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Looking for insta-inspo? You’ve come to the right place. NAME: James Banks OCCUPATION: Head of Bespoke Cars at McLaren Special Operations (MSO) bringing to life his clients’ creative visions through custom paint colours and unique designs. HANDLE: @JamesBanksEsq FOLLOWERS: 8.5K LOCATION: London Tell us about your daily watch. It’s a Rotary skeleton watch. I adore … ContinuedThe post WHO TO FOLLOW: @jamesbanks appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Montblanc’s watch boss Davide Cerrato energizes the largely staid Swiss watch industry with new timepieces at SIHH 2017 that tell the authentic, aspirational story of the brand’s watchmaking and technical expertise.
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At this stage in the game, bronze watches aren’t anything new; Panerai, Oris and Tudor have all played a role in pushing the patina-friendly metal mainstream. But until now, bronze has been the playground of tool-like dive watches, serious timepieces licked by salt and spray until a fine verdigris of adventure forms on the rugged … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: Montblanc pioneers refined patina with the 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter in bronze appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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The term “World Time” is an integral part of today’s watchmaking vocabulary, but its origins are relatively new in the grand horological scheme of things. Revolution Switzerland’s Sophie Furley takes a look at the history of the Patek Philippe World Time collections and the fascinating stories they have to tell, with a little help from Patek Philippe’s Head of Watch Development, Mr. Philip Barat.
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Don’t get stuck in an Instagram rut. Allow us to point you in the direction of inspirational characters to follow, starting with… NAME: James Thompson OCCUPATION: Canadian industrial designer and founder of Black Badger Advanced Composites, focusing on jewellery design and timepiece collaboration. HANDLE: @blackbadger FOLLOWERS: 30.9K LOCATION: Sweden Tell us about your daily watch. … ContinuedThe post WHO TO FOLLOW: @blackbadger appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Wei Koh meets with the girl who dreamt up this mad, mad concept of orbital movements that tell time.
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Revolution’s Deputy Editorial Director, Tracey Llewellyn takes her turn to tell the forces that be up in North Pole about her watch dreams next. Two more days to Christmas now!
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The promo video for the Piaget Polo S may not feature Santa prancing around on rooftops trying to fit his ample girth into chimney tops, but it does feature Ryan Reynolds up there, and boy, is he busy. The idea: there’s a rampant polo ball whizzing through the skies and only he can catch it (which, not to give … ContinuedThe post ADVENT CALENDAR 2016: December 15 – The Piaget Polo S appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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A heavenly trio descended from the skies to T+T’s Sydney outpost this week, sparkling like little angels escaped from the tops of nearby Christmas trees. Translation: we’ve got three awesomely white watches to show you. But while they clearly share the same colour and a healthy love of ceramic, beyond that they couldn’t be more different. Here’s … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: Everything’s all white – we test the brightest Omega, Bulgari and Rado watches on one Sydney summer day appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Never a brand to simply follow the pack, Montblanc has picked up on one of the hottest trends in contemporary watchmaking and added a clever twist to create the steel and bronze 1958 Automatic Dual Time.
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Editor’s Note: Welcome to ‘The Party’, a micro-trilogy that revolves around IWC’s Portugieser collection. And while this illustrated story is a little different from our typical fare of reviews and write-ups, in a way it’s exactly the sort of thing Time+Tide was started to do – to tell a story of watches, wearers and their … ContinuedThe post THE PARTY: An IWC microstory – Part 1 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/192869004″] It started in Tokyo. We were over there with Bulgari to celebrate the launch of their first ever watch, the Bulgari Roma, released just over 40 years ago. We landed, in a spare moment, at the bar. Our cameraman Marcus, or perhaps me, I honestly can’t remember, suggested we have a restorative whisky. … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Bulgari CEO chooses watches for our PM, Rebel Wilson, Joel Edgerton in an unmissable Celebrity Watch Match appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Once again, Tudor has surprised and tempted us with a brand new release just before Christmas – the Tudor Pelagos LHD. On the whole it’s the same Pelagos we know and love, with just a few tweaks – but these small changes combine to show the watch in a completely new light. [su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/192079280″] First of all, … ContinuedThe post HANDS ON: First look at the Tudor Pelagos LHD – live video, pics, price appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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One collector tell us his story of being besotted the Panerai PAM000. And how he had little option but to buy it and what it means to him.
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[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/159551168″] Ten years ago Hublot pioneered the black-on-black-on-black look in watches. Sure, it made it hard to read the time, but when your watch looked that cool who could care? They called it (appropriately enough) ‘All Black’ and this year they’ve released a number of special limited editions to celebrate. The standout is this … ContinuedThe post GONE IN 60 SECONDS: Smoke and mirrors – the Hublot Big Bang All Black Sapphire appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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The inherently distinguished new L.U.C GMT One provides a dual-time read-off powered by an original L.U.C 01.10-L calibre with integrated GMT function. This watch for gentleman globetrotters stands out by the sheer elegance of its details and the intensely practical nature of its horological complication.
