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VIDEO: 5 stunning Jaeger-LeCoultre watches from SIHH 2019 Time+Tide
Jaeger-LeCoultre watches from SIHH 2019 Feb 3, 2019

VIDEO: 5 stunning Jaeger-LeCoultre watches from SIHH 2019

The talk of the Jaeger-LeCoultre booth at SIHH was the incredible (and incredibly well-sized) Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon Westminster Perpétuel, but that rare bird was in hot demand, so we didn’t manage any quality one-on-one time with it. But that’s OK really, as there were numerous other exquisitely finished offerings on hand, from the Reverso … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: 5 stunning Jaeger-LeCoultre watches from SIHH 2019 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

EDITOR’S PICK: To beater, or not to beater – what exactly makes a beater watch, that is the question Time+Tide
Rolex models were designed Feb 2, 2019

EDITOR’S PICK: To beater, or not to beater – what exactly makes a beater watch, that is the question

Editor’s note: It’s one of the watch world’s perennial favourite questions – what makes a beater? After all, those vintage steel Rolex models were designed to be worn, and worn hard. But then again, they’re very expensive. Justin delves into the issue … What can and can’t be dubbed a ‘Beater Watch’ remains a contentious … ContinuedThe post EDITOR’S PICK: To beater, or not to beater – what exactly makes a beater watch, that is the question appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

VIDEO: 6 of the best new IWC watches from SIHH 2019 Time+Tide
IWC watches from SIHH 2019 Feb 1, 2019

VIDEO: 6 of the best new IWC watches from SIHH 2019

One of my highlights of SIHH every year is IWC – and not just because their booth is exceptional; this year it was dominated by an actual gleaming silver Spitfire. No, I like seeing IWC because the watches rarely disappoint, and this year was absolutely no exception. The Pilot’s collection is one of the brand’s … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: 6 of the best new IWC watches from SIHH 2019 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

HANDS-ON: New balance – the TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre Heuer 02T Tourbillon Nanograph  Time+Tide
TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre Heuer 02T Jan 31, 2019

HANDS-ON: New balance – the TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre Heuer 02T Tourbillon Nanograph 

One of the most interesting - and important - new watch releases I saw while in Geneva recently wasn’t shown at SIHH at all. Rather, it was presented by TAG Heuer. On the surface the watch is typically TAG Heuer, in look and indeed nomenclature - it’s called the Carrera Calibre Heuer 02T Tourbillon Nanograph, … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: New balance – the TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre Heuer 02T Tourbillon Nanograph  appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

INTRODUCING: Bulgari bring back a legend with the Gérald Genta 50th Anniversary Watch Time+Tide
Bulgari bring back Jan 30, 2019

INTRODUCING: Bulgari bring back a legend with the Gérald Genta 50th Anniversary Watch

Few names loom larger in the collective consciousness of horological history than Gérald Genta. He’s one of the few individual designers whose name - because of the strength of his work - stands as tall as the great houses for whom he worked. But later in his career, Genta launched his own eponymous brand which … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: Bulgari bring back a legend with the Gérald Genta 50th Anniversary Watch appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

VIDEO: The most complicated watches of SIHH 2019 – our top picks Time+Tide
Jan 29, 2019

VIDEO: The most complicated watches of SIHH 2019 – our top picks

OK, here are the watches that put the HH into SIHH, the sort of timepieces that challenge and define exactly what it’s possible to do with a watch on your wrist. These sort of movements take years and years of development, so it’s unreasonable to expect a new one every year, but at this year’s … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: The most complicated watches of SIHH 2019 – our top picks appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

VIDEO: Andrew’s top 3 picks of SIHH 2019 over $35k Time+Tide
Richard Mille s sweet Bonbon confection Jan 28, 2019

VIDEO: Andrew’s top 3 picks of SIHH 2019 over $35k

If the over $35,000 price point is not the most crowded at SIHH, it is equal to the 20-35k bracket before it. There are a lot of watches to choose from. From Baume & Mercier, with a well-priced perpetual calendar that dropped just over 35kAUD, to Richard Mille’s sweet Bonbon confection, practically all brands were … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Andrew’s top 3 picks of SIHH 2019 over $35k appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

