We miss Harris

@BobbyDazzler888

3 ай бұрын

Without Harris theres only mediocre Theo.

@DrIstoris

3 ай бұрын

Who’s Harris?

@unabuenasemana

3 ай бұрын

I love Harris but I also love And I know it’s a controversial opinion in this community…

@aaronmauer7225

3 ай бұрын

@@BobbyDazzler888I agree their banter together is what makes this channel

@ir0nhead11

3 ай бұрын

What happened to Harris

Damn it, Theo. Bring back Harris

@BabyJesus66

3 ай бұрын

Theo never listens

@chickenporkadob0

3 ай бұрын

who's theo and harris?

Smiths actually did use Everest in their advertising. There were several Everest branded models. Rolex just did it better.

We love Sponsorship spots Theo. More please.

@neilgriffiths1503

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂👏

@fullymechanical9055

3 ай бұрын

@@neilgriffiths1503 And Theo promised us only 60 seconds..... 😉

Been wearing the Explorer 114270 for the past year and love it endlessly. It never feels uncomfortable to wear, it goes with any outfit whether it be suit and tie or casual when running errands, and it doesn’t attract unnecessary attention. The best one watch collection.

I always remember National Geographic magazine advertising the old Pepsi GMT.

Man, that 80's typography on the Rolex ads looks like their DIY PowerPoint my clients hire me to fix! 😆

@Venmanayan

Ай бұрын

Nope, its actually well thought of. Bold, very readable, straight to the point. Thats why it was very effective. You just think it was easy to do but, no one thought of it which makes it brilliant.

@masqueman01

Ай бұрын

@@Venmanayan We may have differing opinions of good typographic design. Those ads were of a certain time which makes them interesting, but the indentations, unbalanced text rag are unsightly. The good thing is that you can hang it on your wall! 😉

@Venmanayan

Ай бұрын

@@masqueman01 it's caled unconventional typography, it still being done til now. You might have a different perspective, but im looking at a graphic designers perspective. Cheers

@masqueman01

Ай бұрын

@@Venmanayan I am a graphic designer who has to please my clients to get paid. If I presented that dated style,. my clients would ask me if I went back to the 1980s, had the headlines printed on the linotype machine and then waxed into the layout before taking a photographic stat of it. It is dated is all I was saying which is part of the charm of it. My comment was not meant to be taken so seriously.. Design trends come and go, but good basic typographic design has not changed that much. The kerning sucks, the indents are reminiscent of the time when people used typewriters. I give is an A for nostalgia, but an C- for actual typographic sensitivity. If you really want to delve into typographic design, most of the dial fonts were hand drawn for the dials at 2000% size and reduced to final actual size. The letters would have strange wedges cut where two angles met. This was to allow the pad-printed into to expand and make a perfect angle at dial size. Anyway it is always fun to look at old advertising. Enjoy!

Very educational. Love the story. BUT...... we are continually told that Rolex has issues with colour. Back in 1971, and now with the Pepsi. Patek's regularly have dials that have deteriorated really badly. Why are the brands that struggle most with quality, the ones that everyone loses their minds over, when buying pre owned. It's counter intuitive.

@user-to9lk8ix6h

3 ай бұрын

B-but muh patina.

@verynormalman

3 ай бұрын

@@user-to9lk8ix6h I was asking the question, but not expecting an answer. I go to lots of watch auctions, and PPs are the worst for deteriorating. And Rolexes until very recently were made really badly. They have gone for shoddy military provider, to a jewellery brand, in one small leap. It's quite a change. But their huge problem now is their very limited range of looks.

Where’s Harris?

Was fortunate enough to have had a choice between white and black dials...putting the watch on my wrist and looking in the mirror, I preferred the white dial; putting the watch on my wrist and holding it in front of my face to check legibility, I preferred the black dial...I bought the black dial Explorer II.

Wow, never knew this about the Rolex Explorer! 😲👍

Love my 2265670. Was on the list for a GMTM2, but 'settled' for the Exp2. Glad I did. Wears smaller than its size would indicate, and it is such a fun and useful watch to wear.

Christian, you’re great alone, but your videos will never ever capture the charming and compelling chemistry of the ones you and Michael Kristy did. It’s a chief reason why I and so many others tuned in. You are brash, animated and insanely knowledgeable. Michael is sweet and curious, also very knowledgeable, and the way you two interacted just cannot be manufactured. They say “anyone can be replaced, but the replacement may not be as good”, feel me? Unless there was some big, dramatic, irrevocable fallout, we would all strongly urge you to reconsider. It’s the thing, the special sauce, that made online T&H so great. Just read the mass of other similar comments!

@TheoandHarris

3 ай бұрын

I appreciate the comment! Believe you me, we all love michael here and we’re all good friends and stay in contact, but circumstances change and, in many ways, that’s a beautiful thing! Michael has a full plate and I will never ask him to come shoot some videos that would be a distraction from his own goals. If that means people will stop watching, so be it… but it’d be a shame because I do care for this community very much and will always deliver (what I think is) interesting content

@YoitsJT2

3 ай бұрын

​@@TheoandHarris I appreciate the update and I wish you continued success! I'll continue to watch as I do appreciate your knowledge and insight.

