Love your work, great stuff. I am not sure about the new 222 - had it on my wrist the other day and just didn't feel the love for it. I have the Gold 222, and when I first saw the watch, it was love at first sight (and I brought it) - but the new one just doesn't do it for me. I thought having both would be good, but really not sure.

Fantastic video and much needed! Thank you for doing this amazing piece justice.

Forgot to mention the SpeedMaster price - $18k!!! 😂

Everybody should read the Perezcope articles about Panerai which are extremely well documented. Then they would understand what their "in-house" movements are. I own a Luminor from 2012. It has a Valjoux 7750, a reliable movement but very down to earth. Like Hublot they charge a premium price for common calibers wrapped up in a nice package. For me Panerai is above all noise and hype having poor horologic value.

Good review. However I couldn't disagree more about reintroducing the date. Symmetry/simplicity killer for me at least.

Oris found a winning combination in the Aquis,then nothing changed. Everything looked like the Aquis which is too big for many. 38 mm is the sweet spot.

FInally someone that gets it! Mark series should have kept its RAF dna instead of becoming a baby big pilot. As the fan of the brand and the pilot line, this bastardization of the mark series disappoints me.

Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 38mm silver/white dial. It's a strap monster! The bracelet isn't up to my Rolex Datejust41 standards, but the DJ only truly works with the bracelet and looks horrible with a nato, sailcloth, or leather strap.

I would always prefer hi-beat to power reserve

I just picked up the Snowy Valley. Stunning piece.

Really good reviews here, thanks. Love the VC, too bad it's so small...

You just reminded all of hs why we need one ❤

Why does KZbin keep pushing this video on me? This video keeps popping up all the time after other videos I watch. I’ve never liked this channel, I do not want to watch this video, and yet I am haunted by it.😡

Love the 222. And its size. The Omega is too big for me, so I’ll stick with my traditional versions.

I am torn between the Sea-Dweller 43 and the Explorer II, but I think I slightly lean towards the Sea-Dweller because it is so similar to the Submariner

+2MM

For $3,500 in this catagory there are so many other options. Breitling, Tudor ext

i will never understand why a watch must be a killer...

I’m surprised the 222 release doesn’t spark a comparison with the IWC ingénieur. Especially as the ingénieur was considered vastly overpriced. In view of the 222 specs (similar to the Cubitus), I think the ingénieur is worth a second look 🙏. Get hold of one and tell us what you think! 👍🫶

Oh, a new PRX Killer 🤗

Mate I've just become a fan boy too!!! I had no idea it existed, need to watch your vids more lol

The Longibes Avigation is a Type XXI.

Very nice watch, priced at "we believe we can get away with this" by VC. Anyone has any other idea why this should be priced 30% more than a steel Overseas?

Not a fan of gold watches but the 222 was such a beauty. Agree the steel does feel a bit safe in the blue as a follow on. A running seconds is always nice but I guess you can always take it off to check its still working😊

We don't grow up, it's only the toys that change!

I simply love it, a square watch that has the nautilus bracelet and DNA…a square nautilus. A patek option to a santos. I don’t care its derivative. I just know it a a beautiful square sport watch that is obviously a Patek.

The issue with China, it seems to me, is that someone else got there first. Take watches, for example: we had the first Swiss watches, followed by others. The Swiss watchmakers earned the laurels for their innovation. They exploited it as much as they could, whether through design or technology. They protected their designs and technologies for as long as possible. During that period, anyone who wanted what they had had to pay the price, and these watchmakers were always well rewarded. But time passed, and it became increasingly difficult to introduce truly groundbreaking innovations, as it had been when the first water-resistant watch was introduced, then a watch with a date, then one with the day of the week, and later a chronograph. Nowadays, however, everyone has these features. Those who were once behind have caught up with the original watchmakers. Now, the same level of quality can be achieved at a more reasonable, often lower price. The question is: are we still financing those original watchmakers solely out of respect for the honorable services they provided in the past? There’s little, if anything, new coming from them that truly deserves ongoing support. Moreover, the allure of striving for something exclusive has diminished. The energy and effort once required to acquire these items have been replaced by accessibility, and that lack of challenge takes away some of the satisfaction. China offers something that disrupts the self-assurance of collectors: it’s no longer necessary to dedicate so much effort to acquire something. Everything has become much more accessible. It’s like dedicating your life to collecting Japanese samurai swords-renowned for their unimaginable attributes like hardness, edge retention, durability, flexibility, innovative design, and the family heritage behind their production. You research, you buy, and you find out these swords cost a year’s worth of savings. And then, one day, the family that upheld this tradition encounters a machine that can produce a blade of the same quality. What was once justified as rare and expensive, as special, turns out to have been simply a product of a time when a small group controlled its production. When that knowledge was disseminated and others could replicate the same thing, you’re left disheartened, looking at your collection and justifying it by saying, “Mine is original; the others are soulless copies.” You tell yourself the new ones don’t have the same nuances. But deep down, you realize you were deceived. What was supposed to be art should not have been so easily replicated. A sword or a watch is a mass-produced product, yet they convinced you it was art. You thought you were buying a Picasso, but Picasso didn’t print and mass-produce his paintings. So those original watchmakers were never Picassos. They were always what they are: industrialists, reproducing copies of a prototype. The art lay in the design-but design is intangible. The watch itself is merely a copy, whether made by the original industry that owns the design or by another industry paying homage to it.

Bravo, you summed the brand nicely, Longines is my absolute favorite watch brand, and I absolutely love my fly back. I think people who appreciate understatement and function as opposed to diamond encrusted bling, tend to desire these watches over other more celebrated brands . And by the way ,I don't wear tailored shirts so it don't bother me in the least that the flyback is 44mm.

The problem with your videos is which way the wind blows...

Finally found a watch reviewer saying exactly what I feel.

Great insight as usual. Please do Damasko

Given their long and storied history if I'm going to buy a Breguet, it won't be a dive watch, but a classic dress watch that hearkens back to their earlier history.

Perfect moment for VC, without ss Nautilus, will make a killing

Overseas > 222

222 is great looking, I just wish the blue dial had a bit more life in its color.

Stunning watch!

Rather stick with the overseas

Sexy watch. How would it look on a 7.5” wrist? I tried on a Day-Date 36 and, to me, it looked comically small.

I've bought and sold my Tudors. I've never sold my Rolex's. My advise is if you want a no date sub, save up a bit more and buy a pre-owned Rolex no date sub 14060.

Drilled lugs and mercedes hands like the original and I'm in.

that monopusher omg

Omega Ed White or FOIS 2024 and Ultra Deep Summer Breitling Navitimer Glassutte Panorama Tudor Grand Seiko SBGE248

I've got a Speedomaster Pro and I've ordered one of these. It arrives next week. Main reason: bracelet is absolutely gorgeous to my eyes, the sapphire colour, the alpha hands and believe it or not.....the case back! Yes,I don't mind the case back because it's shinny and I'm a magpie. Sue me

Looks great but since it looks so much like the tissot it loses its specialness imo. Hence the downside to being late to the party. But I’d take one if handed to me!

Without a running seconds hand, watch doesn't look alive to me. Anyways this vacheron is a good looking watch

As soon as the 80s watch revival starts and we all wake up from the integrated hangover, these 222 will be on the secondary for a heck of a lot less. The problem is all the ‘cool cats’ won’t want to be wearing integrated anymore. Say hello 5 digits and jingle bracelets. Can’t wait for noisy wrist sake Tissot to be all the rage.