John Mayer deserves a award or something for how much he has contributed to popularity of respectable watches

@Thisthat1234

9 ай бұрын

His award is getting insane pieces at retail lmao

@scrubsjl

29 күн бұрын

Haha the classic meat rider

Ben knows how to interview people He lets them talk it out Another fabulous watch collection Thanks Adam for showing it and the stories behind them Speedster ❤

I barely check out Hodinkee anymore, but when Ben does a Talking Watches, it reminds me of why I first liked the site. This is the best of Hodinkee. Even though I don't know Maroon 5, Adam Levine comes across well and seems likable and down to earth. Excellent interview!

@Judah.Rosenthal

9 ай бұрын

Agreed. I only watched now and did read a bunch of negative comments (uh, the internet) but it was good.

@SnazzySki98

9 ай бұрын

Yeah Talking Watches is the only thing I like about Hodinkee anymore. I have not and will not visit their websites or buy their merch.

@juniorjohnson5961

8 ай бұрын

I agree talking watches with JC Biver & John Mayer is what got me into the KZread watch community .

Adam mentioned John Mayer giving Maroon 5 a big break as an opener: As a freshman in high school, I saw them open for John at the RPI Fieldhouse in Troy, NY (a hockey rink, basically). I think it was 2001 or 2002. That performance made me a fan. I love how their cross-section of interests, like watch collecting, has evolved since then. They've gone from playing to a few hundred people on the same bill to owning Rainbow Daytonas and becoming music legends of our time. So incredibly cool.

@lukeventers4755

9 ай бұрын

I saw them at a college field house in Bozeman, MT.

Ben reminds us again he is the soul of Hodinkee. His ability to ask good questions and listen intently make for legendary Talking Watches episodes.

@juniorjohnson5961

8 ай бұрын

Ben a true success story!

Ben’s face when he said super simple day-date in steel 2:09 😂😂😂 I can see the memes already.. sorry … 😅

@mdtell

9 ай бұрын

Did Adam buy white gold or platinum and didn't even know? Haha

@A_Dude_And_His_Watch78

9 ай бұрын

That clip on Facebook brought me here for the roasting.

@tbprofile1295

9 ай бұрын

​​@@mdtellthe pic of his mom wearing it looks like an OP or OysterDate, so steel certainly. 2:19

@EthanRom

9 ай бұрын

Doesn't a Steel Day Date exist tho. I know that's not what he had, but they do exist

@alectang1614

9 ай бұрын

​@@EthanRomthey don't exist. That's the point.

"Adam is a true watch enthusiast” -Ben “My first watch was a stainless steel Day-Date” -Adam (SS Day-Dates don’t exist)

@arnovda9479

9 ай бұрын

And ends up with a bunch of Daytona's. How original.

@weisun4960

9 ай бұрын

I was gonna say the same

@pabloecheverria7853

9 ай бұрын

haha 2 minutes in and already we know he's not it

@fasttrack2003

9 ай бұрын

@@arnovda9479 unfortunately frankenstein watches

@mood1676

9 ай бұрын

@@arnovda9479fake daytonas

Plz Guys, Nothing surprising here, Rolex daytonas, Gmt masters and a Patek, all watches we've seen a thousand times before on talking watches. Adam is the kind of guy who comes into a tattoo shop and asks for a tattoo. I have a feeling it's the same for his watch collection.

Can’t believe Hodinkee posted such a blatant franken Paul Newman 😂 No way Ben didn’t notice that

@christianellopm

26 күн бұрын

It's the guys watch, it's not Bens.

I was at an airport about 16 years ago and saw this guy carrying a guitar. I asked him what band he was with and he said "Maroon 5". It was Adam Levine. The way he carried himself, I could tell it wasn't a garage band, though at that time I had never heard of them.

@SplinterAce

3 ай бұрын

Bro Maroon 5 were already big back in 2008 💀

Ben double checks that it's a real Porsche Speedster at 12:25, but never pauses to make sure the Rolexes are real. 🤣

@MadMan-cp6tn

8 ай бұрын

lol, indeed

Perezscope has made some comments stating that the 6263 Daytona has been cobbled together. I wonder if Adam knew that when buying.

Ben is starting to look more and more like a middle aged father who practices medicine from upstate New York

@cdm765

9 ай бұрын

I like that he and Cara are living their upstate life now

@donjuan150

9 ай бұрын

He could use a makeover for sure......

@conor2439

19 күн бұрын

That's just called being Jewish

Though I strongly disagree with Adam's: "Get a Rolex dude, it doesn't get better... like why would you go anywhere else?"... still a good episode.

