News most viewed Today - Derniers Articles Watches

Card image cap

...

Derniers Articles Watches - mes: 2021-08

Card image cap

Bulgari brings playful back with limited edition Gerald Gent

The late Gérald Genta was a prominent name in the world of horology. The man who, by his admission, has designed a hundred thousand watches created ...

Card image cap

L?Epée 1839 partners with Label Noir studio to create a $35

Storied Swiss watchmaker L?Epée 1839 has introduced yet another stunning table clock that will make classic car enthusiasts go weak in their knees. ...

Card image cap

Celebrating 175 Years, Ulysse Nardin Expands Marine Torpille

Swiss watchmaker Ulysse Nardin turns 175 years old this year, and the brand has used the milestone to great effect, launching numerous new timepieces ...

Card image cap

Oris Aquis Date Upcycle Offers Unique Dials in Recycled PET

Oris has demonstrated its organizational commitment to environmental initiatives, particularly those devoted to the world’s oceans, in various w ...

Card image cap

Seiko Introduces a Pair of US Exclusive Divers Complete with

When we talk about Seiko dive watches, so much of the conversation revolves around the affordable enthusiast favorites. Basically anything with an ...

Card image cap

Timex and Coke Collaborate on a Groovy Trio of Watches Inspi

If you want to be a part of the next phase of watch collecting trends, consider this a tip: watches tied to beverages. We?ve already seen limited e ...

Card image cap

Louis Erard Uses Glass & Stone For New LE Regulator Col

It?s not just colorful dials that are having a moment, we?re also seeing different textures and materials brought into play, often to incredible ef ...

Card image cap

MING Sends An Update On The 17.09

It’s been a bit of a wild ride over the past month for one of our favorite independent brands: MING. On social media platforms, pictures began s ...

Card image cap

Summer Splash: What Is The Best Summer Watch" Balazs

Roll up, roll up! The summer has hit The Hague, and Fratello is keen to celebrate. After the fizzing success of March Mania, we are back with the Summ ...

Card image cap

Urwerk Goes For Gold With The UR-100 Electrum: A Modern-Day

I love the UR-100 and I think I’ve made this particularly clear over the last however many months. I’ve covered a couple of new versions o ...

Card image cap

Why I Bought The New Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch ? And Went

The new Speedmaster Moonwatch Master Chronometer was not even on my short-term wish list, as I already have a few Moonwatch references, but I simply c ...

Card image cap

Full Throttle With The Breitling Top Time Classic Cars Capsu

This year, at Geneva Watch Days 2021, Breitling brings us three chronographs inspired by a fairly surprising topic: ’60s American sports cars. T ...

Card image cap

H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner Perpetual Calendar Watch Re

The Streamliner has its fans all over the industry, but that doesn’t mean it is that well known outside of watchmaking. With the latest addition ...

Card image cap

Bulgari Introduces Sporty New Octo Roma Worldtimer

So, you get on a plane. You get off the plane. You get in a cab. You check into your hotel. You jump in the pool. You call home. And you do all these ...

Card image cap

Breitling Debuts Top Time Classic Cars Capsule Collection Wa

Although the current luxury watch market is awash with tributes to motorsports and classic cars, the vast majority of this automotive inspiration is d ...

Card image cap

Ulysse Nardin Celebrates 175 Years With Limited Edition Mari

Geneva Watch Days 2021 is already shaping up to be a landmark time for the luxury watch industry, but for Ulysse Nardin the event takes on a special s ...

Card image cap

Oris Honors the Swiss Rega Fleet With Big Crown Pro Pilot LE

Oris returns to their Big Crown Pro Pilot line with a new limited edition built to honor each of the 21 aircraft used by the Rega air rescue operat ...

Card image cap

Bulova Brings Back The MIL-SHIPS With New W-2181

Back in February 1958, under the heading of Project NS186-200, three pre-production samples of a new Bulova ?submersible wristwatch? were delivered ...

Card image cap

The Edox Delfin Mecano Offers A Wallet Friendly Alternative

Today, I’m taking a look at the Edox Delfin Mecano model. I’m not going to beat around the bush or pretend I’m seeing something othe ...

Card image cap

How Watches Work: Fratello’s Guide To Watch Buckles An

Watch buckles and clasps can take many forms. In today’s market, we are truly spoiled for choice. For some brands, the quest to manufacture the ...

