Introducing: The Halios Seaforth GMT (Live Pics & Pricing)
One of the internet’s favorite indie watch designs gets an all-important fourth hand.
Hands-On: The Chronoswiss Regulator Manufacture
A look at one of the first watches of the post-Quartz Crisis mechanical renaissance.
Just Because – The Blancpain Villeret Squelette 8 jours Deconstructed by “The Naked Watchmaker”
We have already published a few stories about “The Naked Watchmaker”… but can you ever have too much of a good thing? With the Naked Watchmaker, Peter Speake-Marin practices horological dissection, providing a unique, three-dimensional vision of a watch’s anatomy, revealing its innermost secrets in plain sight. Today, we are taking a look at the […]
Bring a Loupe: An Affordable Bulova Diver, A Special Rolex Submariner, And A Classic Cartier Santos
This week’s round-up of vintage watches from around the world.
Hands-on – H.Moser & Cie. Endeavour Centre Seconds Automatic: a Simply Perfect 3-Hand Watch?
It’s always a little daunting to review a simple 3-hand dress watch because, on the whole, they tend to steer on the side of ‘conservative, classic, understated elegance’ and can have you thumbing through your Thesaurus in search of yet another way to express ‘conservative, classic, understated elegance’. Luckily, when it comes to H.Moser & Cie., things are different. Although the Endeavour Centre Seconds Automatic is Moser’s simplest 3-hand dress watch and is the brand’s interpretation of a ‘classic in the making’, it speaks a far more contemporary language than many of its peers, more in-tune with the times and the brand’s pervasive philosophy. The two watches we are looking at today – one in red gold and the other in white gold – might be related but the attitude they transmit couldn’t be more different.
HANDS-ON: The Longines HydroConquest receives a substantive, stylish upgrade
If we’re guilty of one thing when it comes to Longines watches here at Time+Tide, it’s that we maybe focus a little too hard on their heritage heat. It’s something that Andrew realised a while back when he explored their outstanding Master collection, and it’s something I realised at Basel when I saw the latest generation HydroConquest. Yup, the Longines HydroConquest was the recipient of a pretty serious upgrade in 2018, making the sporty line a serious contender in its price point. This diver, offered as an automatic in 43 and 41mm case sizes, comes in a few flavours: black, blue or this new option — grey. Aside from the colourway, the big change here is the bezel, offered now in shimmering ceramic, which is very well matched to the sunray dial. But the material isn’t the only change to the bezel. It looks a bit sleeker, with simple hash marks and 10-minute interval numbers instead of the numbers, broad marks and minute dots of the outgoing design. The dial is a little simpler, too — the date and oversized numerals at the cardinal points are still there, but the dot-plus-hour-marker layout has been simplified to just dots. From the front…
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HANDS-ON: The TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 5 Day-Date
It’s easy to think of the Carrera as purely a collection of chronographs, as that complication is where its roots and, indeed, heart lies. But for a long time the Carrera has been about more than just sports timers. It’s evolved into something more, a shorthand for sports pedigree and precision. This is the spirit with which the Carrera Calibre 5 Day-Date shines. The Carrera look is still there, of course, notably in the 41mm steel case, with those proud lugs and polished bezel. But the heritage is there in the dial — the simple baton markers and matchstick hands aren’t too far off those of the earliest Carreras. What’s new, though, is the day-date apertures: large, legible and neatly framed. Honestly, I really like this sort of execution of dates. They cop a lot of flak when they’re done in a haphazard, last-minute manner, but that is most definitely not the situation here, where the supremely practical calendar info is king, standing out from the matt black dial in a good way. This Carrera is a classical beauty, and the day-date doesn’t detract in the slightest. It’s also a watch built for the everyday. It feels comfortable and solid on the…
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Editors’ Picks: The Best Vintage Homage Watches Of 2018
Sometimes the best way to move forward is to look back.
Introducing: The Richard Mille RM 25-01 Tourbillon Adventure (With Inspiration From Sylvester Stallone)
“To survive a war, you gotta become war!”
Hands-on – Patek Philippe Ref.5270/1R Gets the Midas Touch
The combination of a chronograph and a perpetual calendar is the epitome of what Patek Philippe does best. This year we were regaled with not one but two 5270 references, one in platinum with a much-praised salmon-coloured dial and this rose gold model with an ebony dial. Dripping in 18k rose gold from head to toe, Patek’s Ref. 5270/1R is as different from its platinum brother as chalk and cheese. With the same sophisticated in-house manual-winding movement as its sibling, the 5270/1R comes with a sumptuous rose gold bracelet with the QP correctors artfully hidden in the links.