@christopherjackson4297

3 ай бұрын

I also like your other friend

@acalero2308

3 ай бұрын

True words have never been spoken. I would add…you are trying to hard Theo, too commercial. Christian kept this channel grounded.

@carreralicious

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, he needs to pay Michael to come back on the show. It’s no longer as fun to watch without him.

Get a Hercules watch, reissue of a watch that was actually on top of Nanga Parbat around the time of the Everest thing

The Rolex Explorer (36mm) went with me on the Feldberg, the highest mountain in the Black Forest, Germany. Full 1943 metres (4898 feet). Rolex never told anybody about this milestone in my life. Now you all know. The watch will be displayed in the Rolex Museum near Geneva.... Gosh: it was a Casio, sorry for making this up.

I love explorer II but my wrist is 5.5 inches. Can you recommend any smaller similar watches?

@fullymechanical9055

3 ай бұрын

It comes in 40mm too, model 16570. That might be more your bag. Good luck 👍

@mark-ge8dr

3 ай бұрын

The current Explorer 36mm is fantastic

That original Explorer is a great looking watch. Rolex should reproduce it.

@georged822

3 ай бұрын

Have sex with it?

@TheoandHarris

3 ай бұрын

agreed! Gorgeous....

I find myself not shocked. And yet, it was an interesting video anyway. Lore appreciated.⌚️

I thought it was not a good idea to wear mechanical watches when playing golf due to the transmitted shock, or is that an urban legend? If this is a golfer's watch that spent all that time out on the green, how's it going for servicing, etc?

So talking about Keeps... Where's SAM?

@ManuelFernandez-di4lx

3 ай бұрын

Where in the name of sanity is Michael also?

@unabuenasemana

3 ай бұрын

@@ManuelFernandez-di4lx who’s Michael? 😂🤣

@gaffs82

3 ай бұрын

That’s way below the hair line!

👏🏻👏🏻nice video🥂

I love the explorer II and I’ve been on the list for one for about a year now.

@willthebatboy

3 ай бұрын

Just so ya know, the “list” isn’t real. Cheers

@JamieWalker-pc6nd

2 ай бұрын

You’ll get a call soon in this market. Tell them to whistle

It's not news to me that the OP and the Explorer are the same watch.

The explorer’s fabricated origins has really turned me off from what would otherwise be one of my favourite Rolex models. IMO the OP has a more legitimate claim to this history than what is effectively just a commemorative dial that has no resemblance to the actual watch that went to the summit. The exp2 on the other hand is the real deal - worn by modern day explorers like Ed Viesturs and Alain Hubert. Say NO to stolen valour 😂

Nice story. I like this format. Urban gentry did a nice piece on the explorer recently too. More opinions stories please.

Very interesting topic today will definitely ruffle some feathers😂, funny thing is they did the same thing about the worlds first gmt watch the glycine airman existed before the gmt master but rolex stakes claim to it 😂😂😂😂

Morning watch fam! Great episode!! I see the Explorer 1 narrative as a celebration of an idea that resonates with many of us. And its latest iteration, the 124270, really wears incredibly well, regardless of the crafted story. From a design language perspective , the simplicity and “boring” format is what makes it timeless and adaptable to almost any situation, at least from the 1016 onwards. I’m also a fan of the 226570-wears also amazing. Perfect pair!!

More of a Sandals all inclusive EXPLORER.. Nothing wrong with that 😜

Nice information. The Rolex wait list has totally soured the brand for me. Where are Michael and Sam? Change is hard. Spelunker is a fun word.

I recently got my first rolex, the 36 mm explorer and it has totally ruined my watch collecting because it's all I wear. It is also the most accurate watch I've ever had keeping perfect time the last month, more accurate than any of my metas certified omegas

@tony8154

3 ай бұрын

same here! and I have a Sub, and a GMT as well. Dead on accurate too!

@christofvarga3684

3 ай бұрын

Hmmh accurate, yes 🤔. But a 36 mm is definitely a woman‘s watch . . . 🤨

@heinerjurgens5362

3 ай бұрын

@@christofvarga3684what a manly man. Pure muscle mass or maybe just fat? Let people wear watches they like and that fit.

@JustinChouViolin

3 ай бұрын

@@christofvarga3684 I always find that to be a weird response. What exactly is wrong with women's watches? Or if wearing that size watch would make me a woman why is that a bad thing?

@tony8154

3 ай бұрын

@@christofvarga3684 Tony Soprano disagrees.

Great research and wonderfully put together, Rolex the opportunistic marketing machine By the way, I think under that logic Yacht Master is also a collection 😅

Wil Explorer 3 be for space?

@Sparklingwater1231

3 ай бұрын

No need, it already exists.. the 1016 'Space Dweller'

I wonder why the gmt hand hasn’t faded also & this model is the best in the whole line up imo.

