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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…
When you really fall for someone, there’s a point where you just can’t get close enough. It’s the same with Patek Philippe. Over the years,…
The 89th Acadamy Awards will go down in history as one of the more infamous Oscars, largely due to the La La Land/Moonlight mix-up, but…
The first day of any overseas watch fair is pretty much a blur of lights and (occasionally ticking) sounds for Felix and me. Don’t blame…
On Monday morning, the most unpronounceable fair of them all, the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie – mercifully reduced 100 per cent of the…
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…
That’s right folks, we’re at it again, clawing our way through our top choices with an ever-ballooning budget, and believe it or not, this was our…
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,…
We’ve already got you covered in the zero to 1K category, but as you inch your way up the watch-buying food chain, the decisions don’t…
Continuing with our series of Team Picks, it’s Andy Green who has the reins today, wrangling the three gems he enjoyed reading most on T+T in 2016.…
The third in our series of Team Picks, today it’s Ceri’s turn to reveal the three stories she most enjoyed on Time+Tide this year. VIDEO:…
Of all the (many) lists of I’ve put together this year, this is without doubt, the hardest. So many great stories had to be left…
I don’t always do what I’m told, which frustrates my team. I was asked to supply three favourite stories of the year. I supplied seven.…
We often wax lyrical about our love affair with Montblanc’s watches, but we’ve also got a soft spot for their famous writing instruments. We were lucky enough…
Women wearing men’s watches might be just the latest step in the feminist invasion - but we’re OK with that.
Right now, there’s an internal Time+Tide email thread going around with the subject line Westworld. It’s a series of communications chronicling our obsession with HBO’s…
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)…
It turns out the Chris Edwards from Oscar Hunt Tailors has something of a knack for finding the right threads to go with the right…
Editor’s Note: Every single watch journalist in the world has a readymade answer / answers to the question, “So, watch writer, what should I buy…
Are you sitting down? You’d better be, because I’m about to drop a truth bomb of bunker-busting proportions. Most dive watches out there in the…
Watch brands don’t change the world, right? Sure, it’s easy enough to create a limited edition watch that raises funds and awareness, but as for…
Anyone that’s been to Basel will know what we’re talking about when we reference the ‘Basel bubble’. It’s a cross between Steve Jobs’ reality distortion…
With Suicide Squad in cinemas (and trending poorly on Rotten Tomatoes) we’ve got bad guys on the brain, and we can’t help noticing that when it…
Last Friday, Tudor hit Sydney’s Rapha Cycle Club to present its 2016 novelties, and lured by the prospect of lunchtime Champagne, we were there too.…
There’s a piece of pop culture folklore that says that when you retire, your employers give you a party and a gold watch. Now, if…
The wrist is a terrible thing to waste at the best of times. But on the weekend, when most of us are enjoying a break from the unrelenting…
DISCLAIMER: YES, IT IS APRIL 1, BUT THIS IS NOT AN APRIL FOOL’S DAY JOKE POST This is a true story about a man who offered…
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…
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…
Last week Seiko opened its first ever Australian boutique, in Sydney’s historic Queen Victoria Building. And while the store has an ample array of Credor,…
Finding the right watch to match your wardrobe can be surprisingly tricky – all too often your wrist overpowers (or worse – underwhelms) the rest…
At the end of last year we published the Great Escape – a video about getting away from it all that just happened to be…
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…
Hot on the heels of our Holiday Buying Guide – which collected 12 of the year’s very best releases actually available in store in one…
TAG Heuer have just announced that Australia’s own Chris Hemsworth is joining their team of high-powered brand ambassadors. He’ll fit in perfectly with big Tom…
The story in a second: Six of the best watches you’ve never heard about Here’s the thing. For every Dark Side of the Moon, there…
A few hours ago the final hammer came down on the Phillips Watches Only Watch auction. And once the dust had settled it quickly became…
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…
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.…
TAG Heuer is no stranger to the power of the silver screen, and has been the wristwear of choice for some of cinema’s most iconic…
The Story in a second: What do an actor, a tennis player, a queen, an AFL footy player and an astronaut all have in common?…
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…
Time+Tide is the official watch partner of The Australian’s Wish Magazine. We really like these guys, they’re great to work with and the magazine is…
It’s traditional in the weeks following Baseworld, when all the excitement about new releases has died down, to release a ‘best of’ list. Typically these…
Can’t make it to Baselworld? Don’t worry – we’ve got your back. We’ve put together a list of the latest and greatest watches of Baselworld 2015.…
Remember our cultural analysis of the spectacle that is the booths of SIHH? Well, strap in for the conclusion of our comprehensive analysis of the…
The dust has settled on SIHH 2015, and we’re braving the 24 hour commute back to Australia. The journey gives us some time to reflect…
‘Twas the week before Christmas…. And we all know what that means for watch magazines and websites: watch buying guides, last-minute gift ideas, lists of…
We’ve all met them, the guys (and lets be honest – it’s always guys) who give the world of watch appreciation a bad name. Be…
A while ago we engaged in a little bit of social media democracy. Using the power of instagram we asked our beloved (and occasionally overly ‘passionate’) fans…
Recently we asked you, team Time+Tide, where you would take the brand new Tudor Heritage Ranger, if you had a chance. Now, we weren’t asking out…
It’s one of those serendipitous things. As we approach 100 days in office at Time+Tide we are also right on the cusp of 5000 followers.…
Rolex fans, meet Rolex's new CEO, Jean Frédéric Dufour.
Day 5. My last day at Baselworld – it’s been a whirlwind working week of watches. And what better way than to top it off…
The vast majority of watches are painted from a conservative palette. And really, this makes a lot of sense. A watch has to go with…
It’s nearly summer in the Northern Hemisphere; you can feel it coming. Time to work on your pre-tan and your wristpop. Hello summer, hello colour.…
As we look forward to the latest and greatest that Baselworld 2014 will offer us we started feeling a little emotional, a little nostalgic even.…