Card image cap

LIVE TICKER: Geneva Watch Days 2021 Ticker Feed ? Refresh fo

It’s that time of year again. The Geneva Watch Days event is here. As requested, we’re aiming to provide you, our dear readers (and viewer ...

Card image cap

The Czapek Antarctique Rattrapante “Core” Model

Okay, okay: this isn’t a “core” collection model, because it (like most Antarctique models) is limited. However, in comparison to th ...

Card image cap

Geneva Watch Days Roundup 2021: Bvlgari’s Bevy Of New

If a job is worth doing, then it’s worth doing properly. At least, that’s how the saying goes. It seems that Bvlgari has heeded these word ...

Card image cap

Parmigiani Debuts New Tonda PF Watch Collection, First Under

Just released by Parmigiani is the new Tonda PF collection, a fresh take on the brand?s sport watch collection and the first brainchild of its new CEO ...

Card image cap

Doxa Debuts Limited-Edition Sub 600T Pacific Watch

When enthusiasts think of Doxa, the watch that most likely comes to mind is the orange-dialed, cushion-cased Sub 300 Professional diver of the 1970s. ...

Card image cap

Oris Debuts Aquis Date Upcycle Watches With Recycled Ocean P

Ocean conservation has been an integral part of Swiss independent marque Oris? ethos for years now, with many of the brand?s releases centered around ...

Card image cap

Hands-On Debut: H. Moser & Cie Streamliner Perpetual Ca

Just released for Geneva Watch Days 2021 is the new H. Moser & Cie Streamliner Perpetual Calendar. The third iteration of the Streamliner, the Per ...

Card image cap

Gerald Genta Announces Limited-Edition Arena Retro Mickey Mo

With a history stretching back nearly 90 years and wearers hailing from every walk of life ? from children to rock stars, pop artists, heads of state, ...

Card image cap

New in the Windup Watch Shop: Roadster Straps

Collectors of watches tend to also be collectors of straps, whether they intend to be or not. It?s just a part of owning watches to want to change ...

Card image cap

A Brief History Of Time: Oris’s Complete Brand History

Since 1904, Oris has strived to make fantastic watches at accessible prices. The brand prides itself on its dedication to this mission, seeing it as a ...

Card image cap

Summer Splash: What Is The Best Summer Watch" Jorg̵

Roll up, roll up! The summer has hit The Hague, and Fratello is keen to celebrate. After the fizzing success of March Mania, we are back with the Summ ...

Card image cap

The Horological Society of New York Introduces a New Chronom

In an unexpected development for American watchmaking community this past week, the Horological Society of New York (HSNY) announced the launch of its ...

Card image cap

Nivada Grenchen Introduces a Spider Dial to the Antarctic Li

Nivada Grenchen is one of our favorite recently resuscitated heritage brands for a few reasons. The first, of course, is the watches themselves. Ni ...

Card image cap

Watches, Stories, & Gear: The Simpsons, Spiderman, 

?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, e ...

Card image cap

Buying Guide: The Best IWC Watches From The 1980s

We like to talk about vintage watches a lot within the Fratello team. Though most of what we write about is largely focused on the most recent release ...

Card image cap

How Watches Work: What is DLC Coating On Watches"

Watchmaker jargon can be difficult to understand. You read a review about a watch you?re interested in, but there are lots of words being used that do ...

Card image cap

Fratello On Air: WASP 9.9 ? Olympic Highlights And Vinatge O

The boys are back in town after a desperately long hiatus. We’ve plugged in the fridge and switched on the freezer ? Balazs and I are back and t ...

Card image cap

The Inconsistencies & Current State Of ‘In-House&

Today, we are looking at the astounding inconsistencies with “in-house” watch movements and, on a related note, what we, the industry, and ...

Card image cap

Is The Kurono Chronograph 2 The Most Desirable Chrono Under

Launched in 2021, the Kurono Chronograph 2 was an immediate success, selling out in minutes. Read on to find out what makes it so desirable. ...

Card image cap

Master of Magnetism: Vintage-Inspired Eberhard & Co. Sc

Eberhard & Co. is among the coterie of luxury watch brands that have taken the opportunity to unveil new timepieces at one of 2021’s few lar ...

Card image cap

Stained Glass on the Wrist: Jaquet Droz Introduces the Petit

Jaquet Droz has a long history of producing animal-inspired timepieces. In 2021 thus far alone, the luxury maker has unveiled the four oxen-emblazed w ...

