It’s only a few weeks after Watches and Wonders 2023, and looking back at the event, the brand I was the most excited about was Tudor. With its recent releases, the brand has created a significant number of great watches that I would love to add to my collection. But it was with the Tudor Black Bay 54, a watch that is not on that list of wants, that I realized I found the soul of the brand.

The product should always be front and center within this world of watches we love so much. And that doesn’t only apply to new products. Improving existing products is also part of the game. I always greatly appreciate it when brands put effort into making their existing products even better, especially if the original was already a great watch. That’s exactly what Serica has done with

Next year will mark 30 years since Cartier released the Must de Cartier Tank Art Deco. Maybe I should feel embarrassed that I don’t recall ever seeing it before. But the moment I spotted it last week, I instantly fell in love. If it weren’t quartz and in the ballpark of $10,000, it would be mine already.Find me a man or woman who doesn’t like the Cartier Tank. This classy watch i

Today, we’ll take a brief look at the Sarpaneva Dragonskin, a watch that owes its existence to a fellow watch journalist. It’s a fascinating watch with a great story. Plus, it brings together watchmaking and artisanal materials. What could be better?Justin Mastine-Frost is the Director of Digital Content for Sharp Magazine, one of Canada’s leading men’s lifestyle journals.

Seiko has possibly the widest range of entirely in-house-manufactured watches in today's market. Everything from Spartan Seiko 5 watches to highly complicated Grand Seikos will be found. Since 1974, the company has even had a Haute Horlogerie branch in the form of Credor. And for those who are quick at arithmetic, that is precisely 50 years this year. That’s a cause for celebration!Credor in

Although I have worked in the watch industry for years, this year marked my first trip to Watches and Wonders. When I was a vintage dealer, I simply had no business at the fair, and I had to skip it in my first years at Fratello due to personal circumstances. This means I went into it with quite a bit of experience but also with a newbie mindset to the event itself.When our shop manager Laurits as

You've seen the press pics, and you've read the comments. Now it's time to slip on and try out the double-denim Patek Philippe duo - the World Time Date 5330G and Nautilus Self-Winding Chronograph 5980/60G. I had to find out how these somewhat controversially styled watches felt and wore in reality. While I was at it, I also managed to get a little time with the Aquanaut Travel Time 5164G, which c

Hello, and welcome to an on-location episode of Fratello Talks. Today, Nacho, Daan, and Lex are coming to you from the Watch Valley event in Utrecht, where Swatch Group novelties for the first half of 2024 were unveiled. They’ll run through some of their favorites and give opinions on the different brand’s new watches and directions, with a sprinkle of the usual banter. You’ll ha

I would be lying if I didn't admit to being a big fan of Japanese craftsmanship, especially the emphasis on artfully inspired dials. Orient Star is the top-tier division of big-box brand Orient, a well-known entity if you're already into watches. The biggest draw is that Japanese brands have a particular design mindset and quality ethos, as we can see with the new Orient Star M34 F8 Date.Orient St

It's weekend! We decided to come up with some easy-to-digest content for the weekend, as you've probably been doing enough reading all week. From now on, we will publish our Weekend Watch Lists feature every weekend, to show you overviews with information about the consumer watch market. Our overviews are based on data from on-line watch consumers. Per list we will indicate the countries from whic

A few Speedy Tuesdays ago, we showed you the new Omega Speedmaster Moonphase Co-Axial Master Chronometer collection, except for the version in platinum. This limited edition of 57 pieces only (referring to 1957, the founding year of the Speedmaster collection), with a case made of platinum,?using red liquidmetal(tm) for its bezel and has a platinum dial. Using a platinum dial and red accents made

One of the watches that got most talked about during BaselWorld is the Tudor Heritage Black Bay Chrono. Not only because it is a totally new addition to their Heritage collection, but also because Tudor made an interesting move regarding the chronograph movement of this watch. It is based on the Breitling B01 chronograph movement. Let’s have a look.Tudor Heritage Black Bay ChronoSince a few

Earlier this year, during the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva, Jaeger-LeCoultre introduced their new Polaris collection to the world. We’ve been raving about them a number of times, including this hands-on review of the most popular one: the Polaris Memovox. Today, Jaeger-LeCoultre introduces us to the new Polaris Geographic WT limited edition, where WT stands for ‘

It was one of those normal Saturday afternoons. You know, the kind where you're fiercely duking it out with another bidder who likely hails from a country across the world. It's likely that anonymous foe and I couldn't even communicate using the spoken word, but yet, there we were, raising our bids in stupidly small Japanese Yen-based increments, thereby extending the auction each time by a set nu

Today, we take a look at the Seiko SilverWave J12082, the very first dive watch from the celebrated Japanese brand.I was recently on my way back from a long Easter weekend in Bordeaux (where, surprisingly, I'll long remember the world-beating experience of ingesting crustaceans and shellfish over drinking wine), when I stumbled upon a review of the new Alpine A110 sports car on one of my favorite

It was only a few years ago, in 2018, when Vacheron Constantin introduced its Fiftysix collection. The line was not running with a new idea. It was instead a freshly developed interpretation of a vintage Vacheron Constantin watch. The reference 6073 came to the market in 1956, hence the model line name.The inspiration for the case of the 6073 was the shape of the Maltese cross. It also happens to

In this Sunday morning column, two of our writers go head-to-head in an epic showdown for the ages. Strong opinions and hysterical hyperbole are welcome (so feel free to join in with the fun in the comments section below). And don't forget to let us know which watches you'd like to see torn to shreds/effusively exalted next week. We'll try and feature as many of our readers' choices as we can. Are

In this Sunday morning column, two of our writers go head-to-head in an epic showdown for the ages. Strong opinions and hysterical hyperbole are welcome (so feel free to join in with the fun in the comments section below). And don't forget to let us know which watches you'd like to see torn to shreds/effusively exalted next week. We'll try and feature as many of our readers' choices as we can.Here

With the 2021 Formula One season starting on schedule, I check out the watch brands that sponsor each manufacturer. Some of the partnerships are new for this year, whereas some are dyed-in-the-wool. There are even F1 teams without a watch sponsor as the season gets going. But no matter the case, I cover each team and weigh in with my thoughts on whether they are a good fit for the chosen watch bra

The first thing that comes to mind when I look at 99.9% of all Prospex models is: damn that's a lot of watch! They're bold, they're big, they're present, they're robust, and, last but not least, a Prospex diver gives you a lot of bang for the buck. The new Seiko Prospex Naomi Uemura 80th Anniversary Limited Edition Watch models in deep blue and (unlimited) dark gray, provoke the same initial react