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Hello Jeff, You and TGV are outliers in this rabbit hole into which so many of us have descended. I lap up both of your UA-cam offerings because any viewing is time well spent. Thank you. I find that your musings to be in the vain of Samuel Beckett. You mine a very narrow seam but always with wit and intelligence. I envy the fact that you know your style (which, after all, is one of the consequences of this obsession of ours) and are disciplined enough to numerically rein in unwanted desires of excess. I am now 60 and will shortly be returning to England having lived in Berlin for over 14 years. I have over 50 affordable watches in my collection to return with (absolutely crackers!), but the 2 that really make heart sing are 2 seemingly anodyne choices: the Tissot PRX Quartz (40 mm white face and rose gold hands) and the Hamilton Khaki Field automatic 38mm black dial. Both would be improved if they didn't have the date complication. My grail would be a 40/20 field watch with a small seconds complication (are you listening Vario?) with a green face (?). Love your content, Jeff. Keep on keeping on. Best. Mark.

What reference is the left Turtle?

I stopped watching TGV long time ago. Never stopped watching Jeff's videos.

Isn’t 7 x 7 49?

Funnily enough, tapas are a complimentary bite-size offer in most restaurants in Spain, served in a small plate on top of your drink (generally wine or beer) to prevent flies from falling in it. A tapa is, literally, the lid on your drink. the opposite of fancy caviar or champagne!

I'm going to guess having a One-and-Done on a happiness scale of 1 to 5 is like being on a pretty constant 4, and being perfectly happy with that. Accepting that it's worth it so that you don't have to endure any 1s and 2s.

Thanks again, Jeffrey. Really like the metaphors you use all the time. Your videos are, like TGV's, rich in detail, and made with passion, but different in style. The two of you together in a video (made by you guys) would be interesting as well. I say: go for it!

Definitely have the wrist rotation anxiety! It's powerful!

I enjoy snapping quick release spring bars and mostly nearly always swap them out for a real spring bar, whcih makes me feel better about the whole equation. Cant stand them.

Seeking happiness is a confession of unhappiness. That much is obvious. What is less obvious is that seeking happiness is the method of unhappiness. So happiness cannot ever be 'achieved' through means of effort and process over time. Happiness has to be realised to be the case right now, at this very moment. Happiness is always already the case. It is not enough to know this, it must be realised. I also have too many watches.

TGV was my gateway to learning about watches but you’re probably the my earliest subscribed that I still watch

I sympathise with your theory, my solution is to put my planet ocean to one side, ( along with all my seikos) and wear my freshly purchased seiko ' arny ' Jeff, I think you would approve, av a Google. And do a video on it.

Two watch collection...beater and a nice one

I'm liking the F91 story, very interesting. My Tissot PRX digital could be my one and done.

When you get that G-shock, the video should be called "The Frogman Cometh"

We have all seen TGV but we choose the GOAT because the ones of us that have been unplugged from the matrix and allowed to sub to this channel understand that this channel is the way to true freedom and people think you need more subs do not understand you control YT and its algorithms. I will go watch some TGV now as directed you sheeps. My dream in life is for the GOAT to roast my watch collection.

I want to be honest here, if I haven't worn a watch in days and the date is off I NEED to reset it or I wont wear the watch! and sometimes the date is so far off because I actually have 21 watches that I wont I even adjust the date and end up not even wearing it for longer. However in a strange way I aspire to be able to not worry about it like you do.

Love Ya ❤ 😂

🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏Priceless, just priceless. Grazie mille 🙏🙏🙏

If TGV videos are a rich dining experience, a McMahon vid is late night cereal

The one and done guy is like the guy who stops drinking cold turkey and a month later you find him passed out in his front yard at six in the morning.

I don't know McMahon a guy with only one watch sounds a little odd to me.

One and done , we all crave that , but to be honest , when i wear my sla043 , i feel it could be. But then i like to look in the box at my other precious............ones . Lol.

Another great video McMahon! I get the idea of "Watch Twins", and the "Times Seven Principle". I've tried to keep my small collection diverse, so I don't feel like it's a lot of duplicates. I don't swap my straps a ton, generally either a NATO, or some form of rubber. While it would be hard, I could go down to one watch. I honestly had the feeling that the new Seiko that I received could be that, but then it turned out that my QC concerns were true. It'll be going back to Seiko, as the watch has a major defect that requires fixing. Alas, it is what it is. Always looking forward to the next video! You'll be at 10K subs this week!

Jeff where did you buy the black rubber band that is on your Seiko Marine Master 300 ?

Congratulations 🎉

Hi Jeff, do you have any suggestions for alternative bracelets for this watch? I don't mind a heavy bracelet and feel that it could balance it out a bit.

SLA047 has been my only watch to wear for the last 17 days, since I got it. Had no desire to wear any other watch. Giving very serious thought to selling all others, except for my G 5000 U, OG Ecozilla just because, and Datejust. Everything else will be quietly rusting away.

It was good to see you on the other show.

