To celebrate its 10the anniversary, TAG Heuer has bolstered its Carrera Calibre 16 Day-Date Chronograph lineup with a new model. Here’s a close look at the new TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 16 Day-Date Chronograph Black Titanium watch.
One of the most visually impressive watches of SIHH 2017 was the first “universal time tourbillon” by Swiss Jaeger-LeCoultre, and it is predictably bold and indeed quite expensive. This Geophysic built on the modern retro-inspired collection of watches that is, in turn, based on a range of Jaeger-LeCoultre watches from the 1950s.
The first day of any overseas watch fair is pretty much a blur of lights and (occasionally ticking) sounds for Felix and me. Don’t blame that on the boogie, blame it on the tyranny of distance. For the friends we are yet to meet this week in Geneva, here’s a pre-emptive answer for you: “We landed the afternoon before doors opened.” Stepping off a 24-hour flight from some mythical place known as Australian summer into a blizzard of snow and new watches means that few stand out from the maelstrom. These are the five that did from Day One of SIHH 2017. The Panerai PAM671 – the blue dialled Bronzo It lives! Some mocked our crystal ball skills when we published these predictions a few days ago, but critics should note we were profoundly right when we suggested Panerai might release a blue-dialled Bronzo to stand muscly shoulder to muscly shoulder with its rare and highly sought-after green-dialled brother. And choosing between them for most handsome is even more difficult than with the Hemsworth family. The combination of deep, navy blue dial with the gold-like hue of the new bronze, and then the luscious chocolate-rich brown strap… Be still our beating wrists. The issue…
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For SIHH 2017 Cartier has returned to a signature of the 1980s, the Panthère de Cartier. The irrepressible symbol of decadence and luxury, immortalised by its male counterpart worn by Michael Douglas in Wall Street returns as the penultimate feminine ornament – a delicious yellow gold bracelet watch, jewellery first and…
For 2017, we wanted to try something new when it came to show coverage. James decided he wanted to play with a GoPro, and we are doing a vlog series of more personal, behind-the-scenes videos of the show.
Watch industry Presidents and CEOs are often conservative to the point of invisibility. The adage that seems to be uniformly and universally extolled is a variation on the idea that it’s “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.” Then, at the other end of the scale there is Jean-Claude Biver, CEO of TAG Heuer, Chairman of Hublot and Interim CEO of Zenith. In March 2016, one of the world’s top TAG Heuer experts, David Chalmers (who is founder of Calibre 11 and one of the two guys I started Time+Tide with three years ago), asked him about Heuer branded watches and whether they were helping or hindering TAG Heuer’s brand in the market. His response was scathing: “Very few brands have brought so much confusion than TAG Heuer. TAG Heuer is number one in the confusion. That’s where they were the best at. Create confusion. No consistency, no coherence, just confusion. No professionalism, no respect of yesterday. What TAG Heuer has done in the recent past is an example for any business school of what one should never do. At least now we know what not to do. That is what we’ve inherited from the past… I’m…
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Walking into Montblanc’s revamped SIHH booth, it didn’t take long to work out what the overarching theme of 2017 would be. If the deconstructed racing chronograph suspended from the ceiling wasn’t enough of a clue, the booth staff in stark white racing firesuits certainly gave the game away. Montblanc’s off to the races, and in pole position is an aggressively updated Timewalker. The Timewalker is one of Montblanc’s most successful ranges and, over the years, the distinctive Arabic numerals, modern hand design and sculptural, cut-away lugs have become emblematic for the brand. Recently though, the pioneering model has been somewhat overshadowed by new and exciting heritage models. Not any more. The reimagined Timewalker collection is the brainchild of Davide Cerrato, Managing Director of Montblanc’s watch division (and former Creative Director at Tudor), and is released as a fully formed, mature sports collection comprising everything from simple three-handed options to more complicated offerings like this chronograph. And while the key details like the stylised hands, numerals and cut-out lugs are still there, the overall aesthetic is much more restrained, and with the subtlest touch of vintage (like the tip of the seconds hand and clever rubber racing-style strap). But it’s the…
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The opening day of SIHH 2017 saw A. Lange & Söhne take the covers off a varied offering of watches, ranging from the top of the line Tourbograph Perpetual “Pour le Mérite”, one of the most complicated watches ever introduced by the German watchmaker, to the crisply functional 1815 Annual Calendar. Here’s a rundown of the rest of the new launches, […]
It is Speedy Tuesday! Today we feature the OMEGA Speedmaster Pro Apollo XVII 40th Anniversary. A Speedmaster that has been linked to the last man on the Moon mission. Our regular Speedy Tuesday contributor Darren Townend submitted one of his Speedmasters for today’s topic. A wonderful silver dialed Speedmaster Professional with a special engraved caseback.
Hinted at in F.P. Journe‘s holiday greeting video in December 2016, the Vagabondage III is finally here. Originally conceived in the early 2000s, the F.P. Journe Vagabondage was planned as a series of three watches, each showing the time in an unusual manner (legend has it the trio was a project originally developed for Cartier, […]