By almost any standard, the luxury watch world enjoyed a successful year in 2021 despite the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its worldw ...
I soaked up the last bit of heat, listened to the final chords of the Khruangbin track softly playing through the speakers and cut the engine off. ...
Editor’s Note: As we prepare to once again watch the ball drop in (a relatively empty) Times Square to ring in 2022, we’d like to take ...
In 2022, Grand Seiko celebrates the 55th anniversary of its famous design language, known as the Grand Seiko Style. This particular style came to life ...
When I started Fratello in 2004, there was no bigger plan or strategy at hand. It was all about having fun! And now, almost 18 years later, we have ma ...
A few months ago, we did a podcast where some of our team talked about their favorite G-Shock watches. We received quite some messages based on that p ...
This year has been a year of many changes that we’ve all slowly had to get used to. On a personal level, I’ve noticed two distinct changes ...
The end of the year is naturally a reflective period so let?s start this round-up by taking a look at the watches that spent the most time on our wris ...
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Breaking Trail With The All-Terrain G-Shock Mudmaster GWG-2000 PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH G-SHOCK Two hundred. That’s the ...
By almost any standard, the luxury watch world enjoyed a successful year in 2021 despite the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its worldw ...
Back in October at the Windup Watch Fair, we were fortunate enough to see many brands debut entirely new and slightly updated watches, and get some ...
2021 has been a banner year for reasonably sized steel sport watches, which are, incidentally, the type of watch I tend to gravitate toward. Needle ...
Every year, we see watches not getting the attention we think they deserve. In 2021 again, some watches were underrated. But what does that mean ? und ...
I have always had a soft spot for both independents and microbrands. The microbrand genre is an ever-evolving one, spanning everything from budget-fri ...
We brought you quite the handful in #TBT this year. To help you decide which vintage watches you should push higher on your bucket lists, I created 1 ...
By almost any standard, the luxury watch world enjoyed a successful year in 2021 despite the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its worldw ...
As an avid surfer, I?ve always wondered what a ?surf watch? would look like. Could a rotating bezel somehow tell me the direction of the swell or m ...
When we first discussed the idea of creating a series of articles in which some of our editors would share their grail/exit watches, I didn?t expect t ...
I?ve seen some wild things in my time. I don?t even need to include my life outside of watchmaking in that statement for it to hold fast (and yes, I d ...
When we talk about Tissot and 2021, there is one obvious place to start? the Tissot PRX. Its release was an instant success. It suddenly, and kind of ...
We welcome you back to Wrist Game or Crying Shame with a take on the Cartier Ballon Bleu. Will you take it or leave it" We’ll have to see, ...
With the holidays behind us and the start of a new year to look forward to, it?s time to make some resolutions. We all know the usual new year?s resol ...
By almost any standard, the luxury watch world enjoyed a successful year in 2021 despite the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its worldw ...
You?ve probably noticed we?ve got a bit of a thing for Seiko around here, and if you?re a regular reader chances are high that you do, too. The foc ...
Havid Nagan is a new brand in the growing higher-end microbrand space. This is an interesting sub-category of watches that we?ve noticed taking sha ...
Let me just start this with a disclaimer: for me, picking an easy Top 5 Watches of a rather exciting 2021 is almost impossible. I have fallen in love ...
Welcome to another episode of Fratello On Air! Finally, Balazs and Mike got their collective acts together, and they’re back with a return engag ...
The year 2022 will be the 65th anniversary of the Omega Speedmaster and the 10th anniversary of Speedy Tuesday. I can?t believe it was already 10 year ...
A few months ago, I reviewed the Locman Mare 300 MT watch on aBlogtoWatch here. Today, I look at another of the Italian company’s modern diver&# ...
All of us here at aBlogtoWatch are excited to announce Colt F. of Sioux Falls, USA as the winner of our Mondaine Evo2 Automatic watch giveaway! Its cl ...
By almost any standard, the luxury watch world enjoyed a successful year in 2021 despite the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its worldw ...
Something kind of sad recently occurred to me. As you might be aware, I like watches. I wear a watch from the moment I wake up (ok, I technically p ...
It?s been a while since Hamilton?s operations have been conducted from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, but the spirit-of-liberty style flows through the vein ...
