By Roberta Naas
Recently, we had the chance to talk one on one with Aldo Magada, Zenith CEO, about the brand, its products, its plans and the challenges facing the watch industry. The interview comes on the heels of a host of new introductions, including the Range Rover partnership.
Sinn just revealed a trio of U-series dive watches at Munichtime 2016 (joining the U1 Camouflage from earlier this year), all featuring the key elements that define the line, including submarine steel cases and a no-nonsense military look. One of the three, in fact, is essentially a military watch. The flagship of the new models introduced at the […]
Based out of Singapore, Reverie is a small brand founded by Samuel Tay, an individual determined to create his own “dream watch.” This is often the case with microbrands, it seems, but with the Sea Spirit, Samuel has crafted a watch worthy of his dreams.
There has been terrifying talk in the Time+Tide office of the ever-dwindling amount of time until Christmas (nine Fridays, NINE FRIDAYS) and you can almost hear the luxury watch industry kick into high gear – parties are planned, last minute products launched, all in an attempt to earn a coveted spot under your tree (and then your wrist). But one story that keeps on giving, no matter the season, is the old battle of horology versus technology, and this week has delivered on both fronts. So, fix yourself a pre-December eggnog and settle in for the Friday Wind Down. Smart watches According to Gizmodo, smartwatches aren’t quite living up to the hype, with market intelligence firm IDC reporting a 51.6 per cent drop in smartwatch shipments in the third quarter of 2016. Sure, Apple’s second generation of their titular watch is a big improvement on the original, with GPS capabilities, a 70 per cent faster processor and much improved OS getting us closer to a genuinely useful device. But there it is… The question remains… Will improvements in the category be enough to overcome the fundamental issue – that smartwatches lack that singular, killer functionality to transition them from a gadget into a necessity.…
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An Update I published this review exactly a year ago. I consider it one of the best reviews I ever did. Not because it is perfect in writing, or was the best read article on FW, but because it is a watch that simply moved me. But does it still move me, after one year and after […]
It’s 2016, so why would anyone wear a pocket watch? That’s the question I found myself asking this week as I took the Tissot Bridgeport Lepine for a test drive. And look, I’m not going to lie to you, it took more thought to integrate this 45mm little number into my life. But if you’re up for this sort of challenge, and I know plenty of you out there will dig the self-consciously anachronistic look of wearing a pocket watch, then the rewards are definitely there. It’s a great talking point and style statement. Plus, I love how it made checking the time such a deliberate activity. Oh, and the quality to price ratio was way up there too. Tissot Bridgeport Lepine Mechanical pocket watch Australian pricing Tissot Bridgeport Lepine Mechanical, $900.
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Just a short time left in October & for your chance to win a Tissot Heritage 1936 Mechanical watch in this month’s aBlogtoWatch watch giveaway. Enter now!
It’s difficult to think of a timepiece more welcoming than the Sympathique. The little table clock, whose name means literally means “likeable” in French, is one of the first pieces any visitor sees when entering Breguet’s manufacture in the Vallée de Joux. And it is perhaps the most appropriate introduction to the watchmaker, as it offers a glimpse at one of Abraham-Louis Breguet’s earliest inventions as well as the company’s current direction.
A night in celebration of boxing legend Muhammad Ali with TAG Heuer.
The F.P. Journe Centigraphe Souverain Anniversaire is a limited edition version of one of the most interesting watches François-Paul Journe has ever designed. It is also a commemorative piece made to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the brand’s boutiques around the world.