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What we’d wear if we could wear only one watch brand for the rest of our lives … 
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What we’d wear if we could wear only one watch brand for the rest of our lives … 

I know, it’s a horrible prospect, and one that we don’t really want to seriously consider, but you know what, it makes an excellent proposition…
The Cartier Santos-Dumont is a lesson in distilled elegance
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The Cartier Santos-Dumont is a lesson in distilled elegance

Cartier is a brand that doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but instead gradually evolves their designs over decades, refining and purifying their core look with each…
RECOMMENDED READING: History of the Must de Cartier Tank
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RECOMMENDED READING: History of the Must de Cartier Tank

Editor’s note: I think most people reading this fully appreciate just how dire things were in the 1970s as a result of the notorious “quartz…
3 seriously underrated watches released in 2019
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3 seriously underrated watches released in 2019

A great watch should always get the recognition it deserves; however, sometimes that just simply isn’t the case. Whether it’s down to hyped timepieces being…
RECOMMENDED READING: Is there a paradox in watchmaking? Franco Cologni thinks so
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RECOMMENDED READING: Is there a paradox in watchmaking? Franco Cologni thinks so

Let me preface this by stating two things: (a) this is a slightly more philosophical discussion than usual, and (b) Franco Cologni is an important…
I went to my first watch auction, here’s what I found
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I went to my first watch auction, here’s what I found

I was equal parts excited and curious when a package from Sotheby’s Australia landed on Felix’s desk last month. Upon opening, it revealed a catalogue…
Keeping tradition alive at the Cartier Métiers d’Art
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Keeping tradition alive at the Cartier Métiers d’Art

Editor’s note: Why is this unassuming looking farmhouse in the Swiss countryside so important to a brand as large as Cartier? Because it houses the…
HANDS-ON: Cartier’s Santos-Dumont is guaranteed to add to your daily wear 
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HANDS-ON: Cartier’s Santos-Dumont is guaranteed to add class to your daily wear 

Now that we’re more than halfway through, I think we can all admit that 2019 has been a bit of an odd one, as far…
T+T Highlights: Sotheby’s Australia Important Jewels Auction
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T+T Highlights: Sotheby’s Australia Important Jewels Auction

Next month, Sotheby’s Australia are hosting their Important Jewels Auction in Melbourne, with a catalogue that includes a small collection of watches. The focus of…
T+T Team List: Which watch marketed at a different gender?
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T+T Team List: Which watch marketed at a different gender?

Here at Time+Tide HQ, the banter is fast, free-flowing and deeply uninteresting for anyone who doesn’t love watches. Sometimes this spitballing makes it beyond our…
Everything you need, nothing you don’t – the best two-handed watches of 2018
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Everything you need, nothing you don’t – the best two-handed watches of 2018

There comes a time in the journey of every watch collector when the pursuit of the most complicated watch loses its shine, as you start…
9 of the most underrated chronographs of 2019
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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…
Everything you need to know about the Cartier Tank
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Everything you need to know about the Cartier Tank

Editor’s note: The Cartier Tank is a watch with an incredible century (and then some) history, and a list of famous fans as long as…
The 10 best skeleton dials from 2018
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The 10 best skeleton dials from 2018

Skeleton dials are interesting, not because they offer a garish look at something exposed but because they showcase the sheer level of complexity involved in…
6 of the best women’s watches of 2018
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6 of the best women’s watches of 2018

Half a decade ago, Time+Tide published a story, citing that by 2020 there would be more female millionaires in Britain than male, leaving it to the…
Is a two-tone watch just full gold’s poor cousin? Not anymore
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Is a two-tone watch just full gold’s poor cousin? Not anymore

What goes around comes around – especially when we’re talking style. So here we are, three decades after the first steel-and-gold rush, having another two-tone…
This guy did a survey and found that 38mm is the perfect watch size – here are our other takeaways
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This guy did a survey and found that 38mm is the perfect watch size – here are our other takeaways

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…
Explaining just how Cartier’s incredible Révélation d’une Panthère works
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Explaining just how Cartier’s incredible Révélation d’une Panthère works

Sandra takes a look at the incredible (and incredibly complex) Cartier Révélation d’une Panthère.
This is the ultimate dress watch, and it has been for more than 100 years
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This is the ultimate dress watch, and it has been for more than 100 years

