Interview Archives - Time and Tide Watches

Jaeger-LeCoultre CEO Catherine Rénier on the origins of the Reverso and why the golden ratio is central to its success

25.04.23

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Jaeger-LeCoultre CEO Catherine Rénier on the origins of the Reverso and why the golden ratio is central to its success

At last year’s Watches & Wonders, Jaeger-LeCoultre dazzled attendees with their Stellar Odyssey collection accompanied by a mesmerising stall. This year, they calmed us back…

IWC’S Chris Grainger-Herr talks heritage, innovation and the importance of details

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21.04.23

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IWC’S Chris Grainger-Herr talks heritage, innovation and the importance of details

Walking into the IWC booth at this year’s Watches & Wonders, you were instantly transported into the 1970s, surrounded by iconic shapes from design geniuses…

Understanding Grand Seiko design at a deeper level with GS designer Akira Yoshida

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07.04.23

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Understanding Grand Seiko design at a deeper level with GS designer Akira Yoshida

Grand Seiko has attracted a wide base of watch enthusiasts to their products. Previously an underdog trying to break through in regions outside of Japan,…

In conversation with Ariana DeBose, Oscar winner and Omega ambassador

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15.03.23

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In conversation with Ariana DeBose, Oscar winner and Omega ambassador

The 2023 Academy Awards was held this past weekend, but just prior to the ceremonies I flew out to California to join Omega for a…

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19.11.22

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INTERVIEW: A virtual hot lap with Formula 1’s rising star George Russell

It’s been an eventful 12 months for George Russell. After his first real taste of Formula One victory was cruelly taken away from him as…

The ‘do’s and don’ts’ of Octo Finissimo design with Bulgari’s Fabrizio Buonamassa Stigliani

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02.10.22

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The ‘do’s and don’ts’ of Octo Finissimo design with Bulgari’s Fabrizio Buonamassa Stigliani

Of all the people we get to interview in my line of work, the most interesting people to sit down with are the watch designers…

How I managed to buy the MoonSwatch full set without paying one cent over the retail price

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01.10.22

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How I managed to buy the MoonSwatch full set without paying one cent over the retail price

Ronald Chew (aka Horologym) is a watch collector based in Singapore. But he’s also one of the few people in the world who has managed…

“They wanted $50K, I gave them $2M” – Jean-Claude Biver on how he got Bond for Omega

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24.08.22

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“They wanted $50K, I gave them $2M” – Jean-Claude Biver on how he got Bond for Omega

If you haven’t been watching or listening to the About Efffing Time (AET) podcast, co-hosted by Adrian Barker of Bark & Jack, George Bamford of…

Tea for two, plus you? Killing Time podcast serves fresh flavours after lots of whiskey and watches

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26.07.22

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Tea for two, plus you? Killing Time podcast serves fresh flavours after lots of whiskey and watches

It is no secret that the watch community and industry is a rather male-dominated space. With people of all genders, however, becoming more and more…

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20.07.22

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INTERVIEW: Talking colour, size and accessible pricing with Baume & Mercier CEO David Chaumet

Editor’s Note: Back at Watches & Wonders, Zach had the chance to sit down with Baume & Mercier CEO David Chaumet. In recent years, the brand…

What is About Effing Time, and why is Andrew a part of it?

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28.06.22

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What is About Effing Time, and why is Andrew a part of it?

About Effing Time is a new podcast slash beautifully filmed show about watches that just dropped a promo on our YouTube channel and our socials.…

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12.06.22

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INTERVIEW: Takuma Kawauchiya unpacks the wonders of the Grand Seiko Kodo Constant Force Tourbillon

With hair neatly parted and pocket square cheekily stuffed into his breast pocket, Takuma Kawauchiya doesn’t look like a former guitarist in a rock band that…

What does Jean-Claude Biver joining the Norqain board of advisers really mean?

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08.06.22

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What does Jean-Claude Biver joining the Norqain board of advisers really mean?