Yacht-master ‘collection’ is more diverse and more specialized complicated than both explorers

Maybe it was just the same movement that went to the top 🤷🏽‍♂️. It’s like when car manufacturers test their new models w temporary body panels. Camouflage 😅

Just bought a 16570, my first vintage Rolex, I was obssessed with the white dial for years and guess what? I came across a "like brand new" black dial one and bought it since condition was so good, in the end I feel that the black dial fits that watch even better, but I do agree the white has something more "unique"

That albino explorer was meant for the caves. It ain’t sun resistant 😂 It’s an interesting sales pitch tho. I’m gonna open up a few watches, “wear them out” and sell them for more 😅. Jk I hope

😂😂 so Rolex won't give you money like omega and the other brands you push hay

Rolex's apology ad (full-page, IIRC) to Smith's for trying to steal their thunder regarding SEH, Tenzig Norgay, & Everest, is just epic.

@ALL-il1sw

3 ай бұрын

Have you read Rolex's apology to Harwood for stealing the perpetual movement?

@DBravo29er

3 ай бұрын

@@ALL-il1sw Another banger! Which is nearly as good as when Rolex bought multiple patents from **other companies** (made virtually zero changes) that they then used in 'creating' their oyster case. A case they still claim that they "invented".

@ALL-il1sw

3 ай бұрын

@@DBravo29er ahhh yes, the OP, the infamous world's first waterproof wrist watch that was released 10 years after another waterproof wrist watch interestingly named "Submarine"

Why did Rolex put the gmt function on the Explorer II? Were these cavers time traveling?

@interianesq

3 ай бұрын

After extended periods of time in dark places one can lose track of AM/PM. So the 24hr hand was essentially an AM/PM indicator.

Patina on an Explorer from a life-time... on the golf-course.

Whats the bottle in front of you?😊

Wow, Harris got canned. We miss you Harris.

That’s why I bought the Smith. Rolex is basically fake. The only Rolex I kept is the oyster perpetual

I had a 124270 MK2 and I found it, like my other 2 previous Rolexes, totally dull and underwhelming. Isn’t there some talk also that the Rolex remained at base camp while the two men went to the summit? 🤷 I think Rolex is a hybrid luxury/fashion watch because so many buyers are non watch people who buy it solely for the name, not unlike a Michael Kors or Armani watch.

And for everyone who thinks marketing is a bad thing... It is actually an extremely important part of a brand. There is a reason when you ask an average Joe to name the best luxury watch brand, he’d say Rolex. Maybe watch nerds would say Patek or AP. But no one will say an Omega, Cartier, JLC, Breguet, etc. There is a reason Nike is a better brand than Adidas, even if the latter may make better shoes. Rolex does such an amazing job at marketing that the brand is light years ahead of any other luxury watch brand including competitors like Omega and Cartier. At the rate other brands are going, they will never compete with Rolex.

So what ? This is known by everybody.

I would like to see more original content.

3:10 so what happened to the Explorer? with all this marketing behind it, and Rolex supposedly being a marketing genius... seems to be a failure these days

I was a Rolex believer, loved it all. I'm also not the type of person to just recite the talking points, i wanted to research the history behind it. Unfortunately for Rolex there has been far too many of those white lies that their reputation today has been built upon. So now i very much see them as over hyped over priced and underwhelming watches.

@heiner71

3 ай бұрын

Buy the watch, not the stories.

@ALL-il1sw

3 ай бұрын

@@heiner71 yep, so many other brands that are actually really good watch makers.

Hey, what happened to the other guy?

Who is Theo and who is Harris and why is your company named after them?

@BobbyDazzler888

3 ай бұрын

Previous boyfriends

@BabyJesus66

3 ай бұрын

He's Theo, Harris recently left. So now it's just Theo and Theo.

@davidloveday8473

3 ай бұрын

@@BabyJesus66 If he's Theo, why does it say he's called "Christian Zeron" at the beginning of the clip ?

@heiner71

3 ай бұрын

@@davidloveday8473 , Christian Zeron is his stage name.

So what is lie?

No need for all the promo… Archie the pontif recommends it in all his collection reviews

"Panda" dial. Debate me in the comments.

Christian, Listen up! You claim your Rolex is tops. So does eeeeveryone. Rolex is for losers. My opinion - but true. Its ubiquitous. And all for the same reason. NOT because of style or quality. Oh no. To prop up low self-esteem. Oh, I have a Rolex. Screw it. Look for something Chrisitan genuinely loves. Is there a particular, say, Breitling or Cartier Model you just love? That says more about your personal tastes and self than the stupid Rolex every wannabe and their brother wears even if it looks like an ashtray.

Old story......ZZZZZZZZZ. Then schilling snake oil to prevent hair loss. No shame!!

This was recorded after the bars got closed

It's not just an OP with a different dial?

Old news😢

Do not start with clickbaity titles. Cringy.

What is this channel even about now?

old story, nothing new

@Buckeyebro2023

3 ай бұрын

Old for some, new for others @user-tb1jy7rr9e

Cant watch these without Michael tbh

bought one because i liked it.......never heard the story.....10 minute rant for nothing.

Bring back Sam!

@bryanryan4504

3 ай бұрын

Huh?