Justin Mastine-Frost, Author at Time+Tide Watches

EDITOR’S PICK: 5 things that separate fine from very fine watchmaking (apart from the price tags)

06.03.22

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EDITOR’S PICK: 5 things that separate fine from very fine watchmaking (apart from the price tags)

Editor’s note: They’re the questions we all ask ourselves when contemplating a new mechanical watch: is it worth it? Is that price-tag truly justified? Here’s Justin’s…

9 of the most underrated chronographs of 2019

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19.07.19

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9 of the most underrated chronographs of 2019

Tudor S&G this, Patek 5172G that, but wouldn’t you rather have something … different? Year after year it’s the same story. News breaks in January…

Can’t score that Nautilus or Pepsi? Here’s 6 watches you could buy instead

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05.07.19

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Can’t score that Nautilus or Pepsi? Here’s 6 watches you could buy instead

These are the conversations we all keep having lately. Much like our beloved Sandra Lane, I’m equally sick of the steel Rolex and Patek hype…

LIST: Justin’s best watches of Baselworld (on a budget)

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20.04.19

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LIST: Justin’s best watches of Baselworld (on a budget)

Baselworld has by now nearly slipped entirely into the ether, yet there’s a small list of watches that I’ve been mulling over ever since leaving…

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EDITOR’S PICK: 5 things that separate fine from very fine watchmaking (apart from the price tags)

9 of the most underrated chronographs of 2019

Can’t score that Nautilus or Pepsi? Here’s 6 watches you could buy instead

LIST: Justin’s best watches of Baselworld (on a budget)

HANDS-ON: Grand Seiko’s SBGY002, a hot new hand-wound take on the Snowflake

HANDS-ON: The edgy, architectural Hublot Spirit of Big Bang Tourbillon

INSIGHT: Legitimately unique; why Vacheron Constantin’s Les Cabinotiers department is unlike any other

LIST: From simple to surprising and complex — our 3 Patek Philippe picks from Basel 2019

LIST: 3 Hublot watches spotted at Watches & Wonders, and why they’re so very Miami

HANDS-ON: The Hublot Spirit of Big Bang Yellow Sapphire – the not so mellow yellow

HANDS-ON: The brand new Rado Captain Cook 42mm satiates the Goldilocks Syndrome sufferers out there

Omega Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon Apollo 8

IN-DEPTH: The Longines Conquest V.H.P. GMT “Flash Setting”

IN-DEPTH: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Quantième Annuel Phase de Lune

INSIGHT: Classic design pushed forward – the world of watchmaking at Breguet

IN-DEPTH: The Glashütte Original Senator Cosmopolite in Steel – a study in complex elegance

LIST: Birth year watches for millennials – 6 future classics

OPINION: The “McQueen” Submariner: What we really know, what we don’t, and what actually matters

IN-DEPTH: the Drive de Cartier Extra Flat in steel — driving the value proposition

IN-DEPTH: The Hublot Big Bang Unico GMT Titanium

HANDS-ON: The Patek Philippe Ref. 5524 Calatrava Pilot Travel Time

HANDS-ON: The record-shattering Bulgari Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Automatic

HANDS-ON: The Zenith Defy Classic Skeleton — a Defy Lab-inspired entry level to the collection

HANDS-ON: With the winning Omega Olympic Official Timekeeper collection

LIST: The 10 best independent watches of Baselworld 2018

HANDS-ON: The Zenith Defy El Primero Zero G

HANDS-ON: The Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Moon Black Enamel

INTRODUCING: The big bad Hublot Big Bang MP-11 14-Days 3D Carbon

HANDS-ON: The Glashütte Original Vintage Sixties – the ultimate green dial of 2018?

HANDS-ON: The Chopard L.U.C Quattro goes casual, and has never looked better

HANDS-ON: The Hublot Big Bang Referee 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

HANDS-ON: Red alert – the Hublot Big Bang Unico Red Magic

HANDS-ON: A prestigious new entry point – the Vacheron Constantin FiftySix

HANDS-ON: H. Moser & Cie. step outside their comfort zone with new Endeavour Flying Hours

LIST: From indies with love – 6 watches I fell for in the Carré des Horlogers

HANDS-ON: Feeling Blue With the Hublot Big Bang Meca-10 Blue Ceramic