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Build a Watch: Thank a Watchmaker
Contributor Ken Nichols heads to Las Vegas to build a watch and ponder the complexities of mechanical watchmaking.
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Sartorial Musings: The Style of Breguet: the Art of Permanent Fashion. A lookbook
We feature a lookbook on three Breguet Classique watches - in a feature with Kevin Seah Bespoke and Gaziano & Girling shoes. Investigating style vs fashion.
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HANDS-ON: Chanel’s Code Coco – a fashion watch that’s so much more than a fashion watch
As someone whose love of watches is focused entirely on mechanisms powered by springs, the word quartz normally evokes the immediate cry of “Next!” So when I stop and spend time with a quartz watch, it must be a bit special. And so to Code Coco. It had me at first glance: that crisp, chic … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: Chanel’s Code Coco – a fashion watch that’s so much more than a fashion watch appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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HANDS-ON: Grand Seiko’s dressy GMT – the SBGM235
Most of Grand Seiko’s mechanical watches are built around one base - the 9S calibre, which turns 20 years old this year. The brand has celebrated with a series of limited editions, and this, the SBGM235, is the latest. Coming from the brand’s elegance collection, the SBGM235 follows the same fundamental form as the cream-dialled … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: Grand Seiko’s dressy GMT – the SBGM235 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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VIDEO: Smaller, thinner – the Seiko Astron GPS Solar 5X
Most of the watches we talk about here at Time+Tide are mechanical - if there’s a battery involved, the watch has to be pretty special to get our attention. Well, Seiko’s Astron meets (and exceeds) the ‘pretty special’ criteria. The original Astron watch was released in 2012 (well, if you want to get technical, the … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Smaller, thinner – the Seiko Astron GPS Solar 5X appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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VIDEO: The disruptor – a closer look at TAG Heuer’s Carrera Heuer 02 Tourbillon in black ceramic
Owning a tourbillon is a dream for many watch-loving folks. The little, eternally whirling cages, designed to counteract the effects of gravity on a timepiece’s isochronism, aren’t particularly practical, though they hold within them a charm that in many ways sums up the appeal of mechanical watches. But for many, the dream of strapping the … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: The disruptor – a closer look at TAG Heuer’s Carrera Heuer 02 Tourbillon in black ceramic appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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VIDEO: Smarter than your average GMT – the Longines Conquest V.H.P. GMT Flash Setting
If we’re completely honest, it’s hard to make quartz technology sexy. Which makes the achievement of Longines’ V.H.P. technology even more remarkable. Not only do these quartz Conquests look the part, with clean, slightly sporty style and some very nice dials, the movement ticking away inside has a host of features dedicated to improving accuracy … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Smarter than your average GMT – the Longines Conquest V.H.P. GMT Flash Setting appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Review: One Smart Watch – Longines Conquest V.H.P.
The Longines Conquest V.H.P is a quartz watch with an exceptiona movement. It is a revival of an underappreciated chapter in the maison's 146 years history. In this article, we bring you an in-depth coverage of the new V.H.P.
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Ep. 85 Discovering GMT Watches
We've talked about affordable GMT watches before but this week, we explore the history of the complication and discuss its utility. From the earliest GMT watches to today's modern quartz icons, this episode will give you a fun run-down of these timepieces and how they relate to aviation history in general.
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Ep. 80 – Giveaways, Watch Marketing, and the Most Legendary Wrist Check Ever
Join the guys for one of the most significant moments in TBWS history. Kaz finally bit the bullet and snagged a clean, crispy Slava medical! He gives us an account of what it was like purchasing the watch and how it feels now that the hunt is finally over. Meanwhile, Mike is still enjoying one of his quartz favorites and the snobs discuss one of the finer things in life... high-end sweatpants, of course.
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INTRODUCING: The Longines Conquest V.H.P. Chronograph
The Conquest is considered by Longines to be “the ultimate sports line”, and with the V.H.P. chronograph, the brand is combining sportiness with next-level precision, care of the impressive technical quartz heart that makes the watch accurate to +/- 5 seconds a year. It’s not the first time the winged hourglass brand has set its … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The Longines Conquest V.H.P. Chronograph appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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INTRODUCING: The Longines Master Collection Annual Calendar, their first ever annual calendar
The all-mechanical Longines Master Collection, the best-selling in the brand’s portfolio, expands to offer Longines’ first ever annual calendar. For those who are wondering, an annual calendar watch automatically manages the varying lengths of the months. This allows the timepieces to distinguish between a month with 30 days and a month with 31 days for … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The Longines Master Collection Annual Calendar, their first ever annual calendar appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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LIST: 8 fast, fantastic watches of Formula One
In the world of F1, where everything is measured in tenths, watches have long played an integral part. In fact, it may come as no surprise to anyone that Formula One teams and watch manufacturers often follow the same racelines, each striving for their own breed of ultimate performance mechanical machine. This year, with the … ContinuedThe post LIST: 8 fast, fantastic watches of Formula One appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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IN-DEPTH: The Raymond Weil Freelancer Chronograph
The story in a second: A value-packed chrono from one of the few remaining family-owned watch companies. It wasn’t all doom and gloom during the quartz crisis of the mid ’70s. While brands and manufacturers were disappearing left, right and centre, never to be seen again, others like Raymond Weil were only just starting out, … ContinuedThe post IN-DEPTH: The Raymond Weil Freelancer Chronograph appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Review: Hands on with the Ressence Type 2 e-Crown Concept- dawn of a new era
We explain the Ressence Type 2 e-Crown and why it is an exciting development and the dawn of a new era of smart integration between the mechanical watch and the internet.