Card image cap

Missed Reviews: The 3706 “Fliegerchronograph” is

The IWC Fliegerchronograph Ref. 3706 is not yet a vintage watch by most definitions, but it might as well be. It comes from a time that we?re now l ...

Card image cap

Christopher Ward Puts Ocean Material To Work In New C60 #Tid

Following up on last years C60 Blue collaboration with the Marine Foundation, Christopher Ward once again turns their attention to oceanic conserva ...

Card image cap

Lex?s Top Five Watches Of 2021 ? Tudor, Grand Seiko, Omega,

It?s been a pretty good year for me so far. From all angles. I’m still fit and healthy, I started at Fratello earlier this year, and the world s ...

Card image cap

Summer Splash: What Is The Best Summer Watch" RJ’

Roll up, roll up! The summer has hit The Hague, and Fratello is keen to celebrate. After the fizzing success of March Mania, we are back with the Summ ...

Card image cap

The A-13A Flyback Chronograph ? Tried And Tested By Real Pil

Sometimes you come across a watch with a story behind it that is truly intriguing. When the A-13 Flyback Chronograph landed in my inbox, my curiosity ...

Card image cap

LIVE Webinar: H. Moser & Cie. × Fratello Reveal An Exc

That’s right, people: next Tuesday (August 31st, 2021), at 17:00 CET we will be chatting to Edouard Meylan, live from Geneva. We will be unveili ...

Card image cap

One More Wave At The End Of The World With Ulysse Nardin Wat

Speckled fine watches dazzled on the wrists of the reassuringly predictable high-end crowds at the Gurney’s Resort & Marina in one of New Yo ...

Card image cap

Bulova Unveils Mil-Ships Dive Watch

The 1950s were a hotbed of experimentation and development for the dive watch industry. Over the course of the decade, divers moved from a largely exp ...

Card image cap

The new Chopard golf watch comes with diamond ?balls? that m

If you?re a golf enthusiast who likes luxe watches ? this one?s for you! Inspired by the iconic sport, Chopard has recently unveiled a watch that com ...

Card image cap

Introducing the Grand Seiko SLGA008, the Brand’s Lates

This week has seen a lot of Grand Seiko news, and we?re not quite done yet. In addition to the new SLGA007, a limited edition in stainless steel wi ...

Card image cap

New Farer Segrave Chronograph Gets Monopusher and Big Eye

Farer has made some great chronographs in recent years, most recently in the colorful Carnegie, which we reviewed just earlier this week. The Briti ...

Card image cap

Citizen’s The Citizen Is Finally Here ? Powered By The

In the ever-flowing stream of watch releases, you sometimes forget about a watch that might have caught your eye at its introduction. That’s cer ...

Card image cap

Torre Straps ? How My Search For The Ultimate Vintage Watch

There is something distinctive about the leather straps of yore. Something which we do not see in today’s modern offerings. Although the quality ...

Card image cap

Wrist Game Or Crying Shame: Rolex Daytona Leopard

It’s been two weeks since you were last graced by the presence of Wrist Game or Crying Shame. Welcome back and, this week, we let out the animal ...

Card image cap

Hands-On With The New Nivada Grenchen Antarctic Spider

Every time I get a press release from Nivada, I have the feeling that their modus operandi comes from the title of the classic Lox song featuring Puff ...

Card image cap

Hands-On: SevenFriday P1C/04 Caipi White Ceramic Watch

This still-fresh summer of 2021 watch from Swiss SevenFriday is both inspired by a cocktail and one of its best P1C models so far. I say that because ...

Card image cap

Christopher Ward?s New C60 #tide Watch Has An Upcycled Ocean

Environmentally conscious watch lovers will be happy to know that Christopher Ward?s latest dive watch comes with straps made from recycled ocean plas ...

Card image cap

IWC Unveils Unique Pilot?s Watch Chronograph Edition ‘

One of 2021?s most dramatic current events is the rise of civilian space travel. Although efforts in piloted civilian spaceflight have been limited to ...

Card image cap

Hublot has launched a pair of $790,000 Big Bang Tourbillon w

Rainbow-themed ultra-high-end watches are in huge demand these days ? a fact that?s easily demonstrated by the sheer number of options from different ...

Card image cap

Priced at $57,750, this intricate MB&F x L?Epée 1839 B

MB&F is a creative rebel in the world of traditional watchmaking, exhibiting the highest craftsmanship to shell out futuristic, idiosyncratic tim ...

