Introducing: The Casio G-SHOCK Ref. 6900 By John Mayer
The seven-time Grammy-winner’s first watch collaboration, now available in the HODINKEE Shop.
LIST: Luke’s 5 favourite articles of 2020
How many watches have you seen in the metal this year? My personal tally would surely be an all-time low. The COVID pandemic cancelled watch fairs while product viewings turned into digital affairs where white-gloved reps waved their timepieces at you over live video streams. There’s no real substitute for any of this, of course. To truly appraise a watch you have to hold it in your hands to feel its heft, click its bezel, watch how the sunlight bounces off the dial. But when you’re denied that opportunity due to a merciless pandemic keeping you house-bound for months on end, then you have to find other ways to scratch that horological itch. Luckily, great watch writing brings timepieces to life and makes their intimate details almost tangible. I’m fortunate to work alongside some mighty talented folk who can do that better than most. Here are some of my favourite pieces from Time+Tide’s archives from 2020. HANDS-ON: The virile vitality of the Hublot Big Bang Millennial Pink – Fergus Nash Fergus annoys the hell out of me because he makes it all look so bloody effortless. He’s not even a full-time journo, but he writes with such fluency and ease…
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Found: Carroll Shelby’s Prize Patek Philippe From The 1959 24 Hours Of Le Mans
A pink gold Ref. 1463 trophy.
Introducing – MB&F Legacy Machine FlyingT Lapis Lazuli
MB&F’s maiden voyage into the galaxy of women’s watches was a resounding success. After years of masterminding complex, visually arresting watches for men, Max Büsser presented the Legacy Machine FlyingT in 2019. Still very much a child of MB&F, with its 3D staging, flying tourbillon and protuberant domed showcase, the LM FlyingT was a winning […]
Introducing – The New Czapek Antarctique Passage de Drake (Live Pics & Price)
It was only SIX months ago that Czapek presented its Antarctique, an important watch for the brand for many reasons. First of all, it was the first attempt of the brand to develop a luxury sports watch with an integrated bracelet – the most active segment of the market today. Second, this watch inaugurated the […]
Review – Unusual and Full of Charm, the MeisterSinger Astroscope (Video)
MeisterSinger is a young German brand founded in 2001 which has built its reputation on a simple, original display: a single-hand indication of the time. The idea was to offer enthusiasts something different, something with a certain philosophy of life, where things are slowed down, the single-hand removing the constant reminder of the passage of […]
11 DAYS OF LONDONERS: Day 8 – David Gandy, male supermodel and secret watch nerd
Editor’s note: A few months back, we announced that former Editor of GQ Australia, Mike Christensen, was to be our first European Editor. In this series, ‘11 Days of Londoners’, Mike will be sharing the stories of a few notable local collectors, starting on Day 1 with King Nerd, and with a stellar lineup still to come. Lastly, you might ask, why 11 days? That, friends, will become clearer over time … As well as being the world’s most well-known male supermodel, David Gandy is a role model for how to be a quintessential English gentleman and modern man. A fellow doting father like myself, the keen car and watch lover talks us through his carefully thought-out collection of timepieces. The story behind the watch I’m wearing today It’s a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Classic. I bought the watch when my daughter was born a few years ago and I have her initials and date of birth engraved on the back. It’s a watch I have always admired, and has quickly become my favourite. What I love most about watches It’s a hard question to answer. The same as people ask me where my passion for classic cars started. None of my family ever had an interest or could…
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INTRODUCING: The Return of the King with the revived King Seiko KSK SJE083
If you’re a regular reader of Time+Tide, you’re no doubt familiar with both Seiko and the delectably finished Grand Seiko, but you might never have heard of King Seiko. Seiko stopped producing King Seiko watches in the mid-1970s, and have never made them again … until now. The new King Seiko KSK SJE083 is set to hit stores in January 2021, and will be a hugely exciting moment for the legions of devoted Seiko enthusiasts itching to see the first watch to bear the King Seiko name in decades. Back in the 1960s, Seiko split their Suwa-based business entities to promote competition within the organisation. This was designed to drive the two new factory locations to become more competitive against European watchmakers. High-end watches were to be produced by Grand Seiko in the Suwa Seikosha factory, while King Seiko pieces were to be made in the Daini Seikosha location. As a result, Grand Seiko was first produced in 1960 (with the brand celebrating its 60th anniversary this year), while the first King Seiko was launched a year later in 1961. In 1965, the latter released the King Seiko KSK (the original reference was 44-9990), the template for the all-new King…
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Back in the office? Cheer yourself up with the help of a new work watch
Editor’s note: Here at Time+Tide, we not only want to cover all of the best watch releases in the articles we write but also offer some of those watches at the Time+Tide Marketplace. We work hard to make sure the pieces we are proud to offer in our Marketplace are not only quality watches that we would love to have in our own collections, but also horologically interesting and watches we believe would find happy homes in our readers’ collections. So with that out of the way, let’s take a look at five back-to-work watches that are currently available at the Time+Tide Marketplace and would look great on your wrist as we slowly make our way back to our offices after COVID. DOXA SUB 300T Is the dress watch dead? Look at Oscar night: film stars in tuxedos on the red carpet with large steel sports watches popping out from under their cuff. What does this have to do with the tough DOXA SUB 300? Well, everything. It means that you can beat off those back-to-work blues with an iconic vintage diver from DOXA. You no longer need to relegate your favourite dazzling coloured tool watch to weekend wear.…
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IN-DEPTH: The history of the Hublot MECA-10 Movement
It’s not breaking any boundaries to say that Hublot is a relatively young brand, and that they’re not at all cheap. If you’re someone who insists that their watches have 200-plus years of history behind them with classic proportions and traditional construction methods, Hublot isn’t for you. If, however, you want lines crossed, bold moves taken, and innovation, then the Porthole brand has much to offer. There are few better examples of this than the in-house Hublot MECA-10 movement, with each of its 223 components epitomising modern-day luxury watchmaking. From a visual standpoint, Hublot’s MECA-10 is already a departure from the Swiss traditionalists. You won’t find any Geneva Stripes, engine turning, or hand-engraved balance bridges here. Instead, the skeleton movement displays its mechanical prowess with as much clarity as possible, showing off each part with the knowledge that it was built to be stared at, and scrutinised. The aesthetic benefit of the coated components is that the movement can be colour-coordinated with whatever the watch is, which in current Hublot offerings is in black, blue, or king gold. From the display caseback, the organised chaos of the dial is replaced with a clean, clinical display of thin and weight-reduced bridges…
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