Watchfinder's 100 GREATEST watches
Today, Watchfinder released a video chronicling their 100 GREATEST watches.
It's under 20 minutes long. Andrew & Tom basically just list all 100 watches out with no explanation to their ranking. A few of the descriptions are hilarious (SS Maxipad? ROFL).
Here's the list. Sound off in the comments.
1. Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch
2. Rolex Submariner
3. Rolex Daytona
4. Rolex GMT Master II
5. Rolex Sea Dweller
6. Omega Seamaster Diver 300
7. Omega Ploprof
8. Rolex DateJust
9. Breitling Navitimer
10. Tag Heuer Monaco
11. Audemars Piguet Royal Oak
12. Patek Philippe Nautilus
13. Cartier Santos
14. JLC Reverso
15. IWC Big Pilots Watch
16. IWC Portugeiser
17. Blancpain Fifty Fathoms
18. Seiko SKX
19. Seiko 5
20. Grand Seiko Snowflake
21. ALS Lange One
22. Panerai Luminor
23. Patek Phillippe Calatrava
24. Zenith Primero
25. Ulysses Nardin Freak
26. Casio F-91W
27. Casio G-Shock DW-5600
28. Mr. Jones A Perfectly Useless Afternoon
29. ALS Triple Split
30. Grand Seiko Kodo
31. Cartier Masse Mystérieuse
32. MoonSwatch
33. DeBethune Dreamwatch 5
34. Ressence Type 3
35. Frederique Constant Monolithis
36. JLC Reverso Hibris Mechanica
37. VC 57260
38. Nomos Tangente
39. George Daniels Space Traveler Pocket Watch
40. Richard Mille RM-UP01
41. Urwerk UR210
42. MB&F LM101
43. Tudor BB 58
44. Casio Calculator
45. Apple Watch
46. Cartier Tank
47. Doxa 300T
48. VC 222
49. Tissot PRX
50. Hamilton Pulsar
51. Jacob & Co Astronomia
52. Rado Diastar Ceramic
53. Chanel J12
54. Breitling Emergency
55. Richard Mille RM-001
56. Frank Muller Crazy Hours
57. Glasshutte Panomatic Inverse
58. Panerai Radiomir
59. Harry Winston Opus One
60. Hamilton Ventura
61. Patek Phillipe Sky Moon Tourbillon
62. Richard Mille RM-88
63. Longines Legend Diver
64. Omega Seamaster Ultra Deep
65. Omega Spedmaster X-33
66. Pobeda
67. Vostok Stumanskie
68. Swatch Sistem 51
69. Roger Dubuis Homage Chronograph
70. F. P Journe Chronometre Bleu
71. Tag Hueur Carerra
72. Junghans Max Bill
73. Ball Engineer II Magneto S
74. CW Bel Canto
75. Bulova Lunar Pilot
76. Van Clef & Arpels Floral Blossoms
77. HYT-Hastroid
78. Studio Underdog Watermelon
79. Breguet Tradition7047
80. Gerald Genta Mickey Mouse
81. Bulgari Octofinisimo
82. ALS Zeitwerk
83. Brietling Aerospace
84. Cartier Ballon Bleu
85. Corum Golden Bridge
86. Tag Heuer Formula 1
87. Rolex DJ 5100 aka The Texan
88. H. Moser Streamliner
89. MB&F HM1
90. Cartier Crash
91. IWC Ingeneur
92. Jacob & Co. Billionaire
93. Patek Phillipe Aquanaut
94. Franck Muller Erternitas Mega
95. JLC Caliber 101
96. Mondaine Classic Railway Watch
97. Seagull - 1963
98. Grand Seiko - Shunbun
99. H. Moser – Swiss Icons
100. Hublot - Big Bang
*Any and all typos are mine
Long time watch appreciator, 2022 inductee into the obsession. Originator (or perpetrator depending on your point of view) of #WhimsicalWednesday, #MacroMay & #MacroMonday Omega Speedmaster simp. Like...
