Credits: Article and images by Felix Scholz @ Revolution Watch Magazine. See the original article here - https://revolutionwatch.com/geezer-watch-guide/
If you’re into watches and you’ve spent more than a few minutes flicking through Tiktok’s seemingly endless cavalcade of memes, skits and carefully choreographed dealer negotiations, you’ll likely be familiar with Mike Nouveau, the Cartier-loving DJ-cum-watch-dealer whose snappy takes and roster of recurring personalities has earned him over 400,000 followers and a sport as one of the pre-eminent members of Watchtok. You’ll also likely have heard him declare an obscure 70s or 80s watch a ‘geezer watch’, an emerging genre in vintage watches gaining more and more traction. So what exactly is a geezer watch? Well, the first step is to determine what a geezer is.
If you didn’t grow up speaking British English, there’s a decent chance you’re not across the concept of a geezer — and even then, it’s not a given if you were born in the 1990s or later. A geezer is fundamentally an older man. But it’s more nuanced than that. There’s an edge to the term. At its most basic, it can be used as a descriptive term for someone you don’t know. There’s also an element of cool to it — if someone is a bit of a geezer, they know what’s up — they’re reliable. If you want to go full cockney with it, there’s a ‘diamond geezer’, an exceptionally solid recommendation for a great guy. It works especially well if you throw in a soundtrack by Blur. But how do Geezers relate to watches?
Well, it’s a watch of a certain age — or, to be more specific, a watch worn by someone of a certain age. Under the right circumstances, an Oyster-cased Rolex could be a geezer watch, but an Omega Speedmaster really isn’t. For Adam Golden, noted dealer and founder of Menta Watches, the defining characteristic of a geezer watch is perceived desirability. “You can define a geezer watch as a watch of a bygone era that you would think would be a watch only desired by older people; watches that are not ‘in fashion’ so to speak.” Golden goes on to explain that the interest is emerging from a desire for something new. “There’s been a push from collectors to finally break out of their comfort zone and wear something that is different and creative, and with that comes a lot of jewellery-influenced watches, such as those with bejewelled dials or integrated bracelets.
Credits: Article and images by Felix Scholz @ Revolution Watch Magazine. See the original article here - https://revolutionwatch.com/geezer-watch-guide/
