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Great to see Brandon!!!

This series is great. Just wish episodes were a little longer. Too good.

Thanks god guys like Brandon Menancio and James Stacey and are keeping alive hodinkee, otherwise would be a mortuary captained by Danny Milton.

I love Brandon’s videos! They are always my favorites! Thanks for having him on!

I miss when Brandon was doing his own thing, but cannot fault him for jumping to a passion role.

Always nice to see my boy Brandon! Great episode gents 🤙

Great interview with Brandon! I love GS, but man, why do they lack micro-adjustments in many instances? Omega Aqua Terra, too! Fit & comfort makes up about half of why I buy & wear a watch.

Love this series, keep up the good work.

Loved the intro/outro music. Pure talent 😂

Where did you find the strap to fit the 21mm slot for the Winter? I anticipate changing the bracelet to a leather strap when mine arrives but it looks like GS does 20, 22 width straps, but not 21 as best I can tell.

Thanks Max and Brandon for a great discussion. I might challenge the "GS *vs* Omega"...how about GS *and* Omega? 👍⌚😎🦁♎

Hey, I seen that guy when he had a small personal channel. Shame he went to Hodinkee kinda. But good for him! He deserves it because his content, style and relaxed take on things was awesome.

Both brands are far too thick in general. The new tentagraph feels like an ultra deep on wrist.

More videos!!

I like omega over grand Seiko in most cases… I know it’s preference, but I’ve been collecting for quite a while, and I’ve owned both brands… One area where I feel that grand Seiko always falls down is when it comes to the bracelets-clasps. Thanks for the great video.!

I personally see GS as the Japanese JLC. Offering great value but high end finishing (above their price range at least). But as usual great video:)

I love both brands, can't pick a favourite between them.

What a collab!!!

A view from the UK. As you will know from my post i watched your interview with Marshall from WR so i thought i'd peruse your channel and found this vid. Just to say that Seiko here in the UK is a "High Street" brand and would be on very few lists of watches people looking for a watch over $5000 would have. This is Seiko trying to do a version of what Toyota tries to do with the Lexus, or Nissan with it's Infinity range. No, we see right through you. Re-branding your product to increase the bottom line. BTW., the "springdrive" is seen here as just a quartz watch. Anything with a crystal and a rechargeable battery - sorry an "accumulator" that is charged with a micro generator in the watch is classed as a quartz watch. All they have done is what the Japanese are good at and that is miniaturising everything.

Both brands are great to be fair. My one watch is Omega 2503.50.00 but would love a GS some day

Omega's prices have really turned me off the brand $9000 CAD for a new 38mm Aqua Terra is ridiculous.

Two nicest guys talking watches

BRANDON!!!!!!!!!! 😊😊😊😊😊

My everyday watch is the Snowflake. Great watch.

I would support Omega in this street fight as I would like to accept the seamaster diver 300 and speedmaster pro more than GS sports watches. I also think a dress watch is not as useful as a combat watch or a diver watch. GS may be excellent at dress watch but may not be the best watch in combat watch or diver watch.

Someone pls lmk if i am wrong in any of this info i got from another video, but omega honestly seems overpriced and unattractive to me now. the video pointed out that seamaster was just omegas response to the rolex sub, nasa never collab-ed with omega for the “moon” watch (wasn’t designed to go onto the moon but it passed the tests), and the original James Bond was a rolex so why did they change to omega? am i wrong and is there anything else i should know about omegas history?

Grand Seiko's new dual impulse escapement is one of those innovations that should have been really impressive, until I properly looked at it and realized it's just a half implemented co-axial. Essentially, it's co-axial in one direction and friction lever in the other, so it has the additional complexity and maintenance difficulty of co-axial, but still has the problems that co-axial was intended to solve. For a company famous for advancing watchmaking technology, it just seems like innovation for its own sake, which is disappointing. Spring Drive is where GS really shows their ability to innovate. They just need to do better with bracelets and size options.

❤This was fun to listen to but for me OMEGA wins❤

defi omega

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Lol Hodinkee 😂

L O N G I N E S O N G I N E S

Too short..

I own both brands, Grand Seiko (9SA5) is unfortunately not the most accurate movement. None of my Omegas have disappointed me like this. Great looks but…

Omega bracelets made in China too, so theres that....

Nothing personal Brandon, but you joining Hodinkee after Jack’s departure looked more like a desperate attempt from the ‘Dink to look cool. Without knowing the financial details, but only from a watch content consumer, you were more relevant as an enthusiast than as a semi-journalist

what are you going to do during the Apocalypse. There ain't going to be no watch servicing. Time to buy some cheap throw away watches.

Max had to work hard with Brandon who came across as a bored rockstar paired with an earnest interviewer trying to discover the meaning of life. Seriously. compare this to the wonderful conversations with You're Terrific and Andrew Morgan. Cringey.

Tesla are a bunch crappy made vehicles what reference was that….