About Time Watch Weekend
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It’s About Time you book your spot at the AFR watch weekend
Twelve watchmakers, including brands new to About Time, are getting ready to welcome subscribers into their stores.
About Time Watch Weekend to return in September
It’s back by popular demand, and this year’s event will be exclusive to subscribers of the Financial Review.
What’s next in watches, according to 4 leading brands
These chief executives are in charge of some of the coolest timepiece companies in the world. Here’s their take on the products coming soon from the industry.
Here’s what happened at the Financial Review’s prestige watch weekends
For attendees at our About Time Watch Weekend, the watch has morphed from humble tool to prized attraction.
The About Time Watch Weekend winds down
For two consecutive weekends, more than 1000 AFR subscribers and readers attended hourly appointments with 15 of the world’s finest watchmakers.
September 2024
Why watch buyers want ‘a comfort zone on the wrist’
A tricky time in the economy is pushing customers towards less tricky watches, with brands increasingly serving up variations of their best-selling models.
Coming to the About Time Watch Weekend? Read this first
First stop is About Time headquarters in Melbourne and Sydney to pick up your lanyard – and then make sure you have a great time.
The watch that works with Formula 1 and Red Bull Racing
Tudor has a new collection for the America’s Cup, which blends the best of then and now in two Alinghi models.
Why the dress watch will never go out of style
In Ripley, the new Netflix adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s book, wristwear becomes a central plot device. Watch and learn.
Appointments still available at About Time – but get in quick
The About Time Watch Weekend is Australia’s prestige event for fine watches and features 15 of the world’s top brands.
How to jump the watch queue for something special
Here’s a treat for About Time Watch Weekend attendees – the latest novelties from the oldest watchmaker, Vacheron Constantin.
August 2024
Fashion house turns up the dial on designer watches
Ralph Lauren is all about bringing a little panache to the wrist without compromising on the mechanicals.
In this watch arms race, it can never be too rich or too thin
Discover the secrets of the in-house movements at the heart of Piaget’s super-slim Polo Skeleton.
So you think you know your Panerai?
Visitors to the About Time Watch Weekend in Sydney and Melbourne are in for a surprise.
The secret testing NASA did in the 1960s
Omega had no idea its timepieces were being tested against other major brands to find the most reliable watch to go into space.
The watch that soared into the record books
Longines will be showing historical pieces and the latest models to inspire your own flights of fancy.
Jaeger-LeCoultre reveals its secrets to watchmaking precision
A hands-on experience is still the way in crafting high-end timepieces.
Would you like a matching gelato with that watch?
IWC, maker of the much-loved Portugieser, will serve up treats at Australia’s prestige watch event along with multiple new models.
Why this watch was late to the collectors’ party
Grand Seiko has won fans worldwide and a rare visit to Australia from the brand’s designer, Akira Yoshida, will help to explain why.
A watch that was more than 160 years in the making
A rare selection of historic Three Bridges calibres from Girard-Perregaux is coming to the About Time Watch Weekend.
The watch that took three generations to create
Chopard’s Alpine Eagle is now a mainstay of the sports-luxury category and will be part of an exhibition in Melbourne and Sydney.
July 2024
Cartier goes in new direction with a watch that goes anticlockwise
One of this year’s most buzzed-about releases, the limited-edition Cartier Santos-Dumont Rewind, is heading to Australia.
It’s About Time you book your spot at the AFR Watch Weekend
Financial Review readers are invited to enjoy special events at the Sydney and Melbourne stores of 15 of the world’s finest watchmakers.
Bulgari’s record-breaking watches come to Australia for first time
Bulgari has won multiple awards for its ultra-thin Finissimo timepieces, some of which will be in Melbourne and Sydney in September.
It’s not Swiss, but this is the brand watch lovers all want
German maker A.Lange & Söhne’s resurrection after WWII and Soviet occupation is remarkable. Now its rare Datograph Up/Down chronograph is coming to Australia.