OUR LONDON STUDIO IS ALMOST HERE – SEE WHAT’S COMING
One of the most rewarding things for me about my watch-collecting journey is getting together with other collectors. Not so that we can all posture,…
Back in 2014, I wrote my first article for Time & Tide. It was a review of the Rolex GMT Master II, reference 116710BLNR which…
Allow me start off with a recent watch acquisition story. Last month, I was travelling for work and ended up with a few hours to kill…
I am a terrible watch collector. I’ve been collecting watches terribly for about 10 years now with no end in sight. It admittedly consumes much…
A long time ago in a land far away (2012 / Canada), I embarked on the journey of watch collecting. I had saved enough to…
If you open up Google and type in “Why do I have a hard time choosing an Omega Speedmaster?”, chances are your first non-ad result…
Allow me to preface this piece with some full disclosure. I purchased this watch with my own money. It isn’t on loan from anyone and…
Editor’s note: While our daily work at Time+Tide revolves around new models, this is not – in the main – how most of you experience…
Editor’s note: The American psychologist Barry Schwartz coined the phrase “the paradox of choice” to explain how an expanded number of consumer options is not…
Editor’s note: If you’ve been baited by the headline, prepare to have your jets cooled, because when this one popped up for me a second…
Editor’s note: It’s somehow Monday again, and while that would normally mean feelings of malaise and discontent, since this pandemic shifted into top gear and…
Editor’s note: This week on Micro Mondays we focus our gaze on a British brand that has made waves in the space over the last…
Watch collecting is fun. At least it should be, which means that from time to time, you have to get back to basics and enjoy…
When the Monta Oceanking arrived one day, I didn’t quite know what to make of it. Luckily, I was able to secure a phone interview…
Recently, Time+Tide put out an Instagram survey asking you, the reader, to express your opinion about wearing a smartwatch on one wrist and a mechanical…
I have to admit that up until this month I all but ignored bronze watches. It seemed like a lingering trend that just didn’t make…
Find Part 1 of the Rolex Datejust history right here. A Power Watch in 1989: The Reference 16233 A good example of the historical adaptability…
The clichés applied to these watches are endless: iconic, archetypal, essential … and the list goes on. What can be said about the Rolex Datejust…
It was during a particularly cold snap in January that I decided to get off the couch and out of the house. I was restless.…
Editor’s note: If you missed the first part of this story, you can find it here, and enjoy as Bruce tells the tale of his…
Editor’s note: Regular Time+Tide contributor Bruce Duguay has recently shared his thoughts with us on the challenges of buying an Omega Speedmaster, and why the…
I have been trying to buy an Omega Speedmaster for a couple of years now. I have to admit I’m finding it nearly impossible to…
Since the Rolex lineup is peppered with all-stars, like the perennially popular Submariner, crowd favourite GMT-Master II and boy-racer Daytona, it would be easy to…
“Authentic” is an often misused and even abused accolade in today’s disposable and instant-service world. Consumers tend to be impressed for brief moments with the…
Even though many look to Rolex as a steadfast, unchanging bastion of the watch world, there are some definite outliers in the field. Bejewelled GMT-Masters,…
Anticipation was high for a GMT-Master II release at Basel 2018; however, almost everyone in the business of speculating was predicting a rival carbonated beverage…
When the Tudor Black Bay GMT debuted this year at Basel it would’ve been easy to describe it as being overshadowed by the much-hyped Rolex…
Editor’s note: Today’s review is a little unusual on several accounts. Most significantly it’s of a watch that’s been discontinued for seven years. Given this…
Editor’s Note: Today’s review of the classic Rolex Datejust is a little different to the usual. While we generally spend a week or so with…
Ed’s Note: For today’s in-depth Rolex GMT Master II BLNR review we’ve done something a little unusual – we’ve handed the review reins over to…
