I can't imagine a Breguet covered in Swatch branding but for some reason I can imagine a Blancpain.

@shoppertwo4318

9 ай бұрын

We shouldn't be surprised next year when Breguet will have Swatch branding thy call it a collaboration.

@modulo3664

9 ай бұрын

Abraham Breguet would become an actual tourbillion in his grave

@reezevlog

9 ай бұрын

dont jinx it……

@claytonberg721

9 ай бұрын

At one point my collection had a three hamiltons and a certina. The boxes other than branding were clearly the same, the straps across hamilton, tissot and certina also clearly the same. so yeah, Swatch group does have a lot of overlap in parts, they just slap the right logo on each one.

@omidnamadi9262

9 ай бұрын

We all know the next swatch collab is going to be a swatch breguet non serviceable tourbillion lol

After a longer wait than expected this watch finally arrived! This watch is as stunning as your video portrays it to be! Thank you so much for sharing this gem with us! I did change the band to something more vintage and cannot take my eyes off it! Thanks again Sir! Appreciate you!

The salmon color is definitely versatile and I agree, looks more expensive than it is. Good size for my 6.5 in wrist. Always been fascinated by mechanical jump hour watches. I was looking at the Stauer Dashtronic but so-so reviews. Thanks for the find! Great videos, even my wife says does Jody have another video today and she doesn’t even wear a watch but enjoys your humor and role playing videos.

I thought your big complaint was going to be the 60 at the top of the dial. The time is never 11:60... after number 59, minutes and seconds reset to zero so the top of the dial should be 00, not 60. I saw on the complaint page shown that someone complained about the Roman "IIII" being used instead of "IV" ... That's not an error, both are correct and IIII is very traditional dating back to some of the earliest clocks. The reasoning was simply that IIII makes the dial look more balanced.

@timcarlstrand5890

9 ай бұрын

I didn't notice that, thanks for ruining the watch for me lol

@islandterror5198

9 ай бұрын

🤣

@DetroitDiesel671

9 ай бұрын

@@timcarlstrand5890 LOL, it does kind of bug me but you'll see a lot of field watches that are like that, even going back to WWII, so it's not really a mistake or unique to this watch....

@sealevelbear

9 ай бұрын

60 minutes in an hour 🤷‍♂️

@DetroitDiesel671

9 ай бұрын

@@sealevelbear Yes of course but in time keeping, zero is included as a number. A minute or an hour is measured from 00 to 59... it's 58...59...00...01, not 58...59...60...01, ergo the dial is wrong.

I’ve been eyeing this one for about 6 months and am so glad you decided to review it. I don’t own a “dress” watch and if I figured I’d start looking. I really liked this watch I definitely had questions. Most of which you answered. So thank you.

My biggest niggle is that they gave you these Breguet hands with an eye that does not line up with the hour display. It feels like that was the effect they were looking for.

@JustOneMoreWatch

9 ай бұрын

It could actually be a bit longer to better focus on the minutes, I reckon.

I have one on the way. Looking forward to it. Thanks for the review!

Looks absolutely gorgeous!

I'm sure others have mentioned this, but... Thank you Jody for bringing us these nice watches AND those funny t-shirts. There is a lot of work behind that as well.

Great review, Jody! That's a really nice looking watch, and I like the distortion through the crystal. The attention to detail is also nice. I guess for $120 you have to put up with a little off-branding. :)

love it!!! What a great find!!

@JustOneMoreWatch

9 ай бұрын

Definitely a pretty little thing Alistair!

I have been waiting for this review for a few months! Love that you’re doing this review

A compelling and enjoyable video as always, Jody! Merkur branding on everything except the watch face doesn't bother me as the watch face is the only place branding is truly noticeable to either the wearer or admiring observers. Packaging and paperwork gets forgotten on a closet shelf anyway, and who really looks at the buckle, let alone the case back? Agree though it would be nice if the crown said "PP" instead of "M". The one other area I see as a visible cost-cutting measure is the raised portion of dial to allow economical flat printing of "Pierre Paulin" and "Automatic". It interrupts the visual integrity of that beautiful radial texturing and fairly broadcasts that it's a molded dial. Still: unusual movement, well executed vintage looks and a terrific 38mm case size. Color me tempted!

