Oris Introduces their Latest Carl Brashear Limited Edition,
Back when Oris introduced their first watch with the all new in-house Caliber 400 movement, the guessing game of what watch would be next to featur ...
19-01-2021 20:00 |
Oris Debuts Carl Brashear Cal. 401 Limited Edition
Independent brand Oris is no stranger to paying tribute to historic figures with its limited editions, with special releases over the past few years h ...
19-01-2021 19:58 |
Breaking News: ORIS Carl Brashear Cal. 401 Limited Edition
Oris is introducing a new movement in its third collaboration watch with the Carl Brashear Foundation. Meet the Oris Carl Brashear Cal. 401 limited ed ...
19-01-2021 19:58 |
Made from 319 components the stunning Roger Dubuis Excalibur
Avant-garde watchmaker Roger Dubuis has made its name in the world of Haute Horology by pushing the boundaries of technical innovation and creativity ...
19-01-2021 20:00 |
Introducing – Oris Carl Brashear Calibre 401 Limited E
Today Oris launches a new model in its Carl Brashear commemorative collection, the third bronze watch honouring U.S. Navy Diver Carl Brashear’s indo ...
19-01-2021 20:00 |
Hands-On: H. Moser & Cie X MB&F Endeavour Cylindri
Max Busser (founder of MB&F) is the father of contemporary high-end wristwatch collaborations. Today, aBlogtoWatch takes another look at one of his mo ...
19-01-2021 19:58 |
Speedy Tuesday Video: Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Master Chr
Last year, on a Tuesday, Omega introduced the Speedmaster “Ed White” powered by the caliber 321. Exactly one year later, Omega introduced its new ...
19-01-2021 19:58 |
A Time for Honor: Oris Carl Brashear Cal. 401 Limited Editio
On January 19, 2021 (the day Carl Brashear would have turned 90), Oris introduced the third watch made in partnership with the Carl Brashear Foundatio ...
19-01-2021 20:00 |
Introducing – Cuervo y Sobrinos Historiador Luna Negra
Cuervo y Sobrinos is a Swiss brand based in Le Noirmont, but it has deep Latin roots with design influences from its earlier years in Havana, Cuba. We ...
19-01-2021 20:00 |
Three Watch Collection Under $5,000: Chris Wright
To me, a three-watch collection is about versatility. If I?m spending five thousand bucks on timepieces, I need to have all my bases covered: they? ...
19-01-2021 20:00 |
Urwerk Announces Limited Edition UR-100V T-Rex Watch
Boutique brand Urwerk has never been one to shy away from fanciful concepts, with past designs inspired heavily by ?Star Wars? and a recurring spot on ...
19-01-2021 19:58 |
Two For Tuesday: The Sedna Omega Speedmaster Vs. The Canopus
Two for Tuesday is here and this time we are going for the gold! That’s right, it’s time to dig between the couch cushions to collect all that dou ...
19-01-2021 19:58 |
Richard Mille has introduced a $180,000 ladies watch in whit
There was a time when women fancied the idea of a knight in shining armor racing towards them on a glistening white horse. Over time, they turned int ...
19-01-2021 20:00 |
Introducing – The Urwerk UR-100V T-Rex
You can call Urwerk watches by many names, but shy or conservative aren’t part of this vocabulary. Daring, bold, provocative, futuristic, unusual, t ...
19-01-2021 20:00 |
Value Play: The Vintage Seiko Sportsman Dolphin J13035
In this article, we review the vintage Seiko Sportsman Dolphin J13035 and come away more than pleased. This may have been an entry-level watch, but it ...
18-01-2021 19:39 |
Fans Of Linen Dials Rejoice ? John Robert Archetype Prepares
Recently on Fratello, we’ve been talking a lot about the importance of dial texture. It is something that has been on my mind personally for quite s ...
18-01-2021 19:39 |
Spotted – President-Elect Joe Biden with a Rolex Datej
The watches worn by Joe Biden while he served as the 47th Vice President of the United States, or during his campaign for the 2020 presidential electi ...
18-01-2021 19:39 |
Introducing the Seiko Alpinist SPB201J1, a European Exclusiv
The Seiko Alpinist is a favorite among enthusiasts for its history, value, and very specific brand of rugged elegance that isn?t particularly commo ...
18-01-2021 19:39 |
Chopard Alpine Eagle 41mm 18k Rose Gold Watch Review
Steel wins when it comes to value and functionality, but there is a visceral sensation when wearing gold that non-precious metals cannot match. Swiss ...
