Piaget Polo S Luxury Steel Sports Watch
Felix Scholz
In one of the more unexpected watch releases of the year, Piaget makers of slender dress watches par excellence muscled into the crowded and competitive high-end steel sports watch category. The Polo S puts the Geneva-based brand up against popular options such as the Patek Philippe Nautilus (and Aquanaut) models, as well as Audem.................. 12.09.16 More
HANDS-ON: The Chopard L.U.C 1860 and 1963 Heritage Chronograph
Fergus Nash
Watches & Wonders 2023 feels like a lifetime ago, but certain releases have stuck with us. Chopard's L.U.C collection continues to impress with every release, and they doubled down on proving their worth at Watches & Wonders by unveiling both a reissue and a new design.The Chopard L.U.C 1860 returns to the collection's 1997.................. 12.08.23 More
INTRODUCING: The TAG Heuer Connected Porsche Edition
Fergus Nash
When car manufacturers and watch brands team up, the word heritage' gets thrown around a lot. It's true that watchmaking and motorsport have gone hand in hand for decades and they have a lot of shared history to pull from, but it may also be that mechanical watches just can't escape that rose-tinted prison of nostalgia. Although he.................. 12.08.22 More
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Grand Seiko 9F GMTs, Louis Monet x Fratello
Luke Benedictus
Zach has just departed on a well-deserved holiday and is currently basking on a sun-lounger wearing a Hawaiian shirt loud enough to make your ears ring. So it's up to me to pick up the Wind Down slack and bring you a few bulletins from the watch world this week.First up, take a minute to praise the lord that Grand Seiko isn't y.................. 12.08.22 More
Fantasy Watch Ambassador: Willem Dafoe and Konstantin Chaykin
Fergus Nash
Editor's Note: When?Nicolas Cage recently gushed over his Grand Seiko on the red carpet, many of you in the comments noted how he should become an ambassador for the brand and we agreed it would definitely be a fun pairing. This then got us thinking what other ambassador match-ups we would want to see. So, we decided to pick our fa.................. 12.08.22 More
Video: Patty Mills reflects on his NBA career, the Olympics
Time+Tide
Locally known as the Boomers, the Australian basketball team had never won a medal in international basketball. They'd suffered five losses in Olympic semi-finals, four in Olympic bronze medal matches and one in a World Cup bronze medal match. That was until last Saturday night when they beat Slovenia 107-93 to clinch the Olympic bro.................. 12.08.21 More
The answer to the eternal question Does this look too small on my wrist?
Time+Tide
We've all heard the line Does my bum look big in this on cheesy TV sitcoms and yet I've never heard a woman say this in real life. What I do see on a regular basis is men asking Does this look small on me? while showing off watches that are, if anything, usually too big.I'd like to make a joke that size has always mattered to men, bu.................. 12.08.21 More
Buckle up: Six of the best watch bracelets by fit
I love a watch on a bracelet. Somehow the aesthetic just speaks to me, while objectively they also are the most robust means of strapping a watch to your wrist. But not all bracelets are created equal, and their designs can really make or break whether or not a timepiece is a good fit for you. One crucial element that buyers look for in bracelets t.................. 12.08.21 More
The Australian Watch Forum's first collaboration watch
Nick Kenyon
Editor’s note: The Australian Watch Forum has gone from strength to strength over the last 18 months, tripling its membership to 9000 members. Based on Facebook, their presence has been felt well outside of social media, with regular meet-ups and get-togethers in major cities across Australia. Here’s a throwback to Cam&.................. 12.08.19 More
RECOMMENDED READING: Is this the perfect Patek Philippe?