@AwesomizedArmadillo

9 ай бұрын

That does make me wonder if this watch would be better suited to a sterile dial. It would allow Merkur to keep their branding on the crown/caseback/etc without clashing, and it might even elevate the dial pattern without the branding interrupting the design

Good looking watch. I'll have to add this one to my wish list for the next big aliexpress sale. Thanks for another great review Dr. JOMW. Cheers!

Nice watch. Great video. Novelty setup is interesting, but I always find that eventually, when it comes to reading the time, you just can't beat the classic two-hand configuration.

I love how you uncover some really nice watches for not a lot of money at all!! I feel like if companies like San Martin and Pagani really put their minds to it , they can give the big watch makers a real bit of competition.

@nikkimiddlekillsday5161

9 ай бұрын

Problem is those two are too busy trying to make homages instead of making something that's their own

@infinitekronos

9 ай бұрын

@@nikkimiddlekillsday5161 well I think San Martin is already attempting to create original designs now.

A lot of value here! I think I'm just picky but I prefer retrograde jump hours but now that's asking for a lot. Thanks for the video!

What a beauty. It reminds me of the Chronoswiss Artist Regulateur Jumping Hour but without the $14000 price tag.

Thanks for pointing out this looker. 👍

I'm wearing my Merkur salmon dial small seconds right now. It's one of my favorites

@BosworthMcG

9 ай бұрын

I have that one too and love it

Insane value in this one, definitely one i'll be reviewing

So cool! I wish you the greatest success with this launch!

You got me excited when you mentioned the 36mm version, but it's in some kind of weird 62mas case! Guess they had some spare parts they needed to clear out.

Would prefer the minute hand stretching to the minute track, it just seems a little short to me.

What a gorgeous watch! I just ordered the white/silver dial version, salmon isn't quite my cup of tea.

Great review, thumbs up for the retro t-shirt

I for one will be waiting for the green dial variant with gold hands and minute markers. The only thing I wish they would do is use a black wheel with white font on the movement's hour wheel, as that would add that much needed extra touch of class to REALLY sell the high-end look even further.

@333maddoxtj333

9 ай бұрын

Where did you find a green variant? I can't seem to find anything about it

@CybertroninfiniteOfficial

7 ай бұрын

It's out

Welp you finally convinced me to get an AliExpress watch

A trully amazing watch

Looks like the same case as my Seizenn Dirty Dozen. Love the quality

Very interesting for the price,a really cool dress watch.

Well that's wonderful,,, jump watch i do not own one, I think I be lookin' into this Pierre- Paulin,,, good one Jody

39 minutes after Jody’s review and the salmon color watch is already sold out! 😢

The green dial looks stunning as heck

I've been waiting for this one. Might be the first Chinese watch I buy.

Lovely imho. Slightly clumsy branding on the dial maybe and maybe a little 'port-hole'ish. But I'm very tempted.

Interesting watch for a very reasonable price. I'm going to have to see what bracelet looks like.

for $125 it's a neat complication and I'd take a punt on it. You've been knocking it out of the park finding interesting watches for very affordable prices :)

I have two merkurs. Love the originality

Great review as always! One thing that kind of bothers me though, is that the circle on the minute hand should line up with the hour indicator underneath so it could be read easier.

Ideal present, it's proper interesting

Wow this thing is stunning… def gonna pick it up! Looks like only the white version is listed on the link

Lovely watch and just my size. Plus I’m a pushover for drilled lugs. Cheers.

Salmon colour and the dial is really interesting!

That watch is something different I really like this one ❤

The salmon one is sold out. I prefer the white dial with brown strap in any case. Great review

I would have left out the '30' numerals all together. Not a fan when they're chopped off that much. It would have been cool if the circle in the minutes hand lined up with the hour display window. Everything else looks kinda cool though.

Well Jody, great review as always, albeit the price did go up significantly in just a few hours...

Good find. Love the dial especially the fonts, like the distortion from the glass and a jump hour is great fun for a watch this price. And let's be honest here, it won't be a daily wearer for most so odd movements like it at a reasonable price can find a popular niche. But for the life of me I can't see how that beautiful dial fits into such a utilitarian case. Maybe better in the flesh? I don't know. Maybe. As for returns to China if your watch is delivered faulty, does anyone bother or simply take the hit?

A full jump hour (hours/mins/secs) would be great, especially with a 70s style case and rectangular dial. Plenty of cheap, quartz ones around, but they're not really the same.

Refreshing to see something so different. Not exactly time at a glance though. Domed mineral as we all know can take some serious maintenance.