Card image cap

Three Greens for the Red, White, and Blue: Grand Seiko’

For the past several years, Japan’s Grand Seiko has used the annual Couture watch and jewelry fair in Las Vegas as a launchpad for several speci ...

Card image cap

Porsche Design Updates the 1919 Globetimer UTC with an All B

Porsche Design has unveiled a new version of their very smart 1919 Globetimer UTC. The Globetimer, introduced in 2019, is a travel watch with a tri ...

Card image cap

The Classic Grand Seiko Hand Winder Gets Some Color In New,

Leave it to Grand Seiko to bring their own poetic take on the green dial with three new references that make the most of the brand?s propensity to ...

Card image cap

The Casio G-Shock MR-G Philosophy ? Ultimate Watches With An

It started with a plastic watch thrown from a building in the 1980s. But no matter how impressive the capabilities of the original G-Shock are, a watc ...

Card image cap

Summer Splash: What Is The Best Summer Watch" TomasR

Roll up, roll up! The summer has hit The ?Furt and Fratello is keen to celebrate. After the magnificent maelstrom of March Mania, we are back with a n ...

Card image cap

Naughty, Naughty: Grand Seiko USA Tries To Sneak Out Some De

How very dare you, Grand Seiko USA! This morning, I got an email from Nick Roberts at Lawrence & Co PR (thanks, Nick) informing me that three new ...

Card image cap

Rolex Panerai 3646 Ca. 1944 To Go To Auction At Webb?s Aucti

The internet is a funny old place. Last week, quite out of the blue, I was contacted by an old school friend upon whom I hadn’t laid eyes for mo ...

Card image cap

Hands-On Debut: Grand Seiko Elegance Collection Green-Dial T

In what?s become something of a tradition, Grand Seiko has just released a trio of watches in its Elegance Collection exclusively for the USA market a ...

Card image cap

Hublot Announces Big Bang Integral Tourbillon Rainbow Watche

Much of modern luxury watch design exists in the realm of safe decision-making. By and large, many timepieces are designed to offer as broad an appeal ...

Card image cap

GANE Watches Shines With Its First Release: The Type C Autom

Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for advertiser If there?s one word that defines GANE watches, it?s creativity. Founder and Malaysian-born Ray ...

Card image cap

Maurice Lacroix Introduces Limited Edition Aikon Urban Tribe

Although fully engraved cases and bracelets have a long and illustrious history in the world of watch customization, very few fully engraved designs h ...

Card image cap

Wild Blue Wanderer: Bulgari Ushers in a Return to Travel wit

Alongside the bevy of high-complication and high-jewelry timepieces it launched last year, Bulgari revived its 1990s sport-luxury watch, the Bulgari A ...

Card image cap

TimeOut With WatchTime Returns This Thursday, August 26!

This coming Thursday, August 26, at 12:00 PM EST, WatchTime hosts our next ?TimeOut? virtual presentation, presented on Zoom, in which ...

Card image cap

Hands-On With The Delightfully Colorful Farer Carnegie Chron

If you?ve read any of my reviews on this site, you know I tend to mention accents as a ?welcomed pop of color?. On a watch like the Farer Carnegie ...

Card image cap

Grand Seiko’s Latest is the Thinnest Automatic Spring

If you engage with Grand Seiko collectors in a meaningful way on the internet and social media, you?ve almost certainly been part of a conversation ...

Card image cap

Introducing The Habring x Massena LAB ERWIN LAB03 (ft. Joshu

There are collaborations, and then there are collaborations. This latest project from Massena LAB falls into the later category (we couldn?t even f ...

Card image cap

The Rolex Submariner 16610 And Sea-Dweller 16600 Are Becomin

Lately, I’ve been in some lengthy conversations with a friend who is looking for either a Rolex Submariner 16610 or Sea-Dweller 16600. Imagine m ...

Card image cap

Meet The Bvlgari Aluminium GMT Watch ? Let’s Travel In

Last year around the same time, during Geneva Watch Days, Bvlgari re-introduced its Aluminium watch. Or should we say that the Bvlgari Diagono from 19 ...

Card image cap

Hands-On Review With The Grand Seiko SLGA007 Limited Edition

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: in luxury watchmaking in 2021, texture is the name of the game. Dial colors get too much attent ...

