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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Parties, panthers and patina
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Parties, panthers and patina

There was no time for rest after the epic week that was Watches & Wonders and new releases from the crème de la crème of…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: So, it turns out virtual watch fairs cause super-real exhaustion…
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: So, it turns out virtual watch fairs cause super-real exhaustion…

If you live in Melbourne like I do, you’ll agree that it’s one of the best damn places to live in the world. Unless it’s…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: The five most inflated Rolex references may surprise you, and plenty more
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: The five most inflated Rolex references may surprise you, and plenty more

If you read Time+Tide regularly, you’ll know that stainless steel Rolex watches are almost exclusively more expensive on the secondary market than they are at…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: In celebration of the people behind the Time+Tide scenes, including our proofreader Jeff
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: In celebration of the people behind the Time+Tide scenes, including our proofreader Jeff

Jeff Jenkins is the author of the last article published on Time+Tide, about a scandal engulfing Australia Post. It is his first-ever story on Time+Tide.…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: British invasion! Time+Tide, already overrun by Brits, opens UK office
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: British invasion! Time+Tide, already overrun by Brits, opens UK office

For a kid growing up in rural Victoria, Australia, England always seemed closer than the 16,000 or so kilometres away that it was in actuality.…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Let’s admit it, we use our kids as excuses to buy watches, and other stories
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Let’s admit it, we use our kids as excuses to buy watches, and other stories

Here are some little-known facts about the Friday Wind Down, which has been published pretty consistently on a Friday since 2015:  Fact #1 — There have…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Revolution and The Rake are kicking Covid’s arse, the Seiko modding craze and *eggplant emoji *
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Revolution and The Rake are kicking Covid’s arse, the Seiko modding craze and *eggplant emoji *

It’s been another big week of Covid-19 era life here at Time+Tide, with Zoom calls with the Girard-Perregaux HQ (up to 90 people joined in…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Celebrating the week we helped Zenith launch the final El Primero 50th Anniversary Edition and Billie Eilish’s baller new watch
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Celebrating the week we helped Zenith launch the final El Primero 50th Anniversary Edition and Billie Eilish’s baller new watch

It’s Friday, it’s knockoff, and it’s a beading glass of vodka and dry ginger I have at my left hand. What a week! Most of…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Hemsworth’s wrist in Extraction proves that the world’s biggest bad-asses wear…
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Hemsworth’s wrist in Extraction proves that the world’s biggest bad-asses wear…

As the world begins to re-emerge from lockdown, so does our awareness of the days. Where in past weeks, Friday has come and gone in…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Feat. Celebrity Death Match, Notorious Robberies and Every Watch Tells A Story returns!
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Feat. Celebrity Death Match, Notorious Robberies and Every Watch Tells A Story returns!

Good news is about as rare these days as a Hodinkee Limited Edition, especially the cache of their Limited Editions they released at retail this…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Our four favourite stories of the week, feat. Dusty, Magnets and Mil-specs
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Our four favourite stories of the week, feat. Dusty, Magnets and Mil-specs

The Friday Wind Down was always intended to be some light relief to deliver to the inbox in that window between finishing up for the…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: We’ve run out of apocalypse gags …
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: We’ve run out of apocalypse gags …

At times like this, when everything you looked forward to has been cancelled, when Uber Eats, Netflix and self-isolation are likely to become the new…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Featuring the best Insta comment thread of 2020, Post Malone’s watch collection and we go Into The Wild
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Featuring the best Insta comment thread of 2020, Post Malone’s watch collection and we go Into The Wild

Welcome back to the Friday Wind Down, website edition! We don’t know how long (a couple of years perhaps?) we’ve kept the Wind Down exclusively…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 24th November 2017
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 24th November 2017

The Wind Down this week is a little bit terrifying to be honest. You know why? Christmas in just over a month, SIHH 2018 in…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 10th November, 2017 – the Baselworld 2018 Edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 10th November, 2017 – the Baselworld 2018 Edition

Wait, Basel in November?! What’s going on here? An understandable reaction but, still, Baselworld 2018 is in the headlines, five whole months before it opens…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 27th October, 2017 – Adam Savage and the record breaker
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 27th October, 2017 – Adam Savage and the record breaker

Typically in the Friday Wind Down we have ‘What happened?’, ‘What really mattered?’ and ‘The week in numbers’ subsections. Today I can answer all that…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 29th September, 2017 – the ‘Don’t Argue’ Edition, inc. all the arguments we started this week
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 29th September, 2017 – the ‘Don’t Argue’ Edition, inc. all the arguments we started this week

