What We Know Our friends at Time+Tide have announced a new collaborative release with TAG Heuer today, which adds some extra Australian warmth to the already fantastic titanium diver released last year. With touches of 18K 5N rose gold on the bezel, plating on the applied indexes, hands, TAG Heuer and Time+Tide logos, the new…

Today, Switzerland’s top court rejected an Italian watch dealer/collector’s appeal to claim ownership of John Lennon’s Patek Philippe reference 2499. As has been covered on these pages before (right here), the watch was originally a 40th birthday gift from Lennon’s wife, Yoko Ono. Now, once again, the watch is legally the property of Ono after…

What We Know If you’re looking for nostalgia, there’s few places you could get as strong taste of it as you do with a DW-5600. Well, forget the taste. Bait’s new “Innovation” collab with G-Shock is like a punch in the face taking you back to the ’80s. It’s 1980s Apple meets modern memes and…

June 6, 1944. D-Day. Codenamed Operation Overlord, the Battle of Normandy saw the Western Allies launch a pivotal attack by air and sea on Nazi-occupied France. Over 150,000 troops stormed the beaches of Normandy that day, attacking at strategic locations along the coast. The battle’s toll was steep, with over 226,000 allied casualties by the…

Do you want to use a Seagull ST-1901 movement in your new watch? Sure, that’s no problem, but you’ll need to order a minimum of 10,000 units. That’s something you want to hear as a small brand when asking the Chinese movement manufacturer about possibly supplying you with calibers. But instead of looking for possible…

You can almost hear the discussions at the Nomos headquarters in Glashütte. First, the 42mm Club Sport was introduced. It was the German brand’s first proper stainless steel sports watch. It was a well-received release but also a little big for some people, so the brand decided to introduce a smaller 37mm size for the…

What We Know Today, Nomos builds off of their previous Club Sport variations in 37mm, 39mm, and 42mm and introduces the smallest size yet in the automatic winding and 200m water-resistant lineup. When the brand previewed these to me a few months ago in Glashütte, I immediately knew that they were my favorite of all…

Over the past handful of years, Nivada Grenchen has quickly grown from a young upstart to a genuine contender in its market segment. Throughout the brand’s speedy rise to cult favorite status among enthusiasts, perhaps the greatest factor in the brand’s success has been its ability to capture the look and feel of a vintage…