The Home of Watch Culture Mon, 11 Aug 2025 13:58:07 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.8 https://timeandtidewatches.com/when-your-grail-watch-wears-you-instead-watch-culture/ Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:31:46 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=254553 You've finally got your grail watch, the watch of your dreams... But living with your grail watch is a whole other story.

The post When your grail watch wears you instead appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/seiko-5-sports-x-pepsi-limited-edition-srpl99-ssk047/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 08:00:26 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=254418 Has Seiko completely stolen Rolex's thunder by collaborating with Pepsi on some real 'Pepsi bezel' watches - that are less than $1,000?

The post Forget GMT-Masters: Seiko has officially teamed up with Pepsi appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/dressy-watches-on-nato-straps-criminal-opinion/ Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:31:40 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=253898 To NATO or not to NATO? That is the question...

The post PSA: stop forcing NATO straps on your dressy watches appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/ianos-oyk-greek-brand-news/ Fri, 11 Jul 2025 11:01:05 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=253169 In an act of patriotism, the Greek independent brand gives these watches to active service members of the O.Y.K.

The post Ianos and the Greek Prime Minister honour the country’s most elite naval unit with 300 watches appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/crocs-x-g-shock-watch-culture/ Sat, 17 May 2025 07:01:36 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=249648 This is peak ugly-chic.

The post G-Crocs? Casio and Crocs team up on a pair of clogs you can mount a CasiOak to appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/dsky-moonwatch-apollo-guidance-computer-watch-culture/ Sat, 26 Apr 2025 07:01:18 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=248335 From the Moon, to the wrist, with all the same functionality.

The post The DSKY Moonwatch brings the 60-year-old NASA Apollo Guidance Computer to your wrist appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/watch-brands-social-media-ranking-2024/ Sat, 11 Jan 2025 06:01:16 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=242217 We take a look at the brands that performed the best on social media throughout 2024, with some surprises in store.

The post The watch brands that won Instagram last year have just been announced appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/slow-mo-guys-omega-speedmaster-dark-side-of-the-moon-video/ Thu, 09 Jan 2025 06:01:35 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=242051 Gav of the Slow Mo Guys goes super slow and super close to a Dark Side of the Moon, showing its micron-level engineering.

The post The Slow Mo Guys show how an Omega Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon works in amazing, slow-mo macro appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/most-controversial-watches-in-your-collection-instagram-watch-culture/ Wed, 01 Jan 2025 14:31:01 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=241621 As long-time lovers of the weird and wonderful, we’ll always support a controversial watch choice - here's what our community had to say.

The post What are the most controversial watches in your collection? Here’s what you had to say appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/panerai-americas-cup-now-magazine-issue-9/ Mon, 30 Dec 2024 14:31:43 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=241539 Luke Benedictus learns about high-tech watches and boats, courtesy of Panerai.

The post Big Deck Energy – a landlubber’s guide to understanding Panerai’s infatuation with the America’s Cup appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/studio-underd0g-pizza-unique-party/ Tue, 26 Nov 2024 09:01:36 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=239550 We hosted the last ever pizza party last week, and in the process raised US$17,000 for charity thanks to the Pizza Unique auction.

The post The most expensive Studio Underd0g ever at the last Pizza Party ever appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/seiko-australian-limited-editions-watch-culture/ Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:30:54 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=238933 Australia has been treated to quite a few limited-edition Seikos recently. What's next?

The post What’s next for Seiko’s Australian limited-edition adventures? appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/5-of-the-most-underrated-dials-based-on-your-instagram-feedback/ Sun, 10 Nov 2024 14:31:42 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=238771 Dials are one of the most important elements of a watch - and here are 5 watches that our community reckons have seriously underrated dials.

The post 5 of the most underrated dials, based on your Instagram feedback appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/nicholas-biebuyck-consumer-interest-in-quartz-watches/ Wed, 23 Oct 2024 04:59:06 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=237462 If interesting design now trumps mechanical innovation in watchmaking, quartz technology like TAG Heuer's Solargraph has an important edge, Biebuyck explains.

The post Nicholas Biebuyck, Heritage Director of TAG Heuer, believes “consumer interest is improving in quartz” appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/from-rado-to-hublot-why-watch-brands-are-finally-padding-up-for-cricket/ Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:50:19 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=145059 Switzerland's watchmakers are increasingly paying attention to the world's second-most popular sport - which is good news for watch fans.

