I’ve found that the best way to learn is to just buy some watches! I bought a vintage Hamilton pocket watch with no crown at a pawn shop. Now it has a crown and has been serviced. I bought a modern Seiko 5. No hacking so I sold it on eBay! My Seiko Presage Cocktail Time is beautiful but runs slow! Now I buy vintage Seiko watches that have been restored and serviced, and they keep time perfectly. My rule is to never pay more than $500 for a watch! 😊

Hey Jory! Very good post on vintage watches. I’ve collected a few decent watches over the years and I only have one vintage watch that I purchased about 5 years ago. It’s a 1964 Omega Seamaster 600. It’s not all original (crystal, crown, strap and probably the dial) but the movement is original and in very good condition. I have about $325 in it and bought it because it reminded me of my father’s Longines/Witnauer that he bought while in the Navy in the early 1950s. It keeps good time and I really enjoy wearing and it brings back good memories from my early childhood.

I was willed two watches, a 70s Omega, and a 60's Hamilton one from each grandad. Yeah, I wear g-shocks and Vostok at work. I would have destroyed both ye Olde wrist watches had I not understood the physics applied to one's choice of metal on the wrist. Thx for being honest t3. Yinz gets kudos for that

I just got my first vintage and I’ve been collecting for years. It’s a 1950’s Benrus and I regret not doing this earlier

This is one of the realest watch dealers ever, people go broke after buying a vintage that isn't even authentic. This is a good video ❤❤

Just picked up a 1962 Tudor Prince Oysterdate. It's in amazing original condition. It's my new favorite vintage watch.

Great honest video. Thanks!

I've been into watches for over 50 years. The very first watch I purchased was a Seiko 5 and it's well over 50 years old and I still have it in my collection. I wonder if that's a vintage watch. I don't know anything about vintage watches, but I do own a birth year watch from the 50's, a Timex Marlin.

Wise words Jory, thank you for your guidance.

Been eyeing up a vintage Universal Geneve on ebay, but I can't pull the trigger without doing research on how the watch is meant to look, dial crown etc, also asking the seller questions, although a lot will tell you what you want to hear

I love the look of 70's watches, but I don't want the hassles, so I tend towards back catalogue reissues. The look with modern materials!

Hey Jory. Great topic to help those stating out. I get people asking me about the hobby and how I built my vintage collection. I can now direct them to this video along with some cautionary tales of my own.

thing is most think of vintage like rolex or omega , but ther are so many sub 100euro watch that look cool , first got soviet pocket watch , and now am wearing and using a unknow mechanical 70is watch pay 20euro for it , look cool and works , i may try to find few more like that , and if they stop working will not realy cry abaut ,

"We are all just terrible addicts" Jory your honesty is impeccable 😂

Good video

I only have one vintage marriage watch. It’s a 1907 IWC and I treat it like a hand grenade while it’s on me. I paid £400 for it and that’s about as much as you should pay so if it stops working you can have a small weep as against paying 1000s and needing psychiatric help for years if that breaks.

Heh ... how very true. My first "real" watch was a 1940 Rolex O.P. inherited from my grandfather. Nobody ever knew where he got it; he was far from being a sophisticated guy. (Then again Rolex in 1940 was far from being what Rolex is today.) It had this minor issue where when you unscrewed the crown, the entire stem came out of the watch. I took it to two different Rolex AD's, who putzed around with it, trying to tweak it but not having (or trying to find) parts. The minimum charge, just for opening an Oyster case, was $400. (They didn't fix it, but it did get "cleaned" twice.) So that's $800 set on fire. Finally tracked down an old school watch guy, who did fix the keyless works (another $300.) All for a simple 3-hand, no date, steel watch. It's not even a collector's item: the original radium lume inevitably died and turned ugly, as radium dials do, so at some point a newer dial and handset had been installed. It's a genuine Frankenrolex. I'm sure Gramps was pleased with the results, but geeze...

My favorite vintage in my collection is a Waltham restored WWII field watch 31 mm, produced for the US Army Ordnance Department. Some radiation from the hands had left a patina mark on the dial.

My first watch was a 72 Pogue, it’s the most accurate watch I’ve had and I’ve been fortunate it has no issues but there is a lone watch maker local to me that specialises in Seiko vintage watches. Research was key for me, I was shocked how nicely the Pogue wears and shocked how accurate it is. I must have researched my Seiko for 2 months before I started my hunt for my 72 Pogue.

thanks

Yeah forsure it also depends on which watches your looking for. The Heuer/Tag Heuer 1000s that are my favorite watches to collect. Just gotta be patient. Especially if your after the sort after pvd models but they show up from time to time in very good condition. Just gotta strike quickly. The pvd models have gotten EXTREMELY rare. You just have to know the models your looking for in and out. Research is key

Realize that finding a vintage watch in good running condition with all original parts and it’s not beat to crap is finding a unicorn. A vintage watch is a compromise.

It's not entirely like vintage cars. Even when you get a find, it'll may be difficult to service and too delicate. There are so many brands that have covered remakes of every period with superior movements that are easy to service and dependable.

I wonder, how old or what kind of watch makes a vintage watch? Does any quartz watch from mid 90s makes it a vintage watch? Does my Atlantic Worldtimer from 1991 is consider a vintage? Your polish viewer.

Hey...I found many Vintage watches from grandpa's bag estimated to be 1970's...like Ricoh,Seiko,Raymond weil,omax,citizen,tressa,alba,tonica,st morteen,Rolex etc

HE JUST TELLS IT

You have to find an honest dealer though

Lots of Oris Aquis fakes out there.

i own a 1940s jlc, subsecond cal. 469A…with very shabby base metal case, but the accuracy is not more than +/- 2 seconds per day...

Totally disagree. Start with a vintage watch. You can get some great watches for very little money. Plenty of, Tissot, Bulova, Doxa, or Hamilton for less than $300. The practice of wearing a vintage watch will also test how prepare are you to handle a watch on a daily basis. I have a Longines with Cal 280 from 1962 and I paid less than $150 for it. It was going to be my daily but I opted to gift it to my wife and it has been her daily for the last Two years. Go vintage, and enjoy.

HEY JORY - LUXURY WORLD COPIED YOUR 5 WATCHES THAT WILL SKYROCKET VIDEO WORD FOR WORD !!!!!

I thought about comment that India notoriously copy vintage Oris watches. Could they be making these from the Indian state of Orissa? 😂 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orissa_Province

Hey Jory! What do you think about neo vintage? Are your statements about water resistance and authenticity true for those as well? I'd love to see an episode about those too.❤