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Hands-On: The Mysterious Vintage Doxa Army Resurfaces As A Modern Ceramic Watch
And a 54-year-old mystery surrounding the blacked-out Doxa diver is finally solved.
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Why these restoration videos from Oris are the most satisfying things you’ll watch all day
Every watch brand thinks about the message they are presenting to the world. Whether it be an ad campaign on social media or a picture in print, brands know these interactions prove the adage that you only get one chance to make a first impression. Especially in this day and age, where a simple foible … ContinuedThe post Why these restoration videos from Oris are the most satisfying things you’ll watch all day appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Complecto – a watch community with diversity at the forefront
Ricardo here again! Before I hand the mic back over to Zach for the usual Friday Wind Down programming, I quickly wanted to give a shoutout to an exciting event happening this week here in NYC. Months back, we did a “Who to Follow” feature on Jason, who was focused on building a new type … ContinuedThe post FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Complecto – a watch community with diversity at the forefront appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Watching Movies: Natalie Portman Returns From Outer Space With The Perfect Omega Watch In 'Lucy In The Sky'
And Jon Hamm wears a Speedy in our watch-related movie of the week.
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The Soul Of A Watch: A Contemplation With Beautiful Imagery – Reprise
Why watches? Ask what makes a watch enthusiast tick and the idea of the “soul” of a watch might well feature in the response – the idea that something elevates the watch from a cold object of engineering to something of greater import. Here Ryan Schmidt tracks "soul" down and gets contemplative on its nature along with some very special imagery.
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The Rolex Explorer could be your one watch collection for life
Welcome to The Icons, a series where we take a horological deep dive into the most legendary watches of all time. We’ll delve into the story behind the watch, its evolution over the years, famous (and infamous) wearers, the classic references, and the contemporary versions you should be checking out. This week, it’s the Rolex … ContinuedThe post The Rolex Explorer could be your one watch collection for life appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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WATCH CONFESSIONS: “Yes, I flip watches. So what’s the big deal?”
EDITOR’S NOTE: We recently ran the first parts of our Watch Confessions series in which Time+Tide interviewed anonymous members of the community to get them to share their darkest watch-related secrets. In this latest instalment, which you can read about in Issue 4 of NOW magazine, one man explains why he chooses to flip watches with … ContinuedThe post WATCH CONFESSIONS: “Yes, I flip watches. So what’s the big deal?” appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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3 Reasonably Priced German Watches From The Inhorgenta 2022 Watch Fair By Tutima Glashütte, Mühle Glashütte, And MeisterSinger
Here are three of Sabine Zwettler's highlights premiering at the Inhorgenta 2022 watch fair in Munich, each of which comes from a German brand and each of which will do anything but break the bank.
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WATCH CONFESSIONS: “I buy my wife new watches to climb the waiting list”
EDITOR’S NOTE: We recently ran the first, second and third parts of our Watch Confessions series in which Time+Tide interviewed anonymous members of the community to get them to share their darkest watch-related secrets. In this latest instalment, one watch guy explains how his watch purchases for his wife are heavily tinged with self-interest as he buys his wife … ContinuedThe post WATCH CONFESSIONS: “I buy my wife new watches to climb the waiting list” appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Armin Strom Orbit: The Best Watch With A Date Complication Currently Available
Martin Green thinks that the only downside of the Armin Strom Orbit was that it launched as a limited edition of just 25 pieces, which are already sold out. More will follow, and that is at least some good news as he declares the Orbit the best watch with a date complication currently available.
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Interview: Why Bonhams Chairman Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard Doesn't Want To Be In The Business Of Breaking Watch Auction Records
How a something-for-everyone approach makes Bonhams the dare-to-be-different auction house.
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Watch Of The Week: The Supreme Collector On The Timex He'd Never Sell
Sometimes it seems like every "collectible" watch costs as much as a condo. Here's a rare Timex that's plenty collectible, but not because of the price – it's because the thing was just about impossible to buy.
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Watches And Wonders 2022 Round Table Discussion: What We Liked And What We Didn’t Like At The World’s Biggest – And Now Only – International Watch Fair In Switzerland (Photofest!)
Watches and Wonders 2022 (previously SIHH) recently took place in Geneva. It is an invite-only event for retailers, journalists, and collectors. According to the fair organizers, nearly 22,000 unique visitors (including almost 1,000 journalists) attended. But enough about that, let’s get to what you’re here for: our unblemished comments on the watches we saw, which you can find right here!
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Meet the team! The live video from a watch fair that YouTube has been waiting for…
It’s fair to say we don’t get everything right, all the time. One video I properly botched was in February last year. It was billed as a “meet the team” video. But in reality, it was me talking about the team, on their behalf. Most commenters were positive enough about the broad message: that you could start … ContinuedThe post Meet the team! The live video from a watch fair that YouTube has been waiting for… appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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MICRO MONDAYS: The Maen Manhattan 37 delivers an integrated-bracelet watch at a bafflingly great price
In case you haven’t received the memo, stainless-steel, integrated-bracelet watches are white-hot. Scratch that: more like a Texas-sized asteroid flying straight into the centre of the sun-hot. Over the past several years, models like the Patek Philippe Nautilus and Audemars Piguet Royal Oak have gone from finely crafted-yet-anachronistic curiosities of ‘70s watch history, to the … ContinuedThe post MICRO MONDAYS: The Maen Manhattan 37 delivers an integrated-bracelet watch at a bafflingly great price appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Model Thin: Piaget Tribute To The Altiplano Ultimate Concept Watch
Piaget's Altiplano Ultimate Concept unique piece introduced at Watches and Wonders 2022 is nothing if not contemporary in its construction, but it is also an ode to history, telling the story of the Altiplano Ultimate Concept in notable detail, the watch that was for several years the thinnest mechanical in the world. Nancy Olson takes a look at this world record-setting ultra-thin marvel.
