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I present to you my Swatch, which I received as a gift as a volunteer at the 2024 Olympic Games. I was a basketball volunteer in Lille, helping the athletes.
Before that, I didn't collect watches at all and only had an old Festina that I've had for over 20 years. Then I went to a Swatch store to buy a blue model, and that's when I discovered the MoonSwatch. That's really when I started collecting watches.

This model is quite exclusive: each volunteer has had one, so around 45,000 in total. You can sometimes find them on Vinted or Le Bon Coin, but this one is mine, full of memories of my 10 days of volunteering, seeing all the basketball players in the locker rooms at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium.

The watch is small, 33 mm, with no stop-seconds on the quartz. The strap is integrated; it's an almost disposable watch, and honestly, I've almost never worn it, except for the volunteer appreciation event at the town hall.

You may or may not like the design; personally, I'm not a fan, but I'll soon introduce you to the blue chronograph model, which I love.
It has an NFC chip for paying with Visa, but it only works with a few banks.

I keep this watch with all my bags and clothing, as a precious souvenir of this unique experience of volunteering at the Olympics.

A quick note: a model is for sale, with a different design than the volunteers', but at €90, I find it really too expensive for the quality.

The SWATCH watch for volunteers at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

I got this watch from my grandfather, and I didn't know it.

A LIP from the 2000s-2010s, quartz with a reverso system that reveals a compass.

The original rubber strap is very comfortable to wear. The dial is small at 25mm, but on a 40mm case, it doesn't feel too small, and the watch has a certain bulky feel, which I really like.

The watch is water-resistant (there is a gasket), but I don't know to what extent. The indexes on the bezel are superb, and its look is striking.

I should add that we're talking about a watch between €50 and €100, but for me, it's filled with emotion and nostalgia and has an important place in my collection.

Its only flaw is the alignment of the second hand with the indexes (like almost all quartz watches).

My grandfather's lip

Sorry, I cheated, the Pindu brand isn't listed, but I admit this watch is worth a look. It's a chinoiserie, yes, a copy/inspiration from the famous Jacob & CO roulette wheel. Here we're talking about a watch that ranges between €230 and €280 on AliExpress.

The watch features an NH 35 caliber, which I love. It has two hands, hour/minute hands, and a functional roulette wheel around the dial. A launcher allows the roulette wheel to spin very quickly, and the ball starts spinning. A must-wear item at the casino.

The strap is surprisingly high-quality, made of faux crocodile leather, and the clasp is all in gold PVD, like the case.

Note that it's large, 46mm in diameter, 16mm thick, and has a 22mm lug width.

Jacob and Co roulette from Ali Express

Here's an OMNIS EON, which features the wandering hour complication. Like the ERA, I love this case shape, and I wanted a wandering hour. I love fun mechanisms on watches, as well as original complications.

I really like the entire disc mechanism as well as its jet turbine-shaped oscillating weight.

The lum is also great, but the minute markers (beginning/middle/end) are missing a fixed point, making it difficult to read the time in the dark.

Setting the time is a real pleasure every time.

On the downside, reading the time is difficult, not because of the wandering hour, but because the minute marker scale is imprecise, very imprecise.
The Omnis rubber strap (curved and without a quick release) is cheap. The Myota Series 8. I'm not a fan of this caliber, but it gets the job done.

I really like this watch; it's a real icebreaker, whether the person in front of me likes watches or not.

An accessible wandering hour

I saw this watch in a store when I wanted to buy the blue watch for the 2024 Olympics (I'll come back to this later).
I saw this watch and the wow effect!
I hesitated between the black and the brown one and I settled on this Saturn.

I didn't know much about the watch world until a year ago, and since then, I've been collecting!

I loved the shape and the strap. The subdial with the planet Saturn on the small seconds dial at 6 o'clock, I love it.

The only criticism is the plastic, it's cheap, and the crown... every time I have to handle it, I'm afraid of breaking it.

THE watch that started my watch collection

As a fan of space and especially meteorites, I wanted a dial made of this material. I'm a knife fan and already own one of this material.

I opted for the Omnis for its price, under 500, even 450 with a 10% discount.

The dial is hypnotic for me. It's a real pleasure every day to check the time, see the dial, lower your wrist when you've forgotten to read the time, it's fantastic :)
The indexes are well placed and very beautiful in my opinion. AND the shape of the shiny stainless steel case, I love it.

That said, I have a few criticisms. The rubber strap is a bit curved, with no quick release... in truth, the quality of the strap is cheap and a pain to take off and put on. I've had the Luna since then, and the strap is already better quality.
The movement, for a meteorite watch, I would have preferred a Myota Series 9 rather than a Series 8.
The date window, AHHHH but why? I love dates, but here, it really spoils the dial, and what's more, cut raw and without a frame at the ghichet, ..., no really, it's ugly.
The oscillating weight is stained black, or with oil residue, a shame.
The packaging, OK, we're not buying a box, but I didn't like the box, a mini plastic tactical suitcase.
Take the Boderry, for example, plastic but shaped like a ship's container, it's cool.
The lume of the hands is different from that of the indexes, a detail but a shame.

