For this week’s Speedy Tuesday we have a cool story on how one of our reader’s bought a dead stock Omega Speedmaster Professional from 1977. Omega Speedmaster collector Alexander experienced something that a lot of us can only dream about: finding an unsold (and basically unused) vintage Speedmaster, complete with box and papers. Without further ado, here is Alexander’s story.Dea

Baselworld 2019 brings us a new Tudor Black Bay Bronze, this time with a slate grey fume dial.Today, we had the opportunity to take in Tudor’s annual press release at Baselworld 2019.? It’s an event that flows quickly with a narrated introduction to all the new releases followed by a more than adequate hands-on period with the watches.? We’ll cover all the new pieces in upcoming

Yesterday, just prior to the start of Baselworld 2019, the new Breitling Superocean Collection debuted.? We had the chance to take a look at a couple different sizes.When most think of Breitling, chronographs come to mind.? With a stalwart such as the Navitimer (you can read our recent review of the new 1959 Reissue), other models often don’t get the same level of press, but Breitling has ac

Slated for launch in the autumn of this year, CITIZEN unveils three new Caliber 0100 watches, named after the Eco-Drive movement, that delivers the world's most precise time-keeping accuracy of within 1 second per year.Eco-Drive The passion for precision and ecologyFor over 40 years, CITIZEN has pursued higher precision always with Eco-Drive. Since the advent of quartz watch technology in the 197

From St. Louis, the home of the Gateway Arch, we have news of the new MONTA Atlas, a rare slender GMT that should please both fans of the brand and prospective new customers alike.We’ve been following MONTA since they first arrived at Baselworld a couple years back.? Since that time, the brand has repositioned itself slightly in terms of its value proposition and they seem to be doing quite

Last week’s Pre-Owned Picks included some pretty expensive watches, so let’s tone it down a notch and have a look at what’s out there to buy under $1,000.Every week we pick a few pre-owned watches from Chrono24, the largest market place for wristwatches in the world - watches that we love ourselves, or think they will be interesting to you. So to be clear, we picked the watches,

The world is still turning, but there are some moments these days it feels like it’s not really a smooth rotation. Here, at Fratello, our spirits are high, but we all see the news and effects of the Coronavirus and Coronacrisis.It seems like months since show cancelations began. At the time, some thought it was nonsense, too early, a knee-jerk reaction. But, in hindsight, we can say that Mr.

A new addition to the German brand's Pilot line, the sub-dial-sporting Laco Wurzburg makes full use of the ETA 6498.1 base caliber's attributes beating away inside its 42.5mm case.I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with Pilot's watches. There are some, like the Zenith Extra Special Pilot's (time-only) series that I love. There are others that leave me cold. Laco's output falls somewhere in b

I am happy to admit that my taste in watches spans from the classic and reserved to the more “out there” and wacky pieces. I’ve made no secret of my love for avant-garde and non-traditional watch design. It’s not always easy for brands to step outside of conventional design, either by their own self-imposed boundaries or by what they perceive to be their fanbase’s bou

With its origins in a love for vintage and a fascination for microbrands, Batavi is a brand that has aspired to bring something unique to the table. Whether in terms of design or color, the Dutch brand's watches have always had a unique flair to them, resonating with its motto, “modern design, vintage soul.” Today, we are happy to introduce the latest addition to the brand's offerings,

Almost every brand has watches everybody knows and wants in their historical product timeline. And then, on the flip side, are the watches nobody really cares about. Yet nearly every brand also has a few unique “one-off” models that hold a very special place in particular collectors’ circles. The Tissot Mediostat is such a niche vintage watch. But I am telling you, it has a lot o

The first month of spring is a special one for many reasons. At Fratello, it is mainly due to our latest collaboration, the new Fratello Nivada Grenchen Racing Chronograph. We are offering five dial variants with 10 watches in each color for a total of 50 pieces. The exclusive pre-order week starts NOW and ends on the 26th of March at midnight CET. This week, you can get one of the 50 Fratello Niv

Don’t get me wrong, I love writing about unreachable grail watches from brands like Laurent Ferrier, Vacheron Constantin, and Greubel Forsey. But I also remain rather grounded in real life, with my all-metal G-Shock in red probably my most worn watch this year. And I started with Seiko and microbrands on a sub-$500 budget. Seiko might have pumped up its prices, but both Japanese big-brand an

When the press release for the new Seiko Astron GPS Solar Medecins Sans Frontires Limited Edition SSH133 dropped in my mailbox, I thought of two things. My first thought wasn't related to Seiko, surprisingly enough. I saw the symbolic red color of Medecins Sans Frontires (Doctors Without Borders in English) combined with white and silver tones and thought of the Speedmaster Professional Moonwatc

In this installment of Back to Basics, we will go into a seemingly simple question that has a deceptively hard answer. How do you tell if a watch is good? As always, this article is aimed at newcomers to the watch hobby, but I see many veterans still struggle with this too. We see watches with very similar specs but sometimes with prices orders of magnitude apart. Sometimes that is justified, and

Last year, Aquastar released a modern interpretation of one of its earliest watches, the Model 60. The no-nonsense black dial paired with a utile skin-diver case made it an instant hit. Now a new dial color joins the fray. The limited-production Greenwich Edition has a dark green dial that works well with the design.It took nine months, but Aquastar is back with a second dial color for its popular

If you are not a fan of titanium watches, the Zenith Chronomaster Sport will confirm the number-one issue you might have with them. Straight out of the box, this new Chronomaster Sport feels super lightweight. If you want a watch to have some substantial heft, this is not the watch for you. But that’s the only reason I can think of why you would not want this brilliant monochromatic Zenith C

Before moving to London, I was forced to admire the Horage brand from afar. In the last year, though, I’ve seen several pieces in the metal at various events. They’re impressive and funky and compete against watches that are often boring. Plus, Horage focuses on innovative movements at fair prices. The new DecaFlux is an affordable watch with a new in-house caliber made to withstand ou

Integrated-bracelet sports watches have been and still are a very popular genre among watch enthusiasts. And even though it’s a slightly more recent trend, GMT watches are also in high demand. That’s probably why Beno?t Mintiens, the designer and founder of Ressence, decided to combine the two in one watch. We assume it’s a way to tap into a new target group, or maybe it’s

When Zenith first introduced this black-dial version of the Chronomaster Original in September 2023, it felt like a dej vu. At first glance, it immediately felt like a dial variant that the brand would have released in the early ’70s. We know that didn’t happen, but here we are, 50+ years later, with a dial variant that felt like it came straight from Zenith’s extensive archives