18-01-2021 19:39 |
Tomas’s Top 7 Striking Vintage Dial Designs
Some watches are impossible to overlook due to their cult status. Others due to massive value appreciation achieved thanks to massive exposure and pop ...
18-01-2021 19:39 |
The First Omega With A Date ? Seamaster Calendar Reference 2
The Omega Seamaster Calendar ref. 2627 is such an exciting and historically significant watch. Yet, aside from the hardcore Omega fans, it seems as th ...
18-01-2021 19:39 |
Hands-on – The New Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Profess
Unless you’ve been living in a non-connected world for the last two weeks, you’re certainly aware that Omega has just launched a new, deeply updat ...
18-01-2021 19:39 |
Harry Winston Unveils Limited Edition Project Z14 Watch
While New York based jewelry giant Harry Winston has a varied collection of in-house watch designs, its sports watch offerings are traditionally few a ...
18-01-2021 19:39 |
The Future Is Bright; The Future is Bvlgari ? The Roman Revo
I’ve always been a fan of Bvlgari, but in the last year, my fandom has changed significantly. Once upon a time, I was attracted to this roguish Roma ...
18-01-2021 19:39 |
Tutima Glashütte Expands Grand Flieger Airport Series with F
This past fall, Glashütte-based Tutima revitalized its Grand Flieger Airport series, unveiling four new models in two new colorways. The expansion, wh ...
18-01-2021 19:39 |
Independent Watchmaking – In Conversation with A One-O
Stepping into Vianney Halter?s workshop in Sainte-Croix is an unforgettable experience. Inside, a wonderful mix of old watchmaking machines are hummin ...
18-01-2021 19:39 |
Buying Guide – Combining Styles, With 5 Cool and Recen
In addition to classic models, with a clearly-defined style and set of functionalities, watchmakers also love to mix genres. What about a perpetual ca ...
17-01-2021 19:38 |
How The TAG Heuer Carrera Sport Chronograph Finally Found It
California’s westward-facing coastline stretches over 1,300 incredibly varied kilometers, ranging from smooth, sandy beaches in the south, to dramat ...
17-01-2021 19:37 |
Richard Mille Shifts Into A Higher Gear with RM 65-01 Automa
Richard Mille has built much of its brand on combining highly sophisticated micromechanical technology with ultra-modern materials from the automobile ...
17-01-2021 19:38 |
Podcast ? Balazs And Mike On Vintage Chronographs
Welcome back to another Fratello on Air Podcast. This time, Balazs and Mike talk about their favorite vintage chronographs. Balazs and Mike love vinta ...
17-01-2021 19:37 |
Sunday Morning Showdown: Omega Seamaster Ploprof 1200M Vs. G
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 ...
17-01-2021 19:37 |
Point/Counterpoint: Online Watch Configuration Tools Offer C
More than a few major watch brands have announced the availability of online product configuration tools in 2020. This year we’ve seen the accelerat ...
16-01-2021 19:35 |
Budget Timekeepers for the New Year: Five Watches Under $1,0
As you forge ahead into the new year, acquiring a new watch may very well be on your mind, especially if you’ve got some holiday bonus money and are ...
16-01-2021 19:35 |
Hands-On With H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Centre Seconds
There is much truth in the notion that minimalism never goes out of style. Throughout the years, when we look at watches, only a handful of styles hav ...
16-01-2021 19:35 |
The Petrolhead Corner – Three Totally Unbelievable Dak
No less than 101 bikes, 16 quad-bikes, 64 cars, 61 UTV?s, 44 trucks, and 24 classics have just competed in one of the most grueling rally raid events ...
16-01-2021 19:36 |
Winner Announced: Junghans Max Bill And Kleine Automatic Wat
The team at aBlogtoWatch is proud to announce Alex T. of Huntington Beach, USA, as the winner of our December 2020 giveaway prize package, including a ...
16-01-2021 19:35 |
Sponsored: G-SHOCK Expands Full Metal Collection with Ion-Pl
After its initial introduction in 2018 to much fanfare, G-SHOCK?s Full Metal collection has gone on to become one of the brand?s most distinguished an ...
16-01-2021 19:35 |
This Week In Watches: January 16, 2021 ? Things Are Hotting
Is it just me, or have the first couple of weeks just flown by in January" I mean, I still feel like it?s 2020. I?m still writing 2020 and having to c ...
