“Poor Man’s Heuer” is a term often used in the vintage collector’s world. It refers to a sport or tool watch that was made in the 1960s and 1970s, with design or style cues from racing Heuer watches, but with another brand stamped on the dial. Whether it’s the bright colours to accent the dial […]
If you’re a Ludwig Van horology fan, this will be music to your ears.
Another week, another round of watches from the web worth knowing about.
With the renewed taste for vintage design, brands continue to dig into their archives to find inspiration. The Carl F. Bucherer Heritage collection was launched in 2018 as the Lucerne-based watchmaker celebrated its 130th anniversary. The first of the “Heritage” models was the Tourbillon Heritage Double Peripheral Limited edition. In 2019, the second tribute to […]
Robert Downey Jr., a.k.a. Iron Man on silver screens, is well known for being a watch aficionado – in particular very cool watches from indie watchmakers, including Urwerk, as spotted here. Among these, the UR-111C Black was also spotted on his wrist at the premieres of Marvel’s Avengers Endgame in New York and Los Angeles. […]
This review of the DOXA SUB 200 Professional by our friends at Hodinkee nails the good, the great and the not quite perfect details of what is proving to be a significant release. Not only for DOXA because — as James says, using a perfect music metaphor — the 200 “turns the funk down to a more standard volume”. No love for cushion cases? No problem! It is also significant because it is “punching very hard” in the hot sub-$1000USD price point. You’d pretty much have to have never read Time+Tide before to have missed the news that we have been pretty besides ourselves about this collection since we saw it at Basel 2019, which is why we’ve taken the unprecedented step to distribute the brand in Australia. Don’t just take our word for it, though. Please read and enjoy this thorough and thoughtful review by one of the best watch journalists in the game about a collection set to take DOXAto a whole new generation of wrists. Find the full review on Hodinkee right here.
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Find Part 1 of the Rolex Datejust history right here. A Power Watch in 1989: The Reference 16233 A good example of the historical adaptability of the Datejust came with the reversal of world fortunes in the 1980s. There were the literal fortunes made by young traders on Wall Street but also the overall optimism drawn from events of the decade leading up to the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. It was a good time to be Rolex (was there ever a bad time?), who used the energy of the time to evolve the Datejust into the reference 16233 you see here. This particular example is a vibrant and expressive combination, which in my mind completely sums up a lot of the cultural surge and individualism of the ’80s while eschewing some of the more questionable lapses in taste. In contrast to the earlier 1601, this Datejust streamlines the visuals in the form of a slim sapphire crystal and flat dial. The necessary quality textures are still present via the slightly more substantial fluted bezel and the geometrically perfect gold bar hour markers, which have lume plots subtly integrated into their ends. Mobile phones, personal computers and fax machines…
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A J12 made in the spirit of, you might say, full transparency.
If there’s one watch in the Oris collection that needs no introduction, it certainly is the Aquis Date. A robust dive watch, with modern and utilitarian looks, it has been praised as a very competitive option for someone in the need of a no-nonsense diving instrument, which can also be used on land as a […]