It goes without saying: 2020 was far from an ideal year for most of us. Looking back, however, it was also a year that brought many noteworthy watch l ...
A few weeks ago, the NASA mission OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) bounced a spa ...
When we look back at the end of a year in watches, it seems like Seiko releases are always a highlight. They never have a bad year, and consistentl ...
We can’t wait to step into the new year, for obvious reasons, but we do reflect on 2020 as well, of course. It was the weirdest year ever, with ...
If the 1970s Rolex Daytona took the 1970s Heuer Skipper on a romantic trip to a desert island, the latest Christopher Ward’s C65 Chronograph is ...
It was only back in September that I sat down with Nicholas Bowman-Scargill, the 4th managing director of Fears watches. After a long chat about the c ...
There is hardly a better indicator of timeless design principles than the continued existence of those principles in the modern world. Here we have a ...
It goes without saying: 2020 was far from an ideal year for most of us. Looking back, however, it was also a year that brought many noteworthy watch l ...
In our recent Q&A podcast, a listener asked about trends that we?ve been happy to see take hold. A more adventurous use of color among watch br ...
It points out that, in 2020, here on Fratello, I wrote 38 articles. I’m writing because I’m passionate about watches, so I liked writing e ...
Old Bamford’s been busy this year, but despite his interesting work with LVMH, his own brand, and our friends at Time+Tide, he found time to col ...
It’s the last Wrist Game or Crying Shame of 2020. Let’s end this crazy year with the kooky Rolex Milgauss. But first… Last week, jus ...
I hope you had a good Christmas. We have finally made it to the end of the year! In this round-up, we will be taking a look at the watches that the te ...
It goes without saying: 2020 was far from an ideal year for most of us. Looking back, however, it was also a year that brought many noteworthy watch l ...
Back in October, in our podcast about great watches between $3,500 and $5,000, I mentioned Holthinrichs Watches, a small brand based in the Netherl ...
In this installment of Military Watches of the World, we travel to the Middle East to examine the timepieces of the Israel Defense Forces. Header i ...
We take a quick look at the new Oak & Oscar Olmsted Matte, a thoughtful variant on the brand’s field watch. It’s hard to believe that ...
Unless you want to go down the road of modded watches, the simplest way to give your precious timepiece a fresh look is a new strap. Especially if the ...
The Speedmaster First Omega in Space is now being discontinued. What makes the Speedmaster FOiS 311.32.40.30.01.001 so special and do you need to orde ...
It goes without saying: 2020 was far from an ideal year for most of us. Looking back, however, it was also a year that brought many noteworthy watch l ...
The work that goes into designing, engineering, and building a new movement is substantial, and the move is generally regarded as newsworthy. We sa ...
During its short History, Sternglas, the Hamburg-based brainchild of Dustin Fontaine, has managed to turn out a serious number of smart, wearable time ...
My journey into Seiko and it’s watches has been a relatively recent part of my watch collecting journey. Technically, I haven’t added any ...
We are living through a golden era of sports watch design. I’ve alluded to it countless times this year and blurted it out loud on more than one ...
The resemblance to the legendary Rolex Explorer 1016 is undeniable. After a week on the wrist with the prototype, I see more than a distinct expeditio ...
Hello there, aBlogtoWatch community. This is Ariel Adams, and I’m here to wish you a very fine end to 2020. I am not alone in hoping that most o ...
It goes without saying: 2020 was far from an ideal year for most of us. Looking back, however, it was also a year that brought many noteworthy watch l ...
In our Sunday Morning Showdown, two of our writers go head-to-head in an epic showdown for the ages. Strong opinions and hysterical hyperbole are welc ...
Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch by advertiser For nearly a century and a half, Longines has been crafting precision timepieces out of its wor ...
It goes without saying: 2020 was far from an ideal year for most of us. Looking back, however, it was also a year that brought many noteworthy watch l ...
Get A Sneak Peek At Peter Jackson?s Beatles Documentary If you?ve got a touch of the holiday blues (and who could blame you, given the year we?ve ...
The first time I encountered Titoni I was presented with a brand I had literally never heard of. And by the time I came face-to-face with these watche ...
First things, first, Happy Christmas to all of the Fratelli! From the team here at Fratello Watches, we hope you all had a wonderful day yesterday and ...
