Reply With QuoteI can’t watch ‘Timepiece’ Tim any longer. Marketing speak drives me nuts.
Jody from Just One More Watch is my favourite in terms of the person I like to watch most. He’s honest and objective, humorous and self deprecating, Obviously very intelligent and very likeable. Only drawback is his niche is the rock bottom budget end so he reviews an awful lot of naff Chinese watches.
I don’t actually mind TGV, the production quality of his shows is really good.
ID guy could bore the paint off walls. Archie is unwatchable for me, parody or not he’s just a crass numpty.
I can’t watch ‘Timepiece’ Tim any longer. Marketing speak drives me nuts.
There’s Archie ... and there’s the rest.
AC3 FTW.
something's up with that guy for sureOriginally Posted by verv
Sorry I missed that earlier Verv, I just watched the 'Buys Adam a watch' vid and the Embraer video from one month ago, now I'm guessing there is a lot of finance involved here after all I dont think Lewis Hamilton put down actual cash in the Isle of Man, but if he is telling porkies he is having a great time doing it and good luck to him.. and Adam got a very nice Panerai to boot lol...
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This is spot on!
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The guy on justbluefish is very knowledgeable and informative, if a little dry.
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Jenni Elle. New, still learning, relaxed and seems pretty open and honest.
I find some of the more established channels a bit boring and/or irritating. Paul Pluta makes my head hurt. A lot.
I forgot to mention Roman Sharf of Luxury Bazaar. Tends to be US centric but always intresting and informative content. I found him via Producer Michael. I've stopped watching Michael sincd but I still watch anything new from Roman.
I watch Timeless Watch Channel.
It’s a little different to most of the other reviewers with some beautiful Italian scenery thrown in.
It is almost totally focused on Rolex, but still worth a watch.
I read recently that the presenter used to be a bass player in a Rock Band.
Does anybody know what band that was.?
Timeless Watch Channel,
Roman Sharf
Bark and Jack
Tim Mosso Watchbox
Teddy Baldassare
Bruce Williams
ID Guy
Federico (occasionally)
I also listen to Scottish Watches podcast- quite amusing at times
You can't beat Jenni.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4T...Qb-TBrhDID3jPg
I like the guy but I do find his videos a little tedious. I feel like he says the same thing over and over again?
I stopped watching Archie after I realised he must clearly have mental health issues
I stopped watching him for actual watch content years ago but the same old boring drama nonsense wears thin very quickly. I finally unsubscribed from him and his related channels entirely when he crossed a line by pimping real fur products. Shameful.
The band was Mr North.
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The band was Mr North.
I believe it was Mrnorth
Largely given up out of boredom. Instead I pass the lockdown watching guys on YouTube going camping in pouring rain. They clearly love it. Debates about the merits of various motorcycles are also fun. And I don’t own either a bike or tent....
Out of the watch-theme youtubers, I probably prefer Tim Mosso. Especially the new unkempt, hairy , version. Someone buy him a pair of clippers.
My favourites:
- Urban Gentry (in depth reviews, speaks from hands on experience)
- Jenni Elle
- Bark & Jack
- David Khalil (down to earth dealer's perspective)
- Frederico
Shit list:
- Paul Pluta (waste of time listening to this guy)
- Teddy Baldassarre (doesn't speak from hands on experience in his recommendation vids)
Never heard of em
Hahaha. This makes we watch him more. Pure car crash!
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Interesting https://youtu.be/MWNJdDJDN2A
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I've no new ones to suggest. My favourite is maybe Bark and Jack but he doesn't get enough access to watches, so he ends up doing too many videos about his channel - it all gets a bit navel gazey.
For underrated channels I agree with those suggesting Hafiz J Mehmood. He shoots really well, but doesn't seem to have too many subs.
On this subject, I watched the Hodinkee Friday Live today on Instagram and their vintage watch guy shouted out Mike Wood (who I believe posts on here?) as his GOAT collector! Did a double take when I heard him mentioned.
+1 for Jodi. Great delivery and I find him quite entertaining.
I also enjoy Adrian from Bark & Jack, and Watchfinder.
One thing I’ve learned from this thread is that there are way more Watch reviewers on YT than I imagined... good to know, means there’s something for everyone out there.