Jean-Claude Biver is a legend in the watch world. He’s fended off the quartz crisis, revived Blancpain, rejuvenated Omega and headed Hublot, TAG Heuer and,…

Ten things I learned from super-collector Patrick Getreide – the man behind the OAK Collection

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24.05.22

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Ten things I learned from super-collector Patrick Getreide – the man behind the OAK Collection

If you have been tuned into the watch world of late, the name Patrick Getreide must ring a bell. His unveiling of the OAK Collection,…

VIDEO: Seiko President reveals the origin story behind the Grand Seiko Kodo Constant Force Tourbillon

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18.05.22

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VIDEO: Seiko President reveals the origin story behind the Grand Seiko Kodo Constant Force Tourbillon

“Grand Seiko was born in 1960 and for about 50 years it was just limited exclusively to the Japanese domestic market,” explains Seiko President Akio…

The ultimate Rolex barn find in the desert: “I’ve been watch-hunting for 30 years, but never found anything like this…”

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10.05.22

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The ultimate Rolex barn find in the desert: “I’ve been watch-hunting for 30 years, but never found anything like this…”

EDITOR’S NOTE: John Karambelas is the man behind @barnfindwatches, an Instagram account that documents his watch-collecting adventures as he attempts to uncover old watches gathering…

VIDEO: Come behind the scenes with Jaeger-LeCoultre’s CEO Catherine Rénier at the BEST booth of Watches and Wonders

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07.05.22

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VIDEO: Come behind the scenes with Jaeger-LeCoultre’s CEO Catherine Rénier at the BEST booth of Watches and Wonders

Anyone that’s attended a major watch fair – Baselworld, SIHH, Watches and Wonders, less so Geneva Watch Days – knows that the scale and grandeur…

What happened when a rodeo cowboy’s Rolex Explorer met a 2000lb bull…

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01.05.22

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What happened when a rodeo cowboy’s Rolex Explorer met a 2000lb bull…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Eric Wind is one of the world’s foremost vintage watch experts and the owner of Wind Vintage. In this interview, he tells the…

WATCH CONFESSIONS: “Yes, I flip watches. So what’s the big deal?”

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19.04.22

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WATCH CONFESSIONS: “Yes, I flip watches. So what’s the big deal?”

EDITOR’S NOTE: We recently ran the first parts of our Watch Confessions series in which Time+Tide interviewed anonymous members of the community to get them to share their…

WATCH CONFESSIONS: “I buy my wife new watches to climb the waiting list”

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18.04.22

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WATCH CONFESSIONS: “I buy my wife new watches to climb the waiting list”

EDITOR’S NOTE: We recently ran the first, second and third parts of our Watch Confessions series in which Time+Tide interviewed anonymous members of the community to get them to…

WATCH CONFESSIONS: “I wear a fake Rolex and don’t give a damn”

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13.04.22

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WATCH CONFESSIONS: “I wear a fake Rolex and don’t give a damn”

EDITOR’S NOTE: We recently ran the first and second parts of our Watch Confessions series in which Time+Tide interviewed members of the community to get them to…

WATCH CONFESSIONS: “Divorce made me buy a crazy expensive watch”

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10.04.22

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WATCH CONFESSIONS: “Divorce made me buy a crazy expensive watch”

EDITOR’S NOTE: We recently ran the first part of our Watch Confessions in which Time+Tide began to interview members of the community to get them to…

WATCH CONFESSIONS: “My watch buying has got out of control – I must’ve spent $2 million”

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08.04.22

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WATCH CONFESSIONS: “My watch buying has got out of control – I must’ve spent $2 million”

EDITOR’S NOTE: Grim pragmatism ensures the watch world is not big on public candour. Retailers are totally dependent on the watch brands to secure the most…

Mr Rolex reveals! The authoritative take on what’s about to drop…

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30.03.22

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Mr Rolex reveals! The authoritative take on what’s about to drop…

Rolex is the biggest watch brand on the planet and James Dowling knows more about it than practically anyone. Known as @misterrolex on Instagram, the…

