Hamilton Intra-Matic 68 Watch
I have no doubts that the new Intra-Matic 68 will be one of Hamilton’s most popular new releases this year. Check out this new vintage-inspired chronograph here.
Longines Conquest VHP ‘Very High Precision’ Watches Return
In a pleasant surprise, Longines invited us for the presentation of a new quartz movement that marks the return of their Very High Precision (“VHP”) watches. It is so important to the brand that Longines wanted to get ahead of the Baselworld 2017 rush.
Omega and Daniel Craig Talk Seamaster’s Past and Present
Omega celebrated the legacy of its iconic Seamaster collection together with the ambassador and James Bond star Daniel Craig at a VIP dinner in NYC.
BASEL BUILDUP: 10 days to go, so here’s our top 10 from last year, featuring the whole damn team
BASEL BUILDUP: We’re counting down, NASA-style, to Baselworld 2017, the world’s biggest watch fair. It’s 10 days until we launch from Australia on Etihad Airways flight 463 and for the first Basel Buildup post we’re revisiting the Time+Tide team’s top 10 picks from last year’s fair. Read on for Breguet, Nomos, Bell & Ross, TAG Heuer and more. Basel is over, let the lists begin! Not really (spare us) but the memories are still fresh, the passions linger and, frankly, we want to get this done before we board the plane back to Melbourne, leaving this afternoon. Who knows what we’ll remember on the other side of that 24-hour time warp? So I sent out an email to get the wider team’s wants and desires. This is what they came back with. While we’re on the topic of the team, this handsome bunch (there’s just too much cheekbone in Time+Tide, seriously) I’d like to thank them all for their creativity and commitment this last week, it’s been incredible. Group hug. Michiel Impulse buy: The decision for the Nomos Metro neomatik is based purely on design. I like clean and simple interiors. It’s a watch I would buy for myself and not to show…
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IN-DEPTH: My month-long affair with the Apple Watch Edition Series 2
Mechanical watches are very important to me. Not only are they the way I earn my living, they’re also a real passion. So it was with a sense of very real unease that I prepared for this review. Not because I have a fundamental aversion to quartz, connected or smart devices, but because I was concerned, deep down, that what the Apple Watch offered might be more compelling to me than the bridges and barrels I love so much. You see, while I’ve been a ‘watch guy’ for the past decade or so, I’ve been an ‘apple guy’ for far, far longer. I learnt to type in ClarisWorks, to create in Paint. And later, the covetable objects of my teenage years were iPods, iBooks and (later) iPhones. I’m typing this right now on an iPad, surrounded by a sum total of five Apple screens, so it’s fair to say I’ve drunk deep from the Cupertino Kool-Aid. And if any smart watch can win me over, it’s likely to be the Apple Watch. The hardware From its launch in 2015, the Apple Watch has evolved from a few products into a fully-formed ecosystem. Now offered in two sizes, numerous case materials and finishes as well…
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Zenith El Primero: Forty-eight Years Young And Still Going Strong
The now legendary El Primero from Zenith was presented in January 1969 after seven years of development. It still takes nine months to make one today, but that comes with the territory when you are an icon.
BEST FROM: aBlogtoWatch & Friends March 10, 2017
In this roundup, we take a look at one of my favorite new watches from last year, Rolex’s new Datejust 41. We also discuss much more, such as IWC’s new Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Chronograph watch, Bulgari’s ultra-thin Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Skeleton watch, Bremont’s two new dive watches, and how some watch brands’ pricing is just unrealistic.
Hands-On: The IWC Da Vinci Automatic 40mm (Live Pics, Details, Availability)
Coming out of SIHH, it was the complicated watches from IWC’s Da Vinci collection that were getting most of the attention. This includes both the very complicated models like the Perpetual Calendar Chronograph and the smaller complications such as the ladies’ moonphase. But for me it’s the time-and-date model that stands out as my favorite piece in the collection. It piqued my interest a few weeks ago, but after spending a few days with it I found myself enjoying it even more than I’d expected.
Patek Philippe Caliber 89, The World’s Most Complicated Watch For 26 Years, To Be Auctioned By Sotheby’s In May 2017 Important Watches Sale
Until the advent of Vacheron Constantin Reference 57260 in 2015, Patek Philippe’s Caliber 89 held the record for being the most complicated timepiece in existence; it remains Patek Philippe’s most complicated timepiece. And now Sotheby’s is auctioning it in May 2017.
Amir Nomadic Empires Collection Watches
Amir watches came together when the group at Miami Watch Company, makers of the Stranger Ocean Predator Diver Watch, decided to create a watch inspired by ancient peoples.