This Disturbing New Watch Trend MUST END NOW!

[@timgenter1264]

And coming next spring....THE EREBUS ORIGIN RING WATCH!!!

[@nathanaelsmith3553]

Or how about earring watch? That'd be a first.

[@BR81-iv6lt]

C@ckring

[@Spectrecontrol]

It's about time we got an Erebus Finger-Ring

[@nathanaelsmith3553]

@@Spectrecontrol I don't want fingering by anybody

[@LoveToRelax]

Nose-ring watch?!?

[@dude28405]

I remember as a kid in the late 70s early 80s in pens with digital clocks and then I actually wouldn’t mind having one again

[@201950201950]

@@dude28405 you brought back a memory of a clock pen I had once.

[@thesolver1970]

yep and rulers with calculators. I still have a few pen watches

[@laurencehogg6010]

I had a ruler with a calculator as well. Mine got confiscated.

[@hanscombe72]

Wow! I had forgotten those! You cycled through the settings with a single button on the back of the pen!

[@skyd8726]

"Old man yells at cloud!". 😄lol. I guess, each to their own.

[@broadsword6650]

Rewind 100 years and Jody's grandfather was moaning about the death of the watch fob.

[@tailsneon556]

It's actually an old trend. Rolex, JLC, Patek and many others have done it over the decades

[@axmajpayne]

Ring watches aren't a new trend, it's just an old trend that's coming back. There are lots of vintage ones available second hand that even have hand wound mechanical movements. Even Seiko and Rolex made them at one point!

[@putnamehereholdmadoodle]

Casio has a new one soon

[@damianwims]

Sorry Jody, I didn't know these existed until this video - now I want ALL of them.

[@thesolver1970]

yeah, I'm going to put one on my toe so when my feet are on a poufe when watching the cricket, I don't even have to move my head, just the eyes! brilliant!!

[@eucitizen78]

I did not know them too. Now i am curious. Guess this is not the way to fight them, if your really want. It is the way to make them known.

[@davidhelmuth6654]

For those that are history buffs I recognize this trend. Watches started off as a pocket item. The fads were are as a woman’s necklace (long chain), as a wristwatch and as a ring. All considered fads. 🤔🤔🤔

[@squeakhawk01]

Yes, i have seen old women's watch rings. They were usually done in gold and the small clock was basically the jewel of the ring. They actually looked pretty neat. I believe they have made these in one form or another ever since.

[@Markus__B]

I don´t care. I ordered the Casio Ring. It´s awesome.

[@JustOneMoreWatch]

Looking forward to seeing the pictures of you wearing it mate!!! Please tag me on IG 😉

[@RabbitWatchShop]

@@JustOneMoreWatch lmao

[@johnsmith-gs4qf]

“One man's trash is another man's treasure.” 😉

[@nathanaelsmith3553]

Id like to get one.

[@derekcox6531]

Totally looking up where to buy one.😬🥸

[@thenotanclan]

My mate used to wear a big ankle watch - and when he went outside wearing it the police used to pop around to ‘make sure he was ok’ - how cool is that?

[@laurencehogg6010]

Top comment.

[@SpaceDave3000]

I recommend not gatekeeping anything to do with watches. Anything that brings them back into the spotlight is a good thing. If we've learned anything in recent times, there is no such things as bad press.

[@killpop8255]

It's a ring. It's a time piece. It's a ring piece! 🍩

[@matthemming9105]

Ahem. It's a TIME RING. Helps if you say it like you're The Doctor.

[@timeandnourishment1961]

So are we looking at horology or proctology? 😮

[@Dan.Chaytor]

Nice

[@AliasHSW]

To me a ‘ring piece tool is a 911

[@laurencehogg6010]

Genius.

[@Cohen.the.Worrier]

Sure, pick on the small watches. 🧐

[@Radazure]

I hope the trend doesn't end, but it would be really interesting to see a slim and sensibly sized skeleton ring watch with a miniature auto movement. It would be cool to have a ring where you can see the balance wheel spinning.