@mdtell

9 ай бұрын

I get it though in context of Ben's comment. I started with Rolex, and quite frankly after years of collecting and owning other stuff, I tend to reach for them first

@sarfaraz185

9 ай бұрын

Do this stop a random person on street ask him to name a luxury watch 10 out of 10 will say Rolex that's what Rolex has done to this industry so yea get a Rolex

@valkyrst620

9 ай бұрын

Agree. If he personally prefers Rolex that's cool. But there's objective truth that they're THE brand.

@zetmoon

9 ай бұрын

@@sarfaraz185my idea exactly. Most people only know one (luxury) watch brand and that’s Rolex.

@eshahn4415

9 ай бұрын

Apparently some of these Daytonas had fake pieces 🤦🏻‍♂️

Love when Ben interviews cool people, my favorite Hodinkee content

@ldm2622

9 ай бұрын

you probably didnt like this video very much

@chrisrabis6190

8 ай бұрын

hopefully you are being ironic - so boring and annoying

@RH-vd3yu

5 ай бұрын

@@chrisrabis6190you mean John Mayer? With hes same 100 Rolex collection?

Unfortunately, the Paul Newman Daytona’s bezel and the pushers are clearly fake!

Ben holding his tongue the entire time 😂😂

Here we go! ❤ Love this series.

A stunning and well thought out collection covering all bases . Nice that he acknowledged the Patek as the “highest”quality among his wonderful collection . Really nice interview - well done everyone

My grandad had an “Omega chronograph” 😂😂😂

You have no idea how much I've been waiting for this episode to come out one day! Ever since I saw Adam Levine with several rare Rolex models, in fact. So happy, thanks Hodinkee 👏

@TimEckel

8 ай бұрын

But were they really Rolexes?

@brentwilley9267

4 ай бұрын

They're fakes

Simple stainless steel day date - Ben's soul leaves his body

Holy f**k Holy f**king f**k That watch collection of yours is absurd

@jethrojacinto2798

9 ай бұрын

Ok you win 😂😭

@legoguru3000

9 ай бұрын

Oh you beat me to it lol

@A_Dude_And_His_Watch78

9 ай бұрын

Took me a sec

Would like to see some interviews with folks that have zero Rolexes.

@richardnedbalek1968

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Perezcope spotting all the fake parts on Levine's Daytona and yet it goes past absolutely every 'expert' at Hodinkee. Lol.

@aprilshowersstormtrooper

9 ай бұрын

Sure but it’s not like the Hodinkee staff get a close inspection

@ginge82

9 ай бұрын

@@aprilshowersstormtrooper They aren't looking at the detailed images taken for the site then before publishing the story for likes/$$$?

@zachkramer1770

9 ай бұрын

His vintage Daytonas are fake?

@ginge82

9 ай бұрын

His Newman is very dodgy. Bezel and pushers are fake according to perezcope. Dial lume is suspect. lets hope the case and movement are kosher.@@zachkramer1770

@adamw.7169

9 ай бұрын

@@zachkramer1770 maybe not completely but parts are according to perezcope. Which means everything else could be fake too. Just affects the integrity of the watch as a whole even if only one part was in fact fake.

Being a Rolex guy isn't the same as being a watch guy.

@VanCityHapa

9 ай бұрын

Absolutely

@alvaromartinezvelasco8068

9 ай бұрын

Exactly

@NormanRabaya

9 ай бұрын

He has a patek 😅

@xu10j4rs1

9 ай бұрын

Rolex makes a fantastic watches and have an incredible history so of course you can be a Rolex guy and a watch guy, just look at Mike Wood for example. There are obviously many people that have Rolex and aren’t watch guys though, but don’t cross wires between the two.

@cdm765

9 ай бұрын

What is the point of trying to exclude others? He seems like a watch guy to me…

He says it doesn't get better than rolex, just get a rolex then says the patek is on another level that would be the definition of better.

I hope Adam is made aware of those fake vintage Rolex Daytona's in that collection...

"You see other people, but at the end of the day, the true love of your life is a Rolex." Huh.

@VanCityHapa

9 ай бұрын

Yep 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

@richardnedbalek1968

9 ай бұрын

The point of my comment exactly…

@mdtell

9 ай бұрын

I agree. It's always Rolex.

@shukeihakuteiken8207

9 ай бұрын

AL’s not the greatest messenger for this one… 😅

Thanks for the interview, very cool and simple.

''I'll never forget the first time I bought a watch.'' Proceeds to invent a watch that doesn't exist.

"Adam is a real watch guy" *30 seconds later* "I bought a rolex, it was a super simple stainless day date" ...

@Luca82Channel

9 ай бұрын

Very few, I guess, noticed it…

@derosa1989

9 ай бұрын

he misspoke, clearly meant date just.

