VIDEO: Hublot show it's hip to be square with their 2022 novelties
Fergus Nash
This Watches & Wonders, Hublot delivered another head-turning collection with a new square case shape, a fresh array of coloured ceramic pieces and another collaboration with pop artist Richard Orlinski. Check out this video with Andrew and Jeremy for their hot take on the brand’s 2022 novelties.Square BangWith the Hublot.................. 05.04.22 More
TAG Heuer updates their Formula 1 collection with 4 fresh blasts of colour
Fergus Nash
It's no secret that I adore Formula 1. I'm that fan who watches the full press conferences, keeps up to date with all the brewing rumours, and even stays up until 4am bingeing Netflix's Drive To Survive, screenshooting the drivers’ and team bosses’ watches as I go. But, even I have to admit, TAG Heuer loves F1 more than.................. 05.04.21 More
Sorry, but date windows on dress watches are ugly and pointless
Time+Tide
Editor's note: For a tiny bit of context ? this was part of our NOT ON MY WATCH series about the things we don't like on a watch. It's pretty self-explanatory as a column, but the reason we're indulging our gripes on Time+Tide is that this is a safe place to do so. In the wider world, explaining that asymmetrical sub-dials, or bund s.................. 05.04.21 More
OPINION: Forget men and women, watches don't need genders
Sandra Lane
Do we ever see adverts calling an Audi A3 a ladies' car, a Porsche 911 or Toyota LandCruiser a men's car? Nope. So, when even the notoriously non-PC motor industry refrains from classifying cars in mutually exclusive gender terms, why does the watch industry persist in doing so?Now, men and women are clearly different. But in terms.................. 05.04.19 More
JLC's Master Compressor Chronograph Ceramic is the definition of tacticool
Time+Tide
Editor’s note: Whether you’re a wannabe operator or just in love with the stealth appeal of ceramic, this JLC is pretty much the definition of tacticool, even with the blue details.?Based on the coverage of Jaeger-LeCoultre's SIHH releases, it'd be fair to assume the brand put out nothing but dressy Reversos this year. We.................. 05.04.19 More
HANDS-ON: The Hublot Big Bang Referee 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia
Justin Mastine-Frost
It was only a matter of time before Hublot wound up in the smartwatch game, and somewhere in the onslaught of new product, Baselworld 2018 was the time and place for it to become a reality. The Big Bang Referee 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, or BBR2FWCR for short, follows on the heels of other LVMH Group Smart Watches (TAG He.................. 05.04.18 More
Best tough watches | BUYING GUIDES
Jamie Weiss
Wristwatches generally serve one main purpose, which is of course to tell the time. Some of them display times in other parts of the world, some tell us how fast something moves, or some simply just the current time, but in a very attractive way. One boundary that has constantly been pushed since the first wristwatch is durability................... 05.03.25 More
Best purple dial watches | BUYING GUIDES
Russell Sheldrake
We are obsessed with dial colour trends in the watch industry. There’s nothing the horological press loves more than proudly proclaiming every year what the “on trend” colour will be, and while it’s always a fun game to play, it can get a little tiresome when you start to run out of colours. Given the .................. 05.03.25 More
Morgan Stanley says these watch brands have the highest average prices | LISTS
Jamie Weiss
If you’re into watches as much as I am, you’ve no doubt seen the recent Morgan Stanley and LuxeConsult report into the Swiss watch industry's top 50 companies for 2023. There were a few surprises: for instance, Swatch has cracked the top 20 for the first time off the back of strong MoonSwatch and Scuba Fifty Fathoms sal.................. 05.03.24 More
Three good reasons for selling a watch right after buying it
Ricardo Sime
Though I love the watch community as a whole, there are times where I couldn’t disagree more with the direction of its ire. One such moment happened earlier this year with the release of the MoonSwatch. The overall positive vibes were cut like a knife by a wave of negativity. Much of which had to do with the flipping of watc.................. 05.03.23 More
Andy Warhol's Patek Philippe ref. 2526 up for sale at Sotheby's
Trends come and go, and the hype around particular watches, or watch segments, shift over time. These days, for example, integrated designs are all the rage – particularly in steel. And certain bold colour expressions begin to inundate the market, becoming certified colours of the year. But, while many lust over various in-trend watches of th.................. 05.03.23 More
11 badass women wearing "men's" watches
The watch community is growing and evolving, but at times there are still some antiquated lines of thought plaguing it – discouraging newcomers from joining in our passion. One of these thoughts is the idea that gender should dictate which watches are appropriate for your wrist. I find it so silly. I have spotted more men then women wearing t.................. 05.03.23 More
D.C. Hannay
Welcome to The Icons, a series where we take a horological deep dive into the most legendary watches of all time. We'll delve into the story behind the watch, its evolution over the years, famous (and infamous) wearers, the classic references, and the contemporary versions you should be checking out.Introduction: The Panerai Lumino.................. 05.03.22 More
UK-only release of the TAG Heuer Formula 1 Special Edition
Time+Tide
It doesn't feel like that long ago since Lewis Hamilton became the most decorated F1 driver of all time, winning his seventh world championship in November after a COVID-disrupted but nevertheless enjoyable 2020 season. Now, with less than a month until the 2021 calendar kicks off in Bahrain, there is no shortage of things to get exc.................. 05.03.21 More
UK rapper Dave flexes a Patek Phillipe Aquanaut 5168G in "Khaki Green"
