Our motorbike competition is closed, but the digital buying guide is still free to download

There are only three days until our competition for Australian watch lovers to win a Royal Enfield Stealth Black Time+Tide Special Edition closes. Entering is as easy as going here, letting us know what the last watch you bought was, filling in your details and joining our mailing list for all of those subscriber-only good-times. International readers win too, with free access to our Buying Guide, which until now has been print-only. We’re giving away a bike because, well, it’s a beautiful object. Either as the ultimate man cave decoration, or your weekend escape machine, it speaks to many of the design and build cues of the watches we love – it hails from a classic era of the motorcycle, it is made by a legendary marque in the motorcycle world, and there are lots of vintage-inspired touches that elevate it from a simple A to B vehicle. It was conceived in collaboration with the legends at Mid Life Cycles, in Cremorne, Melbourne. Royal Enfield’s Classic 500 matches the timeless look of the ’50s-style motorcycle with modern features for both safety and reliability, including electric start, ABS brakes, fuel injection and electronic ignition. The Time+Tide Stealth Black Special Edition adopts…

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7 years ago

Just three days until our motorbike competition closes, digital buying guide still free to download

There are only three days until our competition for Australian watch lovers to win a Royal Enfield Stealth Black Time+Tide Special Edition closes. Entering is as easy as going here, letting us know what the last watch you bought was, filling in your details and joining our mailing list for all of those subscriber-only good-times. International readers win too, with free access to our Buying Guide, which until now has been print-only. We’re giving away a bike because, well, it’s a beautiful object. Either as the ultimate man cave decoration, or your weekend escape machine, it speaks to many of the design and build cues of the watches we love – it hails from a classic era of the motorcycle, it is made by a legendary marque in the motorcycle world, and there are lots of vintage-inspired touches that elevate it from a simple A to B vehicle. It was conceived in collaboration with the legends at Mid Life Cycles, in Cremorne, Melbourne. Royal Enfield’s Classic 500 matches the timeless look of the ’50s-style motorcycle with modern features for both safety and reliability, including electric start, ABS brakes, fuel injection and electronic ignition. The Time+Tide Stealth Black Special Edition adopts…

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7 years ago

Hands-on – Minase Divido – An Original Design From Japan

If the Swiss watch industry dominates the high-end mechanical watch market, the Land of the Rising Sun manufactures some seriously good and interesting mechanical watches too. Among the Japanese makers is Minase, a niche brand standing out for the originality of its watches – read our Minase introductory article here. Based in the province of […]

7 years ago

Hands-on – Minase Divido – Japan Design Meets Swiss Mechanics

If the Swiss watch industry dominates the high-end mechanical watch market, the Land of the Rising Sun manufactures some seriously good and interesting mechanical watches too. Among the Japanese makers is Minase, a niche brand standing out for the originality of its watches – read our Minase introductory article here. Based in the province of […]

7 years ago

Value Proposition – Inspired by a Sundial… Solar Lab Co. Umbra now on Kickstarter

Umbra is Latin for “shadow” and, of course, a direct reference to the source of inspiration of this watch. Unlike the original Gnomon (the brand’s first project), which had a single hand conventionally rotate around the dial, the Umbra has a static hand with a rotating time disc, more reminiscent of an actual sundial. The […]

7 years ago