What Are Fashion Watches? (And Why People Hate Them)

In this video, I ask the question: what are fashion watches? I'm often asked what is a fashion watch and are fashion watches worth buying? Well, in this fashion watches review, I do my best to answer.

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[lukefromtonight]

I bought that Casio Sapphire off the back of your last video and couldn't be happier! Thanks Ben

[real_fjcalabrese]

I know of a man who wears overly tight suits who, if paid, will give you five reasons!

[samnewton]

Everything you say here is accurate, but all relative. The watch enthusiasts are the only ones hating on these fashion watches, and obviously aren't the ones buying them. The people buying them aren't the ones hating on them, and probably don't care about what the watch enthusiasts think. In a world of fast everything and consumerism, the points you make carry across into almost anything. Credit to you for educating people on the benefits of more quality time pieces, but shopping habits won't be changing any time soon. Fast fashion is speeding up at at a time we really need it to slow down.

[Zeus-kjnn]

Great information there in this video. You are a very candid and talented young man. There's a definite niche on YouTube for your channel. Keep up the great reviews!

[thomaslopez]

Thank you Ben for all your advice on watches! It's YouTubers like you who we the audience appreciate the most as you provide us with honest advice. Thanks to you I decided to select a Timex Southview and I love it. Once again thank you for keeping it real with your viewers.

[gidzboxbox]

Can you make a video for Micheal kors alternatives

[elsakwok]

How about the difference between 'fake' fashion watches like MVMT and Daniel Wellington and real fashion watches such as Fossil and Nixon

[rangersmith]

"Fashion" is a popular/social trend, usually short-lived. It's vastly different from "style, " which is personal and long-lived. A person can follow changing fashion trend, or a person can have his or her own consistent style. I bought what one might call a fashion watch, a $25 Forsining, because it is solely manual wind, which I did not have, has an exhibition case back, which I wanted, and has a big ivory-colored dial, which suited a particular event I was to attend. Since that is behind me, I rarely wear this piece, but I'm getting it out of the box now, just because I can.

If I were a reviewer, I'd be open about which sellers have paid for the review, and I'd be harder on them because I think I have to be to achieve balance.

[gergelymacsi]

What I think modern fashion watch brands utilize is, that in an over saturated market, and our rapidly changing and accelerating lifestyle, people make purchase decisions faster, from less information, and we assume the quality of a service or product based on its price tag. So they overprice their products to make the illusion of real value. If they have asked less then now, but enough to make profit on each product, they would not sell more! Because the costumer in this case wants a 150-200 $ watch (with the expected quality), not a cheaper 50-100 $ one.

[conyo]

I see both your points and Urban Gentry points. Fashion watches have cheap components and are marked up ridiculously. But I see Urban Gentry's points as well. The established watch brands are lacking engagement with the younger market. My niece is a good example. She doesn't wear a watch and doesn't know a thing about Horology. Imagine if these brands just market their watch properly and see their sales soar.

[NachDeaDSilenT]

Fantastic video, as always


Out of curiosity, where'd you get that jacket? Looks great

[benkenobi]

I hate that these companies are taking advantage of people (particular kids/teens) that know nothing about watches. Convincing them that a 3 dollar watch is worth 150 bucks because Some Joe shmow on Instagram or YouTube is hyping this crappers up like they’re a Rolex.

[cryptiedan]

What do you think about Fossil watches? I definitely see them as fashion watches but I own 2 in my collection and love them. I rock them on any given Fossil Friday lol

[felixbelanger]

I'd love to hear your opinion on Luch watches (single hand)

[a.khaosnarine]

Yeah, I Rock a Fossil because it tells time and looks kool...so, it does the job while looking modern but still classy with full roman numerals.

[heminder]

Fashion watches are fine... if what you pay for them is chump change and treat them as disposable accessories, because "fashion" is inherently fast and disposable.

[thmllkmn]

Watching this video with a watch by Guess loudly ticking away on my wrist lmao. You get what you pay for but at the end of the day if you are buying a particular watch purely as an accessory, the quality of the machinery inside is an afterthought compared to the visual aesthetic and brand name.

[ferrisk]

great video i love the way you collect watches, your style is unique.

[jimmbear]

It’s funny before YT this was never an issue people bought and wore what they wanted to. Now some on YT have become so anti fashion they almost guilt people into buying a non fashion brand they don’t want instead of the fashion brand they want. Makes me wonder if they have some monetary reason to do so. 🤔 Also why will watch snobs scream about a fashion brand watch costing $200 being way overpriced but never do the same with an overpriced mechanical watch costing $20, 000? Bottom line I own fashion and non fashion brands and each person simply needs to do their research to determine what is a good value. Sure I agree paying $500 for a fashion brand watch from a watch store in a mall is a horrible deal. However, if you are able to find that same watch for $100 somewhere else it may actually be a great deal. I grew up hanging out at malls and always bought/wore Fossil watches when I was younger. Recently I even got one brand new on their website at a steep discount which I wore for a year and then flipped for a small profit. Wouldn’t you say that is a much better deal than someone else buying a $10, 000 automatic watch that has already dropped in value by a few thousand? I don’t understand why many watch enthusiasts can’t understand this.

[SirStamford]

Some of the worst fashion watches are Gucci, have you seen the price of them?? cheap quartz movement and they're charging £800 for them, terrible.