Yea! I had a One and Done! (except one dress watch) It was everything until i had to send it in for service. After that wait, I had to buy 2 Seikos because I couldn't decide between the PADI automatics. So I got both. The blue turtle and the 62 MAS(ish) with the blue black dial. Now I have many more Seikos in different color dials. Each one representing the trials and tribulations of life since the world changed!

Jeff, if you have 7 incredibly beautiful watches, and each one demands your love like 7 watches, that would be like owning 49, not 21!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣O man, three minutes in I thought the laughter was going to stop!

Definitely a thought experiment...the chaos and anguish keeps it interesting.

Great food for thought Jeff. Admire the reply from LWC who clearly is no longer searching. How much is contentment? When the enoughometer reaches the desired point. Good work.

I thought this was excessive at first, but try changing your watch during the day. This might also necessitate you getting into new situations that require a wardrobe/watch change which could lead to personal growth.

Never heard anyone wax eloquent about TGV before…….you’re being quite generous,Jeff….yer a good man

The problem is trying to find happiness from external experiences or items. True happiness comes from within Daniel-San.

Your story reminds me of the days of Johnny Casual. He was rocking multiple Breitlings and Omegas if I remember correctly. Then he ran into some life issues and sold everything. Escaped the hobby. Or should I say addiction.

I’ve got about 12 in my core rotation now with over 20 including G shocks… I’ll look at my collecting journey as more of a marathon than a sprint, and if I truly love a watch, it will stay and eventually get more wrist time even if I’m not wearing it much now… Sucks to have a good bit of money tied up in the collection, but I’d rather have cool watches than more money 🤣 been enjoying my willard and it’s making me consider an SLA option to have a twin bc the case shape is so unique and fun to wear… great content man! Congrats on the TGV feature I saw it yesterday and thought that was cool of him.

Jeff stay away from Hugo. That Urban Gentry guy, Tristan Giorgio Venissianaco is alright, but he's no Fedor Lasco. Don't forget Mr. Foreman even named his daughters George.

I am drawn to your videos McMahon because they offer a completely different perspective of the watch hobby. Crucially your niche doesn’t depend on feeding the insatiable capitalist greed of the watch industry through constant reviews that feed our disease. Instead you help us to question our obsession and the factors driving it’s madness. Many thanks and keep doing your thing

Nah get the Green Willard and the Black Slim they’ll be fine together

Hey Jeff. I’m still wearing my $16 Casio F91W that I purchased at Walmart years ago. I wore it on our vacation to Thailand at the end of 2023. We visited Rolex boutiques at airports and malls for fun, but instead of enticing me to purchase another Rolex, it made me glad that I sold them all. The Casio F91W wasn’t my dream watch, but it’s the watch I deserve. Nonetheless, it is now my “corduroy jacket” and all other watches just don’t feel right on my wrist (this could change later but I don’t foresee a change anytime soon).

Some of your altered voice reminded me of Ken Nordine "What Time Is It"

What I consider a real keeper is a watch I put on and think, at least for a moment, "you know... I *could* be happy with just this one..." It's a concept I call "one-and-done potential." For most enthusiasts, the one-and-done is a target you can get infinitely close to but never quite hit, a phenomenon that drives us to keep searching for that next acquisition. A focused collection thus aims to find the top few watches that hit closest to that unhittable bullseye. Watch obsessives know the one-and-done is a lie, but it's a real feeling I get whenever I put on my Casio GW-5000U, my blue SPB183 Willard, and my SJE085 1959 Alpinist especially. "Huh. Maybe this is all I really need..."

He who speaks G-Shock does not know. He who knows G-Shock does not speak. -

Jeff your problem is that these two watches shown are too similar. It’s like dating two hot blondes that are both 5’8” and like rock music except one likes steak and the other prefers chicken. You need one watch that’s the wife. It doesn’t have to be the only watch but needs to check the most boxes possible. It’s the I’m doing life with this watch despite her never being perfect. Then your few other watches can be your workout buddy or your therapist. Extremely specific and in no way competing with the wife. If you have 7 beautiful watches then you are always going to be the Leonardo Decaprio of the watch world with all the beauty and choice but none of the satisfaction. Your buddy with the 14 dollar Casio is 75 year old single Decaprio who would fell in love with the next door neighbor. Because he realized the only purpose of a watch isn’t to be beautiful or signal status but simply to tell the time. He could only get there after being drunk on a yacht for too many years.

I wore my Casio pro trek for almost 2 years and my girlfriend kept on bugging me saying it was a kids watch or a plastic toy. So I switched to a Seiko blue cocktail time, but after a month I itched for a diver. As I saw the king turtle padi diver I couldn’t say no. I’ve been wearing it almost non stop for a year and a half and I’m still in love with it like the first day. The power reserve has never run out, when I dress up I switched to my blue cocktail but the next day I switch to my diver. Would that still be considered as a one and done? As always excellent video. I’m out 😅

Jeffrey, i appreciate your content. Your are an improv in the watch community. Your skill set makes it work.