This week Casio opened a ‘G-shock Master of G’ pop-up store at Kalverstraat 101 in Amsterdam, and Fratello Watches was invited.The opening event took off with bubbles and an informal chat amongst friends.?Which immediately set the right atmosphere for the event. As?you’ll find all the difficult stuff Casio supplies under the ‘G-shock Master of G’ label,?this pop-up st

Breitling Chronoliner – Vintage InspiredOur vintage?guy?Michael Stockton did a huge item on vintage Breitling watches a while ago (you can find it here) where he discussed these watches in-depth with some world renown?subject matter experts.Having that said, I have no deep knowledge on vintage Breitling watches but this new Breitling Chronoliner clearly shows some influences from their rich

Where a number of brands have huge difficulties delivering their novelties before (or in the) summer, IWC announces a special summer edition of their Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph. For this occasion, the IWC Portugieser Yacht Club reference?IW390507 has been fitted with a stunning sun burst blue dial with white subdials as well as a beautiful?blue rubber strap.IWC Portugieser Yacht ClubAs alw

Our first Podcast is a fact. Although some of our team members have been talking on other podcasts, we never did a podcast ourselves. That changes today, with our first episode of Fratello on Air.With only two native English speakers on the team (Michael Stockton and Sky Sit), we pushed back video and podcasts as long as possible. Talking on video, or podcast, in a foreign language is something el

How many have-you-ever-heard-of-this-watch brands can launch a limited series with a price tag around 5.000 euros? Well, the Czech watch manufacturer PRIM, originally from Czechoslovakia, can. And to great fanfare the watch was sold out within two weeks!Collectable right after launchWe are lucky we managed to get our hands on the only prototype marked 00/50. Initially, we thought we would write a

The watchHorizon is the thinnest and most delicate model of the three collections offered by Minase. The collection's name is inspired by the case shape's resemblance to the ever-extending horizon as seen above the sea. This design cue led to both the case and bracelet (or strap) to seemingly appear on a single plane. In addition, the Horizon's thick sapphire crystal has been cut and polished from

Welcome back to Wrist Game or Crying Shame, the weekly series that often brings back memories from your halcyon days. Let’s see if the TAG Heuer Link Chronograph moistens your eyes for the right or wrong reasons. But first…Last week, I showed you the Glashutte Original Senator Navigator. Even though that watch used a design heavily inspired by WW2 bomber watches, you felt it was “

Seiko presented the new versions of their Captain Willard models. And for the fans, the best thing about these is probably that they are a non-limited version. We've recently had the opportunity to give them a try so let's have a closer look at the Seiko Prospex SPB151 and SPB153.For those who don't know where the nickname comes from, Martin Sheen was seen wearing this watch in the movie Apocalyps

The Bvlgari Octo Finissimo watch is the darling of many watch journalists. Not only because of its thin case or the micro-rotor movement but also because Bvlgari is doing some different from the other luxury brands. The design of the Bvlgari Octo Finissimo is attractive and somewhat “off-the-wall”. A lot of brands are on the re-edition train, but not Bvlgari.Last month, we reviewed the

When a watch auction in Asia or the United States nears its last day, I?always put the Nivada Grenchen Travelmaster on my wrist. A manually wound movement, a GMT bezel, and an alarm are all auction-winning essentials. Well, at least essentials for not forgetting about an auction in the first place…I?have stopped counting how many great watches I?have lost for being too busy or too lazy to se

A few months ago, Wei Koh from Revolution contacted us, and a number of other media titles, to unfold his plan for The Pink Dial Project and asked to become a partner. I don't have to tell you how awful breast cancer is, what it does to the victim and their families. It is horror. And everyone here has a few examples of this disease in their own circle of family and friends.With The Pink Dial proj

Whether you like Patek Philippe and its watches or not, I think there's one thing we can all agree on: the brand is up there at the very top of watchmaking artistry. Today, the Genevan manufacture presents a world debut of six models from the current collection as part of its 2021 rare handcrafts exhibition. Each watch features artistic decorations such as manual engraving, grand feu cloisonne ena

The Breguet Type XXI 3815 is a colorful addition to the already existing vintage-inspired Type XXI 3817 that was introduced in 2016. The Type XXI has its roots in a larger and more complicated iteration of the famous Type XX. Breguet’s Type XXI 3815 comes in two different colors - orange and green - and we have both.The Breguet Type XXI 3815TI/HO/3ZU (orange) and 3815TI/HM/3ZU (green), are l

In a time where so many of us would happily consider blowing the whole budget on a single watch, this challenge will be a tricky one. RJ posed the question to the entire team on a team call last month. It was a very strict hypothetical challenge, but the rules were simple: we had a budget of $1,500 per watch (not one cent more), and they had to be watches that we’d actually wear.That made it

With summer around the corner, quite a few of the Fratello team members will fly to different destinations all over the globe. I’m sure a lot of you, our readers, will also spend the summer in different time zones, so we’ve come up with a list of the best GMT watches currently available. These are perfect companions for a summer vacation or a business trip, and they all have one of the

Pinion is one of those names that instantly spring to mind when industry folks talk about British watch companies. The reason? The build quality and wrist experience. I have always somewhat missed out on the latter due to the sizing. Today, though, my ill fate is about to change. Pinion is launching its smallest watch to date, the Neutron model, sized at 38mm in three color schemes.Pinion has rema

As you know, I've been proclaiming my need for the consolidation of my growing collection. As with many things, I feel a stronger need to commit if I put it in writing, and with you, dear Fratelli, I can't hide. I've been foolish enough to use my real name for my watch-obsessed Instagram account. It’s honest, but it does mean that I'm regularly chatting with many of you. So, if I get out of

Fratello Summer Splash 2022 is in full swing. The search for the best all-around summer watch is on, and we are looking for something colorful. Sure, the watch can also be practically and functionally able to deal with summer, but the first criterion is color. Plain black and white are banned! We're on the lookout for something bright that puts a smile on your face. In this second round, Jorg's Tu

My love of quintessential British watchmaking is no secret. Indeed, thanks to my dad's emigration from Norway more than 40 years ago, I feel half Brit. But that didn't stop me from doing a sacrilegious thing. I had the first (very rare) watch released by Giles Ellis of the Schofield Watch Company, the Signalman GMT from 2011. But I sold it to a former Fratello colleague because it was feeling too

Thus far, we've seen brands that mix horology with space and land exploration, car racing, coffee, and food. “But what about literature?” you may ask. Well, friends, I'm glad you want to know because, today, we're going to take a look at Buci. This is a brand hailing from Paris, France, with a first collection orbiting around the art of poetry, a world in which Nousse?ma Baraket, Buci&