How To Build Your Watch Collection | MR PORTER

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MR PORTER gets the inside story behind Mr Ben Clymer and how one man turned his obsession with watches into a career.

Find out how his love affair with vintage watches started with his Grandfather's Omega Speedmaster, and led to him to leave his high-paying job to create HODINKEE, the go-to site for watch enthusiasts.

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Wearing Paul Newman Daytona while driving a 356 Porsche is in the stratosphere of coolness

Robusto

Ben Clymer...he's kind of a hipster with his vintage car and vintage watches. And I hate hipsters. But I like Ben Clymer. He's non-douchy with his passions, I believe it's real emotion. I feel like I could show him my watch collection and it wouldn't really matter that much what watches I owned, he'd be more interested in why I own them.

atl

Had no idea Ben owns/drives a 356. Solid taste in watches and cars; the two often go hand in hand. Great video.

JCW

Talking Watches with Ben Clymer! The episode one could only hope for!

Gear

Mr Porter, thank you. I enjoy these 'short films' so much. The mood of it, the music, the style all underline the fact that men's style is more than a large price tag. Often it's quite affordable. Whatever the case, I appreciated this fine collection of watches & his story. Actually, perhaps the collections story.. Loved this!

itsmephil

The MK 40 was the watch that got me into collecting too, it has such a nice unique look about it, the funny thing about it is you can actually hear the rotor spinning across the room, love it.

shamrocky

Watch enthusiast and a straight Savage! Don't think we didn't see you go straight through that left turn only lane!

RubbelisPro

I really like the track playing in the background. Could you guys tell me who that is?thx

Steveisnothereanymore

Amazing! I just wish it had 10 times the duration!

tyzator

The personallity of the watch must match your personallity. It doesn't matter if it is a Rolex, Omega or Tudor ... a Citizen, Seiko, Hamilton could also works. Expensive ones or affordable ones. Take in mind your budget as well. Family based trends or new trendies. It's up to you.

freeosiris

My first watch from my parents is a speedmaster mk40... The same A very underrated watch but I love it

muhammadaimanshafiqmohdraz

vintage is cool, yeah, but is not "better" than modern or than anything else, for that matter.. I'm new to this love for watches and I'm not afraid to say that Hodinkee is playing a big role in my everyday life: it keeps me informed, it entertains me and yes, it teaches me something too. With that being said, I sometimes wonder if I too should just "learn" how to grow this love for the old watches and all of that "vintage" stuff, but to be honest with myself I actually prefer the new ones. Ben Clymer himself on another video states that he loves vintage watches because "they have history behind", he mentioned the high probability of a vintage Omega watch from the '60 of it being owed by an actual diver, or pilot, astronaut, or whatever, and that to him adds the "history" thing that he loves so much. For me all of that sounds cool, yeah, but I kinda prefer to get a new watch and make history with it with my own life, not just borrowing the inherited coolness of an old watch. I want new, great mechanical watches to be part of my present life for them to become the heir of MY history. I want to own the vintage of the future, not my grandpa's tools

alexdrastico