Nick Kenyon
Patek Philippe are not known for hi-tech carbon composite case materials, skeleton dials, or really any enthusiastic contemporary flair. What they are known for is being the priest of the Temple of Classicism, considered and purposeful in any direction of development, refusing to bend to ephemeral market tastes. The clearest way th.................. 12.08.19 More
Friday Wind-down: 12 August, 2016 Olympic Edition with Michael Klim
Andrew McUtchen
Klim’s favourite watch, the 2005 Planet Ocean. Image by user bigpoppa822 on watchuseekImportant note: My hands are shaking so much it’s hard to type. Why? Michael Klim, the Australian Olympian who did this to the Americans in 2000 – it’s embedded below, too. Sorry Americans.) just saw me in the gym and o.................. 12.08.16 More
Tissot's Baselworld 2015 Highlights Hands-on at the Show
Felix Scholz
The story in a second:At this year's Baselworld show Tissot proved their chronograph game is strong.While the world's first solar-powered touch-screen watch, the T-Touch Solar was the big star of Tissot's Baselworld range, we discovered that there's more to their collection than the do-everything digital watch. What impressed us m.................. 12.08.15 More
Tudor Heritage Ranger and Where Our Lucky Five Would Take It
Felix Scholz
Where would you take the Tudor Ranger?Recently we asked you, team?Time+Tide, where you would take the brand new Tudor Heritage Ranger, if you had a chance. Now, we weren’t asking out of idle curiosity, but rather to determine which five lucky readers would win tickets to an exclusive Tudor event this Thursday (Don’t wo.................. 12.08.14 More
Worn & Wound's WindUp Watch Fair returns to Chicago
This weekend in Chicago, from Friday July 12th to Sunday July 14, at Venue West 221 N Paulina Street, Worn & Wound’s WindUp Watch Fair will be back in town pletely free to visit, Worn & Wound’s touring WindUp Watch Fair has long been a fantastic touch point for watch geeks and newbies alike to discover a wide range of more appro.................. 12.07.24 More
Breitling makes a wrist-cameo in season 2 of The Bear
With all of the streaming platforms at our disposal, there is a fair bit of comfort-food garbage shows for us all to guiltily binge. But, when people ask me what is a good show, a genuinely good show, to watch, FX on Hulu’s The Bear is definitely at the top of the list. For many of you, this is probably not a shock. The restaurant-centered da.................. 12.07.23 More
A special evening with Vacheron Constantin and the Time+Tide Club
Borna Bosnjak
After less contact than normal due to the disruptive effects of a certain global pandemic, the Time+Tide Club event at the Vacheron Constantin Melbourne boutique brought back a sense of normality. The event itself focused on important sport pieces from Vacheron Constantin’s past, beginning with the release of the 222 for th.................. 12.07.22 More
The Rado HyperChrome Ashleigh Barty Limited Edition is fit for a champion
Time+Tide
Editor’s note:? Ash Barty achieved a childhood dream at the weekend with a thrilling three set win against Karolina Pliskova in the Wimbledon final. The Aussie tennis player triumphed 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3 in just under two hours to become the first Australian to win Wimbledon since Lleyton Hewitt in 2002 and the first Aussie wom.................. 12.07.21 More
British MCs Stormzy and Dave are crazy for Audemars Piguet
Time+Tide
It's no secret that British rapper Dave loves his timepieces, indeed he's become a bit of a Time+Tide favourite when it comes to watch spotting. Ahead of his hugely anticipated sophomore album We're All Alone in This Together, the lyrical genius took to his Instagram stories this week to announce the first single dropping would be a .................. 12.07.21 More
HANDS-ON: The Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition is more grit than glamour
Nick Kenyon
This year, Daniel Craig will star as James Bond for the final time in the upcoming No Time To Die film, a blockbuster that is sure to be action packed and offer a much needed reprieve from the dystopian movie that is our current reality. On his wrist for this film will be a watch that real-life Daniel Craig actually had a hand in d.................. 12.07.20 More
Audemars Piguet unveils three new Royal Oak Offshores
James Robinson
