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Piaget‘s pioneering Altiplano has been impressing since 1957, and given that watch brands love nothing more than an anniversary, we were expecting plenty of that barely-there silhouette in the collection at SIHH. And that’s fair enough, when you consider that, 60 years on, mechanical watches still don’t come any slimmer than the Altiplano. Even so, we weren’t quite prepared for just … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Piaget 2017 collection overview proves thin is still in appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

BASEL BUILDUP:  Seiko’s impact at Baselworld last year was measurable on the Richter scale. If it wasn’t the aftershocks of the Seiko Presage Chronograph 60th Anniversary Limited Edition it was watches like the Grand Seiko Spring Drive SBGD001. Hard model name to remember. Easy watch to be wooed by. The dial doesn’t quite sparkle in these pictures like it does … ContinuedThe post BASEL BUILDUP: 5 days to go. The appeal of the Grand Seiko Spring Drive SBGD001’s diamond dust is forever… appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Revolution’s Keith W. Strandberg gives us an exclusive sneak peek at the Hamilton Baselworld novelties for 2017. Let’s just say, he wasn’t disappointed.

Full hands on review of the Ulysse Nardin's new Marine Regatta watch features one innovation which is useful to regatta sailors.

In the first Big Bang GMT watch, Hublot has simplified the operation of a complex complication, enabling the second time zone to be updated instantly by a push of a button.

The TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 differs from other smartwatches in two key areas: execution and actually delivering what it promises.

Bravehearts of the North East Watch Charity Auction, featuring two personal timepieces donated by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits.

If you’ve ever looked down at your smart watch and thought, ‘If only I could change that case out for a real mechanical watch by a recognisable Swiss luxury watch brand,’ boy are you in luck because that’s exactly what TAG Heuer‘s new Connected Modular 45 allows you to do. Going one step further than … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: The TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

BASEL BUILDUP: The first Omega Speedmaster was released in 1957, so the iconic model is celebrating its 60th this year. We’re pretty confident this means we’ll be seeing an anniversary edition at Baselworld in a few days, which led us to speculate (fairly intensely) about what it might look like. As with all things involving ‘vintage’ and ‘Speedmaster’, … ContinuedThe post BASEL BUILDUP: 6 days to go. This year is the Omega Speedmaster’s 60th anniversary, so watch this video about the 1957 original appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps introduces a stellar line up of watches to kick off 2017 and their 10th anniversary.

Ladies and gentleman, if we could please have your attention during our pre-flight safety demonstration. Our pilots today are Skip Stewart and Jurgis Kairys. During our three-minute flight you will experience some turbulence, along with dizzying aerobatics, death-defying stunts and extreme speed, so we advise you to familiarise yourself with the brace position. If you have … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Oris take to the skies in the loudest, fastest video we’ve ever made appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

The Breguet Tradition Dame is an excellent example of the brand’s commitment to combining fine watchmaking with incredible design, while adding horological innovation.

Prepare to be surprised with Dolce & Gabbana’s new one-of-a-kind timepieces that mirror everything the Italian duo love to create in their haute couture collections. Revolution gets an exclusive first look at these amazing creations.

TAG Heuer unveil the second generation of their Connected Watch, which introduces the concept of modularity like never before along with a whole new meaning to the words “Connected to Eternity”.

The Da Vinci Tourbillon Retrograde Chronograph is one of the pricier offerings from Schaffhausen but given the 2 technical milestones, it's worth a 2ndlook.

Bell & Ross unveils the BR 03-92 Horograph and the BR 03-92 Horolum, whose elegant, utilitarian designs are lessons in form following function.

At Patek's restoration department, the manufacture's true heart serves to make "keeping it for the next generation" a factual statement, not just smart copy

TAG Heuer has just announced the “first luxury connected watch bearing the Swiss made label” and a new concept that allows you to change the smart watch module (the whole case, in other words) for a mechanical module; either a time-only automatic Calibre 5 or a COSC-certified chronograph Tourbillon Heuer 02-T. The concept of modularity also … ContinuedThe post BREAKING: The TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 – a smart watch, a mechanical watch and a tourbillon, all in one appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

“There is far too much unnecessary restoration to produce an apparently clean [watch], whereas the imperfect one was more genuine” – Kenneth Ullyett, In Quest of Clocks, 1950

Blancpain presents the Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe in the ever-perfect size of 38mm, outfitted in an oceanic blue.

Full hands-on analytical review of the Greubel Forsey Grande Sonnerie with live high resolution photos from SIHH 2017.

Biver seems to create Limited Edition Hublot and TAG Heuer chronographs which accurately pick winners. We put his choices to more than anecdotal test.

BASEL BUILDUP: Will it happen again? Will Rolex put a ceramic bezel on an existing watch and break Baselworld? Rumours abound we may see just that on the ‘Coke’ GMT-Master II, which has been mocked up here by those resourceful Rolex rumourmongers at Monochrome. Though, for ours, a gradated green dial on a Sea-Dweller would … ContinuedThe post BASEL BUILDUP: 8 days to go. Remembering the Rolex that blew up Baselworld 2016… appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

In this week's Throwback Sundays, we take a look at six entry-level brands and the extraordinary or unique watches that they have produced.

Vacheron Constantin bucked the trend this year at SIHH. While many of their fellow exhibitors played it safe, bringing out crowd-pleasing steel models and revisiting their greatest hits, Vacheron Constantin walked another path, with a collection focused at the very highest end of horology. Not only did they offer mind-numbingly complex astronomical grand complication and a … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Vacheron Constantin 2017 collection – the most complicated of SIHH appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

BASEL BUILDUP: One of the great things about Basel is the interviews. All the key players are in one place, and to use sporting parlance, when the doors open and the cameras roll, it is game on. We didn’t know it at the time, but this interview with then-President of Omega Stephen Urquhart at Baselworld … ContinuedThe post BASEL BUILDUP: 9 days to go. Enjoy what may be the last filmed interview with then-Omega president Stephen Urquhart appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Parmigiani released their latest Tonda 1950 variation at SIHH, now with a white meteorite dial. The elegant dress watch has a slim profile, complete with an