Spend some time with the aBlogtoWatch team and our hand-picked guests by listening to the latest episodes of the SUPERLATIVE Podcast on Bleav right he ...
It?s a fairly common practice for luxury car manufacturers to tie up with high-end watchmakers to come up with a range of co-branded timepieces. But ...
As we’ve covered extensively throughout the year, 2020 marks 60 years since the release of the first Grand Seiko watch, and if you thought the b ...
The revival of heritage watch brands is always exciting, but for U.S.-based watch collectors, the revival of classical American watchmakers is all the ...
Blue dials on watches have gone from novelty to mainstream; it?s rare these days to find any popular watch model, or family, that doesn?t offer at lea ...
As more and more of today?s consumers look for watches that make a truly personal statement, the art of customization is in rising demand. In this fea ...
WatchTime is currently being published here in the United States as well as in India, Mexico, Middle East and Turkey (with additional sister-publicati ...
We love watches for many reasons around here, chief among them is their ability to provide us a practical service in a fashionable package. It?s di ...
It was just a few short weeks ago that we featured Junghans? latest entry in the Meister series, the Meister Automatic, in these very pages. That w ...
Following up on their Oceangraph and C-1000 releases earlier this year, Ollech & Wajs have announced a chronograph dubbed the Navichron which c ...
Watch design has clearly taken a turn toward vintage-inspired design. More often than not, we?re seeing derivative designs, the use of creamy lume, ...
We?re nearly there, watch fam. 2020 has been one for the record books and as we look forward to a brighter 2021, it?s time we pause and take stock ...
Blue dials have been incredibly popular in our industry since mechanical watchmaking burst into life once more in the late ’80s and early ’ ...
As soon as I saw the Tudor Royal, I thought “OysterQuartz”. Rolex’s quartz watch with an integrated bracelet produced from 1977 (a v ...
Welcome back to Wrist Game or Crying Shame. This week we put on our fancy duds with a look at the Cartier Tank Basculante 2390. But first… It tu ...
It doesn?t happen every year that Christmas Eve falls on Thursday. The last time it happened was in 2015 and over the last few years, I found myself t ...
The Royal Oak Offshore has been incredibly popular since its introduction in 1993. At some point ? seems like ages ago ? almost everyone neglected the ...
Living just 45 minutes away from the Glashütte Original factory, and having worked across the road from the building for three years, following six y ...
There is no way around it, 2020 has been a weird and eventful year. Looking back at this year, it might be wise to remind ourselves of the amazing rel ...
You will probably be surprised by all the different kinds of shapes that can be found in this selection of over 100 watches from the late 1950s, 1960s ...
My recent article on the new Royal Oak Offshore made me curious about the pre-owned market for these models. Spoiler alert: don’t expect anythin ...
Although the brand itself is a new contender in the world of watchmaking, the eponymous founder behind Marco Lang is no stranger to boutique horology. ...
Money no object, huh" An interesting thing about this segment to note is how far we saw the luxury watch industry drift from halo products in fav ...
Ending 2020 with a statement, Vacheron Constantin has unveiled the latest addition to its catalog, an exclusive and limited-edition watch released in ...
The holidays are close, and while a new watch or two (or three or four) might be on the minds and lists of many WatchTime readers, most of us are also ...
Blancpain?s Villeret collection channels the haute horlogerie roots of the world?s oldest watchmaking brand and continues to innovate with an array of ...
This is likely the third or fourth time I?ve told this little story, but for those who missed the previous articles, when Seiko announced the 55th ...
Lorier, in a relatively short period of time, has become one of the hottest small brands in the community that we cover here on Worn & Wound. T ...
We take a look at a fun and highly affordable release in the guise of the Timex MK1 Mechanical. Spoiler alert: for this price, this is about as good a ...
In this podcast, I talk with OMEGA’s Mr. Andreas Hobmeier, Vice President of Production and Procurement, about Master Chronometer and the role o ...
Of course, over the course of 2020, Omega introduced more than three Speedmaster watches. However, the release calendar was significantly scaled back ...
Naturally, the chaos of 2020 and the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on both the watch industry and its consumers. With the uncertai ...
Richard Mille has made its name in the world of Haute Horlogerie by creating highly-technical timepieces that are crafted out of cutting-edge materia ...
In April this year, the collaboration between Jacob & Co. and Bugatti spawned the incredible Bugatti Chiron Tourbillon timepiece. The standout de ...
