Top 5 Vintage Watches of the 50s | Chrono24

[@joke6771]

All of these watches are my favourite

[@nov2choi]

Great content and informative! Love the accent too!

[@mistermikeyjay]

All are great watches. Great history and thanks for sharing this info with us. For me, it’s an Explorer all the way. Thx again.

[@dankoblazeka7089]

Love absolutley all of them, dont know wich one would i like to own more.

[@petran63]

I particularly like the vintage Seamaster, since it doesn’t have that modern helium wart.

[@andrewgiblin3468]

Great video and I was really impressed with the UG Polerouter, Gerald Genta watch with amazing micro rotor at a reasonable price!!! What’s not to like!!

[@Supercruze]

Great overview and history lesson. Thanks.

[@Chrono24Official]

A pleasure! :) Glad you like it! History can not be more fun, I guess.

[@morganthedruid1]

Great watches and great accent too, really enjoyable to listen to.

[@Chrono24Official]

Thank you!

[@Chrono24Official]

Great to have you on board! :)

[@felixmarks9352]

Great video my friend! I love 50fathoms the most,but Omega have record price on Philips auction before few days with speedmaster trilogy brown dial, cca 3 million EU !

[@geckos27]

The Polerouter I like best.

[@dr.dachpfanne5453]

The Explorer and the Seamaster are absolutely beatiful 😍

[@maciekb8554]

All of the presented watches are icons imo

[@millersciencesms762]

My favorite is the Polerouter by far.

[@the_9ent]

Amazing watches. Though I prefer modern watches with vintage inspired designs.

[@maciekb8554]

These 50s pieces had such a vibe... Very sexy watches :) So great episode I had to watch it twice:P

[@Chrono24Official]

Thanks a lot! Definitely one of my favorite watch decade as well ;)

[@pascals.6515]

Without any doubts...The Explorer and Fifty Fathoms. Chapeau Rolex and Blancpain. Iconic watches for sure. 👏👏👏

[@unclekevin5094]

I have a small collection of vintage watches, nothing super expensive , but a few old Rolex and a few old Tudor amongst others. I try to wear something different every few days and today by coincidence i am wearing my old Rolex Explorer. Although it was nice to have it come up as the first on your list it was a shock to read the small print from the advertising. Buy one for $165.00. Good Lord, put me down for 10 of them please.

[@Chrono24Official]

Different times 😅... good eye for the details 😉

[@unclekevin5094]

@@Chrono24Official Your camera work and content are always good and enjoyable. Keep up the good work.

[@harisreekm2138]

I have seiko 5 automatic 6349-501A watch with muscat oman emplem in it. is it worthy???

[@brucetheshark266]

What about the calatrava 2526? .... first automatic Patek

[@JimGlasgow-e5o]

Very interesting, maybe the Vostok Amphibian was omitted due to its low price against the these exalted models.🤔

[@MTbone7]

You should give one away to someone who didn't complain about the last last contest

[@faalbmusic]

Hey, Balázs, great video, but what the hell are you mitkereselteott? :D

[@vickyallen4566]

love your stuff. could you get your hands on a JLC Master Sector dial. Trying to buy my partner one but can't find and need more information from experts I trust. dream watch for my man. such a beautiful watch but is it limited edition?

[@Chrono24Official]

Thanks for your feedback and the suggestion. Let's see if we can get our hands on the JLC. It is not a limited piece!

[@phmwu7368]

Top 5 is always a limited choice, but the 1953 Glycine Airman automatic GMT pilot watch should make the top, as it's only 1 of six wristwatches to be exposed to outer space, an exploit that has only be made by a wristwatch every decade or two decades... Already in the 1930s, Gaston Breitling had the idea for a chronograph button at 2 o'clock position and patented the rotating bezel with slide rule

[@jeanlefranc3817]

Blancpain Fifty Fathom is the Daddy of that bunch.

[@redhunterandgatherer2367]

Omega Seamaster 300 has the charm...

[@Mcmurphy-nr1]

I love the Explorer 1016,but the best watches are Fifty fathoms and Universal

[@Chrono24Official]

What makes them your favs over the Explorer?

[@Mcmurphy-nr1]

@@Chrono24Official Explorer is the least flashy in Rolex but Universal is a wonderful vintage dressy while Fifthy fathoms is beautiful and less widespread than submariner

[@elgordo9999]

Lovely pieces. Need an income like Jordan Belfort to purchase any of them from Chrono24 tho.

[@liyumarketshopping]

What about zenith s.58 !!!🤔☝️

[@tobiasrottenbach1769]

The Fifty Fathoms set the design standard for all following dive watches, right?

[@Chrono24Official]

Kind of ;) Still a nice design piece today, if you ask me!

[@tobiasrottenbach1769]

@@Chrono24Official I agree with you. This design still rocks.

[@auxiliary4023]

The problem with the navitimer is the fact nobody with reasonable eyesight can or ever has been able to read its dial. It's worn as a statement not a useful tool.

[@watchvint]

Certina?

[@torebelthoft4471]

You managed to mention Blancpain Fifty Fathoms for a second before you switched to Omega and Rolex, djeez allmighty what a brilliant draw of ignorance and marketing your best sellers. If you want to be serious be serious, Blancpain was the benchmark and still are when it comes to divers

[@jsytac]

Hillary did not wear a Smiths to the Summit of Everest. He only wore a Smiths. Norgay almost certainly didn’t either. Rolex even admitted as such, Smiths: “Sir Edmund Hillary has stated in writing that he took a Smiths watch to the summit and no other, and he has offered the actual watch which he wore to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers for permanent exhibition in their museum at the Guildhall.” Rolex: “It would appear from Mr. Barrett’s letter that Sir Edmund Hillary was, in fact, only wearing one watch at the summit and that a Smiths watch. We congratulate Smiths on the fact that their Smiths Delux ordinary wind wristwatch reached the summit with Sir Edmund Hillary.” Source: www.outdoorjournal.com/featured/opinion-editorial/rolex-vs-smiths-which-watch-summited-everest-in-1953-putting-a-controversy-to-rest/

[@martinoamello3017]

What? No vintage Westclox $3 Bullseye? I actually dropped one from a freeway bridge years ago and it was promptly run over by a semi truck. I ran down to see how badly beat to death it was and amazingly it was still intact and running.. I was later robbed by a gang of thugs who thought they had a real humdinger of a watch. OK, so they're worthless in terms of cash, but nice story behind it...Kind of.

[@Chrono24Official]

Loving this story!

[@Illinination53]

Navitimer!

[@Chrono24Official]

Ok! ;)

[@markfrost2707]

I will be buried with my gifted 1959 Omega Seamaster.....PLEASE "small" watches come back in style.!! I hate most new watches, plus cannot afford one, but 30-35 mm is just TOO small! I JUST got a RAREEEEEEEEEEEE 70s Magnetron swiss watch that is in PERFECT new condition--Acrylic bubble crystal, champagne dial, date w/ magnifier, automatic AND manual wind (I HATE a watch you cant wind). It truly looks brand new and what did I pay?? The same price a new Times would cost you. 55 bucks. Oh, the big reason I bought the Magnetron (talk about hard to find anything on a watch) is it's a 40mm case...and THAT is almost too small

[@jan4004]

Hoe vaak is een vergelijkbare video langs gekomen met wéér hetzelfde verhaal… dit is kletskoek vertellen om kletskoek te vertellen…😳🥱