A close-to-60-year-old book should rarely be reprinted unless it’s a piece of classical literature. Watches by Cecil Clutton and George Daniels is not a novel or collection of poems. Rather, it is a book about timepieces, and mainly pocket watches at that. Yet, what these two fine gentlemen put together in 1965 is not only still relevant, but it also forms the basis of what horologists have

The designers behind the new and updated C65 Aquitaine deserve a handshake. It comes in one millimeter smaller, rather than larger. This White Sand version with a curved sapphire bezel that shines for nautical miles is the best model in the entire lineup. ?I have been covering Christopher Ward for a few years now. I don’t review everything the brand releases, just watches that I find unique.

In 2019, I endured a long, humiliating, and costly experience with Swiss Customs. Because of the article we published earlier today about traveling with watches, we decided to bring this older article back into the spotlight as well. Although Baselworld does not exist anymore, the topic is still valid! Be very careful when you cross borders with your precious watches.Baselworld 2019 - the last wat

Are you ready for an article on how to travel with your watches that features all sorts of watch rolls, cases, and other implements? Well, if so, move along because this article isn’t that! I’ve traveled a lot over the past 25 years, and I’ve been a watch nut for a good portion of that time. In this article, I’ll share a few things that I’ve learned - sometimes the ha

Welcome to another edition of Sunday Morning Showdown. Today, two editors jostle for position with two watches of a similar persuasion. Expect no holds barred as these writers vie for your votes to be crowned the winner. In this fight, we have two titanium watches with automatic calibers. The Linde Werdelin SpidoLite Nord is going up against the Zenith Defy Extreme. These are two titanium watches

In this edition of Fratelli Stories, I sit down with Fratello reader Shanka. While growing up in Sri Lanka and Australia, he gravitated towards watches made for adventure, and none more so than the Omega Speedmaster.Shanka has been a Fratello reader for many years. Since he and I both live in Australia, I had the privilege to meet him in person over a coffee mere meters from the ocean. One of the

On the 10th anniversary of the Escale collection, Louis Vuitton introduces its new Escale Time-Only Automatic watch with caliber LFT023. Four new references are available, each with a 39mm case in rose gold or platinum and a leather strap.Louis Vuitton EscaleMany of us, including yours truly, have been craving more new dress watches. It is not easy to find a dress watch that is not your typical &#

Last year, the IWC Ingenieur returned. The original Gerald Genta design got reworked and, when launched in steel and titanium, proved an alternative to the (un)available Royal Oak and Nautilus, the most iconic of Genta-penciled watches. A recent visit to IWC's museum in Schaffhausen, on the banks of the river Rhine, sparked a couple of eureka moments. The first one happened when I laid my eyes on

The French brand Depancel has captured the hearts of people who love classic racing-style chronographs. The colorful and diverse racing chronographs of the 1960s and ’70s continue to offer plenty of inspiration for Depancel’s new models. With the new Serie-R Tangerine Chronograph Automatic, the brand once again looks to the greats from the past while introducing a new movement for the

Fratello On Air is here with a new episode. We told you we’d be back! This week, our show topic comes courtesy of one of our listeners. We were asked how we’d behave with a dream watch that was purchased new. We have some thoughts and expand the discussion to vintage watches. For those wondering, our watch content starts after roughly 21 minutes.

We are back with another series of Fratello Favorites. This time, we pick what we feel are the best watches under $5,000. I have the honor of kicking off this new series and sharing my favorites in the segment. I have chosen to focus on dive watches only this time. Why? Because I feel this is the perfect segment for a great diver. And the fact that it is one of my favorite genres of watches helps

Omega Speedmaster Professional MIROne of Fratello’s regular readers submitted his Omega Speedmaster Professional MIR edition for our Speedy Tuesday! Only 28 pieces have been made in stainless steel and 7 in gold. This limited edition Speedmaster Professional commemorates the second American-Russian space link-up (the first was the Apollo-Soyuz, which also had its special Speedies to commemor

Armin Strom ManufactureMy first encounter with the Armin Strom Manufacture and their work was with a skeletonized OMEGA Speedmaster watch. That’s right, Armin Strom has worked for 10 years on various skeletonized OMEGA timepieces. However, in the 40 years being active as a watchmaker and engraver, he also started working on his own timepieces since 1984. During the years, his business –

Amsterdam?IWC CocktailIWC recently opened their boutique in one of the most famous shopping streets in The Netherlands. We are talking about the PC Hooftstraat in Amsterdam of course. On the 20th of June, IWC is organizing a cocktail to show the new Aquatimer collection. This collection has been presented during the SIHH 2014 in Geneva.? IWC Museum Curator David Seyffer will be there to present th

Sun's out guns out! Yes, it's June and that means that people are giving serious thought to where they will spend their vacation. For most, this entails some sort of beach setting and may include activities in the water such as swimming, diving, sailing or surfing. If not, though, the vacation usually involves some sort of travel and often to a foreign land. This is where, if you like watch forums

Last week we received the Oris Aquis Date divers watch in for review. Spot on to be my 52Mondayz watch for this week, as this week I will attend an event which includes diving.Oris Aquis Date 52Mondayz, week #24The Oris Aquis was slightly redesigned and presented at this year’s Baselworld. Compared to the previous?Aquis model (you’ll find our review here), the new Aquis?is somewhat mor

Saint-Imier (Switzerland), January?2017 Longines celebrates this year the 60th anniversary of its first Flagship collection. For this occasion, the watchmaking brand introduces the Flagship Heritage 60th Anniversary 1957-2017. This timepiece was inspired by a Flagship model kept in the Swiss watchmaker's headquarters, favoured by Longines' Ambassador of Elegance, Kate Winslet. Available in steel,

Ending a series?of travels we find our way to the C?te d’Azur in France to meet up with Anonimo watches for a sailing adventure. In a hotel nearby the harbor we gather up and change into the SFS sailing outfit for the best possible team spirit. Following a short walk we are looking at the SFS yacht which is one of the largest sailing boats there. As soon as we get on board and have a closer

Although it might be a close call between this LCD Speedmaster and the later Speedmaster X-33, I feel the LCD still wins the ‘Most Geeky Speedmaster’ title due to its high late 1970s/early 1980s design.We covered the LCD a couple of times before (read this early Speedy Tuesday story for example), and especially our team member Gerard warmed up to them quite a bit. But if there’s

How having 90 Euros in coins resulted in owning a vintage Omega Speedmaster Professional. You read these stories sometimes and wish it was you. But it happened to Rumen Kostov, who has become an avid follower of Speedy Tuesday in the meanwhile. His love for the Speedmaster is because of the two most common reasons: 1) the timeless design of this chronograph and 2) the moonwatch story, of course.Al