Results for Watch Dial Text Conventions

To win a Watch Collector’s Heart, Smartwatch designers need to get Smart

A smartwatch has to clear many hurdles to win the heart of a watch collector. The one way they could do it is through skeuomorphic principles.

In Conversation with Mark Hawwa

Review: Arnold & Son HM Perpetual Moon

We review the Arnold & Son HM Perpetual Moon, featuring one of the biggest moon phases featured on a wristwatch that we have seen.

Precision to the People

François-Henry Bennahmias, Audemars Piguet CEO

Revolution talks to the enigmatic Audemars Piguet CEO about the changing face of the watch industry and opening doors to new markets.

Video: Three Epic Dive Watches x The World’s First Artificial Surf Lake

Event invite: Vacheron Constantin Travelling Exhibition: Elegance in Motion

Event invite: Vacheron Constantin Travelling Exhibition: Elegance in Motion. A must visit if you are in Singapore from Aug 22-Sept 4, 2016.

Armand Serra - Jewellery designer and Owner of Crazy Pig Designs

Throwback Sundays: Six Recommendations for a Swimming Watch, from Our Archives

In this week's Throwback Sundays article, we look at six timepieces that we think should work well as a swimming watch.

One Woman, One Cigar and One Watch

Ivana Primorac - Make-Up and Hair Designer

Laine Chronograph Review: A greatest hits compilation of Valjoux 22

Deployant met with Torsti Laine, maker of the Laine Chronograph and got the details on his hand finished labour of love.

VIDEO: Meet the Australian Cartier Drive Man - Chris Edwards

Time for an existential question, folks: What drives you? Granted, it’s early in the working week, and ‘Would you like another coffee?’ is hard enough to deal with as a proposition, but the notion of personal drive is on our mind. Bear with us while we explain. Earlier in the year we introduced you to … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Meet the Australian Cartier Drive Man – Chris Edwards appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso: 85 Years an Icon

At the crossroads of yet another global recession, a follow up edition of the Reverso à Eclipse with a enamelled painting of Van Gogh brings needed salve.

Review: Montblanc Heritage Spirit Perpetual Calendar

Montblanc's presence in the watch arena over the past few years have been largely built on the premise of price differentiation. Frequently seen in various articles, many rave about Montblanc's value for money timepieces. Montblanc's market strategy is a clever one considering the industry's need to target the middle class segments with affordable timepieces.

Review: Oris Calibre 112

Review: Oris Calibre 112 with hands-on analysis, high resolution, high magnification live photographs, specs and price.

New Announcement: Vacheron Constantin new Overseas Brown dials

Vacheron Constantin extends the collection with the Overseas Brown dials for the World Time, Chronograph, Automatic/Date and the Ladies Automatic.

Review: The Urwerk UR-105 T-Rex

We review the uber cool looking Urwerk UR-105 T-Rex, featuring a boldly designed front plate made from bronze that has been hand patinated.

After Hours: Part 2 - The Art of Erotica

Original Sin An erotic watch is, in several ways, the 18th-century equivalent of pornography in your smartphone. (Or, in a more primitive age, those cute nude ballpoints where a model’s black lace basque falls off when you invert the pen, a reliable way of livening up the dullest of meetings.) One, it is advanced technology […]

APRP: Training Ground for the Exceptional

In a way, how everyone knows everyone who’s anybody, in the business. Back in the late 1980s and early ’90s, mechanical watchmaking was beginning its incredible upswing towards what is now widely known as the “mechanical renaissance”. Big-name brands were once again becoming interested in progressing non-quartz watchmaking, and the small collectors’ market willing to […]

In Conversation: Daniel Riedo, CEO Jaeger LeCoultre

We interview Daniel Riedo, CEO of Jaeger LeCoultre and discuss directions, technology and the maison's business.

A Word on Haute Horlogerie Finishing

Finishing encompasses a variety of techniques. The application of traditional Genevan/Swiss-style finishing is not unlike writing a sonnet: there is a very particular, strict form you have to follow, but within that form, you are free to express yourself to the limits of your skill and taste. The basic vocabulary includes anglage, or the bevelling […]

Throwback Sundays: Six Recommendations for a Darth Watch, from Our Archives

We feature six watches which fit our mindset when the word a Darth Watch is mentioned. 

Watches and Wonders 2015: Our Top 5 Picks

A round up of Watches and Wonders 2015, as well as our top 5 picks featuring brands such as JLC, A Lange and Sohne, Vacheron Constantin, Montblanc, and IWC.

Review: Roger Dubuis Excalibur Star of Infinity

A hands-on review of the Roger Dubuis Star of Infinity featuring diamonds on a double tourbillon. With our original photographs and analysis.

Hublot Red Dot Bang Limited Editions to celebrate Singapore’s 50th Birthday - With Pricing

The Hublot Red Dot Bang Limited Editions celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Singapore and the 10th anniversary of the Big Bang

Review: Hajime Asaoka Project Tsunami

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Review of the Vacheron Constantin Malte Tourbillon Openworked ION Boutique Singapore Edition

Vacheron Constantin Malte Tourbillon Openworked Singapore Edition. Limited edition to 3 pieces.

The GeoGraham Tourbillon with Price and Specs

Given the tough competition out there and the lack of a good positioning, it is going to be tough for Graham to succeed, but looking at what it has produced with the Tourbillon Orrery, we are hopeful.

Breitling Transocean Chronograph 1915; Breitling At Its Best

In 1915 Breitling introduced a chronograph with the monopusher located at 2 o’clock. A natural position for the pointer finger to reside when a chronograph is being operated. The century after this watch showed indeed a lot of chronographs where the start/stop-pusher was indeed located at two o’clock but in a touch of irony, most […]