LIST: Andrew McUtchen’s 4 favourite stories of 2018
This is among my favourite days of the year. When, from the relative peace and quiet of the gap between Christmas and New Year, there’s a chance to look back at another 12 months of Time+Tide. 2018 was our biggest year yet, in every sense — traffic, travel, trips to the post office to mail out magazines, as well as more trolls and gladiators than ever before; it all escalated quickly. It was awesome. These are my favourite four stories of the year. Russell Crowe tells us all the watch stories I didn’t know what ‘AMSR’ was until this video. I was telling people about the odd, extremely enjoyable feeling that Russell Crowe’s voice caused me. Shivers. Goosebumps. “That’s AMSR,” someone said, before expanding. “Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response.” So, in addition to the content itself — a detailed breakdown of the how, who, where and why of many of Rusty’s watches — there’s also the sheer listening pleasure of his delivery. This story, too, was another high-water mark for us. Where did the big guy, and his auction house, go to reach Australia’s watch buyers and collectors? Where else but Felix Scholz and T+T; a job well done by the…
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A little while ago, Tudor shared two short videos with their premier ambassador, Mr David Beckham, that looked at two of his Tudor watches. And I’ve got to say, as far as showing what a brand is all about, they’re pretty hard to beat. The first video looks at the first Tudor watch Beckham owned and wore, a 1969 Snowflake Sub, which Beckham describes as an “old, messed up watch”. And while I wouldn’t go quite so far as to say it’s messed up, it has certainly lived a life, with a beautifully faded ghost bezel and some real age on the dial. What’s better than the watch though is Beckham’s attitude towards it: he appreciated the authenticity of old objects and, given that he wears it most days, “likes to think he’s added a scratch or two”. Now, there is absolutely no doubt that Beckham has added a scratch or two to his Tudor Black Bay Blue, a watch that he’s taken riding, and has put through its paces. Deep, shiny silver scratches are visible on the case and, most notably, the aluminium bezel insert — marks earned during roadside repairs and general adventuring. What’s even better is that Beckham…
For this year’s instalment of the T+T version of “these are a few of my favourite things”, I’m going to substitute noodles, poodles, and brown paper packages tied up with string for videos. So, without any further Julie Andrews’ references, here are five of my favourite videos. Russell Crowe talks exclusively to us about the stories behind his watches, and why he’s selling them Unsurprisingly, our video with the Kiwi who became an actor, who became a star, who collected watches (AKA Russell Crowe) was popular. In fact, it’s our most popular video to date, with a cool half a million views and a total watch time of more than 2.5 million minutes. Are you not entertained? I ditched my mechanical watch for the Apple Watch Series 3 Edition, and this is what I discovered Fun little bit of backstory: I filmed this review while nursing a fairly terrible migraine. But headaches aside, I think this video came together really well, and the watch is quite excellent, regardless of what the inevitable YouTube comments storm might say. Felix’s top 10 watches from Baselworld 2018 This is a great example of the Andrew and Felix double act in full flight. In…
One of my favourite things about what I do at Time+Tide is meeting some cool people (both IRL and virtually), and having some pretty awesome experiences. So it shouldn’t surprise you that a bit of both were among my favourite stories of the year, along with a healthy dose of opinion. MY DAY WITH: The IWC Chronograph Spitfire at the Goodwood 76th Members’ Meeting A personal favourite because it was an epic experience, that most our side of the world doesn’t get to do. I had an absolute blast, met some amazing people with fantastic watches – and saw snow for the first time. OPINION: Regrets, I’ve had a few – how to handle buyer’s remorse I love a good opinion piece, especially when educational. Cam’s 6 handy tips should be read by watch collectors worldwide. OPINION: Judge not – why you shouldn’t judge someone by the watch on their wrist Another great op-ed piece from Felix, who’s been in the game long enough to know that you should never judge someone by their watch. Read up people. WHO TO FOLLOW: @WatchPartsMotorCycles – a guy who bought a watch with gold bullion Honestly, one of the coolest watch stories I’ve…