Finally, for me, the BLACK POINT of this watch is that there is no certificate of origin of the meteorite... unforgivable for me. I got the information about the origin later on the phone, but it's really a shame. If we're going to make a meteorite, we need to know its origin.



A piece of space on the wrist

You'll find countless articles and videos about this Seagull 1963, a reissue of the first watch for the Chinese Army. A reissue of the first watch for the Chinese Air Force after World War II.

An automatic chronograph, hand-wound, column-wheel movement, originally derived from the VENUS Cal175. Add a 40mm diameter, sapphire crystal, and a bit of lum... Find me one in Europe for €113 (purchase price in 2024)? The answer is simple: it doesn't exist, and no European watch can come close.

I don't have enough experience with its maintenance; we'll see then.

Also note that the watch comes on a brown leather strap with quick release and a black and khaki green NATO strap, but I put it on a sage green rubber strap for summer, which I think suits it well.

The chronograph's mechanism, with the minute hand jumping from minute to minute, is brilliant, and I never tire of turning it over to see the caliber. It's INCREDIBLE.

At this price! UNBEATABLE

This is my second automatic watch purchased online. I didn't know much about it, but I knew Seiko by reputation. I wanted an automatic watch with a blue dial and a steel bracelet, and I came across this little Seiko, purchased for just under €120 (today, summer 2025, it's closer to €180/200).

The watch is small with a 37mm dial, but I find it fits even on my large wrist of almost 20cm. So, adjusting the bracelet was easy; no links had to be removed!

I find it really elegant, and the lume is perfect. I love the date and day, black writing from Monday to Friday, blue for Saturday, and red for Sunday. I love it. You can choose between English and Japanese. The finishing is really good (except for the bracelet, which looks a bit cheap).

The glass is fragile; I have a small scratch, even though I take care of it. The caliber itself... it drifts quite a bit, between 20 and 30 seconds per day. And there is no stop second on this 7S26 caliber. Furthermore, there is no manual winding, only automatic. It's one of my rare watches that I leave on the winder.

First Seiko

I bought this watch after a year of consideration. I passed by the Hic et Nunc boutique in Tarascon (13) in the summer of 2024 and spoke with the watchmaker, who is the only in-store Sturmanskie dealer in France.
This summer of 2025, I fell in love with this 42mm Gagarin.
I loved its cream-colored indexes and its background, which varied between black and charcoal gray (see Khaki). I love its Cyrillic inscriptions, and having lived in Russia, specifically in Kaluga, the story of Yuri Gagarin speaks to me deeply. I wanted to start my space watch collection with the first watch to leave Earth.

I'm very disappointed with the original strap. In terms of comfort and aesthetics, I'll change it for a black or brown patinated leather strap. I'll see.

I also love the engraved case back and the screw attachment on the four corners at the lugs.



My first watch having been in space

A quartz watch. Three hands. Plastic.
A watch I'm never afraid to wear.
As a side note: When I bought a box to store my early collection, I bought this watch to reach the amount so I wouldn't have to pay shipping. Less than €20. And I think it's pretty.
Like an Opinel that costs €10. I'm not afraid of damaging it. Of wearing it. Of losing it. Of having it stolen.
It's light. I think it's pretty. And I really enjoy wearing it.

The strap is inexpensive and incredibly comfortable against the skin.

The Opinel of the watch.

I've been collecting watches for less than a year, and the PRX is my first Swiss-made mechanical watch (I also have a few quartz Swatches).
I literally fell in love with the PRX and wanted to wait a few weeks or months before buying it, then the Goldorak version arrived. Nostalgia, when you hold us!
I searched for nostalgic adjectives, and it wasn't there.

Beyond the Goldorak aspect, which I'm putting aside, I fell in love with the PRX because of its geometric barrel shape with the round bezel that seems to go through the barrel.

Furthermore, I really like the links on this bracelet.

Basically, a sporty chic watch (as they say :) ) with a steel bracelet and blue dial, which is exactly what I wanted.

Delighted with the reliability and precision of this Powermatic 80. Nothing to complain about.

The Goldorak elements are just perfect in my opinion, not too much, not too little. The packaging is magical too!!! The only downside, I find the luminol... really insufficient, both on the hands and indexes, but also on the Goldorak itself.
Last point, as much as I like the strap, I'm not a fan of this clasp. It's pretty in my opinion, but in terms of wearing comfort, it's not extraordinary.

Overall, I love this watch. I already liked the PRX, but with this touch of GOLDORAK nostalgia, I'm a fan.

