We Sent a Watch to the Edge of Space... How Did it Fare?

[@watchfinder]

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[@MistaC1998]

Someone's a fan of Tom Scott

[@mkoldewijn]

Almost all are :)

[@masked_goose]

You spelt "everyone" wrong

[@natusMCMII]

"we send garlic *watch* to space and then ate it" apparently not once, but twice lmao

[@timhenry326]

I've been wearing my B42 official cosmonauts chronograph as a daily driver almost non stop for 8 years never failed me yet. We were a AD for them in st Croix usvi every one I sold the customer thanked me for the recommendation and were extremely pleased with the purchase even years later. They really are well made and low production numbers mean other than the ones I sold I've never run into one in the wild . The only other brand I sold that had the same reaction is Oris I had customers approach other customers trying on an Oris and they practically sold the watch to them for me same with Fortis. Now that I live near Canaveral it might be time for me to get out of retirement and open up again with some cool obscure makes

[@tonyaustin4629]

Fortis has excellent credentials and why we have not heard from them is due to what is known as the "Apollo 11" effect. Most people can remember Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong as the first men to walk on the moon, but we can't name anyone from the Apollo 12 mission or what they did.

[@WillKMB]

The Apollo 12 crew: Pete Conrad, Alan bean and Richard Gordon. They were tasked with landing near the surveyor 3 probe sent to the surface 2 years prior, and brought back pieces of it to test the fevers of being on the moon for prolonged periods. Don’t say we can’t remember when that’s not true. You and others may not but still some of us know what happened

[@frankpentangeli7945]

I love Fortis, and in the past couple of years they have come out with some fantastic watches. In particular, check out their Flieger and Aeromaster collections. Simply beautiful!

[@gmcminitruck]

Big Fortis fan. Very underappreciated brand.

[@cjdeas1528]

It's fun to see something that's actually different. It's more fun to listen to you guys talking about it!

[@balesjo]

I like that this Fortis with the white dial displays quite a bit of information without creating a lot of clutter on the dial. Quite nice!

[@unarmedduck]

Fortis is definitely underrated

[@caerphoto]

Space: well known for its high-pressure atmospheres.

[@geoffwatches]

Bloody hell good point - I didn't even think 😂

[@geoffwatches]

Bloody hell good point - I didn't even think 😂

[@alvinmick218]

Thank you for covering Fortis. I do hope you will highlight more of their watches in the near future.

[@shmutube]

This looks somewhere between the Omega Speedmaster and a Bauhaus style chronograph. Really great design and tech - well done, Fortis!

[@XSXXL]

On the back it says "Der Himmel ist nicht das Ende der Welt" which is "The sky is not the end of the world". What a beautiful sentence for a beautiful watch. Depending on the price I could imagine buying one.

[@jordanthesecond8987]

Yeah, I thought it was really neat as well. Then I checked their site and it’s $5200. A bit out of my price range.

[@XSXXL]

@@jordanthesecond8987 yeah for me too. For the same price I'd buy a Black bay, a Tangente+Metro or a santos. 5.3k is a bit much imo.

[@XSXXL]

Funny thing here: "Himmel" can also be translated into "heaven". #deep

[@leehazlewoodism]

@@XSXXL I thought it was only heaven as in "Gott in himmel". I used to read a lot of those Commando comics as a kid and the Germans would invariably say that when they were suprised

[@demopem]

I found "Height: 7.90mm" on Fortis' web page about the Werk 17 movement, so I would guess that the watch is somewhere around 14mm thick.

[@MrHiBeta]

I have owned a Fortis limited edition Ducati model watch for over twenty years. Good looking carbon face watch. I receive a lot of complements on the watch.

[@WristyGymnast]

Muscling in on TGV’s brand 😎

[@athmaid]

Love with how much confidence you said "garlic watch" both times haha

[@stupidocanerosa]

Well Fortis here in Italy is well known. In middle to late 90's they sold a lot of Flieger here and I must confess, I always wanted one...

[@augustinf]

i'm surprised fortis wasn't a bit higher on your radar... great brand and solid line up. I put them there with oris and sinn

[@tiberiuvincze8288]

Hello, here in Romania we do not have garlic bread ! but thanks for mention ! Garlic we have plenty! Nice watch !

