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Diameter is the number every product page leads with. lug-to-lug is the number that decides whether the watch stays on your wrist. a tour through the WristBuzz watch dimensions database.
The single most important wristwatch fit dimension, more practical than case diameter. Comfort thresholds and reference numbers.
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Arnold & Son has created a timepiece for the modern-day navigator, always on the move from one time zone to the next: The Globetrotter. Part of the Arnold & Son Instrument Collection, which is inspired by the high-precision marine chronometers made by John Arnold and his son towards the end of the 18th century, the Globetrotter
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Sometimes a piece of news comes up in the watch world and I don't care - but then sometimes I do. On August 28th Metallica announced that they were partnering with Nixon Watches to produce a line of Metallica watches. There are 9 initial offerings inspired by the iconic band's albums and songs.
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Editor’s note: The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) is the industry’s premier awards ceremony. One of the most exciting (and accessible) categories is the Petite Aiguille, which is open to watches with a retail price between 4000 – 10,000 CHF. The GPHG Jury has selected a shortlist of six watches, from a longlist of 21. … ContinuedThe post NEWS: Rose gold Longines Record nominated for the Petite Aiguille at the GPHG appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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What do whales, chronographs and solar charging have in common? And no, I’m not talking about a hypothetical scheme involving Elon Musk, and the launching of an around the world race, with solar-powered propellers attached to specially trained whales. Cool as that may be – although probably not humane – all three things become one in … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: Sun and sea combined – the Seiko Prospex ‘Save The Ocean’ SSC675P appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Here at Time+Tide we spend a goodly amount of time talking about the latest watch releases. Well, this isn’t one of those times. Instead, today we’re talking about a stone-cold classic that’s as good today as when it was first released – the Tissot Visodate. The Visodate is an historical reissue of a mid-century watch … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: One of the greats – the Tissot Visodate appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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This video is all about value. Not only do you get two watch reviews (we’re covering Tissot’s dressy Everytime Swissmatic as well as the sportier V8 Swissmatic), but both watches represent a solid value proposition. The style of these two watches is a pretty by-the-book interpretation of daily dress/sport, depending on which flavour you plumb … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: The Tissot Swissmatic – a great entry into the world of mechanical watches appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Military aviation fills our imagination with romance, adventure and derring-do, but it is the transformative democratisation of civilian aviation that opens new horizons by bringing peoples and goods closer together on our spinning planet. And in this, there are few more emblematic of hopping across time zones in the golden age of jet travel than the Rolex GMT-Master.
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In what is probably the hottest recording session this summer, Kaz and Mike sit down and talk about the insane world of high-end replica watches. Aside from that, Kaz has put together an excellent eBay listing guide for a handful of Soviet watches and Mike contemplates freezing himself artificially for a few hundred years with his Orient Mako.... all in a day's work, of course.
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Let me level with you. There’s an official tie-in between this watch and the oh-so-English Goodwood Festival of Speed, one of the world’s leading events for motor enthusiasts. I could spend the next few hundred words talking about the synergy between the automotive and the horological (don’t get me wrong, there are real and entirely … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: The Montblanc TimeWalker Manufacture Chronograph for the Goodwood Festival of Speed appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Editors note: At the moment, the Time+Tide team members whose names don’t begin with ‘A’ and end with ‘ndrew McUtchen’ are pretty jelly of Andrew McUtchen, who is, as we speak, ensconced in the bosom of Omega’s home turf, to celebrate an incredible (and incredibly rare reissue of Omega’s first ever chronograph - the handsome … ContinuedThe post EDITOR’S PICK: 15 exceptional watches from the Omega Museum appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Hey, everyone! This week Mike and I thought we'd do something a bit different and special for all of you. This week's show is actually two shows in the form of our sister-show the TBWS Patreon Special. That's about 2 hours of podcast content on two very different topics.
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Hublot understands the power of a good partnership, and they don’t come much more powerful than the FIFA World Cup. The World Cup is one of the biggest events in the world. World Cup Brazil reached 3.2 billion viewers across the globe, with one billion alone tuning into the final. Russia looks set to be … ContinuedThe post INSIGHT: How does Hublot love football? Let us count the ways appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Two hundred and eighty years is pretty big as far as milestones go. So, given that Jaquet Droz is marking the big two-eight-o this year, you’d expect them to have a few tricks up their sleeve … and you wouldn’t be disappointed. They’ve released this special version of their signature watch - the Grande Seconde … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Tribute appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Editor’s note: Late last year I hung out with Andrew and some strangely undrunk drinks on a hot rooftop bar and rolled through my favourite watches of 2017. Six months and two watch fairs have passed since then, and do I still stand by my picks? Well, scroll down and find out. Legend has it … ContinuedThe post EDITOR’S PICK: 6 months on, and does Felix still stand by his top 10 watches of 2017? appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Tom Ford’s first watch, the 001, marks a rare misstep for the designer who normally can do no wrong.
