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Highlights from the Phillips Geneva Watch Auction: Nine
The George Daniels Grand Complication pocket watch, the Vacheron Constantin “Don Pancho” and more from the upcoming Phillips Geneva Watch Auction: Nine.
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Le Brassus
Vallée de Joux village that has been Audemars Piguet HQ since 1875; also home to APRP movement development.
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Wristshot gallery from the Horlogeforum Audemars Piguet thread.
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Royal Oak Audemars Piguet
Gérald Genta's overnight 1971 sketch that invented the luxury steel sports watch.
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Code 11.59 Audemars Piguet
AP's 2019 round watch family. Octagonal midcase, round bezel, double-curved sapphire.
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Live from Baselworld 2019: Citizen
We have admired Citizen and their technical prowess since we visited their facilities in Japan last year and have had extensive hands on with a few of their watches. For 2019, the caliber 0100 which was shown as a prototype with a sapphire crystal case in pocket watch format last year makes its commercial appearanceRead More
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VIDEO: 8 Cartier watches that stand out
A little while ago I made my way down to Cartier’s Collins Street boutique in Melbourne, spent a little time amidst the glittering plinths and picked out some watches that, for me at least, really epitomise what makes the Maison’s watchmaking so great. Of course there are numerous shapes in attendance, from the circle of … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: 8 Cartier watches that stand out appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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SPOTTED! BY AG: Dispatch 19, November 2018 – the second edition
November was such a big month of watches for the Time+Tide crew, and, subsequently, an even bigger month of watch spotting for me. Jam-packed with watch events, magazine launches, and other fun activities, this month’s special second edition of #SpottedByAG is a bit of a mixed bag (you did read the first one, right?). First up … ContinuedThe post SPOTTED! BY AG: Dispatch 19, November 2018 – the second edition appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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VIDEO: A classical beauty – IWC’s Portugieser Hand-Wound Eight Days Edition “150 Years”
When you’ve been around for 150 years you can afford to take the long view when it comes to the vagaries of fashion and trends, and start to take some perspective. Perhaps this is why IWC’s celebratory anniversary collection is jam-packed full of classics, like this Portugieser. A round gold watch in the classic style, … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: A classical beauty – IWC’s Portugieser Hand-Wound Eight Days Edition “150 Years” appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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SPOTTED! BY AG: Dispatch 12, July 2018 – A Heuer-heavy edition
This month was an interesting one, and, as you’ll see, jam-packed with one particular brand. I’ll put this Heuer-overload down to the fact I spent quite a bit of time with local car enthusiasts, who have a lot of time for the brand - especially their chronographs. Let’s kick things off. Local gent Charith recently picked up … ContinuedThe post SPOTTED! BY AG: Dispatch 12, July 2018 – A Heuer-heavy edition appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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SPOTTED! BY AG: Dispatch 11, June 2018
Is anyone else struggling with the fact that it’s June? I am, and this month’s Spotted is jam-packed with some crazy cool watches. Kicking things off, I started this month with ‘coffee and cars’ – and going in I was well aware that any combination of Heuer and Vintage Chronograph is always a winner amongst … ContinuedThe post SPOTTED! BY AG: Dispatch 11, June 2018 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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IN-DEPTH: The Hublot Big Bang Unico GMT Titanium
The story in a second: A funky and practical Hublot packed with style and substance. Launched early last year in Geneva, the Big Bang Unico GMT - which technically is a dual time zone watch and not a true GMT, as there’s no hand running on a 24-hour scale - is the first arrival in … ContinuedThe post IN-DEPTH: The Hublot Big Bang Unico GMT Titanium appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Swatch Sistem51 Review: Should You Keep The Receipt?
The first time that I was introduced to a Swatch Sistem51 was in a marketing email from Hodinkee announcing their collaboration with Swatch. The Swatch Sistem51 cost $150, which piqued my interest immediately. It was only a fraction of the cost of anything else that Hodinkee offered (besides a magazine).
