There are 2 types of watch enthusiasts: type 1 is the buy what you like, watches are not a necessity and it’s a journey since tastes/income/styles all change. Type 2 is the ones who think they know everything about watches and their opinions are the only valid ones. If you don’t know what they do or like what they do, you’re wrong. Type 1 is the majority but type 2 is the more vocal. I’m sorry you’ve had to deal with that

I feel you bro . One thing I have learn while collectîng watches is : Never compare, buy what you can afford, never buy a watch to impress others do it to impress/spoil yourself !

Life is tough get an helmet. Trolls will be everywhere. People will always find something to say. My best advice is ignore it and keep going. All the best for your future videos !

I love Cartier community. Majority are women. They are nice to each other, and not shy to give their compliments. Rolex and everything above this brand is very toxic.

Feels like the Samsung community to be honest. The most hateful and even racist out there. I often get insulted, usually because they think I'm American (like that matters). Unhappy people be unhappy. Don't let it get to you Kym.

Definitely agree with you that the watch community is toxic. Try to not let it get to you, you have to have thick skin and be able to brush off the hate not taking it personal to be a content creator and not go crazy. These people being raciest would never say it in person. People hating on the watches either can’t afford them or can’t accept a difference in opinion and aren’t true watch enthusiasts. They’re only “hard” on the internet hiding behind a keyboard. Similar to what the other commenter speaking on unhappy people said my mom taught me that hurt people try to hurt people. No one happy with themselves goes out of their way to hate and be nasty.

this is genuinely such an accurate take. i posted in a subreddit asking about pols thoughts and the seagull chronograph watch, some called me a communist f****t. the watch community is single-handedly the most toxic

The one that tiurned me off was "I immediately disregard anyone wearing a smart watch". Anyway, subbed

Sucks to hear this has been hard on you. Glad you’re pushing through it. There’s a couple watches I’d love to see reviews on. LAPS and Pascal. They’re definitely on the more fashion watch side of things.

I thought this video had hundreds of thousands of views, but you're really underrated. I'm sorry people are treating you badly. Keep going and keep making these awesome videos. All the best!

Sorry that's happening, man, the real ones won't gatekeep and will nurture any level of enthusiasm to share the passion of horology. It can get very snobby for sure with these crazy prices but there isn't a hyper-exclusive barrier to enjoy good value. Watch collecting is very subjective just like many other hobbies, find your own beat rate (🧀) and do you through and through ❤

Totally agree! Watches should be fun, but some people take it way too seriously! Keep up the great vids!

Yea bro, watch community is cooked 😂 best to focus on the good parts of it 🎉

I agree with you. Completely

This is extremely common behavior online, you shouldn't expect comradery from strangers. The comments you read were actually pretty funny, but if you can't take it, stay away from comments in general.

I think it's obvious that the commenters are the ones with the actual issues.

Watches are great because there is something for everyone. It also attracts quite a few highly opinionated people for some reason. Whats most important to buy something that suits you and that doesn’t cost you more than you can afford. And, as with everything, tastes can change with time. Thanks for sharing your journey. It’s meaningful to a lot of us even if there are those that enjoy putting people down for no reason. Also, you can add comments or critique about some observations you’ve made on a watch or make suggestions without insulting the wearer for no reason.

Haven't seen your channel before, but I watched this video all the way through. I didn't realize how negative the comments on a watch video could be. Keep pushing on, man. Like you said, "affordable" is a very subjective term. And some of my favorite watches are my least expensive ones. Also, I'm getting so bored of all the big watch channels talking about the same 4 or 5 luxury brands every single video. I know I can't be alone in this. Its always nice to see something different.

I wish you all the luck! Watches are a journey, just enjoy and buy what you like

Good for you bro buy what you want. Wear would you want it’s your money. Don’t listen to these bozos because half of these fake watch enthusiast don’t even own a luxury watch. They’re fake luxury wannabe cool guys pay attention to these dudes man rock what you want ,rock what you can afford.

