Introducing: The Patek Philippe 5960/1A With Black Dial – The Casual Annual Calendar Chronograph Gets An Update
When the 5960/1A was first announced back in 2014, people went crazy. An automatic annual calendar flyback chronograph from Patek Philippe in a stainless steel case with a steel bracelet and a high-contrast white, black, and red dial? Yeah, there was a lot to be excited about. Now, the watch gets a make-over with a reverse dial configuration with an inky black base. No question, this is going to be one of the coolest high-end sport watches you’ll be able to find anywhere. Period.
If you’re a fan of supercars and rare timepieces, tapping into Paul Maudsley’s social feed will be a click you won’t regret. Meet a real English gent and a true superstar of the watch world. NAME: Paul David Maudsley OCCUPATION: Renowned watch expert, lover of things vintage, and international specialist of the London Watches department at the Phillips auction house. HANDLE: @PaulDavidMaudsley FOLLOWERS: 13.7k LOCATION: London How did your love of watches begin? It originates from when I was a young boy of 11, when I was given a 1940s Gruen Curvex wristwatch. From that moment onwards I was fascinated with mechanical objects and watches. It felt extremely special to be able to hold and hear a watch that, at the time, was over 45 years old. Whilst my peers at that age were wearing digital watches, it felt good to be wearing a vintage mechanical watch. That feeling has never gone away. And, presumably that led to your choice of career. It was way back in 1998 that I got into this line of work, as a specialist of watches at an auction house. As part of my love for watches, auctions and the thrill of visiting them was something I’d…
One of the perks of what we do is the almost constant flow of extraordinary promotional gifts that come with the territory. These high-quality items are rarely, if ever, available to the public. Until now. We have chosen the best and the brightest from this year’s fairs and carefully packed them into a stylish duffel bag, making sure to include some very delicious, very limited, Bollinger Champagne, as well as a metal Time+Tide T-shirt we’ve made for staff and friends only. Winning is easy. Subscribe to YouTube, turn on notifications and join our mailing list and you’re in with a chance. The winner will be randomly selected and announced (in the Friday Wind Down) on April 7. Good luck!
BASEL BUILDUP: To celebrate the sartorial whirlwind who sadly departs Time+Tide today on maternity leave, we couldn’t resist revisiting our Content Director Ceri David’s genius idea from Baselworld 2016, which was to basically ‘live pair’ all the new releases with creative wardrobe choices. It was a huge hit with readers, and – looking at the list a year later – we can see why. It’s still devastatingly on point. We’ll miss you this year, Ceri! And, by the way, what will we wear with everything? We’ll have to go it alone in 2017, gang… The Basel Lookbook, in which our friend and fashion advisor Ceri David casts an eye over the best releases of Baselworld and suggests what might look nice to wear with them. If you’d like sass with that, you’ll be most pleased. What’s this then? The limited edition Bremont Boeing 100. What does it go with? The colour brown is the ultimate dark horse. Never showy, never demanding, always getting on with things while the other, brighter colours steal all the glory. (Don’t get us started on red. Such an attention seeker.) Well, it stops here. Brown: we love you. And we’re teaming this brown Bremont with even more…
Not content to wow us with an exceptionally assured and complex SIHH collection, Vacheron Constantin have just announced their latest, highly limited (like, 10 pieces limited) version of the Traditionnelle World Time, originally shown in 2011. First of all, this 42.5mm Traditionelle is cased in platinum. Most of the time that’s special enough, but in this instance the heavy metal pales in comparison to the enamel dial. Comprised of three overlapping discs, the dial of the World Time is already a complex beast, but it’s elevated even more through the use of opaque and grisaille enamel techniques. At the centre of the dial is a golden map of the northern hemisphere, hand-painted in a scale so minute as to require the use of extra-fine brushes and even pins. Set in a sea of the richest blue, the cloud-like landmasses are surrounded by the names of the cities which themselves are also hand-painted – adding up to a dial that necessitates a huge amount of work. We’re talking 20 hours of handcrafting, and 10 painstakingly precise hand firings to achieve the most perfect of finishes. Don’t be fooled by the pretty face though, as there’s plenty going on behind the dial. The Geneva…