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Povey’s Picks - Sotheby’s London 24th September 2019
Ross Povey picks out his favorite lots from Sotheby’s watches sale catalogue, to be held at London on September 24th, 2019.
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In-Depth: Commissioning a Custom Andreas Strehler Wristwatch
I am a collector of world time and time zone watches, and own several from mainstream brands. I had long had my own ideas of an ideal travel watch, and this is the tale of how one came to be. A world time watch should simultaneously show at least 24 time zones on the dial. There are principally three dial types that can do this: first is a map of the Earth with time zones marked out; second is a disc with 24 reference time zones indicated by city names; third is a 24 hour ring in conjunction with a ring of reference time zones, widely known as the Cottier world time, after Swiss watchmaker Louis Cottier who built the first wristwatch with the mechanism. Top row, from left: Lottermann & Söhne Weltzeituhr 1, Tissot Heritage Navigator, Patek Philippe ref. 5230G Bottom row: Dubey & Schaldenbrand Weltzeit, Junkers 6892-5 Serie Worldtimer, Jean-Mairet & Gillman Sport. Images – respective brands The first two variants use the entire dial to display world time, leaving no room for additional complications. The Cottier-system can as well dominate the design, with only the centre of the dial available for decorations or additional indications, making it difficult to embellish the dial with motifs relating to a specific brand. Reducing the displays can create a more interesting dial layout, but this results in microscopic indicators that are hardly readable. For this reason, I now prefer time zone watches with only one additional zone time shown on a 24-hour scale, often labelled ...
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VIDEO: Andrew’s top 3 Basel 2019 watches between $10,000 and $35,000 inc. Zenith, Bulgari and Rolex
I feel that I need to briefly explain when these videos happen, and what’s going on with us at these points in time. They are filmed on our last day at Basel. They are filmed without an autocue (I know, unbelievable!). They are filmed with zero access to any illegal substances. And they ALL contain … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Andrew’s top 3 Basel 2019 watches between $10,000 and $35,000 inc. Zenith, Bulgari and Rolex appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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VIDEO: Colour, controversy and a streamlined case - Felix’s top Basel 2019 watches under $10,000
Baselworld 2019 was a fairly subdued affair, but that didn’t stop me from ferreting out three (very very different) pieces that reminded me what my love of watches was all about. Tudor Black Bay P01 Yup, I know. All y’all were very much not into this piece. And you know what, on paper (or Instagram, … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Colour, controversy and a streamlined case – Felix’s top Basel 2019 watches under $10,000 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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SIHH 2019: A Lange & Söhne
There are additions to existing pieces from Lange at SIHH this year, mostly material or dial differentiations.
Two Broke Watch Snobs
Ep. #106 Affordable Watch Sleeper Hits of 2018
Mike and Kaz discuss some surprisingly underappreciated affordable watch hits of 2018. They each go over two watches and unsurprisingly, they're all under $500.
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Pre-SIHH 2019: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Ceramic
Audemars Piguet announces four new colourways to their Royal Oak Offshore collection ahead of SIHH 2019 in three new three new colours.
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Pre-SIHH 2019: Laurent Ferrier Galet Annual Calendar School Piece
Pre-SIHH 2019: Laurent Ferrier adds two watches to their Galet Annual Calendar School Piece collectionn which won an award in GPHG in 2018.
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Povey’s Pick - Phillips “STYLED. Timeless Watches & How to Wear Them” Auctions, December 2018
Ross Povey picks out his favorite lots from Phillips “STYLED. Timeless Watches & How to Wear Them” sale catalogue, to be held on December 5th, 2018.
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Povey’s Picks - Sotheby’s Important Watches 13 November 2018, Geneva
Ross Povey picks out his favorite lots from Sotheby’s Important Watches sale catalogue, to be held on November 13th, 2018.
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VIDEO: Jaquet Droz’s Grande Seconde Skelet-One shows off its strong bones
One of the things I love most in watches is when a brand challenges my preconceptions. That’s exactly what happened in Jaquet Droz’s Basel booth earlier this year. I was surrounded by writing machines, jewelled butterflies, automata of all shapes and sizes (well, not really, but you get my point), and then BAM! I saw … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Jaquet Droz’s Grande Seconde Skelet-One shows off its strong bones appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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New Release: Greubel Forsey announces four new variations of leading creations for Baselworld 2018
Four new Opuses: This year at Basel, Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey are delighted to present four new variations of their leading creations.
