Greg Petronzi is a passionate watchmaker who runs True Patina, a company that specializes in restoring vintage Rolex and Tudor watches. Recently, he s ...
Both Longines and Seiko are well-established, long-standing names in the watch industry. That’s why it makes sense that they give their signatu ...
When Panerai introduced the Radiomir Tre Giorni with an unusual dial color last summer, it attracted relatively little attention. Well, little attenti ...
We are trying something new here at Fratello ? the Fratelli Stories series. This will be all about researching and publishing some of the great storie ...
So you want to start a microbrand, do you" Many watch enthusiasts find themselves playing around with the idea of developing a watch of their own. Som ...
Another Friday, another Top 5! Today, we continue our quest to find more great pre-owned picks you might love. This is the fifth article with a select ...
As RJ said at the start of his “best watches under ?1,000†article, it’s not easy to make a list like this at all. That’s no ...
Today marks an important milestone for Breitling as it launches the next generation of Aerospace. With the outgoing Aerospace Evo stock levels in flux ...
To celebrate the Ocean Star’s 80th anniversary, Mido introduces a new GMT Special Edition. It doesn’t take much inspiration from a speci ...
It is not difficult to recognize a simple time-only watch from the 1940s. There are tons of them. They have either plain dials or dials with Arabic nu ...
Many fans of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms have been yearning for a non-limited edition in a smaller case ? a watch like the 42mm Fifty Fathoms 70th Ann ...
Hi there, and welcome to a new episode of Fratello Talks. Excuses, excuses, excuses… Letting them get in the way of a good thing is a shame. So ...
Exactly two years after the successful launch of the MoonSwatch, Swatch introduces the Mission to the Moonphase. It?s a MoonSwatch Snoopy, in short, a ...
Last year, Aquastar released a modern interpretation of one of its earliest watches, the Model 60. The no-nonsense black dial paired with a utile skin ...
In this installment of Back to Basics, we will go into a seemingly simple question that has a deceptively hard answer. How do you tell if a watch is g ...
If you are not a fan of titanium watches, the Zenith Chronomaster Sport will confirm the number-one issue you might have with them. Straight out of th ...
Last July, Omega decided it was time to introduce the watch for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Ben wrote about the new Seamaster Diver 300M Paris 20 ...
Welcome to another episode of Fratello On Air. This week, we discuss flying on airplanes with our vintage watches and why we avoid it. We also cover s ...
Yesterday, NASA astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (September 17, 1930 ? March 18, 2024) passed away at age 93. Stafford was one of the 24 astronauts who fl ...
Watch enthusiasm is often marked with periods of restlessness. A desire to expand a watch collection can lead to either a sense of achievement or some ...
As you may have read on Fratello before, Seiko is celebrating the 100th anniversary of having this brand name on its watches’ dials this year. ...
Am I being overly dramatic when I think of the word ?fratricide? after seeing the two-tone Certina DS Action GMT Powermatic 80" Well, first, this is F ...
Some 25 kilometers north of Geneva, on the shore of the city’s eponymous lake, lies the town of Nyon. This is the place that Renaud Tixier, the ...
Picking three watches under ?1,000 that I think are the best buys in 2024 is not easy. What I always find amusing are comments under articles that say ...
Welcome to another Sunday Morning Showdown. It’s time to get that extra-large coffee this morning because we have a special showdown for you! I ...
Most major watch shows center around brands and new releases, leaving the pre-owned and vintage side of the industry to run smaller, typically localiz ...
Even for us watch journalists, it’s sometimes hard to keep up with all the new releases out there. That’s why it’s nice that bran ...
Swiss brand Genus is known for the quirky extravagance of the GNS1. It won the GPHG award for Mechanical Exception in 2019 and spawned some delightful ...
Another Friday, another Top 5! We’re continuing our series of pre-owned picks that we feel deserve your attention. It’s a mix of vintage ...
Two years ago, Bvlgari introduced the Octo Finissimo Sketch, with its dial printing executed in pencil-sketch style. It was a stroke of brilliance fro ...