VIDEO: Felix’s 3 favourites from SIHH 2019, from $35K and above Time+Tide
Jan 26, 2019

VIDEO: Felix’s 3 favourites from SIHH 2019, from $35K and above

If my other two lists (here and here, in case you forgot) had loose themes tying them together, this one is all over the shop, covering off the serious to playful spectrum very nicely indeed. So, let’s start with the serious … A. Lange & Söhne’s Zeitwerk Date It’s larger and thinner, but the real … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Felix’s 3 favourites from SIHH 2019, from $35K and above appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

INTRODUCING: The Omega Seamaster Diver 300M in ceramic and titanium, with no date Time+Tide
Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Jan 25, 2019

INTRODUCING: The Omega Seamaster Diver 300M in ceramic and titanium, with no date

One of the most exciting watches of last year was the significantly revamped Omega Seamaster Diver 300M, a modern icon of the brand that managed to sneak into both Andrew’s and my own ‘best of 2018’ lists (so it must be good). Well, the SMP just got a little bit better - Omega has announced … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The Omega Seamaster Diver 300M in ceramic and titanium, with no date appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

VIDEO: Felix’s top 3 watches from SIHH 2019 – between $10k and $35k Time+Tide
Jan 24, 2019

VIDEO: Felix’s top 3 watches from SIHH 2019 – between $10k and $35k

My last list - a trio of well-priced SIHH offerings - could be neatly broken down into a loose theme of air, sea and land. But this trifecta, covering the much broader $10,000 – $35,000 price bracket, is much less easily pigeon-holed. But if I had to find commonalities I could well go with elegant … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Felix’s top 3 watches from SIHH 2019 – between $10k and $35k appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

HANDS-ON: The IWC Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph Top Gun in Ceratanium Time+Tide
IWC Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph Jan 24, 2019

HANDS-ON: The IWC Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph Top Gun in Ceratanium

Materials innovation is looking like quite a thing in 2019 and for you, the watch buyers, that has to be good news: more aesthetic choices and (hopefully) better performance. Which brings us to IWC’s new Top Gun Double Chronograph Ceratanium. Ceratanium? It’s a naturally matt-black finish, but differs from PVD/DLC in one crucial respect: rather … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: The IWC Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph Top Gun in Ceratanium appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

LIST: Andrew’s top 3 picks from SIHH 2019 between $10k and $35k, including Panerai, IWC and Ulysse Nardin Time+Tide
Ulysse Nardin Jan 23, 2019

LIST: Andrew’s top 3 picks from SIHH 2019 between $10k and $35k, including Panerai, IWC and Ulysse Nardin

This price bracket is a sweet spot for SIHH and the going gets tough when it comes to picking the standouts. One of the benefits of Felix and I splitting our picks this year is that we can cover more ground. That said, we still maintain our habit of not sharing our choices before we … ContinuedThe post LIST: Andrew’s top 3 picks from SIHH 2019 between $10k and $35k, including Panerai, IWC and Ulysse Nardin appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

INTRODUCING: The Hublot Classic Fusion Aerofusion Chronograph Orlinski Green Ceramic Time+Tide
Hublot Classic Fusion Aerofusion Chronograph Jan 23, 2019

INTRODUCING: The Hublot Classic Fusion Aerofusion Chronograph Orlinski Green Ceramic

When Hublot announced its partnership with French contemporary artist Richard Orlinski back in 2017, I guess you could say I was intrigued. Until then, I hadn’t heard of Orlinski or his Pop Art-style beasts. But after seeing his brightly coloured “Wild Kong” gorilla sculpture, with its multiple diamond-like facets, I knew that a Hublot and … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The Hublot Classic Fusion Aerofusion Chronograph Orlinski Green Ceramic appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

“We want to take the top guys down,” says new TAG Heuer tennis ambassador Alex De Minaur Time+Tide
TAG Heuer tennis ambassador Alex De Jan 22, 2019

“We want to take the top guys down,” says new TAG Heuer tennis ambassador Alex De Minaur