@brhyme92

9 ай бұрын

@@derosa1989 yeah i reckon so too

@A_Dude_And_His_Watch78

9 ай бұрын

Nah, I noticed.

@outlandvisual7421

9 ай бұрын

Well if you wanna get funky about it... do you know what a 6611 is? I doubt that's what he bought, but when you say there is no stainless day date, you obviously forgot or weren't aware of the 6611 from 1959... so yeah. whoops.

2:07 super super simple stainless day-date ?! 😂😂😂

Awesome content. Love seeing celebrities be human. I'd always hear Mayer over the mic, on his 2002 live album Any Given Thursday, saying "Thank you for opening Maroon 5" but could never be sure since the crowd was screaming and I could never find any information online confirming this. Cool to hear it from Adams mouth. Keep up the hustle Hodinkee!

Great collection. Love how passionate that he is about what he owns. And he is laser focused on what he likes. Cool bloke.

Got to say I didn’t know Adam was so into watches, what a cool guy, I grew up listening to Adam and I have to say I’ve got an even bigger appreciation for him now! Great to see you back Ben!

@suteeth5573

9 ай бұрын

to interview big name like Adam. It's gotta be the BEN C. only him.

@diablo_911

9 ай бұрын

But all I see is a bunch of hype watches. Every celebrity has the same collection these days

this made my day, thank you !

You know someone is a watch-expert when he says "I think it was an oyster, super super simple stainless day-date"

WOW, he just walked into Torneau and found one of the six 6611 steel DayDates??? What a lucky guy

love to listen to some stars sharing their genuine love for time pieces!!

Amazing interview, is really beautiful see all this passion

Frankenstein Daytona😂😂😂

For some reason this made me think that I’d absolutely love to see Ben sit down with David Beckham and talk Tudors :)

It’s always great to hear a celebrity talk about love of watches.

I like Hodinkee and loved the interview with Adam - and Adam is free to collect whatever he wants and good on him. I just like seeing someone love what they collect. But with all the noise I would like to see response from Hodinkee regarding some of the questions.

I wonder when all the negative comments will start getting deleted

Interesting perspective, I actually enjoyed this video. Adam Levine is still learning and exploring his love for watches. I don't think he needs to be an expert. He is learning about them, and creating memories with them. Sometimes we have to take a step back and just remember that we all have to start somewhere. If he loves watches thats enough. Love to see a follow up video with him down the road. Lots of credit to Ben, and how he respected Adam and encouraged him.

@scrubsjl

29 күн бұрын

Nope…He all about Rolex and nothing else lol

"I heard you like terrible music, so I bought you a Maroon 5 CD"

First time I’ve ever listened/seen Ben before and he’s brilliant. Great interviewer!

Amazing collection and his Artisan De Genéve custom is absolutely stunning!

Glad to see Ben on talking watches. All of the important interviews should be him. Adam always comes across as a genuine, unpretentious guy.

@TimEckel

8 ай бұрын

Too bad his watches aren't as genuine.

@currencyworld

8 ай бұрын

@@TimEckel A bit of a low blow considering the dude clearly doesn’t care and it’s not that serious to him. He seems to treat watches more as an accessory instead of obsessing over signatures and dial variations. There is nothing wrong with the latter, but it’s a bit delusional to believe this way of thinking is the norm.

@TimEckel

8 ай бұрын

@@currencyworld How exactly do you know he doesn't care? I bet he now knows his dealer ripped him off and isn't too happy about it. Seems a fool got played to me.

Every time I watch an episode I remember why I love watches so much!

I couldnt believe my eyes when I saw my favourite band and my favorite watch show appear on the thumbnail together. Never have I ever clicked on a video this fast.

@A_Dude_And_His_Watch78

9 ай бұрын

Maroon 5 huh? Well, at least it's not the Eagles.

Adam: Oyster super super simple stainless Ben: 🙂 Adam: Day-date Ben: 🙃

@tsen-weiyap4923

9 ай бұрын

Right after Ben said Adam is a real watch guy too. Haha

Enjoyed the video. Need more like this .

Ben, nice to see you back

'iv never not been a Rolex guy' - this is exactly when I won't buy Rolex

Best taking watches in a long time. More from Ben please.

Nice Franken collection

Think it’s cool that not everyone has to be a mega knowledgeable watch collector to still show an interest in watches and have a conversation with Ben. Ben here adapts to Adam’s collection and level of knowledge to create good conversation and content. I knew Adam meant Date Just when he said it, (suspect Ben knew also) not an uncommon mistake, who cares. The Patek is amazing! Keep the content coming chaps!

@MrVorpalsword

9 ай бұрын

Being English it all just sounded a bit like mumble mumble to me!