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WHO TO FOLLOW: @TheKirkland (Jeremy Kirkland of Blamo!)
Editors note: This week’s Who To Follow is the result of a mild obsession Andy and I had with the Blamo! podcast, which, if you’re at all interested in the world of fashion, style and luxury, is jam-packed full of gold moments and on-point insight. Given that we’ve tapped out the first three seasons, we’re … ContinuedThe post WHO TO FOLLOW: @TheKirkland (Jeremy Kirkland of Blamo!) appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Invitation: Rare handcrafts to be showcased at the Patek Philippe Salons in Geneva
From April 19 to 21, at its Salons on Rue du Rhône, Patek Philippe is showcasing its entire collection of the rare handcrafts timepieces that premiered at Baselworld 2018. It is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to discover all the exceptionally inspiring dome table clocks, pocket watches and wristwatches before they continue their journey to private collectionsRead More
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IN-DEPTH: The Raymond Weil Freelancer Chronograph
The story in a second: A value-packed chrono from one of the few remaining family-owned watch companies. It wasn’t all doom and gloom during the quartz crisis of the mid ’70s. While brands and manufacturers were disappearing left, right and centre, never to be seen again, others like Raymond Weil were only just starting out, … ContinuedThe post IN-DEPTH: The Raymond Weil Freelancer Chronograph appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Review: IWC Tribute To Pallweber Edition ‘150 Years’
In 1884, IWC manufactured the first so-called Pallweber pocket watches. These innovative timepieces showed the hours and minutes in a digital format with large numerals on rotating discs. In its anniversary year, IWC honours this pioneering achievement with the IWC Tribute to Pallweber Edition “150 Years”. The case and dial The watch comesRead More
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VIDEO: Our favourite watches of SIHH 2018 – part 4, $30,000 and above
Well, here we are. The ‘sky’s-the-limit’/‘mortgage-the-house’ level of watch. And if you’re going to drop that sort of coin on something that (you’d hope) tells the time, SIHH is the place to do it. There were some truly exceptional offerings at the top end of the table and – just quietly – we definitely picked … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Our favourite watches of SIHH 2018 – part 4, $30,000 and above appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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HANDS-ON: A prestigious new entry point – the Vacheron Constantin FiftySix
Making luxury watches more approachable without compromising quality is a delicate art, and one that Vacheron Constantin have been quite successful at in recent years. With the unveiling of their all-new FiftySix collection, they have reaffirmed their commitment to delivering some serious, value-packed offerings. All told, the collection is comprised of six models, three in … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: A prestigious new entry point – the Vacheron Constantin FiftySix appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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SIHH 2018: The Montblanc 1858 Collection
Montblanc introduces the 1858 collections which include 1858 Geosphere, 1858 Monopusher Chronograph and 1858 Pocket Watch, which can be converted to be worn on wrists as well as in its pocket-watch form.
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Breguet Stars in Darkest Hour
Breguet reproduced Churchill’s Breguet No 765 pocket watch at the request of the filmmakers, and it can be seen prominently throughout the “Darkest Hour”.
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New Release: Glashütte Original Senator Tourbillon – Edition Alfred Helwig
Developed by Abraham Louis Breguet in 1801, the tourbillon originally served to compensate for the effects of gravity in mechanical pocket watches. It wasn't until 1920 that the flying tourbillon was invented, by a master watchmaker named Alfred Helwig.
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INSIGHT: Frank Castronovo and his IWC Mark XV
Editor’s note: Matt Hranek’s now sold-out book, A Man and His Watch, is one of the real standouts of the watch year, a beautiful and thoughtful text, packed with 76 stories of watches and the people who wear them. So taken were we by this book, we asked Matt if it would be possible to … ContinuedThe post INSIGHT: Frank Castronovo and his IWC Mark XV appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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INSIGHT: James H. Ragan and his Omega Speedmasters
Editor’s note: Matt Hranek’s now sold-out book, A Man and His Watch, is one of the real standouts of the watch year, a beautiful and thoughtful text, packed with 76 stories of watches and the people who wear them. So taken were we by this book, we asked Matt if it would be possible to … ContinuedThe post INSIGHT: James H. Ragan and his Omega Speedmasters appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Dear Santa: Chester’s Christmas wishlist
A christmas wishlist packed with fun filled patek philippes and breguet la tradition.