In Australian rules football (AFL) there is a particular type of defensive move called the ‘don’t argue’. It involves fending off an opponent with an…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 15th September, 2017 
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 15th September, 2017 

Another week, another wind down. Today Melbourne’s mercurial weather is set for a downpour, so Alison and I would much rather be up in Sydney…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 1st September, 2017 – the ‘Gaga-gate’ edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 1st September, 2017 – the ‘Gaga-gate’ edition

Today is less of a wind down and more of a recovery. Last night we hosted a small gathering of some of our favourite watch…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 18th August, 2017 – the watches you chose for the end of the world, inc. Seiko, Rolex, UTS and Citizen
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 18th August, 2017 – the watches you chose for the end of the world, inc. Seiko, Rolex, UTS and Citizen

Like many story ideas we brainstorm together on a Monday morning, ‘end-of-the-world watches’ seemed to be a winner at the time. But now that we’re at the…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 4th August, 2017 – the fashion edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 4th August, 2017 – the fashion edition

Bear with me this week as I go a little off script. This week’s Wind Down is less about watches and more about all the…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 21st July, 2017
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 21st July, 2017

There’s an inherent irony in the Friday Wind Down that gets me every time. It’s often the last item on my weekly to do list…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 23rd June, 2017 – Anyone for a climate pun?
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 23rd June, 2017 – Anyone for a climate pun?

It’s that time of the year when we start making Jon Snow/winter puns, but they’re getting a bit long in the tooth, so I’ll try…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 9th June, 2017
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 9th June, 2017

Would you believe I’m winding down alone, in a Sydney hotel room, looking out over an exceptionally dreary parking lot? It would be sad if…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 26th May, 2017 – the auction edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 26th May, 2017 – the auction edition

I don’t know about you, but we’ve had to drag ourselves away our screens and from the unholy timesucking triumvirate known as Twin Peaks, Master…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 12th May, 2017 – the e-commerce edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 12th May, 2017 – the e-commerce edition

One of the biggest trends in watches isn’t colour, shape or size, but rather something more prosaic and far more important – finding new ways…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN – 28th April, 2017
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN – 28th April, 2017

We’re calling it. Winter is here. We’ve broken out the light knits and switched the office AC from ‘cool’ to ‘heat’. One thing that’s not…
GOOD FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 14th April, 2017 – the Easter edition
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GOOD FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 14th April, 2017 – the Easter edition

Happy Easter everyone. It’s Good Friday down here in Melbourne, so this edition of the Wind Down will be brief, as the office is closed…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 7th April, 2017 – the Basel comedown edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 7th April, 2017 – the Basel comedown edition

Forgive us readers for we have sinned. It’s been two weeks since our last Wind Down. But we’re hoping you’ll forgive us as we’ve been…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 16th March, 2017
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 16th March, 2017

Schedules are printed. Bags are packed. Passports located. We. Are. Ready. For. Baselworld. Next time we Wind Down, it’ll be over a frosty Feldschlössen (our…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 3rd March, 2017
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 3rd March, 2017

It’s been a mildly epic week here at T+T HQ. We’ve had a full plate of videography, airshow action with Oris (we’re now investigating options around leasing a…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 24th February, 2017 – the recommended reading edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 24th February, 2017 – the recommended reading edition

It’s easy to get caught up in this whole 24-hour news cycle thing. Every five seconds there seems to be a new story/scandal/watch, and sometimes it…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 17th February, 2017
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 17th February, 2017

Some weeks, the Wind Down is full of momentous news and calamitous happenings. Brands being sold, records broken – that sort of thing. This is…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 10th February, 2017 – the money edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 10th February, 2017 – the money edition

For those of our readers who don’t live in Australia, have a quick look at the below heat map. Bet you didn’t know heat maps went…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 3rd February, 2017
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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)…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 27th January 2017 – the celebration edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 27th January 2017 – the celebration edition

Australia Day yesterday, Chinese New Year tomorrow – so much partying to be had. But you know what we’re celebrating here in the T+T office?…
LIST: The 6 defining moments of SIHH 2017* (AKA the Friday Wind Down) *Product does not contain doom or gloom
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LIST: The 6 defining moments of SIHH 2017* (AKA the Friday Wind Down) *Product does not contain doom or gloom

SIHH 2017 is a wrap. It’s done. After months of anticipation and speculation (along with regret for us Aussies leaving behind summer for subzero temperatures) the…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 13th January, 2017 – the future edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 13th January, 2017 – the future edition

