Why Do Most Watches Suck? - (Armani Exchange, Hugo Boss, Hilfiger, Michael Kors etc)

Why do most fashion watches suck? In this video, I look at an Armani Exchange watch, as well as a Tommy Hilfiger watch and explain some of the cost-cutting in the fashion watch industry right now.
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Ben's Watch Club tends to cover affordable watches like Seiko, Timex, Casio, Citizen, MVMT, Vincero, Bulova, Orient, Hamilton, and more. We rarely feature luxury watches like Rolex, Patek Philippe, Breitling, Tag Heuer, Tudor, Grand Seiko, Cartier, Omega, Audemars Piguet, or Hublot due to their price.

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[dylancostello]

I love how 90% of us already know the answers, but still like to watch Ben trash fashion watches

[Zechariah]

My grandfather used to be a watch collector, he had everything from Chopard's, Cartier's, Citizen's, Movado's etc. When he was still around I used to spend my vacations by him, and we went to the mall and I saw this watch by Hugo Boss going for around 80$, I asked him to get me it but he said no he'd get me something better. I said okay and didn't argue. Fast-forward a couple of weeks op my birthday I had already forgot about the watch. I got a gift from my grandfather and inside it was a watch. He got me a Timex Waterbury watch. I know some people call Timex trash but that watch was amazing to me, I used to wear it almost every day, I wore it on my frist date, graduations etc. But sadly one day someone broke into my house and stole the watch.

[davidbrunken]

"The hands look like they've been circumsized, hitting well short of where they should." You just won't find that kind of hard-hitting, journalistic analysis from Hodinkee.

[samfallow]

If you want to buy a watch, buy from a brand that actually makes watches.

[Seeleau]

One might be happy with his Sony television set, but he might think twice about yogurt branded as Sony. Fashion watch buyers are the type who would buy Sony yogurt.

[vladpotekhin]

You were wrong about one thing: most of these mid-tier fashion brands (Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Hugo Boss, etc) are NOT responsible for the production or even designing their fragrances either. They are designed, produced and sold by big companies like Coty

[ronniep]

I had an Armani watch back in 2001 for £200 when I turned 18, it got a lot of attention at that time and lasted 10 years. I can't complain.

[ShadrachN]

I disagree with your sentiments about Spaghetti Scametti. They aren't "cheap", they're "affordable luxury". Ask any middleman.

[prettysoIdier]

“Don’t be offended if you own one of these watches.” Excellent.

[Mrman]

"please don't get offended if I feature your watch, if you enjoy paying for an overpriced piece of crap to flaunt money you don't have then go ahead"

[gadget]

I was without a watch for quite some time, and my wife was buying a Michael Kors bag online and decided to get me a watch as a surprise christmas gift; she's the best.
The watch is borderline ugly and heavy, but I keep it as a token of love in the drawer next to my Bulova Cronograph C(love it!) and others, and even wear it sometimes when I go out with her so she can see it and get a happy smile.

Remember kids, true love is sacrifice LOLOLOLOL

[gsfcdy]

I'm more shocked he even bothered to wear gloves lol

[Halb_Wert_Zeit]

"These watches suck" - "there's affiliate links below" 😂

[Steven_M.]

The close up when you said “trust me” had serial killer in a van written all over 😁

[VyomKinght]

My preference is Casio when it comes to watch. I love their G-Shock range.

[megadead]

My experience with non watch enthusiasts is that they find the "normal" watches to conservative and prefer this cheap all over the place designed fashion toy watches.

[friskjidjidoglu]

6:42 well I never thought I’d heard that said about a watch 😄

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I think a common mistake (also a bit made in this video) is not mentioning quartz citizen/seiko/orient/pulser enough as a recommendation. I think a lot of non enthusiasts are put off from the downsides of entry level automatics, I'm sure an affordable quartz from a brand with higher standards will excite a lot more people into getting something better and perhaps eventually the hobby. These watches also tend to have a bit more play in the colors etc., whereas most Seiko 5s may look dull to fashion watch consumers.

[danc]

“The hands look circumcised” I actually died XD