Early Warning Signs of Timepiece Gentleman

[@UDPride]

Remember when Anthony was whiteboarding how to get a Netflix series about himself and trying to convince Marco that was more important than selling watches because of the "lifestyle" they were selling? That was a real hoot. I thought I was watching a kindergartner playing make-believe.

[@coreyc3571]

The thing is, his background. The guy has 13 mugshots plastered on the internet and nobody blinked an eye. He was touching Rolex watches w/ an ankle monitor on.

[@BoleDaPole]

That's what made it so exciting though, far more thrilling than simply going into a reputable watch store and dealing with some bland saleman/ saleswoman/salesperson or ordering it online only for it to be delivered by some random plebian deliverer in a plain auburn/awny/chesnut coloured/colored box. Also ppl need to remember that he sold far more watches legitimately and allegedly only scammed a handful of customers so it's not like everyone was being scammed. More people came away happy than left sour.

[@enriqueali]

What's amazing is that so many folks were taken in by him. He had more red flags than a Chinese Communist Party convention 😮😮😮🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

[@cliftonmcmullen7167]

Funniest comment I’ve seen all day and facts!

[@swiftusmaximus5651]

Primo, i wish i said that. LMAO.

[@jakejacobson2999]

From the very first video I saw of him I commented on it saying something like he seems like a real fraudster 😂 and he sure is

[@rekonzuken1]

just proof that money cant save from stewped

[@illbill5971]

Wait...So Chinese Communist Party convention is a scam?

[@Marshal77]

Early warning signs? Baseball caps, nuff said.

[@denis888red]

Funny ;)

[@randalkarotkin6556]

The tattoos and over inked body of him and his associates was enough to convince me. He Was a Con Artist. Was obvious all the flexing

[@victorl225]

His last video he said he thought it would be a good idea to have a spreadsheet with his expenses. Seriously?!?! That just shows he was never planning to make money, he was just going to blow his client’s money as long as he could until everything fell apart. Complete scam from the start.

[@simplyserge5000]

Totally. A spreadsheet to keep track of coffee is way too late in the game now.

[@Gentepreneur]

I was like wtf?! Are you serious.. You have to keep track of that since day one.. Con Artists for sure

[@JamesWebbFitness]

I love how his team acts like they had no idea. You watched him spend all the money and saw the volume of the sales, obviously they didn't add up. When he goes down I hope he at least takes a deal to avoid his team getting prosecuted or they are going down too.

[@AndrewL31413]

I know right. From watching his videos, he often dropped some numbers like margins per sale and volume. I did the math as a business owner and I was really confused. I actually naively thought maybe there was other income streams like KZbin making these happen.

[@markcoffman494]

Apparently he’s going away for 20yrs in prison

[@jeanlefranc3817]

Someday, someone will start pointing out Nico Leonard’s lavish lifestyle : the Ferrari, the buying a $8 k Hublot just to trash it, the mansion, the impulse buying of thousands of dollars of sneakers in 30 minutes, and ask : how can the guy afford to pay his staff and spend so much money ?

[@yarly3180]

Sure and I say: well played Nico lol.

[@gershomtan5879]

It's all blessings from the God-Tier Casio.

[@enzzo9492]

slightly different circumstance when you have as many followers as Nico does, id imagine more then half the money he makes comes from KZbin.

[@timchan334]

His youtube channel is pretty big (1.5mil sub’ers). Some youtubers with 1mil suber can make $400k a year (YMMV)

[@inquisitorofthegodemperor8434]

Pretty sure Nico's cars are mostly rented tho, so not a 500k sinkhole like Anthony, and the mansion I imagine it's on land that was pretty cheap to get - a person making 100k annually could get a really nice place out in the boonies vs Anthony was spending 95k monthly for a penthouse xD

[@jhurt3824]

I remember one of their first videos where he talked about drug use and jail time. I was always amazed that anyone would given them any money at all.

[@AcmeRocket]

Exactly, not that people can't make mistakes and change, but there are so many people to buy the same watch from, why increase risk with no need.

