Hamilton Vs Hamilton: F1 superstar Lewis Hamilton loses legal battle with Hamilton watches
Nick Kenyon
What’s in a name? Quite a lot if you’re the greatest Formula 1 driver of all time. But while Lewis Hamilton is used to zooming to victories on the track, he’s just skidded to a big loss in the law courts. The racing driver has just lost a three-year legal battle with the Hamilton watch brand over his attempt to vo.................. 20.11.20 More
Time+Tide
Well, with the sense of a big black limousine passing through the neighbourhood in the middle of the night, there goes 2021 watch fairs. It’s November 2020, and the two biggest fairs of the coming year are already cancelled. So, as watch lovers, we face yet another year of digital attempts to re-create?the magic, the moment, th.................. 20.11.20 More
5 alternatives to the Patek Philippe Nautilus that are Nauty By Nature
Thor Svaboe
The Patek Philippe Nautilus ref. 5711 might be your grail of grails, or simply the perfect taste of '70s glamour. There is a reason so many love the porthole-inspired steel perfection, which – in the present day – is flat out unattainable even with cash to spend. So, that pampering AD appointment with $40-60,000 ready t.................. 20.11.20 More
What Sealed The Deal Chris' IWC 3706 Fliegerchronograph
Nick Kenyon
The only thing thrown around more often than the word iconic by watch media is watch media cleverly saying how often the word iconic is being thrown around. But despite committing both sins in one paragraph, Sunday confession would be a comfortable one if you were talking about IWC pilot's watches as iconic. With designs unchanged .................. 20.11.19 More
IN-DEPTH: The TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 16 blue dial
Nick Kenyon
The story in a second: The TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 16 blue dial is a familiar face, which has been sleekly refined.If you know TAG Heuer, you'll know the Carrera chronograph, a wristwatch that has been trackside at motorsport events for decades, offering those behind the wheel a functional timing tool. While some of the design de.................. 20.11.19 More
3 Hublot Spirit of Big Bangs for 3 different occasions
James Robinson
Hublot's Spirit of Big Bang collection is unquestionably one of the most varied and nuanced in the Swiss watchmaker's catalogue.The quintessentially tonneau-shaped timepiece, which has only been around since 2014, has spawned quite a few different iterations, in a number of different sizes and materials, since its inception.In f.................. 20.11.19 More
Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Mysterious Day & Night Watch
Cameron Wong
Cartier may be better known for simple timekeeping classics like the Tank or the Santos. But it's no secret that the French maison also hosts a history full of complicated and equally as iconic designs. In fact, even before the Tank or the Santos were the style icons they are today, Cartier were mystifying the world with mysteriou.................. 20.11.17 More
Bulgari Octo Roma One-week Review
Andy Green
A few?weeks ago, I spent the Melbourne Cup long weekend with some extra company, specifically two references from the Bulgari Octo collection.Now, let me just say right off the bat, when it comes to the Bulgari timepieces, the Octo Finissimo collection has had pretty much all my attention since the Automatic dropped earlier this yea.................. 20.11.17 More
Panerai PAM00580 Luminor 1950 3 Days Chronograph Flyback New for 2014
Andrew McUtchen
The pushers on the left do not disrupt the very Panerai styling of the PAM00580 Luminor 1950 3 Days Chronograph FlybackPanerai PAM00580 Luminor 1950 3 Days Chrono Flyback AutomaticThe first of the SIHH – Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie the world’s second largest watch fair –?2015 previews is through.................. 20.11.14 More
New releases from Patek Philippe, Raymond Weil, Frederique Constant and more
Pietro Pilla
