Coming off third best: 4 great bronze watches from 2019
James Robinson
One of the most polarising materials to make a return to prominence in watchmaking over the last couple of years has been bronze. Why does this ancient material cause so much conjecture when it’s used as a timepiece’s case material? Well, for a start, it can’t come into direct contact with your skin for prolong.................. 05.01.20 More
Omega Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon Apollo 8 | HANDS ON
Justin Mastine-Frost
Before we get into the meat of this, it goes without saying that there's no love lost between me and the average Omega Speedy. Yes, I absolutely have to (and do) respect their history, what they have done for the mainstream popularity of quality watchmaking, and so forth … but, generally speaking (with the exception .................. 05.01.19 More
VIDEO: The best watches of 2017 $10,000-20,000
Felix Scholz
Things start getting serious in the $10-20k price point. In our fourth (and penultimate) best watches of 2017' video we showcase innovative materials, double dials, big crowns, thin winners and more.Panerai Submersible 1950 BMG-Tech 3 Days Automatic – 47mmSmart style and an even smarter case material ensures that Panerai's B.................. 05.01.18 More
9 Best Watches of 2016 $1k to $2k
Justin Mastine-Frost
We've already got you covered in the zero to 1K category, but as you inch your way up the watch-buying food chain, the decisions don't automatically get much easier, and?the $1-2K range is just?as tricky to navigate. While there’s still plenty to pick from, the quality can be all over the board in the same way it can.................. 05.01.17 More
Pre-SIHH 2015: Roger Dubuis Excalibur Automatic Skeleton
Felix Scholz
The Roger Dubuis Excalibur Automatic Skeleton to be launched at SIHH 2015The Skeleton is in. And we're not talking the fancy traditional scrollwork of skeletons you might see from brands like Breguet. But rather the aggressively masculine and architectural skeletonized watches as epitomized by these Roger Dubuis Excalibur models t.................. 05.01.15 More
TAG Heuer Formula 1 x Red Bull Racing | INTRODUCING
Jamie Weiss
TAG Heuer celebrates Red Bull Racing’s 20th season in Formula 1 with a stealthy limited edition.This 43mm quartz chronograph is decked out in Red Bull livery colours: dark blue, yellow and red.The black DLC case evokes the large patches of exposed carbon fibre on current Red Bull F1 cars.Who would’ve thought that an ene.................. 04.12.24 More
Julien Tornare is getting hands on at Hublot | INTREVIEW
Russell Sheldrake
“I’m more of a transformer”, Julien Tornare, the freshly minted CEO of Hublot, admitted to me late last week in a quick chat we had in a quiet corner of the brand’s London boutique. It was back in July of this year that the LVMH watch brands had a reshuffle at the top level, with Tornare, who had not l.................. 04.12.24 More
Bulgari Aluminium Chronograph x Gran Turismo Special Edition | INTRODUCING
Borna Bosnjak
Bulgari’s partnership with Gran Turismo is based on the new Aluminium Chronograph, with a bright, ’90s supercar dashboard-inspired dial.The two limited editions celebrate the 10th anniversary of Vision GT, Gran Turismo’s selection of virtual hypercars created by real-life manufacturers.The launch also unveils a .................. 04.12.23 More
Borna Bosnjak
While Vacheron Constantin’s contribution to the watch world has mostly been focused on the Overseas and the newly re-introduced 222, the Geneva-based maker has quietly refreshed a highly complicated model. First released in platinum in 2016, and then pink gold a year later, it’s been five years since we saw the last u.................. 04.12.22 More
What it's like to sell a watch for $240,000
Luke Benedictus
Back in June, we told you about Paul Draper*. ?He got in touch with us after reading?our story?about how a report estimated that $60 billion USD of watches were gathering dust in people's homes due to their owners' failure to recognise what their timepieces were actually worth. The article motivated Paul to take action. Sitting.................. 04.12.21 More
INTRODUCING: The Matrix Hamilton PSR MTX Limited Edition
