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From Rado to Hublot: why watch brands are finally padding up for cricket

Switzerland's watchmakers are increasingly paying attention to the world's second-most popular sport - which is good news for watch fans.The post From Rado to Hublot: why watch brands are finally padding up for cricket appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

The GPHG 2024 Watches Are Now On Their World Tour: Here’s Where to View Them

Retrospective - What are The World’s Thinnest Watches Per Category?

Ultra-thin watchmaking is a fascinating topic, one of our favourite areas of expertise here, at MONOCHROME. Ultra-thin watchmaking is horology at its purest, a no-compromise search for the slenderest movement that has to be considered a true complication. While high-watchmaking often seeks to bring as many complications as possible in a single movement, ultra-thinness is […]

SpaceOne, Toledano & Chan, Anoma - are the hype microbrands worth it?

SpaceOne, Toledano & Chan, Anoma - are the hype microbrands worth it? Andrew McUtchen and Blake Buettner wade into the hot topic.The post SpaceOne, Toledano & Chan, Anoma – are the hype microbrands worth it? appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Culture Of Time: Through Watches, Those Who Have Died In Service Of Their Country Are Remembered

How I finally realized that Memorial Day is about more than parades and barbecues.

Hublot are as goth as it gets with the Spirit of Big Bang Depeche Mode

Hublot try to appear to an unlikely audience with their latest Depeche Mode collaboration.The post Hublot are as goth as it gets with the Spirit of Big Bang Depeche Mode appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Here Are the 28 Best GMT Watches You Can Buy in 2026

Among all the functions offered by today's timepieces (we in the watch trade call them complications, because even the ones that look relatively simple, like a date in a window, involve a lot of complex micro-mechanics), the GMT or second time zone is one of the most practical and useful - especially as many of us are back in the habit, post-COVID, of spending time again in time zones other than our own - for business, pleasure, or some combo of both. Here we've gathered 28 of the best GMT watches on the market now for your perusal and your consideration if you're in the market for a ticking companion for your next trip. To narrow the list and keep it manageable, we are keeping it as much as possible to "pure" GMT watches, i.e., those with a GMT hand pointing at a scale rather than some other unconventional display, which unfortunately excludes models like the A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Time Zone, Parmigiani Tonda Hemispheres, Arnold & Son Globetrotter, and any number of very creative high-end takes on a dual-timer. We've also left out world-time watches, GMT watches' more complex cousins that display all the world's time zones simultaneously (you can check out our list of world timers here) and multiple-complication watches in which the GMT function is paired with a chronograph, perpetual calendar, or other high complications (small complications like dates are OK). Finally, we included only watches with mechanical movements, which are more likely to appeal to a wo...

Trends: Not All Watches are Created Equal - Reprise

Trends rule a larger part of our lives than many of us wish to admit. Sometimes we follow trends consciously, but often we are subconsciously influenced in the choices we make. All brands perform a delicate tightrope walk, but they differ in how successful they are. Martin Green takes a look at how trends affect or don't affect now-iconic timepieces.

Are small dive watches the next big thing?

In-Depth: Copying, Creativity, And Copyright: Are We Ready To Call Watches Art?

The thin line between inspiration and imitation.

Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Reverso Tribute Chronograph arguably won Watches & Wonders 2023

At this point, Watches & Wonders 2023 feels like it was both yesterday and a year ago. Ultimately, it’s well away in the rear view mirror. Four months later, however, it becomes clear which novelties were the big standouts. It’s the ones still stuck in your mind after the excitement of the fair has passed, … ContinuedThe post Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Reverso Tribute Chronograph arguably won Watches & Wonders 2023 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

NFTs, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, and web3 are Environmentally Harmful: The New Trend for Watches is Hypocritical With Self-Professed ‘Green’ Low-Carbon Claims - Reprise

The luxury watch industry depends a great deal upon credibility. Which has led to Brendan Cunningham watching with some trepidation as various watch brands have started to enter the cryptocurrency / blockchain / non-fungible token (NFT) world. Here's why he thinks that it might not be a great idea.

Parmigiani Fleurier are maintaining their killer momentum in style

It’s easy to read about a watch brand having an incredible turnaround and soar in popularity, and you may even notice the rise in social media posts or news articles written about a new phenomenon. But, if you really want to capture the excitement behind something amazing, then you need to be able to see … ContinuedThe post Parmigiani Fleurier are maintaining their killer momentum in style appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

VIDEO: The incomparable Laurent Ferrier’s Watches and Wonders 2023 novelties

Laurent Ferrier is a third-generation watchmaker, who graduated from École d’Horlogerie de Genève in 1968 and worked 37 years in Patek Philippe. Hailed by many as the master of sector dial watches, Laurent Ferrier was 63 when he started his eponymous watch brand in 2010. At Watches and Wonders 2023, he introduces three new novelties […]