Editor’s note: Dress watches are one of those timepiece genres with very specific ‘rules’, and can be hard to nail. One watch that always manages…
How to wear a watch like nobody is watching
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How to wear a watch like nobody is watching

Here's how to wear a watch with total and utter authority.
Cartier’s Santos de Cartier is the perfect dress watch for 2019
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Cartier’s Santos de Cartier is the perfect dress watch for 2019

Editor’s note: The Santos de Cartier is the perfect dress watch for modern times. Adaptable, versatile and restrained — but with a clear personality. It’s…
LIST: 6 classic men’s watches for your budget
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LIST: 6 classic men’s watches for your budget

Pitching any ‘best of’ list is always more effective when you have very strict parameters and are forced to think sideways to come up with…
4 reasons why the Cartier Santos makes a great everyday watch
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4 reasons why the Cartier Santos makes a great everyday watch

Editor’s note: I don’t know about you, but when I think of everyday watches, I default to round steel sports pieces. Of course, there might be…
The perfect $20,000 watch collection, according to the T+T team …
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The perfect $20,000 watch collection, according to the T+T team …

Editor’s note: There are few things I love more than a good hypothetical, and this is a doozy. The rules? $20,000 to spend ONLY on…
LIST: Quick! Change! 5 of the best hot-swappable straps on the market right now
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LIST: Quick! Change! 5 of the best hot-swappable straps on the market right now

It took Apple, and their eponymous watch, to really hammer home the point that the traditional fine watch industry was stuck in the past. No,…
OPINION: Forget men and women, watches don’t need genders
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OPINION: Forget men and women, watches don’t need genders

Do we ever see adverts calling an Audi A3 a “ladies’ car”, a Porsche 911 or Toyota LandCruiser a “men’s car”? Nope. So, when even…
LIST: 3 Santos models from the new Cartier collection explained by Cartier
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LIST: 3 Santos models from the new Cartier collection explained by Cartier

Marie-Laure Cérède, creative director of watchmaking at Cartier, is our eloquent tour guide for the 2019 Cartier collection, with a focus on the new faces…
VIDEO: 5 of the hottest new Cartier watches from SIHH 2019
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VIDEO: 5 of the hottest new Cartier watches from SIHH 2019

Over the last few years, Cartier’s watch releases have been consistently impressive, alternating between savvily commercial and outrageously stunning. This year we saw that strong…
VIDEO: Felix’s 3 favourites from SIHH 2019, from $35K and above
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VIDEO: Felix’s 3 favourites from SIHH 2019, from $35K and above

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,…
VIDEO: Felix’s top 3 watches from SIHH 2019 – between $10k and $35k
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VIDEO: Felix’s top 3 watches from SIHH 2019 – between $10k and $35k

My last list — a trio of well-priced SIHH offerings — could be neatly broken down into a loose theme of air, sea and land.…
LIST: Andrew’s top 3 picks under $10k from SIHH 2019
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LIST: Andrew’s top 3 picks under $10k from SIHH 2019

To atone for our tardy 2018 Top 10 lists, and to prove we haven’t just spent a week in Geneva looking backwards, we’re moving quickly…
LIST: Andrew’s top 10 of 2018, including Patek Philippe, Seiko and Bremont
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LIST: Andrew’s top 10 of 2018, including Patek Philippe, Seiko and Bremont

It’s lovely and ironic. We work with time every day, and yet we are no closer to mastering it. Here we are at the first…
RECOMMENDED READING: How to perfect product placement on the red carpet
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RECOMMENDED READING: How to perfect product placement on the red carpet

The dust (and hangovers) have settled on the 76th Golden Globes, and on some corners of the internet it seems that the pre-show press pack…
LIST: 5 Cartier watches we’d love for Christmas
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LIST: 5 Cartier watches we’d love for Christmas

It’s not many sleeps until Christmas, and the spirit of the season has well and truly taken over in the Time+Tide office, and – as…
VIDEO: 8 Cartier watches that stand out 
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VIDEO: 8 Cartier watches that stand out 

A little while ago I made my way down to Cartier’s Collins Street boutique in Melbourne, spent a little time amidst the glittering plinths and…
LIST: Six of the best, my pick of Cartier’s women’s watches
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LIST: Six of the best, my pick of Cartier’s women’s watches

In order to think about the best women’s watches, we must first ask ourselves: “What is a women’s watch?” At Cartier, the answer is particularly…
LIST: 5 utterly useless complications and why we love them
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LIST: 5 utterly useless complications and why we love them

The most straightforward definition of the word complication is “a difficulty”. But not to state the obvious, nothing is simple about being complicated. And as…
LIST: Do I still rate my top 10 watches of 2017? Uh. Hmmm. Some of them?
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LIST: Do I still rate my top 10 watches of 2017? Uh. Hmmm. Some of them?

