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IN-DEPTH: The Piaget Altiplano Automatic 40mm with meteorite dial

31.07.19

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IN-DEPTH: The Piaget Altiplano Automatic 40mm with meteorite dial

The story in a second: Ultra thin and out of this world, we have to be talking about the Piaget Altiplano Automatic 40mm with meteorite dial.…

T+T Team List: Which watch marketed at a different gender?

Lists

25.07.19

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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

Lists

23.07.19

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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…

EVENT: Celebrating the slender wonders of Piaget in Melbourne

News

19.07.19

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EVENT: Celebrating the slender wonders of Piaget in Melbourne

Piaget is a brand that exudes class, and has style to spare. This was something that Time+Tide and our guests got an up-close lesson in…

Feeling thin with the Piaget Altiplano 40mm Ultra-Thin date pink gold

Watch Reviews

16.07.19

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Feeling thin with the Piaget Altiplano 40mm Ultra-Thin date pink gold

Editor’s note: A little while ago, Andrew spent a week with the slender beauty that is the Piaget Altiplano 40mm Ultra-Thin date, an unusual expedition…

Skip the waitlist – 10 of the best steel sports watches you can buy right now

Lists

20.06.19

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Skip the waitlist – 10 of the best steel sports watches you can buy right now

Ten years ago, this phenomenon only existed in the uppermost echelons of the watchmaking world – the waiting list. There’s a lot of wild speculation…

LIST: 14 of the best women’s watches, just in time for Mother’s Day

Lists

11.05.19

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LIST: 14 of the best women’s watches, just in time for Mother’s Day

Editor’s note: Sunday in Australia is Mother’s Day, so we thought it was the perfect time to share these 14 excellent women’s watches from NOW,…

HANDS-ON: Crashing to earth – Piaget’s Altiplano with meteorite dial

Watch Reviews

04.02.19

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HANDS-ON: Crashing to earth – Piaget’s Altiplano with meteorite dial

Adding variety in the world of ultra-thin watchmaking is tricky. Because in this space, additional complications typically equals extra thickness — and that defeats the…

VIDEO: Andrew’s top 3 picks of SIHH 2019 over $35k

Opinion

29.01.19

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VIDEO: Andrew’s top 3 picks of SIHH 2019 over $35k

If the over $35,000 price point is not the most crowded at SIHH, it is equal to the 20-35k bracket before it. There are a…

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

Lists

24.01.19

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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.…

News

09.12.18

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NEWS: Piaget open their first ever Australian Boutique

Last week, Piaget opened their first ever Australian Boutique, and we were lucky enough to attend the opening. Piaget has joined several of their Richemont…

LIST: The stories we tell – 5 dinner party watch anecdotes

Lists

28.09.18

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LIST: The stories we tell – 5 dinner party watch anecdotes

Watches. Turns out they’re not (just) for telling the time. As horology’s true believers (that is, you lot) will no doubt be aware, watches are…

WATCHSPOTTING: Travolta wears Gotti’s Piaget and other legendary gangster watches

Pop Culture

22.06.18

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WATCHSPOTTING: Travolta wears Gotti’s Piaget and other legendary gangster watches

Filmgoers have had a fascination with mobsters since before the advent of the talkies, all the way back to the first ever gangster film, The…

WATCHSPOTTING: 11 watches worn at the 2018 Oscars, feat. Montblanc, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Piaget, Apple and Rolex

Pop Culture

05.03.18

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WATCHSPOTTING: 11 watches worn at the 2018 Oscars, feat. Montblanc, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Piaget, Apple and Rolex

It’s that time of year again where Tinseltown rolls out the red carpet for an evening of self-congratulatory grip-and-grinning, closing out the award season run…

VIDEO: Our favourite watches of SIHH 2018 – part 4, $30,000 and above

Lists

22.02.18

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VIDEO: Our favourite watches of SIHH 2018 – part 4, $30,000 and above

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…

MY WEEK WITH: The Piaget Altiplano 40mm Ultra-Thin date pink gold

Watch Reviews

08.09.17

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MY WEEK WITH: The Piaget Altiplano 40mm Ultra-Thin date pink gold

This week on the wrist is borne almost purely out of curiosity. I have tried on Piaget Altiplano watches over the years and found them…

LIST: Forget the Patek, here are 5 lots from Only Watch 2017 you might actually have a chance on