[@darrenporter1850]

@@AcmeRocket Doesn't matter if people change, you don't give someone a Rolex to sell for you if they are an ex criminal. Just basic life coaching.. hmmm.. maybe I can sell this advice with a course for 20k

[@operasinger2126]

Was going to send Anthony my Submariner I don't use. My wife stopped me. She said his flashy lifestyle is a red flag.

[@simplyserge5000]

Smart woman

[@bmunro8619]

I doubt Netflix will make a series about this Anthony guy. Maybe ‘American Greed’ will.

[@pasodiufwen]

Your three points are certainly worth considering, however, I would mention that true wealth is invisible. To be succinct; all of my poor friends try to look rich and all of my truly rich friends try to look poor. It's a matter of style and dignity.

[@ytsm]

I'm not surprised Tug insisted on hand deliveries. I hear he likes delivering pleasure with his hands.

[@ngocphan-wg3ch]

His business partners left the company, and they knew what was happening, so they left real quick

[@DerekRyanTwo]

This was a combo TPG update + pretty solid downtown Toronto walking tour 👏

[@NorthernGrowsUk]

Whata scary is how many watch dealers have hit social media with the same ethics . This could be a lot bigger than just anthony. This could be just a drop in the ocean

[@clifbradley]

In some ways I feel like you could be talking about Nico Leonard too. When you see him on his stories and he's traveling all over to deliver watches, but Nico also has over a million followers. But I still don't know how he does it. But he has the God Tier merch, the KZbin revenue, and probably he sells a lot of watches all over, but I sometimes question his spending too.

[@TheAngelElectriko]

Will you do an interview from Prison on Coach ....how his life is going after living in the fast lane. What does the future hold for him?

[@kevinbroadfoot3535]

So he had red flags but this video was made after the fact. Lol.

[@scotts6596]

Those white veneers will surely make him popular in prison. Still shocked.

[@ashleygordon3467]

Whenever I see a Lamborghini I instantly assume drugs or deception or both, and in my experience it’s rarely wrong

[@inscoe1]

Short sighted but okay.

[@ngocphan-wg3ch]

Video of him in Vegas gambling with a bag full of money, and he was losing

[@bencunningham8314]

I recognize downtown Toronto

[@charlesconnaughton7292]

But look at the fun he had being Billy big boy.

[@Somemjf]

Funny there are other KZbinrs I watch and before all this Anthony stuff came out it always puzzled me how these guys are driving around in Bentleys making what they make on these watch deals. They tell us how much they flip the watches for and the math does not add up.

[@fantastikfanatic1900]

We expect clowns to clown but it's our fault in expecting to business with a clown in a non clown way.

[@Jam6813]

He even included a short charity video and narrated over it showing a young disabled black guy who was an avid skateboarder and how the charity wanted to raise money for important hospital treatment, or something to that effect, I donated to it!!!!!

[@kalekhalili8130]

I am not backing him in any way possible but that guy actually did get his kidney from that money. And needed up working for Anthony. So that one may have actually been one of the few things that was real

[@4ndy123]

Wasn't that Darby's mate?

[@Jam6813]

What? He could barely walk, I don't recall seeing him in any of his videos, how do you know all this anyway?@@kalekhalili8130

[@David-vt3hn]

Like him or not he was a genius. A financial wizard that put himself on top. You're all just jealous as can be. He's a self made millionaire and you all ain't dirt!

[@austinmonty5536]

He ain’t sorry either he is just sorry the ride is over!

[@johnathonmullis4234]

As soon as seen he flew to meet a buyers wife to prove a watch was genuine I knew he was full of shit. The watch was a $20-$30k watch and he was out of pocket $3-$4k jet setting around after the sale. The only logical thing to do was to offer a refund if you wanted to be nice or told them they were mistaken and to bug off. He was explaining that he couldn’t have people trashing his good name and it was worth spending even more money to prove he was legit. If you’re legit you don’t need to spend money proving it to folks. The gay watch guy is going back to prison

[@simplyserge5000]

Lmaooo that’s a funny comment

[@coveksplanine]

It's easy to act all smart now. Why didn't you make this video 6 months ago?

