At the start last fall, Norqain capitalized upon the success of its Adventure Neverest collection launched earlier in the year with the debut of its f ...
Look, I don?t have a particular interest in the finer points of outdoor survival. I?d just as soon not find myself in a situation where I need to l ...
You know by now that Schofield founder Giles Ellis and I are friends. I’m a long-time follower of the brand and (quite recently) became a Schofi ...
Everybody wants to be unique. That?s why everybody wants to wear a Rolex. With an annual production of close to one million watches, Rolex is a parado ...
Once every six weeks or so, I get a parcel from Nivada containing its latest and greatest releases. If you are a fan of the brand, you might have seen ...
You know that feeling when you leave a watch alone for too long" That relentless sting of guilt when a piece whimpers to be worn" Well, if y ...
The latest and darkest addition to our ever-growing collection of horological art prints is the first over an all-black background! When Edwin “ ...
Presentation is one of the most powerful, and least discussed, tools in the luxury watch industry?s arsenal. From watch boxes to fully designed retail ...
While sapphire and other transparent case materials have become a popular way for high-end brands to distinguish their products in the upper echelons ...
Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for advertiser 1969 was one of the most pivotal years in the history of watchmaking. The last year of the 196 ...
With a refreshingly different and very functional world time watch christened Universalzeit, Moritz Grossmann demonstrates that today’s watchmak ...
For brands who primarily release spiritual recreations of archival watches, there?s always the question of if they can pull off something modern. C ...
Some of my fellow Fratello editors have seemingly requested (demanded") the return of vintage models to their chosen brand’s current catalo ...
Pitching this series of stories to our Managing Editor came naturally to me, as I am contrarian by nature. I?m not saying that I feel in any way bette ...
In 2020, Geneva-based MB&F originally debuted the 10th anniversary HM3 FrogX (Frog X) watch on aBlogtoWatch here. It recalled the release of the o ...
The market of smartwatches is dominated by the products of tech giants like Apple, Samsung, and Huawei. However, the more traditional watch brands hav ...
When it comes to the inner workings of a mechanical timepiece, watch enthusiasts are highly curious: They revel in technical terms and details, such a ...
Are you up for a field trip or an adventure off the beaten paths" The new Field Automatic collection from Formex might be a suitable companion. T ...
?Out of Office? is a series of stories that recounts my adventures, whether they’re just around the corner from home or beyond. I’ll ...
?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 primarily focused on the most recent relea ...
You’re deep in the Amazon rainforest. Towering trees filter all sunlight so that the ground is just a dim, vibrant green. You’re trying to ...
In this month?s round-up, we are beginning in Germany, and with Leica?s very first watches. Next, we take a look at a fascinating vintage Panerai watc ...
All of us here at aBlogtoWatch are excited to announce Will J. of Independence, USA as the winner of our Spinnaker Hull Diver watch giveaway! Featurin ...
Yeah, I know what you?re thinking: Worn & Wound writes about one Hublot, and now the floodgates are open. Look, we know that this brand isn?t a ...
There are people who wear watches strictly for themselves. The calm and introverted types who, unaffected by hype and trends, go their own way. They b ...
The NOMOS Glashütte Tangente is an industry classic. It has, in its 35mm form, been around, almost unchanged, for 30 years this year. It was launched ...
Tissot is one of those brands that you can?t help but respect. With a rich history dating back to 1853, Tissot has built a reputation for offering exc ...
A few weeks ago when we first discussed the idea of sharing our guilty-pleasure watches, I knew exactly the watch I?d be writing about. Nobody else di ...
Here at the Fratello offices, we get a lot of questions from you, our readers. Probably the most-asked questions are centered around the topic of what ...
Breitling unveils its latest special edition in the expanding Top Time collection. The year 2021 gave us the classic US muscle-car collabs in the Corv ...
Some brands get all the attention while others patiently line the sidelines of your mind getting down to some seriously impressive work that deserves ...
Italy-based Unimatic has just released a new “S Series” of watches that are notable for two primary reasons. First is the fact that this t ...
When it comes to watchmaking complications, few others can match the visual variety of the world timer. Over the years, this globetrotting complicatio ...
Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for advertiser Nestled on the rocky shores of Lake Ontario, just minutes northeast of the bustling metropolis ...
