Time+Tide Announces their First Dress Watch, a Collaboration with Dennison Featuring a Marquetry Mother of Pearl Dial
Just a few months ago, Dennison launched their first ever collaboration with Collectability, John Reardon’s Patek Philippe focused retail operation. That watch was an exercise in subtlety, and all about shape. It evoked classic Patek references without hitting you over the head with obvious historical nods, and felt like a true reflection of Reardon’s taste. This week, they’ve announced their second collaborative watch, a time limited edition with Time+Tide, and this one is equally impressive while being anything but subtle, featuring an impressive execution of a rarely seen mother of pearl marquetry technique.
This feels like it might be the second week in a row where a mother of pearl limited edition takes over our social media feeds. It was just days ago that Selten premiered their own engraved MOP dial in partnership with Watch Ho & Co. Like the Selten, this new Dennison doesn’t stop at a simple slab of mother of pearl, but seeks to transform the material into something unexpected.
That’s where designer Emmanual Gueit comes in. He’s created a dial featuring a repeating motif of unique, rectangular, mother of pearl filaments. The result is an irregular surface that shimmers like a traditional MOP dial, but in unexpected ways through a geometric pattern. This type of dial making is far more labor intensive than using a single piece of mother of pearl, as each filament had to be precisely inlaid by hand.
Time+Tide has released a number of limited editions in recent years, including a popular trilogy with Zenith that they completed earlier this summer. If you look across their collab history though, there’s something fairly obvious that’s missing: a dress watch. Virtually all of the Time+Tide LEs to this point have been sporty in nature, and if you’ve ever chatted with founder Andrew McUtchen (or just follow him on Instagram) it’s clear that this is somewhat a reflection of his personality and interests. The Time+Tide x Dennison DateNight, as it’s known, is McUtchen and Gueit’s spin on what a dress watch through a Time+Tide filter might be. Turns out it’s flashy in a very appealing way, and quartz, so that it’s always ready to go for whatever date night you have planned.
Dennison has won a lot of fans this year with their stone dialed watches, but I’ve always maintained that the secret weapon is the case. It’s an impeccably machined, well proportioned 37 x 33.5mm design that measures just a hair over 6mm tall. I love a good stone dial, but no matter how beautiful a piece of stone might be, it has to be paired with a case that you’ll actually want to wear, and these Dennisons make that incredibly easy. Also, as mentioned, they run on a Swiss quartz movement, so they make for a great grab and go option when you want to elevate your whole look just a little bit.
The Time+Tide x Dennison DateNight will be available for 24 hours beginning on August 27th at 8:00 AM eastern time here. If you miss out on this window, however, you can still pick up a DateNight at Time+Tide Discovery Studio locations in Melbourne, London, and (soon) New York.
The retail price of the Time+Tide x Dennison DateNight is $995. Dennison
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