That is definitely an offer one just can not refuse, thanks Jody for making me buy a new watch, again 😁😁😁😁😁😁

@JustOneMoreWatch

9 ай бұрын

Ha! Sorry mate. At least it is not too expensive.

@AbdulRWatches

9 ай бұрын

@@JustOneMoreWatch hehe yeah, and the complication is awesome as well 😊👍🏽

Hah, I actually really like this one! It could be my "conversation piece." But I just spent $111 on a Casio Wave Ceptor that you made me aware of. :) Thanks Jody!

@mercster

9 ай бұрын

Hah, for the price I think it does a good job of pulling off the "fashionably European" look.. the goofy name isn't even half bad! Coulda fooled me! 😂 I think that's a real nice bargain, something different and entertaining for us less well-heeled folks.

The more I look at it, the more I like it. I think I can get quickly used to the jump hour design. I would like to see a more retro-looking band on it, though. If anything lets it down, it's the band.

Mr. Jones has a few jump hours in their catalog. I'd love to see a review on one of theirs in general since they use very generic cases for all their offerings.

Sí sí !! Muy bonito ! Lo compré y no funcionó. Lastima del control de calidad , parece que no lo hay.

I have a Geckota Jump Hour watch with an enamel black dial and an acrylic crystal. It also sports a Chinese movement although I am not sure it is the same one.

Great review as always! Interesting watch and excellent price. However, add me to the group that would prefer a jump hour hand.

That's a pretty cool looking watch, ..it's a good job it doesn't have a date window! it would get a little confusing

I always think they look like they're broken but great video and I do like the two handed version.

Curious to know whether you had any legibility issues in reading the hour display. I was always interested in this watch but am concerned that with my aging eyesight I won't be able to read the hour.

Fab watch and review Jody. I have another two “moans and niggles” for your list that prevented me picking this one up: 1) Mineral Crystal. Most would easily add the small extra cost for Sapphire. 2) The size/design/positioning of the primary Minute hand: This is a Jump Hour, so what we really want to see is the star of the show - the hour disc jumping over every hour! But the minute hand covers it up on exactly the hour! And the hand even has a round aperture that could easily encircle the hour-window and highlight the numeral behind the hand. But they positioned the circle too high!

@Niko-qm2yg

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment, your #2 is actually a deal-breaker for me.

For me, a jump hour watch is how an analog watch should work. One major problem though: I need a magnifying glass to read the hour! So, not for tired eyes 😢. Unless they're using a hand for that.

I really like this Jumping hour watch specially the salmon dial. However, they just released a green dial with golden hands that looks Super 👌🏽.

Holy smokes.......that watch is actually stunning😮😮😮😮....and the price!

Just ordered a blue dial watch that looks just like this one from Sugess. My first “China” watch, it was on sale.

Not bad... not bad... I usually don't jump on this gimicky/quirky watches but I think I might have to order one of these. The branding doesn't bother me too much though it would be nice to at least have a P on the crown but then, my $300 Seikos don't have any letters on the crown. A bigger thing for me is the grey strap. If I order one, no doubt I'll use that grey band on another watch but man that dial is screaming out for a chestnut band or maybe something even a bit lighter.

I hope a micro brand like baltic or something makes a good looking jump hour with this movement, I don’t know what it is but counting the jump hour complication which is amazing, it sort of looks like a 100 dollarish watch.

I love the color of the dial ! Gonna grab one !! You have the disease worst than me if that’s possible. Thnx !!

watchgecko/geckota used to make watches with this movement, it was pretty much the same watch (very similar design overall).

I love it. I would dump the diarrhea grey strap for something else but a very very cool watch. I will grab one next sale. Great vid. Merci!!

@JustOneMoreWatch

9 ай бұрын

Mate, if your efflux is that shade of grey, seek medical attention immediately!

@EdgewaterFinancialGroup

9 ай бұрын

@@JustOneMoreWatch Jody. You rock! Purely alliterative.

Nice piece, would make an affordable dress watch with a twist. By the way, was it a filmic device that you let the take that dealt with your biggest issue with the watch run backwards?

The one thing that this watch can improve on is the size of Hour window after all its jump "Hour" watch, it looks smaller like date window than a "Hour Window".

Great looking and fun watch for the money! But why don't they just add a few extra $ on the price and make matching branding on the crown and caseback at least? I think most buyers would pay a little extra to have it look more consistent and complete.

