Watch Blog

THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW CLOSED.

SalonQP is the UK’s leading fine watch fair and a must-see event if you’re a luxury watch enthusiast. This year it will be bigger and better than ever before - showcasing over 40 brands including Bell & Ross, Bremont, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Maurice Lacroix and U-Boat - and TIME² has a pair of tickets to giveaway to one lucky Facebook follower for admission on Saturday (November 12th) at The Saatchi Gallery, Kings Road, Chelsea.

All Chanel timepieces are Swiss made, which is a benchmark of any luxury watch brand. Chanel actually commissioned experienced Swiss watchmakers to create its exclusive Chanel O5-T.1 complication movement, and as such managed to back up its iconic designs with the precision and craftsmanship that they deserve.

Breitling is a luxury Swiss watch brand which has long and prestigious ties to the aviation industry. Early Breitling watches were created with pilot’s needs and aviation functions as their prime responsibility, which meant they often came with an oversized face; allowing for better visibility and extra information to be displayed on them.

These days, this approach to design is still apparent within the brand's whole range - although the large, oversized construction of a Breitling watch is now considered more of a status symbol for most men, rather than a practical instrument.

The French-Swiss watch brand, Bell & Ross, was first launched in 1992 and spent the first years of business developing a core range of watches based on 4 design principles: legibility, functionality, precision and reliability. However for many watch enthusiasts, the brand become popular when they released the hugely successful BR01 watch line in 2005.

Many of articles which I've written on the modern TAG Heuer range have focused on the heritage of today's models and how they evolved from designs of the Heuer era - the name of TAG Heuer before 1985. The Monaco, Carrera, Silverstone and Aquaracer ranges all started life as Heuer designs. But the TAG Heuer Formula 1 is different; it's a pure TAG Heuer design. In fact, it was the first new watch designed by TAG after it took over Heuer.

THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW CLOSED.

To mark the close of British Summer Time this Sunday (and to celebrate the extra hour in bed when the clocks change!), TIME² has teamed up with stunning new watch brand Triwa to offer one lucky person the chance to win a fabulous new Triwa Nevil NEAC103-P watch (worth £180). [PLEASE NOTE: We have extended the competition deadline until Wednesday 9 November. This is due to a technical error in the system which has now been rectified.]

Oh how we love a bit of gender bending! As Dolce & Gabbana proved with a procession of suited and quiffed boyish girls, we’re upgrading our boyfriend wear from plaid shirts to posh tailoring and sensible, gentlemanly shoes (give or take a sequin or two). The same goes for watches.

The X Factor UK has been an explosive series so far...and the best is yet to come! We're glued to our seats every Saturday night to see what the female contestants and judges will be wearing (and what they're going to sing of course!), but what about their watch style? Here we give you a run-down of the watches we think these glamorous ladies' would love to accessorise with...

Now that fashion is emerging from its minimalist phase, it’s a good time to consider a watch with a bit more wit. My Cartier tank is my everyday staple but when I wear my crazy, cartoony Kenny Scharf Swatch I just feel a bit more… me. Not that a watch needs to be wacky to be witty. Marc by Marc Jacobs excels at the kind of gently humorous watches that fashion types delight in – not many can resist the charm of a Miss Marc pendant watch.