This week Patek Philippe caused quite a stir in the watch industry. By now you'll be familiar with what the new collection looks like, but have a look below to discover the main aspects if you're not. For some strange reason, these past seven days have been extremely crowded with new releases and, despite including many more than .................. 20.10.24 More
Sotheby's auctions off #70 of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms 70th Anniversary Act 3 for charity
While charitable auctions have certainly been a hot topic this week, I want to shift attention over to a charitable lot Sotheby’s is set to auction off in New York City during their Important Watches auction on December 7. When it comes to numbered limited editions, watch collectors love to acquire certain numbers due to what they symbolise. .................. 20.10.23 More
top 5 picks from the latest Ineichen auction
Fergus Nash
At Time+Tide, we love a good auction. The thrill of the bids and the hunt for the bargains make them by far the most exciting way to go watch shopping, and there's often some interesting and alluring products lining the catalogues. Zach and Ricardo have previously had their turns with Ineichen, but now it's my go. The focus of?thei.................. 20.10.22 More
The new Hamilton Railroad Pocket embodies an American tradition
Borna Bosnjak
Hamilton’s history is a rich one. After taking over existing manufacturing facilities in Pennsylvania and establishing the Hamilton Watch Company in 1892, the brand was first focused on producing accurate railroad pocket watches, before shifting production to wristwatches after WWI, eventually only producing military watche.................. 20.10.22 More
INTRODUCING: the IWC x Hot Wheels Racing Works Pilot's Watch
While many people around the world are passionate about watches, they are generally not their sole obsessions. Within our community, many are also enamoured with all manner of other things ranging from whiskey to baseball. But one area of interest that that seems to overlap with watches a great deal is that of motorsports. While watches have been c.................. 20.10.21 More
The incREDible Hublot Big Bang Unico Red Magic
Time+Tide
Editor’s note: It should come as no surprise that Hublot know their way around ceramic. I mean, seriously, just look at the vibrancy of this red. It really is magic. Read on for our review …?The story in a second: It's big. It's red. It's Hublot.Red is a colour with some pretty specific cultural meaning danger, passion, e.................. 20.10.19 More
EDITOR'S PICK: The Oris Divers Sixty-Five still one of the best value offerings for the price
Felix Scholz
Editor's note: The Divers Sixty-Five from Oris might be a few years old now, but that in no way, shape or form makes it any less of an excellent watch. In fact, as far as bang-for-buck entry-level Swiss automatics go, it’s still hard to beat the retro style and solid quality of this everyday diver.Story in a secondNo risk of.................. 20.10.18 More
11 Classic '80s Watches Just in Time for Stranger Things
Melissa Pearce
The '80s were Nerd City, peppered with popped polo shirts and pie-crust collars, Slime, The Breakfast Club, pommes noisettes, Pop Rocks candy and brine shrimp pets masquerading as Sea-Monkey kits. All items the young cast of the addictive, nostalgia trip that is Stranger Things no doubt had to get across when their director aske.................. 20.10.17 More
We Ask Oscar Hunt Tailors to Design a Suit to Match the Cl de Cartier Video
Andrew McUtchen
The idea is at once compelling and faintly ridiculous. Ask Oscar Hunt Tailors, who specialise in made to measure suits, to tailor a suit to a watch. That’s right. Treat a watch like a person – look at its shoulders, its shape and move to accentuate, flatter and embrace it with perfectly matched suiting. Not just any.................. 20.10.16 More
Blancpain Ocean Commitment Event, Icebergs Sydney
Andrew McUtchen