There are all kinds of forces at work when you’re under pressure to come up with your ‘best of the year’ lists. There’s end of…
NEWS: We’ve discovered a new species of watch wearer, and it ain’t pretty
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NEWS: We’ve discovered a new species of watch wearer, and it ain’t pretty

There are few things more exciting than discovering an entirely new species. Especially creatures from the abyss, and there happens to be the largest and…
LIST: Auction madness – 6 watches you could have bought at the Jerry Lewis estate sale for less than $10k
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LIST: Auction madness – 6 watches you could have bought at the Jerry Lewis estate sale for less than $10k

Famed comedian, actor and director Jerry Lewis, AKA the King of Comedy, died in August 2017 at the age of 91. He left behind the…
LIST: 6 low-key lit watches that you might have missed
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LIST: 6 low-key lit watches that you might have missed

Sometimes I like to think of the watch industry’s annual releases like an epic, sprawling house party — the sort where everybody shows up. There’s…
EDITOR’S PICK: 6 months on, and does Felix still stand by his top 10 watches of 2017?
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EDITOR’S PICK: 6 months on, and does Felix still stand by his top 10 watches of 2017?

Editor’s note: Late last year I hung out with Andrew and some strangely undrunk drinks on a hot rooftop bar and rolled through my favourite…
VIDEO: The stripped-back Santos – Cartier’s Santos de Cartier Skeleton
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VIDEO: The stripped-back Santos – Cartier’s Santos de Cartier Skeleton

Last week we had a look at the ‘regular’ version of Cartier’s updated Santos, and today the less-is-more Skeleton is under our lens. To be…
VIDEO: A modern classic – Cartier’s Santos de Cartier
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VIDEO: A modern classic – Cartier’s Santos de Cartier

Few watches can rival Cartier’s Santos in terms of on-the-wrist recognition and sheer weight of history. The design debuted in 1904 and has remained fundamentally…
NEWS: Cartier on screen and in style for Ocean’s 8 
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NEWS: Cartier on screen and in style for Ocean’s 8 

Disclaimer: This post contains minimal traces of watch. But it does contain some very large diamonds. Ocean’s 8, the latest in the long-running series of…
LIST: Follow the two-tone yellow gold road to find some great value vintage watches
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LIST: Follow the two-tone yellow gold road to find some great value vintage watches

It’s no secret that the vintage watch market is booming. Take a peek at recent results from the big watch auctions by the likes of…
IN-DEPTH: the Drive de Cartier Extra Flat in steel — driving the value proposition
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IN-DEPTH: the Drive de Cartier Extra Flat in steel — driving the value proposition

The story in a second: A lot of value for not a lot of case. Though “perceived value” has become the new marketing-speak of the…
HANDS-ON: This watch means business – the Cartier Santos in yellow gold 
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HANDS-ON: This watch means business – the Cartier Santos in yellow gold 

If you’re a relative newcomer to the whole world of watches, it’s easy to underestimate just how big Cartier is, and how important their impact…
WHO TO FOLLOW: @TheKirkland (Jeremy Kirkland of Blamo!)
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WHO TO FOLLOW: @TheKirkland (Jeremy Kirkland of Blamo!)

Editors note: This week’s Who To Follow is the result of a mild obsession Andy and I had with the Blamo! podcast, which, if you’re…
NEWS: The results from Russell Crowe’s auction, including a surprisingly expensive Speedmaster
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NEWS: The results from Russell Crowe’s auction, including a surprisingly expensive Speedmaster

Last night, the provocatively titled Russell Crowe: The Art of Divorce auction took place in Sydney, an event which was, essentially, a rather high-brow garage…
EDITOR’S PICK: Russell Crowe’s watch auction, and 3 lots to look out for
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EDITOR’S PICK: Russell Crowe’s watch auction, and 3 lots to look out for

As we told you a little while ago, Rusty is auctioning off a whole lot of his personal possessions, memorabilia and, of interest to us,…