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Today is World Oceans Day, a day that has, since 1992, celebrated our marine environments, and raised awareness for the need to preserve them. It’s a worthy cause, and one Blancpain, with their exceptional legacy in dive watches, has done a lot to support and promote. Most visibly through a series of Ocean Commitment watches. … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: Blancpain makes a splash with the Fifty Fathoms Ocean Commitment III appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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ll too often I've been a victim of falling in love with something when I see it online only to have my love thrown back in my face as soon as I see the watch in person. I'm tired of being hurt, Watchfam! So with a jaded eye but an ever-optimistic heart I want to breakdown my impressions of this piece with this Nodus Trieste review.
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There’s no point sugar-coating it. Gem-set watches aren’t for everyone. For one, all that ice racks up the price tag (so much so that all the watches below are POA), and for another, it takes a certain type of person to appreciate the - occasionally over-the-top - artistry it takes to make a watch shine … ContinuedThe post LIST: Somewhere over the rainbow – 8 of the year’s best gem-set watches appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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“The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him more deeply into them.” - Antoine de Saint Expury, Wind, Sand, and Stars, 1939.
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When in London, it’d be rude not to drop in and see one of their (very few) British watch brands – Bremont. Luckily, the brand’s co-founder Giles English happened to be around their Mayfair boutique and up for a cup of tea. I might’ve had a coffee, but that didn’t stop Giles and I chatting … ContinuedThe post LIST: 3 new Bremont watches that grabbed my attention at their London boutique appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Blancpain released the new Villeret Grande Date Jour Rétrograde at Baselworld 2018. As its name in French suggests, it contains a large date indicator, and a retrograde day pointer. The classic design is straightforward and the complication useful for everyday wear. The new Blancpain Villeret Grande Date Jour Rétrograd
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Since the launch of the Defy 21 last year, and the shockingly innovative Defy Lab later in 2017, it wasn’t a matter of speculation that more releases for the new collection were coming to Baselworld in 2018. The new Zero G is this year’s Halo watch from the brand as we wait for the groundbreaking … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: The Zenith Defy El Primero Zero G appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Jake Gyllenhaal Stars in new Santos de Cartier Film
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Watch brands and sporting tie-ins. It’s a combo as old as time(keeping). We see it all the time. But you know what we don’t see all the time? Curling. Funnily enough, the sport of sliding large granite stones across sheets of ice hasn’t made too much of an impact on our sun-drenched shores, so when … ContinuedThe post NEWS: Oak & Oscar’s one-of-a-kind Olympic watch appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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While I know Bulgari released a full suite of new models at Baselworld 2018 - including a nice new Lucea and variants on the Octo Roma - really, it was all about their geometric critical hit, the Octo. And while we didn’t exactly see the Octo come in new shapes and sizes (it’s still very square), we … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: 5 winning Bulgaris from Baselworld 2018 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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There’s something I feel you should know about our personal ‘top 10’ videos: Andrew and I don’t share what’s on our lists with each other. Sure, we drop broad hints, but this video is genuinely the first time Andrew’s hearing my list in full. The surprise, and the guesses, are real. And even though it’s a little … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Felix’s top 10 watches from Baselworld 2018 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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In the opening scene of this video, which was shot on the final day of Baselworld 2018, I say to Felix, “We’re doing a list?!” with a type of delirious, high-pitched Seinfeldian disbelief. What I meant was, seriously, how could we be? We just arrived at Basel! How is it that we are distilling our … ContinuedThe post LIST: Andrew’s Top 10 from Basel, including the watch he got wrong appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Seiko have again released a duo of modern re-interpretations of one of their OG dive watches – the Seiko 6159. Sitting alongside the modern re-creation – the newly released SLA025, which was also just revealed here at Baselworld 2018 – the pair echo the original design of Seiko’s first hi-beat diver but wrap it up … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: The Seiko 1968 Automatic Diver’s Modern Re-interpretation SPB077 and SPB079 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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There’s been a lot of big colour surfacing at Baselworld 2018, but little that stop traffic in the same fashion as the Hublot Big Bang Red Magic. Though we can’t be surprised that Hublot would deliver something as loud and in-your-face as this new release, certain colours of ceramic have long been known as very … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: Red alert – the Hublot Big Bang Unico Red Magic appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Named after the Carrera Panamericana, a legendarily dangerous car racing event of the early 1950s that took place across the open roads of Mexico and was cancelled after resulting in too many fatalities. The TAG Heuer Carrera is an icon of the motorsport-inspired watch world. And this year it celebrates 55 years since its release … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: The TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 16 Chronograph appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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