THE HOME OF WATCH CULTURE

Club

Articles tagged with 'vacheron-constantin'

Vintage Collector: From Grand Seiko to minute repeaters
Pop Culture
i/trending 21456

Vintage Collector: From Grand Seiko to minute repeaters

Editor’s note: Felix interviewed Anders a few years ago to discuss his journey as a vintage collector and what he looks for when purchasing watches.…
HANDS-ON: The Vacheron Constantin Overseas Tourbillon – all the makings of a modern classic
Watch Reviews
i/trending 14688

HANDS-ON: The Vacheron Constantin Overseas Tourbillon – all the makings of a modern classic

A tourbillon inside a steel sports watch? On a rubber strap? It’s enough to bring a watch-purist out in a cold sweat. And when such…
LIST: Quick! Change! 5 of the best hot-swappable straps on the market right now
Lists
i/trending 12695

LIST: Quick! Change! 5 of the best hot-swappable straps on the market right now

It took Apple, and their eponymous watch, to really hammer home the point that the traditional fine watch industry was stuck in the past. No,…
LIST: Beautiful, new, and now in blue – 3 core Vacheron Constantin watches get a dial makeover
Pop Culture
i/trending 16323

LIST: Beautiful, new, and now in blue – 3 core Vacheron Constantin watches get a dial makeover

Traditionally, the blues are associated with sadness or hard times in life. However, that’s definitely not the case over at Vacheron Constantin, as these new…
INSIGHT: Legitimately unique; why Vacheron Constantin’s Les Cabinotiers department is unlike any other 
Watch Education
i/trending 23605

INSIGHT: Legitimately unique; why Vacheron Constantin’s Les Cabinotiers department is unlike any other 

I’ll be frank: even using the word “unique” in this feature – let alone in its title – is dangerous territory. In this era of overblown, overhyped, and over-exaggerated…
VIDEO: Up close and personal with 3 very complicated Vacheron Constantin watches
Watch Reviews
i/trending 14856

VIDEO: Up close and personal with 3 very complicated Vacheron Constantin watches

A little while ago, I had a very good day at work. That’s because my job involved spending some quality time with three exceptional Vacheron…
HANDS-ON: The Vacheron Constantin Overseas Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin – now on a fully gold bracelet 
Watch Reviews
i/trending 15705

HANDS-ON: The Vacheron Constantin Overseas Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin – now on a fully gold bracelet 

When it comes to Vacheron Constantin’s SIHH releases, there’s no doubt the pieces that were the talk of the town (and rightfully so) were the…
LIST: 7 things I’m looking forward to seeing at SIHH 2019
Lists
i/trending 18141

LIST: 7 things I’m looking forward to seeing at SIHH 2019

It’s one sleep to SIHH, and the watch releases are coming thick and fast, with many of the exhibiting brands giving us a peek at…
SPOTTED! BY AG: December 2018 – Holiday Edition
Lists
i/trending 19285

SPOTTED! BY AG: December 2018 – Holiday Edition

Wow, 2018 really got away from us. I mean, I can’t believe we’re just moments away from wrapping up one hell of a year. In…
LIST: The 16 winning watches of 2018, according to the GPHG
Lists
i/trending 25752

LIST: The 16 winning watches of 2018, according to the GPHG

If you care about watches, Geneva is the place to be right now. The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (better known to its friends as…
EDITOR’S PICK: Why you shouldn’t think about investment value when buying a new watch
Opinion
i/trending 17631

EDITOR’S PICK: Why you shouldn’t think about investment value when buying a new watch

Editor’s note: One of the questions we constantly get asked is about watches as investments. And while there’s no doubt that watches are being increasingly…
LIST: Auction madness – 6 watches you could have bought at the Jerry Lewis estate sale for less than $10k
Lists
i/trending 16747

LIST: Auction madness – 6 watches you could have bought at the Jerry Lewis estate sale for less than $10k

Famed comedian, actor and director Jerry Lewis, AKA the King of Comedy, died in August 2017 at the age of 91. He left behind the…
VIDEO: Russell Crowe talks exclusively to us about the stories behind his watches, and why he’s selling them
Pop Culture
i/trending 17858

VIDEO: Russell Crowe talks exclusively to us about the stories behind his watches, and why he’s selling them

Russell Crowe. A New Zealander who became an actor. The actor who became a star. The star who became a watch collector. Late last year,…
VIDEO: The Vacheron Constantin Overseas collection, the slow burn classics in our midst
Watch Reviews
i/trending 24655

VIDEO: The Vacheron Constantin Overseas collection, the slow burn classics in our midst

It’s a dizzying pace the watch world moves at, and it’s all but impossible for us at Time+Tide to not get carried along by it.…
VIDEO: Our favourite watches of SIHH 2018 – part 3, $20,000-30,000
Lists
i/trending 20779