Tiger bites kill, but marmot bites are just a tad annoying. Porsche Design decided to reimagine a military chronograph of the 1970s and position it in ...
I think we can all agree here that the Zenith Chronomaster Original is already one of the best-looking chronographs out there. Adding the calendar and ...
The Seamaster Ploprof is partially famous for being on the wrist of FIAT boss Gianni Agnelli. Many think Agnelli wore his Ploprof over his cuff becaus ...
It is no secret that I enjoy the Tudor Black Bay Pro. It is at the top of my list of watches to buy, and hopefully, that won’t take too long an ...
Excelsior Park holds quite a special place in watchmaking history. It was a fine-quality watch manufacturer, but the company’s name remains unk ...
The sub-?1,000 segment used to be teeming with amazing watches from microbrands and long-established mainstream brands alike. Today, a lot of them hav ...
Welcome to Fratello Talks. This week, you join your host Nacho alongside RJ and Lex to discuss the evolution of watch marketing. The idea of marketing ...
I am very excited to announce that the RZE × Fratello Resolute Pro “Contour†is available to pre-order now in the Fratello Shop. This lau ...
Have you ever seen a Crash live" If you have, you will agree with me that this very peculiar Cartier creation is something special. Do you know what?s ...
The Baltic Hermétique collection consists of colorful and vintage-inspired field watches. I say “colorful†because, initially, it was â� ...
I mainly associate Fortis with its different watches created for use in space. But there is more to the brand than just those. The Fortis M-40 is a ve ...
We seem to be living in a watch era in which people lose their marbles over a faded bezel ? something that just happens ? while man-made tour de force ...
Besides my passions for music and watches, I also greatly love architecture. It takes a unique talent and ability to create buildings that seem like t ...
In this installment of Back to Basics, we’ll dive into chronometers. What does this term mean, and why should it be relevant to you" If you are ...
In this series called Exploring Evergreens, we review watches that have been around for over a decade ? or long enough to feel ubiquitous ? and ask ou ...
In late 2022, I had a chance to check out the ADPT Series 1 watches. It was a fun experience. The collaborative effort between the folks behind Worn & ...
We’re back with another episode of Fratello On Air, and this week, we discuss watches from brands that everyone should own at some point on th ...
What happens when you leave a Rolex Submariner ?Hulk? and a Daytona in a room overnight" You get the Zenith Chronomaster Sport in its very green attir ...
I rarely get to follow the journey of a watch’s creation. From the early renders to a dummy prototype to the finished article, the Behrens 20G ...
Today, we’ll take a closer look at a fascinating watch that I recently purchased at auction. As we’ll see, the watch brings together sev ...
What makes a tool watch great" The answer may vary depending on who you ask, but to the folks at RZE and us here at Fratello, a great tool watch is on ...
At Fratello, we love hypothetical collecting exercises, challenges like ?What if I could spend 5K or 10K on a three-watch collection"? for instance. T ...
Today, we bring news of a much-anticipated debut. The Fleming Series 1 is finally here, and we were able to go hands-on with a pre-production Tantalum ...
Doxa’s Sub 300 Whitepearl has perhaps one of the most intriguing “colorways†available to fans of the dive-watch brand. I took this ...
Today, we’re taking a look at the latest entry from Titoni. The Heritage Bicompax Chronograph is, as you’d expect, a vintage-inspired pi ...
Welcome to another Sunday Morning Showdown. With sunshine finally appearing after a gray winter, it’s time to look forward to spring and summer ...
William Wood announces a new wristwatch as an extension to its firefighter-inspired collection. Instead of firefighting, the Fire Exit watch focuses o ...
Yuichiro Miura’s 1970 expedition to Mt. Everest was the subject of a documentary and press coverage, and it became a legend in the extreme skii ...
Another Friday, another Top 5! It’s time for the third installment of our mini-series focusing on pre-owned sleeper watches. In it, we want to ...
Earlier this week, we covered the introduction of the new Christopher Ward C65 Dune GMT. It’s a watch I can’t wait to find out more abou ...