Vice President of Blancpain Alain Delamuraz addresses the crowd at the Blancpain Ocean Commitment event at Icebergs, SydneyPatina is fast becoming a meaningless word in watchmaking. This is because it has been highjacked by marketing and R&D departments. Patina is now shorthand for an off-white dial, yellowed lume or a dist.................. 20.10.15 More
8 Reasons Laurent Ballesta's Photography Will Blow Your Mind
Andrew McUtchen
The highlight of the Blancpain Ocean Commitment event at Icebergs in Sydney was?a speech from underwater photographer and marine biologist?Laurent Ballesta, who, it must be said, is not unpopular with the ladies. If you like your marine biologists on the Hollywood?side, you may enjoy meeting him face to face.Laurent Ballesta; p.................. 20.10.15 More
Baume & Mercier Clifton GMT Review In-depth Review
Felix Scholz
Baume & Mercier's Clifton collection was introduced in 2013 and draws inspiration from classic Baume & Mercier timepieces from the 1950s. It has been a gamechanger for a brand who was beginning to suffer from an identity crisis. The solution, it turned out, was right there in their archives. These simple, fluid watches are.................. 20.10.14 More
Maurice Lacroix Aikon Titanium (live pics) | INTRODUCING
Borna Bosnjak
Maurice Lacroix goes more sporty and more bold with brightly coloured Aikon models in titanium.Rather than just picking one grade, the cases are a mix of finishes and both grade 2 and grade 5 titanium.Both the Automatic and Chronograph are powered by Sellita-based movements, priced at US$2,950 and US$4,600, respectively.View this.................. 20.09.24 More
From car seats to supercars: A heart-racing ride with Seiko
Mitchell Barber
I used to love racing. When I was a teenager, I would pull all-nighters trying to improve my lap time on Forza and customising my Nissan GTR on Need for Speed Underground 2 (GOATED). But now, as a father of two, the closest I get to motorsport' is trying to buckle my daughter into her car seat while she's flailing her arms arou.................. 20.09.24 More
Cartier Les Rditions Tank Cintre?e Platinum
Jamie Weiss
Cartier’s elegantly curved Tank Cintre?e gets a luxurious 950 platinum makeoverThis limited edition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Tank Cintree in platinumA thinner case and Jaeger-LeCoultre-sourced movement make this Cintree particularly refinedIntroduced in 1921, the Tank Cintre?e was the first spin-off from the no.................. 20.09.23 More
INTRODUCING: The Zenith Chronomaster Open Boutique Edition
Fergus Nash
The concept of the open heart dial is nothing new, but it's not necessarily a popular one. For the last few decades, watch snobs have dismissed open heart dials because of how often they appear on lower-end mechanical watches, sometimes as imitations of tourbillons or placed seemingly at random. Although the luxury market tends to .................. 20.09.22 More
Andrew McUtchen
The absolutely magical story embedded in our latest Watch & Chill Episode revolves around the unusual story of Eric Ku’s vintage Audemars Piguet chronograph restoration. To say the watch is rare is laughably inadequate. There are 307 vintage-era Audemars Piguet chronographs in existence. Every single one of them is a .................. 20.09.20 More
INTRODUCING: The Hublot Big Bang Ferrari 1000 GP
Thor Svaboe
Two brands, both brash, bold, loud and cutting edge. Well, OK, not loud in the same sense as a V12 engine, but Hublot is a perfect fit as the watchmaking partner to Ferrari. This time, it is a celebration of Ferrari's 1000th Grand Prix, a milestone in Formula One's 70th anniversary year and, yes, it took place last weekend at the M.................. 20.09.20 More
WATCHSPOTTING: Ever wondered what watch cinema's greatest spy wears?
Felix Scholz
Forget Bond, Bourne and Ethan Hunt, the greatest spy in the history of the silver screen is English, Johnny English. A secret agent of incomparable style, questionable grace and entirely accidental lethality, played to perfection by the thinking man's action star Rowan Atkinson.In October, English will return to the screen for the.................. 20.09.18 More
IN-DEPTH: The Tissot Heritage Petite Seconde?
