble 😮.. Help!

@DeRobez 5 ай бұрын

So accurate 😂

@otei5274 5 ай бұрын

Yeah my first one was a seiko 5 and two weeks ago i got a patek💀 rip my car dreams

@DeRobez 5 ай бұрын

@@otei5274 You don’t need a car when you have a Patek 😂

@ChronometerCheck 5 ай бұрын

Woahhhh, congrats!!!

@ChronometerCheck 5 ай бұрын

More accurate than my watch

@MohitRaheja 5 ай бұрын

please make a video about alba watches, a seiko sub brand!!

@ChronometerCheck 5 ай бұрын

Have made a few. Nice watches for the price!

@MohitRaheja 5 ай бұрын

@@ChronometerCheckohh thanks! i found that one

@XeMuotTuoiXanh 5 ай бұрын

I just bought the Alba Aqua diver 200m. It outdelivers for its price

@ferrari884 4 ай бұрын

Tell you what, when I finally buy the last two watches that you showed in this video, I’ll stop.

@graemegala 4 ай бұрын

The way to put this in check is to just buy your grail watch. Problem solved itch scratched then buy a casio for day to day use

@williamthomas6106 4 ай бұрын

Except that once you buy your grail watch, it isn't a grail watch anymore, and you always seem to find the next "grail" watch. Like Lays...You can't eat just one.

@zsb707 10 күн бұрын

I stopped buying watches in 2017 with the purchase of two automatic timepieces: a diver (SMPc, black lacquer dial) and a racing chronograph (Carrera Heuer 01, non-skeleton). I have them in my daily rotation so that none of them should stop working 😊.

@d.kashani 4 ай бұрын

binging on teddy’s reviews is an addiction

@Ryfrye 5 ай бұрын

I started with an oris bcdp but I think im gonna pick up a gold pvd prx quartz as a secondary. Anyway I can get your help finding a secondary bracelet for the 40mm oris? 600ish $ is a bit too high atm lol

@ChronometerCheck 5 ай бұрын

Check out Strapcode, Uncle Seiko, and Islander. They make some of the best third party bracelets I've found on the market. But you'll most likely need to get a straigth lug version. I'm not sure if any brands make third party bracelets custom fitted to Oris (I may be wrong!)

@Tycell 5 ай бұрын

Just ordered my first automatic watch. How much trouble am I in?😂

@ChronometerCheck 5 ай бұрын

Let me ask you this... How much self control do you have?

@Tycell 5 ай бұрын

@@ChronometerCheck If i can afford it? About as much as a kid in a candy stor.

@davidcrandall4958 5 ай бұрын

A LOT!

@davideojockey6237 5 ай бұрын

you have no idea

@riflemusket 3 ай бұрын

You are doomed, my friend. Welcome to Horology. 😝😝😝

@greatlakesdoug6121 5 ай бұрын

I think you've described the intro into watch collecting quite accurately.

@Totemparadox 4 ай бұрын

My first watch was a Luminox Navy Seal 3051 for my conscript service. Great great watch. Then I bought a Luminix Constellation Automatic and it's still my main watch. I want a Tudor GMT but they're still out of my price range so maybe a microbrand GMT will do.

@MB-rg2jm 5 ай бұрын

Oh so true. Once you enter the watch market, it’s a roller coaster from there

@outdoorsythings2573 3 ай бұрын

yes, so true. It's a deep rabbit hole

@bandwagon240 5 ай бұрын

This is why I have 16 automatic watches. Dammit.

@stc1939 5 күн бұрын

Can you suggest one good watch for budget with better function

@MrRlw308 4 ай бұрын

So true that is exactly how my journey has gone so far.

@FUNZO1975 3 ай бұрын

He's right. ...don't do it.

@Re0Search 5 ай бұрын

Why did you told me what I thought when I bought my auto watch 2 months ago

@ChronometerCheck 5 ай бұрын

Hahahah

@darshanhandi8199 4 ай бұрын

My grand dad use to tell winding is not time waste, it's discipline which u show to ppl life time

@MohammedKhaled-ju7gy 20 күн бұрын

I would say Don’t start with a cheap seiko. Instead spend 500-1000 on your first automatic. If you like it congrats onwards and upwards and if you don’t like to interact with it, well now you’ve a watch that you wear on special occasion that gets interests from others

@Good_at_clips 4 ай бұрын

Yes, this is true. But thankfully I learned after buying my second Seiko 5 Sport series. I’m done for watches. I got 3 that are for different occasions and that’s that.