Sometimes, a watch brings something very different from actual time-telling. And when it hits all the right notes, the watch might as well be an artwo ...
Zenith presented a fully redesigned and thoroughly modernized Pilot range at Watches and Wonders last year. Although many of our team members had a ch ...
Welcome to this week’s episode of Fratello Talks. Today, you join Nacho, Morgan, and Thomas, who join forces to discuss a number of their watch ...
Audemars Piguet is making sure its 5134 caliber gets a proper goodbye. The successor of the legendary 2120 movement is being discontinued…but no ...
After many months in the making, the VPC Type 37HW is here, and I have the distinct pleasure of penning this hands-on introduction. We often ask ourse ...
The Seiko SPB143 is a veritable fan favorite among lovers of Seiko dive watches. And that’s for good reason. It combined the mid-range quality ...
What brand do you turn to when you?re looking for a watch with a classic design" Well, to be honest, there are many such brands out there. But one bra ...
I don?t know if there are any left today. Late-19th-century biorhythm theory, which got another 15 seconds of fame in the 1970s, is the pseudoscientif ...
With the revival of watchmaking in the British Isles, the Alliance of British Watch and Clock Makers announces its first exhibition. The British Watch ...
If you are a regular reader of Fratello, you might be aware of my love for the Christopher Ward C65 Dune GMT that came out last year. The black-dial l ...
Casio announced the release of the new and updated Mudmaster in September of 2023. The highly anticipated new series of Mudmasters promised not only a ...
At Fratello, we have a particular taste for the creations of Japanese brand Minase. We have done two collaborations that seemed to resonate with many ...
This is the story of how one prime minister’s love of the sea connected him with a senior Rolex executive and inspired the gift of a Rolex Subm ...
Hot off the heels of the stealthy Chronomat from February, Breitling brings another muted-tone beauty for March. The latest exclusive limited edition ...
It was a long wait for many of you (and us), but here it is ? the new Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch. We had the opportunity to go hands-on ...
Welcome back to another episode of Fratello On Air. This week, we’re asking what would make us buy a Cartier watch. It’s a good question ...
Praesidus is one of the go-to names if you are looking for a vintage-inspired military watch. In a relatively short time, the brand has created a repu ...
Jorg probably doesn’t know this, but every time I see him walking into the office with a Unimatic on his wrist, I get a little more jealous. I� ...
Some people just can?t get enough. Enough of the right logo, that is. ?Logo luxury? is still very much alive, no matter the attention ?quiet luxury? r ...
We still don?t know what the Barrelhand Monolith will look like, but we know it will be special. The 3D-printed case, for instance, will feature the A ...
If you have ever looked closely at vintage watches, you will have surely come across radium lume. You probably know it was the prevalent luminescent m ...
In this series called Exploring Evergreens, we review watches that have been around for over a decade ? or long enough to feel ubiquitous ? and ask ou ...
In 2021, Isotope launched its successful Hydrium collection of dive watches with the limited HydriumX Will Return model. Based on the well-known shop ...
Welcome to another Sunday Morning Showdown here on Fratello. Please get yourself ready because today’s confrontation promises to be a good one. ...
I am fond of Cabot Watch Company, also known as CWC. It is a no-nonsense British watch brand that has focused on tool-watch designs since the early 19 ...
I’ve truly enjoyed my time with various Ming watches. I’ve purchased a handful of them and have always marveled at the attention to deta ...
Back in the first half of 2023, Ollech & Wajs informed us that a successor to the 1973 OW 8000 was coming. Even renders were available, but we love th ...
Another Friday, another Top 5! This time, we will continue where we left off last week and present even more great pre-owned options. In this mini-ser ...
Cartier introduced three sizes of new Tank Must models in 2021. The Tank Must debuted in the 1970s, but we hadn’t seen any new models for years ...
Today, we go hands-on with a fairly wild G-Shock. The MTG-B2000YR Illumination City Limited Edition was released in late 2023 and is a colorful, featu ...