[@MarcosCodas]

Anything that gets young people into "dumb" watches gets my vote.

[@darrensmith6999]

These are the sort of things that used to come in what we used to call here in the North of England a " Lucky Bag"

[@crash.override]

Gotta be real limber to read your toe-watch

[@orangeyellow-me1pz]

Max flex

[@Cloxxki]

They had me at Japan-only. Now I must have them all.

[@soundssimple1]

Jody , they are not for your finger.....looking forward to the Speedmaster version........

[@hockingham7160]

When they bringing out the c0ck ring version? I want to be able to time how long I last while watching the action.

[@jstrat121]

I see what you did there,lol 😂

[@soundssimple1]

@@jstrat121 hahah, thank you

[@DonaldJoeKennedy]

D'oh! 😂👍🏼

[@youregrammersucks]

And on my 7 1/2 incher it weighs in at…

[@thepenultimateninja5797]

I had a girlfriend about 25 years ago who had a ring watch. I believe it was made by Storm, and it had a Twist-O-Flex style "bracelet". She used to actually use it as a watch, not just a fashion accessory.

[@battousai9795]

I mean, I find them pretty cool and it's not like they are discontinuing anything to make them. I don't see the argument for trying to kill this trend 🤷‍♂️

[@kbarnbrook4993]

This is nothing new, watch rings, and digital watch pens were done in the 1970

[@warren6899]

From South Africa how unique ! Love the idea! Something different... why must it be functionable ? Why not different for decorative reasons???

[@sathishrao7926]

As a Casio fanboy, I’m disappointed that it’s not launched in my country ! I’d like to buy and wear one for fun !

[@bretthoffman9863]

I remember trying to get a ring watch out of the quarter machines at the toy store when I was a kid. Never got lucky.

[@mikes.4136]

The Casio watch rings are really cool! I happened to find a bunch of them at a thrift store a few years ago. I’d never wear one and they are novelties, for sure.

[@WH250398]

Can't wait for legwatches.

[@Spectrecontrol]

When I was in LA I saw quite a few people sporting what looked like Casio's on their ankles..

[@WH250398]

@Spectrecontrol NOOOOO

[@DonaldJoeKennedy]

I didn't even know these existed! Now I totally want fully-functional G-Shock GW-M5610U and AE-1200WHD-1AV ringwatches!

[@FrankLagendijk]

I bet 200 years ago, all the pocket watch fans were saying the same thing about wrist watches! Why do I need a tiny watch on my wrist when I can have a small clock in my pocket? This wristwatch trend must end now!

[@garyboyle695]

One big difference that you seem to have missed. The wrist watch was an advancement, the hipster ring watch isn't.

[@christophergustafson3942]

This is the horological equivalent of Derek Zoolander's phone.

[@KopperRook]

99% of watches are jewelry. If watch nerds cared about "practical watches" Casio would be the only company making watches. Bet that "useless watch" keeps better time than yours, Jody 😂

[@bngr_bngr]

I know, I have to take off my Patek to clean the pots😂

[@garyboyle695]

You can't even spell jewellery correctly.

[@orangeyellow-me1pz]

Old man yelling at clouds moment. Grrr, the watches are too big! Grrr, the watches are too small. Grrr, it has to be this size. Man, let the people live how they want. At least they're buying watches. I believe there must have been many who hated it when watches started being worn on the wrist instead of being tucked away in a pocket. We only live this life one time and it is short.

[@garyboyle695]

Lives too short !, but yet you resort to name calling. You're a bit of a hypocrite.

[@originalboondi]

Grr, opinions in public. Whatever next, a video about pet peves. Scandalous.

[@yama-fanboy]

0:54 that is not even a "perfectly decent luxury" watch by pagani design standards 😂

[@Hipnosis65]

Oh come on! AP ran out of designs for the Royal Oak years ago, this is right up their alley.

