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The watches of Drive To Survive Season 1: What you could’ve seen if the 2020 Rolex Australian Grand Prix hadn’t just been cancelled
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The watches of Drive To Survive Season 1: What you could’ve seen if the 2020 Rolex Australian Grand Prix hadn’t just been cancelled

Another day, another sporting event falls victim to the rampant spread of COVID-19, aka Coronavirus. This time it’s one of Australia’s premier sporting events –…
Why you need a Perpetual Calendar watch on your wrist, today of all days
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Why you need a Perpetual Calendar watch on your wrist, today of all days

The perpetual calendar watch is among the most useful complicated watches, as well as one of the most mechanically sophisticated – and it truly comes…
Crime or Sublime: Pocket watches in 2020
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Crime or Sublime: Pocket watches in 2020

The gauntlet has well and truly been thrown down on the polished concrete floors of Time+Tide’s headquarters in this week’s office row, as a truculent…
Premier League play-off – which manager is top of the League in the watch department?
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Premier League play-off – which manager is top of the League in the watch department?

The English Premier League (or EPL as some people insist on calling it these days) is known for its fast, physical style of play that…
5 things to look for in a pilot’s watch
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5 things to look for in a pilot’s watch

The pilot’s watch has become a staple of the horological community, specifically within the tool watch market. But, as we’ve seen with divers, the recent…
Great ‘Grams: Sketching, Auction Hype and Seiko Mania
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Great ‘Grams: Sketching, Auction Hype and Seiko Mania

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…
Coming off third best: 4 great bronze watches from 2019
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Coming off third best: 4 great bronze watches from 2019

One of the most polarising materials to make a return to prominence in watchmaking over the last couple of years has been bronze. Why does…
3 of our favourite pilot’s watches that took flight in 2019
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3 of our favourite pilot’s watches that took flight in 2019

2019 has seen the rise of many, many trends in watchmaking — steel sports watches with integrated bracelets, bronze cases, limited editions … you get the…
What Sealed The Deal – Chris’ IWC 3706 Fliegerchronograph
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What Sealed The Deal – Chris’ IWC 3706 Fliegerchronograph

The only thing thrown around more often than the word iconic by watch media is watch media cleverly saying how often the word iconic is…
Would you pay a retailer 100K per year to choose 12 watches for you?
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Would you pay a retailer 100K per year to choose 12 watches for you?

Because that’s what Australian retailer Kennedy Luxury Watches are proposing with their ‘Kennedy Luxury Watch Service’. Just 12 subscriptions will be available for that 100k,…
#TBT to that time we interviewed self-professed watch geek James Marsden
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#TBT to that time we interviewed self-professed watch geek James Marsden

Editor’s note: Turns out that James Marsden is rather fond of a timepiece or two. Which is probably not much of a surprise to anyone,…
A quick flyover of IWC’s Pilot’s collection feat. the Classic, Le Petit Prince, Spitfire and Top Gun lines
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A quick flyover of IWC’s Pilot’s collection feat. the Classic, Le Petit Prince, Spitfire and Top Gun lines

A little while ago, Andrew ran a series of overview videos on the various members of the IWC Pilot’s family. And, to be honest, it’s…
IWC ranked as top Swiss watch brand by WWF for reducing environmental impact, celebrates on tiny floating house
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IWC ranked as top Swiss watch brand by WWF for reducing environmental impact, celebrates on tiny floating house

In their latest joint venture, IWC Schaffhausen and surfboard designer and entrepreneur Hayden Cox have teamed up to create a unique concept – the world’s…
Size is the prize: 3 seriously big watches
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Size is the prize: 3 seriously big watches

While there are many watch enthusiasts out there who consider timepieces with a case size of between 36mm and 40mm to be sitting in the…
Best 5 watches for under $5K at the Sotheby’s Important Watches auction
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Best 5 watches for under $5K at the Sotheby’s Important Watches auction

At the upcoming Sotheby’s Important Watches auction, you can browse the catalogue and find all manner of incredibly rare and important watches and clocks from…
VIDEO: The watches of the GPHG are heading to Sydney, and we’d strongly recommend you check them out
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VIDEO: The watches of the GPHG are heading to Sydney, and we’d strongly recommend you check them out

We’re heading into awards season for the watch industry, and they don’t come much more glamorous or glitzy than the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève…
4 stealth watches to help you fly under the radar
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4 stealth watches to help you fly under the radar

The very utterance of the words “must have” when talking about the ideal watch collection will almost always lead to, at the very least, enthusiastic…
EVENT: Wheels up with the new Pilot’s collection at IWC’s Melbourne boutique 
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EVENT: Wheels up with the new Pilot’s collection at IWC’s Melbourne boutique 

