Last week we told you that our contributor Teun van Heerebeek will exhibiting his art work during the Salon 0024 in Amsterdam from April 29th to May 1st (more information here).Salon 0024 is offering 5 free tickets for our readers (value: $25 Euro). The only thing you have to do to get these tickets for the Salon 0024 in Amsterdam is shoot us an e-mail with your name and on which day you’d l

The creators Marco Biegert and Andreas Funk explain their conceptAll people learn to read the time using the hour and minute hands. Biegert & Funk throws this idea?overboard and interprets the time in words with their?QlockTwo?concept. Asked whether this intuitive time indication was the focus of product development, Managing Director Marco Biegert answers: “It is the intuitive way of re

Once in a while we ask a reader about his Speedmaster or Speedmaster collection. For today’s Speedy Tuesday, we asked Clement from France about his Speedmaster reference 105.003 and 145.022.Take your pleasure seriouslyIn this installment we ask a collector to tell us a bit about his Speedmaster watches. He showed us a few pictures in a short conversation on one of the social media channels,

Eqvis Varius is probably a brand you’ve never heard of. Neither did we, so don’t worry. The Eqvis Varius reminded me a bit of playing with LEGO: switch and swap straps and bezels on this watch (yourself).The variations are endless and allow you to customize the watch to your attire, mood and, of course, wallet. Some brands offer customization by changing the strap of your timepiece. Ot

Chasing Time is a book written by an experienced watch collector, who highlights vintage watches that have gone through his hands being a collector and dealer.This book, written by Alistair Gibbons, takes you on a journey of being a watch collector (and dealer). Many different watches – including those from unknown brands – are being described in detail and most of all, what makes them

Looks like a watch with 24 date windows, no? Well, look again.Let's not beat around the bush: the Gruen Airflight has twelve see-through apertures in the dial. At 1 pm a thin under-the-dial plate shifts automatically to expose the numerals 13 through 24. How cool?!My problemWhen I unboxed my Gruen Airflight, I immediately wound it and tried the hour change mechanism. I wanted badly to know how it

Uncertainty seems to be the only certainty at present. It’s an odd time indeed and for some there’s little comfort to be found. Let’s do our best to focus on the watches we enjoy today and will continue to enjoy after life returns to a relative state of normalcy.It was February 14th - Valentine’s Day for the single and forgetful - that I flew to Orlando with my family for a

When writing my first photo book article, it brought up some of the things I have learned over time. It also shows some specific topics related to watch photography which I find fascinating. So after mentioning lume photos, there is another topic which is about the details. Though the years I've created many watch macro photos that reveal details that can be hard to see with the naked eye.Watch ma

Welcome to Episode 51 of Fratello on Air, otherwise known as WASP 7.0. Today we're going to discuss our three favorite sporting icons and which watches we'd gift them if we had the chance.We’ve got disgraced and redeemed French cyclists, Swiss footballers and tennis stars, Hungarian and Irish soccer legends, a swaggering quarterback, and arguably the GOAT of all GOATs for your listening plea

Eric from Rico’s Watches Podcast asked to appear on his show, which I gladly did, to talk about how I got into watches, starting Fratello and about collecting watches.Not only did he record a podcast, but it is also captured on video (YouTube) so you will be able to see the watches I am talking about. The Rico’s Watches Podcast is great fun (he had a number of known and lesser-known gu

In our Sunday Morning Showdown, two of our writers go head-to-head in an epic showdown for the ages. Strong opinions and hysterical hyperbole are welcome (so feel free to join in with the fun in the comments section below). And don’t forget to let us know which watches you’d like to see torn to shreds/effusively exalted next week. We’ll try and feature as many of our readers̵

Le Rhone is a curious one. Curious as in offbeat. I was introduced to the brand on the business side a handful of years back at Baselworld. In fact, intermediaries who were not even representing the company encouraged me to “check them out”. Usually, that signaled something noteworthy in the sea of exhibitors. Le Rhone’s reps ushered me into a meeting with one of the brand’

At the end of the 1955 Farnborough Airshow, the British Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, flew in an Avro Vulcan bomber. Though most pilots were bundled up in military flight suits and helmets, one figure stood out, cutting a dash in his tailored Savile Row business suit, shirt, and tie. It was the Vulcan’s flamboyant pilot, Wing Commander Roland ‘Roly’ Falk, and that was his sta

How did the Easter Bunny treat you this weekend? No, don't tell me, keep it to yourself. And since you might not want to share too much with your colleagues either, here's a bit of coffee corner watch talk to kick off the week featuring G-Shock, a space-going Omega Speedmaster in yellow gold, a rare and complicated F.P. Journe creation, plus an upcoming exhibition at the Musee International d̵

Not long after announcing its upcoming Promaster retro diver, Citizen is back again with a new chronograph inspired by ’70s design - the CA7090 in Super Titanium. For a 104-year-old company, introducing a brand-new design may be too radical, so how about throwing in a few familiar faces? Oh yes. The Japanese giant is adding not just one, but nine vintage-inspired models to its 2022 Super Tit

Casio has added two attractive models to its A1000 Premium lineup. The series now consists of silver-, yellow gold-, rose gold-, and multi-colored digital watches. The A1000 Premium models are part of Casio’s Vintage Iconic collection, a successful attempt to revisit Casio’s digital-watch roots.Casio A1000MA-7EF and A1000MGA-5EFLet’s start by putting these new Vintage Premium mod

Currently, RR Auction is hosting its Space Exploration and Aviation auction. Ending on April 20th, 2023, the auction includes several watches that belonged to astronauts and cosmonauts. Among them are three 18K gold Speedmaster Professional “Tribute to Astronauts” watches. This is your chance to own a lovely horological piece of space-exploration history, assuming your pockets are deep

There is a reason that Fratello released a collaborative effort with Czapek in 2021: quite frankly, we love the brand (a lot!). And the Antarctique has played an instrumental role in that love, that's for sure. On its own, it is a sharp take on the hotter-than-July integrated-bracelet sports watch, but it has also proven itself an excellent vehicle for lateral projects. The open-worked Antarctique

Tissot has been making waves over the past two years with the PRX series. As some of you might know, I own a PRX Powermatic 80, and I love that watch. In my opinion, it is easily the best watch for less than $1,000. But despite the great success of the PRX collection, the brand is definitely not a one-trick pony. With the Seastar and Gentleman collections, Tissot has two more modern lines that off

Fratello On Air returns after a bit of a layoff, and we discuss a number of things, including the new IWC Ingenieur. We’re glad to be back with you, and we hope you enjoy today’s candid show!