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A Week On The Wrist: The Search Is Over – This Entry Level F.P. Journe Chronomètre Bleu Is My New Favorite Watch

For now, at least.

Interview: The Founders Of Bell & Ross Couldn't Find The Perfect Tool Watch. So They Decided To Create Their Own

All Carlos Rosillo and Bruno Belamich needed was a little help from Sinn and Chanel.

Introducing: 'BANG!' 'POW!' Bell & Ross' New Watch Draws Inspiration From Bruce Wayne And Batman

The new Wayne Enterprises x Uncrate Collab BR 03-92 is designed as if straight from the mind of the Caped Crusader.

The New Collector: Six watch considerations below SGD 5,000

Here is our first guide to the new collector - six watches to consider at the SGD 5k mark. Not our first such article, and certainly not our last.

Auctions: The F.P. Journe × Francis Ford Coppola FFC Blue Sells For Over $4.5 Million At Only Watch 2021, A New Record

Boom goes the dynamite.

Watch Spotting: President Bill Clinton Wearing A Timex Ironman Triathlon 8 Lap To His Inauguration (1993)

He was just a regular ol' boy from Arkansas (who collected the good stuff when not ruling the world).

Watch Spotting: Kate Middleton Hands Out The Wimbledon Trophy To Novak Djokovic Wearing A Cartier Ballon Bleu

And Prince William wears his mainstay – the Omega "Bond" Seamaster – to the Men's Final.

Introducing the Pilot’s Watch Chronograph 41 in Bronze and Blue

Watch Spotting: Kansas Jayhawks Head Coach Bill Self Wearing A Tudor Black Bay Burgundy On The Sideline

Rock, Chalk, Black Bay.

Watch Spotting: Matthew Stafford Wears A Patek Philippe Aquanaut During The Super Bowl Parade

It's water-resistant and beer-resistant.

Watch Spotting: The Watches Of Super Bowl LVI

A lot happened out on the field, but our eyes were glued to the wrists.

Watch Of The Week: Why I Still Love My Junghans Max Bill

It’s a museum-worthy design. And one hell of a value proposition.

Introducing: The Bell & Ross Watch That Looks Like An Airplane Radar

Fasten your seatbelts and make sure your seats and tray tables are in their full upright position.

Watch Spotting: Referee Sarah Thomas Wearing A Timex Ironman At Super Bowl LV

Some might say it's an Ironwoman.

FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Celebrating the week we helped Zenith launch the final El Primero 50th Anniversary Edition and Billie Eilish’s baller new watch

It’s Friday, it’s knockoff, and it’s a beading glass of vodka and dry ginger I have at my left hand. What a week! Most of it was dominated by the Mission: Possible attempt to film a feature-length special on a Sunday and then publish it at 3am Australian time on Thursday morning. It was ambitious. We … ContinuedThe post FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Celebrating the week we helped Zenith launch the final El Primero 50th Anniversary Edition and Billie Eilish’s baller new watch appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Auctions: The F.P. Journe Astronomic Blue Sells For CHF 1.8 Million At Only Watch 2019

This is rare air for independent watchmaking.

Oracle Time teams up with Ball with dazzling results

What happens when you add a WWI naval camouflage to a tool watch and throw in a pinch of radioactive gas for good measure?The post Oracle Time teams up with Ball with dazzling results appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Oracle Time Unveils The Ball Engineer II Dazzle

Following up on its 2024 inaugural collaboration watch, Oracle Time releases its sophomore effort, the Ball Engineer II Dazzle. Last year’s wonderful Christopher Ward Dune Shoreline was so successful that Christopher Ward spun off the 100-piece limited edition into a bona fide collection. With the wind in its sails, Oracle Time now jazzes up the […] Visit Oracle Time Unveils The Ball Engineer II Dazzle to read the full article.

Hands-on – The Ball Roadmaster M Model A, Built to Impress Day and Night

In 1891, following a devastating train accident caused by a faulty watch, Cleveland watchmaker Webb C. Ball was called upon to investigate and ultimately standardise timekeeping across America’s growing railroad network. Many think his work laid the foundation for modern chronometry standards. Webb C. Ball, through Ball Time Service, initially certified watches from American brands […]

Interview: Ming Thein on the All New Project 21, a Tantalum Dress Watch with a Restored Vintage Movement

