Watch Dandy

As I mentioned in my video review of the Apple Watch Series 5, this isn’t the sort of watch that Time+Tide typically reviews. But since 2017, when the Series 2 was launched, the Apple Watch has made headline after headline as it sold millions of units and increasingly worried Swiss watch executives. This shifted the Apple Watch away from being just another piece of consumer electronics to a well-designed object that deserves the same level of scrutiny as a mechanical watch, for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the Apple Watch isn’t going anywhere, and while there are certainly positive impacts that it is having on the watch industry, it would be naive to think Apple isn’t playing hard to increase its share of wrist real estate at the expense of similarly priced mechanical watches. As Brendan noted in his analysis of Swiss watch export figures from 2019, the sales of Swiss watches under CHF 3000 are dropping sharply, while those more expensive than CHF 3000 are growing. This isn’t only caused by the Apple Watch, but there are some estimates the Apple Watch saw more than 30 per cent growth in sales in 2019 with no signs of slowing down…

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At times like this, when everything you looked forward to has been cancelled, when Uber Eats, Netflix and self-isolation are likely to become the new normal, and when there’s an accelerating sense of backsliding into a pandemic abyss, all I can really suggest we do is hold on to what we love. And we love watches. This week, a new TAG Heuer Connected – Generation Three – was released. We’d had it for a couple of weeks ahead of the drop so as to test it out. If your dream is to see Nick in Active Wear, your dreams have been answered. You are so welcome. My favourite scene is his version of Ron Burgundy’s office workout with the dumbbells. Nick gets a deeeeep burn going in this video. The Google Wear OS powered Connected sits alongside another pretty high-tech marvel to break the surface this week, a Grand Seiko diver that Nick Kenyon believes to be their best yet. Lastly, a piece by James. I asked him to make us all feel better about missing the Grand Prix today and this weekend. How? By picking out his favourite watches spotted in Drive to Survive Season 1. If you haven’t seen…

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Another day, another sporting event falls victim to the rampant spread of COVID-19, aka Coronavirus. This time it’s one of Australia’s premier sporting events – the 2020 Rolex Australian Grand Prix. Its cancellation is a huge shock, but with one of McLaren F1’s team members being confirmed to have fallen ill with the potentially deadly virus, and a further 14 team members under quarantine, the British outfit had no choice but to immediately pull the pin, and less than 12 hours later, the whole event is kaput. If you’re a fan of motorsport and cars, chances are you’re also a watch enthusiast, so the Aussie F1’s cancellation will come as a massive blow to a fair few of you out there … it certainly has for us. To help fill the void left by this massive disappointment, we’re locking ourselves indoors, drawing the shades, pouring ourselves a pint of whiskey and rewatching the first season of Netflix’s excellent Drive to Survive to a) get our F1 fix and b) check out the myriad cool timepieces being worn by some of the sport’s biggest names. If you haven’t seen the series already, stop what you’re doing, fire up the telly, turn…

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