There is something to any vintage watch, but the Breitling AVI ref. 765 “Lucy Digital” has it all. And I mean it. The size, the design, the movement, the twist, the originality, the legibility… and I could go on. It’s the ultimate vintage watch to own.The analog Breitling AVI ref. 765 is quite a popular watch and not so easy to come by. No wonder it became the role model fo

Did you know that Swatch turns 40 years old next week? On March 1st, 1983, Swatch introduced its first collection of 12 watches in Zurich, Switzerland. And, as they say, the rest is history. To celebrate the great history of Swatch, we will bring you a series of articles dedicated to this special brand. From its history to the standout models and spectacular promotional campaigns, Swatch is and al

NOMOS's Tangente neomatik is a classic timepiece that never gets old. And the Glashutte-based watchmaker knows it. Here comes a new take on it that amalgamates the brand's winning ingredients. From the minimalist aesthetic to the in-house automatic movement, the latest Tangente neomatik is instantly recognizable in a NOMOS style. It revisits one of the brand's favorite deep blue colors in a galvan

When our managing editor Nacho handed me this assignment, my first response was, “Pick for 500 euros is an easy one: Seiko.” It could not have been a quicker cognitive connection than $500 budget nice watch = Seiko. But further consideration found me asking myself “why?” Why was Seiko the obvious choice? Has it become the autopilot answer to this question? And, more importa

I don’t know about you, but I really enjoy reading through the watch box stories from your fellow readers about their collections (or parts of them, at least). Last week, we featured Wesley’s impressive collection (click here), and today, Adrien will share a part of his. Adrien collects watches with his wife, who has been a watch collector longer than he has. It’s always great to

Lex, Nacho, and RJ talk about Swatch and its upcoming 40th birthday! One of the coolest brands of the 1980s celebrates four decades of amazing and colorful watches. Last year put Swatch back on the horological map with the MoonSwatch, but there’s so much more to the brand that saved the entire Swiss watch industry in the 1980s. In this episode, Lex, Nacho, and RJ show the plastic watch a lot

When Nicholas Bowman-Scargill relaunched his family’s watch brand in 2016, the Redcliff Quartz was the first watch from Fears in 40 years. However, in 2020, the Redcliff was discontinued. Except for a limited quartz Redcliff “Edwin Edition” that came out in 2023 to celebrate the brand’s founder’s birthday, the Redcliff hasn’t been a part of the recent catalog -

Today, we’ll take a look at three watches that fall within a very popular range of G-Shock models. These pieces also have a charitable aspect. Meet the trio of GW-B5600-based collaborations with the Charles Darwin Foundation. If animals are your vibe, you’re going to like them a lot!It was back in 1999 when G-Shock first partnered with the Charles Darwin Foundation on a line of watches

The first Tissot PR 516 was introduced in 1965, and a chronograph version followed three years later. Today, we get four new versions that lean on that aesthetic from the late ’60s and early ’70s. This is the new-for-2024 Tissot PR516 chronograph in three quartz versions and one hand-wound execution. I went hands-on to see what's what.The quartz models are priced at $545 for the all-st

History repeats itself. You know of the debate about which automatic chronograph came first. Was Zenith's El Primero, the Caliber 11 developed by Heuer, Breitling, Hamilton, and movement specialist Dubois Depraz, or the Speedtimer by Seiko the first? Now we have a new case of Who came first? It involves two watches - the Hublot Big Bang Unico Magic Ceramic and the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshor

It’s Sunday again, so it’s time for another Sunday Morning Showdown. Mike and Jorg go head to head in a battle over integrated-bracelet sports watches this week. Two weeks ago, we had a similar match-up when Vacheron’s 222 went up against the Royal Oak. This week, two more famous watches in the same category fight for the win. The main difference between these watches and the two

Rebellion, Masters of The Power Reserve, will be revealing their Predator Chrono Mono-Pusher during this coming BaselWorld show. Last year, they introduced the Predator Chrono with the regular start, stop and reset buttons. This year, they are going Mono-Pusher. This means that there is only one button – on top of the crown – for starting, stopping and resetting the chronograph mechani

Chronos24.pl and Fratellowatches.com are proud to present you this new, special, bi-weekly section dedicated to our fellow watch journalists and bloggers. Ever wondered what they really like? read on.Without going into the long-lasting dispute about who is a journalist, who is a blogger, and which of this two is better (like it matters) we tried to find out about a? more interesting topic: what ar

About a week ago, I was contacted by Lawrence, a fan of Speedmaster watches. He started reading Fratello Watches after the kind staff of the Omega Boutique in Natick, MA made him aware of our Speedy Tuesday feature. Now, we get quite a bit of e-mail per week (in all honesty it is on a daily basis) but Lawrence wrote me that he had something special. A watch that belonged to Wally Schirra, the only

Once in a while we make an exception and cover a battery-operated watch here on Fratello Watches. While we normally prefer mechanical movements, it doesn’t mean some quartz movements aren’t interesting. What should one think of the multifunction watches like a Speedmaster X-33 or Spacemaster Z-33, or the Apple Watch? But when it doesn’t concern a multifunction watch, there needs

As per March 1st, friend of the show Roger Ruegger (known for his blog dive into watches) will be the new Editor-in-Chief of WatchTime Magazine. The current Editor-in-Chief (for 16 years), Joe Thompson, will take the role of Editor-at-Large and remains with the publication as a writer and reporter.I’ve been an avid reader of WatchTime Magazine (Ebner Publishing) myself since 2000 or so (not

Angelus Collector’s GuideJust before Christmas last year a great project was released and I could not be more proud of it. For months I helped, researched, photographed material to appear in this extensive journal. Thanks to?Klassik Uhren Magazine, a publication that like us also belongs to Ebner Publishing, we had the pleasure to publish a very excessive article about one of my personal fav

As some of you may know, my horological life began some 25 years ago with an Omega Speedmaster Professional. Of course, it wasn’t my first watch. Although my very first watch was a mechanical one, quite a lot of quartz and digital watches - like Casio G-Shock, Citizen, and many many Swatches - had been on my wrist already.?But it must have been beginning of the ’90s that a friend of mi

Glashutte Original has released a Limited Edition PanoMatic Luna. It’s a thoughtful and beautifully designed watch. Whether you feel the romantic vibes of February or not, the German brand is doing its best to tug on your heartstrings.The new Glashutte Original PanoMatic Luna incorporates the GO DNA in an extremely feminine model. Inspired by symbols and colors of love, the round watch has a

I didn’t see this coming. I was wholly prepared to hate this poor man’s Ploprof - I was almost looking forward to it. But then something happened. Something I hadn’t expected. The Spinnaker Dumas, for all its patent weirdness, charmed me into submission.I’m still a bit annoyed about it, to be honest. Although it’s true that I never tire of being surprised, I don’