[@jeffwicks2041]

I own four of them and non have let me down, super underrated for a very high quality watch. When bought with a decent discount, not much comes close to the value they offer. Built like the proverbial brick xx house.

[@stevefox8605]

Well I want a Garlic Watch now Andrew !!!! Anything space related is cool. Love it, good video, thank you Gentlemen 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Ashfielder]

If it ain’t garlic bread it ain’t worth orbiting

[@HandbrakeBiscuit]

What they don't tell you is that when the long 'Boosted' hand reaches the bottom of the dial, the watch plays some chimes that go "Di-duh, di-duh, diddley-dum - boooo!"

[@thisisnothere14]

I think watchfinder needs to send a moonswatch to space 👏👏👏

[@lucacadianalbert]

Been a Fortis fan for a very long time and love all the new releases since Jupp took over. I got to see these new watches at Windup SF and they look incredible in person - I love all the little details/easter eggs on them. I'm also super excited to see what they release next.

[@alairlibreinsfreie5785]

i cary a fortis for over 20 years as my daylie driver... phantastic value for money and to me the design didn't age a bit. much underrated brand. nice to see you featuring it.

[@fullymechanical9055]

Alas, they are not good value anymore. Their recent marinemaster is almost €3k for a Sellita movement. This is a very good looking watch though. Cheers.

[@alairlibreinsfreie5785]

@@fullymechanical9055 ho... that is sad to hear... i bought mine over 20 years ago and was so happy ever after that i never looked actively for a new watch anymore. picked up some old ones along the way, but was happy with the fortis for every day use ever since

[@Taragaca]

Which one do you have? They are real beater watches and still look great.

[@alairlibreinsfreie5785]

@@Taragaca i can't tell you the exact model, because it is nowhere indicated on the watch. it is the straight simple pilots watch with the brushed steel case and the minutes writen in big and the houres in a small circle in the middle of the dial. you are right, i think this watch still looks phantastic and straight forward even after about 20 years

[@Taragaca]

@@alairlibreinsfreie5785 Ah OK! I thing it's the Pilot Watch B Model but I'm not shure. Still great looking watches and I hope Fortis will stay to they roots despite making more modern watches.

[@vaclav_fejt]

I wonder how many people got the Tom Scott reference in the title. I'll watch the video in the morning...

[@icalexander]

Garlic watch XD!!!!!! All I can think of now for some reason is a speedmaster dripping in garlic butter.

[@legacywatchguy8333]

Uses Spacely Space Sprockets? Or Cogswell Cosmic Cogs?

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

Nice looking watch. Nice video. Keep up the good work.

[@lulul]

there actually is a Romanian watch microbrand from Transylvania that has a pair of fangs as a logo, it's called Peren..

[@teruphoto]

It's 1am where I am and I have a craving for garlic bread now. Dammit...

[@sushimshah2896]

After hearing Fortis-"Oh, hmm" After seeing Fortis-"Ah! hmm"

[@sergeyyatskevitch3617]

"Space resistance 20 atm".. ??? Fancy to elaborate a bit what kind of pressure one may experience in space, except the emotional stress, of course? :)

[@Kafen8d]

I love the Tom Scott reference. I love you guys so much

[@MrSanjeevsan]

Take a shot of whiskey everytime the word "space" is mentioned in this video.

[@Azeria]

Bowling for Soup biggest hits: 1985 (cover of SR-71) Girl all the bad guys want A-hole Almost Their newest single is “I wanna be Brad Pitt” I believe

[@SirPedro83]

I'll be looking for that garlic watch review.

[@Johngle]

Why do you need 20 atm of "space resistance" when the pressure difference is only 1 atm by definition?

[@christophersmith108]

Pure marketing BS, rather unbecoming of them given their aspirations for the design, I would say

[@STEVEARABIA1]

I had the same question. I guess they hope most people don’t understand.

[@beneluxfortisenthusiast]

Every new build toolwatch of Fortis is at least 20ATM

[@hyperlingg7608]

It is just in case you drop it in your hot space coffee!