Audemars Piguet have been slowly but surely unveiling some quietly inspired new releases in 2020. First came the bite-the-back-of-your-hand beautiful [Re]master01 Selfwinding Chronograph, then came a diminutive new Royal Oak 34mm. More recently, AP saw fit to bestow its much-lauded Royal Oak Jumbo Extra-Thin with two new models .................. 12.07.20 More
HANDS-ON: The Montblanc TimeWalker Manufacture Chronograph for the Goodwood Festival of Speed
Felix Scholz
Let me level with you. There's an official tie-in between this watch and the oh-so-English Goodwood Festival of Speed, one of the world's leading events for motor enthusiasts. I could spend the next few hundred words talking about the synergy between the automotive and the horological (don't get me wrong, there are real and entire.................. 12.07.18 More
Hublot Spirit of Big Bang 45mm Sapphire Hands-on Review
Felix Scholz
The Spirit Of Big Bang is one of my favourite lines from Hublot. Partially that's down to my occasionally contrarian nature wanting to stand out from the regular Big Bang herd, but mostly it's because I find the large and in charge tonneau case shape is a perfect complement to the brand's Art of Fusion philosophy. I've worn the 45.................. 12.07.17 More
Roger Dubuis CEO Nicola Andreatta on the concept of Hyper Horology and expecting the unexpected
Borna Bosnjak
The next stop in our Watches & Wonders CEO interview journey is Roger Dubuis, a brand notable for their big switch from super-classical to Hyper Horology, and the ethos defined by the Excalibur. Their show booth blasts your senses with lights and music, in a set-up reminiscent of a bourse gone ballistic. To get the most of hi.................. 12.06.23 More
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 5 reasons to watch the last Basel Video
Time+Tide
It's Friday, and usually that means a message from me regarding all the great things that happened during the week. But today, in addition to that, which is captured in the top four stories to check out below, I want to look forward. To tomorrow. Because at midday Australian time, and 7pm LA and 10pm NYC (sorry for the middle of the .................. 12.06.20 More
Montblanc's New Orbis Terrarum Models Part of UNICEF Collection Video Review
Andrew McUtchen
There are two reasons it is worth your while to watch this short video about Montblanc's support of UNICEF. The first is purely selfish and very much in our/your wheelhouse. The watches in this year's UNICEF collection are?limited versions of the Orbis Terrarum, a watch ex-CEO Jer?me Lambert thought was the embodiment of the ne.................. 12.06.17 More
Hublot Big Bang Meca-10 is Always Evolving Editor's Pick
Felix Scholz
Editor’s Note: This year Hublot released several golden new Meca-10s, and we were surprised at just how different they looked to the original. Before we go into depth on those, we thought we’d take a second look at the OG version, a watch that is, in?my humble opinion, one of the best evolutions of Hublot’s Big B.................. 12.06.17 More
Omega Seamaster 300 Master Co-Axial In-depth Review
Felix Scholz
?The story in a secondThe Omega Seamaster 300 Master Co-Axial was one of the best watches of 2014, combining the brand's rich history with their impressive Master Co-Axial movement.The big questionDoes Omega finally have a dive watch that can challenge the supremacy of the Rolex Submariner?Last year Omega answered the prayers of t.................. 12.06.15 More
Friday Wind-down: 12 June, 2015
Felix Scholz
Another week, another watch. But hey, it's Friday, and time to take the watch off the wrist and start winding down for the weekend (here's hoping you've got a 72 hour power reserve or you'll be in trouble on Monday).What happened?Ben Clymer and Kevin Rose, new horological besties (image via Hodinkee).Big changes are afoot with our.................. 12.06.15 More
Where to buy a watch in Honolulu? T+T CITY BUYING GUIDE
Adam Reeder
Honolulu is one of the most isolated cities on earth. It also boasts over four million visitors every year, in addition to the nearly one million residents. If you happen to be one of those lucky travellers to land in this beautiful tropical capital, you might just want to check out a few of your favorite watch brands. Thankfully, .................. 12.05.24 More
New releases from JLC, Farer, Vacheron Constantin and more
Pietro Pilla