Few sports so frequently, and so intensely, show the individual under pressure as Grand Slam tennis singles. Take the case of Stefanos Tsitsipas from Greece, who just two days ago defeated the GOAT (fact), Roger Federer. At the end of the first set, a grimly fought 13-11 tiebreak that went against him, he looked gone. … ContinuedThe post “We want to take the top guys down,” says new TAG Heuer tennis ambassador Alex De Minaur appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

INSIGHT: Inside the award-winning world of Rexhep Rexhepi’s Akrivia Time+Tide
Rexhep Rexhepi Jan 22, 2019

INSIGHT: Inside the award-winning world of Rexhep Rexhepi’s Akrivia

The day after SIHH, I found myself walking around the cobbled streets of Geneva’s old town. It’s a very different Geneva to the vast, softly furnished halls of the Palexpo, or even the squat monoliths of the famed manufactures, with their clean rooms and airlocks. No, this street was winding, cobbled and, even though the … ContinuedThe post INSIGHT: Inside the award-winning world of Rexhep Rexhepi’s Akrivia appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

INTRODUCING: A vision in red – the brand new Omega De Ville Trésor 125th Anniversary Special Edition Time+Tide
Omega De Ville Trésor 125th Jan 22, 2019

INTRODUCING: A vision in red – the brand new Omega De Ville Trésor 125th Anniversary Special Edition

It’s well known that Omega loves an anniversary, but the one that I’m currently celebrating with them in Bienne is quite significant. This year marks 125 years since the Calibre Omega - a 19-ligne movement that was so significant that, a few years after its debut in 1894, the company changed its name to the … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: A vision in red – the brand new Omega De Ville Trésor 125th Anniversary Special Edition appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

RECOMMENDED READING: Patek Philippe may soon be up for sale Time+Tide
Patek Philippe may soon be up Jan 21, 2019

RECOMMENDED READING: Patek Philippe may soon be up for sale

Gossip is one of the staples of SIHH and, as far as gossip goes, it doesn’t get much juicier than this. Bloomberg are reporting that Patek Philippe - one of the last great independently held watchmakers - may be considering a sale. Based on a note by analysts Berenberg, there’s industry talk of a sale, which would … ContinuedThe post RECOMMENDED READING: Patek Philippe may soon be up for sale appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

HANDS-ON: The brand new Rado Captain Cook 42mm satiates the Goldilocks Syndrome sufferers out there Time+Tide
Rado Captain Cook 42mm satiates Jan 21, 2019

HANDS-ON: The brand new Rado Captain Cook 42mm satiates the Goldilocks Syndrome sufferers out there

Constantly feeling like the Captain Cook offerings were either too big or too small? Problem solved. If you think about it objectively, watch collectors may be the most widespread sufferers of Goldilocks Syndrome out there. While many, regardless of interest, are picky about certain aspects of their life - what foods they eat, what colours … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: The brand new Rado Captain Cook 42mm satiates the Goldilocks Syndrome sufferers out there appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

INTRODUCING: The Jaquet Droz Lady 8 Flower and the Lady 8 Petite Time+Tide
Jaquet Droz Jan 20, 2019

INTRODUCING: The Jaquet Droz Lady 8 Flower and the Lady 8 Petite

Back in the 18th century, Pierre Jaquet-Droz wowed the courts of Europe with his Automates – three humanoid dolls, about one-third life-sized, that could variously write, draw and play music with uncannily lifelike gestures. Intended to promote his clocks and watches, and powered by scaled-up versions of mechanical watch movements, they were a stroke of … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The Jaquet Droz Lady 8 Flower and the Lady 8 Petite appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

VIDEO: Panerai’s Submersible Marina Militare Carbotech, the PAM00979 Time+Tide
Panerai s Submersible Marina Militare Jan 19, 2019

VIDEO: Panerai’s Submersible Marina Militare Carbotech, the PAM00979

In recent years, Panerai has made some lateral moves, with watches like the more land-based Due. But for SIHH 2019, one of the original dive watch brands was underwater in full force. Their collection was chock-full of Submersibles (which is now a distinct line of its own). Panerai’s Marina Militare watches pay tribute to the … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Panerai’s Submersible Marina Militare Carbotech, the PAM00979 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Win a Time+Tide lapel pin by telling us your favourites watches from SIHH on YouTube Time+Tide
Jan 17, 2019