Last night, Time+Tide, along with IWC and Kennedy Watches & Jewellery, hosted an intimate gathering at IWC’s Melbourne boutique. And even though it’s officially ticked…
Explaining a legend – the history of the IWC Portugieser
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Explaining a legend – the history of the IWC Portugieser

Editor’s note: While the Pilot might be IWC’s hero of the hour, the equally large but more classically inspired Portugieser is an equally important line.…
What Sealed The Deal – Zak M and his IWC Ingenieur AMG edition
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What Sealed The Deal – Zak M and his IWC Ingenieur AMG edition

While collaborations between watch brands and car manufacturers are not a new phenomenon, it’s a much rarer phenomenon to meet a person who owns both…
NEWS: The GPHG has announced the full list of finalists for 2019, and we’re pretty excited by these 5 contenders 
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NEWS: The GPHG has announced the full list of finalists for 2019, and we’re pretty excited by these 5 contenders 

Overnight, the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève dropped the list of their 84 pre-selected watches, which will be judged within an inch of their lives…
Understanding the IWC Pilot’s family part 4 — the St Exupéry collection
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Understanding the IWC Pilot’s family part 4 — the St Exupéry collection

Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve begun our descent. Now that we’ve completed our overview of the Top Gun, Spitfire and Classic collections we’d ask you to…
Understanding the IWC Pilot’s family part 3 – the Classic collection
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Understanding the IWC Pilot’s family part 3 – the Classic collection

We’re now more than halfway through our flyover of the various families in the IWC Pilot’s family — we’ve covered off Top Gun and the…
Understanding the IWC Pilot’s family part 2 – the Spitfire collection
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Understanding the IWC Pilot’s family part 2 – the Spitfire collection

Following on from last week’s look at the Top Gun collection, Andrew sets his sights on the heritage-inspired Spitfire collection. This year saw the Spitfire…
Un-GPHG 2019 – the watches we wish would win
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Un-GPHG 2019 – the watches we wish would win

Every year the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) provides a point of interest for the watch community. Long after the hype of SIHH and…
Understanding the IWC Pilot’s family part 1 – the Top Gun collection
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Understanding the IWC Pilot’s family part 1 – the Top Gun collection

IWC is famous for their pilot’s watches, and rightfully so — they’re instantly recognisable and a genuinely iconic modern design. And while the design born in…
The IWC Big Pilot flying higher than ever
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The IWC Big Pilot flying higher than ever

Editor’s note: Ergonomics have always been at the forefront of design for the IWC Big Pilot, with the large legible dial and oversized onion crown…
RECOMMENDED READING: The Silver Spitfire’s epic 27,000-mile trip starts today (and IWC is on board)
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RECOMMENDED READING: The Silver Spitfire’s epic 27,000-mile trip starts today (and IWC is on board)

Some of my favourite releases from SIHH 2019 were the watches from the IWC Spitfire collection, which offers a host of twists on their classic…
HANDS-ON: The IWC Big Pilot Edition ‘Right-Hander’ 
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HANDS-ON: The IWC Big Pilot Edition ‘Right-Hander’ 

This is one of those watches that makes so much sense I’m amazed it didn’t exist until now. But before we dive into the details…
Full power! The IWC Portofino Hand-Wound Moon Phase
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Full power! The IWC Portofino Hand-Wound Moon Phase

Editor’s pick: If you’re in the market for a massive, 45mm manually winding dress watch with more power than you can shake a mainspring at,…
Look Mum, no hands – the best watches without hands in 2018
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Look Mum, no hands – the best watches without hands in 2018

For as long as time has been indicated with hands on a dial, horologists have been hunting for different ways to communicate time. Contemporarily, this…
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…
EVENT: IWC unveil the 2019 Pilot’s Collection at cosy winter speakeasy in Sydney, including the stunning Timezoner and Ceratanium TOP GUN
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EVENT: IWC unveil the 2019 Pilot’s Collection at cosy winter speakeasy in Sydney, including the stunning Timezoner and Ceratanium TOP GUN

Last night, IWC launched their new Pilot’s Collection at an intimate event in a venue dressed perfectly to capture the machismo, the aeronautical legacy and…
Which of the Dirty Dozen survive today?
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Which of the Dirty Dozen survive today?