[@carforumwanker]

hah !!!! I called him out 2 years ago. if you believed him then you deserved to be ripped off

[@Eireannach1988]

He wanted a elite level actor to do a movie about him

[@angelacosta466]

I always wondered where that money was coming from. Cause it doesn’t just come from individual watch sales.

[@MrRidleyDog]

Nico Leonard, Roman Sharf and the rest of these guys all exhibit these behaviors and while they may not be scammers per se, they are all going down this same path and will all end up broke.

[@kevinh5349]

Agreed. When they're dealing in watches that go for 5, 6, and 7 figures, and the standard uniform is blue jeans, sneakers, t-shirts, and baseball caps and/or they have enough tatts to join the circus, my BS alarm goes off. Class tells.

[@currylaksa]

dont forget he mentioned he started accepting crypto for payment for his watches. This happen before crypto went down 50-60%

[@mojoslrshit]

That are No marketing stunts. A successful entrepreneur would never be so offensively blunt with the display of her or his earnings. It is absurd to even claim that the buying and renting of luxury items are meant to be marketing in order to gain positive publicity. It solely is pure negative publicity.

[@DadoDoda]

He is smart to some extend; ppl are stupid seeing his lifestyle and shit and thinking its from watch profit; after so many years of scams and fejk social media life; ppl still see this dudes as inspiration 😂😂😂 world is so dumb and naive. Fyi, you made it like: tutorial for dummies; well done! Loved it!

[@bazzatheking3155]

Wes Watson is next?

[@skipstalforce]

I can probably go 9 on that but I can get you 11 if you consign it.

[@toneclark7675]

Con artist buying up with someone else's $$$' and trying to justify as marketing 😅😂

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

Whoch proves people are gullible, buying sizzle and getting no steak. I thought after the blackout he was done. But NO, plenty of fools jumped in feet first with the hype machine. It was never if, but when.

[@Lurthatgurl]

I wonder how much in debt he is to Amex on his black card. But wait it is probably in someone else’s name.

[@chadams7753]

All very true, but he made some interesting content back in the early days of Covid. I watched. But yeah, I would never do business with the guy and I love watches.

[@gtrfreak]

very logical post thank you

[@DannyDjanie_UncensoredTV]

HE EVEN PAID 500K TO THE 10X GUY TO MENTOR HIM....

[@chrisgreer221]

You come off as jealous of Anthony. You should change your channel name to simply jealous.

[@ashishpatel350]

grey market is a scam

[@brocktonma.1816]

$50K for a watch🤣

[@BernardEdwards-gu2bo]

I drove G Wagons as a work car... the 6x6 are top heavy rubbish

[@chasemcginnis8236]

It’s not uncommon to hand deliver a watch. Flying private is another thing though

[@jonathanl2748]

Is it true about a lengthy arrest record?

[@LaurentiusTriarius]

Selling courses almost always equal scam

[@marcwarnecke]

So you are making money showing his mistakes or what are you doing?

[@simplyserge5000]

Lol how am I making money. $3 in ad sense revenue?

[@Mr24NOFX]

I’m 46 years old and his videos got me into watches I didn’t lose any money with him or anything like that but I have an appreciation for watches thanks to him I guess that’s good

[@DecemberNames]

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[@jcaam8094]

Why didn't you make this video six months ago if you knew so much instead of being a Monday morning quarterback.

[@simplyserge5000]

I knew it 2 years ago buddy. Was laughing the whole time and I make a video when I want to pal

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

@@simplyserge5000 Sure you did. Typical Monday morning quarterback.

[@AcmeRocket]

40 prior arrests were enough for me way before he sold his first watch. To be honest, the first time i saw him on KZbin, within minutes it was clear.

[@NinoPavkovic]

40?

