Category: Social Media

You Can Only Wear One For Life (Pt 2): Breitling, Omega, IWC, TAG Heuer – these were your responses…

Editor’s note: For a watch collector, horological monogamy is a huge challenge. The idea of limiting yourself to one watch, or one brand, is enough to give most watch collectors the sweats. But we like to have fun at Time+Tide. So we challenged you all to pick one of four brands in part one. The … Continued

The post You Can Only Wear One For Life (Pt 2): Breitling, Omega, IWC, TAG Heuer – these were your responses… appeared first on Time and Tide Watches.

The post You Can Only Wear One For Life (Pt 2): Breitling, Omega, IWC, TAG Heuer – these were your responses… appeared first on Time and Tide Watches.

Rolex, Patek, AP, VC – you can only wear one for life. These were your responses…

For a watch collector, horological monogamy is a huge challenge. The idea of limiting yourself to one watch, or one brand, is enough to give most watch collectors the sweats. But we like to have fun at Time+Tide. So we challenged you all to pick one of four brands in part one. The challenge: you … Continued

The post Rolex, Patek, AP, VC – you can only wear one for life. These were your responses… appeared first on Time and Tide Watches.

The post Rolex, Patek, AP, VC – you can only wear one for life. These were your responses… appeared first on Time and Tide Watches.

The best watch memes of the week

As the watch world becomes ever more hyperactive on social media, every week dozens of horological memes proliferate across the various channels. The beauty of this medium is that they invariably come from sources that are independent, honest and feisty as hell. In other words, these memes are well worth a look. That’s why we’ve … Continued

The post The best watch memes of the week appeared first on Time and Tide Watches.

The post The best watch memes of the week appeared first on Time and Tide Watches.

2 years ago

Just Because – A BIG Shout-Out to IWC and Kurt Klaus (About Smartwatches…)

A few days ago an email from the IWC marketing team dropped into my inbox. Nothing unusual and like always I have a quick look at what the brand plans to communicate now. Maybe a new watch, another limited edition, or an update on the Silver Spirit Spitfire that is on its flight around the globe? Nope, the email was about three videos featuring legendary watchmaker Kurt Klaus and… a smartwatch.

5 years ago

Editorial – The Design Argument – Why Giuliano Mazzuoli Still Stands out From the Crowd?

As Bernie Ecclestone already taught us with his infamous black-eyed Hublot-advertisements, owning very desirable watches does come with some risks. Giuliano Mazzuoli knows that better than anyone else. Unfortunately… From a robbery to Crowe’s and Sheeran’s wrists When Giuliano Mazzuoli entered his workshops on the early morning on Sunday, May 12, the Italian watchmaker encountered […]

5 years ago

Interview – The Online Watch Market – Eneuri Acosta From Hodinkee

Last but not least, to end our series that aims at deciphering the world of online watch marketplaces, we’ve decided to talk to the most “hype” of them all (let’s be honest, credit where credit is due): HODINKEE. What started as a hobby and a sheer passion for watches by Ben Clymer has now grown to a large magazine and an e-commerce website focused on watches and everything related to watches – and for the latter part, not without generating debate. For some, editorial and commercial activities shouldn’t coexist. So, in order to give full transparency on this part, we leave the stage to HODINKEE’s COO, Eneuri Acosta.

6 years ago

Interview – The Online Watch Market – Wei Koh from Revolution/The Rake

As you’ve seen from our previous episodes, the online watch market isn’t just a trend anymore. It is now well established and multiple heavy-weight companies are now playing market-makers. Yet, we talk about specialized firms, with one and only activity. More surprising are names such as Hodinkee, Worn & Wound or Revolution. All of them started their lives as watch magazines and have now added e-commerce to their portfolio of activities. To understand why and how watch-media can legitimately create value from such a business, we will first talk to our good friend Wei Koh, founder of Revolution and The Rake.

6 years ago

Interview – The Online Watch Market – Philipp Man from Chronext

Today marks the fifth opus in our series of interviews focusing on deciphering the world of online watch marketplaces. Today, we look at Chronext and we talk with someone we know for some years already, CEO Philipp Man (who was featured in our “Collector’s Series” here). As he likes to say, “the new luxury buyer is online” confirming how important is this specific angle of the market. What makes Chronext different? Own stock, verified watches, authenticity guaranteed. Security in buying watches online, explained in the following interview.

6 years ago

Interview – The Online Watch Market – Claudio de Giovanni from Verado

After a look at Chrono24, Montredo and WatchBox, we continue our series focusing on understanding the online watch market – certainly one of the most important trends in the watch world today. Today, we’re talking to a newbie in the world of online watch marketplaces. The name of the company is Verado and his Founder & CEO is Claudio de Giovanni. What makes Verado unique? They claim to be “the facilitator of fair transactions between real people” – something that will be explained in the following interview.

6 years ago