Couldn't agree more with this video. I own a Pierre Paulin chrono and think it's a great watch. The only issue I have with it is the branding. It wasn't as bad as this watch but it had Merkur branded on the bracelet clasp. Luckily it was just one of those cheap aliexpress milled clasps which I had a spare unbranded one laying about so I put that on it instead. But it was a similar affair with the packaging, all Merkur branded, made it feel like a watch with an identity crisis. Merkur really need to sort their branding out because the other brands in their group make some great pieces that are being negatively effected by this poor and corner cutting approach to branding. For me they need to stop cutting corners, either by keeping their brands seperate but not share parts and make each watch brand have its own branding on the watch and no others. Or bring all their watches under the Merkur brand to stop this clash of branding.

Nice unusual watch. Happy with mine

Beautiful design and good novelty from that special way of telling the time. But if I buy a PP watch, I want a PP watch, as weird as that may sound. xD

And the salmon is now sold out! One to keep an eye on. Id love to see some other dial colours too

The 36mm is too small for me but I just preordered the 38mm…hope they send it on the gray leather strap

Applied gold coloured numerals and hand set would have made this a perfect 10 for me.

Doctor Jody it is not just inexpensive Chinese brands that have identity crises. I have a watch from the '80s that has a Tudor logo on the face and a Rolex crown on the crown. It also says "case by Rolex" on the back.

How long does it take to change the hour? Instantaneously (fractions of a second) or about one minute, as on most similar movements?

Very Nice, did you notice the coordinates on the back of the watch ? I guess Merkur wants us to know where they are in Beijing

Good review Jody on both the pros and cons. Why on earth didn't they just put Merkur on the dial? It's a better name anyway than Pierre Paulin, whom I'm assuming has never existed.

@JustOneMoreWatch

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, apparently they 'bought the name' a few years ago, but I'm not sure if it was just a name, or there is a back catalogue somewhere. I don't hate it, it's probably better for this style of watch than Merkur or FOD. But they should make more of it than the rather token effort of branding this one.

@edwardpeters6588

9 ай бұрын

@@outcastkatsuki interesting, I stand corrected.

@cosmodoc

8 ай бұрын

the branding could be a legal issue@@JustOneMoreWatch

Oh my gosh definitely not for old man eyes like mine 😅 cant even see those little hour indicator without magnifying glass. Look great though for the price 👍

Wow! She's a beauty... 👍

I think if it had a high-polished bezel, sapphire crystal, and consistent branding, then it would be a winner.

I would have preferred a little polishing, and kept the branding as Merkur. I also believe most people would have been happy to pay little for a sapphire crystal. Otherwise, great value for money

This would be a great alternative to Baltics MR01 watch.

Funny, I wouldn't have cared so much about the branding. It's the small size of the hour window that bugs me. I'm sure they were kinda stuck with what they could pull off with the off the shelf movement, but seems small and tight. Also, I don't know what it would have done to the looks, but having a skeletonized minute hand that allowed you to see the hour when it jumps would have been a nice touch.

jody, i love mine!

@JustOneMoreWatch

9 ай бұрын

Good to hear!

Is this manual wind? Or does it have a rotor to make it automatic?

So Merkur is from the German for the Latin Mercurias the Roman god. Ford also used the name for a line of (failed) cars in the US back in the '80's. I wonder where this "watchmaker" got their inspiration;for the name from? Cool looking watch btw 👍

Merkur do an excellent mid century dress watch that looks somewhere between a 1950s Omega and a Rado Golden Horse 1957.

Did you notice the coordinates N39.9 E116.3 on the case back? This is a district in the southwest of Beijing. Merkur Watch Group headquarters?

Well to be fair, if you were to buy a vintage Tudor you would very likely see Rolex written all over it, most notably the coronet on the crown.

Hope they update to sapphire crystal.

I could see the Merkur brand on the dial if they want to go all in for it. If its done correctly, i think a one word name fits better that a two word name for watches anyway. Color match wheel?

I would love to see a video about affordable salmon dials. They seem rare and expensive. This one looks cool, but there's something that doesn't really click with me; maybe the strap. Who knows.

I have a Dubey & Schaldebrand jump hour which I adore but I can no longer afford watches like this. This cheap watch looks very nice BUT they would need to remove the partially cut-thru 30 for me to consider it