The “Dirty Dozen” are watches produced by the 12 British Ministry of Defence contractors during World War II who were tasked with strapping watches to…
The IWC Portugieser Annual Calendar is still an incredibly hot watch
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The IWC Portugieser Annual Calendar is still an incredibly hot watch

Editor’s note: When it was first released back in 2015 (was it four years ago already?!), the IWC Portugieser Annual Calendar was hot. And while…
RECOMMENDED READING: Sea Time: Watches Inspired by Sailing, Yachting and Diving
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RECOMMENDED READING: Sea Time: Watches Inspired by Sailing, Yachting and Diving

So, typically in these ‘recommended reading’ posts we link to a good watch-related read that’s — you know — on the internet. Today we’re doing…
James Marsden has no time for safe queens and thinks a $150,000 watch is meant to be worn
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James Marsden has no time for safe queens and thinks a $150,000 watch is meant to be worn

Editor’s note: At SIHH 2017 I had the chance to chat with James Marsden, an IWC ambassador. At that time, I was fairly obsessed with Westworld. I…
4 Australian businessmen proving their watches are all business
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4 Australian businessmen proving their watches are all business

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…
Revisiting the $20k fantasy watch collection, reader edition
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Revisiting the $20k fantasy watch collection, reader edition

Editor’s note: The premise of the 20K Fantasy Watch Collection is simple: construct a hypothetical watch collection with as many watches as you like for…
The best watches to wear with black – Part 1, featuring Rolex, Omega, Hublot and Panerai
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The best watches to wear with black – Part 1, featuring Rolex, Omega, Hublot and Panerai

It may come as news to you (but not to our second biggest audience group by city, after Sydney) that people from Melbourne have a…
INTRODUCING: The IWC Aquatimer Chronograph Edition “Laureus Sport for Good”
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INTRODUCING: The IWC Aquatimer Chronograph Edition “Laureus Sport for Good”

The substantial and subtly blue IWC Aquatimer Chronograph Edition “Laureus Sport for Good” is the 13th (unlucky for some, but clearly not IWC) edition watch…
HANDS-ON: The IWC Pilot’s Watch Automatic Spitfire hits the mark
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HANDS-ON: The IWC Pilot’s Watch Automatic Spitfire hits the mark

The Mark XI was the first watch that really got me ‘into’ watches, and it has endured over the decades as an icon of good,…
Big blue, the IWC Big Pilot Edition “Le Petit Prince”
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Big blue, the IWC Big Pilot Edition “Le Petit Prince”

Editor’s note: IWC’s Big Pilot is one of the most significant watches of the last 20 years. Its deceptively simple design belied the huge impact…
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…
IWC make that luxury yacht life look oh-so-good
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IWC make that luxury yacht life look oh-so-good

Editor’s note: The Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph might not be the first watch that comes to mind when you think of IWC (it’s not a Pilot…
WATCHSPOTTING: IWC’s Big Pilot never looked so small – The Rock rocks a Bronze Spitfire in Las Vegas
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WATCHSPOTTING: IWC’s Big Pilot never looked so small – The Rock rocks a Bronze Spitfire in Las Vegas

Yesterday, Dwayne Johnson touched down in Las Vegas to showcase his new buddy action flick Hobbs & Shaw at CinemaCon, an industry event. But while…
“I definitely think the Porsche Design by IWC Ocean 2000 is undervalued, but don’t expect that to last forever!” 6 reasons it might be a sleeper classic
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“I definitely think the Porsche Design by IWC Ocean 2000 is undervalued, but don’t expect that to last forever!” 6 reasons it might be a sleeper classic

When the idea was first hatched that we would work with IWC on auctioning a rare-in-this-condition Porsche Design by IWC Ocean 2000 ref 3504 for…
LIST: 3 well-dressed men straight up wrist flexing at the 2019 Oscars
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LIST: 3 well-dressed men straight up wrist flexing at the 2019 Oscars

There’s an argument to be made for a subtle sartorial flex (and it’s an argument that Barack Obama definitely won with his Rag & Bone…
NEWS: We are auctioning a seriously cult-worthy watch for charity, the Porsche Design by IWC Ocean 2000
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NEWS: We are auctioning a seriously cult-worthy watch for charity, the Porsche Design by IWC Ocean 2000

The Porsche Design by IWC Ocean 2000 ref 3504 is the kind of model that makes the experience of being into watches great again. But…
VIDEO: 6 of the best new IWC watches from SIHH 2019
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VIDEO: 6 of the best new IWC watches from SIHH 2019

One of my highlights of SIHH every year is IWC – and not just because their booth is exceptional; this year it was dominated by…
HANDS-ON: The IWC Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph Top Gun in Ceratanium
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HANDS-ON: The IWC Pilot’s Watch Double Chronograph Top Gun in Ceratanium

Materials innovation is looking like quite a thing in 2019 and for you, the watch buyers, that has to be good news: more aesthetic choices…