RECOMMENDED READING: Seiko's 9F Quartz Movement
SJX Watches recently published an in-depth look at Seiko’s prodigious and fabled 9F Quartz movements, which are now in their 26th year of production. And there’s no question the 9F is a genuinely high-end movement that has taken decades of engineering to perfect. It’s actually a remarkable feat of timekeeping when you think about it like this: the 9F will never lose or gain more than 10 seconds a year … that’s an absurd level of accuracy, and it laughs in the figurative faces of any mechanical movement on the planet. Take into account that every single 9F is assembled and decorated by hand, and it’s pretty easy to understand why the high-precision quartz movement is found exclusively in Seiko’s top-of-the-range Grand Seiko models. Anyway, if you’re a fan of Seiko and Grand Seiko, or want to gain a better understanding of the engineering and production of Seiko’s lauded quartz movement, this in-depth article is definitely worth a read, and you can check it out right here.
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In what is a meeting of two of the most significant collections from the Franck Muller manufacture, the Vanguard Crazy Hours is an exciting offering, made even more exciting with the news of an exclusive collection for Asia. The Vanguard Crazy Hours is the first time the brand has housed the famous Crazy Hours movement inside a Vanguard case shape, offering a feel that is more sporty and relaxed, to a caliber that inspires a more leisurely approach to time telling. It achieves this with a dial layout that is less than conventional, where the hour marker numerals are out of order and appear haphazardly strewn across the face of the watch. In fact, the movement beneath the dial is calibrated for the hour hand to track the numbers in the correct order, despite them being out of place on the dial. The combination of Franck Muller’s trademark exaggerated numerals and this wistfully complicated movement forces you to pause for a moment when you look at a Crazy Hours watch, and appreciate that there’s more on offer than rushing to be on time as you hurry from appointment to appointment. Not to mention that it does take some practise to be…
Editor’s note: Panerai are known for many things – a rich Italian heritage in watchmaking that dates back to 1860, steep aquatic history providing watches for the naval forces of many countries, most notably Italy and Egypt, and a quintessential design language that has spanned the better part of a century … the list goes on. What Panerai is not known for is making watches to pair with a suit-and-tie combo. In fact, something like a 47mm Submersible Bronzo is about the farthest thing away from what we’d want to don at a black tie event. However, Panerai’s Luminor Due is a collection of watches that can do just that, thanks to a diverse range of case sizes that start at just 38mm. Anyway, Time+Tide’s own Felix Scholz went hands-on with the versatile timepiece earlier this year, and if you’ve got the time, it’s definitely worth a read. HANDS-ON: A Panerai for the suit and tie – the Luminor Due PAM00943 It would be easy to dismiss the Luminor Due — Panerai’s latest fully fledged line — as a collection oriented towards women. After all, it’s the collection that houses 38 and 42mm watches. But the fact that I am on…
TAG Heuer has unveiled its penultimate limited edition 50th anniversary Monaco, and this one pays homage to the wonderful era that was the noughties. This is the fourth iteration of the limited-run watches, which are celebrating 50 years of the fabled original Heuer Monaco, first released in 1969. We’ve already seen the eclectic mix of ’60-’70s, ’70s-’80s and ’80s-’90s, which have been introduced at various stages throughout the year and each have their own unique flair and style. Sticking to the basic formula seen on the rest of the limited-run models, the 1999-2009 edition still utilises the same 39mm steel case and perforated calfskin leather strap, now finished in black. Inside the familiar case is TAG Heuer’s tried and true Calibre 11, a self-winding movement equipped with a chronograph and date complication that offers customers up to 40 hours of power reserve. The 1999-2009’s biggest changes can be seen in the design of the dial, which now features a black opaline base with white opaline sub-dials and a white circular minutes tracking ring, which does a great job of further emphasising the iconic and distinctive square case of the Monaco. Splashes of red can be seen on the second hand,…