European summer is finally approaching, and with this week's selection, it’s finally looking like it too. Many of the releases sport bright colours both on the case and dial or with artistic detail all over. The watchmaker's watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre is having a blast in particular, Vacheron Constantin brings more Historiq.................. 12.05.24 More
You paid how much?? Five watches that look cheaper than they are
Fergus Nash
In modern times, the words “stealth wealth” get thrown around a lot. Usually reserved for sophisticated watches often made of white metals like platinum, the idea is that your watch only hints at its true value. On the completely opposite end of the spectrum, there are those cheap watches that do everything they can to .................. 12.05.23 More
Why Tudor stole the show at W&W 2023
Borna Bosnjak
At Tudor’s booth this year, the theme was evolution not revolution. While the titanium Pelagos 39 intensely stirred the best-modern-luxury-dive-watch pot, the brand’s main Watches & Wonders focus was the Black Bay range. Watch Andrew’s and Zach’s live reactions to the new releases below, and read on fo.................. 12.05.23 More
Why I bought a Zenith pocket watch that's 106 years old
Thor Svaboe
One of the few worldly possessions of Mahatma Gandhi was his beloved Zenith alarm pocket watch that the social visionary used to make sure he didn't miss prayer times. Being reminded of this merely underscored the intrinsic value of my newly arrived, perfectly smooth and deeply unfashionable piece of stress relief. What happened wa.................. 12.05.21 More
INTRODUCING: The Longines Spirit green dial offers a fresh look for the new collection
Nick Kenyon
It isn’t everyday that Longines launch an entirely new collection, but back in the middle of 2020 they did exactly that, announcing the all new Spirit collection. Taking cues from the pilot’s watches of the 20th century, but modernising the designs for the 21st, the Longines Spirit collection was a balanced blend of the.................. 12.05.21 More
#Kixntix: A limited edition IWC Pilot's Watch 41 from Mr Porter meets Puma's street-tough suede
Thor Svaboe
Having buttressed their online fashion offering with an impressive collection of fine watches, Mr Porter has become a real force to be reckoned with over the last decade. To celebrate their 10th birthday, they’ve collaborated with IWC on a damn tempting version of their Pilot's Watch Chronograph 41, a piece that delivers supe.................. 12.05.21 More
Time+Tide's The Blacklist: The best black watches part 1
James Robinson
Black, noir, sable, stygian whatever name you wish to call it, there can be no debate black itself is always cooler than whatever is “the new black”. Anyone who's seen Tarantino's 1992 cult classic Reservoir Dogs will know what I mean.And anything that is painted black instantly becomes far, far cooler. Henry Ford fa.................. 12.05.20 More
INSIGHT: The horologist's guide to the galaxy
Felix Scholz
For generations, the business of buying and selling watches has remained remarkably stable. But all that's changed in the digital age. This is your guide to watch buying in the 21st century, which originally appeared in our buying guide NOW, which you can download here.?You can’t buy the above watch.?It was made in a limited.................. 12.05.19 More
His 'n Hers two takes on the smaller Panerai Luminor Due
Time+Tide
Editor’s note: Panerai has been riding the winds of change recently, and one of the tell-tale signs is the advent of smaller sizes. Now, while it’s easy to pigeonhole these offerings as women’s watches, Felix and Sandra discuss the matter and decide these more petite Luminor Due models look the part on lads and lass.................. 12.05.19 More
Timepiece Artist Julie Kraulis Who to Follow
Andy Green
We had the pleasure of bumping into Julie earlier this year at Baselworld, outside the TAG Heuer booth, where she was creating an Autavia piece. Julie's one talented individual who has recently gone down the path of creating watch-inspired artworks. We're sure you'll love her feed, but be warned ?a follow might turn into a purchase................... 12.05.17 More
Friday Wind-down: 12 May, 2017 E-Commerce Edition
Felix Scholz
One of the biggest trends in watches isn't colour, shape or size, but rather something more prosaic and far more important finding new ways to sell them. Twenty-two years after eBay was founded, the luxury sector is finally getting serious about selling watches online. So rather than slacking off and sipping exotic cocktails in wh.................. 12.05.17 More