The post From Rado to Hublot: why watch brands are finally padding up for cricket appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/pickpocket-watch-stealing-tricks-revealed/ https://timeandtidewatches.com/pickpocket-watch-stealing-tricks-revealed/#respond Sat, 05 Oct 2024 07:00:21 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/2020/08/30/pickpocket-watch-stealing-tricks-revealed/ Professional magicians and theatrical pickpockets reveal their secrets in how they take a watch off someone's wrist without them knowing.

The post How to steal a watch clean off someone’s wrist without them even knowing appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/pickpocket-watch-stealing-tricks-revealed/feed/ 0 https://timeandtidewatches.com/tennis-niche-high-end-sponsorships-watch-culture/ Sun, 25 Aug 2024 07:01:55 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=233174 Whether it's on the court or off it, most tennis players worth their salt will have a watch sponsor. Some of them are quite unexpected.

The post Why does tennis attract niche, high-end watch sponsorships, and what are they? appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/holy-trinity-picks-instagram-reaction-watch-culture/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 22:01:41 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=233338 Spoiler alert - we're sorry to say that nobody mentioned Invicta.

The post We picked our modern Holy Trinity, so it was time for our Instagram audience to do the same appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/the-three-places-you-should-never-wear-a-smartwatch/ Sat, 03 Aug 2024 07:00:07 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=232170 There's nothing wrong with smartwatches, but there's a time and place for everything (pardon the pun).

The post The three places you should never wear a smartwatch appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/watches-you-cant-justify-instagram-watch-culture/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 07:01:40 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=231158 We reached out to our Instagram community once again to answer a long-looming question.

The post All the bang, but not enough bucks. Here are the watches you can’t justify buying appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/watch-collecting-rules-instagram-watch-culture/ Tue, 02 Jul 2024 17:31:29 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=230216 Rolex only? Or are there some even worse opinions in here?

The post You revealed your sensible, and less sensible, watch collecting rules appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/swatch-teasers-for-june-2024-omega-collaboration/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:31:52 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=228926 Swatch has once again fired up the watch community with two teasers suggesting a new collaboration with Omega is coming June 2024.

The post Swatch drops teasers for June 2024 Omega collaboration. These were your predictions appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/worst-advice-about-watch-collecting/ Mon, 10 Jun 2024 15:31:28 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=228884 We love to engage with our readers, and when we asked "what's the worst advice you've heard about watch collecting?" you had a lot to say.

The post We asked you “what’s the worst advice you’ve heard about watch-collecting?” These were your responses appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/what-watch-clique-do-you-belong-to-heres-what-you-had-to-say/ Wed, 22 May 2024 08:31:16 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=227710 Imagine you're back in high school and the bell rings for lunch. Which 'table' of watch collectors do you sit with? Our community got creative with their answers.

The post Horological high school: what watch clique do you belong to? Here’s what you had to say appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/we-asked-you-answered-would-you-wear-the-new-omega-speedmaster-38mm/ Wed, 01 May 2024 16:12:15 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=226368 Omega is aiming the new smaller, blingier Speedy at men and women - but are men actually interested in it? We put it to our audience.

The post We asked, you answered: would you wear the new Omega Speedmaster 38mm? appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/hermes-lawsuit-watch-industry-impact/ Fri, 05 Apr 2024 10:01:06 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=224186 Two Californians are suing Hermès for not selling them Birkin bags - and that could have implications for watches.

The post Tying to buy: how the Hermès handbag lawsuit could affect the watch industry appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/snoopy-swatch-omega-moonswatch-mission-to-moonphase-live-launch/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 00:20:46 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=223985 We got ahead of the line at the Melbourne Swatch boutique to take a closer look at the new Snoopy MoonSwatch.

The post Live on the ground for the Snoopy Swatch x Omega MoonSwatch Mission to Moonphase sales launch (Live Pics, Video) appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/how-to-make-your-watch-collection-stand-out/ Sat, 02 Mar 2024 00:01:59 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=220667 Buffy lays out their five steps to best make your watch collection stand out - #SOTC.

The post How to make your watch collection stand out appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/advice-for-the-non-watch-loving-partner-of-any-watch-nerd/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 10:01:44 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=214572 Are you the struggling partner of a watch enthusiasts? Adam's words may offer some comfort and advice.

The post Advice for the non-watch-loving partner of any watch nerd appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]> https://timeandtidewatches.com/my-diy-restoration-of-a-solid-gold-universal-geneve-that-cost-7/ Sun, 25 Feb 2024 10:01:33 +0000 https://timeandtidewatches.com/?p=219382 Buffy gives their Universal Genève some much-needed TLC. But is a $5 crystal a step too far in this ultra-budget journey?

The post My DIY restoration of a solid gold Universal Genève that cost $7 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.]]>