Watch Words
Test your sartorial smarts with our crossword. Then, rearrange the letters in the grey squares to spell a type of chronograph that can record two times at once (11). The answers are at the bottom. Across 1/ Luxury watchmaker behind the Techframe Ferrari and Big Bang MP-11 (6)
3/ “Little brother” of Rolex that makes 6 Down (5)
8/ Fashion _______, those who follow watch fads slavishly, rather than appreciate a classic piece (7)
9/ Cuppa – there’s always time for it (3)
10/ Hope or ambition (to one day own the Ulysse Nardin Freak Vision) (10)
12/ Tome – A Brief History of Time by Professor Stephen Hawking, for example (4)
13/ Tag Heuer sports watch range, inspired by the famous race event of the same name, that celebrated its 55th anniversary this year ( 7)
14/ A chronograph watch’s screwin, drive-in or rectangular stud (6)
16/ Minor irritation (that your mate has the Cartier Santos reissue you wanted for Christmas!) (6) 18/ _______ Memovox, 1968 diver that inspired Jaeger-lecoultre’s new sports collection ( 7) 21/ Not hard to the touch, but smooth like a leather strap (4) 23/ Type of watch suited to jet-setters, with a 4 Down that can display 24 time zones (10) 26/ Company still ticking over after 150 years, known for its perpetual calendar (1,1,1) 27/ Brand behind DS PH200M, one of a number producing mid-century-inspired divers ( 7) 28/ _____ Mcqueen, actor who wore a Tag Heuer chronograph in 1971’s Le Mans (5) 29/ The Rolling ______, rock icons who sang “Time Is on My Side” (6) Down 2/ Rotate, turn (your wrist to wind a watch) (5) 3/ Swiss brand behind the T-race, and official timekeeper of the Tour de France (6) 4/ Face of a watch or clock (4) 5/ A style revived from the past, such as Omega’s Seamaster Diver 300m, an update on designs worn by the British army during the Second World War (5) 6/ _____ Bay, diver series by 3 Across, including 2018’s Pepsi (5) 7/ City near Switzerland known as France’s watch capital (8) 8/ Deadly snake lending its name to the 13 Across tourbillon (5) 11/ _____ to disagree (that when it comes to watches, big is bad and small is sexy) (5) 12/ Public transport vehicle that never seems to arrive on time (3) 14/ Pleased, thrilled (that your boss noticed your Thomas Sabo Rebel Icon) (5) 15/ To have put money down to hold a limitededition timekeeper (8) 17/ Watch with a third hand showing another time zone (1,1,1) 19/ Cuban ballroom dance in which timing is everything (5) 20/ Disreputable in a rakish way, like that charmer pedalling fake Cartiers from his coat lining (6) 21/ Company behind 24 Down, whose “Grand” arm made the 9F 25th Anniversary Edition (5) 22/ Truths, certainties – the first chronograph worn in orbit was Breitling’s Navitimer Cosmonaute in 1962, for example (5) 24/ Affordable quartz watch brand by 21 Down (5) 25/ Glowing solution applied to watch hands (4)