Lists

07.07.17

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LIST: Forget the Patek, here are 5 lots from Only Watch 2017 you might actually have a chance on

The big watch news of the week has been the announcement of the unique watches being auctioned off to raise funds for Duchenne muscular dystrophy…

VIDEO: Piaget 2017 collection overview proves thin is still in

Watch Reviews

16.03.17

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VIDEO: Piaget 2017 collection overview proves thin is still in

Piaget‘s pioneering Altiplano has been impressing since 1957, and given that watch brands love nothing more than an anniversary, we were expecting plenty of that barely-there silhouette in…

HANDS-ON: Three colours Piaget – the 60th anniversary Altiplano in blue, green and grey

Watch Reviews

02.03.17

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HANDS-ON: Three colours Piaget – the 60th anniversary Altiplano in blue, green and grey

This year Piaget celebrates 60 years of the ground-breaking Altiplano. Released in 1957, the original model was the perfect vehicle for the revolutionary 2mm thin…

Friday Wind Down

03.02.17

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 3rd February, 2017

Well, we’ve definitely come down from the post-SIHH high. The lights seem somehow less dazzling (probably because it’s not being refracted through thousands of diamonds)…

HANDS-ON: 6 decades on and still going strong – the Piaget Altiplano 60th anniversary

Watch Reviews

19.01.17

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HANDS-ON: 6 decades on and still going strong – the Piaget Altiplano 60th anniversary

Though Piaget has made a lot of noise in the past 12 months with the sporty steel Polo S, the undeniable heart of the collection…

VIDEO: 5 Things you probably didn’t know about Ryan Reynolds and his watches

Pop Culture

18.01.17

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VIDEO: 5 Things you probably didn’t know about Ryan Reynolds and his watches

You never know who you’re going to bump into in the halls of a watch fair like SIHH. Apart from when you get a tipoff…

LOOKBOOK: Dude, Where’s Your Watch? Summer Edition

Opinion

17.01.17

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LOOKBOOK: Dude, Where’s Your Watch? Summer Edition

While the watch world’s glitterati (including a fair chunk of Team T+T) shiver in Geneva, warming their frost-bitten hands over pots of fondue, those…

ADVENT CALENDAR 2016: December 15 – The Piaget Polo S

Watch Reviews

15.12.16

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ADVENT CALENDAR 2016: December 15 – The Piaget Polo S

The promo video for the Piaget Polo S may not feature Santa prancing around on rooftops trying to fit his ample girth into chimney tops, but it does feature…

HANDS ON: The Piaget Limelight Gala – winner of the GPHG ladies’ watch prize lands in Sydney

Watch Reviews

05.12.16

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HANDS ON: The Piaget Limelight Gala – winner of the GPHG ladies’ watch prize lands in Sydney

Coming face-to-face with an award-winner can be nerve-wracking. When you’ve watched from afar, seen photographs, read reviews, you’re always curious to know whether things will…

LIST: The 15 winning watches of the 2016 GPHG

Lists

11.11.16

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LIST: The 15 winning watches of the 2016 GPHG

In the early hours of the Australian morning, the watch industry was celebrating its night of nights – the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG)…

Friday Wind Down

30.09.16

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 30th September, 2016

It’s a public holiday in Victoria today – Grand Final Friday, so the Time+Tide office is officially empty, but that doesn’t mean we’re not hard…

LIST: 7 different guys wearing the hell out of the Piaget Polo S

Pop Culture

17.09.16

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LIST: 7 different guys wearing the hell out of the Piaget Polo S

When we reviewed the Polo S we were struck by its by its sartorial versatility. To prove our point we looked to Piaget’s own ‘game…

IN-DEPTH: Does the Piaget Polo S really change the game?

Watch Reviews

15.09.16

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IN-DEPTH: Does the Piaget Polo S really change the game?