Card image cap

In Case You Missed It: Sedna Gold Omega Speedmaster Vs. Ever

Earlier this year, Omega introduced its gold Speedmaster Professional Master Chronometer watches. There were options in both Canopus gold (Omega’ ...

Card image cap

The Truly Challenging And Bold Habring² × Massena Lab Erwi

It is not a typical collaboration of two partners. If you wanted to be completely precise, it would look like this: Habring² × Massena Lab × Joshua ...

Card image cap

Grand Seiko Unveils Limited Edition SLGA007 And SLGA008 Spri

2021 has been a prolific year so far for Grand Seiko, as its parent company celebrates a landmark 140th anniversary. Nearly every aspect of the brand? ...

Card image cap

Bulgari Debuts Aluminium GMT Watch

Since its revival in 2020, the Bulgari Aluminium line has been a solid success for the brand as a new entry-level platform with a unique personality. ...

Card image cap

The Frog, The Silkworm, And The Mouse: Parmigiani Fleurier R

Sponsored Post presented on aBlogtoWatch for advertiser Parmigiani Fleurier may be best known for its exceptional timepieces that range from exquisite ...

Card image cap

Showing at WatchTime Live 2021: Oris Aquis Date Caliber 400

WatchTime New York, America?s largest luxury watch event, is returning for its sixth year at Midtown Manhattan?s Gotham Hall on October 22-24, with ...

Card image cap

G-Shock Introduces the GM2100 Series, a New Metallic Version

The G-Shock GA2100 series has become a full fledged watch phenomenon in the relatively short time that they?ve been on the market. They?ve been rel ...

Card image cap

Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight Bronze Boutique Edition Review ?

No seriously, the Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight Bronze Boutique Edition really does smell like money. I am no expert when it comes to coins and their ma ...

Card image cap

Summer Splash: What Is The Best Summer Watch" Mike̵

Roll up, roll up! The summer has hit The ‘Furt and Fratello is keen to celebrate. After the magnificent maelstrom of March Mania, we are back wi ...

Card image cap

Dave?s Top 5 Panda Dials ? Omega, Zenith, Rolex, Seiko, And

We seem to love giving nicknames to watches and color schemes where possible. I mean, it makes sense ? it?s easier to remember the Rolex Pepsi GMT rat ...

Card image cap

Glashütte Original Sixties Chronograph Annual Edition In Gr

We’re now deep into the Summer Splash showdown and, predictably, the Fratelli are out in force in their joint mission to choose the finest summe ...

Card image cap

Hands-On: Citizen Super Titanium Hakuto-R Watches

In 2019, Citizen Group of Japan announced that it was going to be supplying its proprietary Super Titanium for application in a Japanese lunar lander ...

Card image cap

Storytelling Through Fashion, Breitling CEO, Scottish Watche

It?s been an exciting summer so far for the SUPERLATIVE Podcast, shining a spotlight on the voices, creative minds, and personalities behind the world ...

Card image cap

No Rolexes or Pateks – These are the top luxury watche

After an intense 16 days, the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics came to an end on August 8. Pre-owned watch specialist Watchfinder & Co. took the opport ...

Card image cap

Skeleton Concept unveils Custom Rolex GMT-Master II watch

Watch connoisseurs’ heads up! Aftermarket modder Skeleton Concept has recently reimagined the Rolex GMT-Master II Batman for Paris Saint-Germai ...

Card image cap

Showing at WatchTime New York 2021: Bell & Ross BR 03-9

WatchTime New York 2021 is fast approaching, returning for the sixth time to Midtown Manhattan?s Gotham Hall on October 22-24. Of the more than 25 par ...

Card image cap

A Brief History Of Time: Rolex’s Complete Brand Histor

Rolex is a name that has truly transcended the watch industry itself. Though it is neither the oldest nor the most prestigious watch manufacture in th ...

Card image cap

How Watches Work: A Brief History Of Automatons And Their Re

Automatons, or automata, have amazed human audiences for over two thousand years.  Designed by humans to mimic living beings, automata’s lifeli ...

Card image cap

The Zenith Academy Georges Favre-Jacot 18k Gold Watch (18.22

When I finally got my shot at writing about watches for aBlogtoWatch way back in 2015, I was set an initial task that would serve as my probation: thr ...

Card image cap

Hands-On: Casio G-Shock POWER TRAINER GBA900 Watches

The Casio G-Shock Move GBA900 (seen here as the GBA900-1A in black and the GBA900-7A in white) is the latest affordable exercise watch from the Japane ...