16-01-2021 19:35 |
Watches, Stories & Gear: A Bucatini Shortage, HSNY Scho
?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, e ...
16-01-2021 19:35 |
Hands-on – Panerai Luminor Marina 44mm “White Sa
A few months ago, we introduced to you a new and important model for Panerai, the revamped Luminor Marina 44mm PAM01313. Classic in its execution with ...
15-01-2021 19:36 |
Personal Thoughts On The Seiko Prospex Alpinist SPB201J1 Eur
Yesterday, we announced the release of the Seiko Prospex Alpinist SPB201J1 European Limited Edition. As with the previous Seiko Alpinist release, it i ...
15-01-2021 19:36 |
Owner’s Review: The Grand Seiko SBGH271
Some watches resist easy categorization. Very often you?ll see a watch or try one on and immediately recognize it as a diver, or a dress watch, or ...
15-01-2021 19:36 |
Introducing the Ming 27.02
Ming is a favorite of ours at Worn & Wound for their daring, contemporary designs and an extreme attention to the smallest of details. They?re back ...
15-01-2021 19:36 |
The WatchTime Q&A: Chrono24 Founder and Co-CEO Tim Stra
Despite the unprecedented challenges posed by the global pandemic, leading online luxury-watch marketplace Chrono24 achieved a wildly successful year ...
15-01-2021 19:36 |
Interview – Life as a Watch Retailer in 2020, Brick
How is life as a jeweler and luxury watch retailer in 2020 with the pandemic" We talk with Alon Ben-Joseph from ACE Jewelers in Amsterdam about a year ...
15-01-2021 19:36 |
My Favorite Current Rolex Watches That I Will Never Buy ? GM
I’m going to be honest: this is not just a list of my five current favorite Rolex watches. This is a confrontation with a question that has been on ...
15-01-2021 19:36 |
Watch Review: Tudor Royal 41 M28603
The reborn Tudor Royal was a new-for-2020 model (debuted on aBlogtoWatch here) that introduces the “Tudor equivalent” of the Rolex Day-Date (they ...
15-01-2021 19:36 |
Panda on the Track: Reviewing the Breitling Premier B01 Chro
The Premier collection stands out and apart from Breitling?s classic pilot and dive watches, while still leaving all its distinctive Breitling feature ...
15-01-2021 19:36 |
BREAKING NEWS: Seiko Prospex Alpinist SPB201J1 European Limi
In October we announced the Seiko Prospex Alpinist SPB199J1 limited edition. And now, at the dawn of 2021 (the most anticipated sequel in the history ...
15-01-2021 19:36 |
Introducing the G-Shock GMWB5000RD-4, Their Latest in Full M
Reading over the press release for the most recent G-Shock release, it occurred to me that it?s entirely possible that a generation of watch enthus ...
15-01-2021 19:36 |
Hands-on – The Seiko Prospex Diver’s King Samura
Turtle, Willard, Tuna, Monster, Shogun… And of course, Samurai. This proliferation of nicknames for Seiko’s diver’s watches shows mostly the aff ...
15-01-2021 19:36 |
Vianney Halter Debuts Deep Space Resonance Prototype Watch
The acoustic resonance effect is one of the most complex and esoteric phenomena in horology, but in the right circumstances, its results can be enthra ...
15-01-2021 19:36 |
Zodiac Partners with Italian Retailer for Super Sea Wolf 53
Swiss-based Zodiac, founded in 1882, is a brand which has based its modern image upon many watches first developed in the mid-20th century. Chief amon ...
15-01-2021 19:36 |
In-Depth – A Tribute to the Speedmaster First Omega in
While in 2021 vintage-inspired watches are all over the place, in 2012 the situation was slightly different. There were some homage or revival watches ...
14-01-2021 19:35 |
Casio Unveils G-Shock GMWB5000RD-4 In Red Stainless Steel
One of the greatest strengths of Casio?s seminal G-Shock series is its immense variety. There is a G-Shock to serve very nearly every taste, and for t ...
14-01-2021 19:35 |
Hot Take: MING 27.02 Gradient Guilloché ? Saving The Best Fo
The MING 27.02 is here and we see it as a bittersweet release. The watch is a beauty, but it marks the end of the 27 series of watches. It’s no secr ...