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LIST: 5 watches we’d love to see - our Baselworld 2018 predictions
Last year, Andy and I put together a fun little speculative list on heritage reissues we’d like to see in 2018. It was a fun story, so we thought we’d revisit it - with a Basel twist. We sat down over some cold brew (coffee, not beer) and hashed out our wish list of Basel releases, … ContinuedThe post LIST: 5 watches we’d love to see – our Baselworld 2018 predictions appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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VIDEO: All thriller, no filler - Felix’s 5 favourites from SIHH 2018
If you’ve been paying attention to my recent spate of best-of/top lists (and if you haven’t, what’s wrong with you?!), you’ll know that I have a sense of style and taste that is dazzling in its brilliance, mercurial in its consistency, and as sophisticated as white tie at a garden party. I’ve recently sung my … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: All thriller, no filler – Felix’s 5 favourites from SIHH 2018 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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HANDS-ON: Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Chronograph WT
The Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Chronograph WT is, in marked contrast to the Polaris Automatic, a complex beast indeed, with (as you could probably guess) both chronograph and world time functionality in the one case. It’s not the first time we’ve seen this complication-combo, as the very impressive Calibre 752 pops up in sportier parts of their … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Chronograph WT appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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SIHH 2018: Panerai’s Quartet
Panerai unveils an entirely new Luminor Due collection that includes their first model in a 38mm case.
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ADVENT CALENDAR 2016: December 17 - Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe in grey plasma ceramic
Blancpain are definitely on Santa’s nice list this year, for their serious efforts in ocean preservation. And by bringing a variant of an instant, but limited classic, into general production they’ll no doubt work their way back from naughty to nice in their fans’ eyes too. Last year they, and we, spent a lot of time … ContinuedThe post ADVENT CALENDAR 2016: December 17 – Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe in grey plasma ceramic appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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VIDEO: Omega boss Raynald Aeschlimann talks heroism and happiness at Rio 2016
[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/178997873″] You don’t need to have visited Australia to know one thing about us: we love sport. In fact, love is too lightweight a word. We worship it; playing sport, watching it, talking about it, listening to people talk about it, if sport’s involved we are there. Which is why this past week at … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Omega boss Raynald Aeschlimann talks heroism and happiness at Rio 2016 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Baselworld 2016: Zenith Heritage Pilot Cafe Racer
Green oily nubuck leather strap with protective rubber lining Titanium pin buckle
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Maurice Lacroix celebrates 40 years
Maurice Lacroix marked its 40th anniversary in Geneva this week with a glamorous party and a private sale of unique pieces from four of its core collections. This special sale includes timepieces such as the brand’s MP 7988 “Unique Legacy Watch” in platinum with a tourbillon and retrograde functions, a Masterpiece Square wheel for ladies […]
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Pre Baselworld 2015: Harry Winston Midnight Feathers Automatic 42mm
Harry Winston Midnight Feathers Automatic
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Baselworld 2015: HYT H3
HYT H3, a revolution in Hydro watches. This time, it is linear, has 7 days of power, and lots of other cool features.
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Revolution Magazine Celebrates 10th Anniversary, New Look For UK Edition In London
Gallerist Richard Gauntlett, Revolution contributor Simon de Burton, Ken Kessler and Mimi Nishikawa On 10 December, the Rosewood London was the venue for the unveiling of the re-designed Revolution UK. The event – hailed by Zeina Dakak of Finch and Partners as “one of the best of the year” – also marked the tenth anniversary […]
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Gucci Timepieces Artisan Corner
After being showcased at BaselWorld 2013, Gucci Timepieces Artisan Corner traveled to Geneva to demonstrate how the brand’s 1921 and Bamboo collections are created. One of Gucci’s talented craftsmen was present throughout the evening to explain how he crafts both collections with either leather or bamboo. Gucci Bamboo Collection The Bamboo timepiece is made out of a […]
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Smart Money Hot City, Cool Watches
It’s an old story: boy meets dive watch, boy gets dive watch, boy gets a lot of snarky flak from people who ask him why he wears a dive watch when the deepest body of water he ever gets into comes in a porcelain tub, with spigots marked “Hot” and “Cold”. Oh, ye of little […]
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Petermann Bédat 2914 Chronograph: Hands-on Review
Petermann Bédat introduces the Ref. 2914, a 20-piece limited-edition chronograph that takes a simpler approach to the duo's earlier split-seconds creation. Our hands-on review.
