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LIST: Our top 11 watches from Basel 2017, in pictures

Lists

13.04.17

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LIST: Our top 11 watches from Basel 2017, in pictures

Last week we published a video of our top picks from Baselworld 2017. We filmed it in a pretty sleep-deprived state towards the end of the…

VIDEO: Behind the scenes with Longines and the owners of Winx, who just won her 17th straight race

News

08.04.17

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VIDEO: Behind the scenes with Longines and the owners of Winx, who just won her 17th straight race

The ‘Longines Time Machine’ is a series of videos exploring the Swiss watchmaker’s 185-year-old history. The Longines Time Machine has also proven itself to be quite…

VIDEO: The 3 Longines watches that had people talking at Baselworld 2017

Opinion

29.03.17

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VIDEO: The 3 Longines watches that had people talking at Baselworld 2017

It’s Longines’ 185th anniversary this year, as you might have seen so it’s no surprise that the key heritage pieces were very strong at Baselworld. As…

HANDS-ON: The large, and very, very limited Longines Lindbergh Hour Angle Watch 90th Anniversary

Watch Reviews

23.03.17

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HANDS-ON: The large, and very, very limited Longines Lindbergh Hour Angle Watch 90th Anniversary

This post is served with an almighty fist pump, because just like our crystal ball ‘predicted’, Longines has announced a 90th Anniversary version of the…

Watch Reviews

23.03.17

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HANDS-ON: The Longines Heritage 1945

One of the highlights on our Baselworld calendar is seeing what heritage re-release Longines has cooked up, and whoo boy, have they pulled out all…

Introducing

18.03.17

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INTRODUCING: The Longines Conquest VHP – very precise, very cool

We don’t talk much about quartz here at Time+Tide, and that’s usually for a good reason. Most quartz watches are pretty boring. There are, however,…

BASEL BUILDUP: 10 days to go, so here’s our top 10 from last year, featuring the whole damn team

Lists

11.03.17

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BASEL BUILDUP: 10 days to go, so here’s our top 10 from last year, featuring the whole damn team

BASEL BUILDUP: We’re counting down, NASA-style, to Baselworld 2017, the world’s biggest watch fair. It’s 10 days until we launch from Australia on Etihad Airways…

EXCLUSIVE: Get excited, Longines to work with Time+Tide on year-long access-all-areas video project called The Longines Time Machine!

News

02.03.17

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EXCLUSIVE: Get excited, Longines to work with Time+Tide on year-long access-all-areas video project called The Longines Time Machine!

Dust off your fedora Indiana, we’re going into the archives… Longines is a brand whose history the Time+Tide team has delved into before – pretty…

VIDEO: What’s Baselworld really like? Drink three coffees, watch this, you are there dude…

News

09.02.17

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VIDEO: What’s Baselworld really like? Drink three coffees, watch this, you are there dude…

Felix and I are taking deep breaths. We’re getting plenty of exercise. Plenty of sun. And we’re changing our coffee order from latté to long-black,…

HANDS-ON: The Longines Legend Diver lives up to its name

Watch Reviews

30.01.17

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HANDS-ON: The Longines Legend Diver lives up to its name

Longines was making stellar heritage reissues well before it was cool. Case in point is the stylish ’60s-inspired Legend Diver, first released way back in 2007.…

LIST: The 9 best watches of 2016 – $4000 to $5000 (and a bit more)

Lists

08.01.17

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LIST: The 9 best watches of 2016 – $4000 to $5000 (and a bit more)

Time for the final leg of our tour of the best ‘affordable’ watches of 2016. We’re now at the upper end, at that fun little…

LIST: The 11 best watches of 2016 – $2000 to $3000

Lists

06.01.17

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LIST: The 11 best watches of 2016 – $2000 to $3000

For our third instalment we’re entering a slightly different echelon of watches. Some buyers will just dive right into their first watch at this price bracket,…

ADVENT CALENDAR 2016: December 2 – The Longines Military COSD

Watch Reviews

02.12.16

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ADVENT CALENDAR 2016: December 2 – The Longines Military COSD

Next up in our Christmas Advent(ure) Calendar is the rough and ready (but still polished to a mirror shine) Longines Military COSD, with a military-inspired…

HANDS-ON: All aboard with the Longines Railroad

Watch Reviews

15.11.16

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HANDS-ON: All aboard with the Longines Railroad