[@TekindusT]

This Tom Scott reference in a Watchfinder video is the reference I didn't know I needed. But I did.

[@wisamal-hakim5531]

It would be great to do a talking hands synopsis of this little known but high pedigree brand they have some good pieces especially the flieger GMT

[@JBFire97]

The G-Shock Gravity Master GPW 2000 has done the same. Fortis are well worth a look.

[@chris681975]

They can't hear you fart in space but they sure as hell can smell it

[@beneluxfortisenthusiast]

👍🏻 Thickness around 14 mm.

[@Zodicus]

I'd say that Fortis' iconic offering is definitely their Cosmonauts line. It is fairly small and recent, but the Amodee watches have remarkable attention to detail.

[@ichkommentiernurkommentare7237]

At 4:20 it says "Der Himmel ist nicht das Ende der Welt" on the inside, which is a neat little detail. It's odd tho because it's a swiss watch :D

[@michaelriera6277]

Great work highlighting an often overlooked brand

[@lewdwig]

Should have sent a Ball Engineer 2 Magneto S as it’s the only watch with a built-in airlock (butthole).

[@troynasello2085]

I believe the 7750 & the sellita equivalent are cam driven chronographs but this has a column wheel, so it's either a different movement or it's seriously modified. I could be wrong about the sellita though, just not sure, but if it's a clone of the valjoux 7750, then it's cam driven.

[@beneluxfortisenthusiast]

The Manufacture movement is a modified La Joux Perret movement.

[@ThugByChoice]

You guys never mentioned fossil on this channel I would like to hear about them.

[@MrBlacksford]

hahahahaha! Garlic watch... New startup guys! Who knows... It might be attractive to some craving carbs. Brilliant content btw!

[@emersorc]

What’s the retail price?

[@frankpentangeli7945]

Two laps of 30 seconds only gives you 60 seconds, not 90. Ninety seconds would require three 30-second laps. At least it would in a regular garlic watch.

[@TrickMontalban]

The second hand goes through the 0-30sec track (marked in light blue on the right side of the dial), then through 30-60sec (back to starting position) and then 60-90sec through the light blue track. So it only goes through the light blue track twice

[@damianoferro]

Tom Scott is that you?

[@johnacteson5503]

Excellent video. Any chance we could have a look at the Fears watch company? I've heard that the owner worked for rolex and didn't even know his family used to run one of the oldest watch companies in Britain.

[@schmunk]

No hour markers etc, makes it kinda hard to tell time on it.

[@FS-zn9xe]

Spot on - the lack of any kind of lumed hour indices makes this watch a No-Go!

[@piotrkaczmarczyk1792]

The watch is very interesting itself, the price they ask for it also quite substantial - EUR 5,300 (incl. taxes).

[@penngwinn]

I'll bet Mr. Jones watches could come up with an interesting Garlic Watch. Could be a good colab...

[@gori277]

You guys are a riot.

[@felixthreeone]

The garlic watches now have my attention.

[@handlesarethelaststrawiquit]

The movement went up but its not in the actual watch case. So what was the point?

[@nazeeralisd9746]

Hello, Can anyone here explain what is 20 atm pressure in space? Because space has nano pascals of pressure at ISS altitude according to Wikipedia.

[@matthewbrotman2907]

The 6-9-12 subdials with the running seconds at 9 is the 7750’s trademark look, so you can be excused for thinking there’s a connection. They’re definitely trying too hard with all the “SPACE!!” stuff.

[@japd7897]

Did the bezel fall off?.

[@rickdeckard7470]

I worked on that project. SS1

[@patricktettero5964]

Give a little space ✨️

[@vaclav_fejt]

Hey, can you review a Prim? They're two Czech watch brands (result of a botched 1990's privatisation), one makes high-end watches with Swiss or in-house movements, the other is in the more affordable category. They have a history almost as old as post-war Czechoslovakia and they're rather interesting and unique - and nobody seems to know about them. Perhaps a "Manufacture 1949" Elton product would strike your fancy.

