Buying Guide – Online Watch Shopping While the Confinement Lasts

Team MONOCHROME is working from home. This is our regular work mode since we’re spread all over Europe (and one in the US), but the way we work has been heavily affected. The closure of manufactures means less access to new watches to photograph and review.  All my trips to watch events/launches to shoot new […]

4 years ago

Interview – In Conversation with Sylvain Dolla, CEO of Hamilton Watches

Accessible luxury is one of the most competitive segments in the watch industry. But gauging by the performance metrics of Hamilton watches, Sylvain Dolla’s role as CEO of the company since 2011 has been a success. For 2020, the brand is launching interesting new products: mechanical watches, as you would expect, but also a cool […]

4 years ago

Some good news in the gloom, we just sent out the first round of bushfire donations!

Good news is hard to find in today’s locked down, socially distanced world. But we have some. Because today, after patiently waiting for all watches to be received by their buyers (two of the remaining watches are unique pieces and are still in production), we went to the bank and drew five bank cheques for $30,000 Australian dollars, made out to our bushfire relief beneficiaries. There will be a smaller second-round payment once the final watches are received. The ‘Watch & Act!’ World Watch Auction can now be officially closed off. Celebrate! To refresh your memory, the organisations we’re supporting are the Country Fire Authority, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, the Gippsland Emergency Relief Fund, the World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Victoria. Just because the immediate danger has passed, the legacy of our worst-ever fire season lives on for many Australians and for the wildlife trying to survive in savagely denuded environments. The money that has been raised is still desperately needed. Here’s what two of the groups receiving funds had to say about the donations: John Mitchell – President of the Gippsland Emergency Relief Fund (GERF) All funds donated are still critical, because we have farmers who…

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4 years ago

EVERY WATCH TELLS A STORY: Joseph's murdered out Seiko 5 Sports SRPD79K1 on integrated rubber Crafter Blue strap is a cold killer

Seiko 5 Sports SRPD79K1Last year, we aired the first series of ‘Every Watch Tells A Story’ on YouTube. The premise is as simple as it gets. When we invite raucous crowds into the Time+Tide home base for events, occasionally we offer them the chance to tell the story of their watch. Which promptly explains why everyone in these videos IS SHOUTING. Hey, what we lose in audio quality, we gain in good vibes. Because part of the sport of agreeing to do one of these, is then enduring all the heckling you get from other guests while you do it. We sit them in front of the media wall, turn on the bright lights, mic them up, and ask them a couple of questions about their watch for the evening. Some of the stories are dramatic. Others are pragmatic. But all are interesting, simply because they’re relatable, and they’re personal.  The first episode for our second series of stories, stars Joseph. He tells the story of his Seiko 5 Sports SRPD79K1, a watch whose appeal is heightened by its after-market integrated black rubber strap. Despite its undeniably sporty styling and intention as a watch, it looks surprisingly appropriate and at-home with Joseph’s work…

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4 years ago

Joseph's murdered out Seiko 5 Sports SRPD79K1 on integrated rubber Crafter Blue strap is a cold killer

Seiko 5 Sports SRPD79K1Last year, we aired the first series of ‘Every Watch Tells A Story’ on YouTube. The premise is as simple as it gets. When we invite raucous crowds into the Time+Tide home base for events, occasionally we offer them the chance to tell the story of their watch. Which promptly explains why everyone in these videos IS SHOUTING. Hey, what we lose in audio quality, we gain in good vibes. Because part of the sport of agreeing to do one of these, is then enduring all the heckling you get from other guests while you do it. We sit them in front of the media wall, turn on the bright lights, mic them up, and ask them a couple of questions about their watch for the evening. Some of the stories are dramatic. Others are pragmatic. But all are interesting, simply because they’re relatable, and they’re personal.  The first episode for our second series of stories, stars Joseph. He tells the story of his Seiko 5 Sports SRPD79K1, a watch whose appeal is heightened by its after-market integrated black rubber strap. Despite its undeniably sporty styling and intention as a watch, it looks surprisingly appropriate and at-home with Joseph’s work…

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4 years ago

Introducing – Ikepod Goes Back to Mechanical with the New Megapod Automatic

A couple of years ago, the “vintage watch of the future” was back. Indeed, a small team had decided to bring the Ikepod back to life, this mysterious brand with a design that most of us can easily recall, founded in 1994 by Oliver Ike and Marc Newson, before it stopped production in 2012 when Newson […]

4 years ago