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VIDEO: The disruptor - a closer look at TAG Heuer’s Carrera Heuer 02 Tourbillon in black ceramic  Time+Tide
TAG Heuer s Carrera Heuer 02 Oct 11, 2018

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  Time+Tide
Longines Conquest V.H.P GMT Flash Sep 9, 2018

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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Ep. 80 - Giveaways, Watch Marketing, and the Most Legendary Wrist Check Ever Two Broke Watch Snobs
May 14, 2018

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 Time+Tide
Longines Conquest V.H.P Chronograph Mar 20, 2018

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 Time+Tide
Longines Master Collection Annual Calendar Mar 20, 2018

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 Time+Tide
Mar 16, 2018

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 Time+Tide
Raymond Weil Freelancer Chronograph Mar 14, 2018

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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VIDEO: Grand Seiko’s Spring Drive technology explained … in 2 minutes Time+Tide
Grand Seiko s Spring Drive technology Oct 28, 2017

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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HANDS-ON: Seiko shakes it up with the complicated Presage Cocktail Time power reserve (ref. SSA346) Time+Tide
Seiko shakes it up Aug 23, 2017

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 Time+Tide
IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Aug 16, 2017

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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HOW TO: Start your own ‘minimalist’ watch brand Time+Tide
May 19, 2017

HOW TO: Start your own ‘minimalist’ watch brand

We all have friends who wear watches made by brands like Daniel Wellington and The Horse. We also all know that these watches are, essentially, identical. Yet somehow these simple quartz dress watch look-a-likes seem to net their savvy owners massive piles of dosh. Some of us may have even wondered about starting our own minimalist … ContinuedThe post HOW TO: Start your own ‘minimalist’ watch brand appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

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INTRODUCING: When less is more - the Girard-Perregaux Laureato Skeleton Time+Tide
Girard-Perregaux Laureato Skeleton Following May 10, 2017

INTRODUCING: When less is more - the Girard-Perregaux Laureato Skeleton

Following on from their somewhat controversial releases at SIHH, Girard-Perregaux has surprised us with not one but two new pieces to add to their already brimming Laureato collection. Originally launched back in 1975, the then cutting-edge, quartz-powered Laureato was designed by an Italian architect who, the story goes, drew his inspiration from the dome of … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: When less is more – the Girard-Perregaux Laureato Skeleton appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

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