hello and welcome to watch releases recap for the week of August 23rd until August the 30th let's begin with orus and their new and updated Aqua chronograph seems like orus is taking 2024 to update their existing models to make them a little bit more streamlined Slimmer smaller kind of exactly what the modern buyers are asking for because they already have a Chrono version of the Swatch but that version was way too big 452 mm in case diameter this new version is slimmer and smaller now it comes in a 43 1 12 mm case diameter yes still pretty big but this is a divver style Chrono and usually these types of watches are larger this watch also has a 51 mm lock to lock distance it's made out of stainless steel and it is on the stainless steel bracelet this is the newest version of the bracelet I believe that has a bit more of an aggressive taper and a slightly different case design to the watch itself again slightly Slimmer slightly better ergonomics so it sits better on your wrist but you still have to have some pretty big risks to pull off wearing something like this now as far as the movement that has not been changed this one is still powered by the orus 771 which is essentially a modified Selita s SW 510 it's an automatic chronograph movement beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour it has 27 Jew and 62 hours of power reserve the scholar weight that they introduced has existed already but that was on a limited edition and it was slightly different this new shade of blue actually looks very attractive and the watch still features 300 M of water resistance now this is not a limited edition it's part of the standard catalog and these watches are priced at 4,400 Swiss Franks so that's about 5,200 USD but that's not the only blue Chrono we got this week there's also the new tutor black Bay Chrono Boutique Edition so here's the thing I'm kind of of two minds about the Swatch on one hand I really do like it I think the shade of blue chosen here works really well with the sort of reverse Panda design that all looks very attractive the pops of red color on the tips of the second hand as well as for the font of water resistance rating that looks pretty good overall these watches have always been very attractive and especially having this one on their new sort of Jubilee felink bracelet that looks really good but my problem with this watch is sort of twof fa and again it's not a real problem it's just you know as watch enthusiasts would like to complain about things number one the dimensions are still the same so this is quite a large watch 41 mm diameter 14.2 mm in case height and it's about 52 mm from one L to another now those dimensions on paper don't sound like this is a giant watch because it's not but for some reason these black Bay Kronos do wear much thicker so I wish tutor would address the thickness of the Swatch a little bit but it does come with 200 M of water resistance so this small gripe is not really a gripe again I just wish that they shrunk this watch slightly the other quote unquote problem that I have with this watch is the fact that we just got a special edition with the pink dial earlier this year now we have another special edition this one is Boutique exclusive but nevertheless it's a special edition for the catalog in blue I'm just afraid that tutor is releasing too many watches in too many different variations too quickly and it's going to tire out the market because they don't want to repeat the mistakes of gr Seiko by the way there is a grand SEO release that we're going to talk about later in this video and as far as the movement of the watch is the same as the standard Chrono that was released years ago is the caliber mt5813 which is based on brightling bo1 it's a cost certified movement beating at at 28,800 vibrations per hour it has 41 jewles and 70 hours of power reserve and as I mentioned this is a special edition not a limited edition so for my understanding these will only be sold at tutor boutiques and these watches are priced at 5300 Swiss Franks that's about 6,200 USD I think that's the same price as the standard editions the new dial colors for login Legend diver 39 mm I don't know what it is about Lin releases lately but I've been loving every single one of them including this release so a little bit of background about what exactly this model is it came out a few years ago in a 42mm case diameter that was a bit too large for a lot of people because these watches do tend to wear larger there isn't too much Basel I mean there is a Basel but the Basel is internally rotating which means that it looks like it's all dial and it makes the watch wear larger on the wrist then I believe last year they released a 39 mm met version which I covered on the show and I really loved that release now in addition to the two colors that were originally released last year the blue dial and the black dial we got three other versions there's the green one red one and gray everything else about the watch stayed exactly the same it's still made out of stainless steel it features 39 mm case diameter only 12.7 mm in case height which is very impressive especially with that internally rotating Basel and it's about 40 7 mm one luck to another now these watches still come with 300 M of water resistance and they're still powered by the caliber L 8.6 which is essentially a modified ETA movement beating at 25,200 vibrations per hour in other words 3 and 1/2 Herz they have 21 jewles and 72 hours of power Reserve I think the Retro look of the watch is nicely complemented with those beats of rice bracelets and the new colors overall work really really well with the design