How The World's Most Accurate Watches Are Made

Nearly every advance in watchmaking technology has been in the service of increased utility and functionality - even inventions that we now consider entirely luxurious affectations. The minute repeater, for example, was invented so a watch wearer could audibly check the time in the dark in the days before luminous treatment on dials. Even the tourbillon began its existence as a device for enhancing timekeeping accuracy, countering the effects of gravity on a pocketwatch’s movement. Thus it should come as no surprise that as the world entered the electronic era in the mid-20th century, watchmakers would attempt to harness the new technologies to improve the precision - and hence the desirability - of their products. Read on as we trace the evolution of timekeeping technology all the way up through today’s most accurate watches.  Birth of the Chronometer Not long after the tracking of time migrated from giant clocks in the town square to portable devices carried in waistcoat pockets, and eventually worn on wrists (click here for a brief history of watches), the need for a standard of dependable accuracy in these mechanical timekeepers became evident. Hence the establishment of standards for which a timepiece could be deemed a "chronometer." The classical definition of a chronometer goes all the way back to the golden age of seafaring exploration in the 18th Century, when ships required the use of a highly accurate onboard clock that enabled their navigators to det...

HBO’s Succession to end with upcoming season 4. Here are past horological highlights

Yesterday, Jessie Armstrong, creator and showrunner of HBO’s hit television series Succession, revealed that season 4 would be the show’s last. He told The New Yorker he remains conflicted about the decision – and we devout viewers are certainly conflicted with whether or not we are ready for the show to end as well. But, … ContinuedThe post HBO’s Succession to end with upcoming season 4. Here are past horological highlights appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Pre-Owned Picks: Five Unusual Watches That Are New To The Shop

Most of us are familiar with a Submariner or a Navitimer, so now let's look at the hidden gems in some of the most popular brand's catalogs.

Just Because: Rabbit Watches Are Multiplying

From Swatch to Hublot to Vacheron, everybody's making them. As a service to you, the reader, we rounded up the most notable specimens – and rated them with carrots.

Which watch brand won 2022? Luke picks Omega - here are five reasons why…

When asked to give my thoughts on which watch brand “won” 2022, I feared for a second that it might be a trick question. That’s because, for me at least, the answer is so forehead-slappingly obvious that you’d need to perform all sorts of mental gymnastics to conceive of any vaguely credible challengers.  Last year, … ContinuedThe post Which watch brand won 2022? Luke picks Omega – here are five reasons why… appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

The Two Watch Collection: My Blancpain And Oris Are The Result Of A Seven-Year Adventure In Watches

They're extremely different from one another, but they're also remarkably similar in an uncommon way. More importantly, they each represent what I care about most in watchmaking.

Weekend Edition: Watches Are The Windows To The Soul

They don't just tell the time. They tell us who we are – or who we could be.

Pre-Owned Picks: '90s Watches That Are Da Bomb

In a decade that saw the resurgence of mechanical watchmaking we can be spoiled for choices.

Auctions: Pharrell Williams Is Auctioning Off His Stuff -  Here Are Five Of The Coolest Watches We Saw

The "Son Of Pharoah" auction is hosted by Joopiter, a new auction platform created by Pharrell, and is scheduled to kick off on October 20, 2022.

This new IWC Portugieser duo are more wearable, more affordable and a lot more green

The IWC Portugieser is a staple in the Schaffhausen watchmaker’s collection, with its signature Arabics, feuille hands and railroad minute track designs originating in 1939, before its reinvention in the early ’90s. Andrew went hands-on with two of its latest iterations – the Portugieser Automatic 40 and Perpetual Calendar 42. Both of these represent their … ContinuedThe post This new IWC Portugieser duo are more wearable, more affordable and a lot more green appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Second Opinions: Custom Watches Are Awesome - And Should No Longer Be Taboo

In a world where you can effortlessly design the sneakers on your feet and the car in your garage, you oughta be able to do likewise with your timepiece.

Watch Spotting: Game, Set, Match! These Are The Best Watches We Saw On And Off The Courts At The 2022 U.S. Open

Rolex walks away from the New York tournament as the big winner (with a little help from Iga Świątek and Carlos Alcaraz).

IN-DEPTH: The retro thrills of the Doxa Army are back in full production

When Doxa released a ceramic limited edition of their legendary Army watch with Watches of Switzerland, we all knew it would be a matter of time before this thrilling design would be made available to the masses. While it’s expected that some production models will modernise reissues to some extent, the Doxa Army offers the … ContinuedThe post IN-DEPTH: The retro thrills of the Doxa Army are back in full production appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Auctions: Three Insane Yellow-Gold George Daniels Wristwatches Are Coming Up At Phillips Geneva This November - And HODINKEE Is The First To Bring You The News

Our friends at Phillips interrupt your regularly scheduled '90s Week content with a '90s-era surprise of their own.

Four + One: Watches Are Milestone Markers For The Singer-Songwriter And Synthmaster Behind 'The Midnight'

Tyler Lyle's watch collection is built around making memories and overcoming challenges.

Auctions: The New York Summer Auctions Are Here! These Are The Top Lots To Watch At Christie's, Phillips, And Sotheby's

Summer biddin', had me a blast // Summer biddin', happened so fast