@curtishatem6739 Ай бұрын

A gotdamn curse

@uckBayNguyen 5 ай бұрын

Teddy, Teddy, Teddy! He is the man!

@ClintonBegin 4 ай бұрын

Yeah I don't need a watch I have to babysit.

@laseriguana 4 ай бұрын

That aerobic dile is so sick.

@tylersteward8917 5 ай бұрын

Every watch shown is a poor man’s watch.

@Doug5524 3 ай бұрын

You are so right, DAM youtube.

@Discoworx 4 ай бұрын

I was shocked when I put back on my only (new to me) automatic and saw that the time was wrong. Thought it was broken! Wait a minute... Hadn't worn it for a few days. No more automatics for me.

@daltonreed6553 4 ай бұрын

Up late binging @TeddyBaldassarre - that hits too close to home 😂

@ChronometerCheck 4 ай бұрын

Been there too many nights

@pewpew7572 5 ай бұрын

Get a winder you’ll be fine. Auto will out last a Quartz movement all day.

@kevinw.8240 4 ай бұрын

This man explained my situation to a tee 😭

@britelikeadiamond 4 ай бұрын

Oh good luck most experts agree most watches that are worth anything are to expensive for the average person 😢

@Lovepreet_Singh93 3 ай бұрын

If I had the money and wanted to buy a watch, I would only buy a Ressence Type 3.

@danielkaragic7057 4 ай бұрын

I have this exact seiko5 with the same dial and numerals and i wear nothing else

@provito11 4 ай бұрын

The only time you stop buying watches when you run out of money

@nicholas34silva 4 ай бұрын

This was my exact watch buying journey. He knows too much.

@_PJW_ 5 ай бұрын

Really? I just bought the ADDIESDIVE MY-H2 Automatic Pilot 'Sterile version'. Stainless steel case and bracelet, with the Seiko Caliber NH35A movement inside. No logo, no nonsense functionality or adornments. Just time and date. Awesome.

@davidcrandall4958 5 ай бұрын

Spot On!

@megacab 2 ай бұрын

Sounds like my obsession with collecting knives. Just bought my first automatic watch. If i get obsessed, I'm screwed.

@andreasxify 4 ай бұрын

I only have 1 astron (solar powered) for everyday watch and 1 hamilton khaki king

@satvirbhambra5088 3 ай бұрын

I’m into computers and cars, I think i’m right at home here lmao

@Orgena_Deconstructed 4 ай бұрын

Thanks. My addiction to watches has just gotten much worse since discovering this channel. Thanks.

@killerhawk2000 4 ай бұрын

This exactly what happen to me with my SNK809 the no hand wind thing bug me to no end that I brought SRPG35

@lord_haven1114 4 ай бұрын

Bro just give me a timex and a Casio and I’m happy.

@4034miguel 4 ай бұрын

It is the story of every collector: A 1/12 Batman figure with 5 point of movements. Oh I did not know there was a 1/12 with 14 point of movements, I need to buy it. Oh the figure of the latest batman film is fantastic and I love the film. Well, this will be the last one but I will buy a storage furniture, just in case.

@mightymurph3949 4 ай бұрын

The search for the “perfect” watch never ends

@ammaribrahim2193 3 ай бұрын

what is the name of the first watch ?

@damachine3 4 ай бұрын

I own so many watches that I have a spreadsheet to track them, and track where they are. I own everything from my Swiss Army watch that only cost me $125 30 years ago on up to my Rainbow Daytona and Patek Philippe 5990R, and everything inbetween. I even own the ultra rare Rolex Daytona 24 Hours of Le Mans 100th Anniversary. My watch collection is worth more than my house. My car collection is also worth more than my house. I need help. Haha.