My first automatic Swiss watch

La marque Ollech &amp; Wajs a &eacute;t&eacute; cr&eacute;&eacute;e en 1956 par Joseph Ollech et Albert Wajs &agrave; Zurich en Suisse. Albert &eacute;tait charg&eacute; de la conception, de l&rsquo;ing&eacute;nierie et de la fabrication des montres, tandis que Joseph s&rsquo;occupait du marketing et de la vente au d&eacute;tail. Avant de cr&eacute;er leur propre montres sous la marque Ollech &amp; Wajs, ils ont commenc&eacute; leur activit&eacute; en 1954 en fabriquant des bracelets en acier pour d&rsquo;autres marques.
La marque est connue pour avoir distribu&eacute; des montres &agrave; des unit&eacute;s de l&rsquo;arm&eacute;e am&eacute;ricaine pendant la guerre du Vietnam et pour avoir gagn&eacute; sa renomm&eacute;e aupr&egrave;s des plongeurs et pilotes du monde entier.
Apr&egrave;s 12 ans de n&eacute;gociation et apr&egrave;s avoir &eacute;t&eacute; son distributeur pour le march&eacute; fran&ccedil;ais, en 2017, Charles Le Menestrel, un passionn&eacute; d&rsquo;horlogerie, rach&egrave;te la marque. La gamme actuelle comprend des mod&egrave;les comme la Ollech &amp; Wajs P-101 et la <a title="Page Ollech &amp; Wajs P-104" href="https://www.dialicious.com/ollech_&amp;_wajs/p-104">Ollech &amp; Wajs P-104</a>, la <a title="Page Ollech &amp; Wajs C-1000" href="https://www.dialicious.com/ollech_&amp;_wajs/c-1000">Ollech &amp; Wajs C-1000</a>, la <a title="Page Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph" href="https://www.dialicious.com/ollech_&amp;_wajs/ocean_graph">Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph</a> et la Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron.
<h2>Combien co&ucirc;te une montre Ollech &amp; Wajs ?</h2>
Les prix des montres Ollech &amp; Wajs &eacute;voluent et diff&egrave;rent selon les mod&egrave;les. La plupart co&ucirc;tent entre CHF 1,500 et CHF 2,000 selon les mod&egrave;les et les finitions. Comptez CHF 1,456 pour une Ollech &amp; Wajs 350CI et pr&egrave;s de CHF 2,300 pour une Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron Chronographe. Le march&eacute; de l'occasion est &eacute;galement une opportunit&eacute; &agrave; regarder pour acheter une Ollech &amp; Wajs moins ch&egrave;re. Les mod&egrave;les Vintage notamment les Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron et&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/ollech_&amp;_wajs/astrochron">Ollech &amp; Wajs Astrochron</a>, sont tr&egrave;s pris&eacute;es des collectionneurs et ils convient de bien se renseigner sur le vendeur avant de franchir le pas de l'acquisition d'une vintage.
Ollech &amp; Wajs est une marque de montres ind&eacute;pendante et produit plusieurs centaines de montres par an, tous mod&egrave;les confondus. Pour choisir une Ollech &amp; Wajs qui vous correspond le mieux,&nbsp;les avis clients Dialicious sont une pr&eacute;cieuse ressource pour &eacute;valuer chacun des diff&eacute;rents mod&egrave;les &agrave; travers l'exp&eacute;rience r&eacute;elle des clients.
Consultez le <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/top/les_meilleures_marques_de_montres_suisses">Classement des meilleures marques de montres suisses</a> dont Ollech &amp; Wajs fait partie.
(Mise &agrave; jour Octobre 2024)

The brand Ollech &amp; Wajs was created in 1956 by Joseph Ollech and Albert Wajs in Zurich, Switzerland. Albert was responsible for the design, engineering and manufacturing of the watches, while Joseph handled marketing and retail sales. Before creating their own watches under the brand Ollech &amp; Wajs, they started their business in 1954 making steel bracelets for other brands.
The brand is known for distributing watches to units of the American army during the Vietnam War and for having earned its reputation among divers and pilots around the world.
After 12 years of negotiations and after having been its distributor for the French market, in 2017, Charles Le Menestrel, a watchmaking enthusiast, bought the brand. The current range includes models like the Ollech &amp; Wajs P-101 and the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/ollech_&amp;_wajs/p-104">Ollech &amp; Wajs P-104</a>, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/ollech_&amp;_wajs/c-1000">Ollech &amp; Wajs C-1000</a>, the<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/ollech_&amp;_wajs/ocean_graph"> Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph</a> and the Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron.
<h2 dir="ltr">How much does an Ollech &amp; Wajs watch cost?</h2>
The prices of Ollech &amp; Wajs watches change and differ depending on the model. Most cost between CHF 1,500 and CHF 2,000 depending on the models and finishes. Expect to pay CHF 1,456 for an Ollech &amp; Wajs 350CI and close to CHF 2,300 for an Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron Chronograph. The second-hand market is also an opportunity to look at to buy a cheaper Ollech &amp; Wajs. Vintage models including the Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/ollech_&amp;_wajs/astrochron">Ollech &amp; Wajs Astrochron</a>, are very popular with collectors and they should find out about the seller before taking the step of purchasing a vintage one.
Ollech &amp; Wajs is an independent watch brand and produces several hundred watches per year, all models combined. To choose an Ollech &amp; Wajs that best suits you, Dialicious owners' reviews are a valuable resource for evaluating each of the different models through real owner experience.
Consult the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/top/the_best_swiss_watch_brands">Ranking of the best Swiss watch brands</a> of which Ollech &amp; Wajs is part.
(Updated October 2024)

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