What is best watch brand
10 Best Watch Brands For A Student Or Teenager On A Limited Budget - Under $500 - #GIAJ5
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this I'll do wristwatch check I'm
wearing my little skx it is Seiko
Saturday so I had to put a Seiko on this
is my modded Panther cub 2 that I
recently just did a video on absolutely
besotted over-the-moon chuffed to bits
and all the regular cliche it's that I
seem to say but anyway yes so talking of
the skx it kind of ties in nicely with
the subject of today's video so the
question is and this was left on a
previous video this is from Alexander I
won't say your your surname just in case
but he says how do I collect watches as
a high school student so basically I
presume he means on a budget and I got
to say as a high school student first of
all when I do get this emailed in quite
a lot and it really makes me happy
because every time I hear about young
people God makes me feel old saying that
but every time I hear younger people
getting into the Hobby enjoying watches
and the wider sense neurology is watch
it makes me so excited that this is a
deeply inspiring for me and yeah so
anyway let's get to the answer shall we
now I've whipped down ten key brands
there are of course endless amounts but
this this really is the go to ten brands
I would recommend by the way all of
these watches most of the the brands
mentioned their sweet spot is anywhere
from 50 to 500 and beyond but you can
build an entire collection with some of
these for just a few hundred dollars
this is in no order of preference this
is just for reference okay
first of all we have Orient of course
Japanese brand started in the 1950s
completely in-house very very impressive
for the money I love their clean classic
tastefully done designs for example
their Bambino which is a wonderful dress
watch a recently updated with hacking
there's even a small second version they
got the mac or divers which are actually
I think they are ISO certified these are
the skx killers in many ways yeah okay
they're not the movie star iconic
quality but they are cracking
nonetheless if you want a chronograph
they do a quartz the Neo which is a
fantastic kind of Daytona
esque and I've talked about it before in
the best chronograph so I think it was
under 500 or something really really
cool cracking pieces on by the way guys
everything I'm talking about I'm talking
from firsthand experience I would never
recommend the brand or a watch that I've
never held in the flesh I know it seems
to be a big thing on YouTube especially
people recommending watches they've
never even seen in their life but you
guys know that Gentry doesn't do this
right so another Japanese brand we got
citizen here over a hundred years old
from Tokyo a very strong and lustrous
history many treatments under their belt
the first to produce the metonic
wristwatch they have their eco drive
technology which is just phenomenal and
really keeps costs down super efficient
solar technology basically as the chrono
master which achieved I think plus five
seconds a yen accuracy so when it comes
to horological achievements citizen has
definitely got it down pat and i really
do appreciate their quality here and
i've stated many times that in my
opinion at the entry level they're
better than Seiko much to the division
of some of the sake of fans but anyway
I'm being honest I have to be honest so
I've owned many of these over the years
the Navi Hawk aviation pieces the
professional pro master divers the sky
Hawk ATV has a radio control
I had a perpetual calendar which was
just absolutely feature-rich very very
solid they've got the performance and of
course with the Eco Drive technology
there you just don't have to think about
it
okay next we have an American icon of
course it has to be Hamilton I've just
recently bought a vintage Hamilton by
the way guys talking vintage these are
all brand new watches I think for the
newcomer leave the vintage stuff for
later on when you've you know got to
know watches a little bit more because
obviously more risky you don't have any
of the risks with any of these options
here so started in 1892 it's from
Pennsylvania now they were bought by
swatch I believe in 1984 so they're
swiss now but predominantly they were
American for the longest period of their
existence many icons under their belt
marine chronometer of World War two
they've started in over 400 movies
Elvis wore them insurer of course the
railroad pocket watches that was
integral to accuracy during that era and
you know the expansionism of North
America in my opinion the sweet spot
really is that they're filled watches
they haven't really changed since World
War two aesthetically only technically
of course they're much better you get a
Swiss made ETA in there that the
mechanical Manning wine door for a
little bit less we're talking about $400
here the quartz is obviously cheaper the
field watch is a legible functional it's
it's a grown-up watch that all you know
it will last your lifetime but if you're
willing to go to $1,000 they have things
like the expert role which I owned it's
just a stunning 77 50 caliber
based aviation chronograph there's just
so many Hamilton's I wouldn't know where
to begin
absolutely astounding watches clean
tastefully done very classic a true kind
of very American in their design
language and you can spot a Hamilton a
mile away sake of course who I cannot
make this video without mentioning Seiko
usually hugely important world-changing
horological tour de force with a
unmistakable history of innovation that
we could just talk about for hours my
personal favorite brand of all time they
have the sake of fives launched in the
1960s were that were deliberately
designed to bring the cost of mechanical
watches to a whole new audience very
fordable there is a never-ending
plethora of choice there I am glad we
could talk about the sake of fives until
the until the end of time terrible pun
there but yeah we could of course
there's the skx mine is modded so that
will cost you extra but it's a movie
star it's an icon it's completely
in-house as well which is very
impressive for a little bit more 400 500
600 we're looking at the there mid-range
which is very attainable with the higher
end movements things like the alpinist
which i recently reviewed the cocktail
time the saab zero three three very
elegant very refined stunning piece
unbeatable at this price range next we
have tea so a big heavyweight Swiss
brand part of the swatch group now but
really the backbone and the swatch group
and renowned internationally for their
quality so were founded in 1853 they
were actually the largest manufacturer
of Swiss pocket watches in the world
they specialized in more kind of
affordable entry-level Swiss timepieces