Hamilton loves to tell a great story with each of their new releases. This facet of the brand is recognised by many of their partners. Typically speaking, when their products appear in films or video games, the entities behind them approach Hamilton for a collaboration. But in the instance of the new Hamilton PSR MTX Limited Edition the script was .................. 04.12.21 More
Introducing: The IWC Big Pilot's Watch 43 Spitfire Editions
D.C. Hannay
Has IWC finally created the perfect iteration of the Big Pilot? Well, perfect for those of us whose wrists don't resemble a redwood's trunk, anyway. You see, Flieger-style pilot's watches have always been necessarily big, because of their origins as pocket watches adapted for wear on the wrist. One of the big advantages of having a.................. 04.12.21 More
VIDEO: Baume & Mercier Baumatic Automatic COSC and Day Date Moon Phase
As a brand, Baume & Mercier presents a lot of benefits to its consumers. They have established themselves as a luxury watch manufacturer that aims to present some of the best builds for the best dollar. It would be fair to say that what Longines represents to the Swatch Group is what Baume & Mercier means within the Richemont group. With th.................. 04.12.20 More
Nick Kenyon
Editor’s note: Everything at Time+Tide is filtered through the primary red and blue of the UK flag this week, as we properly break a bottle on the ship’s bow to herald our new London-based European Editor, Mr Mike Christensen. So it seems only fair that we shift the Friday Wind Down to Mike’s time zone for once. Y.................. 04.12.20 More
The watches that special agent James Bond should have worn
Time+Tide
If you've ever been on the internet you will have noticed one million and one articles about the watches James Bond has worn throughout his long and many-faced career. If this is your first time on the World Wide Web, welcome and, trust me, 90 per cent of what you've been missing out on comprises James Bond watch articles and funny c.................. 04.12.19 More
Hublot Big Bang Scuderia Ferrari 90th Anniversary Sapphire
James Robinson
Unlike Ferrari’s frankly dismal efforts in Formula 1 this year, 2019 has been a great 12 months for the Italian supercar manufacturer in terms of their commercial and creative partnership with watchmaking vanguards, Hublot.The curvaceous and inimitable Classic Fusion Ferrari GT was not only one of my personal favourites fr.................. 04.12.19 More
Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver Watch Splashes Down Video Review
Felix Scholz
Some people say that a leopard can't change its spots, and you know what? Some people are wrong, as the Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver clearly proves.The French watch brand earned their stripes with an impressive array of aviation watches, centred on the square, cockpit-inspired BR 03 case. Well, it turns out that this large, stri.................. 04.12.17 More
Bulgari Octo Ultranero Finissimo Skeleton: Stripped-back Sexiness Video Review
Ceri David
Editor’s Note: It’s the time of year when we start thinking about gifts we might find under the Christmas tree in three (three?!) Sundays’ time, and while there’s definitely more than one watch on our wishlist, this slender, technical take on the Octo is right up there. Can you blame us, given how shapely, sh.................. 04.12.16 More
Friday Wind-down: 4 December, 2015
Felix Scholz
This week has been fuelled by bad coffee, some truly epic hair metal (sorry-not-sorry to our neighbours) and a serious case of the hots for haute horology – like the Zeitwerk Minute Repeater, a true?superstar of the watch world. ?Get ready for the rock edition of the Wind Down. m/What happened?In what seems like an age ago (.................. 04.12.15 More
Alan's Watch Journey with the Tudor Pelagos
Felix Scholz
We've never done a watch journey as short as this before. When we spoke to Alan, he'd had his blue Tudor Pelagos (the first in Australia) for less than 24 hours. You see, Alan is the lucky entrant of the inaugural T+T reader survey who walked away with the award-winning Tudor Pelagos. For the last few months he's been on tenterhoo.................. 04.12.15 More