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Richard Mille and Rafael Nadal – The Ultimate Performance Test
Strapped onto the wrist of tennis world number one Rafael Nadal as he demolishes his on-court opponents, the RM 027 has survived the most brutal of hard knocks, deservedly attaining cult status as the ultimate high-performance mechanical wristwatch.
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BEAT THIS! The Trieste Mk II
Move quickly if you want a funky, everyday watch that could pass as a high-end purchase, has full mechanical credibility, looks sensational and costs less than many brands charge for a buckle!
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New Release: 25th Anniversary of the Grand Seiko 9F – SBGT241 and SBGV238
Grand Seiko celebrates 25 years from the release of the quartz calibre 9F83. Two new references are powered the latest 9F calibre: SBGT241 and SBGV238. The anniversary 9F calibre features an enhanced precision of +5 to -5 seconds per year.
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New Release: Ressence Type2 e-Crown®
Ressence presents the Type2 e-Crown, just days before SIHH 2018. The Belgian brand comes an interesting concept of a self-setting watch using a mechanical movement and an electrical-mechanical module.
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New Release: H. Moser & Cie “Swiss Icons Watch”
Through their usual tongue-in-cheek and provocative demeanour, H. Moser & Cie. is paying tribute to the legends of beautiful mechanical watchmaking by presenting the Swiss Icons Watch, a symbol of icons past and present and a safeguard against current excesses.
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New Release: Glashütte Original Senator Tourbillon – Edition Alfred Helwig
Developed by Abraham Louis Breguet in 1801, the tourbillon originally served to compensate for the effects of gravity in mechanical pocket watches. It wasn't until 1920 that the flying tourbillon was invented, by a master watchmaker named Alfred Helwig.
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Pre-Baselworld New Release: Breguet Classique Tourbillon Extra-Plat Automatique 5367
Pre-Baselworld New Release from Breguet: the mechanical poetry Breguet Classique Tourbillon Extra-Plat 5367 with marvellous "Grand Feu" dial.
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Seiko Limited Edition 2018 “The Black Series”
Seiko launches three popular diver's timepieces from their collection, but in an all black case. The three watches are namely the SRPC49K1, a three hands automatic diver with the iconic 'turtle' case shape, and two solar quartz watches, the SSC673P1 chronograph and the SNE493P1, a time-only diver. Seiko SRPC49K1 automa
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VIDEO: Grand Seiko’s Spring Drive technology explained … in 2 minutes
Fundamentally, there’s not a whole lot of variation in watch movements. Sure, the peripheral details might vary, but basically you’re either looking at a purely mechancial movement, with a mainspring and escapement setup that’s remained pretty much unchanged for the last few hundred years, or you’re looking at a battery-powered quartz watch that’s come to … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Grand Seiko’s Spring Drive technology explained … in 2 minutes appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Ep. #51 – Erotic Watches
Erotic Watches is the topic of this week's episode - and let's just say this one's a doozy. Mike and Kaz briefly cover the history of erotic watches as well as their current status in today's market and the give-and-take between erotic art and mechanical complications.
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HANDS-ON: Seiko shakes it up with the complicated Presage Cocktail Time power reserve (ref. SSA346)
Last year, Seiko’s mainstream, mid-tier mechanical line, Presage, went global, with a collection of dressy options (including a particularly outstanding chronograph). This year Seiko expanded Presage in a big way, turning one of the most popular Japanese domestic models (JDM), the SARB065 – AKA the Cocktail Time – into a fully fledged collection. The Presage … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: Seiko shakes it up with the complicated Presage Cocktail Time power reserve (ref. SSA346) appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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INTRODUCING: Return to form – the IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Chronograph
Until its relaunch earlier this year, the IWC Da Vinci collection was sometimes overlooked, and unfairly so, as it has housed several “firsts” for the company. First introduced in 1969, it was the first watch from the Schaffhausen manufacturer to feature a quartz movement – the famous Beta 21 – which was the product of a collaboration … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: Return to form – the IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Chronograph appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Review: Glashütte Original PanoMatic Luna
A full hands-on review of the Glashütte Original PanoMatic Luna, a mechanical timepiece befitting for that special lady in your life.
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The Birth of the Luxury Sports Watch
Amidst the 70s Quartz crisis, a new breed of watches barged onto the haute style scene that would forever change the world’s mind-set on the versatility of a timepiece. This is the story of the Luxury Sports Watch.
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Heitis Watch Company Chronograph Review
Heitis Watch Company Chronograph review - straight-froward, racing inspired grab-and-go quartz chronograph - check out the review!