VIDEO: Our favourite watches of SIHH 2018 – part 3, $20,000-30,000

With parts one and two of our SIHH video series receding into our proverbial rear-view mirror, it’s time to look to the future, and the…
VIDEO: Our favourite watches of SIHH 2018 – part 2, $10,000-20,000
Lists
i/trending 14431

VIDEO: Our favourite watches of SIHH 2018 – part 2, $10,000-20,000

Yesterday, we ran through our picks of SIHH 2018 at the more accessible end of the spectrum, bearing in mind that the HH in SIHH stands…
HANDS-ON: A prestigious new entry point – the Vacheron Constantin FiftySix
Watch Reviews
i/trending 27525

HANDS-ON: A prestigious new entry point – the Vacheron Constantin FiftySix

Making luxury watches more approachable without compromising quality is a delicate art, and one that Vacheron Constantin have been quite successful at in recent years.…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN – 28th April, 2017
Friday Wind Down
i/trending 14465

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…
INTRODUCING: See the world as never before with the Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle World Time
Introducing
i/trending 11376

INTRODUCING: See the world as never before with the Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle World Time

Not content to wow us with an exceptionally assured and complex SIHH collection, Vacheron Constantin have just announced their latest, highly limited (like, 10 pieces…
VIDEO: Vacheron Constantin 2017 collection – the most complicated of SIHH
News
i/trending 21351

VIDEO: Vacheron Constantin 2017 collection – the most complicated of SIHH

Vacheron Constantin bucked the trend this year at SIHH. While many of their fellow exhibitors played it safe, bringing out crowd-pleasing steel models and revisiting their…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 10th March, 2017
Pop Culture
i/trending 24288

FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 10th March, 2017

If we’re completely honest, there’s not a lot of winding down going on today at Time+Tide. It’s more of a Friday gear up, really. We’re up…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 17th February, 2017
Friday Wind Down
i/trending 23867

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: 3rd February, 2017
Friday Wind Down
i/trending 24724

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)…
LIST: 7 shocking rumours ahead of SIHH 2017
Lists
i/trending 11672

LIST: 7 shocking rumours ahead of SIHH 2017

On Monday morning, the most unpronounceable fair of them all, the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie – mercifully reduced 100 per cent of the…
ADVENT CALENDAR 2016: December 23 – The Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph
Watch Reviews
i/trending 16809

ADVENT CALENDAR 2016: December 23 – The Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph

As you climb higher and higher up the horological Christmas tree – which, by the way we don’t advise in real life, unless this happens – the…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 16th December, 2016 – the milestone edition
Friday Wind Down
i/trending 23000

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,…
THE RULES: No Submariners with black tie – 5 tips for tuxedo-appropriate timepieces
Lists
i/trending 35608

THE RULES: No Submariners with black tie – 5 tips for tuxedo-appropriate timepieces

Welcome to the party season, aka an obstacle course of events that, between now and February, will test the limits of your wardrobe. All manner…
VIDEO: Paradise found with Vacheron Constantin, shot on location at Lord Howe Island
News
i/trending 12613

VIDEO: Paradise found with Vacheron Constantin, shot on location at Lord Howe Island

We gave a glimpse of our 48 hours in paradise with the Vacheron Constantin Overseas collection a month ago, but now, with the watches officially…
HOW TO: Master the difference between watchspotting and stalking
Watch Education
i/trending 12436

HOW TO: Master the difference between watchspotting and stalking

Editor’s Note: I wrote this piece a few years ago, and reading it now, all I feel compelled to add is this: learn your bracelets.…
MY WEEKEND WITH: The whole Vacheron Constantin Overseas Collection
Watch Reviews
i/trending 25758

MY WEEKEND WITH: The whole Vacheron Constantin Overseas Collection

I remember the first Vacheron Constantin I ever laid eyes on. It was in a magazine for an Australian retailer. It was an Overseas model…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 14th October, 2016 – the winners edition
Friday Wind Down
i/trending 24553

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,…
VIDEO: We took the VC Overseas collection to an island paradise and It. Was. Glorious.
Watch Reviews
i/trending 11680

VIDEO: We took the VC Overseas collection to an island paradise and It. Was. Glorious.

Was it really necessary? To take a journey involving two flights (one of them aboard a very small plane) to a tropical island somewhere between Sydney and…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 7th October, 2016 – the paradise edition
Pop Culture
i/trending 14134

FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 7th October, 2016 – the paradise edition

This is the strangest feeling Friday in a very long time. For starters, I associate Friday with relaxing, with kicking back and maybe getting away.…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 30th September, 2016
Friday Wind Down
i/trending 21223

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: 6 watches for all 6 types of super-villain, just in time for Suicide Squad
Lists
i/trending 25289

LIST: 6 watches for all 6 types of super-villain, just in time for Suicide Squad

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…
EDITOR’S PICK: Classical cow-horns – the Vacheron Constantin Cornes de Vache 1955 video review
Watch Reviews
i/trending 17883

EDITOR’S PICK: Classical cow-horns – the Vacheron Constantin Cornes de Vache 1955 video review

