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Hands-On: AnOrdain Introduces Its First Porcelain Dials
The Glaswegian brand, known for its colorful and labor-intense dials, steps out from enamel.
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The Glaswegian brand, known for its colorful and labor-intense dials, steps out from enamel.
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Smoky, sultry, retro and classy: no matter what you call them, fumé dials are a winning look.The post 10 of the best and smokiest fumé dials you can buy today appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Orient Star made its big comeback to Europe a few years ago. Since then, the brand’s M Collections have been taking center stage. While Grand Seiko draws inspiration from local nature, sometimes just outside its studio in Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, Orient Star finds inspiration further afield. Much further indeed, as Orient Star bases its dials […] Visit Introducing: Two New Orient Star M34 F8 Date Watches With Out-Of-This-World Dials to read the full article.
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With dials inspired by meteor showers, these watches show what is possible in this accessible price point, with two options available. The post Orient Star introduces two new celestial dials for its contemporary M34 F8 Date appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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As a brand that takes great pride in the pursuit of Schönstes Deutsches Handwerk, translated as “the most beautiful German craftsmanship,” Moritz Grossmann is home to exquisite handcrafted dials. Giving old-school decorative techniques a contemporary twist, Grossmann proposes two new versions of its practical traveller’s GMT watch with hand-guilloché dials in lush summer colours. Moritz […]
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The Bulgari Bulgari remains one of the brand‘s most iconic watches, alongside the Octo and the Serpenti, defined by its clean design and bold bezel engraving. Its story began in 1975 when Bulgari introduced the Bulgari Roma, a limited-edition timepiece designed by Gianni Bulgari as a personal gift for the brand’s top 100 clients. Featuring […]
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Stepan Sarpaneva releases three novelties in the diving Vetehinen collection with stone dials on his secondary brand S.U.F.
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Leica's flagship ZM 1 and ZM 2 models get an 'Urban Green' makeover, sporting beautiful green fumé dials - a first for the brand.The post Leica expands its burgeoning watch range with their first green dials (and Milanese bracelet!) appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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This year, Rolex introduced no fewer than eight new Daytona references, but only one made it to the brand’s press room during Watches and Wonders. The seven other iterations remained hidden. Luckily, a visit to the brand’s Brussels offices revealed that 2025 marks the year Rolex introduces three new Daytona watches in three gold alloys […] Visit Astronomical Exclusivity: Rolex Introduces Three New Daytona Watches With Meteorite Dials to read the full article.
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Hong Kong's Selten offers exceptional patterned grand feu enamel dials at an exceptionally affordable price.The post Selten’s Métiers d’Art Collection showcases artisanal enamelled dials that won’t break the bank appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Marquetry is a niche endeavour, but the results are astonishing, with the melange of natural materials making up wonderful paysages.The post 7 of the best marquetry dials showing off the incredible intricacies of this art appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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A nautical summer collection offers a wide range of blue-dialed special models.
Fratello
This week’s Top 5 list is a follow-up to last week’s list. You seemed to enjoy the article about some of the stunning, exotic dials that Rolex has used for its flagship model, the Day-Date. This week, we will look at some of the exotic dials that the Genevan brand has used for the Datejust. […] Visit Fratello’s Top 5 Rolex Datejust Models With Exotic Dials to read the full article.
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While Piaget is rightfully heralded as the precursor of ultra-thin calibres, it was also a pioneer of ornamental stone dials in the early 1960s. A decade or so later, under the direction of Yves Piaget, another milestone was reached with the release of the famous gold Polo sports watch in 1979. Its sleek gold integrated […]
Time+Tide
The eclectic Finland-based watchmaker has unveiled his latest take on one of his most important watches.The post Sarpaneva explodes onto the scene with a new Supernova, featuring stone dials and an out-of-this-world moonphase appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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While the definition changed throughout history, the word bicompax always signified elegant, refined chronographs. Here are some of the best.The post 11 of the best bicompax chronographs that do away with unnecessary sub-dials appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Two very different materials make an appearance on Rolex dials for the first time: Cerachrom and tiger iron.
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Another Friday, another Top 5! This week, we continue our series of lists inspired by Watches and Wonders 2025 and take a look at some of our favorite Rolex watches with stone dials. But as we wanted to make it a bit more specific, we decided to list five Rolex sports models with them. For […] Visit Fratello’s Top 5 Rolex Sports Watches With Stone Dials - Featuring Turquoise, Lapis Lazuli, Meteorite, And More to read the full article.
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Eighteen references is a lot, but each plays with bright colors in a different way.
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Less pop, more poise.
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Alongside the green and terracotta Big Crown Pointer Date Calibre 403 housed in a 40mm case with a sleek, polished bezel instead of the classic coin-edge design, Oris also introduces a trio of new, simpler versions of its emblematic watch. And while these lack the high-performance Calibre 403 movement and replace it with a Sellita […]
Time+Tide
Lefty and righty, ceramic and stone.The post Rolex plays with materials for GMT-Master II dials, introducing green ceramic and tiger iron for the icon’s 70th birthday appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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All that and more in this week's edition of Hodinkee's What's Selling Where column.
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Glashütte Original’s Senator collection is populated with classical watches that evoke the grand Saxon watchmaking traditions of the 19th century. A slight evolution of the somewhat august Senator range, a sub-collection known as the Senator Excellence, was released in tandem with the brand’s calibre 36 in 2016. The Panorama Date Moon Phase appeared in 2018, […]
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“Watches, Stories, and Gear” is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, explore interesting content that inspires us, and put a spotlight on causes we believe in. Oh, and any gear we happen to be digging on this week. We love gear. First Commercial Moon Landing On Tuesday, March 2nd, Firefly Aerospace successfully landed their “Blue Ghost” lander on the surface of the moon, making it the first private company to do so. Over the next two weeks, Blue Ghost will conduct a number of experiments, 10 of which are for NASA, in an effort to gather data that will be used for the Artemis Project. While still in the early stages, Project Artermis looks to return humans back to the moon, something that hasn’t been done in over 50 years. Millions of Dollars Worth of Suitcases View this post on Instagram A post shared by Peak Design (@peakdesign) Whether you’re into photography or just know someone who is, you’ve likely heard of Peak Design before. While they made their name creating high quality camera bags and accessories, Peak Design has been branching out into various adjacent segments for some time now. In their most recent project, Peak Design set out to create their very own suitcase, which they’ve named the “Roller Pro”. Best described as a hybrid between the standard soft and hard shell options on the market, the Roller Pro features two unique opening methods, a carbon fiber ...
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The story of Citizen goes as far back as 1918, and the first pocket watch bearing the name was introduced in 1924. Today, the brand is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its flagship collection, The Citizen. It was introduced in 1995 as a line that is committed to the fundamental functions of a watch: “accurate […]
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The revival of Ikepod has been met with a lot of enthusiasm, especially seeing the brand develop from ‘just’ another resuscitated name to a full-fledged return of the unmistakable and iconic Mark Newson design style across a range of collections. Ever since the takeover by longtime Ikepod-fan Christian-Louis Col, we’ve witnessed a return of the […]
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