Win a Time+Tide lapel pin by telling us your favourites watches from SIHH on YouTube

This year there’s a BIG twist with our video lists, which will start rolling in over the next week – we’re inviting you to share your picks in each price point in the comments section of YouTube. The commenter with the most likes on their SIHH 2019 list on 1 July 2019 will receive something … ContinuedThe post Win a Time+Tide lapel pin by telling us your favourites watches from SIHH on YouTube appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

LIST: Andrew’s top 10 of 2018, including Patek Philippe, Seiko and Bremont Time+Tide
Patek Philippe Seiko Jan 17, 2019

LIST: Andrew’s top 10 of 2018, including Patek Philippe, Seiko and Bremont

It’s lovely and ironic. We work with time every day, and yet we are no closer to mastering it. Here we are at the first major watch fair of the year, early in 2019, filming our personal favourites from the year before. While we are clearly late, the extra distance has provided more clarity. I … ContinuedThe post LIST: Andrew’s top 10 of 2018, including Patek Philippe, Seiko and Bremont appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

INTRODUCING: The Breitling Navitimer 1 Airline Editions Time+Tide
Breitling Navitimer 1 Airline Editions Jan 16, 2019

INTRODUCING: The Breitling Navitimer 1 Airline Editions

Breitling has just announced three retro takes on their iconic pilot’s watch - the mighty Navitimer - that evoke the golden age of jet travel. The Airline Editions capsule collection consists of tributes to three of the great airlines, Pan Am, Swissair and TWA. Each airline is the subject of nostalgic homage, in the form … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The Breitling Navitimer 1 Airline Editions appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

INTRODUCING: Panerai’s new America’s Cup partnership and the stealthy Submersible Luna Rossa Time+Tide
Panerai s new America’s Cup Jan 14, 2019

INTRODUCING: Panerai’s new America’s Cup partnership and the stealthy Submersible Luna Rossa

2019 is shaping up to be the year of the Submersible for Panerai, with the brand hitting hard with a collection full of their most modern takes on the dive watch. And one of the coolest is the Submersible Luna Rossa, a very cool carbon fibre number made to honour their brand new partnership with … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: Panerai’s new America’s Cup partnership and the stealthy Submersible Luna Rossa appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

OPINION: 3 stress relief ideas if the new Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 collection is causing you discomfort Time+Tide
Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 collection Jan 13, 2019

OPINION: 3 stress relief ideas if the new Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 collection is causing you discomfort

Feelings. We all have them. They make us human. They make us who we are. But sometimes they can get the better of us. Like, remember when Tudor released the Black Bay chronograph? Boy, that seemed controversial at the time. And then there was the new Rolex Air-King. Holy smokes! Who could forget all this madness? Neither, … ContinuedThe post OPINION: 3 stress relief ideas if the new Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 collection is causing you discomfort appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

LIST: 7 things I’m looking forward to seeing at SIHH 2019 Time+Tide
Jan 12, 2019

LIST: 7 things I’m looking forward to seeing at SIHH 2019

It’s one sleep to SIHH, and the watch releases are coming thick and fast, with many of the exhibiting brands giving us a peek at some of their highlight releases. And while some pieces have raised a little more than eyebrows (hello AP!), I’ve got a feeling that for many brands, the best is yet … ContinuedThe post LIST: 7 things I’m looking forward to seeing at SIHH 2019 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

INTRODUCING: The Ulysse Nardin Freak X, more accessible, but still freaky Time+Tide
Ulysse Nardin Freak X more accessible Jan 12, 2019

INTRODUCING: The Ulysse Nardin Freak X, more accessible, but still freaky

Over the last few years, Ulysse Nardin has been greatly expanding its Freak family (a smart move say I), and the latest member is the Freak X, which joins the Freak Out and Freak Vision. Now, before we break down this watch, a quick word about X, which is serving as something of a thematic … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The Ulysse Nardin Freak X, more accessible, but still freaky appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.