Batman has been a very popular theme for high-end watchmakers. Over the years we?ve seen many special edition watches inspired by the Caped Crusader, ...
Breitling has teamed up with British motorcycle manufacturer Triumph to introduce a pair of special edition Top Time chronographs that pay tribute to ...
I cannot think of a more successful obsolete technology than mechanical watches. Even when you invest several hundreds of thousand euros or dollars in ...
For 30 years, Nomos Glashütte’s Tangente has been a textbook example for the beauty of simplicity and that a decent design works with a variety ...
Parmigiani Fleurier is a high end manufacture with pedigree that just hasn?t been able to crack into the mainstream zeitgeist of ?hot watches? over ...
Known for its minimalist tool watches designed with an Italian flair, Unimatic is one of the stars of the ?microbrand? scene. Established in 2015 b ...
The trajectory of Nomos in the consciousness of watch collectors at large is kind of a curious thing. Six or seven years ago, Nomos was an insider? ...
There are some watch/strap combinations that are classic, timeless, and with which you can never go wrong. Take, for example, the trusty gray NATO. Gr ...
If you?ve read my first-ever story on Fratello, you already know this by now. But in the first two years of my collecting journey, I was on the run. I ...
When I was asked to write my article about my grail watch, I didn’t answer immediately. The reason for that was personal but simple. Working as ...
Brycen is swimming against the stream with the 26mm LeCoultre Baron on his wrist. If you don’t care what other people think about your wristwatc ...
Over the last few years, watch enthusiasts have seen a lot more Disney character-inspired watches and now Hong Kong’s UNDONE has gotten into the ...
Boutique haute horlogerie brand Urwerk has consistently been at the forefront of futuristic mechanical watchmaking for 25 years, and over its quarter ...
Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for advertiser Over the course of the past couple of years, the watch market has grown and evolved. The numbe ...
In 1976, Girard-Perregaux unveiled the Casquette, a cutting-edge timepiece featuring a tubular LED display and a bold asymmetric square case. Powered ...
Oris returns to the Divers Sixty-Five for the first time in 2022 with a new limited edition done in collaboration with Chronos, a print magazine de ...
Way back in the before time, 2019, Ed Jelley brought us 8 thin watches under $1,500, and while we still stand by those selections (seriously, there ...
It’s is a hypothetical question for most of us, but it’s one you’ve asked us often, so we decided to take a stab at answering it. Gi ...
A dive watch does a lot. It’s a tool for a safe dive in lieu of (or in combination with) a dive computer. It’s becoming an acceptable GADA ...
When URWERK released the UR-112 at the tail end of 2021, I was predictably in love. It was a completely new member of the URWERK fold, but here we had ...
English actor Roger Moore took over Sean Connery?s role as 007 in the 1973 movie Live and Let Die. The year after, he appeared in The Man with the G ...
2022 marks the 50th birthday of Gerald Genta?s market-defining Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, which was just recently refreshed with iterative updates acr ...
Over the past few years, color has grown to become one of the most powerful trendsetting tools in the luxury watch industry?s arsenal. Navy blue and f ...
Trust Hermès to do the unthinkable! With their latest offering, the Cape Cod Crépuscule watch, they have made nanotechnology stunning by coupling i ...
Breitling brings back the 1960s café-racer spirit with a limited automatic chronograph that is part of a new partnership with British Triumph Motorc ...
Australia-Based Artem is no longer a stranger to us here at WatchTime, with the brand since mid-2021 consistently introducing and expanding upon its s ...
Last week, we launched the Seiko 5 Sports x Worn & Wound 10th Anniversary Limited Edition, and the response was, to say the least, overwhelming ...
Something we?re always tracking at Worn & Wound are new ways that brands take advantage of a stepped up watch infrastructure right here in the ...
Back in March 2020, Breitling released a new version of their Top Time chronograph that has become a favorite of ours, largely for its unique ?Zorr ...
In a successful attempt to cancel out as much of the influence of gravity on the precision of a pocket watch, Abraham-Louis Breguet invented the tourb ...
The market for dive watches is very healthy. If a friend comes to me looking for recommendations for their first watch, I usually direct them towards ...
Fratello On Air kicks off a new series where Balazs and Mike discuss their six favorite watches of all time from a given brand. First up on the docket ...