as far as the pricing goes they're priced at € 3650 which I believe is exactly the same price as the ones released last year orian bombino 38 with three new dial colors orian bombino is one of these legendary watches a lot of watch collectors have started their collections having one of these watches in a collection it's the first serious watch for a lot of collectors and it holds a very dear place in a lot of collector's Hearts including my own I did own one of these watches there is an old review somewhere on the channel it's very cringey I got to warn you but I do like these watches uh over the years there were a few different dial versions a few different versions of the watchat period and a few different sizes this time 2024 there are three new dll collar for the 38 mm version which I think is the best version of Orient bomino the rest of the case is also well proportioned they're about 12 1 12 mm in case height and about 4 4 mm lock to lock distance now these ones don't feature a sapphire crystal they do come with a mineral crystal which is a bit of a downside because around €330 which is almost $400 you would expect a sapphire crystal I believe that back in the day and back in the day in watch terms I'm talking about maybe six years ago 7 years ago when I was just starting out on YouTube uh they offered great value proposition because there weren't that that many micro Brands now in 2024 there's so much competition in this sort of under $500 price category that offering a brand new watch without a sapphire crystal is a big no no I think Orient kind of read the market wrong on this one but everything else about the watch I think is still very attractive I like the new color combinations my favorite is probably this sort of green one although the pink and the purple ones also look very attractive I think these watches would look great with a dress shirt and a suit now these bracelets are very jangly and rety it's exactly what you would expect from the entry level Japanese watch if it were me I would probably change the bracelet for a lettera strap just kind of expect that once you buy one of these watches now they're still automatic powered by the caliber f6724 which is a very popular calendar that Orient uses in their introductory level watches it beats at 41,600 vibrations per hour it has 22 Jews and about 40 hours of power Reserve as far as the price and availability these watches will not be a limited edition they're part of the standard collection and they're priced at €330 which is about what 385 USD so not a very cheap watch but sort of affordable in the landscape of 2024 releases the new brightland collection for 140th anniversary in my opinion in the last few years bright brightling has been putting itself on the right track once again for a while there they sort of seem to lose their way but over the last few years they had some really nice releases including this new collection now what makes this Collection special is the fact that brightling has finally developed their new in-house perpetual calendar movement these movements are extremely difficult to develop so there is no surprise that it took bridling so long they're very expensive they're very R&D intensive but finally here we are 2024 140th anniversary of brightling watches there are three different models to choose from and they all feature exactly the same movement I think brightling did it right here by choosing three of their most popular lines of watches we have the premier line which is a bit of a dressy watch there's also the navi timer which is a very sort of tool watch and of course the ties with Aviation cannot be denied and then you also have the chronomat which is probably the most popular line of watches at least is the line of watches that has the most variations all cases are made out of 18 karat gold and all of them feature as I said exactly the same movement is the new caliber b19 which is a Perpetual calender chronograph movement with 96 hours of power reserve it beats at 28,800 vibrations per hour and it has 374 individual components the rotor is made out of 22 karat gold and overall I think I like all of these versions my favorite is probably the Nai timer I think that looks very sharp with the gold accents and the moon phase at the 12:00 position but all of them kind of work for me I think they're not going to be everyone's cup of tea but for me it works as far as the cas sizes go they're kind of similar they're about 1 mm away from each other the smallest one is the Premier this is their dressy line of Watch it features a 42 mm case diameter and 15 1. 12 mm in case height in fact they're all exactly the same in terms of case height the Swatch is also about 50 mm lock to L distance then the second largest is the navi timer this model is 43 mm in case diameter and it's about 49 mm Lo to L distance so this actually might wear about the same because even though it has a larger diameter the L to like distance is smaller and as I mentioned it has has exactly the same case height about 15 1.2 mm lastly you have the chronomat which is their Sports version of this watch and this one features a 44 mm case diameter and it's about 53 1 12 mm luck luck distance so clearly this is the largest one out of the bunch but it's still roughly about 15 1 12 mm in case height and something very unique that I found about this collection is that all three models even though they're quite different are priced at exactly the same price point they're all priced at 59,000 USD kind of uh strange that they didn't go for 60 59 seems like a better deal and this is a limited collection to 140 pieces for each watch I'm