WATCHES &WONDERS 2026 →
As times change, the perception of the perfect fit evolves. When wristwatches were created, they were lauded for finally miniaturising the timepiece and making it…
Watchmaking is a game of microns and millimetres. The movements powering wristwatches are effectively a tiny city of gears and levers, that when blown up…
If you’ve got $1mUSD to build a watch collection in 2020, you’re used to the finer things in life. But what would you do if…
Our A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Up/Down 36mm review explores what all the fuss is about.
Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal ran a story with the provocative headline: “Should You Wear a Watch if There’s No One to Impress?”…
“To be truly elegant one should not be noticed.” So said Beau Brummell, who despite ultimately dying as a syphilitic loon, is still regarded as…
From A. Lange & Söhne, we’ve learned never to predict what might be next. In this clip from our Watch Fair & Chill coverage of…
The watch collections of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, including Rolex, Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin.
If you are the kind of person that thinks the watch media should “stay in [their] lane” when it comes to commenting on anything but…
When the price tag of a wristwatch is more akin to a house or a McLaren supercar, there are a certain amount of bells and…
It takes an iron will to walk past an A. Lange & Söhne dealer without losing a few minutes of your day. The German masters…
A. Lange & Söhne don’t always do things by the book. The year is 2019. The demand for steel luxury sports watches is at an…
Michael Jordan is an NBA legend who many consider to be the greatest player of all time, the GOAT, or, if on social media, simply…
It’s a surprisingly vexed question. You get voted into office as a Prime Minister or President, and suddenly the public’s attention turns to your wrist.…
The perpetual calendar watch is among the most useful complicated watches, as well as one of the most mechanically sophisticated – and it truly comes…
Most of you reading this will have already heard of Gary Getz, or, as he goes by on his Instagram nom de guerre, GaryG (@garyg_1).…
“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…
Great ‘Grams: Sketching, Auction Hype and Seiko Mania It’s the start of a new decade, and as we hit the Roaring ’20s, there’s no sign…
The idea of a grail watch – the would-be jewel in the crown of our collection for which we all strive – is well established.…
Editor’s note: I’m sure that at one point or another you’ve been wearing your favourite watch and thought, “This is definitely ‘gram’ worthy”. But taking…
What are the most talked-about watches of 2019? Depends who you ask, obviously, but in a sizeable part of Planet Watch-Nut the answer is “luxury…
A. Lange & Söhne’s Richard Lange Jumping Seconds is a real insider watch. From the dial it looks much like many other Lange watches, but…
The upper echelons of the investment banking world are inhabited by people who are paid large sums of money to take risks. Some working within…
When you think digital watch, the first thing that comes to mind might be a Casio, with a clear digital display, a couple of functions…
For some, money is no object. For most, this is far from the case, but still an enjoyable intellectual exercise of “what if”. So, what…
Editor’s note: The other day I caught up with someone who’d recently picked up an A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Up/Down, and holding it in…
Despite what many may think, the birth of the watch internet happened a long time before Instagram was around. Back in those days (in an…
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…
The guy in question is none other than Mark Cho, who’s kind of a big deal in the world of menswear. One of the co-founders…
Today we are focusing on the watches owned and worn by prominent Aussie businessmen, from mining magnates to property moguls and shopping centre kings. Sir…
Editor’s note: Full disclosure, this is 100 per cent hypothetical — no watch collections were harmed in the making of this list. Having said that,…
If my other two lists (here and here, in case you forgot) had loose themes tying them together, this one is all over the shop,…
Editor’s note: When I began the hunt for my first “good” watch I came up with a list of certain criteria: a black dial, 40…
I’d like to say I remember the first post we ever published on Time+Tide. But I have no idea. Was it a ‘hello world’ that…
Tom Inslay is your typical Aussie, with the obvious exception of being wholly consumed by the beautiful world of horology. He’s also got a few…
A. Lange & Söhne is a serious watchmaking brand. Everything they do is deliberate, and relentlessly on message. It would be easy to assume — based…
Well, here we are. The ‘sky’s-the-limit’/‘mortgage-the-house’ level of watch. And if you’re going to drop that sort of coin on something that (you’d hope) tells…
Think of Lange’s colour palette and the word ‘sober’ probably springs to mind. Or restrained. Limited. Calm. Muted. Subdued. Discreet. Anything but vivid and daring.…
Typography matters. The choice of font or type is a more complicated matter than merely the arrangement of letters used and the order in which…
There are few dials as instantly recognisable in the world of modern watchmaking as that of the Lange 1. This circular watch, with its off-centre…
In this first part of a four part series on the design of A. Lange & Söhne we look at the underpinnings of their design…
While the rules about how a man should dress for formal occasions are more relaxed than in the past, they are still governed by the…
This was my 12th consecutive watch fair, so you’d think I’d be used to it by now. But once again, the pace of our unforgiving…
The sky’s the limit in this final instalment of the best watches of 2017 – and the entry price to this exclusive club starts at…
Whenever long-term friend (and sometime contributor) to T+T Ben Zachariah drops into the office, talk quickly turns to the fact that in every car guy…
The past month involved a fair bit of travel, a lot of coffee, and some very, very impressive timepieces. So, without any further ado, here’s…
During the day, Andy is a sharp-dressed businessman, but come sundown he’s a gym-loving, whisky-drinking major watch nerd. Although he loves watches of all shapes…
You don’t need to sell us on Patek’s 5711/1A. It’s the Nautilus. In fact, you might go so far as to say it’s the steel…
Sitting between the now nostalgia-laden ‘80s and the innovation explosion of the 2000s, the 1990s is seen as something of a watchmaking wasteland; a bold…
Brandon’s one of the big personalities of the Instagram watch fam, with a revolving collection and crisp photography. He’s one of the guys behind Head2HeadCopycat and calls…
If you take a keen interest in the world of watches, you’ve likely heard of Carson Chan. Carson works for the Fondation de la Haute…