@bjwkusgxjdks 3 ай бұрын

Bro talking about me and I haven’t even started my collection yet😂

@rolandlickert2904 3 ай бұрын

I have Solar Eco drive very accurate and no problems

@ImTheDudeMan471 2 ай бұрын

Or, get fed up with setting the time for all your mechanicals and binge buy all the solar quartz watches you can. Then live happily ever after.

@workingtools2999 4 ай бұрын

Sometimes I think its better when I was just buying Rolex and Rado coz it takes me about 2 years or so to buy a new one, until I got into seiko's and now I have 13 pieces in just 1 year. And still looking at stores like, FB marketplace, kijiji, ebay, amazon, etc.

@genghiskhan7041 3 ай бұрын

I used to be a watch accuracy snob, but I grew to appreciate automatic watches. Now if I think a watch is pretty I get it :D

@powerplantpartners743 4 ай бұрын

Automatic watches and expensive watches are one of the biggest scams going, next to women's handbags for tens of thousands of dollars. The expensive watches tell you the time, the expensive hand bags hold stuff...all of which can be accomplished by similar and often better products for a fraction of the price.

@Drewthedude978 4 ай бұрын

Damn Teddy got you too huh?

@elfsunmoon4203 4 ай бұрын

My wife gift me an automatic Tissot PRX yesterday! Don't tell me what to do! Joking, nice video.

@yoits-a-Me-Mario 4 ай бұрын

I got tired of setting it. I just bought one of those watch cases that spins. I only have one automatic... But now i need to buy more cause those slots are empty lol

@tomgalm1758 5 ай бұрын

Fantastically accurate

@never2late454 4 ай бұрын

I actually need a GMT watch. Just not sure what one is best.

@salimr4718 3 ай бұрын

I have 1 Seiko automatic watch. I can't the amount of time I've spent drooling over watches on the internet.

@dunstant8770 3 ай бұрын

Thats why the create the autorotate watch box 😂, to keep them moving

@robertwilliams3846 3 ай бұрын

TOO LATE…..I’m already there!!!…LOL!!! “LATE”….Pun intended!!!….LOL!!!😂😂

@TickTockTreasures 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely true hahaa...that's why I am dreading picking up my first automatic next month 😅

@ChronometerCheck 5 ай бұрын

Haha, just know, you don't have to follow this route. You can just as easily get one watch and wear it forev--- ahhh, who am I kidding?

@mobilehikqrii 5 ай бұрын

I have one automatic watch but its still a hassle

@ChronometerCheck 5 ай бұрын

I get that.

@mobilehikqrii 5 ай бұрын

@@ChronometerChecki also have 8 pther quartz watch i didnt mention i wear them daily as a daily piece one watch for one day

@31hallite 5 ай бұрын

I would rather set a watch than change a battery.

@emitadlapafi6715 4 ай бұрын

The struggle is very real, brother.

@johnrudolph513 3 ай бұрын

This is so true. Been into watches for 4 months and I already have 10

@safi847 5 ай бұрын

What model is the Seiko with the black face and Arabic numbers? Thank you!

@Jayfotoshop 4 ай бұрын

Just sold my submariner, fortunately for more than I paid. Setting the Date and time everytime I wore was too much. Next watch will be a solar/quartz.

@connorhaggett9668 4 ай бұрын

That’s why I stick to Casio/ G-Shock

@tiemenstaal 2 ай бұрын

I don't dare count them. It's probably appalling

@greatwar4916 5 ай бұрын

Me me me me without a doubt me ✋🤣

@popomomo12 23 сағат бұрын

Howd you know i fall asleep with a watch on

@kash7212 4 ай бұрын

I totally agree with you. Digital Casio watch is better than Rolex.. well it’s time…

@Trip2Shiesty 2 ай бұрын

Just buy a gshock & call it a day

@Rojillos 4 ай бұрын

All this is keeping me from buying a watch. So much choice its maddening.

@constvoidptr 2 ай бұрын

Never get an automatic watch! First, you get an automatic watch... 😂

@thatsawesome2060 5 ай бұрын

I wear seiko 5 for 15 years it still running well but its glass scratch so much i start hating it, only then i regret i should get higher tier seiko with sapphire, but somehow i buy new watch and mod my seiko 5 to sapphire, now i think i want chronograph and diver to.