Watch a family heirloom Rolex Explorer 1016 get saved from seawater by Wristwatch Revival
There has been a lot of talk lately on WatchCrunch about quality YouTube watch content and “the algorithm.”
In one day, Marshall at Wristwatch Revival has over 161K views on a 50 minute, long form video showing him saving a 1960s Rolex Explorer 1016 with salt water intrusion damage.
It starts with the family story behind the watch and moves quickly into the tear down. Wonderful video. No shock faces. No TikTok format pandering. Just genuine content for watch nerds.
The owner’s father used to wear this watch for everything and was very active. Wonderful human connection, and easy to see why this watch was her father’s one watch for decades of adventures.
"A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure." - Segal’s Law
I saw this Saturday morning while having breakfast. It was a great ep.
I saw this Saturday morning while having breakfast. It was a great ep.
I love this channel. I think the watch itself and the back story in this episode made it extra compelling.
Marshall has great videos. He's skilled, but humble about it. He knows there's always more to learn about watchmaking. One of my ultra-favorite channels.
I love his content. My biggest issue with this one is that NO ONE seemed to question why on earth she would take a vintage watch that means the world to her to gather clams in the first place, let alone without checking that the crown was secured first.
I love his content. My biggest issue with this one is that NO ONE seemed to question why on earth she would take a vintage watch that means the world to her to gather clams in the first place, let alone without checking that the crown was secured first.
I’m going with she probably thought that “my dad wore it everywhere, I will too.”
Marshall does (politely) mention toward the end of the video that it’s not a good idea to take vintage watches swimming because they don’t tend to seal like they used to.
My wife hates Wrist Watch Revival as it's the reason I spend hours locked in my office trying to get old watch movements working ... lol. I think I lost most of last week absorbed in a old Seiko 7019A Movement to finally figure out the pinion on the pallet fork was damaged.
In all seriousness his videos are great, I've learnt a ton from them and his narrative makes the subject matter interesting even when it's a watch I could care less about.
I haven't watched this one yet, but I love this guy's videos. Not sure how it is that I'll sit through a full hour of a watch being taken apart and put back together more than once, but here we are. He's just got "it".
Love Marshall and his videos, seems like a genuine guy and cares about what he's doing. I like the way he explains every little detail as he goes through tearing the watch apart and bringing them back to life. Doesn't over polish the cases and ruin the patina on the dials and hands. Great work.
That's why he has so many views on his videos, in my opinion 💯
He is fantastic. Skilled and humble. I learn more from him than most podcasts.
Another great episode from Marhsall. Watched this while I was doing office work last week. Inspired me to get off my butt and back working on finishing my Seiko mod.... just not this week.
Great video.
I initially resisted watching the nearly one hour video because a lot of long videos seem padded to exploit the YouTube algorithm...
Couldn't have been more wrong. Here's the local news story about him-
https://youtu.be/_NCEmCxLIt0