Hamilton PSR 74 | VIDEO REVIEW
Before we discover the new Hamilton PSR 74, let’s take a step back. In the wake of the quartz crisis and resurgence of romantic mechanical watchmaking, battery-driven watches became taboo – less than their mechanical peers. But if we transport ourselves back to the ’70s, while many of the Swiss manufacturers were ruing the day qua.................. 04.11.24 More
Longines HydroConquest GMT x Otis Hope Carey
Jamie Weiss
Longines is a brand that’s always particularly resonated with Australians – to many Aussies, Longines is shorthand for ‘doing well’. It used to be that if you were making a bit of money, you’d get yourself a DolceVita or a Master. It was just the done thing. This is why it’s so significant that L.................. 04.11.23 More
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: JLC opens Reverso 1931 Caf in NYC
This week Jaeger-LeCoultre brought their pop-up Reverso 1931 Cafe to the upper east side of New York City.Jaeger-LeCoultre explains: “This season, the Reverso 1931 Cafe opens in different locations around the world from New York to Tokyo. Immerse yourself in an Art Deco setting for an enchanting journey through the aromas and flavours of the .................. 04.11.22 More
Delugs delivers high-end rubber straps for the Tissot PRX
Borna Bosnjak
Fans of the best affordable integrated bracelet sports watch, rejoice! While possibly a bold claim, no other big box brand has managed to grasp the market quite as well as the Tissot PRX. Though successful, the Swatch Group brand has been pretty quiet with strap support for the PRX, despite its quick-release bracelet and the fact.................. 04.11.22 More
The Zenith DEFY 21 Double Tourbillon Only Watch 2021 is batshit crazy
Luke Benedictus
What's been the most visually bonkers watch of the year? Possible contenders would have to include the Louis Vuitton Carpe Diem and the MB&F M.A.D.1 Pink Dial Project. But fresh competition now comes in the form of the Zenith DEFY 21 Double Tourbillon Only Watch 2021.To be fair, the dial of the original Zenith DEFY 21 Felip.................. 04.11.21 More
Hamilton Khaki Aviation Pilot Pioneer is a well-priced daily wearer
D.C. Hannay
The name Hamilton is revered for many reasons, including its rich history in the air (producing aviation watches since 1918), and the new Khaki Aviation Pilot Pioneer wristwatch pays tribute to its past, with two new models based on, of all things, a World War II-era pocket watch. Historically, wristwatches were an evolution of poc.................. 04.11.21 More
Six questions about the Zenith Chronomaster Sport
Matt Pickering
During a shoot in that small window in between lockdowns in Melbourne, Andrew and I were discussing some of our favourite pieces we’d seen and tried on this year. Despite not having the usual bulk access at major fairs, we’ve still had some great watches in the office to ogle. One of the first watches we got hands on.................. 04.11.21 More
Don't Miss This: Our team debates the best watches from $7K-$10K USD
We've debated some of the best watches under $1,000 USD, from $1,000 $3,000 USD, from $3000 $5000 USD,?and from $5000 -$7,000 USD.?Today, in our next installment of the Don't Miss This series, it is time to tackle the best watches from $7K -$10K USD. ?To recap: the mission of this series boils down to each team member nominating a watch they believ.................. 04.11.21 More
Thor Svaboe
If, like me, you love the svelte lines and sharp details of the vintage Heuer Carrera, the new TAG Heuer Carrera Collection blue dial chronograph (available for purchase here) is a reliable, sleek modern rendition. This is faithful to the lineage, in a contemporary 42mm. The deep blue dial blends formality with the clear motorsport.................. 04.11.20 More
RECOMMENDED READING: six year old child used to steal a precious AP
Look, we get it. Waitlists are frustrating, and watches are commanding higher values and premiums than ever before. But this has to be a new low. A Romanian couple has been caught red-handed, or rose-gold handed, attempting to steal a Royal Oak Offshore in rose gold from Audemars Piguet worth 67,000 GBP from venerated department store Harrods in t.................. 04.11.20 More
