After the very successful introduction of the Baltic Chronograph Bicompax 001 and their thee-hander (HMS 001), they are now ready to introduce to you their Aquascaphe.We wrote about the Bicompax 001 and HMS001 here, and Michael did a hands-on review of his Bicompax 001 after he received it (here). If you want to have more background information on Baltic and the guys behind it, I suggest you click

This week we’re handling another question aiming at our advise to choose?a watch. Which, as always, is a pretty personal thing and thus difficult to answer. We’ll try to read the question carefully, between the lines as well, and answer according to facts as much as possible. Which watch to choose, the Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight or the Sinn EZM 13?You Asked Us: Which Watch to Buy, the

Only three watches, but a lot of style, individualism, and charisma. Today more about the sharp-edged rotating UG Cabriolet watch, the timeless Futurematic with a surprisingly high price tag, and the first European electric watch LIP R 27. Let's go!Want to know why we didn't feature a vintage watch (wish)list for October? Because I continuously fail at one of the rules of sane collecting one in, o

I always enjoy putting together these weekly roundups. Some releases and other news floats under the radar, and I miss them during the week as I am busy working on other things. So, having a reason to go back over the week's news and launches is always quite refreshing.Out of everything that has gone down this week, these are things I found the most interesting! We’ve got some hot news strai

The Group Stage is in the books. It’s time for the head-to-head contests to begin. Over the next two weeks, we will run two quarter-final match-ups each weekend. One on Saturday; one on Sunday. Our intrepid warriors made it through blood baths of their own making, but now they need your help to fight another day. Only one man can progress from each quarter-final to the next stage. The choice

What’s better than fun for you and you alone? Fun for the whole family, of course! After treating myself to a new Bosphorus Briefcase in dark blue Togo leather, I found myself feeling a bit guilty. Why? Because my darling girlfriend, who has herself amassed a pretty decent watch collection, was moaning about how she had nowhere as luxurious to store it. And so I picked up the phone and order

I seem to be on a roll this week with a renaissance for large watches. Personally, I’d been taking a break from the small and the svelte, wearing the only two 44mm+ watches I have left (a quirky Schofield and the Seiko Marinemaster 300). Then, as if a sign from the heavens, the press images of the new Greubel Forsey Balancier S2 hit my inbox. The timing couldn’t have been more appropri

Welcome to The Fast And The Fratelli. With your help, we will find the best racing chronograph of the past ten years. According to our very fair rules, each editor will select two watches that must be able to track elapsed time for at least one minute. The watches need to feature both a tachymeter scale and a mechanical movement. And let’s not forget the “fresh and awesome” facto

To date, I have only seen one meteorite dial in the metal. I instantly fell in love with the uneven and otherworldly texture of this foreign organic material. And although the meteorite traveled the universe for billions of years, it felt familiar. Perhaps it's due to the fact that I've seen dozens of photos of meteorite dials on the internet before. Or perhaps it's because we humans come from the

I know it seems early, but it will be December before you know it. If you wait too long, you might be too late to get something in time for the holidays. In this installment of Pre-Owned Spotlight, I’ve made a selection of pre-owned vintage and modern gold watches with a nod to the holidays. And why is that, you might ask? Well, I believe - but feel free to disagree - that the holidays are a

When Citizen introduced its first light-powered analog quartz watch in 1976, it's doubtful that anyone foresaw just how vital the Eco-Drive line would still be for the brand today. Last year, Citizen resurrected its 1982 Promaster quartz dive watch and equipped it with a modern Eco-Drive caliber. Now, the brand has updated it with a new livery to highlight the significance of the whale shark and m

Andersen Genve is one of those brands for those in the know. Its wrist-worn wares are classical takes on watchmaking seen through the eyes of Svend Andersen. The Danish emigre turns 80 this year, and it doesn't seem to have put any dampers on his creativity. I have a feeling the Andersen Genve Asprey “Heures du Monde” Worldtimer will only cement my impression of quiet, hand-crafted e

Last week, Omega hosted its Planet Omega event in New York and invited an impressive lineup of ambassadors, consisting of actors, athletes, models, and so on. Interestingly enough, actor Daniel Craig showed up wearing an Omega Speedmaster that misled numerous people. At first, it looked like the Canopus Gold Moonwatch, but upon closer inspection, it wasn’t.Actor Daniel Craig - Image: OmegaA

The new Horage Autark Tourbillon is an audacious offering from a company that seeks to provide an incredible level of accessibility to watch collectors. Specifically, today, we’re talking about a Swiss-made micro-rotor tourbillon for under CHF 10,000. In a world where watch prices have gone mad, this sounds incredible. Let’s take a closer look.For a relatively young company (with watch

How do you start building? Well, one brick at a time. Therefore, I have limited myself to just one watch. A watch with a staggering $25,000 price tag, that is. You might think that picking just one watch is the easy way out of a complex conundrum, but you'd be wrong. Finding the perfect, solid foundation for a future watch collection is not a simple task. I had to go over a long list of brands and

Today is a great day for fans of Seiko chronographs. Here, we have the brand-new Seiko Speedtimer SRQ047 and SRQ049, which are based on early 1970s models from the Japanese brand. These two new watches ooze ’70s charm and have the capable 8R48 caliber running the show.We get a standard-production panda dial (SRQ047) and a limited-edition reverse panda dial (SRQ049). The latter is a limited e

It's finally here! The Seamaster Diver 300M watch spotted on the wrist of Bond actor Daniel Craig during the Olympic Games in Paris now makes its official debut. Showing the Moonwatch with a white dial on Craig’s wrist in 2023 worked miracles for its preview exposure, and that strategy worked again this year with the Seamaster Diver 300M.The Seamaster Diver 300M dates back to 1993. At that t

The Hublot Big Bang Unico Novak Djokovic is made of sponsors. They’re not unexpected sponsors since the world's number-one tennis player gets his rackets from Head and his sporting attire from Lacoste. However, what is unusual and surprising is that Hublot has used the equipment and clothes provided in the 2023 season to create a watch case. The blue composite material used to make the light

Hello, and welcome, folks, to Fratello Talks. Germany’s most prestigious watch brand has turned 30 (again) this year! So today, in honor of three decades of watchmaking from its seat in Glashutte, we’re talking all about A. Lange & Sohne. Now, some of you may be thinking: “Wait, Lange has only been around since the ’90s?” And you’d be right to question that

The Memovox is probably the most sought-after Jaeger-LeCoultre watch amongst collectors. JLC is about to present a limited series of three new Master Memovox International watches at the Parisian concept store Colette. Why? Well, from the 29th of November till the 31st of December, 25 participants are showing off their best pieces of art (and timepieces are included in that definition) during a pr