In the past, watch brands presented their new watches during the two major shows. One of them doesn?t exist anymore (Baselworld) and this year, the ot ...
Did I scare you with the header" No need to be frightened. Yes, the murdered-out Norqain Neverest Night Sight is a “killer”. But R ...
Alongside household names like Jaguar and Aston Martin, the rich history of British sports cars is peppered with marques that have long since left the ...
So much of the strength of a product line can depend on creating distinct and effective brand DNA. Building a ?family resemblance? between every model ...
By almost any standard, the luxury watch world enjoyed a successful year in 2021 despite the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its worldw ...
Another day, another term that we see and hear, but maybe don?t know what it means. Today, it?s CVD. Well, what is CVD" As you probably guessed, ...
When Hanhart recently auctioned a digital concept watch for ?44,625, perhaps no one was more surprised than Felix Wallner, the historic German brand?s ...
Earlier this year, G-Shock announced its futurism-inspired Full Metal GMW-B5000TVA-1. At its launch, the model quickly made waves with its ?Titanium V ...
Editor?s Note: We love a well rounded collection around here, better yet if it fits within the span of a 3 watch collection that can be had under $ ...
?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. This particular installment will b ...
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 ...
In 2014, I wrote a guest piece about my three-year-old Submariner 14060M. I threw it all out there and did my best to explain why I was so attracted t ...
2021 has been a big year for the Citizen Promaster Eco-Drive dive watch collection, with the brand advancing its professionally-focused range with a n ...
An Oris release from the recently completed Dubai Watch Week that has flown a bit under radar and in need of some attention is the new version of t ...
I?ll be perfectly honest: I don?t really know how to talk about the Maurice Lacroix Aikon. It?s a line of watches I don?t have a ton of personal ex ...
Season’s greetings, our dearest Fratelli! As the year comes to an end, and the holiday season is well underway, we wanted to take this opportuni ...
Some people may be surprised to hear that reviewing watches isn’t always a walk in a park. It’s not a binary process ? “Is this watc ...
We all know I?m a lucky guy. If you follow Fratello, you?ll know I get the chance to do a lot of fun things that, without my role on this team, would ...
Despite all the things happening in the world that are holding us back, the last two months of the year flew by. So when our Managing Editor Nacho ask ...
1980 saw the popularity of the Chopard St. Moritz sports watch line soar. Its direct successor, Alpine Eagle Frozen, is a dazzling take on the sporty ...
It has indisputably been a big year for IWC’s flagship Pilot’s Watch collections ? the launch of the BP 43, a re-edition of the classic &# ...
I must admit, this collaboration between G-Shock and Porter / Yoshida & Co. completely flew under my radar. If you?re not familiar with Porter, ...
Spend enough time accumulating watches, and you eventually experience some dramatic changes in what accounts for the makeup of a collection. Everyo ...
As the year comes to an end, some of our editors will be highlighting their favorite watches released this year. I think you?ll agree that narrowing i ...
Do you know Toby Young?s book How To Lose Friends And Alienate People" And if you don?t, you might have seen the movie with the same title, starr ...
Shiny, tiny, and colorful light bulbs contribute big time to a Christmas mood. It’s one of the many reasons I wear my Tourist Everlight often in ...
Once again, it?s time for the aBlogtoWatch team to take stock and share the watches we wore most this year. While we didn?t get to socialize quite as ...
This is the Richard Mille RM 67-01 Automatic Extra Flat. One of the few models from the brand that is actually somewhat subtle on the wrist. ...
Blancpain?s famed Fifty Fathoms collection is known today as one of the brand?s most utilitarian design families. However, in addition to the collecti ...
Sometimes, it?s hard to even know where to begin when reviewing a watch. Do you start with the brand" The history" The watch itself" ...
To start, let me make one thing perfectly clear: the Rolex “Tiffany” Oyster Perpetual doesn?t exist. When something is turquoise blue, it? ...
A favorite pastime of mine is to scroll through the archives of Balázs’s extensive Watch Strap Review series. In most cases, I’m hunting ...
I do enjoy writing lists (and ’tis the season, of course, with everybody’s end-of-year round-ups hitting the web), but it can be harder th ...
I must hold my hands up and admit that I?ve been sitting on this one for months. I know it?s been a while since our last giveaway, but things have bee ...