And a response from a honest yet reckless YouTuber.
https://youtu.be/UcoxyNCl01k
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I prefer Archie to TGV. Archie is insane, disgusting and hilarious. And I think there is some degree of insight, and self-parody.
TGV is pretentious and embarrassing. I always think of him as a 10 year old boy's fantasy of what they will be like when they grow up. He's like something out of Anchorman.
Yes. Wish him well. I know others have their opinions but his enthusiasm for all types of watches got me started on this never ending (expensive) journey.
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Didnt take the Pontiff long. He cracks me up
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Can’t understand the TGV hating. As some one who has only recently got into watches he has been the one who most inspired me to get into this fascinating hobby. I find him passionate, insightful and an all round decent guy. I think his deep love for watches comes through more than most in my opinion
He’s a slimy shill who regularly stole content and passed it off as his own. The faux enthusiasm was nauseating. Archie, while clearly a comedy act, is more knowledgable, and indeed sincere.
Not sure what content he has ‘stolen’ to be honest. But I really don’t think Archie is an comedy act at all. That’s just him. A complete arse that talks rubbish and filth
The folks at fratello had articles used verbatim. anOrdain had content stolen, monochrome watches, I could go on, but it’s all out there for googling. Some of his Gentry don’t like hearing it, but his “original” content has more red flags than the Kremlin.
Oh and Archie is most definitely a character. In many senses of the word.
Didn't someone take legal action or threaten to taken legal action against TGV last year for stealing content and he **** the bed ?
Anyway he seems to be pulling the plug:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWNJdDJDN2A&t=5s
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His interview with Ted Baldessiere (?) puts him in a more sympathetic and reasonable light.
I think the truth lies somewhere in between him being an arse and being an act.
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I believe he took some images from the Anordain website without giving them the correct acknowledgement.
There’ve been some other examples of that as well.
I don't know how anyone can look at that image thumbnail posted above, on his latest video, of him looking pensively out the window in his black turtleneck (taken by his mrs by the way), and not see him for what he is really.
Archie is a vile sad excuse for a human being. Just seen 3 minutes of his video on TGV laughing at someone losing their job wishing the virus got him..... pathetic.... sick!
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After all these years of Archie, it never ceases to amaze me how many people still don’t get the joke.
Maybe like me he is waiting for a tesco delivery.
Yeah, that's kind of the point...
Tgv isn’t going anywhere. It’s just another cry for attention to get more media traffic going his way - so he can tell you what penknife is the best now. I don’t like the guy but got no axe to grind, however the video title is pure clickbait prob designed to create a rush of simpering “oh no Tristano pleases don’t leave us” comments - which judging by the comments seems to have worked
I just want to look at the watches in a way you can't with photos, I tend to know the spec of the watch I'm looking at.....so I watch Watchbox reviews with the sound off as I cannot stand Tim's voice/manner. Similarly I watch Watchfinder videos with the sound off, great close ups but I cannot stand what he says or the way he says it....I just have to put up with his hands. I cope well with Tick Tocking.....Paul Thorpe I wouldn't touch with a barge pole, Urban Gentry, probably a slightly shorter pole. I watched Archie Luxury for five seconds once.
If you watched him say 10 years ago, he was completely different. He certainly had the market sussed and he came out with good advice. However he lost his job and he went downhill faster than a racing car without brakes. He is now a complete and utter **** pot.
I don't get why people miss the trick with Archie.
I don't think it's performance art in the sense that he is completely different in real life.
But I do think he's entirely knowing and self-aware when it comes to his disgusting qualities, and he plays them up in his videos, and this is intended as entertainment and commentary on the world of "luxury" commodities.
You only have to watch his latest video, filmed topless from his bed, to see that the guy is "doing a bit".
Is he mental - yes! Is he a disgusting gluttonous avaricious pervert - yes! Is it deeply ironic that he is simultaneously a huge snob, and incredibly crass and low class - absolutely!
But he knows these things, he emphasises them and plays them up, and the whole purpose of his channel is to make himself the butt of his own joke.
Watchadvisor is superb as is TheWATCHES.tv. Watch Hobbyist isn't too bad. ; )
Jenni Elle gives me the creeps for some reason. Think it's all the fake gurning.
I had no idea about Producer Michael and fakes. I find him quite entertaining, usually.
You are spot on!
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One to add that I quite enjoy is the London Watch Collector.
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