[@AcmeRocket]

@@NinoPavkovic that was his claim when asked

[@idontwantone132]

😂

[@BoleDaPole]

We thought he turned a new leaf, i mean everyone deserves a 41st chance.

[@TheRedart99]

@@BoleDaPole 😆🤣😆

[@buxy_buxy]

crimepiece gentleman 😂🤣😂🤦🏻

[@crossbones8956]

I honestly can’t believe that people believed he was legit. Dude came out of nowhere and was living the life of a rockstar. It was all image and clout. Of course it was a sketchy business.

[@housekarl5786]

..Thorpe is trying to copy him..sad !......

[@HRM.H]

He promised a 2× on a 2 million dollar watch 😂 imagine believing someone who promises 200% profit

[@cyberlip666]

No one's talking about the single funniest thing about him...that he was angling to get a movie made based on him starring Mark Walberg. He had somehow gotten ahold of Mark Wahlberg's phone # and was sending him daily texts, like a stalker LOL. Anthony himself admitted to doing that in one of his videos 🤣

[@kobexu]

He's a con artist, not a watch dealer.

[@AcmeRocket]

And not a good one.

[@denis888red]

Spot on my friend.

[@cgasucks]

it is spelt "diller"

[@garyfischer]

thx for the video. It is obvious, but somehow there are people who are gullible enough to actually need this advice. There was even a video with watch dealers or former Dealers such as Paul Thorpe where they were disappointed that he didnt take him out for a fancy dinner after meeting up with him. Even professional dealers bought in to silly hype. Sad that people are influenced so easily.

[@simplyserge5000]

How the professional dealers allowed this to happen is beyond me. I guess they fell for the steaks and lambos as well

[@housekarl5786]

..Thorpe will pawn his son, who sold Counterfeit Rolex/Omega's £500-£600K and then when bankrupt, just to get close to AF.......proves somethings don't come with age !

[@iDanielch]

Somethings you might be right but the thing with hand delivering watchs is beacuse of the insurance needed to send a 20k or higher cost watch its cheaper to fly out and delivery it himself than the logistics needed to send it via fedex and if its a high end piece it needs a armored truck so to many logistical things to do so its easier taking a flight so on the part your mistaken.

[@mrglock2313]

I don't think he can TUG his way out of this

[@thumperjdm]

This wasn't a business model that failed...this was an ongoing intentional criminal act by AF. AF knew he was spending all of his client's money to fuel his (fake) lifestyle, and the evidence will eventually show that. He needs to go to prison for multiple counts of embezzlement.

[@steini6771]

He will end up like Jimmy Hoffa

[@denis888red]

Bingo

[@mjlives5428]

The idiots who bought RM kiddy looking watches deserve that drop.i don't like people who like things because they are what is popular or"everyone else is doing it"rather than liking it for what it is.

[@JTG40cal]

Going to give you three reasons TPG was doomed to fail...Reasons 1 and 2 were the same (excessive spending) and Reason 3 wasn't a reason the business failed. It was part of the scam. You want to talk about reasons the business failed...misappropriation of funds, excessive overhead, poor marketing decisions, negative social media presence, lack of infrastructure, high rates of turnover, inadequate billing and accounting practices, etc. Oh...and the fact that Anthony turned it into a ponzi scheme and ponzies ALWAYS fail eventually.

[@DannyDjanie_UncensoredTV]

HE EVEN PAID 500K TO THE 10X GUY TO MENTOR HIM....

[@Ilikeavocados822]

Spot on.

[@maxwells2602]

It is really three signs to predict that the business will eventually fail. One is living lavishly, another is overheads that are too high when compared to profits and the third is seeking alternative ways to make money.

[@yuriichavaliuk9566]

What do you think of Nico? He’s a big boy on KZbin so idk maybe that’s where the money comes from, but the rest - the excessive spending, hand delivering, g wagons, Ferrari's, and all other signs are there

[@nathanmagnuson2589]

Based on his views per video and the frequency of uploads, I would guess that Nico makes a pretty large chunk of lonely just from KZbin.