[@Tyrone2714]

First! I actually really like it its corny and cool. Expecially since ghis new one acrually functions

[@hlebo]

Jody, you're absolutely right about ringwatches/watchrings. But cheer up -- it could be MUCH worse; people could start wearing them as noserings!

[@laurencehogg6010]

Thanks for this, and to many of the funny and nostalgic comments - really made me laugh this dull rainy uk Sunday morning.

[@thunpin]

I personally don't see problems with that. If there are people who want to buy, why not? To remember, originally, personal watches were pocket watches. If someone didn't decide to move to wrist, we would probably be using it as a pocket watch.

[@johnsrabe]

Let’s imagine it’s 1910, and we’re gathered in the town square of Elgin Illinois, where the President of Elgin is standing on a soapbox, making a speech. “My good people, I am here to alert you to a disturbing new trend! Pocket watches that some otherwise reputable firms are making to fit on the wrist! Come now, gentle people. Aren’t they called pocket watches for a reason?! Please, help me stop this disturbing, useless, and annoying new trend right now!” How is a wristwatch any more “necessary” than a finger watch? And if you like iconic watches, why is it bad to own one made in miniature … like scale models of cars and planes? As far as price goes … I can’t see how it’s any dumber to buy a finger watch for $150 than it is to buy a $1,000 Oris or whatever - when you can buy a perfectly serviceable Casio for $20. Someone is getting old. And thank god that for once it’s not me! As always, thanks for the entertaining video. And thanks for alerting me to this dangerous new trend. I might just get one when the price drops.

[@TheNunakun]

I LIKE IT! Not for that price tho. I'll settle with the gatcha Casio models. They're surprisingly well-detailed.

[@masudashizue777]

I like the gacha toys. They're like those miniature Technics turntables.

[@megasoid]

Ring watches have been around for decades, but the form has been taken to a nutty level here. And over five million pet rocks were sold almost fifty years ago too.

[@eaubertbonn]

I actually have a Seiko MECHANICAL watch ring from the 70’s or 80’s. Really impressive miniature movement and surprisingly accurate.

[@RJ-cq8dd]

Seeing the thumbnail i thought this would be about the trend of watches getting smaller :')

[@wtechdude]

A manual wind watch ring where you would need to wind it to work. Or a watch ring with multiple complication with free magnifying watch that you wear on your wrist to use when you want to tell the time.

[@OilCanHarry2U]

I’m looking forward to the “leg warmer” watch.

[@Cloxxki]

Boxer belt watch. So others can tell the time, if they tilt their head a bit. Nice alternative to a weight vest for training and exercise walks. Conversation starter. Actually useful, at a 90º angle at least except when taking a breather on the grass.

[@OmnipresentOneness]

Wholeheartedly agree Jody... Also, killer Ministry of Silly Walks t-shirt.

[@duncanhamilton5841]

Just marvel at how far Casio has taken the whole watch thing - at one end of the catalogue you've got an exquisitely built titanium MR-G with a hand finished bezel by a master swordsmith costing £6,700, and at the other end you've got the Everyman disposable F-91W for £20. Because they sell millions of F-91Ws and maybe a few hundred swordsmith MR-Gs means that in terms of relative sales volume, this ring thing isn't actually in the cheap crap end of the catalogue... in Casio terms it's a premium product😂

[@cseivard]

Agree! Watch cuff links too!

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

I quite like these ring watches. If I see someone wearing one in public, I know I should avoid them like the plague.

[@johnsmith-gs4qf]

It's like adult women and green hair...

[@claytonberg721]

Ring Watches were big in the 50's (or something). I bought an old oris ring watch awhile back. Mechanical movement.

[@saf00]

to me the disturbing trend is WRIST watches are becoming smaller. looking at it positively, it's saving me quite a few bucks though. lol.

[@jamiecheslo]

Love the "Ministry of Funny Walks" tee! Hated the ring watches when they first came out. Still hate these toys to this day!

