The £800 GMT With a Dial Unlike Anything Else | Beaucroft × Time+Tide Solaris GMT Limited Edition

What happens when Time+Tide locks its team in a room with one of Britain's most exciting independent watchmakers? You get the Beaucroft × Time+Tide Solaris GMT Limited Edition — and this documentary takes you every step of the way. Beaucroft have been on our radar since they walked into the British Watchmakers' Weekender in 2024. Their design language is precise, purposeful, and genuinely British — and when the idea of a collaboration surfaced, we knew we had to make something that meant something. Not just a colourway swap. A real watch, built from a real idea. The concept? The sun never sets on Time+Tide. With studios now open across three continents, there's always a light on somewhere — always someone discovering a new watch. That idea became the Solaris: an inverse gradient dial that moves from burnt orange to deep purple, capturing the exact liminal moment between night and day you only see at 35,000 feet above a horizon line. Twin dial finishes — hammered centre, sunray chapter ring — at a price point (£800, 200 pieces) that makes this kind of watchmaking feel almost unreasonable. In this behind-the-scenes documentary, you'll see the full journey: The design workshop at Beaucroft's Cambridge studio — mood boards, Pantone charts, and the whittling down of four wildly different concepts. A tour of Loupe Works, Beaucroft's new in-house assembly facility capable of producing 600 watches a month. Master watchmaker Neil walking through every stage of assembly — hand-fitting, casing, timing machine testing. And yes — Time+Tide's James and Barney attempting to fit hands on a Solaris themselves (it did not go smoothly). Other key specs to know? The Miyota 9075 GMT movement, 39.5mm case, 46.5mm lug-to-lug, quick-release strap system, and micro-adjust bracelet – specs that punch well above its price. This is what the Time+Tide studio is for. ------------------------------- https://beaucroftwatches.com/products/contour-gmt-solaris ------------------------------- BRAND - BEAUCROFT x TIME+TIDE MODEL - SOLARIS GMT CASE DIMENSIONS - 39.5MM (D) X 12.6MM (T) X 46.5MM (LTL) CASE MATERIAL - 316L STAINLESS STEEL, SCRATCH-RESISTANT COATING WATER RESISTANCE - 100 METRES CRYSTAL(S) - SAPPHIRE FRONT DIAL - PURPLE ORANGE GRADIENT, TEXTURED CENTRAL FINISH LUG WIDTH - 20MM STRAP - STAINLESS STEEL 3-LINK BRACELET, SCRATCH-RESISTANT COATING, MICRO-ADJUST FOLDING CLASP MOVEMENT - MIYOTA 9075, AUTOMATIC POWER RESERVE - 42 HOURS FUNCTIONS - HOURS, MINUTES, SECONDS, GMT FUNCTION AVAILABILITY - NOW, LIMITED TO 200 PIECES PRICE - £800/US$899 ------------------------------- Read more articles: https://timeandtidewatches.com Shop: https://shop.timeandtidewatches.com ------------------------------- MB01OTIXZLPJ5VH INSTAGRAM @timetidewatches TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=timeandtidewatches T+T Shop Instagram https://www.instagram.com/timetideshop/