We’re not alone in our love of Longines heritage offerings – the classic designs and smart prices make them consistently instant hits among watch enthusiasts,…

Friday Wind Down

23.09.16

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 23rd September, 2016 – the high life edition

This week we’ve been busy swanning around, sipping fine (glow-in-the-dark) Champagnes and chatting to the beautiful people while driving exotic cars. Of course in between…

Lists

06.09.16

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LIST: 6 watches that signify success

Editor’s Note: The Weekly Review recently asked me to give them a list of six watches that “show you’re a success in life”. For the record,…

EDITOR’S PICK: Style warrior’s choice – the Longines Heritage Military COSD

Watch Reviews

24.07.16

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EDITOR’S PICK: Style warrior’s choice – the Longines Heritage Military COSD

Editor’s Note: Over the past week we’ve had a bit of fun with the latest Longines Heritage piece – the Military COSD – coming up…

Friday Wind Down

22.07.16

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 21st July, 2016 – the drama edition

Given that this past seven days have been all about Barry Conrad’s dramatic take on the Longines Military COSD, we thought this might be a good week…

GONE IN 60 SECONDS: Presenting for duty – the Longines Heritage Military COSD video review

News

21.07.16

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GONE IN 60 SECONDS: Presenting for duty – the Longines Heritage Military COSD video review

Typically it’s the Time+Tide team that are the wrists behind our ‘Gone in 60 Seconds’ reviews, but today we’ve asked singer-songwriter-actor Barry Conrad to step…

VIDEO: The Longines Heritage Military COSD Story, Part 2 – the power of props

Watch Education

18.07.16

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VIDEO: The Longines Heritage Military COSD Story, Part 2 – the power of props

If you’re reading this and haven’t yet seen Barry Conrad’s dramatic monologue and the host of historical watch war-stories it reprises, go back and watch it…

VIDEO: The Longines Heritage Military COSD Story, Part 1 – watches and war

Watch Education

18.07.16

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VIDEO: The Longines Heritage Military COSD Story, Part 1 – watches and war

The light bulb moment was seeing Barry Conrad perform in a play called Violet set in the American south in the 1960s. He was dressed…

Friday Wind Down

15.07.16

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 15th July, 2016 – class acts and casebacks

What a week it’s been. Long and cold, but ultimately rewarding. For a typically quiet time of year there’s a lot going on, with Piaget…

Friday Wind Down

20.05.16

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 20th May, 2016. Yep, we’re already talking about SIHH 2017

I know it’s not in the spirit of the Wind Down, but I write this without the assistance of a refreshing knock-off beverage. Pardon the…

EXCLUSIVE OPEN LETTER: FakeWatchBusta answers the question, is it ever OK to wear a fake watch?

Opinion

14.05.16

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EXCLUSIVE OPEN LETTER: FakeWatchBusta answers the question, is it ever OK to wear a fake watch?

I am the person behind the @fakewatchbusta account on Instagram and I was kind of shocked when I got the assignment of writing on this…

Friday Wind Down

13.05.16

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 13th May, 2016, yup it’s Friday the 13th.

Ooh, Friday the 13th! Spoooooky. Don’t walk under ladders or bang your watches on brick walls, people. Or, you could throw superstition out the window…

INSIGHT: Two sleeper hits from the Phillips Start-Stop-Reset auction

Pop Culture

12.05.16

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INSIGHT: Two sleeper hits from the Phillips Start-Stop-Reset auction

Editor’s Note: Time+Tide seems to have a thing for Canadian contributors, perhaps because we’re both Commonwealth countries. Whatever the reason, we’ve found another one. In…

LIST: The whole Time+Tide Basel team (all 10 of us) pick an impulse buy and a stretch target watch from Baselworld 2016

Lists

23.03.16

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LIST: The whole Time+Tide Basel team (all 10 of us) pick an impulse buy and a stretch target watch from Baselworld 2016

Basel is over, let the lists begin! Not really (spare us) but the memories are still fresh, the passions linger and, frankly, we want to…

BASEL LOOKBOOK 2016: Day 2, featuring Rado, Nomos, Blancpain and Longines

Lists

18.03.16

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BASEL LOOKBOOK 2016: Day 2, featuring Rado, Nomos, Blancpain and Longines

The Basel Lookbook, in which our friend and fashion advisor Ceri David casts an eye over the best releases of Baselworld and suggests what might…

