How Hamilton developed their quirky side on the silver screen
Fergus Nash
Last time, Andrew and Luke took us through the key moments of Hamilton's history cemented in Hollywood films such as The Frogmen and Interstellar. But, while military-issued watches were a massive part of the brand's popularisation in the United States especially, the experimental period of Hamilton Electric and Pulsar was really w.................. 04.10.22 More
Thor Svaboe
I am utterly perplexed by the Maurice Lacroix Pontos Chronograph Monopusher.?This is a watch, released to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Pontos range, that encompasses some of my favourite features across the ages of horology, amalgamated into one. Stealthy black, chunky yet not too large, both contemporary and vintage, with.................. 04.10.20 More
Experiencing the Panerai Marina Militare
Felix Scholz
One of the most interesting watch releases' this year was Panerai's series of experiential watches. Basically, the brand released a series of watches with a particular focus diving, exploration, the armed forces each with an associated ambassador or partner. One release was the regular version of the watch, and the second was a ve.................. 04.10.19 More
Bulgari Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT? in-depth review
Felix Scholz
The story in a second: One of the best watch designs of recent times gets complicated.?I know I'm not alone in thinking that the Octo Finissimo family is one of the most important commercial watch designs of the last decade or so. Sure, it's based on an old Genta design, but the Octo has evolved so far under the careful ministrati.................. 04.10.19 More
HANDS-ON: Historical pedigree the Zenith Chronomaster El Primero 42mm
Cameron Wong
Here at Time+Tide we are constantly finding ourselves getting caught up in what's new and improved taking it upon ourselves to keep you guys updated on the latest in watch releases (it's a tough job, I know, but someone has to do it). Every once in a while, however, we like to look back and catch up on the ones we missed. And, wel.................. 04.10.18 More
Rado Coupole Classic: An Everyday Hero Video Review
Felix Scholz
One of the great paradoxes of the Swiss watch industry is that, broadly speaking, it is locked into a cycle that demands shiny?new watch releases (often referred to as novelties) on a yearly basis. Pretty much without exception, these are all watches that are often intended to last a generation or three. What this means is that ma.................. 04.10.17 More
Montblanc 4810 Twinfly Chronograph 110 Years Edition Hands-on Review of a Dress Traveller
Felix Scholz
It’s a milestone?year for the 4810, as the popular collection celebrates its tenth birthday. To commemorate the big 1-0 Montblanc has released a swathe of new models and limited editions that continue to explore their overarching themes of navigation and exploration. There's the cruise ship inspired ExoTourbillon Slim, as we.................. 04.10.16 More
Watches And Tattooing with Maxime Plescia-Buchi
Russell Sheldrake
There has always been a fun sector on the Venn diagram of watch collectors, where tattoo artists and enthusiasts meet the watch community and it’s here where we find some of the most creative people in watches today. Maxime Plescia-Buchi is one of those hyper-creative people. While he may be most famous for being the ta.................. 04.09.24 More
The watch starter kit for NFL rookies three watches for $32,000
Ricardo Sime
We're a little bit over a week away from the start of the National Football League season, where 259 rookies will try to prove they belong among hundreds of hardened veterans. On the field, speed, agility and endurance will be the weapons of the day. Off of it, they battle the many potential perils of rookie life. New family. New .................. 04.09.21 More
Sports Luxury 5 watches that deliver on both fronts
Time+Tide
Editor’s note: We’re deep in the age of premium athleisure, so it makes sense that this patrician approach to utility is extending to our wrists. But can the two — seemingly polar opposite — aesthetics peacefully coexist? These five watches say yes.?Sports luxury is one of those ephemeral subgenres in watchlan.................. 04.09.19 More
Somebody at the logistics company had stolen my watch or how Kelvin was reunited with his Blancpain?