Almost a year to the day since Dave made headlines at the annual Brit Awards for his heartfelt performance of hit single Black, Britain's hottest rapper has got the watch world excited about his wristwear once again. At the Brits, he was wearing head to toe Louis Vuitton by Virgil Abloh with a rose-gold Audemars Piguet Royal Oak on his wrist. One y.................. 05.03.21 More
Nick Kenyon
Yet another regrettable effect of COVID is that, over the last twelve months, it’s stopped most of the watch community from experiencing timepieces in the metal. Thankfully, that’s starting to change in Australia as, with the pandemic increasingly under control, watch events are starting to happen once again.One of the .................. 05.03.21 More
10 of the best watches under 40mm listed in our NOW magazine (part 1)
Confession time: I do not have the largest wrists in the world. Last time I checked, my wrist circumference came in not far above six inches. That being said, I wear watches ranging from 32mm to 43mm in diameter because, as I have explained before, it really is more about lug-to-lug when it comes to a perfect fit. Nevertheless, more often than not,.................. 05.03.21 More
Crime or Sublime: Wearing a SUPER colourful watch
Time+Tide
Some colourful watches are so loud they threaten to leave you with tinnitus. But is a brightly hued timepiece just a harmless switch-up that offers a bit of fun and welcome variety? Or is a super colourful watch an unforgivably gaudy choice that’s designed for look-at-me narcissists and the stylistically insane? Luke Benedictus.................. 05.03.20 More
VIDEO: 6 exceptional A. Lange & S?hne watches from SIHH 2018
Felix Scholz
A. Lange & S?hne is a serious watchmaking brand. Everything they do is deliberate, and relentlessly on message. It would be easy to assume based on this and the generally traditional nature of their timepieces that the German brand is sober to the point of dullness, but the reality is exactly the opposite. Not only are their p.................. 05.03.18 More
'Pornographic' Breitling Shop Display in Kent Shopping Centre
Andrew McUtchen
A Breitling shop display in Kent's Bluewater shopping district has bombed, with a local parish councillor, Kirsty Russell, 42, starting a petition on Change.org to have it removed. “Breitling sells watches, not underwear,” Russell writes. “I was told, when I complained to the shop, that it was all about their .................. 05.03.16 More
Mad Men Tilts a Glass to Tudor by Derek Dier Video
Derek Dier
Introducing our inaugural Time+Tide columnist, Mr Derek Dier:Ed’s Note: If Derek Dier were a wine, he’d be a well-matured, cool-climate (Canadian) drop appreciated by connoisseurs. From real estate agent to watch dealer to prop consultant, his fine taste and discerning eye has made his brand. You don’t become the g.................. 05.03.15 More
Omega Seamaster 37mm Milano Cortina | INTRODUCING
Russell Sheldrake
Omega has gone dressy to start the countdown to the Winter Olympics next year.?The new Seamaster 37mm Milano Cortina comes in full Moonshine Gold and highly stylised, angular lugs.?Stamped with the 2026 game’s logo on the caseback, it costs US$19,300.?It may feel like we just finished the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, .................. 05.02.25 More
Best time-only watches | BUYING GUIDE
Russell Sheldrake
It can be easy for us watch nerds to get excited over complications. After all, it is these additional functions and complexities that show the skill of a watchmaker and imagination of the designer. But we mustn’t forget that the purest form of a watch, the time-only, still deserves our love and attention. Reducing a wa.................. 05.02.25 More
Panerai Luminor Due burgundy | INTRODUCING
Buffy Acacia
The Panerai Luminor Due PAM01424 introduces a burgundy sunburst dial just in time for Valentine’s Day.Its 42mm case allows regular wrists to comfortably pull off a Panerai.Can Panerai keep up enough interest just by changing dial colours?Intended to make the Luminor more accessible for most wrists, the Panerai Luminor Due wa.................. 05.02.24 More
Breitling Chronomat 36 Victoria Beckham | INTRODUCING
Victoria Beckham has collaborated with Breitling to bring her refined touch to a limited Chronomat 36 collection.The dial colourways are inspired by Beckham's own Spring/Summer 2024 palette, including peppermint, midnight blue, dove gray, and sand.Three steel models limited to 400 pcs. each, three yellow gold models limited to 100 pcs. each (1,500 .................. 05.02.24 More
VERSUS: Piaget Altiplano 910P & Breguet Tradition 7097
Welcome to Versus. This new column is as simple as it sounds. Each week a member of the Time+Tide team will be tasked with pitting two?comparable watches against each other head to head, highlighting why they are worthy of being compared, the different strengths each distinctly carry, and the reasons to choose one over the other. Whether aesthetic .................. 05.02.23 More
Unpacking the quiet brilliance of Marty's TAG Heuer in Ozark
Luke Benedictus
On the surface, Marty Byrde is an unlikely modern hero.? The first series of the Netflix show Ozark opens to reveal a mild-mannered financial adviser stuck in the doldrums of a strained marriage with an adulterous wife.? From there, over the next four seasons, things plummet downhill faster than an Olympic skier. When it turns .................. 05.02.22 More
The Collector's Crossroads: My Watch Resolutions for 2022
Ricardo Sime
Since I started collecting, every January 1st, after kissing my loved ones and drinking champagne, I give my watches a onceover. It’s something I didn’t realise I did until this year, when I almost dropped my Grand Seiko GMT (side note: a great way to sear an event into your mind). In that moment, I reflect on what I h.................. 05.02.22 More
INTRODUCING: The Hublot Big Bang Unico Golf Orange Carbon
Complications are where watch manufacturers display their technical prowess. Traditional functionalities such as perpetual calendars or rattrapante chronographs are, well, complicated to manufacture. But Hublot is anything but traditional, developing pioneering materials through their “art of fusion” philosophy as well as some out-of-th.................. 05.02.22 More
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Will Rolex release a gold Explorer-II in April?