REVERSO STORIES: @Kenergy57 & his Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute

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29.03.22

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REVERSO STORIES: @Kenergy57 & his Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute

To celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Reverso, we’re sitting down with a few of our Time+Tide Club members to discuss their personal watches and…

“Instead of $90,000, the Daytona now cost almost a million. I still bought it” – The crazy life of super-collector Eric Ku

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07.03.22

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“Instead of $90,000, the Daytona now cost almost a million. I still bought it” – The crazy life of super-collector Eric Ku

Outside the weather was freezing with temperatures down to minus 10°C. But in the driver’s seat of the hire car skittering over the icy roads,…

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09.12.21

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CODE41: The subversive watch brand that dared to tell the truth and its latest crazy idea…

Interviewing the CEOs of watch brands can prove to be a tiring business. You have to circumnavigate all that smiling evasion, the confected optimism and…

“For me, it’s a life-altering sum of money” – What it feels like to sell a watch you found in your sock drawer for $240,000

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04.12.21

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“For me, it’s a life-altering sum of money” – What it feels like to sell a watch you found in your sock drawer for $240,000

Back in June, we told you about Paul Draper*. He got in touch with us after reading our story about how a report estimated that $60 billion…

Talking sales and product philosophy with Hamilton CEO Vivian Stauffer

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18.11.21

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Talking sales and product philosophy with Hamilton CEO Vivian Stauffer

Last weekend, the watch and filmmaking industries came together for the Hamilton Behind The Camera Awards – a ceremony which celebrates the often unsung achievements…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Reflecting on happier times, when you could go on a waiting list for a 5711, and actually get “the call”

Every Watch Tells a Story

02.11.21

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Reflecting on happier times, when you could go on a waiting list for a 5711, and actually get “the call”

Editor’s note: If you can get one at retail the green dial Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711/014 would set you back $34,893 USD. But that’s one extremely…

Every Watch Tells a Story

10.10.21

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Every Watch Tells a Story: I own a Rolex Hulk, but this is why I enjoy indies like Deep Blue

There is huge power in community, even if you don’t always realise it. And there’s nothing like a serendipitous meeting to remind you of the…

Every Watch Tells a Story

09.10.21

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Every Watch Tells a Story: The little aesthetic touches that made me buy a Tudor Pelagos LHD

Left-handers face daily reminders that they are living in a right-handed world. Using a fountain pen is likely to result in inky smudges, while scissors…

You Can’t Ask That: The crazy (new) demand for complicated AP watches

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26.09.21

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You Can’t Ask That: The crazy (new) demand for complicated AP watches

This is the seventh and final video in a series of more conversational, and less directly watch-focused, videos that aim to provide richer telling of the…

You Can’t Ask That: Cross-pollination across Audemars Piguet collections

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25.09.21

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You Can’t Ask That: Cross-pollination across Audemars Piguet collections

This is the sixth video in a series of more conversational, and less directly watch-focused, videos that aim to provide richer telling of the Audemars…

You Can’t Ask That: Developing the real estate of an Audemars Piguet watch

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24.09.21

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You Can’t Ask That: Developing the real estate of an Audemars Piguet watch

This is the fifth video in a series of more conversational, and less directly watch-focused, videos that aim to provide richer telling of the Audemars…

You Can’t Ask That: Audemars Piguet explores new materials

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23.09.21

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You Can’t Ask That: Audemars Piguet explores new materials

This is the fourth video in a series of more conversational, and less directly watch-focused, videos that aim to provide richer telling of the Audemars…

This is why everyone is going crazy about the Longines Titanium Spirit

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08.09.21

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This is why everyone is going crazy about the Longines Titanium Spirit

Don’t adjust your browsers. There is nothing wrong with them. You are, in fact, seeing multiple watch websites and blogs speaking highly of this latest…

Olympic swimmer Kyle Chalmers: “This silver medal means so much more than my gold”

