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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Movement maker giant Sellita caught up in Swiss super-storm

28.07.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Movement maker giant Sellita caught up in Swiss super-storm

Our Friday Wind-Down usually serves as a restful, fun read after a week of slaving away beneath fluorescent bulbs and drop ceilings. This week, however,…

Friday Wind Down

21.07.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Swatch sues Malaysian government for seizing their Pride-themed watches from stores

This week was a bit calmer in regard to new novelties, but a big headline within the watch world was the news that Swatch are…

Friday Wind Down

14.07.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Skippers and stars celebrate opening of new TAG Heuer 5th Ave Boutique

Well, it is fair to say that TAG Heuer made the biggest waves this week – opening their new 5th Ave Flagship Boutique and launching…

Friday Wind Down

07.07.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Instagram plagiarises Twitter, HSNY charity auction kicks off

While this week has had some interesting releases like the new Luis Vuitton Tambour W, the thing many watch enthusiasts have been discussing this week…

Friday Wind Down

30.06.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: The 62 Only Watch 2023 lots have been unveiled – these are 10 standouts

As far as weekly watch news goes, this week really packed in a lot of excitement. A new “Summer Blue” Omega Seamaster 75th Anniversary Collection,…

Friday Wind Down

23.06.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Grand Seiko remix their Green Birch with Mickey Mouse for Disney 100th celebrations

Grand Seiko love to celebrate anniversaries, unveiling countless special editions to commemorate milestones of the manufacture. Today, however, Grand Seiko helps Disney celebrate their 100th…

Friday Wind Down

16.06.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: A belated recap of the Parisian Breguet Type XX/20 event

Hey folks! Back in the Friday Wind Down saddle. I would have loved to share my experience during the Paris Breguet trip last week, but…

Friday Wind Down

09.06.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Rolex celebrates 100 years of Le Mans, while Philippe Dufour is a birthday boy

With our globetrotting editor out and about on a Paris adventure discovering the Type XX, I thought I’d jump in and cover some of this…

Friday Wind Down

02.06.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Citizen to open new NYC flagship, JLC announces Golden Ratio Music Show

Just ahead of the weekend, two brands have announced some exciting news! Citizen to open multi-brand flagship in New York City Some people hear the…

Friday Wind Down

26.05.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: AP has a MARVELous week with a new watch, new CEO and US$6.2M auction result

Often watch brands release their new products at the same time so they’re all fighting for the spotlight. But Audemars Piguet is very good at…

Friday Wind Down

19.05.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: The Breguet x Frieze exhibition is back in NYC until May 21

On Wednesday afternoon in New York City, I returned to The Shed at Hudson Yards to check out the new Frieze exhibition of which Breguet…

Friday Wind Down

12.05.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: New Massena HOUSE, Father’s Day watchmaking class coming to UK and Ferragamo watches

I get it, it’s the end of the week and you are probably rushing off to the pub to down a pint or slump on…

Friday Wind Down

05.05.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: James Harden gifts NBA MVP Joel Embiid engraved Rolex Day-Date

Back from Japan and a much needed R&R week on vacation in Aruba with my family, it is great to return to the Friday Wind…

Friday Wind Down

28.04.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Breitling showcases the Top Time among automotive royalty, Naoya Hida presents a new case, URWERK remain URWERK

Jumping right into another edition of the FWD, Breitling hosted a top event at Melbourne’s Dutton Garage for their Top Time line of chronographs. Inspired…

Friday Wind Down

21.04.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Naoya Hida teases new releases, Vulcain goes salmon fishing

With Zach’s regularly scheduled programming interrupted by a Japan trip with Grand Seiko, I thought I’d wind you down for this week. With releases still…

Friday Wind Down

14.04.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Phillips to auction Roger Smith’s handmade pocket watch, Hublot drops two new special editions

Earlier in the week it was revealed an incredibly significant pocket watch is about to hit the auction block, and, closing out the week, Hublot,…

Friday Wind Down

07.04.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: The Watches & Wonders 2023 Edition

As you all know very well, it was all about Watches & Wonders last week. The team, both live on the ground and back at…

Friday Wind Down

24.03.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: How to stay across all the action at Watches & Wonders with Time+Tide

The biggest horological moment of the year is only days away. Beginning on March 27, Watches & Wonders Geneva 2023 will kick off – alongside…

Friday Wind Down

17.03.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Moser debuts new size, Czapek goes titanium, VIEREN brings Studio 54 vibes

TGIF! But before we all get some must needed R&R this weekend, especially with Watches & Wonders kicking off next week, there have been some…

Friday Wind Down

10.03.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: MoonSwatch, plus entry-level heats up with new Tissot PRX and updated Timex Marlin

With Zach out and about, I thought I’d jump in and cover this week’s Friday Wind Down with your regularly scheduled content – memes, wrist…

Friday Wind Down

03.03.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: TAG Heuer boutique opens in Adelaide, Cartier pop-up exhibition in Sydney, JLC celebrations in Melbourne

It’s proved to be a busy week for Australian watch enthusiasts from around the country. Firstly, TAG Heuer celebrated the opening of their seventh stand-alone…

