Hey there, indie fans. It’s been a while, but we are back with another installment of Independent Insights. Japan drops a Halloween-appropriate limited edition, URWERK raises a big wad of cash for charity and plenty more! Read on, folks!Minase 10tenLabs Divido “Blood Orange”It’s been a while since I’ve written about Minase here on the pages of Fratello Watches. One of

I don't know about you, but I'm not a fan of dark autumn and winter days. The darkness darkens my mood. I need light and lightness, and also a bit of color would help lift my spirit when way over fifty shades of gray surround me. It’s Casio to the rescue with a new G-Shock that cuts through darkness like a samurai sword through a nashi (a type of Japanese pear) with a watch that boasts a mul

Yes, believe it or not, we’re barreling into the festive season once more. With Halloween in the books, attention shifts towards the gift-giving portion of the calendar. Hamilton has kindly provided us with some decidedly joyous images of the brand’s big hitters for your consideration. In this holiday run-down we have some of our favorite pieces released in recent times. Including the

The ever-charming Antoine Pin of Bvlgari fame sits down with Rob to chat about his life in the industry, how his experience has shaped his approach to watch design and story-telling, and what possibilities might lie in store for Bvlgari in the future.In an energetic chat, Pin explains how he became bewitched by the industry and never managed to stay away from it for long. The fusion of passion, ta

In this article, one of our readers writes about the A. Lange & Sohne Saxonia Thin Blue Gold Flux. Joey Spreeuwenberg is a watch enthusiast who attends watch get-togethers, and he decided he wanted to share his experience with his latest purchase. Take it away, Joey!What if you could wear the night sky on your wrist, dreaming away as you gaze into the infinite universe while not losing track o

The auction house Christie's was very pleased to announce that it beat the competition last weekend. It was, of course, a weekend of big watch auctions organized by all the major auction houses. Christie's organized two of them. The house’s Legendary and Unique Watches auction realized CHF 31,877,418, and the Rare Watches auction realized CHF 23,669,670. The over CHF 55 million that these tw

Armin Strom and Collective Horology are two strong names with a predilection for non-mainstream cool. In the world of high horology, Armin Strom is famous for its work on the intriguing concepts of Resonance and Equal Force within a movement. For the tech heads in the watch community, the brand’s wristwear offers glimpses into a world of traditional techniques with a different mission. Rathe

Lovers of the chic French brand are actually pretty spoiled. They quite often have the opportunity to enjoy the great exhibitions that Cartier holds regularly around the world. Cartier and Islamic Art in Paris and later in Dallas was one of the most recent. Currently, there are two great “must-visits” in Geneva and Paris, which one could nicely combine into one trip for an exciting wee

When the press release for the 37mm NOMOS Club Sport Neomatik arrived in our mailboxes, I was actually quite excited. However, when I looked at the other Fratelli in the office, they didn’t look all that convinced. They said it wasn’t NOMOS anymore. To them, it looked as though the combination of the steel bracelet and the sunburst dial had turned the Club into something else. And that

I consume a lot of YouTube videos about watches. However, they are mainly reviews of particular watches that I’m interested in. It’s not often that I watch an actual documentary on watches. I remember I watched one on the history of Blancpain dive watches before I bought my Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe. It was so cool to see how, at that time, the dive watch was developed for an actual pu

Not too long ago, I wrote about Miyota and its effort to become the go-to movement supplier in the microbrand space. Today's release is proof of the merit of that strategy. This is the Boldr Worn & Wound 3xT GMT, a limited edition of 100 pieces of each of two colorways, made for adventurers. It features a clever internal rotating bezel and, crucially, a flyer GMT complication. Oh, and it is co

Are you ready for the first head-to-head battle in the Fratello Seiko World Cup? This year’s competition is all about Seiko dive watches. We’ll start with an epic face-off between one of Seiko’s first professional dive watches and a recent re-edition that’s also based on one of those earlier Seiko divers. Mike will defend his beloved 6215-7000, and Daan will be rooting for

Just when you thought the year was over, we have a new release coming right in time for the holidays. The Grand Seiko SBGW305 will be available globally beginning on December 1st. Yes, it’s another debut, but this, folks, is the watch I’ve wanted to see for quite some time.Before we get to the new Grand Seiko SBGW305, allow me to spend some words on why I am so excited about this watch

I have said it before, and I’ll say it again: Yema is on a roll with one new release after another. It’s been barely a month since Mike wrote about the unexpected Yachtingraf Tourbillon Mareographe. Not long before that, we saw the introduction of the Sous Marine collection and three new Urban Traveller models. Today, the brand from Morteau releases two Superman Bronze CMM.10 models po

If you follow our Fratello Talks podcast, you may know that I included the new 18K yellow gold TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph in a recent episode on our favorite releases of 2023. And that was even before it ended up in our office for this hands-on review. Now that I have been wearing it for a while, I can even be more precise: I love it.Sixty years of the CarreraThe TAG Heuer Carrera traces its ro

Yuto Horigome didn't just win a Tokyo Olympic gold medal riding his skateboard. He also won the Men’s Skateboard Street Best Trick at the X Games in California in July 2023. ?The Japanese athlete nailed a nollie backside 270 nose slide - that's a rotating jump onto an obstacle before sliding along it on the nose of the board - and that made him win the event. It’s another success that

Collaborations between watch brands and online media titles are nothing new. However, many are expensive premium products. Worn & Wound, which often focuses on affordable watches and independent brands, works with watch companies to create fun, credible limited editions. The latest results of these efforts are the new Timex Worn & Wound WW75 V3 models.In late September, we covered the last

Every year at the Theatre du Leman in Geneva,?the watch world comes together?to celebrate the best horological creations it has to offer. This year marks the 24th GPHG awards ceremony, and many impressive timepieces are in the running. We looked at the nominated watches in the different categories and picked our favorites. Whether they will win the actual awards remains to be seen, but it’s

Welcome to the second installment of our new series, Fratello Watch List! Thomas kicked off this short series of articles exposing some of our writers' watch hit lists. We all have a (not-so-)little list of references we plan on owning or maybe just dream of acquiring someday, don't we? Today, it’s my turn to expose some of my (neo-)vintage wishes, guilty pleasures, and other random referenc

The new Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Duoface Small Seconds defines watch charisma. The proportions, material, and colors work wonders - and not just for me. Everyone in the Fratello office wanted to get their hands on this particular Reverso. In the introduction article, I expressed how I couldn’t wait to try on this watch. It didn't take long for it to arrive, and it didn't disappoint.