Go Buy This Watch! Junghans Max Bill Quartz

If you don't know about Young'uns, you need to. Forget Daniel Wellington and all these other minimalist style watches, this is the only brand that you should really be taking seriously and it is an incredible watch. I see so many people wearing obviously Daniel Wellington and all these other fast fashion brands basically and it just makes me think it's just such a wasted opportunity instead of trying to buy this incredible watch which is of course the Young'uns Max Bill which is one of the most iconic collections within the Young'uns house. So Young'uns actually has quite an interesting history. It started off in 1861 in Schaumburg, Germany founded by Erhard Young'uns. Initially he started off making straw hats but then he moved into clockmaking and the brand has been producing timepieces for over 160 years and by 1903 they were known as the world's largest clockmaker. During World War II they had quite an interesting kind of involvement but we will just obviously move past that little area because it isn't probably the nicest thing about Young'uns. There's a reason they don't mention that on their website but by the 1950s Young'uns commissioned Max Bill to create the Max Bill iconic collection starting off with a very very cool and amazing kitchen clock. So Max Bill is a Swiss artist trained at the Bauhaus in Dessau and the founder in his own school of design. Basically he's the real deal and when it comes to minimalist style he is a very big icon in that. That kitchen cloth became a massive hit and by the 1960s it turned into the Max Bill collection So my particular version is a 2018 limited edition limited to around 10,000 pieces so not really limited edition in my opinion to be honest but on the case back is something that is very cool but most of the other Max Bills obviously won't have this case back but what they should all have in common is going to be that famous font on the dial. It's just so iconic so unique and that little four hour marker if i'm going to zoom into that right now that little bit is where people are actually buying this watch. Just that little tiny bit it's just so famous so funky so unique. Now of course if you had a kitchen clock that looked like this you'd want to wear it on your wrist as well so i'm very happy that they of course made this back in the 1960s and it's a reason why Young Guns is still iconic to this day and why this watch is still a best seller. Now on to the build and dimensions of this watch. You have a 38 millimeter diameter stainless steel case with a look to look of 40 millimeters. Now on the face of it that does kind of seem either like average size or below but because this watch is basically all face there's minimal bezel it actually looks much bigger than it actually appears to be so the illusion of this watch to me is more so closer to 40 millimeters. They do sell these watches in smaller sizes so make sure that if you are going to buy the right version just double check reviews photos that you find online of the different sizes and try and figure out the best for your wrist. You do of course have an acrylic domed crystal on the top which adds up to an overall thickness in this particular version of 8.6 millimeters. So very thin, very comfortable, will fit under a dress cuff easily. The other max builds will now come with sapphire crystal and of course this one being acrylic crystal I actually don't mind it personally because I just feel that acrylic crystal it just gives off a look that sapphire crystal can never really achieve in my experience. I just love acrylic domed crystals for a reason and there is very minimal glare as well with this particular version so it's fine for me but please remember that in the future versions current versions it will come with a sapphire crystal. Now of course the dial is the star of the show you have a beautiful sterile white dial but if you look very very close especially in the b-roll that I'll show you right now you can see there is a bit of tiny texturing which just adds a really nice interesting element to the dial as well and of course it's very legible. There is actually some lume on the 12, 6, 3 and 9 hour markers as well which is quite interesting and of course on the hour and minute hands as well but the dial is just absolutely breathtaking it looks simple but I'm just kind of blown away by how interesting it is as well especially with that font like I said earlier but it just makes this watch such an incredible kind of wow factor on the wrist this watch will look incredible with the suit it will look so elegant but even casually like with this outfit I'm wearing it will just look so cool casual and amazing and it does mean that this is a really good all day everyday watch of course bear in mind that you can't really do anything active with this watch it's only got splash resistance no real rated kind of resistance with my particular version so of course don't go diving with this watch don't go running the beaches of Omaha with this you know leather strap but it's going to be cool for basically any other scenario now going back to the dial you do have a date window in a three o'clock position some versions won't have that but my particular version does but what's interesting in my version is that the date is actually green but bear in mind that the non-limited editions will probably just be in black but still really cool and useful the second hand is incredibly thin and if you look at it from basically any other angle other than dead on straight it does look like the second hand is missing the markers but it's because it's just so thin and of course the markers on the dial are actually thin as well which is why it may look like the watch is not calibrated correctly but it actually is now you do have a 20 millimeter lug so of course a 20 millimeter strap width as well and in my version it came with this really cool you know black leather strap with green stitching on the front and tanned green on the back side but i replaced it for this really kind of expensive but really cool harween shell corduroy strap which i just think makes the watch look more subtle more professional and i just love the look of it personally now on to the movement of this watch now first of all getting the case back off was a nightmare so please guys i hope you are happy with this b-roll make sure you like subscribe and comment down below because it was absolutely stressful getting it off but here it is anyways the movement is the j645.33 which is based on the et8955.112 it's quartz and of course there are going to be manual versions and automatic versions but i actually like quartz for the maxfield lineup i think the quartz function so a tick is more along the lines of the bauhaus school of philosophy or design or whatever you want to call it so i just think quartz is the way to go it is going to be much cheaper as well both new and on the second hand market so it does bring the price down considerably especially if you are going to compare this against daniel wellington but going quartz is the way to go i think the movement is reliable like i said the second hand always hits the second markers perfectly if you look at it from dead on it runs perfectly fine of course getting the case back off is a nightmare so replacing the battery every couple years will be a headache but you only have to do that job basically once for a couple years and you're good to go but no matter what option you choose manual automatic or quartz at the end of the day you're getting a really reliable amazing watch so what do i actually mean when i say avoid daniel wellington and buy this watch with daniel wellington you will maybe get in a really minimalist and good looking design but the materials and the quality of the watch will be very poor and if you do look at the value perspective you're basically paying a lot of money for basically not much watch and i know that young guns is going to be much more expensive and probably on a different price tier to of course daniel wellington but if you can push the budget if you do want to treat yourself and buy a watch that you are willing to wear every day and actually want to jump for it in your watch box and put it on straight away i honestly think young guns is the way to go there is of course also has a really cool minimalist design but that's on a completely different price tier i think but with young guns the price is obviously still more but it's a lot more reasonable i think and something you can actually try and strive for i just love the young guns brand as a whole of course the max bill is amazing the chronoscope is amazing the daemon which i think is actually a ladies watch but that yellow dial is just so sexy and if they did make that in 30 millimeters or more i would buy that in a heartbeat you do pay more for young guns i'm not going to deny that but what you're paying for is a german-made watch you know fair play to the japanese the swiss they're absolutely killing the watch game but germany is not really that far behind they have some incredible watchmaking and i think with young guns it's a good start a watch to add from germany to your collection which i think this is going to be cool from watch collecting by itself but you're not just buying this watch to collect watches you're buying this watch because you want to wear it and it's going to be a great experience but guys let me know what you guys think about young guns in the comments down below what do you think about young guns and the maximal collection would you recommend any other minimalist style watches over daniel wellington maybe something that's close to the price range of those watches if you have enjoyed the video make sure you press on this playlist here for even more of my watch content and subscribe because it's going to be many more watches that i need to buy and review and much more watches i have in my collection i need to talk about in front of you guys as well that's all from me i hope you wear your watches and your fragrances in good health 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