Friday Wind Down

24.02.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Sinn debuts Goldbronze, Richard Mille emphasises women, tantalising new Moser

Any fun plans for the weekend? Well, before you get to it, here are the highlights of the week you may have missed and that…

Friday Wind Down

17.02.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Ulysse Nardin Blast, Blancpain, and our NOW Buying Guide

TGIF! But, before you gear up for your weekend fun, here are some highlights from this week – along with a reminder that now is…

Friday Wind Down

10.02.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Piaget goes PC, Norqain goes wild with NHL, and FC is living the highlife

Another Friday, another Wind Down, another recap of some highlight releases you may have missed this week. Let’s get into them. Piaget presents a perpetual…

Friday Wind Down

03.02.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: First-ever steel Code 11.59s, new Hublot x Murakami, Dubai Watch Week 2023

We have yet to lose novelty steam in 2023, so once again we have a fair bit of news from the week to recap. Vamos!…

Friday Wind Down

27.01.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Omega tops Rolex, JLC collectibles and another release from Grand Seiko

Another week, another weekly round up. If the brands keep bringing it, I will keep summing up the highlights. Here we go! Omega oust Rolex…

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20.01.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: New Credor, Gerald Charles and Hermès releases finish up the week

Amid the routine scheduling throughout the week, surprisingly brands are still wasting no time and presenting novelties right away at the beginning of 2023. So…

Friday Wind Down

13.01.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Recapping the releases of the week – Grand Seiko, Zenith, Hublot, TAG Heuer and Bulgari

While it may only be the second week of the new year, we already, in this past week alone, have a ton of new novelties…

Friday Wind Down

06.01.23

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Portnoy trolls Crash, Omega teases tiny yet massive update

Davey boy, oh Davey boy. Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy has already found himself in hot water with, what he refers to, as “watch geeks”.…

Friday Wind Down

30.12.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: And our favourite T+T moment of the year was…

This past year was full of excitement. It was the year of the MoonSwatch, About Effing Time seasons one and two, and oh so much…

Friday Wind Down

23.12.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: ‘Tis the season for Christmas Gin

As a boy, Cam Mackenzie remembers it as the smell of Christmas. There was the rich sweetness of raisins and dates pepped up with cinnamon and infused…

Friday Wind Down

16.12.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Race over to Chadstone for an adrenaline-filled IWC experience

If you have ever binge-watched Drive to Survive, played the Gran Turismo video games, or, more plainly, are a Formula 1 super-fan, then you will probably want to race…

Friday Wind Down

09.12.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: At the World Cup with Hublot, final ChaosMaster Save Us Koala Edition available for purchase

By the pool at Villa Hublot, a palatial mansion on the Persian Gulf coast, the French World Cup winner Marcel Desailly is sitting at the…

Friday Wind Down

02.12.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: We launch our 4th limited edition, plus a new season of About Effing Time!

This week, we’ve had a lot of excitement at our end. We just launched our fourth limited-edition collaboration watch, the Nivada Grenchen x seconde/seconde/ x…

Friday Wind Down

25.11.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: T+T meets James Bond and lives out super-spy fantasies in London

The invitation came through emblazoned with two logos – those of Omega and 007. “Raynald Aeschlimann, The M of Omega, invites you to a spy-inspired event:…

Friday Wind Down

18.11.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: New Nomos, Kurono and Louis Erard drops this week

This week for the Wind Down I am going to dig into some last-minute headlines you may have missed. Within the last 24 hours, Nomos,…

Friday Wind Down

11.11.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: A week of awards with Hamilton’s BTCA and the GPHGs

This week seems to be the week of awards shows. I was in California last weekend for the Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards, while today…

Friday Wind Down

04.11.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Jaeger-LeCoultre opens pop-up Reverso 1931 Café in NYC

This week Jaeger-LeCoultre brought their pop-up Reverso 1931 Café to the upper east side of New York City. Jaeger-LeCoultre explains: “This season, the Reverso 1931…

Friday Wind Down

28.10.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: WatchTime, Windup, a chiming Speedy and Accutron’s 62nd birthday

Watch collectors from far and wide gathered in New York City this week for an itinerary packed with watch-related events. You had the RedBar Global…

Friday Wind Down

21.10.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: New Nautilus and more from Patek, plus taste the AP Royal Oak rainbow

This week certainly made watch lovers perk up, with a slew of new releases from two giants of the horological world. Patek Philippe made waves…

Friday Wind Down

14.10.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Being ‘in the hangar’ with Oris and Wings of Hope really drove home the importance of their work

This week I once again spent more time away and in airports. Normally on a press trip I travel for the launch or preview of…

Friday Wind Down

07.10.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: A Porsche parade in Paris with TAG Heuer

Well, I have definitely been racking up some miles of late. Following the launch of the Norqain Wild One in Zermatt, I was scarcely back in…

Friday Wind Down

30.09.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Craig’s NTTD Sale, a unique Zenith, Showjumping with Longines, and DWW Horology Forum

