On January 16th of this year, Gene Cernan passed away. He was the Last Man on the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Before that, he flew on the Gemini 9A and Apollo 10 missions. This year, Omega introduced the 3rd Speedmaster Apollo XVII limited edition. In two flavors. In stainless steel (1972 pieces) and in gold (72 pieces). We have a closer look at the gold model.Omega Speedmaster Apol

As you probably know we sometimes have guest writers on Fratello Watches. They either have a great story to tell, an awesome watch to introduce or an angle, which we find interesting to look at a watch from. This article is a result of the latter case.Frieder, the writer of this piece, is not only a friend and colleague of Balazs but also a watch geek. He brought William L. to our attention and we

Visiting Klokers is always a pleasant surprise. They have a different approach towards watches. Releases are somewhere between watches, design, and fashion. This year Klokers has several novelties. Let’s look at the four new watches and two accessories.KLOK-01 in Midnight BlueThe KLOK-01 has already been covered by us a while back (review here). It displays time by counter-clockwise rotating

British watch brand Christopher Ward asked us to review one of their new C65 Trident Automatic, vintage-inspired, diver’s watches. An updated model from the manual winding version which had been available for some time already, and which is one of their best selling products. Not only mechanically updated with an automatic movement and date function, but the dial of the C65 Trident Automatic

Killer movement for your next GTGSome people put it on their list of the most useless watch complications of all times. What are we talking about this week? The dead beat seconds aka ‘seconde morte’ or also known as jumping seconds aka ‘seconde sautante’.Foreword on dead secondsYou look down at the dial and instead of a sweeping, continuous motion, the hand jumps! Sixty pre

Another month, another Watch Strap Review. In February we introduced Genteel Handmade Straps to you guys and for March we have yet another interesting company - Nero Biglia (Black Marble). Surprise, surprise, this brand hails from Italy! Let’s see if the nation’s reputation for fine craftsmanship holds up under scrutiny. might have guessed that we’re reviewing an awesome Italian

The Zenith Piggy Bank proves marketing genius lives for centuries. This is the story of a clock that helped people save money.? I met my friend Matej a few weeks after he lent me his Seiko Superior to be reviewed for 52Mondayz. I was about to give him the Seiko back when my subconscious autopilot threw a mandatory question at him. The one all curious watch nerds give and get all the time: Any new

We are at the stage where our writers go head-to-head and hope to battle their way through to the semi-finals. At this point, each of our writers has only one watch remaining. Today, we have our last quarter-final that sees a bust-up between Ben and Bert. We need your help to find out who will be one of the four final contenders. Where will your votes fall?We’re at the sharp end now. Ben has

Welcome to WASP 5.0, the fifth edition of the Fratello On Air Pod-column, Watching Sports and Sporting Watches. This week, Rob and Balazs celebrate reaching their fifth episode by sharing some of their favorite players from around the four major North American sports leagues.R&B had planned to pick one player each and assign each superstar an on-field/court/rink watch and one off-field/court/r

Back in January when the new Bvlgari Octo Finissimo S with a steel silvered dial was introduced, Rob called it a possible contender for the watch of the year. But is it really? Time to find out. I had a chance to go hands-on with the steel Octo Finissimo model that is closest to the original concept of the titanium version that was introduced in 2017. The big question is whether it is better than

Jamaal Parham is a commercial director, filmmaker, and watch collector living in Brooklyn.? Currently, a director signed with ArtClass, next-gen production company, and a creative consultant at AKA, international marketing and advertising agency. The LA native’s passion for filmmaking transported him to the East Coast, where he developed said passion at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. He cut h

Fratello will be on location in Geneva from March 30th to April 5th to cover all of the hottest news and releases from Watches & Wonders 2022. It’s the first year this exhibition is available physically for press, and we’ll be there to show you the latest from brands like , Cartier, Tudor, Patek Philippe, Jaeger-LeCoultre, A. Lange & Sohne, Vacheron Constantin, Oris, TAG Heuer,

The Planet Ocean series is a go-to choice if you want a cool alternative to the Submariner, and one you can actually pick up from an AD (remember that feeling?). This is perhaps the most important sports watch range from Omega, and as such, you would surely think this is a bonafide diver's tool, right? Considering the image of its burly 43.5mm size in classic steel and blue, or black with a tempt

I’m currently in a lot of trouble with my girlfriend. No, it’s not another woman. No, it isn’t about the drink, drugs, or my burgeoning interest in model railways. The problem is truly holographic. Yes, that’s right: I’m into holographs and holograms in a big way. Recently, my obsession with holographic material has extended to bubble jackets. At the best of times, my

While the Laco brand’s history of supplying the German airforce during World War II is a controversial topic on these pages and others (especially because the brand still engraves the side of its cases with the item code assigned to Pilot’s watches by the Third Reich’s Reichsluftfahrtministerium), many of the luxury brands (and plenty of the humdrum) found themselves on the wrong

I'll have a coffee and every Omega Swatch MoonSwatch to start the week, please. Do I have to ask what you did last weekend? Do you want to talk about camping outside the nearest Swatch boutique? Please share your adventures and let me know if you scored one of the eight, not eleven, possible planets - the Sun is a star, the Moon is a satellite, and Pluto is NOT a planet according to the Internatio

The deliberate and controlled oxidization of metal has been around in watchmaking for many, many years. In fact, the original technique has existed for centuries. It was devised as a way of protecting metal components from rust (which itself is a form of destructive oxidization). Watch hands were very commonly subjected to this treatment. This is because hands, given how thin and delicate they hav

That’s right, everyone’s favorite April Fools’ watch from last year is going into very limited production. Brought to you by Studio Underd0g and Fratello, the Aubergine dial project will raise funds for the fight against Testicular Cancer while, hopefully, putting a smile on your face.April Fools’ Day watches have become a thing. I remember the first time I became aware of

A year after the release of the Une Folle Journee collection, Trilobe adds the brand-new Dune version. Trilobe makes a small change with big results for an all-around rather spectacular watch.Une folle journee is French for “a crazy day,” and this is quite applicable here. It is not often that you run into a day displayed in three elevated circles, but that is what you get here. Let's

The Herms H08 is a watch that breaks away from the typical style of the French fashion maison. Upon its introduction at Watches and Wonders in 2021, it was already clear that Herms wanted to create something a lot more sporty. But that certainly doesn’t mean that the H08 isn’t as original or good-looking as the more classic watches in the collection. And now the designers dared to ta