VIDEO: The watches of the GPHG are heading to Sydney, and we'd strongly recommend you check them out
We’re heading into awards season for the watch industry, and they don’t come much more glamorous or glitzy than the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG), which is set to take place in — you guessed it — Geneva on November 7. There are 84 watches vying to be named best in show, and the competition is fierce. Unfortunately for us, the awards are also on the other side of the world, making it a bit of a mission to attend the big night. But your chances of being able to get up close and personal with the year’s best watches just became a little higher, as the competing watches have hit the road. And Australia is the first cab off the rank. The Hour Glass is to host the GPHG Exhibition, for the first time coming to Australia, at their Sydney boutique. The watches will be on show from 11am to 4pm on Saturday the 28th and Sunday the 29th of September. And while we’d encourage vigorous debate as to which watches should win (see our social media comments section for that), we’ve also picked a few of our favourite contenders out of the pack, and put together this…
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Artisanal watchmakers Franck Muller have really taken it to the next level with their latest timepiece, the Franck Muller Vanguard Yachting Anchor Skeleton. Available in a range of different precious metals, including 18k yellow gold and 18k rose gold, the case of the prodigious new wristwatch measures an imposing 44mm and is 12.65mm thick. Housed inside the curvex-style case is Franck Muller’s Calibre MVT.1740VSYA, a 21-jewel, hand-wound skeletonised movement that offers customers an impressive seven days of power reserve and beats away at 18,000 vibrations per hour. This beautifully presented movement is sandwiched between two pieces of sapphire crystal, giving wearers the opportunity to appreciate the openwork dial, which bestows the watch with an airy quality. Inspired by the sport of yachting, the Vanguard Yachting Anchor Skeleton features nautical-themed information that adorns the periphery of the dial. Made in partnership with Franck Muller. However, the opinions expressed in this article are our own in accordance with our Editorial Policy. https://timeandtidewatches.com/editorial-policy/
A great watch should always get the recognition it deserves; however, sometimes that just simply isn’t the case. Whether it’s down to hyped timepieces being unveiled at the same time, the watchmaker in question not being particularly revered, or how the timepiece in question derives its source of power … there are myriad reasons why a new watch might not attain the right levels of attention. So, with all this in mind, we thought we’d share with you three timepieces that were released this year that you may not have even heard of, but should definitely be on your radar. Cartier Santos-Dumont One of my personal favourites from Baselworld 2019, the Cartier Santos-Dumont collection, and in particular the 38mm steel-cased example, is a timepiece that offers a genuinely impressive amount of bandwidth, especially when you consider that its retail price is a very reasonable $5200 AUD. Why doesn’t the Santos-Dumont get the love it rightly deserves, then? Well, I think it’s mostly due to the fact that the Santos-Dumont utilises a quartz movement, and there are certain enthusiasts out there that will always look down at a watch that derives its power from a battery and a crystal with…
James May, doyen of automotive journalism, presenter of Amazon’s The Grand Tour and former presenter of BBC’s Top Gear, knows a great many things about the mechanical innards of an automobile. It turns out that Mr May is also rather savvy when it comes to understanding the complexity of the technology that almost single-handedly and irreversibly destroyed the Swiss mechanical watch industry – the Quartz Watch. In this rather wonderful video made by the BBC’s Earth Lab, May goes through the engineering, history and application of Quartz technology. It may also interest you to know that May has quite the watch collection himself, having previously been spotted wearing watches such as a vintage Omega Chrono-Quartz, Rolex Milgauss ref. 116400WO and an IWC Portuguese Chronograph. Anyway, if you’ve got a spare five minutes, this is a great video that simply and easily explains the salient facts of quartz technology.