[@kririu]

Ah come on! Don't be a Karen. Not for you, but obviously for others. Just scroll pass stuff you don't like and make content that's more about what you like 👏😃

[@brendonoleary519]

I'm interested in an alternative: smart rings. My smartwatch is very useful... except it makes wearing normal watches tricky. You lose functionality if you enjoy your collection... or wear two watches and look like a berk. A smart ring linked to my phone allows me to monitor my health/sleep/exercise, be alerted to notifications, and still enjoy a mechanical piece. These though? I'm not a fan. Too small to be visible, too big to be comfortably slim on the finger

[@DonaldJoeKennedy]

Jody... My gf keeps asking for an Aventurine Ascent in lady size (25mm to 30mm with 16mm glidelock bracelet). She and I would actually both prefer quartz. I'm sure a VH31 would fit nicely in that case... Hook a brutha (and sista for that matter) up. Please. Thanks! 👍🏼

[@JS-ev4xc]

Watch is an accessory nowadays, it makes sense to be in the form of necklace pendant or rings. Better still, the ring watch is more meaningful to couple than wrist watch. Also, it is odd to wear >1 wrist watches but for ring watches, one can definitely wear >1 at any 1 time

[@thomas316]

I would never buy one. Had it been a G-shock though I'd have two...

[@Aliens_Gonna_Get_Ya]

Just posted on FB about same thing… bought watch for 38 cents & free postage… was an effing ring watch…!!! Looked a bit bigger in the pictures…!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@enright8120]

W take. Although if you made an Erebus ring watch and it's half as nice as the GMT I got this week I'd buy em for my toes when I ran out of fingers.

[@vonferne5480]

Wonderful show as always! The new pocket watch is the smartphone. And still I like wrist watches. Sometimes I wear two to get them wound up.

[@NPJensen]

This is not new - watch rings have just been dormant for years. I remember as a kid one of my aunts had a silver fingerring watch to match her bangle watch. Georg Jensen still produces bangle watches with Swiss quartz (ETA) movements, but I don't know if they also made the fingerring watch back in the day... bangle watches were more common back in the 1980's and 1990's - at least here in Denmark.

[@Vernomeno]

Ehm, we did enjoy ring watches even 100 years ago. So if there will be some more right now or a trend comes back, as some of them tend to do now and then, so be it. I think they can look cool. My 97 year old grandma has a ring watch from the 1930s and she is the coolest person I know.

[@tomholloway7566]

I think JLC did one with their 101 movement, still the smallest mechanical watch movement ever even though it’s over 100 years old

[@han_pritcher]

I'd never heard of these until now. Where will it end? When people work out how to put a proper strap on these things, and wear them on the wrist, like all those tiny watches for women, from the 60s.

[@Barbecuejag]

Jody fun rant today! 🎉 What do you think about functioning watch cufflinks for those dressier occasions? They are a thing too.

[@BtZealot]

The toys I get, but the "functional" ones...I'm with you there Jody.

[@michaeln91847]

If they only made a Bluetooth-version so it would link to the phone and I could check the time within the specific app - that would be greatly useful

[@kickstothehead3705]

Actually, these things were big in the 90s. They had them in machines you could buy them for $.50 or a dollar depending the dollar ones actually work and kept time they were digital.

[@kevindavis7530]

These were a thing in the 70s or 80s also. I believe there were even older ones with mechanical movements.

[@Hashkatina]

Next up, mood rings that tell the time. 😮. Request JOMW, is there space for the Maltese Falcon on the shelf? Cheers from USA! James and L!

[@johncraig2684]

Wow can just imagine going into a pub in glasgow to show the lads my ring watch.... Lolll

[@Plexcom60]

Well, let me know when you set out for Mordor. I'd really like to be there when you drop it into Mount Doom. On the other hand, it sounds like you don't regard it as too precious, so maybe you won't be doing that. Anyway, there probably is more than the one Ring Watch.