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INTRODUCING: The IWC Tribute to Pallweber Edition “150 Years”
Mention the words “digital watch” and most minds instantly fill with images of G-Shocks or the trusty Casio calculator watch. However, long before the invention of those little battery-powered timekeepers, came the Pallweber pocket watch. Patented in 1883 by Salzburg-based watchmaker Josef Pallweber - who then licensed his invention to IWC, and later to other manufacturers … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The IWC Tribute to Pallweber Edition “150 Years” appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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VIDEO: Seeing how the ‘other’ Rolex wearers live, with the Rolex Cellini Time
The Rolex Cellini Time is arguably Rolex’s most conservative model within its most conservative collection, but what we found in our time with the wider Cellini range is that it leaves its flourishes and flair as almost a secret pact between the watch and its wearer. We suspected this might be the case. We’d only ever … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Seeing how the ‘other’ Rolex wearers live, with the Rolex Cellini Time appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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INTRODUCING: The Girard-Perregaux Neo-Bridges
As one of the oldest continuing watch manufacturers in the world, Girard-Perregaux have a long, illustrious history of sharp and innovative designs. In 1889 at the Paris Universal Exhibition, the brand’s legendary pocket watch “Esmeralda”, a tourbillon with three gold bridges, was awarded first prize, establishing the motif as an emblematic design for the brand. … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The Girard-Perregaux Neo-Bridges appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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HANDS-ON: The complete package – Ulysse Nardin’s Marine Tourbillon
When it was originally conceived, the tourbillon was a technical solution to a specific problem - the impact of gravity on the accuracy of a pocket watch’s movement. These days the whirling cage of finely finished metal represents something else. For brands, it’s a bravura statement of prowess. For watch lovers, it’s typically the crowning … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: The complete package – Ulysse Nardin’s Marine Tourbillon appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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The Whole World in Your Hands
A beautiful array of modern interpretations of the world-timer, a complication first seen on an ingenious pocket watch made by Louis Cottier in 1931.
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INTRODUCING: The IWC Portugieser Chronograph Classic lives up to its name
In 1939 when two Portuguese merchants approached IWC about making a wristwatch with the same levels of accuracy usually seen in marine chronometer pocket watches, they had no idea it would be the beginning of a legend and the birth of one of IWC’s most popular collections. With a new slightly revised design, IWC have launched … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The IWC Portugieser Chronograph Classic lives up to its name appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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VIDEO: The most important Omega releases from Baselworld 2017
Most of the Basel buzz around Omega has focused on the very excellent (and likely very hard to get) Trilogy limited editions – and rightly so. But these three spot-on reissues represent only a fraction of Omega’s 2017 c0llection, which is jam-packed full of new variants and completely new models appearing across their key collections. Not only do … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: The most important Omega releases from Baselworld 2017 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 16th March, 2017
Schedules are printed. Bags are packed. Passports located. We. Are. Ready. For. Baselworld. Next time we Wind Down, it’ll be over a frosty Feldschlössen (our Basel beer of choice) and there’ll be pretzel crumbs all over the place. What happened Horological marketing departments are a fairly conservative bunch on the whole, because luxury watches are, apparently, a … ContinuedThe post FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 16th March, 2017 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Guns & Poseurs: Meet Jeff Parke, Specialist Engraver
Jeff Parke is a specialist engraver who cut his teeth on pocket knives, guns & now, he literally cuts Rolex watches. Is an engraved Rolex a thing of beauty?