Revisiting the oldest men’s wristwatch in 2020 has its difficulties. How far can you stray from the original without corrupting its essence? But, how far should you honour its essence without creating a fuddy-duddy watch? Well, Cartier’s latest Santos-Dumont XL manages to reconcile both these extremes in what is perhaps the most historically faithful yet […]
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After taking last week off, Friday Live has returned!
A personal and technical history of co-branding in the watch world
The week in vintage watches from around the web.
Since the inception of the brand in 2017, with the inaugural 17.01 model, renowned photographer Ming Thein has turned out to be also quite an impressive designer and watch entrepreneur, creating a brand with a consistent style and development. 2020 marks a new step for Ming Watches, which is introducing its second-generation design language and, […]
The newest Ming watch is also the thinnest he’s ever made.
Swiss brand Fortis is mostly known for its space-related chronographs, with the Official Cosmonauts range, instrumental, ultra-robust and purpose-built watches supplied to the Russian cosmonaut agency Roscosmos. In addition to watches certified for space travel, Fortis has supplied military squadrons around the world and is still specialized today in pilot’s watches. As a testimony of […]
This time a couple of weeks ago, the challenge was set, and it was formidable. A fast approaching watch fair – Watches & Wonders – with no watches in sight. None to have. None to hold. None to video. What choice but to fold? We didn’t do that, though. We’re Aussies, we don’t give up that easy. And also, as newly minted media partners of the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie (FHH) – a responsibility that we are honoured to uphold – we had a duty to deliver. Like we talked about in last week’s Wind Down, we considered that many of you, our dear readers and viewers, are currently on the couch, rapidly bingeing through ALL the series like Joe Exotic binges on hair dye. We considered that while we couldn’t hold them in the metal, we could talk to the good images we had of them, and we could bring in some friends, and off-site team members to talk to the detail and the highlights. And then, late in the piece, the boss of IWC joined in, too. We could also make it look more fun than usual. Like a Late Show. Voila. We had a virtual watch fair…
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“Why is he yelling?” someone in the YouTube comments has already asked. And it’s a good question. In my first appearance in Every Watch Tells A Story, I am shouting like a person in a particularly noisy pub. That’s because, for the shoots that comprise this series that’s what the Time+Tide office turns into. A particularly noisy pub. It’s the excitement. It’s the enthusiasm. And yes, it’s the refreshments that are always flowing. These events, usually based around Club get-togethers or, in this case, an Indie Explorer evening, are ones to let the hair down at. The official brand events are special, too, but they’re usually more about discovering collections, meeting the people behind the watches and, very often, education. They’re super fun for the team, too. And I miss them like I never thought I would right now. Anyway, the lady doth protest too much. Yes, I’m shouting; yes, I’m well refreshed; and yes, I’m enthusiastic about these two watches. Very much so. What we have here is the DOXA SUB 1200T, a now discontinued model. And we have the William Wood Valiant, Red Watch. In a first for Every Watch Tells A Story, the modern variation of the…
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