Culture Of Time: The Waldorf-Astoria’s Iconic Clock, A Gift From Queen Victoria, Is Ready To Run Again
A year-long restoration lets this horological jewel in the crown shine like new.
INTRODUCING: The Grand Seiko SBGX341 is a formidable everyday option
Are there any manufacturers that do quartz better than Grand Seiko? The brand, after all, makes their own quartz crystals in-house and upholds them to the most rigorous standards of accuracy – the 9F series of movements, for example, are regulated to run within +/- 10 seconds per year at a minimum. The deviation is so low, its accuracy over the course of 365 days is equivalent to the accuracy per day of a standard movement. While quartz and its high accuracy is not limited to Grand Seiko, the exquisite Zaratsu finishings bestowed on the watch cases by the brand’s artisans are always a gorgeous sight to behold. Today, they return with a sport model that leverages both their renowned finishing skills and top-notch quartz movements – the Grand Seiko SBGX341. The stainless-steel case shares the same geometries found among the other sport quartz watches within their catalogue – think squared-off lugs and Zaratsu-polished facets that harmonise light and shadow. The intricate case finishings work to alternate the way in which the metal reflects the light around it, with the distortion-free mirror polishes turning black when facing light head on, and the satin surfaces lighting up. Yet there is one…
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In The Shop – In The Shop: Nine New G-SHOCKs To Help You End 2020 On a High Note
Start 2021 off right with a new G-SHOCK on your wrist.
Industry News – Swiss Watch Exports Down 3.2% in November 2020, With Signs of Improvement
The FHS, the Swiss Watch Federation, just released its export statistics for November 2020. These were down 3.2% for the month, confirming the trend of a gradual slowdown of the decline over the past few weeks. This trend is mainly due to China with shipments up 69.5% but other markets are showing signs of improvement. […]
Industry News – Swiss Watch Exports Down 3.2% in November 2020, With Signs of Improvement
The FHS, the Swiss Watch Federation, just released its export statistics for November 2020. These were down 3.2% for the month, confirming the trend of a gradual slowdown of the decline over the past few weeks. This trend is mainly due to China with shipments up 69.5% but other markets are showing signs of improvement. […]
BATTLE ROYALE: What is the best Audemars Piguet Royal Oak ever? The T+T team fight it out
The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak is a legend for a reason. It was the first luxury integrated steel sports watch, and would go on to define arguably the most popular category of watches available today. But in the decades since it was first released, there have been countless different expressions of the iconic octagonal design. All of which begs the question – which is your favourite? The Time+Tide team has gathered their thoughts on the matter, and expressed why their favourite reference is top of the tree. Enjoy! Nick Kenyon – Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo Extra-Thin with onyx and diamond dial If you’re getting a luxury sports watch, why wouldn’t you emphasise the word luxury? Hewn from platinum, with an inky black onyx dial and a tasteful dusting of panache with diamond indexes, this thing is absolutely stunning, and turns the luxury up to 11. And with dimensions measuring just 39mm in diameter and only 8.1mm thick, it’s about as good as it gets. Andrew McUtchen – Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin RD#2 I was at the AP ‘Beyond Watchmaking’ exhibition in Tokyo and an AP watchmaker was explaining to me the miracle of the RD#2, the…
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Editors’ Picks: Pretty Please! Our Editors Share Their Holiday Wish List
Here’s what the H team wants to find under the tree.
Rediscovering the Vacheron Constantin Overseas Collection
Editor’s note: With so many different opulent steel sports watches occupying the marketplace, it’s sometimes easy to forget that one member of the holy trinity of Swiss watchmaking, Vacheron Constantin, has been making their interpretation of a luxury sports watch for more than 20 years now — the Vacheron Constantin Overseas. It’s an impressive collection, and it’s one of the few luxury sports watches that came into the game relatively late compared to the stalwarts of the genre like AP, Patek or even Girard-Perregaux. And yet despite this, it was still fresh and inspired; nothing looked overly derivative or pastiche, it was just a great-looking sports watch. Anyway, a little while ago, our fearless leader, Andrew McUtchen, was lucky enough to spend an entire weekend with Vacheron’s sportiest collection of timepieces, and these were his thoughts. The Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph, photographed on Blinky Beach, Lord Howe Island 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 and it was a chronograph, but thanks to an interesting take on the bezel, it didn’t strike me as ‘just sporty’ like chronos can be. It had an…
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Review – The Breguet Classique Chronométrie 7727 (Video)
Innovation is often presented in a highly demonstrative way. An excess of pride, some would argue. More often than we’d like, innovative solutions in watchmaking are launched in concept-like pieces, where the inventiveness of the mechanics is echoed by a bold, avant-gardist design. A definition that doesn’t really match what Breguet stands for. Innovation at […]
Review – The Breguet Classique Chronométrie 7727 (Video)
Innovation is often presented in a highly demonstrative way. An excess of pride, some would argue. More often than we’d like, innovative solutions in watchmaking are launched in concept-like pieces, where the inventiveness of the mechanics is echoed by a bold, avant-gardist design. A definition that doesn’t really match what Breguet stands for. Innovation at […]