Omega recently introduced two modern sports watches designed especially for upcoming Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Let’s have a look at them!Whether you’re in the mood for The Land of the Rising Sun during cherry blossom season, or the sensory-overstimulated jungle of neon lights, manga, Maneki-Neko cats, and video games, Tokyo speaks to one’s imagination. These new limited editions

We recently already introduced the Certina DS Action Diver Sea Turtle Conservancy to you. So, for general information on this special edition take a look here. However, this summer, I had the opportunity to test this watch underwater during dives in the Mediterranean. We thought it might be interesting to you to learn how this real dive watch feels like when applied to its actual purpose.Certina g

We’re now deep into the Summer Splash showdown and, predictably, the Fratelli are out in force in their joint mission to choose the finest summer watch of them all. Meanwhile, old Bobby is reviewing the latest raft of loaners from Glashutte Original and has, in the process, stumbled across a watch that, while wholly inappropriate for the Summer Splash contest in terms of specs, perfectly eli

Roll up, roll up! The summer has hit The ‘Furt and Fratello is keen to celebrate. After the magnificent maelstrom of March Mania, we are back with a new knock-out competition conceived to find the very best summer watch out there, according to YOU, the Fratelli. And guess what? You can win prizes! No, there won’t be a watch available this time but there WILL be some of the finest water

No seriously, the Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight Bronze Boutique Edition really does smell like money. I am no expert when it comes to coins and their materials, but I am sure you will recognize the smell of bronze in coins. Now, it was my colleague Lex that pointed out that our bronze Oris x Fratello watch also had this particular smell.I never noticed because I don’t tend to sniff watches. Bu

You can now register to join the next Speedy Tuesday event of 2022. This event will take place on September 27th in The Netherlands. After two very successful Speedy Tuesday events before the summer, we continue our European tour with a stop in The Hague area.You can find a report on the last Speedy Tuesday event in Milan here, or you can watch the video below. Together with Omega, we try to make

Camouflage patterns are definitely not for everyone. I would even say that camo is a love-it-or-hate-it thing. Especially when it comes to watches, not everyone is a fan of these military-inspired patterns on their dial or straps. Personally, however, I love a good camo motif. Seiko decided to introduce two new camouflage versions of its popular 5 Sports (nicknamed “5KX”) models. The f

If you've kept up with Fratello over the past several months, you'll almost certainly be familiar with Isotope watches. The brand's bold and colorful designs never fail to make a splash. Now, Isotope's latest release tones things down. The new Old Radium Bronze Pilot model takes a pinch of imagination and poses the question, what if Isotope had been around in the 1940s? And what if it had been ask

Welcome to another episode of Fratello On Air where Balazs and Mike return to talk watches and other semi-adjacent topics. Vintage Grand Seiko is in play towards the end, but there’s plenty of other banter to consume as we near the end of summer.

When it comes to watches, boring is good. Or at least it can be good. After reading a couple of headlines that praised the Omega CK 859 as one of the year's best and most exciting releases, I couldn't help but disagree. It's the brand's most boring release of the year. However, I'm here to say that this is not a bad thing. With the tendency of brands to over-hype releases beyond good reason and ch

In the world of heritage luxury, few names resonate with as much gravitas as Chanel. This year, the independent brand’s watch division Chanel Horlogerie, a Swiss-based creative manufacture in its own right, unveils a pair of unique pieces for Only Watch 2023 - the Mademoiselle J12 La Pausa duo.The Mademoiselle J12 La Pausa is a summer version of the J12 in a limited edition featuring a graph

I guess it’s finally my turn to talk sub-$3,000 picks! Don’t get it twisted; I’m glad I didn’t have to go first. It’s never easy to narrow down these picks, so having time can only be an advantage. And this list took me way longer than I expected. The process involved a lot of disappointment. Many of the watches I thought sat comfortably below $3K actually turned out

The three new Grand Seiko Heritage Collection 44GS USA exclusives look sharper than any Grand Seiko watch has before. The 44GS case is already edgy, but the dials of the new watches make them look as sharp as a Japanese sword. The black SBGA489, dark green SBGA491, and deep red SBGA493 were made with the katana as a source of inspiration. The world-famous Japanese blade is the expression of exquis

Remember the first Omega Planet Ocean from 2005? I will never forget it because the orange bezel blew me away. Orange is a complementary color to blue, meaning it is the most visible color in a blue environment. That makes sense for a functional and instrumental dive watch, right? The Planet Ocean has come a long way since then. Take the Planet Ocean 600M in its 39.5mm brown ceramic case, for inst

French brand Yema is on a roll, knocking out new timepieces every week, it seems. The Urban Traveler, Urban Field, and Superman 500 Dato are just some of the models that were released in the last few months. Last week, Yema announced its new Sous Marine line. It’s a colorful collection of contemporary divers with a nice injection of vintage style. Overall, this new collection could be a new

While I’m not necessarily a big motorsport fan, the Casio Edifice line of watches is always intriguing. The Japanese brand has made the world of racing the focal point of a significant branch of the brand’s watches. The majority of the crossover is made visible by the design elements that Casio uses for said models. As a big design fan, seeing how design spreads from one product catego

Another Friday, another list! Last week, we concluded our series of articles covering the best watches of the first half of 2024. Now it’s time to move on to something different. This week, we’ll look at our five favorite currently available Citizen watches. Over the past couple of years, this longstanding Japanese maker has shown that it has become the go-to brand for affordable timep

Let me take you back to 2014. This is the year that “Gangnam Style” reaches two billion views on YouTube and Luis Suarez bites an opponent at the World Cup. Did I refresh your memory? You would be forgiven if the 2014 GPHG award winners occupied a less prominent place in your mind. Let me refresh your memory there too: the Urwerk EMC (Electronic Mechanical Control) was the big star of

Following the excellent British Watchmakers' Day in March is the Best of British Watches event in Brighton on Saturday, the 7th of September, 2024. The bustling Brighton seafront’s Old Ship Hotel will host the event in the spacious Paganini Room from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM.This year is not short of exciting watch events in the UK. Many regions are covered, from the aforementioned British Watchma

This year marks the fourth time Omega will fulfill the role of official timekeeper for the America’s Cup. The 37th edition of one of the world’s most prestigious sailing races will take place in Barcelona, where six teams will compete to win and become the defender for the next edition. To celebrate Omega’s important role during this event, in which every second counts, the brand