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[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/157997150″] When I was in high school we had to buy an atlas/geography textbook from a publisher called Heinemann. Don’t ask me why I remember this – it’s just one of the scores of useless trivia facts that are stuck in my head, while much more important information (such as reference numbers and calibre names) seem … ContinuedThe post GONE IN 60 SECONDS: See the world in colour with Montblanc’s 4810 Orbis Terrarum appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/179131877″] Tattoo artist Benjamin Laukis cuts a dashing figure. Impeccably dressed, impressively inked – people tend to notice when Laukis walks into a room. He’s also a gentleman in the truest sense of the word, and a watch collector of great integrity and taste. We caught up with Ben at his Northcote studio, The … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: World-famous tattoo guru Benjamin Laukis and his TAG Heuer Calibre 18 Telemeter appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/189240316″] It’s 2016, so why would anyone wear a pocket watch? That’s the question I found myself asking this week as I took the Tissot Bridgeport Lepine for a test drive. And look, I’m not going to lie to you, it took more thought to integrate this 45mm little number into my life. But … ContinuedThe post GONE IN 60 SECONDS: The Tissot Bridgeport Lepine, partying like it’s 1899 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Sinn is probably one of the most underrated tool watch makers around and Deployant is sharing 9 mindblowing reasons why they provide good value.
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[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/187579238″] After their square instrument pieces, Bell & Ross has made quite an impression with their vintage collection – a range of more classically styled round pieces that often riff on the icons of aviation. The BR 126 Aeronavale is a little different. The handsome, gold-accented blue chronograph is directly inspired by the uniforms, … ContinuedThe post GONE IN 60 SECONDS: Dress blues – the Bell & Ross BR 126 Aeronavale video review appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/183285693″] One of the hottest topics at this year’s Baselworld fair was TAG Heuer’s ’20k tourbillon’. And that nickname is even more impressive when you translate it into US, which gets it much closer to 15k. It represents the brand’s comparatively accessible take on that most hallowed (and most expensive) of complications. TAG Heuer’s aggressively priced Carrera … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: “Is your 20k tourbillon of lesser quality?” Felix asks TAG Heuer GM Guy Sémon several burning questions on the Heuer-02T appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/182655477″] When we left off the Blindside Challenge, where we ask a key brand leader to i.d their watches by touch alone, Montblanc CEO Jérôme Lambert had guessed one out of a possible two watches. The distinctive Rieussec case proved no match for his keen wits and powers of deduction, but the 1858 Small … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: The Montblanc CEO Jérôme Lambert’s impossible ‘blind’ challenge, Part 2 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/182642631″] There are persistent rumours in the watch industry that Montblanc CEO (we almost wrote ‘new’ Montblanc CEO there, but it’s been three years believe it or not!) Jérôme Lambert is a pretty exceptional business leader when it comes to knowing his product. As in, he knows it very, very well. There’s only one … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Blindsiding the Montblanc CEO with an impossible task (that he owned), Part 1 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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With the release of the Luminor 1950 Equation of Time 8 Days GMT Titanium Panerai is placing one of haute horlogerie’s most misunderstood complications into the classic Luminor package. Primarily known as one of the archetypal tool-watches, this latest release plucks the Luminor from the depths of the ocean and puts it in the planetarium. Panerai … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The collector’s complication – Panerai’s Luminor 1950 8 Days Equation of Time Titanio appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/180993499″] Along with Geneva and Hong Kong, New York City is one of the most important cities in the world for watches. There are, in fact, so many boutiques and high-end retailers that it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Who better to show us through the horological core of the Big Apple than one of the watch … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: A watch lover’s guide to NYC, with RedBar founder Adam Craniotes appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/180685645″] What’s the most ‘TAG Heuer’ thing you’ve ever done? If the question ever comes up for me, I’ll have a ready answer. It was that time I rode shotgun in a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car with the then leader of the Porsche Carrera Cup, 21-year-old Matt Campbell at speeds up to 250km/h … ContinuedThe post EVENT: Living the TAG Heuer life on a 250km/h ‘hot lap’ with young gun Matt Campbell appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/159277925″] After four years of Black Bay releases we expected the collection to take a well-earned rest on the Tudor bench in 2016. Well, that didn’t happen. Not only did the entire collection get an in-house upgrade and a new blacked-out model, but it was also given a bulkier, bronzed body. Meet the big daddy of … ContinuedThe post GONE IN 60 SECONDS: The biggest (bronzest) Tudor yet, meet the Black Bay Bronze appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/179294851″] Well, the blaze of glory is nearing its end. But before Rio 2016 crosses the finish line, we wanted to show you something really cool from behind the scenes of the official timekeepers. The ‘duck swimming on the lake’ metaphor applies perfectly to timing at a modern Olympics. To the naked eye, the duck – … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: “There are no mistakes.” Inside Omega’s timing room at Rio 2016 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Spot the Watch goes to to Silicon Valley. We spy on the watches on the wrists of the tech geeks to tell the tale of Pebbles, Apples, JLCs and Seagulls.
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