The story in a second Piaget’s move into the high-end steel sports market surprised many – but how does the Polo S hold up under…

GONE IN 60 SECONDS: New kid on the (luxury steel sports) block – the Piaget Polo S

Watch Reviews

12.09.16

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GONE IN 60 SECONDS: New kid on the (luxury steel sports) block – the Piaget Polo S

In one of the more unexpected watch releases of the year, Piaget – makers of slender dress watches par excellence – muscled into the crowded…

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…

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…

NEWS: Piaget announces the steel Polo S – and 9 Game Changers to show it off

Introducing

15.07.16

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NEWS: Piaget announces the steel Polo S – and 9 Game Changers to show it off

Just minutes ago at the Duggal Greenhouse in Brooklyn, we were introduced to the full line-up of ambassadors for the new Piaget Polo S collection. As you’d…

Friday Wind Down

10.06.16

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 10th June, 2016 – the end of an era

Today is the final Friday Wind Down in our current office; we’re pulling up stumps and moving to bigger and better digs next week. We’ll…

NEWS: 3 Reasons why the Ryan Reynolds and Piaget relationship will last (forever)

Pop Culture

09.06.16

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NEWS: 3 Reasons why the Ryan Reynolds and Piaget relationship will last (forever)

It’s fair to say not all celebrity ambassadors are created equal, but this is one that has our full approval here at Time+Tide, as Piaget…

EDITOR’S PICK: 5 things just as thin as the Piaget Altiplano (example, 52 sheets of paper)

Opinion

30.04.16

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EDITOR’S PICK: 5 things just as thin as the Piaget Altiplano (example, 52 sheets of paper)

Editor’s Note: This post first appeared on T+T back in 2014, and two years on, thin is still an important frontier of excellence in watchmaking. Bulgari is…

Pop Culture

01.03.16

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LIST: Watchspotting at the 2016 Oscars

The Oscars are a time when Hollywood’s best and brightest don their finery and strut their stuff. And watches are becoming increasingly important (and visible)…

HANDS-ON: The Piaget Emperador Coussin XL 700P

Watch Reviews

08.02.16

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HANDS-ON: The Piaget Emperador Coussin XL 700P

One of the more surprising releases to come from this year’s SIHH was a limited edition piece from Piaget, the kings of thin. To celebrate…

News

20.01.16

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THE SIHH SURVIVAL GUIDE

Looking for the quick run-down on the biggest and best releases from SIHH 2016? Well, look no further because we’ve prepared the SIHH survival guide…

Lists

03.01.16

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LIST: Four watches perfect for polo

Team T+T are still riding high off our successful day out at Polo In The City in November, and now we’re ready for round two…

News

09.11.15

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GUIDE: The Time+Tide polo primer

In a few short weeks, Time+Tide will be sponsoring the annual Polo in the City competition – one of Australia’s premier polo meets. Now, thanks…

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…

News

30.10.15

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NEWS: The best watches of 2015 according to the GPHG

Overnight the leading lights of the watch industry gathered for its night of nights – the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG). It’s essentially the…

Watch Education

27.10.15

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INSIGHT: The watchmaking of Piaget

An image springs to mind when you think of the romance of watchmaking. For many people that image might include an historic chateau nestled in…

TREND: What was hot at Watches & Wonders

News

15.10.15

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TREND: What was hot at Watches & Wonders

As our jet lag begins to subside, we’ve whittled down the key emerging trends from Watches & Wonders. Step right this way to find out…

LIST: Watches & Wonders 2015 – The best women’s watches

Lists

07.10.15

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LIST: Watches & Wonders 2015 – The best women’s watches

Along with grey dials and pocket watches, one of the most distinct trends of Watches & Wonders 2015 was the high calibre of women’s watches.…

GONE IN 60 SECONDS: Piaget Limelight Stella video review

Watch Reviews

04.10.15

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GONE IN 60 SECONDS: Piaget Limelight Stella video review

[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/140999719″ width=”800″] [/su_vimeo] The Piaget Limelight Stella was one of the stand-out women’s watches debuted at Watches & Wonders. Chabi Nouri, Piaget’s International Communications…

Interview

01.10.15

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VIDEO: Piaget – Behind the Brand

[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/141239039″ width=”800″ autoplay=”no”] We speak to Piaget’s International Communications & Marketing Director, Chabi Nouri, about the spirit of “joy and positivity” that underscores the…

LIVE: Time+Tide coverage of Watches & Wonders 2015

News

30.09.15

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LIVE: Time+Tide coverage of Watches & Wonders 2015

[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/141000459″ width=”800″ autoplay=”yes”/su_vimeo] For the next four days Time+Tide will be coming to you live from Watches & Wonders in Hong Kong – Asia-Pacific’s…

LIST: The seven best watches of Only Watch 2015

Lists

07.07.15

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LIST: The seven best watches of Only Watch 2015

If you pay even passing attention to the world of watches you’ll notice that the last few weeks have seen a spate of one-of-a-kind watches…