14-01-2021 19:35 |
Hands-on – Bell & Ross BR 05 Skeleton Blue
About a year and a half ago, French brand Bell & Ross made an unexpected and bold foray into the market of sports watches with integrated bracelets. P ...
14-01-2021 19:35 |
The New H. Moser & Cie Endeavour Minute Repeater Tourbi
Just released by H. Moser & Cie is the new Endeavour Minute Repeater Tourbillon, a follow up to 2019?s debut piece that is ?lighter? in a couple of wa ...
14-01-2021 19:35 |
Hands-On With The New BOLDR X Kenji Chai ?Chaigo Venture?
Watchmaking and street art don?t seem a natural fit on the surface. Watch brands that have dabbled in this space before to varying degrees of succe ...
14-01-2021 19:35 |
Ming Debuts 27.02 With New ‘Gradient Guilloché’
A follow up to its thin 27.01 watch from earlier this year, Ming has just released a promisingly beautiful-looking follow-up in the aptly titled 27.02 ...
14-01-2021 19:35 |
#TBT Bulova Accutron Astronaut 214 Watch
So many Bulova Accutron watches up for grabs cause the effect that collectors tend to overlook them quickly. Even finer models such as the Bulova Accu ...
14-01-2021 19:35 |
Introducing – The Ming 27.02 Gradient Guilloché
The strapline for Ming watches on the internet, ?designed in Kuala Lumpur, made in Switzerland?, gives you an inkling that Ming is not your traditiona ...
14-01-2021 19:35 |
Hands-On: Slava Russian Roulette Watch
I absolutely adore how incredibly weird this watch is. Produced and designed in Russia by the traditional Moscow-based brand Slava, this is one versio ...
14-01-2021 19:35 |
TimeOut with WatchTime Debuts on January 21: Join Our Editor
For all those who attended and enjoyed our WatchTime Live virtual event back in the fall, as well as our earlier, and more intimate Independent Watchm ...
14-01-2021 19:35 |
Kenji Chai × BOLDR Venture Chaigo Limited Edition Watch Is J
Limited edition watches come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes they make sense, sometimes they don’t. Sometimes they come from a good place, someti ...
14-01-2021 19:35 |
Hands-On With The Moonshine Gold Omega Trésor On Bracelet
2021 has arrived and like so many of you, I have been thinking about what watch I should choose next. As you have probably noticed from my personal ch ...
13-01-2021 19:39 |
Borrowed Time: Reviewing the Longines Spirit Chronograph 42m
Longines introduced its Spirit collection last year, drawing its main inspiration from the timepieces that it produced in the early 20th century for p ...
13-01-2021 19:39 |
The Sinn U50, Tudor BB 58 Blue, & Seiko SPB149 Walk Int
Among the many great watch releases of 2020 there are 3 dive watches in particular that stand out as exemplary: the Tudor Black Bay 58 Blue, Sinn U ...
13-01-2021 19:39 |
In-Depth – The Vianney Halter Deep Space Resonance Pro
Craftsmen like Vianney Halter are a rare breed. Vianney Halter made a name for himself on the independent watchmaking scene during the 1990s, with tim ...
13-01-2021 19:40 |
The Most Unusual Watches Andreas Bought In 2020
We love to be surprised by little details in the design of a watch. We look for novel ideas that make a watch special to us. As such, we’re often dr ...
13-01-2021 19:39 |
Women?s Watch Wednesday – The Blancpain Villeret Saint
When it comes to luxury timepieces for women, Blancpain?s Villeret feminine collection has been a source of inspiration for the company?s annual Valen ...
13-01-2021 19:40 |
Introducing the Hach V, the New Watch from London’s Ob
Objest, the London based watch brand and design house, has a new watch in the works to be funded through a Kickstarter campaign beginning next mont ...
13-01-2021 19:39 |
Wrist Game Or Crying Shame: Seiko SBDB015 Landmaster
Welcome back to another installment of Wrist Game or Crying Shame. This week, we take on the audacious Seiko SBDB015 Landmaster. But first… Last wee ...
13-01-2021 19:39 |
Introducing – H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Concept M
In true H. Moser & Cie. style, the personality of one of its most complex watches bows to the brand’s philosophy of ?less is more?. The combination ...
13-01-2021 19:40 |
Watch Review: Seiko Prospex SNR033 Spring Drive GMT
I came to this review with some previous high-end Seiko GMT watch experience. In a few ways, this Seiko Prospex SNR033 is the spiritual successor to t ...
13-01-2021 19:39 |