Felix Scholz
Generally speaking, watch collectors fear three things: brick walls, unforeseen service costs, and the vagaries of international shipping. I'm not sure about points one and two, but Kelvin has certainly come up against the whims of global logistics conglomerates. But, before you get too stressed out, it's OK he won! Or got very lu.................. 04.09.19 More
Felix Scholz
When someone's watch story starts in the backstreets of Havana, you know it's going to be good. In fact, it would be a good story, even if the watch itself didn't match up to the tale. Luckily for all involved, Adam's oversized mid-century Longines, double signed with famous retailer Cuervo y Sobrinos, stands up. On its own, the w.................. 04.09.18 More
INTRODUCING: 5 new Panerai Radiomir 1940s the Mediterraneo Edition, inspired by the deep blue sea
Felix Scholz
PAM00945Panerai has just dropped a quintet of new, boutique-only watches and they are straight fire. These watches, called the Mediterraneo Edition, are all in Radiomir 1940 cases, and include a 42mm steel automatic (PAM00933), a 45mm GMT and a 45mm GMT with power reserve (PAM00945 and PAM00946 respectively), a red gold 45mm autom.................. 04.09.18 More
Longines Avigation BigEye Hands-on Review
Felix Scholz
By now it should come as no surprise that Longines is a?master when it comes to heritage reissues. The company?has a proven track record almost as long and distinguished as its actual archives. From the Legend Diver through to the COSD and the Heritage 1945, the Saint-Imier brand rarely puts a foot wrong when it comes to ?vintage .................. 04.09.17 More
Vacheron Constantin Overseas Dual Time Green | HANDS ON
Jamie Weiss
Are you familiar with colour theory? In essence, it's the study of how different colours work together, what they signify and how they affect our emotions and perceptions. Green, for instance, evokes nature – but it also signifies growth, abundance, peace, and most importantly, wealth. When it comes to watches, green dials ha.................. 04.08.24 More
Usain Bolt on retirement, music, and watches | INTERVIEW
Russell Sheldrake
What is Time+Tide doing writing about Usain Bolt’s scoliosis? It’s just one of the many things Bolt and Andrew McUtchen talk about in the first episode of our podcast series, Watches And. In this new series, Andrew will be sitting down with all kinds of people, many of them not watch collectors, but all with a wat.................. 04.08.24 More
New releases from Blancpain, Grand Seiko, Chronoswiss and more
Pietro Pilla
One month left until this year's Geneva Watch Days! We will be attending, and it looks like many brands are keeping very strong novelties for the fair. We can't wait to share them with you! For now, please enjoy this week's selection, It wasn’t as easy to put together as some weeks – to be expected given that the next .................. 04.08.24 More
Everything you need to know about the most common watch materials | WATCH EDUCATION
Jamie Weiss
If you own a watch, chances are, it’ll be made of steel. Whether it’s the buzzword-worthy “316L surgical” type (read – stainless steel), or a fancier compound like 904L, it’s by far the most common material used for watch cases thanks to its strength, corrosion resistance and relative ease of mac.................. 04.08.24 More
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: New Zenith Pilot pop-up exhibit coming to NYC from August 8 to September 10
At Watches & Wonders, Zenith overhauled their Pilot’s watch and debuted a new collection of Pilot Automatic and Pilot Big Date Flyback Chronograph watches. While most, when it comes to Zenith, think of the Defy and Chronomaster collections, they also have rich roots within the realm of Pilot’s watches.This is why a new pop-up exhibi.................. 04.08.23 More
Where to buy a watch in Paris? | T+T CITY BUYING GUIDE
Fergus Nash
Paris has many flattering nicknames from the “City of Love” to “the Fashion Capital”, and while it's thoroughly earned both of those monikers, it should also be known for its important milestones in horology and design. From 18th century innovations to modern trendsetting, Paris is a central hub in watchmaki.................. 04.08.22 More
The Indian watch market: Switzerland's next big target
Ricardo Sime
For years, Swiss brands have heavily invested in the Chinese market. Which has made sense, as year after year, the watch market there continues to be the largest in the world. Yet, with the recent pandemic and China’s love affair with lockdowns, many brands are realising some diversification wouldn’t hurt. And as they&.................. 04.08.22 More
The crazed battle for Oscar Piastri's wrist
Fergus Nash
Oscar Piastri is one of the hottest properties of the F1 rookie market in living memory. In fact, despite confirmation that he would be racing in motorsport's prime category in 2023, teams appear to still be squabbling over the Australian young gun. Formula 1's summer break is a notorious time for contract negotiations and surprise.................. 04.08.22 More
My love/hate relationship with the Omega Moonwatch
Ricardo Sime
For as long as I have been collecting watches, there has never been a watch I've flirted with buying more than the Omega Speedmaster Professional. And if you've been collecting long enough, at one point or another, you've probably felt the same. The watch has such a large following that it almost becomes a rite of passage, a form .................. 04.08.21 More
HANDS-ON: The Ulysse Nardin Executive Skeleton X in Carbonium Gold
Felix Scholz
With a name that sounds like it comes straight from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it should come as no surprise that the watch looks more than a little out of this world.?First of all there's the dial or rather the lack of it. Because as you might guess with a name like Skeleton X, the dial of this watch is pretty extensively ope.................. 04.08.19 More
A. Lange & S?hne Zeitwerk Date the digital watch with no battery
Nick Kenyon
When you think digital watch, the first thing that comes to mind might be a Casio, with a clear digital display, a couple of functions and a light. You don’t think mechanical watch, and you certainly don’t imagine a watch that has its place in the upper echelons of haute horology. But this is exactly what you get with t.................. 04.08.19 More
Longines and Ski Timekeeping: Match Made in the Mountains Video
Andrew McUtchen
When you visit the heart and home of Longines, at Saint Imier in the Switzerland’s Jura valley, the brand's link with skiing is immediately demystified. This is a skiers paradise, and in the early days of the sport’s?timekeeping in the 1920s, the Longines watchmakers would not have had to travel far to test their la.................. 04.08.17 More
Friday Wind-down: 4 August, 2017 Fashion Edition
Felix Scholz
Bear with me this week as I go a little off script. This week's Wind Down is less about watches and more about all the stuff around them. Fashion. Technology. Business. Fine watchmaking manages to neatly intersect all these areas, informing and being informed by them.?On a?day-to-day level though, it's easy to miss the linkages, s.................. 04.08.17 More
Felix Scholz
In our experience, if you're into intricately constructed, high-performance machines, it doesn't really matter if they're intended for the road or your wrist. But, as our favourite young Old El Paso advocate asks, Why don't we have both? So with that in mind, we've found three Hublots that are the perfect pairing for three of Ferr.................. 04.08.17 More
Six Watches for All Six Types of Supervillain
Ceri David
The Suicide Squad, in all their infamyWith Suicide Squad in cinemas (and trending poorly on Rotten Tomatoes) ?we've got bad guys on the brain, and?we can't help noticing that when it comes to Hollywood, there are two distinct trends, the first noted by Empire: “If Marvel has the best superheroes, so the prevailing geek-logic g.................. 04.08.16 More
Bell & Ross BR-X1 Skeleton Chronograph Rose Gold & Ceramic Hands-on Review
Felix Scholz
The story in a second:By adding a rose gold case to their next-generation BR-X1, Bell & Ross have created a watch that walks the knife-edge of luxury and technology.If the design of the classic square Bell & Ross case is derived from the instrument panels of fighter jets like Russian MiGs and American F-18 Hornets, then th.................. 04.08.15 More
New Tudor Heritage Ranger Where Would You Take It?