NOT ON MY WATCH: The Marketplace Calling for Larger Watches
As times change, the perception of the perfect fit evolves. When wristwatches were created, they were lauded for finally miniaturising the timepiece and making it a compact wearable object versus a large item that had to rest in a pocket. Now it seems, like American politics, the watch community is split in two: one party wants to upscale watches t.................. 04.11.20 More
VIDEO: The Breguet Marine Collection
Nick Kenyon
Earlier this year,?Time+Tide celebrated the arrival of the 2019 Breguet collection in Australia. For those who attended, it was a night nobody would forget in a hurry, in part due to the impeccable setting, but mainly thanks to the sensational watches that were on display. Of these sensational watches, the real hero of the evening .................. 04.11.19 More
Paradise overseas with the Vacheron Constantin Overseas
Nick Kenyon
Editor’s note: A couple of years ago, Andrew and the team were lucky enough to travel to Lord Howe Island to explore the Vacheron Constantin Overseas collection and, in the process, enjoy the unbelievable scenery of volcanic spires and fish-filled shallows. While the setting was one of the most remarkable on earth, the focus .................. 04.11.19 More
Montblanc TimeWalker Chronograph One-week Review
Felix Scholz
A few weeks ago I had the distinct honour and pleasure of spending some time with Montblanc (and 50 or so other watch journalists) in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Now, prior to booking flights I had a decidedly foggy understanding of where Jackson Hole was and what it was all about (not coastal, mountains). And while that exceptionally .................. 04.11.17 More
Friday Wind-down: 4 November, 2016 British Edition
Felix Scholz
Today's wind down is a little bittersweet. Sweet because it's an absolutely gorgeous day here in Melbourne, bitter because we have more than a light case of FOMO. Right now, despite the weather, we'd much rather be hanging out in rainy London with all the cool kids at Salon QP. But?there’s?no point getting all gloomy about i.................. 04.11.16 More
Omega Seamaster 300 Spectre Limited Edition Could This Be the Best Bond Watch Ever?
Felix Scholz
James Bond is always running out of time. Every second that slips away sees the missile nearer to launching, the girl's life slipping further away, global catastrophe looming ever closer. Time matters for Bond in a way few of us can understand, and this, along with his unfailingly suave style, go a long way to explaining why what .................. 04.11.15 More
Felix Scholz
The story in a second:Montblanc add another string to their bow with the 1858 Collection, a clean and classy range full of rugged charm.Montblanc have just mixed it up with their manly new line. Based on timepieces produced in the 1930s by Minerva (which they acquired in 2006), the heritage-inspired Montblanc 1858 Collection compr.................. 04.11.15 More
Omega De Ville Central Tourbillon Limited Edition with Diamond Coating New for 2014
Felix Scholz
Today is Melbourne Cup day, the race that stops a nation. And aside from being a public holiday in Victoria, it's a day where it is practically demanded that we show you a suitably birdcage-ready watch. And they don't get much more bling-tastic than that De Ville Central Tourbillon from Omega. While most tourbillons are placed at .................. 04.11.14 More
Longines Spirit Flyback Titanium
The first Longines Spirit Flyback to use grade 5 titanium.It looks nearly identical to the anthracite dial steel model, but is distinguished with red dial accents.The titanium model carries a US$650 premium over its steel counterpartThe Longines Spirit Collection has been largely celebrated by watch enthusiasts for presenting a rock-solid offering .................. 04.10.23 More
Kylie Lloyd-Wyatt
Continuing a classic Longines shape, the Mini DolceVita shrinks its dimensions for a classier lookThree dial variations, including a stamped guilloche, are availableThe L178 quartz movement, based on the ETA 980.153, is tasked with timekeepingThe Longines DolceVita, its name translating to “sweet life”, is a well-.................. 04.10.23 More