Good news, guys! Thanks to Julian Kampmann, Fedor is on his way :-)

Good to see Raketa getting some recognition.

I love that Raketa!!!! I belive they are trying to go up market with hand decorated movement and good materials and finish, though it will be hard to do that because they're were affordable watches in past

I like the Raketa. It looks like a watch from a 1960s Tom and Jerry cartoon.

That Raketa watch is inspired by Russian Constructivism of the 1920s & 30s.

The trombone-playing neighbor. Your reaction…priceless!

Dostojevski and Raketa avantgarde would be awesome to see on the channel, definitely! Great video, mind-expanding designs. 😄

@Caseback Watches - Thanks for the Fun !

I love most of these, especially the Raketa and Dostoevsky. As a fan, as well as liking the looks, I went to order the Dostoevsky blindly, however the price tag is ... 4.5k€, that's not an impulse purchase for me. Ah well. Great video!

The reason why people think the Raketa is overpriced is because in soviet times their watches were mass produced in large numbers and thus they were relatively inexpensive. The current raketa is aimed to be a more luxurious version. I am not sure if you can understand russian Tim, but there are a few interviews with the current Raketa director (interesting person in his own right, he first came to russia as a french exchange student and then fell in love with russian culture) where he talks about why he raised the prices and the current brand position (maybe there are some english/german interviews too, but i didnt check). He aims to position Raketa as an alternative to the swiss watchmakers and in his words they had improved the quality and finishing to match the price. I guess one would need to see the watch in person to fully the answer whether it is worth price.

I really like that Tim guy, he is a watch guy but without all of the snobbish attitude.

I think the Konstantin Chaykin Joker watch would be a good addition to this list. I enjoyed your video.

Another fun and elucidating video. Thanks

Great video, loved the U-Boat and that crazy bubble! Thanks, Tim 👈🏻

I own a UBoat DarkMoon(capsoil) and it’s a super fun watch. It’s 40mm and I bought mine at the boutique with a nice discount for about $1100. Gray market it goes for about $875.

Really enjoyed the ride. Thanks.

Except for number 2 all these watches are very good looking. IDK if they're worth their price but I would most definitely proudly wear them.

Love love love that Sconvolto 😍 because I love the design and shape of Vespa’s and Alfa Romeo - bang on there, Tim!

Tim your reviews are most enjoyable and we as viewers can't get enough delivery 10/10 content 10/10 awesome

“This creates a problem” 😂. This could be the beginning of a horror movie.

I just ordered the uboat for $750 new with warranty. Can’t wait to see it in the flesh.

This channel is becoming the most interesting and entertaining of its kind on KZfaq. Thank you Tim.

Freaks is a good way to put it :D I am a big fan of unique and Freak watches, especially the Ulysse Nardin Freak X :D I have a Raketa Copernicus, a very unique and inexpensive vintage watch. I think Graham makes an awesome Flieger watches for people with big wrists. great video Tim 👍

Another excellent video, Tim - thank you!

Great episode, well done Tim! :)

I really like the alexander shorokhoff watches they are just too pricey for me.

The bubble in the U-boat is actually supposed to help deal with a regular "pressure".

I never miss your reviews, it’s like stumbling upon the “Ripleys believe it or not” of horological sites. As my Grandma use to say, “you’re such a prize!”

Cool watches. The music was even better & made me think about Pulp Fiction the movie 😎

Great video. I like that you feature exotic watches on your channel, on other channels people only focus on 3 or 4 mayor brands and it gets really boring over time. Best regards from Saxony.:)

Hi Tim now that was very entertaining 👍wow people have bought these ? Well done people very brave ❤

Those Graham watches are the craziest...I've seen one person with one and they are pocket watch size, close to 50mm!

Freaks on a Friday? Count me in.

Loved this video, October is the perfect month for Freaks..! I actually just purchased my first "vintage" watch, a Raketa small seconds hand for my dress piece.

Wonderful - thanks you. Keep it up bro.

Very fun video!!!

Very informative and amusing. Your best yet..... Even my dog enjoyed it, but now she want's a space suite (13.00)

When I was working as a welder years ago I used to wear a Welder K23, it was a right old lump but seemed appropriate.

One of my favorite Utube Chanel's 👍

I know this is somewhat unrelated, however, I thought it was interesting that the review of the Poljot world traveler watch was 007 of 999 especially when talking about the cold war and James Bond. Coincidence?

Yes I would love to see that watch in the light box. But the U- Boat as well ! ❤

Absolutely nuts list. the ASFD is a stunner. I almost want to pull one into my collection. It's not unreasonable either for what you get.

