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INTRODUCING: The Franck Muller Cintrée Curvex Grande Date
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INTRODUCING: The Franck Muller Cintrée Curvex Grande Date

A shy, sheepish, shrinking violet is not how I would describe this particular version of Franck Muller’s Cintrée Curvex Grande Date. But then again, it’s…
NEWS: All watches sell at Sotheby’s auction of Robin Williams’ collection
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NEWS: All watches sell at Sotheby’s auction of Robin Williams’ collection

Last month, we filled you guys in on “6 oddball watches of an oddball comedian”, following the announcement that Sotheby’s would be auctioning various collections…
INTRODUCING: This one has the time, now all you need is the jet – the Franck Muller Vanguard World Timer GMT
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INTRODUCING: This one has the time, now all you need is the jet – the Franck Muller Vanguard World Timer GMT

Invented in the 1930s by Geneva watchmaker Louis Cottier, world time watches brought – at a glance and all at once – the time across…
INTRODUCING: Three times the charm – the Franck Muller Vanguard Master Banker Skeleton
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INTRODUCING: Three times the charm – the Franck Muller Vanguard Master Banker Skeleton

If watch brands were Facebook relationship statuses, Franck Muller would be “It’s complicated”. Not because the Swiss-based manufacturer has commitment problems but, rather, quite the…
HOW TO: Wear a watch like nobody is watching, featuring Jeff Goldblum, Tim Cahill and Serena Williams
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HOW TO: Wear a watch like nobody is watching, featuring Jeff Goldblum, Tim Cahill and Serena Williams

There are watches we wear in our real lives and there are watches we imagine we would be brave enough to wear in our imaginary…
EDITOR’S PICK: The seafaring origins of the Franck Muller Yachting collection
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EDITOR’S PICK: The seafaring origins of the Franck Muller Yachting collection

Editor’s note: Add a splash of maritime to the wrist with fine naval details dispersed from its bow to its stern. Recently we covered the latest…
LIST: Out of the closet and onto the wrist – 6 of the best skeleton watches
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LIST: Out of the closet and onto the wrist – 6 of the best skeleton watches

Skeletonised watches — where the solid dial, and in some cases the entire movement, has been pared down and stripped away to leave the bare bones…
LIST: Somewhere over the rainbow – 8 of the year’s best gem-set watches 
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LIST: Somewhere over the rainbow – 8 of the year’s best gem-set watches 

There’s no point sugar-coating it. Gem-set watches aren’t for everyone. For one, all that ice racks up the price tag (so much so that all…
VIDEO: Set sail with the Franck Muller Vanguard S6 Yachting
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VIDEO: Set sail with the Franck Muller Vanguard S6 Yachting

Yacht rock is one of the Time+Tide office’s favourite genres of smooth, easy listening music, so it should come as no surprise that we’re more…
INTRODUCING: The Franck Muller Crazy Hours 15th Anniversary collection
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INTRODUCING: The Franck Muller Crazy Hours 15th Anniversary collection

I don’t know about you, but the only thing on my mind when I’m at a resort on vacation is how many trips to the…
VIDEO: I tried to paint a Franck Muller dial, and it did not go well
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VIDEO: I tried to paint a Franck Muller dial, and it did not go well

I’m not above admitting it. I’m more than just a bit painful when it comes to painted versus printed dials. “Is this painted or printed?” is…
HANDS-ON: Hoisting the high spirits flag with the Franck Muller Color Dreams
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HANDS-ON: Hoisting the high spirits flag with the Franck Muller Color Dreams

My art deco admiration and monochromer habits have always had me on Team Casablanca considering Franck Muller’s selections. But it is party season after all,…
LIST: The 11 best watch photos we took this year … according to the man who took them
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LIST: The 11 best watch photos we took this year … according to the man who took them

If you’re a regular reader of Time+Tide there’s a chance you’ve noticed my name, along with those of Andrew McUtchen, Andy Green, Sandra Lane, Cameron…
HANDS-ON: Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Franck Muller goes green and gold with limited-edition Vanguard for Australia
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HANDS-ON: Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Franck Muller goes green and gold with limited-edition Vanguard for Australia

One of my main gripes with the watch industry in general is that it’s an overwhelmingly Serious Business. Tradition. Precision. Luxury. Attributes that are easily…
HANDS-ON: The Franck Muller Cintrée Curvex Jumping Hours Tourbillon
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HANDS-ON: The Franck Muller Cintrée Curvex Jumping Hours Tourbillon

Earlier this week we showed you Franck Muller’s Skeleton Tourbillon, a sculptural wonder that let the movement shine. Today we’ve got a different take on…
VIDEO: Access all areas in the Franck Muller Tourbillon Department
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VIDEO: Access all areas in the Franck Muller Tourbillon Department

There have been big changes at the Franck Muller manufacture over the last couple of years. The once homely property on a hillside looking out…
HANDS-ON: Bold and beautiful – Franck Muller’s Cintrée Curvex Skeleton Tourbillon 
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HANDS-ON: Bold and beautiful – Franck Muller’s Cintrée Curvex Skeleton Tourbillon 