[@bolchert]

I don't think this will last long either way. Because people already don't care about regular sized watches, why then care for miniature versions?

[@user-uh6kq2wh9g]

To be honest I do not have much problem with questionable watch trend until some brand's begin to phase out normal watches in favor of those or outright mandate you to buy some to get your hand on their actual good stuffs.

[@kenjmor]

Have to disagree Jody. I’m a massive G-Shock square fan and love the idea of the new Casio ring watch. It’s just announced on the G-Shock UK site and I’m hoping to get one!

[@DonaldPerley]

Can't you wait for the Grand Seiko Ring Drive watch? Seriously, I seem to recall reading about some King having a ring watch and showing it off to Harrison while he was busy inventing the ship's chronometer.

[@ants1516]

These were common in the 80s in the uk. You could even win them out of the 2p pusher machines in the arcades at any seaside town 😂

[@holgermuller3597]

My cat has always wanted to have a watch 😸 - maybe a little G-Shock for her outdor activities? 🤔

[@jonburingrud6127]

I was warned during army training not to trust guys named Jodie, but he does have a point.

[@SimonWaddilove]

What needs to be highlighted is the only movements that will fit are woefully poor quality ones

[@IlluminatingWatches]

I love it! Ring watches have some history to it from what i remember … must investigate more

[@couldntthingofone269]

Besides the price, it's just a fun way of doing something different. Plus this might lead to thinner movements and thinner watches that don't cost as much as a house. Or at least a large diesel truck. Remember, wrist watches were a silly waste of time too at one point. I mean what's wrong with the one in your pocket. Where it's suppose to go! -some guy from the early last century probably.

[@scottnj2503]

Love the Ministry of Silly Walks t-shirt. Ring watches are like roller skates for a snake.

[@brotherandrew3393]

Well, if the customers are buying them they will be produced. I do not even wear my wedding ring because it was too uncomfortable. Let alone speaking about the bad legibility of such a tiny watch.

[@Strideo1]

Is your wedding ring huge or poorly sized or something? I don't even notice mine.

[@jboomhauer]

I kinda like it!! I'm ordering!

[@danielthegeek4582]

Can’t wait for Invicta to release one. I’ve always wanted a knuckleduster..

[@AliasHSW]

A friend of mine, a bit of a watch enthusiast herself, is into this.

[@Dretelejr]

I feel like whenever I'd wear that, my finger will grow its own fingers. Watchception. Why, and what the f---.

[@stevemoon2136]

At my age, I have trouble reading the time on my wrist, let alone my pinky.

[@mordeth1964]

Believe it or not Fossil in particular has had a range of these things for a while now.

[@Shri_V]

I'm sure aliexpress has a bunch of these already, should have checked and included them in this video!

[@xtgt326]

Absolutely! Never ever will I wear a ring watch!

[@skyboy19ID]

Pretty sure its a old trend, Seiko and citizen do it in 80's, hamilton have mechanical ring watch and i'm sure ring watch can be traced way back before quartz crisis

[@gerrytemple5044]

Hey Jody, I agree. Casio went the wrong way - instead of increasing sizes (which is urgently necessary imho) they've done the opposite. And this price is ridiculous! I have become a big fan of Skmei (yes, Skmei) because they have become the more creative, more value-for-money and better Casio. Stay ooen-minded and watch them grow 😉 Cheers!

[@Jean.P.Cartier]

I beg the differ I’m huge fan of watch themed Rings

[@paulwebb4146]

O dear Jody, sounds like your going to miss the boat on the next big thing then. 🤣

[@emm_arr]

So no to -ockrings with a timer and depth function?

[@rentresna440]

We need SKMEI make this watch ASAP.

[@cosmodoc]

Actually, Jodie, you didn’t mention that there is a Fossil ring-watch as well!😅

[@dougnemeth5249]

I got a couple of vintage mechanical ring watches in my collection… not looking forward to servicing them…