Fantastic Tim! Apart from the Graham (and possibly the Italian blob?..) I ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ like them. The Dostoevsky watch is magnificent, the Raketa so joyous & playful & could be the cover of a Blue Note album! I do have a Raketa UFO watch similar to your Vostok and have almost pulled the trigger on a Copernicus numerous times!, but the Rocket clock? My God! It is a truly beautiful and functional Objet d'art! ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ upload Tim! 🙏

Call me crazy but I found aspects of every piece I completely enjoy, and yes get hold of the Fedor if possible please because your analysis would be great content. Thanks Tim for scouring the watch world and bringing us the riches.

The L'Epee rocket clock is amazing!!!

Ammortizzato: shock absorbing. I guess

Edit: that Raketa reminds me of a Peavey amp... couldn't place it at first. That bubble would make my head explode. Awesome watches, I'm so tired of traditional dive watches I need a little variety in my life. Great video.

I have a vintage Graham and love it :)

15:31 U r kidding us 😂😜

It’s never a dull moment with you Tim, thank you so much for your TIME, it is so much fun and pleasant, because of you, Friday morning become a Christmas morning ! Please more ! Please more ! Please more ! Please more ! Please more ! Please more ! Please more.... 🤙🤙🤙🏄‍♂️🏄‍♂️🏄‍♂️

Excellent vid . Perhaps your neighbour would like to jam along with you when you fit a Piezo pickup and plug into a Bognor Uberschall ;)

The minute hand of the Avante Guarde is similar to the Copernicus but the hour hand was a solid round disk. There was an earlier version of the Avante Guarde from decades earlier.

sounding very much like a german yourself, you might have noticed that Alexander Shorokhoff very well is born in Russia (Moscow) but his company is very much in Germany. To my taste the mixture of italian avantgarde design combined with german precision manufacturing from a russian engineering architect can possibly be taken quite serious. For me at least its a breath of fresh air, that depreciates by far not the way you mentioned. I like this video very much, cause you really showed something different, that is not often to be seen. Thank You.

Great video, keep it like this, different than other you tubers. Love and have vintage Raketa watches, very fun and advanced in design for an old Soviet era. However, I love my 1.2k € as well :-) Bit overpriced but still interesting.

After your excellent video I had a look at the Alexander Shorokhoff web site. Wow! So many strange but beautiful (beauty is in the eye of the beholder.....Right?) watches with a price to suit almost all watch enthusiasts. Personally I'd love to see a video specifically on this brand. Well Done.

Absolutely would love to see you review any AShorokhov watches 👍🏻. Enjoyed this one, liked them all except the Italian aluminium one (maybe coz I'm a Biker & not really a fan of scooters 😅) & particularly liked the UBoat with the bubble. Cheers 👏🏻

Great video, very interesting selection of watches. While not crazy watches, please take a look at (and review) Epos and Minase watches.

Apart from the fried egg (Sconvolto Ammortizzato Tipo F) and the rocket-clock (the bonus one) the rest of wristwatches are pretty authentic to me. Good job!

Nice, more freaks, please!

Moon clock reminds me of the Stark lemon juicer

There is something to love in every one of your freaks. I would certainly wear either of the Russian watches. The U Boot could be a playful Klingon design and the Aluminum Italian and the Diesel Punk Graham are exquisite costume accessories.

Said tuscan oily U-Boat with spirit level (Libelle) is rather cool. Ronda swiss quartz movement.

The Raketa that I believe is best known is the Raketa Zero as worn by Gorbachev of which it is reported he said that it represented Russia's new start.

Raketa went from being "cheap as dirt" to fighting in the Stowa/Laco category. I don't know if it is worth the price; for sure, they will have a hard time doing away with their "cheap watch company" image. Best wishes. 20k€ for a mantelpiece clock? Heck, if I had that sum for a clock, I would buy *two* JLC Atmos! (At least) The Shorokoff live at Caseback Watches? Yes please! That is an interesting watch.

Don't forget that between July 1975 and April 1981 there were no American spaceflight missions, while in that same period the Russians launched 21 missions among which the InterCosmos flights with guest cosmonauts. Wristwatch-wise a very interesting period with Raketa, Poljot 3133, Shturmanskie 31659, etc... worn by dozens of cosmonauts ! #MoonwatchUniverse

Hi Tim. A while back I bought a Cuervo y Sobrinos after watching you feature the brand on your Tissot Banana video. Today you introduced me to Alexander Shorokhoff and guess what? Two brands few have ever heard about that I love now.