Considering the most popular watch tuber makes hateful videos about Hublot (going so far as to physically destroy a perfectly good one), I 100% agrees with your assessment of the insecurity of this niche. There is no balance to many of these people. I really appreciate your perspective. Subscribed and best of luck to you.

I'm there with you, man. Nobody would say this to your face. Don't pay attention to the haters. Keep doing you.

Hi Kym, just found this video in my time-line. Really sorry you've been subjected to this ignorance, but please don't be discouraged. I have subscribed, and look forward to reviewing more of your content. Stay strong young man. Respect.

ignore the hate

im sorry you had to experience this. there are watch enthusiast that are genuinely interested in the heritage, movement technology, artistic decorations. Then there are watch snobs that think they know everything but all they know is the price and how watch is an investment.

As someone with opinions on watches, it is nearly impossible for content creators not to attract the nasty, snobbish, unsolicited responses of some viewers. I have received a lot of hateful comments myself on my own channel from strangers who couldn't pass up an opportunity to be condescending. My point here is that it just comes with the territory. I'm sorry for all of the hate you have received from these keyboard warriors. They are indeed jealous, insecure, pathetic individuals who can't share in the joy of others. Keep hustling, ignore the haters, and stay blessed.

Brother, this is youtube.... its a lions den. Gotta get thicker skin and not let it get to you. There are tens of thousands of 14 year olds that just say things to get under your skin. Stop letting them.

Man I feel for you, the watch community is full of toxic hypocrite people.

Well done mate .

First video I have seen and I gotta say I’m a fan of yours already my friend. Sorry you had to experience so much hate. If you’re not on WatchCrunch yet I recommend joining today. The community over there is supper supporting positive people for the most part. I to share the motivation for collectors to be welcomed and treated qual and state it at the end of my videos. Anyways this is about you and I have subscribed and will binge your videos now 😂

I will tell you why I think u get the hate in my opinion from learning about watches in the watch space for a couple of years. Watch collectors, watch fans, watch reviewers, watch enthusiasts ALL have utter disdain, contempt, and utter hate for Fashion Watches and Fashion watch brands. Because when they were young, fashion watches and fashion brands were the first to seriously rip off, rob, embarrass, and fool them. Most have a family or friend that gives them a fashion watch for their first watch, or most of us buy a fashion watch for our first watch after saving from a summer job or something. But when you get older and you learn about watches you realise how dumb you were to think you were buying something of quality compared to the history of watches and actual good watches that are often cheaper than overpriced fashion brands. Seiko to them is almost a holy name in watch history. So I think your love of fashion watches and promoting them is almost like a Cardinal sin, a deadly sin in the Watch community.

I have had a different experience it seems. The watch community has been nothing but welcoming to me. More of a sub genre as I’m repairing watches instead of reviewing. As any niche grows you’ll have insecure and immature people joining it. To some, watches aren’t a flex they are a passion.

Just subscribed on the strength of this video. Best of luck with your channel.

Nice video don't let the hate get to you. So many people give the moonswatch crap.... it is what got me back into watches I had been using cellphone for a very long time. Now I am branching out to different watches. But I will forever be grateful I bought that swatch or I would have not gotten back into watches.

You've got to take in count that there are lots of watch snobs out there. What is funny is that they are potential targets for other people also. Because there is an infinite amount of watches and infinite amount of price brackets. Everything is relative as you said.

It’s partly racism, the watch community has a lot of deep racism - go on any luxury watch forum. That attitude trickles down. But then it’s just the internet - people are vile, teenagers etc mainly but grown adults too. Also people tend to stop looking at “content creators” as real people. And I often see that out of pocket comment as the straw that broke the camels back. Person A may hate the moonswatch, but it’s popular and the algorithm keeps showing them that watch, and finally they just snap and have to say something, and it just happened to be on your video. Sad, but social media is a poison and overall horrible thing

Most folks that comment on wristwatch videos, forums, and posts are toxic. I’d know. I’ve been in this community for years. When I owned a Submariner, they said it was fake, or that I should have got something different than what everyone else has. When I bought two Tudor divers, totaling the cost of a Submariner, the trolls said I couldn’t afford a Rolex 😂 You cant win! My antidote is to build relationships with other folks making wristwatches content, because here you’ll find some seasoned, friendly veterans in our community. Some commenters are experienced and cool, too; just not commonplace. Block the trolls; doing so makes it easy to move on. I’ve learned that most commenters are noobs. They don’t have much experience. They’ll watch a few videos on watches and become experts overnight. I’ve been in this hobby for over a decade, and I still learn something new about horology daily. Enjoyed listening to your experience. I’m sorry some aspects of your time in our community has been bad.

