Reader’s SpeedmastersThere is nothing that beats a real reader’s story or experience in my opinion. At least, those are the stories I like to read myself. Today and in the coming period, we will have a couple of these stories for you. I also like to ask you that whenever you think you have a great Speedmaster story to share, please send us a note.Speedmaster CK2998-6 FAPJohn contacted

Lonville might be a brand you never heard of before. Although it has some history (from 1873 till the early 1950’s) I won’t bother you with it. The Lonville today has little to do with the watches the company made back then. Initiated in 2009 by Joost Vreeswijk, a Dutch entrepreneur, Lonville is a small high-end watchmaking brand that only served one purpose: create watches for enthusi

Sitting by the ocean somewhere along the coast of Menorca, I glance down at my wrist and spy the Seiko Digi Tuna SBEP005, a watch that's not overly typical of anything that I'd choose to wear due to its method of displaying the time. Still, due to the inclusion of a shroud, I felt the need to track this JDM-only piece down and add it to the collection. It's an oddity, but it's a watch that's been

The Certina DS Action Diver Sea Turtle Conservancy 60th Anniversary special edition, the topic of today's review is a special piece.To start with, this is the first DS Action Diver we’ve reviewed on Fratello. Well, it’s the first steel model anyway as we’ve already taken a closer look at the DS Action Diver Titanium (review is coming soon). The DS Action Diver line consists of mo

Hmm. I don’t know if I have any right to be annoyed by someone else’s endeavors rounding into shape so delightfully, but I must say that the first thing I thought when I saw the new Mitch Mason Maelstrom dive watch was, “damn, I wish I’d come up with that.” Why am I so impressed? To put it simply: this brand, with its second model, has done what I think all microbrand

The calf and goat watch straps collection is Genteel Handmade's most versatile product line. With more than 50 leather options (spread across a variety of types and colors), a raft of threads to choose from, custom dimensions, a long list of linings, buckle and spring-bar options, and peerless customer service, it’s hard to go wrong. The only question is, how creative do you dare to be?Gente

For IWC everything began in 1868 with the American engineer and watchmaker, Florentine Ariosto Jones, who decided to leave the USA and travel to Switzerland to look for new and better business opportunities. Basically, he wanted to escape the cost of labor in his home country, and use more affordable labor in Switzerland. Not long after, he founded the International Watch in Schaffhausen where he

The watch wish list – a piece of personal information that we keep hidden from our partners and spouses, scared by the thought of what they’d think if they only knew of our secret schemes. Schemes which, more often than not, lead head-first into the purchase of a new watch. Challenged by RJ, I recently wrote an article detailing the watches I’d buy for under $ 1,500. Once it was

Over these last couple of months, I have written a series of articles on vintage watches. The primary theme of the series is to find the very best watches of some of the bigger brands from every decade. It has been an absolute joy to write these articles and delve deeper into the brands’ offerings - and I am far from being done. Along the way, we have even seen quite a few vintage watches th

There is no shortage of reissue watches in today's market. It seems we have a taste for vintage aesthetics combined with modern reliability and ready availability. It is a winning recipe, and Benrus is tapping into it once more with the Benrus Type II. I have spent some time with this one on the wrist to see if Benrus managed to bring the Vietnam-era military vibe.Previously, Benrus reissued the T

Muslum from Bosphorus Leather contacted me the other day, just hours before my recent review of the Turkish company’s products went live. He informed me that Bosphorus Leather was about to release a watch winder. As someone who has never owned or designed a watch winder, I wasn’t bothered. Out of politeness and in respect of our long-standing professional relationship, I told him to se

After a long wait, I finally spent some meaningful time with the Oris Divers Sixty-Five Chronos Limited Edition. Released in February this year, this Divers Sixty-Five is a 200-piece collaboration between Oris and WatchTime’s sister publication, Chronos. The Divers Sixty-Five has had a fair share of partnership creations, notably with the Carl Brashear Foundation. But its latest special edit

I already have the Cartier Santos Galbee XL in my collection, and I’m not too fond of blacked-out watches. So I thought I had nothing to fear from the stainless steel Cartier Santos-Dumont with its black lacquer dial and case finish. Well, I couldn’t have been any more wrong because this watch is a true black beauty. On paper, it looked like a watch that was trying too hard, but in per

When Omega introduced the Aqua Terra Shades in 2022, the response was Well, lukewarm at best. The range of colors was considered a little too on-trend after 's colorful Oyster Perpetual models. And the frameless date window certainly caught some flack. Availability was also compromised. Now, though, Omega has fixed the date window and supply issues. And the colored dials hype has quietened down a

Tissot introduced the PRX Powermatic 80 35mm just last June, to a roaring round of applause from the fans. The 35 automatic completed the collection that already existed of 40mm quartz and automatic and 35mm quartz versions. Reading the comments under my introduction article, I saw many of you had been waiting for this watch. There were also plenty of you, however, who wanted the ice blue version

Another Friday, another list! This week, we decided to skip our best-of-2024 lists and focus on watches commemorating the Olympic Games. With the Paris Olympics in full swing, it’s a good moment to look at some of Omega’s best Olympic releases. But while Omega has been the Official Timekeeper of the Olympic Games since 1932, we selected five celebratory watches from 2000 onward to make

What should you take with you on your quickly approaching summer holiday? Well, as little as possible, meaning just one watch to do everything you do on a vacation. “Travel light, easy, and carefree” is my motto. Picking the best summer watches at three different price points to accompany me on my vacation is a mostly hypothetical exercise. Still, I managed to select one practical watc

Personally, I don’t have much going on for snakes. Luckily, Franc Vila’s Cobra time piece doesn’t bite. Although a Cobra isn’t the first thing come to mind when looking at these time pieces, with some imagination I can see the resemblance of a Cobra’s head in the watch case. However, with the same kind of imagination, I can see a skull in the shape of the dial, the su

Our contributor Gerard has been a NOMOS retailer in The Netherlands for many years, until he decided to sell pre-owned and vintage only. Every time I was in his shop in The Hague, I made sure to check-out the NOMOS section as I love their clean designs. However, it took me until 2012 before I visited their manufacture in Glashutte and from that moment on, I appreciate this small independent brand

This has been a long time coming…? It was April when I was in San Diego and had the chance to meet some fellow watch enthusiasts over some IPA’s on a Friday night.? We published an interview with Erik Akin of DECAMP Goods that struck a chord with a lot of our readers.? Today, we’ll take a look at the final interview from my San Diego visit.? This time, though, we’ll focus o