Oris is introducing a new movement in its third collaboration watch with the Carl Brashear Foundation. Meet the Oris Carl Brashear Cal. 401 limited edition watch of 2,000 pieces.I am pretty sure you will remember the recent introduction of the Oris caliber 400 movement. The 400 is an in-house movement with a power reserve of 5 days. It is anti-magnetic (2,250 gauss) and comes with a warranty of 10

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 dough. You’ll need it as we pit the new Omega Sedna Speedmaster against the Canopus Speedmaster.It’s been a couple of weeks since Omega dropped its quartet of new Speedmaster models. We’re still frothing at the mouth here and,

Guilty pleasures - everybody has them, but should they? As Lex explained in the first article of this series, a guilty pleasure could be defined as something that you enjoy but is frowned upon by your peers. It’s a possible reason for embarrassment, especially amongst friends. But why should you be embarrassed? As Lex said, “You should celebrate that you have the ability to feel such w

Here at Fratello, we love to shine the spotlight on special projects that members of the watch community are working on. Today we have the pleasure of introducing a new YouTube channel: Winters & Bui - Photography & Watches. It’s being launched by Lydia Winters and Vu Bui. And if their names ring a bell, you might know them already. Perhaps from their positions at Mojang Studios as C

The geniuses at H. Moser & Cie. are the masters of fume dial art, and the Endeavour series is the perfect canvas. As the most traditionally styled case from Edouard Meylan and his artisan team, it is used to full effect. What better frame for a degrade piece of circular art than a conservative, flawlessly polished case. The H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Small Seconds Total Eclipse The Armoury

The Patek Philippe Ref. 5070P is NOT my grail watch. And that's because the watch, although the object of my desire, is not the object of my extended, difficult quest. I don't actively chase the hand-wound, old-school chronograph, so both technically and literally, it's not my grail watch. Why go on a wild goose chase for something I can't afford? But in an imaginary watch world, my grail watch is

The other day, I did something I hadn’t done for quite a while: I spent an hour browsing random vintage watch ads. And what a good time spent it was! I came out of it with three fantastic Casio watches to share with you today.?I usually do it the other way around - I track down vintage ads for a bunch (or 20 bunches) of watches. As a co-founder of the Ad Agency Of The Year in Slovakia, the c

The Omega Speedmaster Professional will be priced at $7,500 as of February 1st (it was $7,100). The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Duoface? It is now $13,100 instead of $9,100 not even a year ago. That’s a price increase of nearly 44%. It almost sounds like is keeping it sane for its sports models with increases of approximately 2%. The catch here is that you can’t buy them anyway. Nacho, L

Hublot never disappoints when it comes to adding some sunshine to a gloomy January. During LMVH Watch Week 2023, the Nyon brand introduced quite a large number of new releases. Hublot showed once more that it loves creating timepieces that stand out due to the combination of colors and materials. Looking at the newly introduced timepieces, “simple” and “subdued” are not the

Let’s start today’s Pre-Owned Spotlight article with a little disclaimer: the watches I present below serve as mental bookmarks. You could see them as pieces of inspiration for starting a pre-owned hunt of your own. Let’s just dive in immediately, and you’ll see what I mean.This is the first time I’m writing for the Pre-Owned Spotlight series, so I can still draw from

British watchmaking has carved out a niche for itself thanks to a handful of strong brands leading the pack. And with the newest versions of the Fears Brunswick 40, Nicholas Bowman-Scargill attempts a daring feat. Together with top US retailer Topper, we are treated to a blend of Californian nature and British watchmaking.Many small brands have great backstories, making the buyer feel part of a re

Another Friday, another Top 5! After two lists of the best watches under $1,000, we’re staying on the topic of affordable watches. This week’s list focuses on the best Seiko watches under $500. The Japanese brand used to be the undisputed king of affordable mechanical timepieces. However, with rising prices, we sometimes think those days are gone. But are they? We have selected five mo

Paul Newman made the Daytona famous for all kinds of reasons, but money wasn't one of them. Will Bradley Cooper make the Louis Vuitton Tambour a legend of the watch world? Well, when the American actor was an IWC ambassador, he didn't get a watch (nick)named after him. Also, once his deal with the brand from Schaffhausen ended, he posted a picture of himself wearing a watch from a brand that you

Did anyone order pizza? Well, actually, I know many of you did. When Studio Underd0g founder Richard Benc and Time+Tide founder Andrew McUtchen seemed to launch a pizza watch last April, watch enthusiasts went wild. Unfortunately, it was a very well-played April Fools’ joke, and everybody could soon get back to what they were doing. However, requests for the watch just kept coming, so Richar

Buying a pre-owned watch can be daunting at first, especially if you are new to the game. You read horror stories of fake watches or watches with incorrect parts. And you would not be the first to end up with a watch that is not functioning properly. For many, this is reason enough to buy nothing but brand-new watches from authorized dealers. But you may be cutting yourself short there. Buying pre

Vacheron Constantin has recently taken the stage by reintroducing the stainless steel 222. This year, the world’s oldest continuously operating watch brand is celebrating its 270th anniversary - one of the reasons it’s part of the Holy Trinity - and started strong by giving us a recreation of its classic from 1977. Nearly five decades ago, a then-23-year-old watch designer named Jorg H

About 3 years ago, I visitted the Camille Fournet office in Paris, together with Gerard Nijenbrinks. I was immediately impressed by the quality and looks of their straps.A few months ago, I bought a Panerai and as you probably know, they come with a little screwdriver to exchange straps quite easily. So after a quick browse on the internet I discovered the TCStraps site by Elliot Lazarus. They hav

As you probably noticed already, the SIHH 2010 expo results in a lot of new and impressive timepieces by numerous manufacturers. Unfortunately, I could not make it to the SIHH and GTE myself this year, but at least I am able to track all new releases via WatchUseek, Perpetuelle, TimeZone and WorldTempus.Audemars Piguet is also exhibitor at the SIHH in Geneva and was actually the first brand that I

The SIHH 2014 started today and we had appointments with a number of brands already, including Piaget. We wrote about the new Piaget Altiplano 900P before (here), but didn’t see it in the flesh yet. The groups of people present during the presentations are quite big (> 30 persons), so there is little room to do some quiet photography work. In any case, we hereby show you some live picture

We know we don’t cover many ladies watches here on Fratello Watches, but this Richard Mille RM 19-02 Tourbillon Fleur that was presented to us this morning is really something you have to see. It is one of the two pieces that Richard Mille introduced during the SIHH 2015. Normally they have about 8 – 10 pieces every year, but they decided not to blow all their ammo during SIHH and get