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VIDEO: IWC boss Chris Grainger-Herr is the watch world’s most energetic man
“Look how fast Chris Grainger-Herr walks!” Andrew exclaims at one point in this video as he follows the IWC boss into his booth. It’s a throwaway line but it’s actually instructive, because Chris would appear to be the watch world’s most energetic man. His exploits yesterday offer the perfect example. One moment he’s casually welcoming … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: IWC boss Chris Grainger-Herr is the watch world’s most energetic man appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Philippe Dufour Explains The Difference Between The (Civil) Time You See On Your Watch And The True Solar Time (Video) – Reprise
True solar time is measured by the position of the sun and can run up to 16 minutes ahead of and 14 minutes behind the time shown on our clocks and watches. Our friends at The Watches TV spent a day with Philippe Dufour to have a look at this phenomenon in a personal way.
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Introducing: The New Odysseus Is A. Lange & Söhne's First-Ever Titanium Watch
Lange embraces the lightweight metal in the third voyage for the Odysseus.
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Introducing: Hublot Unveils A Brand-New Watch: Meet The Square Bang
It's like the Big Bang, only, square-er.
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VIDEO: The slinky brilliance of the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra – the thinnest mechanical watch of all time
You’ve probably seen by now that the watch that keeps breaking records has just broken another, becoming the indisputably thinnest mechanical watch of all time. The Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra is the logical successor to that title considering Bulgari’s train of innovation, but the most exciting prospect is that they don’t seem to be settling … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: The slinky brilliance of the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra – the thinnest mechanical watch of all time appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Introducing: With A Diamond For A Crown, This May Be The Craziest Watch TAG Heuer Has Ever Made
I don't think I've ever seen anything else like the Carrera Plasma, period.
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Watch Spotting: We Wrist-Checked The Fans In Line During MoonSwatch Madness
And they did not disappoint. Here's what 40 would-be Omega × Swatch buyers wore to this weekend's worldwide mega-launch.
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Watch Of The Week: Wearing My Dad's Breitling Chronomat Helped To Heal Our Relationship
The watch isn't really my style, but it brought me closer to the man it once belonged to.
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Watch Spotting: Jake Gyllenhaal Drops The Mic At The Oscars With A Secret Cartier - And The HODINKEE Oscar For Best Watch In A Feature Film Goes To ...
We're announcing the winner and watch spotting a secret Tank.
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MICRO MONDAYS: The Galvin Watch Company Loimu is a funky-dialled sporty watch at a great price
Galvin Watch Company, a notable Kickstarter success, present their newest creation: the Loimu collection. Affordably priced and with a high-beat Japanese automatic movement, the release shapes up as a left-field choice for a great everyday watch. Behind the brand After gaining noteworthy industry experience working for TAG Heuer and Omega, Finnish watchmaker Susan Galvin who’s now based … ContinuedThe post MICRO MONDAYS: The Galvin Watch Company Loimu is a funky-dialled sporty watch at a great price appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Jaeger-LeCoultre host Reverso celebration (and reveal the best engraving on the watch they’ve spotted in the wild)
Events are back! In what had felt like an eternity attending online watch meetups and presentations, the social calendar of in-person events has finally emerged from the Covid freeze of the last two years. Jaeger-LeCoultre’s 90th Anniversary celebrations are in full swing, capturing the rich history of the Reverso along with the red-hot contemporary line-up led … ContinuedThe post Jaeger-LeCoultre host Reverso celebration (and reveal the best engraving on the watch they’ve spotted in the wild) appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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From the world’s thinnest dive watch to an absolute monster, the NOVE Trident Automatic and Atlantean are dive watches with a difference
There are lots of buzzwords that fly around the realm of microbrands. Innovation, function, craftsmanship - they all serve the purpose of validating a watch brand’s existence beyond the simple fact that they exist to sell watches. Sometimes it’s necessary to use these because watch collectors are biased towards brands that have centuries worth of … ContinuedThe post From the world’s thinnest dive watch to an absolute monster, the NOVE Trident Automatic and Atlantean are dive watches with a difference appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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The LeJour Seacolt Diver is a modern dive watch with vintage swagger
Although the name LeJour conjures up the idea of something fleeting and trendy, that portrayal of the brand couldn’t be further from the truth. The brand’s rich history began back in the 1960s when they also cased watches for names as big as Heuer and Yema. If you’re looking for a bargain in the world … ContinuedThe post The LeJour Seacolt Diver is a modern dive watch with vintage swagger appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Why this is the golden age of mechanical watch collecting
If you’re old enough to remember the song Video Killed the Radio Star, you’re also old enough to remember a time when most people wore quartz watches. This was a time of breakdancing, big hair, even bigger shoulder pads, and every song on the radio having at least one saxophone solo. The 80s might have … ContinuedThe post Why this is the golden age of mechanical watch collecting appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.