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Sunday Rewind: The Cars And Watches Of American Icon Briggs Cunningham
A look back at one of America's greatest sportsmen and the cars and watches he called his own.
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Time+Tide
The history of the Zenith El Primero - 6 moments that defined one of the most important movements in watchmaking
It’s hard to overstate the importance of the Zenith El Primero. The movement, an elegant, high-beat column-wheel chronograph, is impressive enough. It’s even more impressive when you factor in that this miniature engineering feat was the first automatic chronograph to be presented as a working prototype - after seven long years of development. Just as … ContinuedThe post The history of the Zenith El Primero – 6 moments that defined one of the most important movements in watchmaking appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
Hodinkee
HODINKEE Radio: Episode 48: The Most Interesting Watches Of 2019
A look at the hottest watches, biggest misses, and clearest trends of the year so far.
Time+Tide
Nims is not your average ambassador - the record-breaking speed climber who wears a Bremont dive watch at the top of the world
Brand ambassadors are an indelible part of the watch landscape. Fundamentally, an ambassador is someone - typically with a profile - who has a relationship with a watch brand, and endorses them. That’s the broad brush stroke picture, but the reality is much more diverse. An ambassador could be a Hollywood A-lister who wore a watch … ContinuedThe post Nims is not your average ambassador – the record-breaking speed climber who wears a Bremont dive watch at the top of the world appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
Time+Tide
This is why the Patek Philippe Aquanaut 20th Birthday edition was such an important signal of things to come
Editor’s note: To celebrate the Aquanaut’s 20th birthday in 2017, Patek Philippe released the enlarged (from 40 to 42.2mm) and quietly in charge Aquanaut ref. 5168G. a watch that remains a reminder of the collection’s youth. In more recent years, the model has struck confident new poses such as the ref 5968A chronograph, with its popping orange … ContinuedThe post This is why the Patek Philippe Aquanaut 20th Birthday edition was such an important signal of things to come appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
Revolution
The Entire History of Patek Philippe’s Perpetual Calendars
Revolution founding editor Wei Koh’s detailed, retrospective guide to the perpetual calendar movements of the exclusive Swiss maison.
Revolution
Time to Move: Blancpain 2019
At Time to Move, Blancpain presented vintage military-themed diver’s and pilot’s chronograph steeped in lore and mystique.
Revolution
75th Anniversary of D-Day: 6 June, 1944
We reserve a moment to remember one of the most momentous days of the 20th century, and the timepieces that soldiers on the ‘good’ side wore to war.
Two Broke Watch Snobs
The Codek Spiral: The Intersection of Design and Art
The Codek Spiral is a bold watch. Part of the danger of wandering outside the lanes of standard design styles is that the identity of the watch can get lost. The Spiral is mostly a dress watch, however it is not clearly a dress watch.
Time+Tide
RECOMMENDED READING: Sea Time: Watches Inspired by Sailing, Yachting and Diving
So, typically in these ‘recommended reading’ posts we link to a good watch-related read that’s - you know - on the internet. Today we’re doing it a little different, with this link to an actual, honest-to-goodness book. It’s called (you guessed it) Sea Time: Watches Inspired by Sailing, Yachting and Diving and it’s 240 hardcover-bound pages … ContinuedThe post RECOMMENDED READING: Sea Time: Watches Inspired by Sailing, Yachting and Diving appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
Revolution
The Beauty of Bespoke Blancpain
Blancpain gives Revolution a sneak peek at some of the incredible métiers d’art projects currently taking place in its workshops in La Vallée de Joux.
Time+Tide
5 watches to survive the end of the world, just in case things really kick off
Editor’s note: It’s 2019, and along with the feeling that drone-delivered pizza is imminent, many people are also experiencing some form of existential apocalyptic angst. And rather than tell you that it’s all going to be OK, we’d suggest you prepare by watching a few series of Doomsday Preppers and reading this list. We’re sure … ContinuedThe post 5 watches to survive the end of the world, just in case things really kick off appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
Hodinkee
Sunday Rewind: A Week With The A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Time Zone Luminous
A look back at a wonderful travel watch from the heart of German watchmaking.
Revolution
Time to Move: Jaquet Droz Unveils the Grande Seconde Chronograph & the Magic Lotus Automaton
Jaquet Droz unveils its first chronograph and a new Dual Time look in its Grande Seconde collection and wows us with a unique Zen garden automaton.
Revolution
A taste of honey: The making of the Oris for Revolution Divers Sixty-Five ‘Honey’
A taste of artisanal gin and a 1959 Les Paul gave rise to this partnership timepiece.