[@TwentyOne_Five]

It truly was certain to fail. There was never any chance of success. You make a good point.

[@scottmacovi7529]

Why are you guys watching this? Lol Maybe some of you are in love with Anthony????

[@Bennygk-yw2fx]

He was happy at least😢

[@deserteagle10]

Where were you guys saying this stuff before he was arrested?

[@housekarl5786]

...eyes shut, head back, swallow the meat Tug's...:)

[@claudiomannoni5557]

Swiss watches are crying loud … this US show is unbearable

[@ryanjofre]

Videos about Anthony are old already. Yawn!!!!!

[@glens1975]

the sad thing is that he honestly believes that he is a good person and that this is just a setback and not a swindle, he is still talking about how much of an expert he is and how he can build up a buisness but that he is not cheap because he is so good at what he does. The guy is a snake oil salesman and an egotistical one at that. He crossed state lines and has stolen 5 million dollars off clients and investors. The feds should have locked him up by now.

[@abea8415]

he was on a " cool car.. what do you do for a living?" clip once... makes you think what percentage of the ppl in the supercars spent clean money on them

[@shawnlavigne9069]

As judge Judy would say: he's a huckster!😂

[@MM-su9ew]

very true words!!!!! the uk has a few watch traders with youtube channels doing the same!!!!!!! sale or not return?????

[@sdcoinshooter]

My opinion: His goal all along was to get a reality TV series, “Inside the high end watch industry” When it never came around, he was doomed.

[@magicmike7198]

Honestly, the only reason Anthony's business fails is... Antnony himself. His personality is his biggest success and his biggest weakness. It corrupts everything he touches and undertakes. His personality is also a magnet for trolls and haters. It started long before the famous ''Black Out''. From the very beginning, the haters ran like headless chickens because of the spreadsheet incident and the beautiful Clovet.

[@eddieaguirre605]

Guy needs to go to jail for a long time

[@Tchild2]

If you buy from a dealer who can afford exotic cars, private jets and extensive first class travel...do you think you are getting a good price for your watch?

[@Johnny-rg6tv]

once coach thought Mark Wahlberg would actually play him in a biopic that’s when you knew he was Dululu knowing damn well the profit margin on grey market watches is usually 700-1500$ dollars on commission per watch some deals are better than others but on average it’s 700-1600

[@moog730]

Didn’t mention the gambling lol

[@davidv.2050]

It must have been wonderful living like Bruce Wayne.😊

[@benficaM8888]

to me, lambo + coaching course -> flag.

[@user-DeDub]

No watch dealer is making this kind of margin without stealing shit. This was peak fake flexing at its finest 😂💪🏻

[@thomasmorrison675]

No one can live the lifestyle he did on what you make selling second hand watches. Buy you can if you are stealing the client's money.

[@scottbeck7762]

He bought my Casio for $6 and said he could sell it for $15. Still have got my 6 bucks!

[@jelsner5077]

Honestly, no sympathy to those who were scammed. He is an OBVIOUS phoney. Use common sense, people.

[@denis888red]

Living life high on the hog with other people's money and no care or consideration for their downside. Psychopathic.

[@WatchReporter]

sooka bliet. Are you using a selfie stick, or holding phone by hand? it's quite smooth.

[@simplyserge5000]

Just holding with my hand

[@frankmcconnellogue3351]

I would like to see his school reports,I bet they would make interesting reading .

[@lowridr2]

when i heard him say in one of his videos they will make a movies about me one day like wolf on wall street im like yeah ok

[@swright5690]

And I just saw a TPG you tube video asking for likes and forgiveness. Boo hoo.

[@Anoon]

He blew money like he won the lottery

[@hexoroid]

Yeah amazes me how he stole 5 million? His spending was crazy

[@charliebrown2813]

Whats that on the background 4.05 is it a yeti????

[@privateaccount6827]

All good points except you refer to Timepiece Gentlemen as a business :)