Fratellowatches just received this press release:Chrono24 strengthens its number one market position in Asia, Australia and the US as the leading online marketplace for luxury watches like , IWC, Breitling and Audemars Piguet.Karlsruhe/Melbourne, Nov. 22nd, 2010, In February 2010 Internet entrepreneurs and watch enthusiasts Dirk Schwartz and Tim Stracke acquired Chrono24, the world’s leading

We were invited to come to the Dubai Watch Week and after a short discussion, Balazs and I decided to go and see what it is all about. Dubai Watch Week has been going on for a couple of years, and this year for the first time in a completely different setting (according to them).The Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons retailer in Dubai organizes Dubai Watch Week. A family owned business that is well-known in

Today, we'll take a look at the Marc & Sons DWFB Limited Edition, the newest collaboration watch between a micro-brand and the Diver's Watches Facebook Group. As you can certainly see, this is a different, more whimsically styled, type of watch versus past pieces from the group that now boasts over 47,000 members. On the other hand, you'll see that it contains some fairly impressive specs that

When I started to explore vintage Omega watches I was instantly hooked by their chronographs. To me, a chronograph is one of the coolest and most usable features a watch could have. This was the reason – or perhaps the fact that my first Omega with a complication was a caliber 1040 chronograph. Still to this day I hold those watches near and dear to my heart. So, as I dwelled into the wonder

Oris pays tribute to a living legend, James Morrison with a new time-only wristwatch. No, not that James Morrison, who serenades BBC Radio 2 listeners. Instead, the Australian jazz trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist who at only 57, has amassed respect and adulation from contemporary and big band jazz fans alike.Starting with the Andy Sheppard watch in 1996, Oris have a track record of jazz inspir

This small collection of 12 watches only is very limited and aimed at the sneakerheads. If it weren't for the quartz movement powering the Prim x Footshop Time for sneakers' watch, I think they’d also reach the watchnerd audience.??Watch manufacturers invite ambassadors from different parts of the world to put their faces to a particular watch, representing diverse communities and lifestyles

The Speedmaster World Cup 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

Scottsdale and Aspen-based Oliver Smith Jeweler this year celebrates forty years of being in the watch business. And what better way to get the party started than by releasing a special watch? Well, with two very special watches, of course! Enter the Parmigiani Fleurier Oliver Smith Jeweler bespoke Tonda GT and Tondagraph GT limited editions. Twenty pieces in total reflect the jeweler's creativity

Here at Fratello, we love to write about our favorite watches. We are big fans of the chronograph, with many articles dedicated to this seemingly humble complication. In fact, right now, we are running another one of our super-popular competitions, “The Fast And The Fratelli”. This competition is dedicated to determining the best racing chronograph of the last ten years.Now, this artic

Welcome to The Fast And The Fratelli. The goal? To find the best racing chronograph of the past ten years. The rules? Each editor selects two watches that must be able to track elapsed time for at least one minute. The watch choices must feature a tachymeter scale, and their movements must be mechanical. And most of all, each watch must be thoroughly fantastic. But we'll leave that up to the Frate

I’ve been more intimately acquainted with most modern Rado watches than most people would care to know. And trust me, although the very recent stuff is pretty smartly designed, the semi-modern output from the late nineties to 2010s was… Well… Let’s just say, it was sent to try us. Manufacturing watches out of ceramic has come a long way since those days, and Rado has always

If all tanks were made by Cartier, we’d have the time to live in peace. Such were the famous words of French designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac. He's so right. Everybody prefers a (boring) life of peace over the horrors of war. Cartier's Tank is like a gun with a flower in the barrel. And of all the Tanks that Cartier built, the Cartier Tank Louis Cartier is probably THE Tank. It followed

Climate change is not about the world getting hotter. It's several accelerated changes that are knocking the cycles off balance. Environments are simultaneously drying out while rising sea levels risk flooding. Responding to these peak weather events requires dedicated task forces stationed in the most affected areas. That's where Coulson Aviation comes in. This Canadian aerial firefighter crew ta

Today, Hamilton releases the Murph 38mm. But let’s rewind for a brief moment to 2014. It was then that Christopher Nolan cemented his reputation as a master of chronology. We had seen the producer/director play with time before in classics such as Memento and Inception. The 2014 epic Interstellar was a movie only he could make. Nolan approached Hamilton and requested two watches. One was a s

On December 11th, Phillips will auction off a very special Omega Speedmaster Professional ref. 145.012-68SP. The reference number alone may not seem very special, but what if we told you that this watch was issued to NASA in 1968 and used during training for Apollo, Skylab, and even Space Shuttle missions?The Speedmaster Pro 145.012-68SP that will go up for auction in December is one of the watche

One of the major appealing factors of vintage watches is the way they show their age. Often called patina, it encompasses the subtle marks that hint at the many adventures the watch has been on - yellowed lume, a scratch here and there, maybe some discoloration of the dial or fading of the bezel, and so on. Modern watch restoration technology, however, allows us to turn back the clock. We can make

It was back in 2016 that Code41 first launched the Anomaly-01 via a Kickstarter campaign. The debut went well, and since then, the brand has had success in making a number of watch models with a wide variety of price points and functions. Today, though, is about celebrating the beginning with the Anomaly-01 Collector Edition.Recently, I wrote about the Code41 Mecascape, a mind-bending piece of hor

With Dubai Watch Week 2023 behind us, it’s time to revisit more releases. The event first took place in 2015, and it has quickly grown into one of the annual highlights on the horological calendar. This year, people who attended the event agreed that it was bigger and better than ever. We saw a plethora of great releases from the show, many of which we featured here on Fratello for those who

The new Ming 37.04 Rose Gold is the independent company’s first-ever foray into using precious metal. Perhaps that’s surprising considering the vast array of innovative materials that have found their way into past releases. Yet here we are and, folks, this is a beauty, albeit one for those with deeper pockets!In August 2022, Ming released its 37.04 monopusher chronograph in titanium.

Welcome to another episode of Fratello On Air! This week, we’re excited because we’re recording from the same room, and we’re in London. In fact, we’re in the Square Mile! Today, we’re talking about vintage Excelsior Park watches, movements, and the related brands that used the movements. Enjoy this vintage deep cut!