Deployant
Live from Time to Move: Breguet Novelties with quick impressions and live pics
Breguet’s big novelty this year is the new Classique Tourbillon Squelette 5935. Ultra thin caliber 581 automatic movement with peripheral rotor has about 50% of the mass removed in the skeletonising process. The case in RG, 41mm. Next the range of the Reine de Naples is extended with two new additions. One with a blueRead More
Deployant
Live from Time to Move: Omega Novelties with hands-on impressions
We start with the Aquaterra GMT World Timer. 43mmSS case with a blue rubber strap. The dial features a cartouche of the Earth looking down from the North Pole which is laser engraved on a Ti plate to create the blue ocean leaving a relief of the continents. The contrasting colors of the surface isRead More
Revolution
Time to Move: Blancpain Reissues the Mythical Air Command Flyback Chronograph
Blancpain reissues the mythical Air Command in a limited run of 500 pieces that remains true to the original.
Deployant
Live from Time to Move: Glashütte Original
As we are in Switzerland, and not in Glashütte, GO is not able to show us the manufacture. But they did the next best thing – they brought part of the manufacture to Geneva. We were welcomed by the CEO. We started looking at the Sixties Annual Edition 2019. The manufacture of the orange dialRead More
Revolution
Jaeger-LeCoultre Minute Repeater claims ‘New Level of Excellence’ for Chiming Watches
Jaeger-LeCoultre has unveiled a new minute repeater with perpetual calendar that “brings new levels of excellence to its mastery of chiming watches”.
Time+Tide
Are you more of a Panerai Radiomir or Luminor person? You should know after watching this video.
Editor’s note: There are two incredibly strong and distinctive design codes within the Panerai brand. They are the Radiomir and Luminor collections - both are instantly recognisable. Both have unimpeachable histories: one decorated in war, the other in Hollywood. Both are manly as all get-out on the wrist. Though, interestingly, the more popular - and iconic - of the two … ContinuedThe post Are you more of a Panerai Radiomir or Luminor person? You should know after watching this video. appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
Deployant
Live from Time to Move: Jaquet Droz Manufacture
We started the visit with a viewing of the vintage automata pieces made by Pierre Jaquet Droz. Jaquet Droz is famous for automata. On entering the room we were startled by this figurine which looked amazingly realistic. First a Singing Bird Clock. 3 day power reserve with automata having the same power reserve. The birdsRead More
Deployant
Time to Move: Omega Manufacture
The building is an environmental friendly optimized for production, and constructed in concrete and wood. The visit began with the automated central stock warehouse. The warehouse is built in the center of the factory for optimal operations. Totally automated with robots, only two employees operate the entire system and it runs 24/7. The operations continueRead More
Deployant
Live from Time to Move: Manufacture Breguet
The second brand we visited is Breguet in Le Brassus. Breguet now comprise of five buildings totaling 21,000 sm about 800 employees. We started at the machining room. Full of multi axis CNC machines making the movement blanks and plates. We next went to the beveling specialist. The raw piece is filed to beveled eachRead More
Revolution
On Track - Of Corvettes and B.R.M.
Jim Clash, Revolution contributor, fulfills his childhood dream of driving Corvettes flat out, while wearing a B.R.M. Corvette-inspired timepiece.
Deployant
Live from Time to Move: Blancpain T0 and T1 production
We started at the manufacture which formerly housed the F. Piguet movement manufacture. The Swatch Group does not allow photography inside the manufacture, so no live photographs of the machines. We started at the beginning with the raw materials storage. Brass, maillechort are stored as rolls. Blancpain makes 100% of all components and tools in-house.Read More
Deployant
Time to Move: This week is Swatch Week!
Next week is Swatch Week. We will be focussing on the top 6 Swatch brands as we go live from Switzerland with "Time to Move"
Two Broke Watch Snobs
Seiko SARB033 Review: The Ghost of Seiko Past?
Does the SARB033 represent a side of Seiko that no longer exists? Let’s review what makes the SARB033 so special while speculating a bit on Seiko’s new pricing strategies.
Revolution
50th Year of the Automatic Chronograph: Battle of the Haute Horlogers
In the rarefied realm of high watchmaking, “ultimate” is measured on a different set of metrics from usual.
Deployant
Spot the watch: Streets of Seoul
Spot the Watch goes to the streets of Seoul, and laments on the dearth of high horology watches in public places. Are we right with this hypothesis?