SJX Watches
Highlights: A Dizzying Array of Tourbillons at Phillips Hong Kong
Phillips’ fall auction season goes east for The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XXIII from November 21-22 with a whirlwind of tourbillon watches from the golden age of (pocket) watchmaking to the new golden age of today. Lot 853 – Audemars Piguet KAWS Tourbillon A collaboration between Audemars Piguet and contemporary artist KAWS, the Royal Oak Concept Tourbillon makes its auction house debut. And thanks to a specially modified movement, the “Companion” is more than a superficial exercise in branding. The cal. 2979 uses peripheral indicators to display the hours and minutes, rather than hands, which would be ruinous for this design. The Companion figure is cold, hard titanium to match the case, but conveys the squishiness of a cartoon character, making it look as if the Companion is pressed against the sapphire crystal. The puffy-motif is continued by a decorative movement plate visible through the sapphire case back, which leaves very little of the movement underneath visible. Underneath is essentially the same, manually wound movement powering the brand’s Marvel collaborations, with a one-minute tourbillon and 72 hours of going. As KAWS-forward as it is, the familiar Royal Oak Concept case makes it easily recognisable as an Audemars Piguet product. While only playing a supporting role, the titanium case is more detailed than many Royal Oak Concepts, surprisingly water resistant for a manually wound watch (100 m) with a quick-change strap system to swap between the two...
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Hands-On With 2 RADO Captain Cook Discover Models: Dressing Up A Dive-Watch Classic!
Red and green gradient dials meet polished black ceramic in the new Rado Captain Cook Discover collection. I wore both to see whether it earns its place in the range. What We Love: Red and green gradient dials with distinctly different personalities Compact case and ceramic bracelet fit my 16 cm wrist well Fixed bezel and slimmer hands give it a dressier look What We Don’t: The clasp could use more adjustment range for warmer days All-black ceramic is harder to style than steel Fewer factory strap options than the steel Captain Cook models. Overall Rating: 8.7/10 Value for Money: 8.75/10 Wearability: 8.5/10 Design: 8.75/10 Build Quality: 8.7/10 Rado has unveiled the Captain Cook Discover, a dressier take on the dive-watch design it brought back in 2017. So the natural question for me is whether these new models can carve out a place of their own in a collection that already makes a great everyday watch. Flashy & Futuristic: Rado’s 5 New Captain Cook Discover Models Well, I spent some time with the red and green dial editions to find out! Before we get into that, though, I want to go back to where the Captain Cook began and look at what led to the Discover. If we don’t understand the history, we won’t know why it exists! Rado introduced the original Captain Cook in 1962, and the modern collection still draws on that design. It began as a dive watch, with a rotating bezel that let the wearer track elapsed time at a glance. Prominent hands, bold hour markers, and a...
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Seiko Astron GPS Solar SAST001: My Least Worn Watch And Why I Still Own It
I was one year old when Seiko introduced the world’s first quartz watch, the Quartz Astron. Needless to say, it didn’t make much of an impression on me. However, when the Japanese powerhouse launched the Astron GPS Solar in 2012, I was old enough to appreciate its significance. It was the world’s first GPS solar […] Visit Seiko Astron GPS Solar SAST001: My Least Worn Watch And Why I Still Own It to read the full article.
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Breguet’s Classique Souscription Returns in Platinum
The Breguet Classique Souscription 2026 is a platinum follow up to the brand’s biggest hit from its 250th anniversary year. Referencing the same 1797 pocket watch as its Breguet gold predecessor, the single-handed Souscription is faithful to the source material inside as well as out, with a movement layout that would be instantly familiar to the brand’s founder. Initial thoughts Today it is common practice for independent watchmakers to launch their brands with a limited-edition souscription series to fund startup costs, but Breguet’s Souscription honours the originator of the trend, right down to its one-handed dial. Last year’s debut was hailed as a success by collectors and critics alike, so it should come as little surprise that Breguet would be quick to follow it up. We didn’t have to wait long, as the brand has just unveiled the Souscription in platinum with navy blue, rather than black, petite feu enamel printing on its grand feu enamel dial. The brighter case and cooler palette offers a more contemporary feel, as opposed to the same watch in Breguet gold that felt like it had one foot in the 18th century. The case and dial are the only changes to what was already a great watch — one that celebrates not only the styling but also the movement architecture developed by Breguet himself. In my view, this was a key detail missing from the brand’s 20th-century output, and it wasn’t until the 2005 launch of the Tradition 7027 that Breguet dispensed with...