LIST: 5 of the best watches from the 2017 Oscars, including an incredible $1.7 million Greubel Forsey
This, friends, is the big one. Sure, we’ve kept half an eye on the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards, the BAFTAs and the rest. But really, honestly, this is the only one we care about: the 89th Academy Awards, which took place tonight/yesterday/some time in the past few hours. (Seriously, we’re in Australia – Monday’s nearly over here. Try to keep up.) As ever, the purpose of the Oscars is two-fold. Firstly, it is to fill us with regret at the outstanding movies we missed at the cinema because they sounded rubbish, and which we’ll now have to watch on the small screen while the next door neighbour mows his lawn. Secondly, it is to make us wonder how cock-ups like this can occur at an event of such scale. And finally, it’s a chance to ogle Hollywood’s finest wrists. We’ve studied, scrutinised, zoomed, researched and mulled – and here’s our pick of the best. Mahershala Ali’s IWC Da Vinci Chronograph Edition Laureus He may have taken home the award for Actor in a Supporting Role for his part in Moonlight, but Mahershala also had a win for diversity as the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar. Meanwhile, his watch for the night was a case study…
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Omega’s Sydney flagship is their biggest boutique in the world, and it’s in a prominent position, at 20 Martin Place, right in the heart of town. When Chief Executive Raynald Aeschlimann travelled to Australia to officially open it earlier this month, he brought a friend of the brand who, a decade earlier, also opened the Castlereagh Street boutique, just around the corner. Yes, we’re talking about the incredible Cindy Crawford. Raynald extended Time+Tide a private invitation to come and explore the space with Cindy, where we learned that history is more alive than ever for Omega, thanks to the unveiling of the ‘Her Time’ exhibition, with a little help from Brand Heritage Manager, Petros Protopapas.