Porsche Design adds to its collection of timepieces ? which launched in 1972 with the iconic Chronograph I inspired by a Porsche 911 dashboard ? with ...
If you?ve been following new watch releases at all this year, you?re probably already well aware that Grand Seiko has been pulling out all the stop ...
It’s no secret that we are fans of the Rado brand here at Fratello. Especially the vintage-inspired timepieces. These throwback fancies are love ...
If you collect watches (or are thinking of starting a collection), keeping them safe and protected is wise. Finding adequate coverage for a collection ...
As the festive season approaches, many of us are gearing up for some serious gift-giving. But before you get to give those gifts, you’ve got to ...
Usually, around this time of the year, you look back at the year that (almost) lies behind you. Due to the current situation, there isn?t much to look ...
Who doesn’t like multi-functional, go-anywhere, do-anything watches, eh" And when it comes to gift buying, you’re probably best off c ...
Even before the destruction caused by the pandemic really settled in, 2020 was looking like a wobbly, transitional year for the watch industry. Baselw ...
2020 has been a year for vibrant dial colors in watchmaking, particularly green and red, and as the year draws to a close Jaeger-LeCoultre has begun i ...
Oris and Sinn have released smaller versions of their popular dive watches, the Aquis Date and U50. What can these 41- and 41.5-mm-diameter newcomers ...
So I won the Fratello Speedmaster World Cup 2020. Actually, I didn’t win anything; it was the watch I was assigned to as custodian for this comp ...
I must admit that at Fratello, we don’t cover all well-meant watch start-ups by far. Crowdfunding platforms Kickstarter and Indigogo seem to pro ...
2020 is nearly over (pause for cheering), and it’s time for the aBlogtoWatch team to once again memorialize those timepieces that received the m ...
A United States Air Force veteran made international headlines earlier this year after learning that the watch he originally bought for scuba diving ...
2020 has been a mixed year for watch releases. Facing the ongoing difficulties presented by the pandemic, many brands have eschewed some of their larg ...
It?s been a bit over a year since Bell & Ross released their BR05 collection of watches, which we reviewed in detail right here. The BR05 offer ...
?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, e ...
Well, what a massacre the Grand Final turned out to be! Perhaps we should have had the Ed White ranked higher when we started the competition. Somehow ...
Here we are, in the final run-up to Christmas! It’s been a long time coming in a long year. There’s been a lot of up and downs, but at thi ...
The BA111OD Chapter 2 Diamonds Collection is a beautiful product collection that takes an exciting timepiece design for men and now renders in a form ...
Imagine yourself at a watch counter, somewhere in Europe. You want to pick out a new travel companion while on your big Swiss ski trip. It?s the mi ...
I?ll be honest: on Monday morning, as I settled into the ol? home office (a corner carved out of my living room where Netflix and other distraction ...
It is no secret that many watches within Rolex?s steel range can be difficult to come by at retail prices. With wait lists stretching for weeks to mon ...
When Longines introduced their Legend Diver a few years ago, it came in two flavors. A date and a non-date. At some point, Longines decided to only co ...
Fratello is a broad church. We want everyone that visits our site to feel welcome and find something for them among our many pages. As such, in the ru ...
It?s no secret ? we love a chronograph or two here at Fratello. There?s the obvious Moonwatch, but Navitimers and Daytonas get some attention too. But ...
We invite you to meet Tamas Feher, our featured artist on the aBlogtoWatch Store. Gifted with relentless patience and dexterity, Tamas tells us how he ...
Innovative haute horlogerie brand Richard Mille has built its reputation upon the use of exotic materials, complex construction, and extremely intrica ...
Birthdays are special, and it?s not every day that a watch turns 90! Jaeger-LeCoultre is paying tribute to its most iconic timepiece Reverso collecti ...
We sat down with Grand Seiko USA President Brice Le Troadec to talk about the brand?s strategy and why collectors can hardly resist the Japanese brand ...
Omega has unveiled their latest watch made in support of Orbis, an international non-profit whose mission is to reduce preventable blindness in the ...
This is a hobby that gets taken pretty seriously sometimes. Million dollar watches and collectors appearing in the pages of the NYT are commonplace ...
If there is something that drives Breitling collectors nuts, it?s all the online listings where sellers claim that Sicura was a sub-brand of Breitling ...