again we have so many firsts so many in
a history of innovation collaborations
with Amiga and the Mannie it just goes
on and on and on I've discussed them to
death but they're still innovating to
this day look at the power Matic 80
based movements which have really given
them an edge in affordability and
longevity in their performance because
they've slowed them down a longer power
reserve less friction on the moving
parts etc so amazing brand look at the
sea stars which are gorgeous there's
visit eight with the data complication
the lock for very more kind of classic
look very tastefully done and if you
want the chronograph they have the
quartz v8 which is very Daytona risk
again one I personally owned donkey's
ago before the channel
the PRC 200 which i think is gorgeous
another massive heavyweight American
brand this time it's time X founded in
1854 they started with clocks but really
they expanded beyond watches in the Cold
War they produced some technology for
the the
America missile defense program this
kind of things in the 1930s that had the
Mickey Mouse watch with Ingersoll in the
1960s they actually became the largest
producer of mechanical watches of all
time with watches like the Marlin and
revolutionized the football watch making
with the pin and plate movements
recently we've seen the Marlin being
reissued with a seagull manual wind
movement which it's fantastic I've
reviewed both of them check those out
classic dress watches with the the
phrase they can take a licking and they
keep on ticking I adore them but they
also do some fantastic courts kind of
sporty more vintage inspired pieces like
the Navy Harbor I've also reviewed and
their field watches again another maker
of field watches in world war ii world
war one just like hamilton check out the
expedition field watches amazing value
for money I mean these these range from
a basic courts with Indiglo which is
their own technology studying at sixty
to a hundred another world-changing
Japanese company it is of course cassia
founded just after the war in 1946
principally they're makers of cameras
calculators phones musical equipment all
those kind of stuff but they took that
expertise in electronics and they became
the world's first mass producer of
digital watches with many many icons
under their belt they kept innovating
they kept bringing new things to the
table look at the G shocks which are
fantastic perfect for a young person
with the active lifestyle utilized by
militaries and firemen and we you know
I've done countless videos about my love
for the for the G Shock from 1983
earlier there's there's the the data
banks the batch of the future and a
movie icon in itself and of course the
most popular digital watch of all time
the Casio f91 W which I also own only
ten dollars unbelievable value very
important brand indeed so yeah you
cannot ignore Casio back to the Swiss so
we keep kind of like ping-pong in from
Japan to the Swiss it is of course watch
founded in 1983 the Swiss is response to
the court
crisis they wanted to create something
affordable fun trendy bit more lively a
bit more challenging and of course
courts baseball now you can get the
automatics and they revolutionized the
world that quite reach in recent years
with the system fifty one swatch
actually is is a portmanteau of what
second watch that was the principle they
wanted something that you could just buy
affordably change with your outfit have
fun to make Swiss watches more
accessible to young people again and you
know what it worked it certainly worked
there's so many designs I don't even
know where to start there is a swatch
for everybody from really whacking crazy
collectible avant-gardes to dressy and
simple and elegant and timeless to kind
of almost satires of icons as well from
pflueger's to I don't know you know
there's even one they did for Madonna
that had lace bits of lace on it no fur
and all kinds of craziness
obviously the rare ones are extremely
expensive and collectible but the great
thing is on Amazon you can get them from
as little as 30 $40 and upwards
they're just so enjoyable you've got to
try swatch it is a design icon
undoubtedly okay next we have Victoria
Knox now Victoria Knox is actually quite
an old company founded in 1884 known as
Swiss Army they originally made bayonets
for the Swiss Army Victorinox whose main
achievement was becoming the largest
manufacturer of knives in the world then
diversified into cutlery and then in
recent decades into everything from
luggage to outerwear you name it in 1989
they started turning that expertise and
world-renowned respect for their quality
into watches the transition was seamless
their watches are renowned for being
well-made affordable also I think the
enix especially brought something new
brought that kind of tough outdoorsman
thinking into the watches this was a
watch that that you could run over with
a tank and they did all kinds of crazy
tests I reviewed it have a look back now
they have an automatic version which is
yeah it's got a bit of a Nautilus look
to it
very cool indeed but they also do
traditional the infantry quartz watches
very affordable more classic quality
quality quality they really are and of
course they have the Maverick - quartz
chronograph which I incidentally owned
before I had a channel last but by no
means least it is Bulova now bought by
citizen but they are actually from New
York still headquartered here and they
have an amazing history one of the most
underrated brands of all time their
legacy of innovation the Accutron which
was this you know I personally owned one
a very important pre quartz innovator it
used the resonating tuning fork as a
means of regulation I mean these are
fantastic in 2010 they they updated it
with the precision its taking that same
thinking but updating it again it's a
bit of a shame that precision is lines
from dressy to divers to the the moon
going chronograph they all famously worn
on the Apollo 15 the the second moon
watch so to speak amazing value for
money all priced from a couple of
hundred and beyond very well made and
highly underrated and underappreciated
in my opinion just to throw one quirky
option in there they have the curve
which is the world's first curved quartz
chronograph movement designed around the
curvature of your wrist so their history
is so lustrous and so amazing you've got
to check pull over out there's plenty
there guys do share your favorites I
know a lot of you gonna suggest brands
that I haven't even touched on but this
is tend to start with a little bit of
everything for everyone and you know
what you don't have to be young you can
be my age I'm still buying these and
enjoying them and that's what it's all
about anyway guys I'm going to leave it
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