FRIDAY WIND DOWN: The best watches of Scandinavia, exhibitions in New York and a new collection for the skies
Andrew McUtchenTime+Tide has always been proudly Australian-based, and, whenever required, Aussie-centric. If you didn’t know this before earlier this year, you would have learned it then. Our country was ravaged by bushfires, and many of you reading came to our aid by supporting an auction we held to help out.
But that is all a distant memory. What is more current is that we have not been all about Down Under this week, and that’s been refreshing. At the weekend we encouraged New Yorkers to get down to the Nature of Time Experience that our writer Zach Blass attended and highly recommended. And then, to close out the working week we have a list of Scandinavian watch brands — several that are lesser-known — compiled by our prolific man in the north, Thor Svaboe.
To round out the United Staff Members of Time+Tide, we have an Englishman attending Geneva Watch Days next week with an Amsterdam-based Melburnian shooting the action. Which is all, in the final instance, rather lucky, given that the ‘H’ and ‘Q’ in our HQ stands these days for ‘heavily quagmired’. We hope you enjoy the key highlights from another big week of watch action.
Seiko is taking it to the Street
Seiko has just released a Seiko 5 Sports collection dedicated to Street Fighter, and specifically its latest iteration in Street Fighter V. Get ready for the fight, because Seiko is bringing it with these models. They are wild. And, most impressively, each of the six models is truly idiosyncratic and true to its character. These have the fingerprints of a design team that really and truly love Street Fighter. Hit this link to see all six new watches.
Spirit of the skies
Longines has set its sights on the sky, creating a new range of timepieces that aim to honour the mavericks of early 20th century aviation. Click here to see the full video range review of the Longines Spirit collection.
5 watches for the discerning Viking
The Arctic is a tough environment with long dark winters, where the isolation breeds creativity and a certain strict code of design, whether they be the toughest tool watches or classic dress pieces in a Scandinavian pared-down aesthetic. Regardless of the style of watch, there is a design language that defines the Nordic region. Hit this link for five of the best Scandinavian watch brands out there, and some of their best-known models.
Power and accuracy reign supreme
Time+Tide is proud to announce that we’re now selling Baume & Mercier’s wonderful Clifton Baumatic at the T+T shop. Click right here to check out this great watch.