I don’t want to get all KPI on you, but image selection is something that I spend a lot of my time working on. Of…
VIDEO: The most complicated watch in the world – the Franck Muller Aeternitas Mega
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VIDEO: The most complicated watch in the world – the Franck Muller Aeternitas Mega

Franck Muller has the impressive title of ‘The Master of Complications’ – and this wristwatch is the reason why. The Aeternitas Mega features a staggering 36…
ADVENT CALENDAR 2016: December 24 – Franck Muller Thunderbolt Tourbillon
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ADVENT CALENDAR 2016: December 24 – Franck Muller Thunderbolt Tourbillon

Silent night, holy night, all is calm, apart from the reassuring tick of your Franck Muller Thunderbolt Tourbillon. And let’s not for a minute – or five…
HANDS-ON: Franck Muller gets disruptive with the Vanguard Chronograph Camouflage
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HANDS-ON: Franck Muller gets disruptive with the Vanguard Chronograph Camouflage

If you want to get technical (and at T+T we always do), camouflage is a combination of patterns, colours and materials that serves to conceal…
HANDS-ON: Hello Sailor! Franck Muller takes to the high seas with the Yachting collection
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HANDS-ON: Hello Sailor! Franck Muller takes to the high seas with the Yachting collection

The last time we had Franck Muller in the office it was a bold Vanguard clad in sinister black and red – a watch that…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 19th August, 2016 – the 0.1% edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 19th August, 2016 – the 0.1% edition

This week we’re all about the finer things in life, and those who can afford them. So, crack open the ’61 Chateau Latour and allow…
GONE IN 60 SECONDS: The most complicated wristwatch ever made – the Franck Muller Aeternitas Mega video review
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GONE IN 60 SECONDS: The most complicated wristwatch ever made – the Franck Muller Aeternitas Mega video review

[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/154855593″] Franck Muller has the rather grandiloquent sobriquet of ‘The Master of Complications’ – and this watch is the reason why. Superseding Patek Philippe’s Calibre 89…
GONE IN 60 SECONDS: Lightning fast – the Franck Muller Thunderbolt Tourbillon
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GONE IN 60 SECONDS: Lightning fast – the Franck Muller Thunderbolt Tourbillon

Franck Muller makes statement watches par excellence, as exemplified by the Thunderbolt Tourbillon. The first thing you notice is, of course, the case. The big…
EDITOR’S PICK: Dangerous curves – the Franck Muller Vanguard
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EDITOR’S PICK: Dangerous curves – the Franck Muller Vanguard

Editor’s Note: There’s an undeniable energy about the Franck Muller Vanguard, something mesmerising and strangely compelling. We don’t know if it’s the sleek shape, the brooding colour…
HANDS-ON: Batman (Rolex’s BLNR) v Superman (Franck Muller’s Vanguard Carbon Krypton), in ‘The Lume Wars’ (way better than ‘Dawn of Justice’, we PROMISE)
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HANDS-ON: Batman (Rolex’s BLNR) v Superman (Franck Muller’s Vanguard Carbon Krypton), in ‘The Lume Wars’ (way better than ‘Dawn of Justice’, we PROMISE)

Earlier this year we were witness to a chance encounter between two giants of both the superhuman and horological pantheons. The showdown took place at…
VIDEO: Franck Muller’s Watchland
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VIDEO: Franck Muller’s Watchland

[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/154743600″] After five days indoors at a major watch fair, fresh air – the simplest and most accessible of nature’s offerings – tastes like sweet, delicious…
MY WATCH JOURNEY: Peter Siddle’s Franck Muller Vanguard
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MY WATCH JOURNEY: Peter Siddle’s Franck Muller Vanguard

EDITOR’S NOTE: It’s Boxing Day, which means one thing to Australians. Sitting at the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) in the baking sun watching men in white…
HOLIDAY BUYING GUIDE: The Franck Muller Vanguard
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HOLIDAY BUYING GUIDE: The Franck Muller Vanguard

The distinctive curvex case, in black PVD-treated titanium with crimson highlights makes this watch feel more dystopian than deco. Or, to be Franck, it’s the…
HANDS-ON: The Franck Muller Vanguard
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HANDS-ON: The Franck Muller Vanguard

When we saw Kingston Chu’s rose gold Vanguard at the opening of the Franck Muller Sydney boutique in October, we knew we had to get…
VIDEO: Four things you need to know about Franck Muller watches, according to the man himself
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VIDEO: Four things you need to know about Franck Muller watches, according to the man himself

[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/146963623″ width=”800″] [/su_vimeo] Last month, Franck Muller opened his second Australian boutique on Sydney’s King Street. Stylistically the store sits somewhere between a boudoir…
GONE IN 60 SECONDS: Franck Muller Vanguard Chronograph video review
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GONE IN 60 SECONDS: Franck Muller Vanguard Chronograph video review

[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/146197169″ width=”800″] [/su_vimeo] At the forefront of Franck Muller’s 2015 releases is the sporty new take on their classic curvex case – The Vanguard…
INTRODUCING: The Franck Muller Blue Dream
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INTRODUCING: The Franck Muller Blue Dream

The story in a second: Who’s bold enough to take on Franck Muller’s Blue Dream? The watches of independent watchmaker Franck Muller are instantly recognisable. A modern…