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08.09.21

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Olympic swimmer Kyle Chalmers: “This silver medal means so much more than my gold”

A blink of the eye is usually judged to take one tenth of a second to complete. In the 100m freestyle, Kyle Chalmers missed out…

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25.08.21

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“A big chunk of the industry is somewhat screwed.” An interview with Fears MD, Nicholas Bowman-Scargill

I’m going to put it out there and say there is no more charismatic person in today’s watch world than Fears managing director Nicholas Bowman-Scargill.…

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26.06.21

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Carl F Bucherer’s CEO explains why there’s more to the brand than John Wick

Editor’s note: John Wick is an enjoyably mindless shoot-em-up that’s turned into a successful Hollywood trilogy. Keanu Reeves plays the titular hero who becomes a…

Dimepiece on Cartier Cookies, Lily Allen & the most subtle watch flex ever

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19.06.21

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Dimepiece on Cartier Cookies, Lily Allen & the most subtle watch flex ever

Editor’s note: This week the Wall St Journal ran a story on The 8 Women Changing the Watch World. Not surprisingly, making their hit-list was…

EDITOR’S PICK: Cooking with Chin Chin and Hublot, with Head Chef Ben Cooper

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19.06.21

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EDITOR’S PICK: Cooking with Chin Chin and Hublot, with Head Chef Ben Cooper

Editor’s note: Melbourne is known for a few things. It’s been voted the Most Livable City in the World, it does a lot of great…

Leading the charge: Kevin Pietersen on saving rhinos and the Hublot Big Bang Unico SORAI

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26.05.21

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Leading the charge: Kevin Pietersen on saving rhinos and the Hublot Big Bang Unico SORAI

Kevin Pietersen was always a box-office cricketer with his swashbuckling, front-foot style making him one of England’s most gifted batsmen. During the course of making…

Why I bought the Bulgari Octo Finissimo: What the owners’ experience is really like

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24.05.21

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Why I bought the Bulgari Octo Finissimo: What the owners’ experience is really like

The Bulgari Octo Finissimo is well on its way to being a modern classic. Launched just seven years ago in 2014 and drawing off the…

A handmade watch for $2.5K USD? The Levenaig Lakeland 38 makes this a reality

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15.05.21

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A handmade watch for $2.5K USD? The Levenaig Lakeland 38 makes this a reality

Handmade. That term, alongside hand-finished, is often thrown around in watchmaking, but the term is often misleading. It is very rare that a watch is…

Would you rock a $100,000 rose-gold tourbillon for cave diving? Meet the man who does…

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08.05.21

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Would you rock a $100,000 rose-gold tourbillon for cave diving? Meet the man who does…

When it comes to watches, I am continuously torn between the two extremes of my personality. On one side there’s my inner OCD stress-head who…

VIDEO: A deep dive with Jeffrey Kingston, the man behind the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms documentary

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01.05.21

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VIDEO: A deep dive with Jeffrey Kingston, the man behind the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms documentary

If you love dive watches, Jeffrey Kingston is a name you should be familiar with. He literally wrote the book on the first early dive…

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15.04.21

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INTERVIEW: What we learnt from Nick English about Bremont’s grand plans for The Wing

Editor’s note: A few weeks after Bremont opened the doors of its impressive new watchmaking facilities, The Wing, our European editor Mike Christensen was treated…

We don’t want to sound like broken records, but Bulgari just broke another world record Here is our top 5 from 2021

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10.04.21

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We don’t want to sound like broken records, but Bulgari just broke another world record Here is our top 5 from 2021

I had to ask the question. I was live on Zoom with Fabrizio Buonamasa-Stigliani, we were encouraged to ask anything that was on our minds.…

The Naked Watchmaker explains what it takes to make a movement a COSC-certified Chronometer?

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30.03.21

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The Naked Watchmaker explains what it takes to make a movement a COSC-certified Chronometer?