Felix Scholz
The story in a second: Tissot‘s latest heritage release is another hit.In these days of the never-ending vintage revival, it seems that every brand has to have a heritage collection, regardless of whether they have any actual heritage. That's not a problem Tissot has to deal with, as the brand dates way back to 1853, a depth.................. 20.09.18 More
Omega Speedmaster 'Snoopy' Spotted by Andy Green 12 September, 2017
Andy Green
Just one highlight from our office warming GTGThis month was full of milestones, travel and precious metals. Not only did it mark one full year of #SpottedByAG, but we also officially warmed our (not-so-new) Time+Tide HQ (a tad overdue we know). It started with a trip over to the windy city, Wellington where I had the pleasure of me.................. 20.09.17 More
IWC Da Vinci Chronograph Edition "Laureus Sport for Good Foundation" Hands-on Review
Felix Scholz
When IWC made the revamped Da Vinci collection their main focus at SIHH 2017, it's fair to say that there was a little bit of confusion if not downright consternation among the watch-loving faithful. Coming off two straight years of strong, masculine product the Portugieser and the Pilot's the dressy Da Vinci was a definite change.................. 20.09.17 More
We Ask TAG Heuer GM Guy Smon Some Burning Questions About the Heuer-02T Video Interview
Felix Scholz
One of the hottest topics at this year's Baselworld fair was TAG Heuer’s ’20k tourbillon’. And that nickname is even more impressive when you translate it into US, which gets it?much closer to 15k. It represents the brand’s?comparatively accessible take on that most hallowed (and most expensive) of complica.................. 20.09.16 More
The history of the chronograph | IN-DEPTH
Buffy Acacia
The measurement of time is old. As long as people have needed to know when the sun would go down, they've found ways to predict it. Sundials and water clocks were in use thousands of years ago, which developed into clock towers which could chime out for a whole village to hear. But, it wasn't until relatively recently that recordi.................. 20.08.24 More
Reg-Jean Page really likes vintage Longines | INTERVIEW
Russell Sheldrake
That title certainly feels like it came out of nowhere, and when I found this out in my recent interview with Rege-Jean Page, it was a bit of a revelation. We’re very lucky here at Time+Tide, we get to speak to many watch brand ambassadors on a wide range of topics. Whether it be athletics, basketball, or even Australia.................. 20.08.24 More
New releases from Grand Seiko, Garrick, Tissot, Bulova and more
Pietro Pilla
Novelty drops are picking up again, and thanks to the upcoming Geneva Watch Days fair at the end of the month, there will be plenty more to explore. For now, here are ten new watches from last week, including architecture-inspired timepieces, colourful katana-inspired dials, and watches that have more classic sensibilities.Glashut.................. 20.08.23 More
Jennifer Aniston has a far better watch collection then you do
D.C. Hannay
Jennifer Aniston doesn’t need to impress anybody. A working television and film actress since the late 1980s (and more recently, a producer/director), she’s one of the most famous women in the world. She’s a deft comedic actress (including her role in one of my favourites, Office Space), and adept in serious drama.................. 20.08.22 More
Better Call Saul understands the symbolic power of a watch
Luke Benedictus
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story contains spoilers from the final episodes of Better Call SaulIt's no secret that Vince Gilligan revels in the nitty-gritty. The creator of Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad has a razor-sharp eye for incidental detail and whenever possible imbues the ephemera of his characters' lives with layers of hidd.................. 20.08.22 More
Hublot Big Bang Integral Blue Ceramic shows the evolution of sports watch
Fergus Nash
The domination of blue-dialled steel sports watches has been slowly diminishing in the public eye lately, as waves of innovation are beginning to overtake the appeal of what's familiar. Bronze cases, green dials these trends aren't just popular because they look fantastic, but because they're refreshing. The Hublot Big Bang Integra.................. 20.08.21 More
Tour de France cyclist spotted racing with a $168,000 Richard Mille on his wrist
Nick Kenyon
Cycling is a sport known for its speed and the dramatic risks that cyclists will take to win races. Every time the Tour de France is raced, there is almost guaranteed to be a handful of big crashes involving dozens of riders, leaving bikes and equipment often damaged beyond repair. That’s why it was a shock to see one of Fran.................. 20.08.20 More
IN-DEPTH: The Longines Spirit Chronograph 42mm
James Robinson
Collectively, a decent amount of people were shocked when Longines decided to revive the Spirit appellation earlier this year and shocked in a good way. You see, as far as novelty unveilings go, the Saint-Imier watchmaker had already outdone themselves in 2020 (think Heritage Classic Chronograph 1946 or HydroConquest 41mm in Kha.................. 20.08.20 More