HANDS-ON: The Longines Heritage 1918, old world charm done right

Watch Reviews

17.03.16

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HANDS-ON: The Longines Heritage 1918, old world charm done right

There’s no arguing that the vintage reissue trend is still going strong, though this latest offering from Longines digs further back into the archives than…

THE BASEL BIBLE, 2016 EDITION: All the latest watches, live from the world’s biggest watch fair

Watch Education

17.03.16

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THE BASEL BIBLE, 2016 EDITION: All the latest watches, live from the world’s biggest watch fair

Baselworld. The biggest watch fair in the world occupies over 141,000 square metres of floor space, showcases 1500 exhibitors and is reported on by 4,000+…

EDITOR’S PICK: Menswear painter and illustrator Sunflowerman interprets the Longines Pulsometer Chronograph (with review, pics, video and pricing)

News

13.02.16

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EDITOR’S PICK: Menswear painter and illustrator Sunflowerman interprets the Longines Pulsometer Chronograph (with review, pics, video and pricing)

Editor’s Note: It’s been almost a year since we worked with that man of vision and watercolour paints, Matt Miller, more commonly known as ‘Sunflowerman’.…

Interview

07.12.15

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INTERVIEW: The VP of Longines, Juan-Carlos Capelli, explains the brand’s link to horse racing

Earlier this year, we interviewed the Vice President of Longines in the hours before the Queen Elizabeth Stakes horse race at Royal Randwick in Sydney.…

Friday Wind Down

06.11.15

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 6th November, 2015

A certain mood has settled over the Time+Tide office and it’s all about BBB. Not the Black Bay Black, or the Black Bay One going…

Lists

02.11.15

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LIST: Six equestrian watches for the Melbourne Cup

Today’s Melbourne Cup is a star-studded field of international and local thoroughbreds, with all eyes on the favourite Fame Game. But the trackside action is…

HANDS-ON: The Longines Heritage Military COSD

Watch Reviews

11.10.15

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HANDS-ON: The Longines Heritage Military COSD

The story in a second: Inspired by a watch designed for the British military in WWII, the Heritage Military COSD watch is the latest in…

Interview

01.07.15

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INTERVIEW: Walter Von Känel, CEO of Longines

When Andrew and I walked into our interview with Longines CEO and industry veteran Walter Von Känel, we expected the usual – a chat about…

LOOKING BACK: The Longines Watercolour Watch Project

Watch Education

15.05.15

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LOOKING BACK: The Longines Watercolour Watch Project

A few months ago, in Basel I had the great pleasure of meeting Mr Matt Miller, better known online as Sunflowerman. Matt was working with…

Watch Reviews

08.04.15

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HANDS-ON: The Longines Symphonette

The story in a second: The brand new Longines Symphonette ladies watch collection offers a case shape that is as bold as it is sleek.…

HANDS-ON: The Longines Pulsometer Chronograph

Watch Reviews

24.03.15

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HANDS-ON: The Longines Pulsometer Chronograph

The story in a second: It’s fitting that the Pulsometer was designed to measure the beats of the human heart. Because if any one thing…

HANDS-ON: The Longines Heritage Diver 1967

Watch Reviews

21.03.15

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HANDS-ON: The Longines Heritage Diver 1967

The story in a second: The Longines Heritage Diver 1967 is an impressive package at a hard to beat price. Great vintage style and backstory,…

EVENT: Discover the Longines Watercolour Watch Project, live from Baselworld

News

19.03.15

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EVENT: Discover the Longines Watercolour Watch Project, live from Baselworld

Hello. My name is Sunflowerman and I was raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This week I am stationed in Basel, Switzerland. My work at the Baselworld…

News

16.03.15

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BREAKING NEWS: The Longines Watercolour Watch Project, proudly brought to you by Time+Tide

In an exciting development, American artist Sunflowerman will join Team Time+Tide at Baselworld 2015. Working exclusively on ‘The Longines Watercolour Watch Project – proudly brought…

PRE-BASEL: The Longines Conquest 1/100 Horse Racing

News

15.02.15

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PRE-BASEL: The Longines Conquest 1/100 Horse Racing

First Impressions: The latest addition to Longines’ sporty Conquest line is capable of split-second accuracy, thanks to its clever new quartz movement. There aren’t too…