[@SomeOneOneOne]

This is a stroll in the Park for my Casio 🤣

[@philippkitschke5455]

Hahaha for me as a german him speeking my language is the best Part 😂👌🏻

[@sgssgs4025]

Towson Watch Company (TWC) also went to space. Nobody knows about them. One of the only mechanical watches made in America that suited astronauts. The brand is still thriving today, with their own watchmakers in Maryland, USA. NASA commissioned them directly because they wanted American watches on their American astronauts.

[@troynasello2085]

But, there is no pressure in space, it's a vacuum. Space has 0 atm.

[@diavalus]

Yeah, that was such a big marketing wank

[@thecianinator]

Garlic Watch is going to be next year's offering from H. Moser & Cie

[@simonwright6882]

I'm off to the moon for my hols in a couple of weeks so I better order one now!

[@cyberwalkerYT]

Please find and review a Seiko Spacewalk. Pls pls ... SPS005

[@KC93SE]

Sooo... Was this episode hosted by the Portal 2 Space Core or the usual guys?

[@sh4969]

Casio should do this with G Shocks really test them.

[@henrywest7217]

Cool watch

[@alunjones2550]

It's the reverse problem of being underwater. I can never figure why Rolex call their watch "Submariner". If I were a submariner and needed a waterproof watch, I'd be more concerned about the submarine I was in than the watch I was wearing.......!

[@RTTRn]

Submarine :something that functions or operates underwater

[@alunjones2550]

@@RTTRn Actually "submarine" simply means anything underwater, but you were close. The Rolex, however is not called a "submarine", it's called a "submariner". A submariner is a sailor who operates underwater in a submarine.

[@RTTRn]

Could sunmariner also mean someone who operates underwater? Without a submarine 🤠

[@alunjones2550]

@@RTTRn No, because a mariner is someone who sails in a vessel. If they're without a submarine they would be a diver. Duh!

[@BlankNameless]

The movement looks like a LaJoux-Perret L100. Not convinced it's "in-house"...

[@TheTriumfAnt]

If I ever spend 5K on a watch, it won't be a Fortis. And I own, and love, my Fortis Cosmonauts LE.

[@BilletMignon]

Gotta get me one of those garlic watches to keep the vampires away!

[@joaquincordero5648]

take that, flat earthers

[@BlackWipeout]

The mouvement is made by La Joux-Perret. For me the dial is boring, you pay more for less in my opinion when you compare with the older stuff they made.

[@42crazyguy]

mmmmm garlic watch

[@Thegeordiemonkey]

Check the Urban Gentry channel, TGV is a big fan and has a few videos going in depth of many of the Fortis models.

[@patrickol4300]

IMO, it's a bit pathetic of watch brands hanging their products on a mildly interesting theme. I feel, it would be more prudent to develop a tasteful, desirable, well designed piece, that people actually want ! (Just a thought)!

[@hashen_chamal]

Garlic Watch.

[@badlarry172]

a cigarette paper company sent a joint into space last week, seems to be the thing to do

[@tikkathreebarrels]

But can I make SPACE in the collection?

[@JuliusBriggs]

Highly disappointed you didn't eat the watch smh

[@jamesfannon1406]

Curious that they’re all set to Friday the 13th.

[@franziscoschmidt]

Why does it run automatically when there is no gravity in space

[@irishpotatomuncher]

I was wondering the same thing. I think a fair amount of mental gymnastics is required to avoid the fact that some form on quartz watch or digital watch would make much more sense anyway. Don't let that get in the way of good marketing though!

[@beneluxfortisenthusiast]

The Rotor of the watch also turns in space, isn’t it? : kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYW8p5KEecyUp7s

[@jays9211]

I guys are too funny.

[@danielforrest2952]

Should have known you was a fan of Tom scott

[@Zotrax1946]

You are serious? You really didn’t here about them? Well you obviously haven’t watched a single vid of the Urban Gentry..

[@giamgiamgg]

Garlic watch 😂😂😂

[@onngangg3796]

Full Video Link Jimmy Butler kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z17RXmx8d9aeoZo

[@jamesblonde2271]

Fortis are priced too high for their brand profile, they need a strong markeing push