I am sorry about your experience. I have found that mainstream brand watch community can be harsh and very vanity-driven. But there are plenty of niches to live in that you can avoid the "bro/dudes". For example, I found Casio fans to be much cooler - same with the homage watch lovers. There are great communities on reddit that are really supportive. I hope you keep pushing through! Good luck!

I don't know you or your channel and this is your first video I've watched. Don't bother with the hateful comments. Keep creating and building your channel. People are pathetic and will always try to bring you down. Only spend your time on those who have been there for you. All the best.

Interesting video. I've been on KZfaq for a while and I completely understand. One of my buddies asked me if there were any other black guys doing watch reviews and I told him that there's only two that I know of. Now you make three. I look forward to seeing more of your content in the future and I encourage you to stay the course. This video really hit home for me. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Keep chilling my man. Splendid video. Well done.

Elitism plagues the watch community. Think about it, watches are super expensive; what kind of people do you expect to find here? The worst of the worst.

You do you, Bro 👊 I feel you 100%

The quality of watch content has fallen dramatically, so much negativity now.

I have expensive ones and ultra budget ones but I wear my Armitron's and Timex's mostly. I've never had any snob comments about them in person, and if I did it wouldn't be a good outcome since it's not them wearing what they like it's me wearing what I like. I've gotten to the point of only watching reviews of under $75 watches. Most reviewers start off with ultra budget ones and go to the mid to high cost ones and that's when I stop watching. Tons of people can't afford those and some aren't snobs and like cheap ones. I don't have anything to prove to anyone with what watch I'm wearing. I only have to be happy with myself. Laugh at how cold people can be and be glad you aren't like those people.

Ops on the mechanical Citizen Forza titanium?

Recently trying to get into watches. Love your account. also from the uk. Subscribed :)

Hey bud , get you a great diver . Like a Squale and put it on mesh bracelet!

I’ve been researching watches the past few days as I’d like to buy a nice automatic - the watch KZfaq community is just full to the brim of sleek looking videos that are just nonsense, it’s very frustrating!

I absolutely love watches, the high end watch brands are out of my budget but the MaMaCoo has literally an almost duplicate of every single watch on the market . Always a great but no matter your budget.

Keep pushing man, ignore the ignorance ♥♥♥

I love your voice. Nice job.

To follow my comment and your example of cameras. It will be like you promoting and liking a Camera made by Ralph Lauren, Adidas, or Nike, and going to promote it to Nikon and Canon clubs. They would laugh you out strongly. Just my opinion.

bros is about to ragequit collecting watches soon 😡

You should get into the blockchain space. They might actually try to physically harm you for wrong-think. Not exaggerating. Sorry, the watch people suck.

The world is a cruel place. No doubt about that. Still, for a youtuber who makes content using one's personal opinion, you should have a better understanding of personal opinion than others. You can say whatever you want but so can others. It is a right. Lets celebrate it. I recall an old film in which one of the main cast was an African descent. In it, he described how he was frequently subjected to racial attacks but had learned to deal with it from knowing he had a bigger D.

Agree that Seiko copies designs

You need to learn more about watches before judging them. Watches are not like other hobby. History is attached to every iconic one.Before blaming others you should ask yourself these. Know the design inspiration of PRX? Already known Seiko History?

0:25 Ever heard of Hi-Fi?

When making content I think you should always ask yourself "what is this contributing to my channel" and unfortunately crying and whining just makes you look sad. EVERY youtuber gets these kinds of comments but the good ones have learned there is no value in acknowledging them nor calling them out publicly. There is only a downside. Good luck to you.