If MING Watches isn’t on your radar, I don’t really know what to tell you. The brand, which has been around since 2017 and was founded by photographer and watch enthusiast Ming Thein (his current job title at the brand, at least according to LinkedIn, is ‘Supreme Overlord’), has stood at the forefront of the small independent movement since the day it launched, and has been a tremendous object lesson in the ability and aspiration of small brands.  In the nearly eight years since the brand launched, they’ve made a lot of very cool watches, and possibly cooler than the watches themselves has been the diversity of their offering - diversity in style, functionality, and (notably) price. Now, MING has released its latest marvel, the MING 21.01 ‘Project 21,’ a dream watch for Ming himself and a clear summation of what the brand has been and done up to this point while offering a glimpse into the eponymous founder’s head and maybe even offering some clues as to what will come next for the brand. So what is the Project 21? Well, put simply, it’s a 35mm tantalum-cased dress watch built around a historically significant ultra-thin movement. Factor in a little more nuance, and it’s exceedingly clear that the Project 21 is an experiment in pushing the brand to its limits, just to see where those limits happen to be. The new watch, which will only be available in extraordinarily limited quantities, was inspired by a challenge thrown down at a 2023 collector’s d...

The new Ball Roadmaster M Model A raises the alarm with a new calibre

The Ball Roadmaster M Model A brings a red and black 'Coke' ceramic bezel to its patented alarm GMT watch.The post The new Ball Roadmaster M Model A raises the alarm with a new calibre appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

REVIEW: Hands On With The Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon EOD

We go hands on with the Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon EOD to see just how robust this tool watch really is! What We Love Its “Bullet Proof” buildThe micro gas lights and lumeIngenious shock-resistant systems What We Don’t The size as it wears larger than the specs suggestMix of titanium and steel feels a little oddThe clasp isn’t as comfortable and could be better designed Overall Rating: 8/10 Value for money: 8/10Wearability: 7/10Design: 8/10Build quality: 9/10 Ball is one of those brands that’s been around for a long while, since 1891 in fact, and probably doesn’t get as much credit as they deserve. Many brands are in the same boat unfortunately, but this is the world we live in. A big part of that is to do with marketing to be honest, and the rest is down to the watches, design, current trends, and culture. It all plays a part. Ball is a brand that was born out of the American railroad era. Similar to other brands that got their start or came to prominence as a result, like Hamilton, Waltham, and others if I can draw that association. For those who aren’t familiar with this era in watchmaking, here’s a very quick history lesson. Back in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, the United States was going through its industrial revolution. A big part of that was the American railway – all industries relied on this to get supplies for manufacturing, agriculture, building etc from one coast to the other. And this meant that the trains had to run in time and like...

Chopard goes all Frank Sinatra with their blue-eyed new Alpine Eagle XL Chrono Maritime Blue

A watch Ol' Blue Eyes would definitely approve of.The post Chopard goes all Frank Sinatra with their blue-eyed new Alpine Eagle XL Chrono Maritime Blue appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

[Hands-On] De Bethune Goes All Blue (Again) with New Kind of Blue DB28XP

De Bethune is returning to their Kind of Blue concept within a new frame that combines the best of the DB28XP and the DB28 Kind of Blue to create the, you guessed it, DB28XP Kind of Blue. The new watch is trimmer than ever, and bluer than ever (insert Tobias joke here), and leans into the absolute best of DeBethune’s design language. It’s a smaller, thinner watch, but there’s still plenty of visual impact thanks to the wide frame that the lugs define. And as complex is it may look at a glance, at its core, there’s a very straightforward watch here.  The case and dial are made of thermally blued titanium with “microlight” pattern finish, and the result is stunning under any amount of light. It shifts between blue hues that pick up notes of purple at certain angles, and the finish creases a near liquid-metal appearance. All of this applied to the shapes and structures that De Bethune uses with the DB28 create an incredibly dramatic presence that will have you staring at the watch without a moment’s thought of the time. There are a set of hands reading off the hour and the minutes, but they feel secondary to the rest of the experience of this watch. De Bethune is using the thin, hand wound DB2115v12 movement with their own balance wheel, which is visible at the bottom of the dial, under the arch-like structure. The XP in the name denotes that this is an extra thin (plat) watch, and indeed it stands at just 8.5mm in thickness, but this isn’t a watch about the ...

The Ball Roadmaster Ocean Explorer blends nautical utility with strong all-round specifications

Despite “Road” and “Ocean” not necessarily being compatible worlds, the Ball Roadmaster Ocean Explorer is an incredibly cohesive watch with impressive features. Few brands can blend classical sophistication and modern ingenuity as well as Ball can, and they also understand the need mechanical watch lovers have for analogue interactions. Whether you have a need to … ContinuedThe post The Ball Roadmaster Ocean Explorer blends nautical utility with strong all-round specifications appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.