Though 2021 wasn?t quite the ?back to normal? we were hoping for this time last year, it doesn?t seem like the watch industry let that get it down too ...
Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for Advertiser. Imagine firing up a torch and warming up a vessel of brass shavings to the perfect reddish-br ...
Greubel Forsey has introduced the new Balancier S², an evolution of the innovative design code the brand brought to the market with the Balancier S j ...
Bringing old watch brands back from the dead is quite the thing at the moment. It?s actually surprisingly simple to do. There?s no shortage of comp ...
With holiday travel season upon us, the team here at Worn & Wound ponders the logistics of traveling with watches, both from a practical and st ...
The Orb, available in either black or white, is MB&F?s 14th clock co-created with L?Epée 1839. Both versions look ?the bomb?. Especially the blac ...
Unlike our dark #STEALTH picks a couple of weeks ago, this time we go all-in for holiday sweetness. After another heavy hit of pandemic life, if there ...
Is there such a thing as the end of your horological journey" I used to believe that there wasn’t. But after wearing the Omega Seamaster Pr ...
Phillips auctioned off the Omega Speedmaster Professional ref. 145.012-67SP that belonged to American author Ralph Ellison. He wore it from 1968 till ...
Until a few years ago, if you wanted a diver’s watch from Oris it was going to be called “Aquis.” aBlogtoWatch has covered plenty of ...
After attending Dubai Watch Week 2021, aBlogtoWatch presents episode 2 of the Spending Time podcast that will ?take you to the show with us.? Join ...
Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for advertiser It?s been quite a year for Trilobe, the independent watchmaker from Paris that combines French ...
When Patek Philippe releases a watch with “Advanced Research” in its moniker, you can be well assured that it will be something special in ...
My first trip over to Switzerland covering this industry had me visiting the town of Fleurier, to see the watchmaking facilities of Parmigiani in a ...
The year 2021 was an amazing one for IWC, thanks to so many great Pilot watch releases and the brand’s innovative way to show its new watches to ...
I try not to complain too much about my job (because that would be pretty ridiculous), but when our newly minted Managing Editor asked me to pick my T ...
I?m sorry to disappoint, but today I won?t be talking about some Japan-based spinoff of a popular series of books turned movies. On the bright side, y ...
In a no less dramatic way than the Formula 1 season, The Fast And The Fratelli came to an end last week. Our mission was to find the best racing chron ...
Do you know what the world needs more of, besides love" It needs more moonphase watches in it. Truth be told, it needs a lot more. Fewer modern w ...
Parisian design ethos and emotion are front-and-center at French watchmaker Trilobe. Its latest collection of watches, known as “Nuit Fantastiqu ...
Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for advertiser Over its 130-year history, Carl F. Bucherer has plenty of innovations to its name, but since i ...
As summer was steadily coming to an end and we in the Northern hemisphere were gradually accepting the oncoming fall, Swiss luxury watch maison Audema ...
There?s no horological fun left with Rolex since it has become impossible to buy one at an authorized dealer. The new clientele doesn?t care about the ...
It hits me from the first images ? the monochromatic Mandala-design dial within a classic case is hypnotic. Cheekily matched by a very unusual black s ...
The Rolex Oysterquartz is a fascinating watch. Not only does it smash the myth that “Rolex watches don’t tick” but it also hearkens ...
In Partnership with: In-Depth: How TAG Heuer's Beloved Dive Watch Returned to the Sea FEATURED STORY The year was 1978… Close Encounters of ...
The Seiko Presage ?Cocktail Time? series has become a modern fixture in the dress watch space. After nearly a decade in production, it stands as one o ...
Vacheron Constantin offered up a new white-gold edition of its Traditionnelle Complete Calendar (which debuted as an Excellence Platine edition in 201 ...
Since August 2021, Mondaine has been offering a mechanical version in its evo watch collection, using the unmistakable design of the famous ?Official ...
No, you?re not experiencing deja vu. This is in fact the second time in the span of about a week that we?ve brought you news on a new, limited edit ...
?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, e ...
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 ...
Named after the legendary street circuit which hosted Formula 1 for a number of years in the late ?60s and early ?70s, the Montjuïc brand was founded ...