Editor’s Note: Vacheron Constantin has just announced a new, pink gold version of its distinctive Cornes de Vache 1955 chronograph. The platinum model released at Watches & Wonders…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 17th June, 2016 – the “literally” literal edition
Friday Wind Down
i/trending 16491

FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 17th June, 2016 – the “literally” literal edition

There’s a new saying around Time+Tide: “When Felix is away, the cats don’t play, the Wind Down, ah, doesn’t get written.” So, in the spirit…
INTRODUCING: The Vacheron Constantin Quai de L’île, in steel with a Geneva Seal
Introducing
i/trending 16419

INTRODUCING: The Vacheron Constantin Quai de L’île, in steel with a Geneva Seal

Following on from a strong SIHH, where Vacheron Constantin premiered an updated Overseas collection, the prestigious maison has unexpectedly released an aggressively priced stainless steel…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 1st April, 2016, Deadpool Edition
Friday Wind Down
i/trending 24115

FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 1st April, 2016, Deadpool Edition

While most of the team are still unsure what day it is and are in fact taking time off to feel human again after an…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: January 29, 2016 (Best of SIHH 2016 edition)
Friday Wind Down
i/trending 19462

FRIDAY WIND DOWN: January 29, 2016 (Best of SIHH 2016 edition)

A week has passed since SIHH, we’ve endured the 24-hour commute back to the office and the jetlag has finally receded. With the help of…
GONE IN 60 SECONDS: The Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph video review
Watch Reviews
i/trending 13279

GONE IN 60 SECONDS: The Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph video review

[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/152346690″] Vacheron Constantin is – along with Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet – part of Swiss watchmaking’s ‘big three’, making some of the finest…
THE SIHH SURVIVAL GUIDE
News
i/trending 10668

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…
GONE IN 60 SECONDS: The Vacheron Constantin Historiques Cornes de Vache 1955 video review
Watch Reviews
i/trending 21895

GONE IN 60 SECONDS: The Vacheron Constantin Historiques Cornes de Vache 1955 video review

[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/147706278″ width=”800″] [/su_vimeo] One of the most elegant watches released at Watches & Wonders was the Historiques Cornes de Vache 1955 from Vacheron Constantin.…
TREND: What was hot at Watches & Wonders
News
i/trending 12998

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
i/trending 22565

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.…
LIVE: Time+Tide coverage of Watches & Wonders 2015
News
i/trending 20219

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…
INTERVIEW: Vacheron Constantin’s Creative Director Christian Selmoni explains the Harmony collection
Interview
i/trending 10852

INTERVIEW: Vacheron Constantin’s Creative Director Christian Selmoni explains the Harmony collection

On September 17 Vacheron Constantin celebrated their 260th birthday, making them the oldest continuously operating watch brand. They celebrated the day by unveiling (after months…
BREAKING NEWS: Vacheron Constantin announce the most complicated watch ever made – the Reference 57260, featuring 57 complications
News
i/trending 13591

BREAKING NEWS: Vacheron Constantin announce the most complicated watch ever made – the Reference 57260, featuring 57 complications

To celebrate their 260th anniversary Vacheron Constantin have unveiled a true masterpiece of the watchmakers art. The one-of-a-kind reference 57260 (57 complications plus 260 years…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 28th August, 2015
Friday Wind Down
i/trending 11864

FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 28th August, 2015

Without doubt the highlight of this week was Wednesday night. We finally took the Time+Tide Wind Down offline, inviting some of our more vocal (we…
EDITOR’S PICK: The Vacheron Constantin Harmony Tourbillon Chronograph Caliber 3200
Watch Reviews
i/trending 15554

EDITOR’S PICK: The Vacheron Constantin Harmony Tourbillon Chronograph Caliber 3200

Editor’s note: The word on the street is that Vacheron Constantin’s impressive new Harmony collection is about to hit Australian stores. So we thought we’d…
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: June 12th, 2015
Friday Wind Down
i/trending 23407

FRIDAY WIND DOWN: June 12th, 2015

Another week, another watch. But hey, it’s Friday, and time to take the watch off the wrist and start winding down for the weekend (here’s…
OPINION: What would you rather, an Apple Watch, or one of these?
Opinion
i/trending 24424

OPINION: What would you rather, an Apple Watch, or one of these?

What do Apple and Kim Kardashian’s derriere have in common? They both broke the internet – Apple did it yesterday, finally announcing the release date, specs…
LIST: Our SIHH 2015 wrap
Lists
i/trending 13988

LIST: Our SIHH 2015 wrap

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…
HANDS ON: The Vacheron Constantin Harmony Tourbillon Chronograph Caliber 3200
Watch Reviews
i/trending 18624

HANDS ON: The Vacheron Constantin Harmony Tourbillon Chronograph Caliber 3200

This year is a big year for Vacheron Constantin. And not just because they celebrate their 260th birthday. 2015 marks the biggest, and most impressive…