At Baselworld 2019, after years of seeing many new releases from the brand, the TAG Heuer Autavia Isograph was the primary focus.That’s right, we walked into the TAG Heuer booth, sat down in the conference room and aside from seeing a digital presentation of a new Golf watch, we physically saw one watch. Ok, that’s not exactly true. We saw a handful of different variants of the same wa

Recently, multiple brands released their ‘salmon’. I mean a dial with the colour which is described as salmon. Or named ‘salmon’ by the watch crowd. To commit to this I thought it was time to create my own ‘true’ salmon dial:Why do I say ‘true’? Well, there has been some discussion going on this new Audemars Piguet (reference 15202BC). Is it a salmon

Welcome back to Wrist Game or Crying Shame, the weekly series that allows you to participate in an important online survey while being stuck in the house. Today, we’ll head back to the late 90s with the Breitling Navitimer Montbrillant. But first…With our current homebound lives - imagine how this will read in a year’s time - a week ago seems like a month. But it was only last we

Back in May of 2019 Glashutte introduced their SeaQ model collection as part of the Spezialist range of watches. Based on a legendary diver from 1969, the Saxon brand launched a full new collection with a pretty distinct and different look. Recently we got an inside look into the dial production for the SeaQ collection.The design of the Glashutte Original SeaQ models stands out compared to other w

Wow, this is all happening so fast. When we started the competition, we had 96 watches. Now we have started the end game! We are at the stage where our writers go head to head and hope to battle their way through to the final. At this point, each of our writers has only one watch remaining. So today, we have our very first quarter-final that sees Jorg and Balazs battle it out for a spot in our Mar

Meet the Raketa “Avant-Garde” watch. Heavily inspired by 20th-century Russian artists like Malevich and Kandinsky who had a new vision of art, which was characterized by colorful abstract shapes. This new 40.5mm Russian mechanical watch was delivered to our office for a hands-on review, and it caused quite a stir in the process…The fun began when the package arrived. The Raketa b

It's not a price tag you are used to seeing on a vintage watch. And honestly, there are not many “special pieces you can still buy under $100 today. Even fewer are available if you want to have a full kit watch with its original manual. I guess I was just lucky to spot the Medana “Pontife at the right time…I?have gathered so many online sources where I?can scroll through offers f

My favorite detail is that the case seems to literally eat the crown and pushers. And more than anything, Im really curious to hear your opinion on the super-slim hands. I’ve been waiting to announce this release for a while and I’m happy to say that this vintage-inspired Yema Yachtingraf Bronze, perfectly balanced with strong black accents, is ready to hit the watch world.?Not even tw

I'm sure most of you got started in the watch hobby a while before we got into this weird isolated way of living. Well, not me! Alright, I got a Seiko Kinetic Perpetual when I was in high school, and that was quite a serious watch for me at that time. But it was not until January last year when I got my Oris Art Blakey that the bug truly bit. From then on, I’ve been hooked. This is a look ba

Meet the Tissot PRX Chronograph. It has been a long time since I ordered a watch during the initial presentation to the press from a brand. But alas, that’s exactly what happened with this. And it was a digital presentation, even!I thoroughly enjoyed wearing the regular Tissot PRX Automatic. Besides having a vintage-inspired design from a wonderful decade, the price for that watch is also on

Imagine your average Saturday afternoon. Add a group of around 40 people (oh yes, all men), together in a private section of a restaurant. There’s an open bar, snacks come and go, and there are a lot - I mean A LOT! - of watches. It doesn't sound all that complicated, and it really isn't. But it sure makes for a seriously fun afternoon! Yes, Fratelli, watch get-together season is here, and r

Like a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - chapter 64 of Lao Tse’s Tao Te Ching - ?I think a watch collection starts with a single watch. Not with three. But let’s assume the hypothetical situation, where a sugar daddy gave me $10,000 to spend on a three-watch watch collection to start with. What would I do? First, I’d celebrate, of course, and then I’d

Tudor has officially moved out! For decades, Tudor has shared ’s Geneva headquarters. It was long overdue for the brand to have a dedicated HQ and production facility. After several years in the making, this Friday, Tudor officially opened the doors to its new manufacture in Le Locle. This big news comes just a couple of days before Watches and Wonders, where the brand will unveil its much-a

Chrono24, the largest worldwide marketplace for luxury watches, launched a Watch Collection tool back in 2017. It allows you to keep track of your collection and gives you an indication of the current market value of your watches. Thus far, over 1.3 million watch enthusiasts have added their watches to the Watch Collection tool, resulting in a total of 3.7 million watches with a value of $46.6 bil

The Fratello team will be in Geneva from March 26th to April 1st to bring you the latest news on releases from Watches and Wonders 2023. This year marks only the second time that this exhibition is physically available for the press, and we'll be there to show you the latest from all your favorite brands. So if you want all the information on the latest releases from the watch world’s bigges

The Girard-Perregaux Laureato is one of the OG integrated-bracelet sports watches from the ’70s - 1975, to be precise. This means the model turns 50 years old next year. I am sure this will be celebrated with new additions to the collection, but we don't have to wait until then. Girard-Perregaux is introducing a new material into the line right now - titanium. This is the Laureato Chronograp

Let's first make things very clear: the Omega Speedmaster X-33 Marstimer was never meant to be on the wrists of pioneering astronauts traveling to the Red Planet. Instead, this latest X-33 was designed to be on the wrists of people working in mission control here on Earth. Still, this quartz creation does make you wonder a couple of things. For example, what will a successor to the current X-33 lo

For this eccentric collection of watches honoring Gaston-Louis Vuitton, the brand enlisted an impressive lineup of artisans for the job. The Escale Cabinet of Wonders is a trilogy consisting of Koi's Garden, Snake's Jungle, and Dragon's Cloud. All three watches pay homage to Louis Vuitton's grandson Gaston-Louis, who held a role in the company from 1907 till 1970. Before diving into these three ma

IFL Watches keeps knocking out one fun release after another. Among the brand’s projects, we have seen some amazing dial art that varies greatly in style but is always interesting. As I said in previous articles, my favorites are the Midnight Sky and Galaxy dials used for different models. The technique of pointillism adds great depth and fun to the watches. Next, the artists at IFLW have al

Well, after much deliberation, I've found what I subjectively consider the three best watches under $1,000 today. As Fratello’s resident list nerd, that should be a walk in the park, right? I have made tons of lists, including multiple ones about watches in this price category. But finding the five or ten best currently available watches in a certain price bracket is inherently different tha