I feel like I’ve gone full circle. The wardrobe of my youth was filled with Levi’s jeans and denim jackets that seemed to last a lifetime. ...
An Omega Speedmaster under ?2,000 ? are you sure that?s even possible" Sadly, this amount won?t buy you a hand-wound Moonwatch anymore. Neverthel ...
Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for advertiser Ever since the first Soviet Antarctic research station, Mirny, was opened on Queen Mary Land i ...
Introduced in its original form in 1976, the Girard-Perregaux Casquette 2.0 of 2022 marks the return of the watch with a “soft cap with a visor& ...
Since its debut in 2020, boutique watchmaker Kross Studio has built a strong brand identity with a unique formula. The brand?s signature massive centr ...
The first two months of 2022 have been a thrilling time for the SUPERLATIVE Podcast, with recent episodes highlighting sales leaders in watch retail, ...
Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for advertiser At the northern edge of St. Mark?s Square in Venice, Italy lies the Torre dell?Orologio ? the ...
On duty for 25 years, literally around the clock: Sinn Spezialuhren looks back on 25 years of mission timekeeping in 2022. Originally developed for sp ...
Kicking off the lineup of 2022, Laco presents two new pilot’s watches in a trendy military style. Each limited to 200 pieces, the Augsburg Oli ...
Kurono Tokyo, the affordable, design focused brand backed by independent watchmaker Hajime Asaoka, has just announced their latest release, a new w ...
King Seiko is back on the minds of watch buyers once again. With the recently announced King Seiko Collection, I hear more and more folks talking abou ...
This might not come as a surprise, but my enthusiasm for watches is very real, even if it gets me in trouble occasionally. You might have read my stor ...
Is it possible to find five alternatives to the Rolex Daytona" Let me answer that by saying that you don?t really have a choice. Not if you insis ...
We’ve said before at ABTW that one of the greatest strengths of the Casio G-Shock is its breadth of designs. The brand offers watches in a wide ...
Gone since 2011, but not forgotten. Not by me, at least. I have said this many times before, so as you might know by now, I once bought a Rolex Explor ...
Cleaning up the oceans one watch at a time. That could take a while, but since sarcasm is the lowest form of wit and has never contributed to anything ...
The Garmin Epix (Generation 2) is one of the latest high-end smartwatches from Garmin. As someone who has reviewed a number of Garmin smartwatches, I ...
Editor?s Note: In this edition of The Three Watch Collection for $5,000, reader Aleksandar Marjanovic (@satornjanac on Instagram, definitely worth ...
?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 ...
Time keeps on slipping…(everybody now!) into the future (thank you, Steve Miller Band). That’s a given, and it’s what our watches he ...
The microbrand Straton does colorful, entry-level chronographs like very few other microbrands do. Personally, I have followed the brand for some year ...
The process of miniaturizing an existing painting to fit the confines of a watch is an art form unto itself, with skilled miniature painters recreatin ...
Oris has teamed up with WatchTime?s sister publication Chronos to create a highly limited version of its no-date Divers Sixty-Five model, powered by t ...
This year, Mido celebrates the 20th anniversary of the All Dial collection. Debuted in 2002, the first All Dial model paid tribute to Rome?s Colo ...
I still have very vivid memories of the first watches that caught my eye, all those years ago when I was about to set my first steps in the world of w ...
I have a pretty big soft spot for H. Moser. Somehow, these guys have become a lightning rod in the community – everyone seems to have very st ...
10 years ago, we didn?t quite know what we were doing yet at Worn & Wound. We had an idea, we were motivated, but we were still feeling out exactl ...
You can always count on G-Shock to find creative ways to produce fun and unexpected collaborative projects. I mean what other brands can say that t ...
In recent times, we have seen the popularity of smaller watches surge. Compared to the previous norm of watches ranging from 42?47mm (I?m looking at y ...
It has been over half a year since I joined the team here at Fratello. And as I slowly but surely close the gap to my 100th published article (I belie ...
Yes, I know what you are thinking. I have had the pleasure of trying on the Royal Oak, the Laureato, and the Nautilus, so I too understand where the i ...
If you harbor a healthy obsession with watches ? especially those from the many microbrands out there ? you are likely to be a fan of the EDC concept. ...