@m27gio

7 ай бұрын

Totally agree. Honestly at Adam’s wealth level it’s cool he’s taken somewhat of a technical interest at all and attached some meaning to certain pieces. He could just buy whatever and know nothing. People have different hobbies and knowledge isn’t a pre-requisite of owning nice pieces. With that said it’s a little annoying/prototypical for someone to JUST go for Rolexes when there are tons of other brands

Nice watches...,thanks Ben.,,congrats Adam on your wonderful watch collections!👍

"And i also collect art, heres a Warhol, and a Warhol and another Warhol and another Warhol and another Warhol and another Warhol. Oh and a Basquiat just to mix it up"

Uffffff, nice Franken panda!

I do love this series, but I can't help but feel every episode is, look at my rolex collection (or Patek). Would be great to see people with Breitling, Bremont, IWC, Cartier, Grand Seiko, Glashutte. There's so little diversity

“Oyster super simple DayDate” 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

As always, stellar interview. Adam seems like a great guy and it's cool to see him in this setting. Can't wait for future episodes!

@JohnnyJohnJon83

9 ай бұрын

A great guy that cheated on his wife

@LuisFranciscoAguilar

9 ай бұрын

@@JohnnyJohnJon83who cares😂

Keep up this amazing content! cheers

Adam is a great interview. Big fan!

Pretty nice watches !! Thanks for sharing Adam.

Love the passion Adam has for his timepieces! Any friend of chronographs is a friend of mine! I also love how Ben is a master of moving the conversation along and bringing out Adam’s inner child! Ben just has that organic skill! It’s truly these episodes that validate the tears and joys of searching….getting….and even creating what we want for our own collection! Although we may agree or disagree with some of the pieces in Adam’s collection, there is no denying his passion is real and long standing. A genuine and satisfying Talking Watches episode.

Wish they released one of this Talking Watches episodes every week

Yet another episode of Talking Rolex with Hodinkee

Stainless Day-Date? Think he means Datejust? Also, some of those pushers on the Daytona's look kind of weird....

Love how Ben has learned to temper the purist in order to facilitate the benign, to ensure the growth of Hodinkee

The best is when the wife with your money buys u a watch.

Perezscope saw his Daytonas bezel is fake. Damnnnnnnnnn.

This a really good interview. Ben at his best.

Awesome watches, nice interview. Just a bit sick of the Rolex collections of famous people. Seems a bit cut and paste.

These guys killed watch enthusiasm and collecting - and they don’t even know it 😮

Ben had to know the Daytonas were fake😳

2:06 "Stainless...Day Date" He meant something else because Day Dates only come in precious metal.

This interview reminds me of the OG video with John Mayer and this is what I like to see. Much better than your previous interview with Kevin Hart 😅 It shows true love for watches and good relationship

That custom lume dial with the skeleton subdials is sick. It still retains a classic feel while being a one off custom.

Put out talking watches more often. Most of us watch nothing else on your channel. The series about Hamilton was incredible. More of that, please.

Nice to see new TW videos! Next get Richard Hammond, he has many cool watches. And for the last time, dear Hodinkee, put all your mighty resources towards getting an TW with Eric Clapton! No matter the cost or power needed, the world deserves to know what's on the wrist of the Slowhand. I know he can be a bit arrogant, but just play along and give him whatever respect and admiration to get the bloody yes of him. Preferably an hour long, and with Ben ofc. Maybe do it in his garage as well. The last one will work on Hammond too. But whatever you do, don't play any music by Geneis!

So great to see Ben! Adam’s collection is spot on. Love his custom Daytona.

@AK-sb2xo

8 ай бұрын

Lol all of them were custom for the most part, fake bezels and wrong dials.

Great guy, great watch collection.

Very cool, excellent collection and that Porsche is incredible

Great epsiode and superb collection!

This is great. I really hope you guys are working to get Jay Z on here. It would be great!

@Redondo_dom

9 ай бұрын

Or Mark Wahlberg

Wonderful episode 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Franken-Daytona…UH OH SPAGHETTIOH!

Ben fangirling a little too hard in this one.

Ahh the steel daydate. What a connoisseur.

@ditmerk

9 ай бұрын

Update: Perezscope has documented the Newman is fake

Any chance we will ever see affordable collection?

Ahhhh the ol’ stainless day date 🤔

@richardnedbalek1968

9 ай бұрын

😉

That customised Daytona is amazing. I didn't want to like it but I do!

Adam Levine is a great guy, and amazing musician💯❤

Any guesses how much money is on that table? The Rainbow was 97k retail. I saw one in Los Angeles a few years ago for $360 k as a re-sell. The price is much higher now. The Patek is probably a platinum case (over $100 k) and the two panda Daytonas are six figures.

A lot of experts and other watch channels are claiming a couple of Adam’s watches to be fake etc can you address this issue