Speedmaster Moonwatch is #1. I have no notes
Not sure a list of the 100 top watches is a particularly imaginative or interesting endeavor. That’s a lot of watches.
I like how the Nomos Tangente at 38 was a clerical error lol.
Also GOD DAMN at them calling the Nautilus a stainless steel maxi pad with wings 💀
Thanks for the list saves watching the video
There is an unhappy octogenarian lawyer, a total jerk losing his cool not finding his cherished 60s era quartz Festina dress watch on this list. He would engage in fierce debate with all about the worthiness of his quartz beater. His Festina was the Top.
Not sure a list of the 100 top watches is a particularly imaginative or interesting endeavor. That’s a lot of watches.
They did it in 20 minutes. They were quite entertaining as usual.
Thanks for the list saves watching the video
They have funny commentary throughout. Worth the 20 minutes.
I like how the top 8 are all Rolex and Omega.
It was a great video
Tom is my hero 🤣🤣
I like how the Nomos Tangente at 38 was a clerical error lol.
Also GOD DAMN at them calling the Nautilus a stainless steel maxi pad with wings 💀
It was a great video
Tom is my hero 🤣🤣
I love Andrew but Tom had some serious zingers in this one lmao
Needed a tuning fork Bulova in there but cool list.
Too many RM's....🤔🤐🤣
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Too many RM's....🤔🤐🤣
Correct. Needed a Glycine Airman in there
Thanks for the list saves watching the video
You're missing some great commentary.
Correct. Needed a Glycine Airman in there
Yea, more so due to its' historical ties to the jet/space age.
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They stated it was a reluctant addition in the vid.
They did it in 20 minutes. They were quite entertaining as usual.
Might have to watch it
You're missing some great commentary.
Looks like I'll have to watch it
Good job typing up that list!
Like almost everyone else I’m sad my watch (GS) is down in the basement (in 98th for me 😂)
And a whole schwack of Rolex blandness at the top? Wonder what criteria is.
No Alpinist but a Jacob and Co “billionaires watch” ? And so many other impossibly rare watches.
Apple Watch and MoonSwatch high up in a list of the ‘greatest watches’? 🤔. hmm I guess if most common or or most hyped are criteria.
I’m guess you approve of number 1? 😉. Despite it possibly being the most common collectors watch (judging by the ‘3 watch collection’ post a few days ago) I’ve got zero interest in owning. More for everyone else!
I mean I love that it's #1 in any list, but there are some choices -a couple you mention & some others- that say this list isn't completely serious.
If I was going to put together a serious list of the 100 greatest watches of all time, I think I'd have to begrudgingly put the Submariner #1. It's just so iconic even non-watch people know it. But the Subby is even more boring than the Speedy! The Speedy at least is a Chronograph with sub-dials & pushers.
But using 'greatest' as the superlative leaves A LOT to the interpretation of the list compiler.
Some watches are great NOW after years of R&D to make them that way. Some were great years ago because they were the first of their kind. Some saved an entire industry.
One thing is clear though; the ways these lists will be different is as numerous as the people that put them together. We have to take each of them with a grain of salt. Only by hundreds upon hundreds of people putting together hundreds & hundreds of lists and compiling the aggregate can we ever get close to a real list.
Or we could just look at sales figures for the last 50 years or so.
They’ve mixed up 1 and 2, but that’s no surprise — it’s Watchfinder and Andrew Morgan 🙄.
The Santos should be at 5 or 6, the Datejust at 6 or 5, bumping the list down, the Ploprof and AP RO should swap places. I stopped reading when I saw Apple Watch ranked below the MoonSwatch.
There is an unhappy octogenarian lawyer, a total jerk losing his cool not finding his cherished 60s era quartz Festina dress watch on this list. He would engage in fierce debate with all about the worthiness of his quartz beater. His Festina was the Top.
Who do you mean?
Who do you mean?
Just a lawyer that use to bother me about my watches and any watch that cost more than $65.00 cad.
That Bum left out the Casio Royale, Sinn, Invictas and a few other more.