Ever since our story on the inner workings of COSC here, via an in-depth article by The Naked Watchmaker, our thirst for horological knowledge remain.…

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23.03.21

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INTERVIEW: Collective™ Horology are reinventing the watch collectors’ club to create truly special collaborations

Watch enthusiasm is initially generated by the product – there’s no doubt that the art of watchmaking and the many resulting creations are the main…

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11.03.21

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INTERVIEW: British Watchmaking’s brave new dawn

As one British alliance lies wounded from failing to remain in touch with the times, another is going from strength to strength. Indeed, unlike the…

A WEEK ON THE WRIST: The Hublot Big Bang Integral King Gold is a watch that demands attention

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07.03.21

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A WEEK ON THE WRIST: The Hublot Big Bang Integral King Gold is a watch that demands attention

Editor’s note: Andrew walked through the door of the Time+Tide office one afternoon in February and looked down at his wrist. “It’s a watch that…

Women do not need permission to buy men’s watches, so who cares about the category?

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26.02.21

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Women do not need permission to buy men’s watches, so who cares about the category?

The watch industry’s persistent categorising of watches by gender is back on the agenda. And well and truly in frame is the pointlessness of the…

George Bamford launches GB Talks podcast to discuss the sleepers of the vintage watch world

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15.02.21

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George Bamford launches GB Talks podcast to discuss the sleepers of the vintage watch world

George Bamford is about as passionate and enthusiastic a member of the watch community as you’ll ever find. His boisterous energy is infectious whether he’s…

The crazy tale of the pimp, the ransom and the lost F.P Journe watch worth $100,000

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09.02.21

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The crazy tale of the pimp, the ransom and the lost F.P Journe watch worth $100,000

Talk about a conversation piece. The loss and eventual return, against all odds, of a F.P Journe Centigraphe S, now worth $100,000 USD, was a…

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27.01.21

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INTERVIEW: “We squandered world domination.” Roger Smith says British watchmaking deserves a new dawn

Let me start by saying the headline is paraphrasing master watchmaker, and OBE, Roger Smith, and a contraction of two statements. The first is that…

Collector Jack Wong has accidentally discovered one of Rolex’s hidden secrets…

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13.01.21

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Collector Jack Wong has accidentally discovered one of Rolex’s hidden secrets…

Most owners of a platinum Rolex would be fearful of tampering with such an insanely valuable watch. One false move, after all, could eventuate in…

What super-collector Roni Madhvani thinks about the steel sports watch craze

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07.01.21

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What super-collector Roni Madhvani thinks about the steel sports watch craze

Roni Madhvani is one of the biggest vintage watch aficionados on the planet. His Instagram page – @roni_m_29 – is the stuff of legend and…

Cricket legend Michael Clarke: Hublot is a game-changer “that is never scared to be different”

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16.12.20

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Cricket legend Michael Clarke: Hublot is a game-changer “that is never scared to be different”

What’s the best way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Hublot for the Australian arm of the brand? Through our national sport of cricket, of…

11 DAYS OF LONDONERS: The man we partnered with for our first watch releases, Sir George Bamford

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11.12.20

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11 DAYS OF LONDONERS: The man we partnered with for our first watch releases, Sir George Bamford

George Bamford, founder of Bamford Watch Department and living proof that disrupting a traditional industry can bear new fruit for all and open it up…

11 DAYS OF LONDONERS: Day 10 – Nick English, co-founder of Bremont Watches

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10.12.20

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11 DAYS OF LONDONERS: Day 10 – Nick English, co-founder of Bremont Watches

Editor’s note: A few months back, we announced that former Editor of GQ Australia, Mike Christensen, was to be our first European Editor. In this series,…

11 DAYS OF LONDONERS: Day 7 – Bill Prince, one of the most stylish gentlemen in the watch industry

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07.12.20

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11 DAYS OF LONDONERS: Day 7 – Bill Prince, one of the most stylish gentlemen in the watch industry

Editor’s note: A few months back, we announced that former Editor of GQ Australia, Mike Christensen, was to be our first European Editor. In this series,…