Welcome to the first Wind Down of 2017! And, as much as the last posts of 2016 were all about looking back at the year…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 30th December, 2016 – the gone fishin’ edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 30th December, 2016 – the gone fishin’ edition

This is going to be the shortest Wind Down in Time+Tide history. See the scenic vista above? That’s us. We’re in our happy place, enjoying…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 23rd December 2016 – the Christmas edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 23rd December 2016 – the Christmas edition

I’m writing this at 12:35 on the last working day of 2016. And yes, I have a tin of Melbourne Bitter in front of me…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 16th December, 2016 – the milestone edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 16th December, 2016 – the milestone edition

The first post on Time+Tide went live on the 20th of March, 2014, and in the subsequent 33 months we’ve had a blast publishing news,…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 9th December, 2016
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 9th December, 2016

In the flurry of pre-holiday/SIHH business, we managed to find time for a lightning trip to Sydney, to catch up with HYT CEO Gregory Dourde…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 25th November 2016 – the metal AF edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 25th November 2016 – the metal AF edition

Editor’s note: Sometimes things take on a life of their own. Like, for example, when you ask Instagram if anyone can think of some watch-themed…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 18th November, 2016
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 18th November, 2016

It’s been a week of milestones, both minor and major. A Patek Philippe became the most expensive watch ever sold at auction (again), the 2016…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 11th November, 2016 – the American greatness edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 11th November, 2016 – the American greatness edition

Well, the unavoidable news this week is that Donald Trump is the President-elect of the United States – a surprise victory won on the back…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 4th November, 2016 – the British edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 4th November, 2016 – the British edition

Today’s wind down is a little bittersweet. Sweet because it’s an absolutely gorgeous day here in Melbourne, bitter because we have more than a light…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 21st October, 2016 – the mixed bag edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 21st October, 2016 – the mixed bag edition

Today’s Wind Down is, much like this week, a bit all over the shop. Though Time+Tide has momentarily ceased its globetrotting antics, that doesn’t mean…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 14th October, 2016 – the winners edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 14th October, 2016 – the winners edition

Today’s Wind Down is dedicated to all the winners out there. Maybe you found $2 on the street, maybe you’ve just got a positive attitude,…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 30th September, 2016
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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…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 23rd September, 2016 – the high life edition
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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…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 16th September, 2016
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 16th September, 2016

Bit of a sombre one this week all told. Not only did it mark the 15th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, but the news…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 9th September, 2016
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 9th September, 2016

I’d like to start this week’s Wind Down by asking you all to stop what you’re doing and give a big round of applause to…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 2nd September, 2016 – the advertising edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 2nd September, 2016 – the advertising edition

Want to know something scary? 2016 is practically over. It’s 115 sleeps until Christmas. Which equals 17 more weeks or, most horrifyingly of all, a…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 26th August, 2016 – the shady edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 26th August, 2016 – the shady edition

Birds are chirping, flowers are budding, and there’s a renewed sense of optimism in the air. Yes, springtime is almost here. Not sure about you,…
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…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 12th August, 2016 – The Olympic Edition, by Michael Klim
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 12th August, 2016 – The Olympic Edition, by Michael Klim

Important note: My hands are shaking so much it’s hard to type. Why? Michael Klim, the Australian Olympian who did this to the Americans in…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 5th August, 2016 – Manga, irony and a suspiciously familiar dial
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 5th August, 2016 – Manga, irony and a suspiciously familiar dial

For some reason we’ve been humming ‘The Girl from Ipanema’ this week and exhibiting a far greater than usual interest in the sports of fencing…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 29th July, 2016
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 29th July, 2016

To paraphrase Stipe et al – it’s the end of the week as we know it. We started off the week watching highlights of Juventus’s…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 21st July, 2016 – the drama edition
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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: 15th July, 2016 – acts and casebacks
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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: 8th July, 2016 – the best unusual dials edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 8th July, 2016 – the best unusual dials edition

It’s Friday, so turn that frown upside down and and grab yourself a drink. This week we’ve been thinking about that part of the watch…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 1st July, 2016 – the finance edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 1st July, 2016 – the finance edition

Happy new (fin) year everyone! Hope you’re all hard at work preparing your tax returns right now (only allowing for brief breaks to read updates from your favourite…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 24th June, 2016 – the political edition
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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 24th June, 2016 – the political edition

In a few short weeks Australia heads out to the festival of democracy and sausage sizzles that we like to call the Federal Election. At this…