Andrew McUtchen
On?the?14th August, TUDOR is hosting an experience dedicated to the brand and its new collection. For the chance to be one of five Time+Tide subscribers?who will join the Time+Tide team to?this exclusive showcase event, just?tell us where in the world you would most like to take the new TUDOR Heritage Ranger, and why? Mountain-.................. 04.08.14 More
2014 Jaeger-LeCoultre Range First Look
Felix Scholz
Last week, Time+Tide had the opportunity to check out, for the first time on Australian soil, Jaeger-LeCoultre’s latest batch of brand new watches – fresh from SIHH.It was, all told, a gorgeous line-up?– not as strong as the 2013?collection perhaps, but with some truly exceptional watches. We’re going to st.................. 04.08.14 More
Battle testing the Hamilton Khaki Field Expedition in Arizona
Hamilton and its Khaki Field lineup are often touted as one of the best entry-level mechanical watches you can purchase – whether a first-time buyer or a seasoned collector looking to put a quality beater watch in their collection. But actions speak louder than words, so when Hamilton invited me to fly out to Arizona to battle test its Khaki .................. 04.07.24 More
Holding court: Wimbledon and the next generation of tennis' young watch ambassadors
D.C. Hannay
With the recent retirements of tennis superstars Roger Federer (Rolex) and Serena Williams (Audemars Piguet), and with veterans like Rafael Nadal (Richard Mille) on the back nine of their careers, watch brands have been snapping up next-gen talent. At the start of the 2023 Wimbledon tournament, here's a look at some of the tennis y.................. 04.07.23 More
10 top actors in the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso
Time+Tide
Editor’s note: The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso celebrates its 90th birthday this year. It should feel somewhat dated by now, but JLC’s square-jawed charmer has retained its timeless appeal to confirm its status as a bona fide classic. Much has been written about the death of the dress watch – a state of affairs that CO.................. 04.07.21 More
INTRODUCING: The B&R BR03-92 DIVER FULL LUM has a proper party trick when the lights go out
Fergus Nash
When it comes to tool watches, there are few brands out there as dedicated to instrument aesthetics as Bell & Ross. Although they may lack centuries of heritage, starting off in the early '90s with Sinn making their watches, they've endeavoured not to be left behind in the everlasting race for technological advancement in watch.................. 04.07.20 More
Which of the Dirty Dozen survive today?
Nick Kenyon
The “Dirty Dozen” are watches produced by the 12 British Ministry of Defence contractors during World War II who were tasked with strapping watches to the wrists of allied forces. While some of the brands are bigger and better than ever before, a few have slid into relative obscurity or the books of insolvency firms. I .................. 04.07.19 More
The most interesting watch bracelets of 2018
Nick Kenyon
Thanks to their central function in the time-telling process, watch dials often get a significant amount of coverage in the horological media. But this often ignores the thing that keeps the dial on your wrist in the first place the bracelet or strap. Considering the most customisable part of a watch is the bracelet and what it loo.................. 04.07.19 More
HANDS-ON: Gorgeous and grey the Bulgari Octo Roma
Felix Scholz
If you're reading this and thinking grey' and Bulgari', I'm welling to bet your mind wanders to this slender beauty. And while that's entirely understandable, earlier this year we had a look at another, equally alluring take on the Octo the Octo Roma with an anthracite sunburst dial.The Octo Roma is a fairly recent evolution of th.................. 04.07.18 More
IWC Portuguese Inspired this Just-For-Fun Comic Video
Andrew McUtchen
Editor’s Note: You think you know someone. When Felix had the idea to tell a story about a fictional IWC Portugieser wearer through the visual medium of a comic book strip I was intrigued. He worked with illustrator William Webb to bring a vignette to life entirely of his?own imagination – a guy living the dream fac.................. 04.07.17 More