NEWS: Piaget open their first ever Australian Boutique
Last week, Piaget opened their first ever Australian Boutique, and we were lucky enough to attend the opening. Piaget has joined several of their Richemont cohort, including Cartier, Montblanc and Panerai, at Melbourne’s iconic Chadstone Shopping Centre. The upscale apartment vibe provides a more relaxed approach to retail, with nice design touches, like informal seating options. The overall atmosphere is inviting and intimate rather than stuffy. As Gaspard Barthelemy, Brand Manager Piaget Australia, walked me through the store, he excitedly showed off the extensive range of novelty pieces and high jewellery watches on display. From your standard stainless steel Polo S Watch to Tourbillons to Ultra-thin Altiplano Gem-set pieces (there’s 259 brilliant-cut diamonds and 78 baguette-cut diamonds), the new store is well-stocked, colourful and full of variety. My pick of the night? Aside from a stunning iced-out Altiplano Gem-set Skeleton watch on Gaspard’s wrist, I’d take the Polo S Watch in rose gold. The contrasting blue alligator strap and fresh white dial really makes for a beautiful combination — and a fantastic summer look as we enter the Australian summer. And, don’t worry: this particular watch comes with an additional brown mahogany strap — perfect for those on the other side of the world entering winter. For…
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It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. And that’s largely because there’s an uncomfortable pressure mounting to buy presents and to have an answer when your friends, family and beloved ask, “what do you want this year?” The answer might just be one of our gift packs, available for a limited time in the Time+Tide shop. We are here to help, and for the first time, we’re making it easier than ever to buy for the watch people in your life with a range of carefully selected assortments of our superior quality watch products. If anyone you know is into watches, they’re going to be into these packs – we can personally vouch for them. There is a travel theme here, as the focus in our first range of accessories has been on watch carry – we are constantly on the move (Australia being considerably removed from the world watch action) and found this an area where a lot of value can be added to even the most kitted out connoisseur with our pouches, tools and deluxe watch boxes, all designed for the road. In addition, we are firm believers that a new strap is the watch world’s answer to fashion’s layering,…
I love this time of year: the decorations, the food, the festivities, and, of course, the pre-SIHH announcements. And one brand that never fails to excite during this joyous season is IWC, with the Schaffhausen manufacturer gearing up for 2019 with the beginnings of what looks like another wonderful year for the Pilot’s watch. The first flight off the deck is this one, the IWC Pilot’s Watch Timezoner Spitfire Edition. Dedicated to the “Silver Spitfire – The Longest Flight” project, which next year will see a beautifully restored (and slickly chromed out) Supermarine Spitfire take off from London, covering more than 43,000 kilometres over several months on a round-the-world flight. Regular readers, and fans of IWC, will know that this isn’t the first model to bear the Spitfire, or for that matter, the Timezoner name. And this version is based on a chronograph we first saw back in 2016. However, this is the very first to combine IWC’s patented Timezoner mechanism with an entirely in-house made IWC movement – the calibre 82760 with automatic Pellaton winding, ceramic components, and a 60-hour power reserve. Essentially, the watch is a three-handed Pilot’s watch with a 24-hour display in the top half of…
This watch is pure flex. And not just because it’s a beast on the wrist, thanks largely to that hugely tall domed sapphire crystal. No, the reason the Breguet Tradition 7047 is such a power watch is the movement. Not only is there a whopping great tourbillon whirring away — taking up the top half of the dial — but there’s one full-on fusee and chain mechanism going on at the bottom of the dial. This very old regulating method is very technical and very cool. For me it also takes the Tradition collection’s ongoing juxtaposition of old school watchmaking know-how and modern style to its natural — and ultimate — conclusion. Breguet Tradition 7047 Australian pricing Breguet Tradition 7047, $225,600