This week, Fratello Talks first luxury watches. Nacho, Fratello’s managing editor, is joined in the studio by marketing manager Sofia and social media manager Sinara. Together, they discuss their experience in purchasing each of their first “proper”/luxury watches.

Gerald Genta, the now Bvlgari-owned watch brand of the late designer, is back at it with Disney's most famous character. The legendary creator's Mickey Mouse designs have been such iconic offerings that they are instantly recognizable and sought-after collectibles today. The latest Arena Bi-Retrograde model depicts a football-kicking Mickey and comes in a limited edition of 200 pieces.GG Retrograd

Oris has a distinct lineup of contemporary sports cool with the Aquis and Pro Pilot lines, but my heart lies with the vintage-inspired divers and OG Big Crown range. The latter is pitch-perfect vintage at heart, yet is versatile enough to take on a more modern look in its more minimal Calibre 400 and 403 guises. This time, Oris might just have found the suave middle ground with the Big Crown Walde

Another Friday, another list! Today, we continue our “Best of 2023” series that we kicked off last week with dive watches. This week, the focus is on this year’s best field watches. It’s a genre that many equate with ruggedness, functionality, and great affordability, and this list confirms that perfectly. We have picked 10 field watches that we collectively enjoyed in 2023

The last several years have been great for Aquastar fans. A consistent flow of hit releases shows that the brand is back on firm footing under the leadership of Rick Marei. Up until now, the watches have utilized an angular skin-diver-style case, and that left us wondering when something different would come our way. Today, with the announcement of the Aquastar Benthos H1, we have our answer.Aquas

Doxa is a diver-focused brand that continues to make its mark with pieces inspired by its back catalog. Today, though, we see something different with a new line of watches called the Sub 300 collection. They won’t be mistaken for anything but Doxa divers, but the debut represents a solid step toward modernity.It was late August of this year when Doxa introduced the Sub 300 Sharkhunter, a

Season’s greetings, dear Fratelli! It is indeed that time of year once again. The holidays are just around the corner, and our yearly gift guide is here, fresh off the press! We’ve wrangled up the editorial team and had them put together a selection of gifts that will put a smile on the face of anyone horologically inclined.Fratello Holiday Gift Guide 2023Whether you’re looking f

It may not seem like it for those engrossed in the watch hobby, but most of the watches out there are quite monochromatic. Often, dials are just black or white, and occasionally, a shade of blue might show up. The times that you’ll find a dial of a different color on someone’s wrist are quite rare, let alone a multicolored dial. Black and white (or silver) are the safe havens here, and

Today, we’ll look at the new Moritz Grossmann Enamel Roman Vintage. This is a limited-edition watch celebrating the 16th anniversary of the brand’s revival. As always with Moritz Grossmann, the focus is on finishing and mechanical prowess.For fans of Moritz Grossmann watches, the new Enamel Roman Vintage isn’t a new model. It’s a variant within an existing line, but it brin

Welcome back to our weekly Sunday Morning Showdown series. Every Sunday morning, two writers go head to head in a battle of the ages. Mike and Jorg will go at it this week with a pair of value-driven dive watches. Both are fairly recent releases from popular brands on the more affordable side of the watch universe. Jorg picked the divisive Seiko Prospex SPB483, while Mike chose to back the 40mm Ti

As most watchfanatics probably already know, Vacheron et Constantin will be celebrating their 250 year anniversary. Alex, of The Purists website, did an interview with Claude Daniel Proellochs, CEO at Vacheron et Constantin.Click here or on the picture below to check it out!

The story goes that after a polo match in India, some British officers challenged their friend Cesar de Trey to create a watch that was able to resist the serious beatings caused by polo sport. Once back in Europe, Cesar de Trey (businessman) shared the problem with Jacques-David LeCoultre, who creates the Reverso watch in association with Jaeger. The Reverso watch was patented in 1931 (the 4th of

Part of being a Paneristi is to collect nice and special watch straps. I have written about straps made from vintage ammo pouches and one – not for Panerai in this case – made from the leather interior of a Mercedes SLR 300 (1956) formerly owned by Jean Todt.Last week, I received an e-mail about DaLuca’s Panerai Straps. The owner, Daniel Luczak, creates one-off straps for Panerai

WatchUseek, considered to be the No.1 interactive watch portal, is having a Grande Finale 2009 event! This means that WatchUseek, in combination with its sponsors, will celebrate the end of 2009 and the start of 2010 by giving away a number of watches to registered members of WatchUseek that enroll for the contest!The instructions are quite simple! Ernie Romers, director of WatchUSeek, wrote a sma

For those people who are not that familiar with the Omega Speedmaster limited edition models, it might seem that there are just LOTS of them without any logical structure. It does need a bit of attention to discover how it exactly works with these limited editions, but for the Apollo XI example, it is quite simple.Since its 20th anniversary in 1989, there is a commemorative Omega Speedmaster Profe

Only once in a while we cover quartz or other electronic watches. We don’t have anything against them, but it should be something interesting or special to give them any coverage on Fratello Watches. We love mechanical watches, but some times there are quartz watches that deserve a bit of attention too. Whether it is about their functionality or their design, or a combination of these two, i

At Fratello Watches we have a clear preference for mechanical watches. However once in a while we, and it might seem that it’s mainly me, come across a quartz watch which attracts attention. This time, about a week ago, I got noticed of a very limited edition of an already special Luminox watch model.Let me explain. Luminox’ are Swiss Made watches and equipped with a unique self-powere

Watch GiveawayWe love Seiko and we know you do too! After neglecting the brand a bit our first years of existence (since 2004), we started to publish on Seiko (especially on the vintage models) since a couple of years and the response was – and still is – awesome. A trip to the Seiko factories in 2015 made our love for the brand only grow more (click here for the Seiko Factory Trip rep

When a friend offers you to wear a the luxury sports watch for a week, only a fool will pass on it. Today's 52Mondayz is about the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 5402.It is not the end of the year yet, but I could not resist the urge to look back on the last eleven months. I managed to spend quality time with quite a few generally beloved and admired watches, including the already reviewed Omega Seamas

Today, we'll spend some time with the Orient Star Sports Outdoor, a field watch with a bit more happening on its dial than most.It's been a couple months since we've checked out a newer Orient, but we were impressed enough with the well-priced Kamasu dive watch that we went back for more.? This time, we change course and move a bit more upscale with the Orient Star Sports Outdoor.? For those who a