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Having taken a first look at Breguet’s Marine Équation Marchante 5887, while at Baselworld 2017, it’s time now to dive deeper.

Yeaaay! It's here! The website is officially up! A huge thank you to the #watchfam and everyone that really encouraged us to get this done! In this week's episode we talk about what the site means for our (and the whole TBWS community's) future going forward. Plus we break down the huge ethical dilemma present in modern watch journalism and how it's doing you a disservice (and how we plan on addressing that moving forward).

Editor’s Note: Andy Green has pretty much been part of the Time+Tide team since day one. But it wasn’t until 2017 that the stars aligned and he was able to attend Baselworld. And I think it’s fair to say that Andy had a quintessential first Basel. He was blown away, occasionally overwhelmed, but most of all I think he … ContinuedThe post LIST: 10 watches I’ll never forget from my first Baselworld appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

When Bell & Ross launched their Instrument collection in 2005, they achieved what every new watch brand sets out to: they created an icon. This distinctive range of watches took the cockpit instruments of aeroplanes as their inspiration and suddenly there was a new player in the watch world that you could spot on the wrist … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: The 5 standout watches from the 2017 Bell & Ross collection appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

The Cartier ‘Drive de Cartier’ was about as close to a number one hit as you can get in the watch industry. From the minute it was released, it was popular with journalists the world over – us wholeheartedly included. It appealed to round and small watch markets like Asia as well as tastemakers in other … ContinuedThe post EXCLUSIVE: “We stretched into fields where we are not necessarily legitimate.” 5 brutally honest quotes about Cartier’s recent releases appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

With thousands of university students due to finish their education in June, Nomos has announced the perfect graduation gift.

Bulgari once again shocks the world by presenting the thinnest automatic watch ever made, the Octo Finissimo. Revolution examines this unique Italian-Swiss brand that is doing things differently… with great success.

Full hands-on analytical review of the new Patek Philippe Ref. 5320G with live high resolution photos from Baselworld 2017.

A buying guide for the Raketa Big Zero - make sure you get all the small details right so you can snag that authentic piece!

Review for Orion Watches Field Standard - a solid, vintage-inspired field watch that's built to be at home in the office or the outdoors!

Review for Collinsville Watch Co. Limited Edition Kore 2, an automatic dress piece from a microbrand that combines looks and function!

The moon phase provides both an aesthetic and astronomical detail to the dial. But beyond its visual and technical appeal, there's also the emotional draw.

Much like the state they’re named for, California (or Cali) dials have something inherently cool and playful about them. With their nonchalant mixing of formal Roman and casual Arabic numerals, you just know these watches don’t play by the rules. Which brings us to the Panerai PAM 629, first seen at Watches & Wonders in 2015. … ContinuedThe post EDITOR’S PICK: Going back to Cali with the Panerai PAM 629 video review appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

HYT H0 - Back to basics Baselworld 2017, HYT does a retrograde and jumps from its latest H4 back to H0. The latest of its mechanical liquid watches at the m

JC Biver claims this to be the new and improved El Primero. Does the new Zenith Defy El Primero 21 deliver? We examine it in our hands-on review.

Inside every car guy there’s a watch guy trying to escape, and vice versa. We’re not sure, but it looks like ICON 4×4’s Jonathan Ward has found the perfect balance of these two mechanical passions. So if mechanical powertrains of the wrist- or road-based variety are your bag, he’s definitely worth a follow. NAME: Jonathan … ContinuedThe post WHO TO FOLLOW: @icon4x4 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Happy Easter everyone. It’s Good Friday down here in Melbourne, so this edition of the Wind Down will be brief, as the office is closed and I’m penning this between nibbles of hot cross bun and wines in the sun. Not a bad way to spend the day at all. Hope your day off is … ContinuedThe post GOOD FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 14th April, 2017 – the Easter edition appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Jaquet Droz takes Revolution behind the scenes on its newest restoration project–a singing-bird pendulum clock once owned by the French Emperor Napoleon.

Last week we published a video of our top picks from Baselworld 2017. We filmed it in a pretty sleep-deprived state towards the end of the fair, with the thought of dropping a list while the watches were still hot. If you haven’t seen it, we’ve embedded it at the end of this story. (We hope … ContinuedThe post LIST: Our top 11 watches from Basel 2017, in pictures appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Originally created to give collectors a chance to own vintage-looking Cartier watches, the timepieces in Collection Privée Cartier Paris have become highly sought after in their own right.

There are desirable collectibles - Speedmaster, Daytona, El Primero. If you were a real watch geek - you'd mention seiko giugiaro design chronograph.

The first Bell & Ross I ever laid my hands on, back in 2008, was the Marine, an uncommon and somewhat unusual beast that took the brand’s trademark dial and transplanted it into a large, 1000m water resistant, tonneau-shaped case that looked like it could handle anything short of being run over by a main … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: A square peg in a round hole – the Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Editor’s note: There’s nothing that watch journos love more than a watch with a story. Marketing departments know this, and try hard (sometimes too hard) to come up with gripping narratives behind their latest and greatest. In all my years of writing about watches, I’ve come across few stories as authentic and compelling as that of Australian … ContinuedThe post EDITOR’S PICK: The Aegir CD-2, a dive watch made by… wait for it… an ACTUAL diver appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

IWC introduces the Portugieser Constant-Force Tourbillon paired with a uniquely IWC, made-to-order service.

One of the last people I saw before I left Australia for SIHH in January was James Marsden. He was on television, in dusty dungarees, with a vest, boots and a cowboy hat. His face was etched with pain. He’d just been shot by Ed Harris. Again. The television show is Westworld, the character is Teddy, … ContinuedThe post INTERVIEW: “Safe queens are the worst.” Actor James Marsden explains just what kind of watch geek he is, and we are feeling him appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Full hands-on analytical review of the new Patek Philippe Aquanaut with live high resolution photos from Baselworld 2017.

For his only timepiece collaboration, the man that defined the New York art scene turned to his adoptive city for the inspiration behind the five dials of the multi-timezone Movado Warhol Times/5.