A €20K clock on my coffee table wouldn't work. I have a cat.

I agree with your philosophy regarding censorship; I just have public viewing watches and private viewing watches in my collection. I do this with some members of my family, as well.

I love the Avant Garde Raketa, but I got a NOS Raketa Big Zero with quality seal of the CCCP for $150. I'd rather have a new laptop computer for the price of the Avante Garde.

yes, let's see that watch......

I'd be delighted if you do a review on the Dostojewski wrist watch, Tim

Not going to lie, I’m tempted to make that rocket watch a companion to my JLC Atmos. Unfortunately, with that price I’m better off acquiring another kind of Atmos from JLC.

Would love to see the Russian Novelist’s watch. Actually I think it is quite beautiful at first look! 🤫🤭

It would be highly interesting to see the Dostoevsky watch being reviewed by you, Tim

Loved this video. Wish you could make it a recurring theme: Freaky Friday. Always interested to see unique watches.

You're lucky. My neighbour's kid plays the trumpet. When I say "play", I am using the term very loosely.

It would be great if you could get that Dostoevsky watch for a review.

If I had the means, I'd rather own the rocketship clock than a Rolex. The clock is an amazing machine.

I love that clock man. Damn £20k though!

That Sconvolto reminds me of a half-sucked boiled sweet/candy. I'm imagining right now how much dust, fluff and doghair would stick to it if you dropped it in that place on the floor of the car where the seatbelts are anchored.

The amortizzato is stunning! Shame on me!!! hahaha! But the gold ingot one, I liked'em all!

I don’t know what country you are from, but it’s so funny listening to you lol great jokes

Not only that i am quite the lit nerd, i also love russian pieces. Her damit. Kampmann is denk ich eh sehr nett... Spaß aus Graz

Alexander shorokhoff is the closest to a watch one can actually use and wear)))

With the exception of the U-Boat, which was mildly interesting, I really enjoyed all of these. 10% of retail? Sold! ;-}

Multiple comments in a single text: 1.- ammortizzato means: Amortized-amortisiert I really don't understand why it has that name, but I find the watch interesting and cute, although not enough to buy it. 2.- Yes! I want to see that 43 x 43mm watch on your wrist. 3.- "If you wear it every day I think it will affect your mental health"🤣🤣🤣 I am willing to take the risk! 4.- I already sent my address for the giveaway and I hope to receive the watch soon

U-Boat Capsoil = quartz watch

That’s entertainment

Maybe you could dedicate a channel just to the freaks. That would be cool; there are so many in horology.

I think the swiss ‘electro mechanical’ movement is pure marketing. It ticks like a quartz and you can oil fill a watch with a balance wheel. I don’t see what’s mechanical about it. Seiko, Citizen and Eta all made ‘electronic’ watches in the 70s which ran the balance wheel off of a battery. With these watches you got a sweeping second and 2 y power reserve. Honestly I have no ideas why electronic powered balance wheel movements disappeared or haven’t had a comeback - see Seiko Elnix or Citizen Cosmotron.

Chaykin's Joker, lunokhod, cinema?

I would love to see high end russian pices. Pleas do try getting Dostoevsky if possible or some other Aleksandar watch

Ressence watches are oil filled look stunning.. but expensive.

Electromechanical movement? I can only assume it is a mechanism powered by a battery with the rest of the transmission gear with a mechanical design to obtain that sweep of the seconds hand. At least that is what I imagine it to be.

Часы Raketa Ракета ⏰ супер! Заказывайте! Точно не останетесь без внимания!)))))))

Wait wait! There is a Russian watch called the Joker, plus the Dracula. They are too avant garde. Plus the Skull watch seen on watch finder Wait wait. The American watch that uses strip style to tell time (Devon ?). Yes there are people with cash that will buy them .

The original Raketa Copernicus watches with the 2609ha hand wind movement can be bought for around €100 on eBay. Guaranteed not to make you crazy unless you get a poor fake.

I'd like to see the Russian inveterate gambler's watch in a 15 minute review on your channel.

That clock would have been so much cooler if Neil was a retrograde seconds counter. Opportunity missed.

Back in the Dark Ages before GPS, I had an oil-filled compass from Silva or Suunto. It somehow let an air bubble in, and it couldn't be fixed. The compass needle still pointed north, but it was insanely irritating. This is what the bubble in the U-boat watch would do to me. I wonder: does the oil flow freely throughout,or just in between the dial and the glass? I first saw a U-boat watch in Singapore in 2009 or so, and it struck me as ridiculously large. Of course in the intervening years the rest of the watch companies (barring one or two) have gone there.