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My goodness, what a whopper! And having said that, it could have easily been a Top 50! What do you think? Did I miss your favourite? Long Live Microbrand Watches! Cheers, Jody
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Makina microbrand from Manila.
Jody, what about Lorier in NY?! They have awesome vintage inspired watches like the Neptune, Hyperion GMT and others.
Not surprised Wolbrook was not mentioned as I don't think a Wolbrook has ever featured on your channel, but they're another French "zombie" brand that produce some pretty cool retro themed divers and tool watchs.
O&W microbrand ??!? So, first, please write correctly the brand in your video, second they get history, swiss, some iconic model (navitimer) and so on they deserve another category….
Great selection here Jody but you've missed out the kiwi brand Magrette. I've got two of their hand wound chronographs, one of which is 500M Waterproof. They do an excellent GMT as well as divers. Cheers
Great video! Timestamps would be extremely helpful, though 🙏🏾
Good review. I thought you liked Phoibos.
Another great video. Would love you to look at Kuoe.
took me about a year to get my Helm Titanium Vanuatu – It was worth the wait for sure. Their customer service was amazing despite being such a small operation.
Can you make a review of Oleves watches
WOW Jody possibly your finest hour (or how ever long it was?). I love micros and by gum lad (as we say in these parts), you got em all… okay then well most anyway. There are a more British ones I could add, but that would be been picky. I can only imagine the work involved putting that together but hats off mate… as you nailed it. 😁🤓
I personally love Mr Jones watches and Spinnaker.
Hey, it was a lot of fun traveling with you around the world Jody, but for chrissakes would it have killed you to pick up the check for lunch just once!?
Thanks for the video Jody. I had no idea you've reviewed all these brands already, very cool
awesome content, keep it up!
Great video, but Maen is not Moon in dutch…
Maan is moon in dutch.
Maen is not a dutch word.
Dutch is the language of The Netherlands, Maen is a Swedisch microbrand
Solid list. Glad to see Formex and Monta on it. They are doing some next level work.
Direnzo and Traska also have excellent finishing
Brew and Straton – two other brands that don’t have a diver in their collection. Yet. 😀
Wise are one of the best micro brands out there at the moment fantastic value of money and punch far above their weight!
Come on man, I can’t believe you didn’t mention the Wolbrook/Douglas watches company. It’s a french brand that started reissuing a Skindiver belonged to a USA company in the ‘60s, Neil Armstrong had ine. I have bought 9 of their watches. Worth checking out.
I wouldn’t call Formex and Yema microbrands, but I guess the line between micro and independent is a bit fuzzy 😅
Why no Henry Archer?
We love microbrands!
Great list Jody. My favorites not mentioned here are;
Feynman
Visitor
Behrens
Oak & Oscar
Albert Villa
Corniche
In the endless attempt to be unique, all these microbrands end up seeming the same.
My Baltic beige dial Hermétique and Traska 38 mm Commuter have made me sell my Tudor BlackBay 58 without any regret.
I have a Yema Superman GMT Pepsi and am very pleased with it although not sure I need a 500m waterproof rating on a GMT but nice to have anyway!
What do you think about Henry Archer?
" … Tax Dodging Swiss Conglamerates" ! … Jody, You've done it again. LOL
What are the chances that Erebus, might release a GMT?
There is no difference between a micro brand and a fashion watch. Total crap. Buying a micro brand is like buying an Adidas watch.
Jody, I own 2 but look up Oceaneva Diver Watches!
Maen look great, but they have gone to 800 eur (850 USD) for Hudson 38, they are not 650 USD anymore. They up their prices more than 300 USD in few months, with downgraded movements, and no on-fly adjustment. Yema has gone with wide customer issues and a poor transparency.
Great comprehensive video
I purchased the original Islander about 3 years ago.. I wear it on a nato strap.. great watch Marc!… I recently purchased a Zelos Mako GMT.. really enjoying it thus far
Request for video: order 1 completely custom watch from china for affordable price options?
Kuoe, Lorier, Wise, Phoibos…so many brands absent from the list.
Why have you got a thumbnail that makes you look like a raging psycho?
Lol only a watch brand owner can spin that nonsensical "false scarcity" business model as a good thing. Not being able to buy a product is a really poor way of doing business
Really good informative video Jody, without the self indulgent over production of some I could mention 😮 very much appreciated!
Just scratching the surface there Jody. Some great choices in amongst them, but I’d also add my favourite microbrand Lorier! Notable other favourites Phoibos, Autodromo, Nezumi, Hanhart, and Nivada Grenchen. And one from Northern Ireland, Nomadic!
I miss LORIER. They create and make really nice watches in NY. TGV from the Urban Gentry designed a watch with LORIER. Also LACO is missing, even it's not a real Microbrand. I also love the italian brand NAUTICA.
Can't wait to see my Ascent!!
Me sitting down with a pencil and paper ready to learn
Excellent list! Thank you
Hi Jody thanks for the videos, great overview of many microbrands many of which I did not know. Just a wondering if you ever heard of a microbrand called Australis, they made a diver the Sea Shade, I got second hand and tried to look this up, but other than entries on Kickstarter and few videos one from Peter Kotsa, but not many. If you ever come by this entry would be grateful for your expert insight. Thanks.
There needs to be a part two of these!! I’m discovering so much right now. Thanks Jody!