In The Shop – Vintage Watches: A 1958 Rolex Oyster Perpetual In 18k Yellow Gold, A 1960s Vacheron Constantin Ref. 7397 Retailed By Türler, And A 1990s Patek Philippe Calatrava Ref. 3919
Spoil the mom(s) in your life with a vintage watch.
Found: Marlon Brando’s Godfather-Engraved Rolex Datejust Is Hitting The Auction Block
You come to me on the Datejust of my daughter’s wedding?
Introducing – The 2019 Fortis PC-7 Team Aeromaster Editions
Founded in 1912, Fortis is known for its rugged, functional watches and the brand’s long-lasting connection with aviation and space exploration. The brand started manufacturing watches for the PC-7 team over 12 years ago. The PC-7 team is the Swiss Air Force aerobatics display team. Their flight displays underline the capabilities of the Swiss Air […]
Introducing – Bovet Fleurier Recital 27 (Hands-On)
There is something truly special about Bovet. The singularity of the Maison lies in a distinctive perception of elegance where integrity, craftsmanship and patience are carefully preserved. The brand’s take on the traveller’s watch is no exception. Complex, highly decorated, powerful but also unique in its vision of the multiple time-zone display, let’s have a […]
Cartier’s Santos de Cartier is the perfect dress watch for 2019
Editor’s note: The Santos de Cartier is the perfect dress watch for modern times. Adaptable, versatile and restrained — but with a clear personality. It’s also based on a watch that’s more than 100 years old. Which really is a testament to good design. Long live the Santos! Few watches can rival Cartier’s Santos in terms of on-the-wrist recognition and sheer weight of history. The design debuted in 1904 and has remained fundamentally unchanged in form since. But while the new Santos might look familiar, quite a lot has changed. Small changes have been made to the design and ergonomics of the case, resulting in a watch that looks and wears better on the wrist. Bigger changes have been made to the inside, with an in-house movement upgrade and, most excitingly of all, a new QuickSwitch strap change system that allows you to swap your strap quickly and painlessly. This is something I’d be really excited to see rolled out more widely across the Cartier collection. On a related note, there’s a similar functionality for the bracelet, allowing you to add and remove links without tools. These changes on their own are all fairly incremental, but package them up together, on…
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LIST: 6 classic men’s watches for your budget
Pitching any ‘best of’ list is always more effective when you have very strict parameters and are forced to think sideways to come up with creative suggestions. Being asked to come up with a list of the best classic watches for different budgets is not easy. Less so, when one considers how open to interpretation the term ‘classic’ is. The TAG Heuer Monaco is a ‘classic’, but it is no dress watch, nor does it have ‘classic’ styling. For that reason I’ve chosen three price points, and decided to pick one sports and one dress watch that fits the bill in each. Feel free to @ us your agreement/disagreement/other options. Two choices under $5000 – Tudor and Oris For less than $4000 Australian, it is actually possible to get your hands on an ETA-powered Tudor Black Bay 41mm watch with a stainless steel bracelet. It’s a preposterous value proposition from a brand whose star is set to shine brighter and brighter as their presence continues to be bolstered by the mythic power that Rolex (the brand’s big brother) wields over the industry. At this price point my sporty suggestion is the Oris Divers Sixty-Five, on a bi-colour bracelet. In terms…
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NEWS: Jaeger-LeCoultre now offers an 8-year warranty, the longest of all major brands
Even though the fine watch business might seem like a perpetual, slow-moving beast, it is one of constant, consistent progress. And as the mechanical movements improve and add things like silicon into the mix, it becomes obvious that they’re built to last longer than ever. The other side of that coin is a longer warranty period — it makes sense that if you’re offering a more reliable watch, you should stand behind it for longer. Clearly this is something that Jaeger-LeCoultre agree with, as they’re now offering an impressive eight-year warranty on all watches (and clocks). More than that, the brand is extending the warranty of watches that are still covered by their initial warranty, if the owner registers it through the Jaeger-LeCoultre Care Program. Eight years is a long time, and is now the longest regular warranty period in the industry — Rolex and Omega, for example, offer five-year warranties on their watches. It’s also a very smart move for the brand to build loyalty and add value. This announcement goes hand in hand with a push on the brand’s extensive personalisation and customisation options. Jaeger-LeCoultre might be the first with an eight-year warranty, but I doubt they’ll be the…
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Watch Spotting: Serena Williams, Tom Brady, Jimmy Fallon, And More At The 2019 Met Gala
Because watches can be camp too.
The Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Réserve de Marche – form and function perfectly balanced
Editor’s note: Much of the ‘what’ of a watch can be summed up in the technical, the hard numbers and facts of the spec sheet. But there’s an element — an X factor — that transcends this clinical description, and transforms a watch from an object into an artwork. This Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Réserve de Marche is a watch that oozes with that X factor … There’s a running joke in the Time+Tide office about my proclivity for “beautiful blue” dials –I once managed to say it a few too many times in a short video review and, well, it sort of stuck. But in the case of this new version of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s classic Master Ultra Thin Réserve de Marche the accolade beautiful blue is well and truly deserved. JLC specialise in ultra-thin watches, and this design of the Réserve de Marche has been a part of the collection since 2012. It is an exceptional, traditionally styled 39mm steel watch with a complicated-but-balanced dial layout consisting of a radial date at two and a power reserve (which gives the model its name) at 10. There’s a small seconds subdial at six that rounds off the dial. Few brands putting together a watch…
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Auction Report: An Exclusive Look At The Documents Behind The Vacheron Constantin ‘Don Pancho’ Minute Repeater
The full story behind this auction season’s most interesting watches.