Just got back from Zermatt last Friday evening, and right upon my return the action was nonstop throughout the week. With a moment to finally…

Friday Wind Down

23.09.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Going wild with Norqain and reimagining a ’60s classic with Rado…

This week, both Luke and I made the journey to Switzerland to get hands-on with some exciting, new releases. With a case shaped like a…

Friday Wind Down

16.09.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Zenith goes pink for breast cancer, Westime thrills Richard Mille fans in the US

When the Zenith Chronmaster Revival went pink for the Pink Dial Project Auction, many bidders were excited at the prospect of winning such a vibrant…

Friday Wind Down

09.09.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Norqain laces up for the New York marathon, AP releases new book, Hamilton event

Back in the saddle here in NYC, already missing Geneva, but fortunately there have been some exciting updates this week. Locally, Norqain has made moves…

GWD WIND DOWN: Geneva Watch Days wrap up and some big news…

Friday Wind Down

03.09.22

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GWD WIND DOWN: Geneva Watch Days wrap up and some big news…

We are wrapping up an exciting week here in Switzerland, with Geneva Watch Days 2022 coming to an end. Thirty brands brought the heat, giving…

Friday Wind Down

26.08.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: If you want to buy the new Bamford G-Shock right now, you’d better read this quick…

Andrew here! We’re comin’ in hot to this week’s Wind Down because we have a small allocation of Bamford G-Shock DW-6900BWD watches AVAILABLE HERE in…

Friday Wind Down

19.08.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: This is the worst thing in the watch world ever

There’s a necessary change of format to this week’s Wind Down because we’ve discovered the worst thing in the watch world ever. Admittedly, there’s some…

Friday Wind Down

12.08.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: New Grand Seiko 9F GMTs, gift-giving footballers and Louis Monet x Fratello

Zach has just departed on a well-deserved holiday and is currently basking on a sun-lounger wearing a Hawaiian shirt loud enough to make your ears…

Friday Wind Down

05.08.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Grand Seiko Thailand makes the world green with envy, British survey reveals why people truly wear watches

Welcome to the Friday Wind Down. Let’s dig into some of the horological headlines of the week! Grand Seiko regional limited editions cause some of…

Friday Wind Down

29.07.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Daniel Craig’s NTTD Seamaster up for auction, BioCeramic Fifty Fathoms prototype, and Horology Forum is coming to NYC

Welcome to the Friday Wind Down where we’re going to dig into some of the biggest watch news from the week. View this post…

Friday Wind Down

22.07.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: An exhibition of Breguet masterpieces

Hello one and all, it’s Borna once again, delivering event news from Melbourne! With the coldest months upon us, a crowd gathered at the warm…

Friday Wind Down

15.07.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Blancpain finds its way into the Jack Reacher universe

Earlier this week I swung by the 5th avenue Blancpain boutique for an evening with NYC Watch Crew and bestselling author Dan Ames. You may…

Friday Wind Down

08.07.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: The Time+Tide Club swings by Vacheron

Hello everyone — Borna here! Thank you to Zach for letting me hijack this portion of the FWD. Last night, through the joint efforts of the…

Friday Wind Down

01.07.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Yankee Stadium, Billion Oyster Project, and the best of Oris

This week is a special edition of the Friday Wind Down, dedicated to all things Oris. Ricardo and I had two action-packed days with Oris…

Friday Wind Down

24.06.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Cliff diving with Mido in Paris, AP artwork and Greubel gorgeousness

Luke here – just popping into Zach’s Wind Down to tell you about a gravity-defying weekend in Paris with Mido. Twenty-seven metres doesn’t sound that high.…

Friday Wind Down

17.06.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Undefeated Moser in a subway speakeasy and mastering chronographs with Zenith

We’ve had an action-packed week, but there were two highlights in particular. Ricardo swung by La Noxe in NYC for the unveiling of the Undefeated…

Friday Wind Down

10.06.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Tasting the rainbow at AP House, Complecto and a mean Queen

Hey Everyone, It’s Ricardo and I’m jumping into the Friday Wind Down today. This week, things died down a bit after the all-out blitz of…

Friday Wind Down

03.06.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: A McDreamy / McSteamy trip to Monaco & Hida hotness at The Armoury

Mr McUtchen, a.k.a McSteamy, continues to leave me green with envy stateside. His latest escapades abroad include having an oceanside chat with actor Patrick Dempsey…

Friday Wind Down

27.05.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: What’s not to Louvre with Vacheron Constantin

I know I cannot complain, considering I was just in London visiting arguably the world’s greatest watch collection, but watching Andrew from the sidelines this…

Friday Wind Down

20.05.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: A one of a kind visit to London and a pit-stop at The Wing with Bremont

I’m pushing through the jet-lag, fresh off the plane back in New York City after a week in London. I only wish I could have…

Friday Wind Down

13.05.22

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FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Watch community unites for Ukraine, Lewis Hamilton’s triple wristing, separation anxiety…

Having your apartment stripped to bare concrete slab, with carpet, toilet bowls and light bulbs all thieved, is not a fever dream, but the new…