Nick Kenyon
Things are back in full swing at Time+Tide HQ this year, but the Coronavirus pandemic isn’t done with the watch industry yet. This week we got the announcement that Watches & Wonders (formerly SIHH) would go ahead this year, in a phygital format, which sounds like an unpleasant medical condition, but is actually a term fr.................. 05.02.21 More
Longines flagship Sydney boutique opened by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Melissa Pearce
Wherever Aishwarya Rai Bachchan goes in India there is a monumental crowd surge, and it was no different in Sydney at the weekend when Longines launched their flagship boutique in Australia and celebrated their starring role in the upcoming Commonwealth Games.Some local Indian film fans had brought their entire clans and staked .................. 05.02.18 More
INSIGHT: Designing A. Lange & S?hne part 3, the tone of type
Felix Scholz
Typography matters. The choice of font or type is a more complicated matter than merely the arrangement of letters used and the order in which they appear.It's something designers and branding specialists know only too well: the sub-textual information communicated through the subtle language of serif, weight and kerning. Take the.................. 05.02.18 More
The definitive watch hand style guide | WATCH EDUCATION
Borna Bosnjak
Us watch nerds like to get up-close-and-personal with the most particular minutiae of watches, and this also includes (nick)naming just about everything. Whether we’re talking about the types of patina on vintage watches or recognisable monikers for specific watch references, encountering this lingo without any familiarity .................. 05.01.25 More
Our favourite TAG Heuer watches of 2024
Jamie Weiss
It’s fair to say that TAG Heuer had a particularly impactful year of releases in 2024 – and I’m not just saying that because last year saw Time+Tide release our first collaboration with the brand, the Aquaracer Solargraph x Time+Tide Sundowner'. TAG Heuer seems to be on a tear at the moment, with 2024 seeing the b.................. 05.01.25 More
Did IWC miss an opportunity with the release of their Aquaman Aquatimers? | OPINION
Jamie Weiss
Just before Christmas, IWC revealed that they’re releasing a pair of limited-edition Aquatimer Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month models, which are inspired by prop watches they’ve supplied to the villains in the upcoming Aquaman sequel, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.?Our editor Zach was one of the first in the world .................. 05.01.24 More
5 of the best diving chronographs | BUYING GUIDES
Fergus Nash
Chronographs and dive watches are considered important firsts in watchmaking. They are some of the most popular kinds of watches, so naturally smashing them together is going to create some magic. Whether or not you actually need to time things or explore the ocean's depths, the mix of utility and detail-packed design is entrancing.................. 05.01.24 More
Which watch brand won 2022? Luke picks Omega
Luke Benedictus
When asked to give my thoughts on which watch brand won 2022, I feared for a second that it might be a trick question. That's because, for me at least, the answer is so forehead-slappingly obvious that you'd need to perform all sorts of mental gymnastics to conceive of any vaguely credible challengers. ?Last year, Omega simply .................. 05.01.23 More
The top 5 watches of 2021 from $1000-$5000
Fergus Nash
The $1000-$5000 category is a sweet spot for so many watch enthusiasts, as it reflects a quality benchmark that distinguishes itself from the more budget options. Moving above this bracket can sometimes see slightly diminishing returns, so if you're looking for the best quality, heritage and artistry for the best price, chances are.................. 05.01.22 More
Fergus Nash
Black and gold as a colour combination will never fail to melt hearts, serving to imbue any watch with a sense of deluxe class no matter how macho it may be. The Panerai Submersible Goldtech OroCarbo may just be the perfect example of this, with all its tool-watch pedigree and masculine undertones, it just can't help but bring flas.................. 05.01.22 More
2021 Watch Predictions: Will the Tudor BB58 replace the 41mm models?
Look, I don’t have a crystal ball that can tell me which new watches will or will not drop this year. But when people raise the question of whether or not the Black Bay Fifty-Eight with its 39mm dial will replace the 41mm line in the Tudor catalogue, I am not afraid to share my prediction. The short answer: no. Believe me, as the resident tin.................. 05.01.21 More