excited for the future of bridling I'm excited to see this Calibur make its way into stainless steel watches eventually maybe next year maybe the year after and hopefully this price tag will come down to those mid 20s maybe low 30s I think that would be pretty sick having a perpetual calendar chronograph movement in that price range there aren't too many options the new Grand SEO reference SBG y 035 and sbga 499 remember earlier in this video when I was talking about Tutor and me being sort of worried about them oversaturating their black Bay line of watches well I feel like that's exactly what's happening with gr Seiko and their Spring Drive models I am a watch Enthusiast I make these videos every week and it's difficult for me to keep track of all these releases when I saw this release posted on various Publications I was trying to figure out have I already covered this one is this a new one it's just pretty difficult to track how many special releases there are but this is a new release for 2024 so let's talk about it there are two new models both powered by the grand SEO Spring Drive movement One manual wind one automatic the automatic one is the one that features a power Reserve indicator on the dial I know a lot of people are not happy about that but I think on this watch it looks all right and both of these models are limited edition the power indicator one is limited to 700 pieces this sort of dressier one is limited to 1300 pieces the dress model version of the Swatch comes on the leather strap it has a 38 1. 12 mm case diameter it's about 10.2 mm in case height and it has 30 m of water resistance these ones are powered by the in-house caliber 9 r31 handwound Spring Drive movement that has 72 hours of power reserve and it's pointless to talk about beats per hour rate because they have absolutely smooth gliding hand the other version is the sportier version that one is also made out of stainless steel it features a 40 mm case diameter it's about 13 mm case height 12.8 to be exact and it has 100 m of water resistance so clearly this is the sport version out of the two now this one is parted by the caliber 9R 65 automatic movement with a date complication that power Reserve indicator on a dial and also 72 hours of power Reserve as far as the dial colors clearly they're inspired by the fall uh there's a story about some mountains somewhere in Japan and the way the sun reflects on the leaves the whole story you know how Gran SEO does it uh but I can see what they're going for here and I think overall it looks very attractive uh I really like how these dials look I prefer the dressier version because I like the texture on the dial as opposed to the all glossy flat look for the sporty version but both of them are quite attractive now as far as the prices Go the dressier version is the more expensive one out of the two it's priced at 9,200 the other version is priced at € 6,300 and as I mentioned they're both limited edition I the new H Moser and Studio Underdog passion fruit watches personally I'm super impressed with what studio Underdog is doing in the watch industry because I believe this is only their third release ever and now they're collaborating with a horology Powerhouse like H Moser now of course it's not a mainstream brand it's an independent company but nevertheless it's a no name with a very sort of passionate following and having such a young watch company like Studio Underdog develop its own design language to the point where it's collaborating with big watch companies and it still has its own flavor so this collaboration is actually very interesting I think it's more H Moser than it is Studio Underdog but I think both brands are winning but who's winning the most are us watch enthusiasts if you've been following the watch industry you know that H Moser watches usually don't feature any logos on the dial and both of these watches don't don't have any logos one is clearly various Studio Underdog that's the one that's a chronograph it's actually a mono Pusher chronograph powered by the caliber Selita s sw510 m m stands for manual wind this is a high Beat Movement beating at 28,800 opertions per hour and it has 63 hours of power reserve the other watch even though it looks very similar is in a completely different League because that's a perpetual calendar powered by the caliber HMC 8800 which is an in-house caliber beating at 18,000 vibrations per hour and it has a 7day power Reserve I found particularly interesting the fact that you can only buy these watches as a pair you cannot buy them individually they're limited to 100 pieces and the price tag is 59,000 Swiss Franks now of course majority of that value comes from the h Moser with their perpetual calendar movement as opposed to the studio Underdog and their Selita based movement but nevertheless it's kind of a cool collaboration between two independent watch brands I think what set all of this in motion is the Swatch Omega collaboration you have this sort of bigger more high-end company collaborating with a smaller sort of more affordable watch company now of course the difference being that the Swatch and the Omega are part of the same group The Swatch group these are two independent watch compan is collaborating but nevertheless this is a very cool collaboration between two companies that have very strong identity and very strong design language and for whatever reason this collaboration in my mind makes sense and it's cool to see and I think more watch companies will follow suit we'll probably see more of these types of collaborations in the future and that's 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