Unimatic is on a roll! The brand has been releasing a lot of new timepieces over these past few weeks and months. The remarkable thing is that a lot of them not only offer new designs but also new functions. The latest addition to the impressive list of team efforts with other brands and retailers is the Unimatic Modello Quattro U4S-T-HS. The watch is a collaboration with the renowned Canadian out

For many enthusiasts, a vintage Omega Speedmaster Professional is the way to go, despite the current Moonwatch ticking a lot of boxes as well. You should be able to find a nice Speedmaster Professional reference 145.022 for an attractive price, and this buying guide should help you with the things you need to know.The Speedmaster Professional 145.022 is a sought-after reference that was in product

Just yesterday, I received word from Bremont HQ - The Wing - in Henley-on-Thames that a new watch would be debuting today. This is the very same watch that I have the pleasure to introduce to you now - the Bremont Broadsword Recon. This watch is the latest addition to the British (with a capital B) brand’s Armed Forces collection. This series of watches form part of Bremont’s close bon

Fratello On Air is here with loads of new watches in this episode. No, it’s not Watches and Wonders, but it’s busy nonetheless! There’s a new Fratello collaboration and even a MoonSwatch!

Of course, it’s nice to peel the stickers off of a brand-new watch. In the end, we’re all a bunch of magpies who want to get their hands on the next shiny thing. But in some instances, it might be more sensible to go for a pre-owned watch instead of a brand-new one.When I look at my collection, it’s a “healthy” mix of watches that I bought pre-owned and watches I boug

For many enthusiasts, a vintage Omega Speedmaster Professional is the way to go, despite the current Moonwatch ticking a lot of boxes as well. You should be able to find a nice Speedmaster Professional reference 145.022 for an attractive price, and this buying guide should help you with the things you need to know.The Speedmaster Professional 145.022 is a sought-after reference that was in product

For many enthusiasts, a vintage Omega Speedmaster Professional is the way to go, despite the current Moonwatch ticking a lot of boxes as well. You should be able to find a nice Speedmaster Professional reference 145.022 for an attractive price, and this buying guide should help you with the things you need to know.The Speedmaster Professional 145.022 is a sought-after reference that was in product

I am very excited to announce that the RZE Fratello Resolute Pro “Contour” is available to pre-order now in the Fratello Shop. This launch is something new for Fratello regarding price point, and it all came to life off the back of community feedback. We’ve been truly humbled by the support from the Fratelli over the past couple of years on every project we’ve released. We

Excelsior Park holds quite a special place in watchmaking history. It was a fine-quality watch manufacturer, but the company’s name remains unknown to many today. The reason is simple: EP mostly delivered cases and movements to other familiar watch brands, including Zenith, Girard-Perregaux, and Gallet.Applying the rule of thumb when randomly browsing vintage watch dealers or auction sites,

Have you ever seen a Crash live? If you have, you will agree with me that this very peculiar Cartier creation is something special. Do you know what's even more special than “any old” Cartier Crash? A skeletonized Cartier Crash Skeleton Extra Large limited edition in platinum, that’s what. Only 10 were made in 2017 in honor of a special exhibition on Cartier watchmaking. World-fa

The sub-$1,000 segment used to be teeming with amazing watches from microbrands and long-established mainstream brands alike. Today, a lot of them have crossed the $1K mark. It can almost make you feel as if $1,000 isn’t a boatload of money, which it is, especially if it’s all in pennies. Jokes aside, although there may be fewer obvious contenders than before, I think we should still s

The Seamaster Ploprof is partially famous for being on the wrist of FIAT boss Gianni Agnelli. Many think Agnelli wore his Ploprof over his cuff because he thought it was stylish, but it was actually because of his allergic reactions to metal on his skin.Gianni Agnelli wearing his Omega Ploprof in St. Moritz back in 1979Despite him doing this out of necessity, many have praised and copied Agnelli's

Welcome to Fratello Talks. This week, you join your host Nacho alongside RJ and Lex to discuss the evolution of watch marketing. The idea of marketing watches has been around since selling them became a lucrative endeavor. Since then, we have seen the watch industry’s efforts take many different forms, from posters to print ads, television spots to ambassadors, and the many different ways th

Another Friday, another list! Multiple people on the Fratello team own or have owned a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso. One of them is Daan, who has a beautiful Reverso Classic Medium Duoface Small Seconds. He usually wears it on a leather and canvas Casa Fagliano strap. Last week, though, he swapped it for an Arroway mesh bracelet, which looks awesome. One photo of that combination suddenly resulted in

It’s my favorite and, I’m sure, many of our readers’ most anticipated time of the year - the start of the Formula 1 season. Even with a record 24 Grand Prix races last year and six Sprint races preceding the main event, the winter break felt long. Also, 2025 marks the 75th anniversary of the first F1 world championship season in 1950, which had its first race at Silverstone Circu

I have become somewhat of “the Fortis Novonaut guy” at Fratello. Not on purpose, I might add. But I must say I am quite a fan of Fortis’s latest version of its chronograph for space explorers. The Novonaut series debuted in October 2023 as the follow-up to the famous B-42 Cosmonauts Chronograph. After three initial stainless steel models, Fortis released the Novonaut AMADEE-24 Ma

A while ago,?I wrote a comparison article between the Omega Speedmaster Professional and the so-called Omega Speedmaster Reduced (officially it was just called Speedmaster Automatic). I’ve noticed that over the last couple of years, the interest in the Omega Speedmaster Reduced increased quite a bit. Actually, when I retrieved all the information on the interest in Omega Speedmaster watches

A couple of months ago I ran into Juliana Renoult, the co-founder and art director of Suissemecanica. I heard about these watches, I saw them on pictures, but I never saw one in the flesh. I was impressed and asked if I could have one for review. Not much later, a large box arrived with their Suissemecanica SM8 Chrono inside. Let’s have a look.Suissemecanica SM8 ChronoThere are niche brands

The new Carrera automatic chronograph excited motorsport lovers ??Ferrari racing drivers preferred it in goldMotorsport has always been in the DNA of the Heuer Carrera, which was named after an auto race. Heuer began an innovative partnership with Ferrari in the 1970s. The gold Carrera chronograph, which was given to each Ferrari driver in the Formula One race, became a symbol of the natural symbi

It was at least a couple of years ago on an evening that I found myself cruising the internet. I did the normal thing: news, watch sites, eBay, and some dealer sites. At the time, Menta Watches, a watch dealer, was just beginning, but they had already begun featuring some neat watches. Amongst all the chronographs and es, it was a weird, and admittedly plain, watch that caught my eye. And while I