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Two Broke Watch Snobs
Huge shout out and a thank you to our two most recent community guest contributors" Alexander Van Slyke and Fred Nicolaus! The Two Broke Watch Snobs sincerely thank you from the bottom of our snobbish hears for sharing your awesome stories with the site. In relation, serious - what's cassava, guys? Someone has a produce related meltdown pretty early in the show...
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The Longines Time Machine, which has been our vehicle of choice for exploring the brand’s long and incredibly varied history in its 185th year, lands here on a story-rich piece of ground. This episode is all about Longines’ efforts to assist some of the great moments in history, including Charles Lindbergh’s first solo transatlantic flight and the … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: In the Adventurers & Explorers room at the Longines Museum, with a focus on the Lindbergh voyage appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Patek Philippe has been in operation since 1839 and continues to lead the way in high horology. To grasp what lies in its future, we delved into its past.
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Follow-up to our Spot the Watch: House of Cards where a reader question to spot a watch is answered. Here is the watch in S10E4.
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With an increasing international interest in the British Royal Family, Revolution decided to take a closer look at some of the timepieces that have graced the most regal of wrists.
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We’ve been hitting the bottle this week, but not for the usual reasons. No, this week we’re celebrating that riot of colour and fun that is the Presage Cocktail Time. Now, you might be asking, what is Cocktail Time? Isn’t it about five o’clock? Well, yes and no. Cocktail Time is the on-point name of … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: We had a barman make the cocktails that inspired Seiko’s Cocktail Time watches, and it went quite well appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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The angry man of jazz, Charles Mingus, famously said, “Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” A saying which, I think, is rather befitting to watches with a GMT or dual time zone complication. Because, let’s face it, having to calculate the time in another time zone can … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The Hublot Big Bang Unico GMT appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Last night the Kingsman returned in Kingsman: The Golden Circle, with a new head tailor to the fore and a new watch on his wrist, the TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45 Kingsman special edition. The success of the first movie, Kingsman: The Secret Service, was unprecedented, and not just because it was a British spy movie … ContinuedThe post NEWS: We review Kingsman: The Golden Circle, a tale of TAG Heuer hedging their bets on the future of watches appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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From Switzerland’s Aletsch glacier to the dark depths of Lake Léman, one Swiss watch brand is taking timekeeping outdoors, for adventurers who call nature their playground: Favre-Leuba.
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Frédérique Constant unveils a brand-new women’s collection during a star-studded night at the Côte d’Azur Observatory on the hills above Nice.
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This month was full of milestones, travel and precious metals. Not only did it mark one full year of #SpottedByAG, but we also officially warmed our (not-so-new) Time+Tide HQ (a tad overdue – we know). It started with a trip over to the windy city, Wellington – where I had the pleasure of meeting some … ContinuedThe post SPOTTED! BY AG: Dispatch 12, September 2017 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For Kingsman: The Golden Circle – the sequel to 2014’s Kingsman: The Secret Service – director Matthew Vaughn, has chosen to team up with TAG Heuer. Partnering with Bremont for...
Two Broke Watch Snobs
Before I tell you about cursing out an old Russian man and knocking the pens off of his desk, I have to tell you about The Watch.
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Enamel is enjoying something of a renaissance in watch manufacturing. Many companies – from Seiko to Patek – are increasingly turning to the nearly forgotten art to decorate their dials. While it’s a slow and sometimes unforgiving process, the reward for mastering the technique is a uniquely alluring dial with a hue that will never fade. One … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: A touch of class – the Breguet Classique 7787 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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A. Lange & Söhne out does itself with a new page added to their chapter of Handwerkskunst watches with the 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar.
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It’s been a tough year for the luxury watch industry, and though things seem to be picking up now, the mood at SIHH in January could be described as reserved at best. One of the shining lights in a muted firmament was Jaeger-LeCoultre. Specifically, their newest Master Control release was a trilogy of watches celebrating … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Triple threat – the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control collection appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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I’m on the record as saying “I’m not a chronograph guy”, and, by and large, that’s true. However, there are exceptions, and this year’s Master Chronograph from Jaeger-LeCoultre is definitely one of them. Like the rest of the collection, it’s a smart, simple design that’s clearly vintage in inspiration but doesn’t suffer from retro overload. … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Master Chronograph – one of 2017’s best appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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The brand that delivered the El Primero steps up to provide horology with its next revolution. Introducing the Zenith Defy Lab.
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Casio will celebrate the 35th anniversary of its GSHOCK brand in 2018. To mark this key milestone, CASIO Singapore will be flying one lucky G-Shock fan to New York City to attend the G-SHOCK: “Shock the World” premiere on 9 November 2017. Besides that, two lucky winners will also stand to win a full setRead More
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For most brands a round 41mm steel chronograph would be unremarkable, but this Bell & Ross stands out precisely because of these features – it’s not an oversize square watch crafted from ceramic or some other highly technical material, which is what we’ve come to expect from Bell & Ross. Even though the BR V2-94 … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: The Bell & Ross BR V2-94 Garde Cotes appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Celebrating the 74th Venice Film Festival, Jaeger LeCoultre announces three new additions to the Rendez-Vous Sonatina collection.
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It’s a wonder I remember last night with any clarity, given the strength of the cocktails served in honour of – and matched to – the latest member of Seiko’s burgeoning Presage collection: the Cocktail Time. Thankfully, the ability to accurately recall technical details with a reasonable degree of accuracy after three Manhattans is an essential … ContinuedThe post EVENT: Cocktail Time! Seiko opens Melbourne boutique (and 4 watches you can buy there right now) appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Join Tag Heuer for an unprecedented exhibition the Heuer Globetrotter over 10 exhibitions, 10 cities, 10 themes from 16th to 30th September.
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There are a few select words and phrases regarding vintage watches that, when said, are sure to light the fires of enthusiasm inside a collector. One such phrase is “military provenance”; another, which can stoke either the flames of desire or disgust, depending on who you’re speaking to, is “vintage reissue”. We’re going to invoke both … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: The Zenith Cronometro Tipo CP-2 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Twenty-five years ago Jaeger-LeCoultre released the Master Control collection, a line of watches dedicated to the sort of traditional high-quality watchmaking for which the Le Sentier-based house is so well known. The pure style of the Master Control sits well with the credibility afforded by JLC’s ‘1000 Hours Control’ testing program, in which the subject watch … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: Simply masterful - the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Geographic appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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As Sandra so helpfully informed us yesterday, Cartier introduced the Tank Américaine in 1989. A bulked-up version of the Cintrée, with broad, muscly brancards, this Tank managed to capture not just the spirit of the times but also the bold, entrepreneurial spirit of the continent for which is was named. I can’t help but think … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: The Cartier Tank Américaine, now in steel appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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On a typical water-logged British summer day, two teams took to the field in a battle of the fittest to decide the winners of the 2017 Jaeger-LeCoultre Gold Cup.
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the new Ulysse Nardin Executive Moonstruck Worldtimer, 24 TZ and the movements of the moon and sun in relation to the Earth as well as a map of the tides.
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Introducing the new Urwerk UR-105 CT Streamliner: the latest to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their founding by Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei.
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Editor’s Note: We don’t want to blow Sam’s cover, because My Watch Story subjects are guaranteed a high degree of anonymity. But let’s just say, Sam might not have ever seen you, but if you’re partial to a wide, wide range of clothing brands – most recently UNIQLO – you will probably have seen him. … ContinuedThe post MY WATCH STORY: Sam’s Montblanc 1858 Automatic Dual Time appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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