7 ways to use your diving bezel that don’t involve getting wet
Maybe you love the smell of neoprene in the morning. You explore the ocean’s depths on such a regular basis that your Facebook friends barely recognise you without your mask on. But chances are that if you own a diving watch, it’s rarely (if ever) used for the purpose for which it was intended. And as for that helium release valve? Well, that’s guaranteed to stay redundant for the rest of its watertight days. That’s totally OK, too. A diving watch isn’t just a good option for aquatic types familiar with the discomfort of shoehorning themselves into a damp wetsuit for their second dive of the day. That’s because a diver is a true all-rounder of a timepiece that offers durability, luminosity and, would you believe it, even water-resistance. But the diving bezel – the outer ring of metal or ceramic marked with numbers to measure how long you’re underwater – has plenty of real-world applications, too, that don’t involve getting your feet wet. 1. Cooking perfect pasta As the Italian film director Federico Fellini said: “Life is a combination of magic and pasta.” It’s hard to argue with that, too. Unless, of course, you overcook the pasta. Committing that…
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Sharp design mixed with a distinct British aesthetic is a winning combination that has earned Farer a solid following among knowing enthusiasts. The brand was established back in 2015 when they made a proper mark on the microbrand scene with their colourful Universal series. Now they’re back with the Farer Exmoor field watch with its crisp olive-green design that’s a breath of fresh air in a category of mostly monochrome tool watches. Farer has built a reputation as a small brand with an emphasis on vintage inspiration, often slim of design with fresh colours and bags of personality to spice things up and take them to another level. What distinguishes Farer from the microbrand pack is a British sartorial take on the simple, mechanical wristwatches we love, from dress watches to chronographs, infused with a quality that belies the price point. In particular, their use of colour consistently excites. In their quiet way Farer may have set new standards for accessible watchmaking with a twist, like British tailoring for the wrist (Farer, you may use that rhyming slogan for a small fee!). Structurally, the olive green dial Exmoor is the archetypal field watch. It’s a great example of a solid…
Things are back in full swing at Time+Tide HQ this year, but the Coronavirus pandemic isn’t done with the watch industry yet. This week we got the announcement that Watches & Wonders (formerly SIHH) would go ahead this year, in a “phygital” format, which sounds like an unpleasant medical condition, but is actually a term fresh out of a marketing dictionary for a blend of “physical” and “digital” experience. That means Watches & Wonders in 2021 will take the form of a virtual show online for the 38 participating brands in the second week of April, before taking material form in Shanghai a few days later, featuring a reduced 15 brands. This is something of a middle ground, that strikes the right balance between a purely online week of launches and the potentially risky in-person events that we all miss so much. But my preference would be for a much more fun sounding “digical” event, that brings to mind an online calendar application, or perhaps a digital calorie counter. Regardless of what we call the event, it does raise the question: will we see a new collection launch from Rolex, a little over six months after the brand updated their…
We can all debate what are the best daily wearers, but if the term is based on robustness and reliability there is arguably nothing better than a G-Shock. The Full Metal series elevates the offering from resin cases and straps, to a full stainless-steel build – even titanium in the more premium editions. So far we have seen stainless-steel versions in steel, gold-plated, black, black grid, and aged black tones, but this year we have the most bold and colourful version yet: the G-Shock Full Metal “Rich Red”. While the ion plating of the watch is billed as “Rich Red”, to my eyes it actually has a slight purplish hue to it. In fact, if it were aged in the same manner as the aged IP version in black it would remind me of the patinated Rolex GMT Master bezels that turned from red into bright fuchsia. At any rate, the case is 43.2mm in diameter, 49.6mm lug-to-lug, and 12.9mm thick with a water resistance of 200 metres. It’s a good size and highly robust like the other Full Metal watches we have seen before. The backlit digital display is home to a wealth of information and complications which include…
