At Fratello we all have a thing for vintage so it’s always a pleasure to see watch brands introducing vintage inspired models. We’ve mentioned it earlier and now we’ll have a closer look at the Oris ChonOris Date that was introduced during Baselworld this year. Oris ChonOris Date, an icon returns So after almost 50 years […]
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Today’s edition of #TBT takes a look at a watch from one of our favorite brands, but it’s a piece that few discuss or even mention. The Seiko 8M35 Yacht Timer is a watch that I’d admired from afar for a long time and finally decided to buy – and I’m glad I did. From […]
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Let’s say you’ve always fancied a tourbillon watch but never had the hefty funds required to own one. In today’s market there are several ‘affordable’ watches that feauture a tourbillon. Although affordable is a personal thing of course but with an average price tag of around 100K for a tourbillon, buying one for roughly 15K […]
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You might know or have heard about Time 4A Pint podcasts, operated by Chris Mann from the United Kingdom. A super cool guy and watch collector (although most are super cool) that started doing Podcast interviews with other collectors. In the past, he already did an interview with Michael Stockton to discuss some vintage watches […]
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Now it is time to introduce you another new watch brand. This time it is Karl-Leimon Watches. We have had many watch brands from Asia especially Hong Kong, but now we have a brand from Japan! That’s another country checked off our world tour from the latest brand.Never heard of Karl-Leimon! You are probably asking, […]
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It was about time to update this article, that was written and untouched since 2015. In the meanwhile, some new facts came to life and need to be addressed. We also saw a steep increase in the price of a good example of a Speedmaster Professional 145.012 or its spare parts. The Speedmaster Professional 145.012 […]
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This will be the cheapest watch ever covered at Fratello Watches. And until we would do the illustrious Casio F-91W, it will most probably remain that way. Casio MRW S300H-8BVCF First I want to apologize for the picture quality of this weeks 52Mondayz. I had no access to a decent camera and thus the pictures […]
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Watch experts often refer to watches with reference numbers, especially with models that have many variations and long history. ‘145.022-69’ instead of ‘Omega Speedmaster Professional’ and ‘1675’ instead of ‘Rolex GMT-Master’. Of course, this is the most specific way to refer to a watch. But it is the original name that starts the story. And […]
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Each week over 2,000 watches are up for auction at online auction platform Catawiki. Every watch is first reviewed by their team of 12 watch experts to ensure quality, authenticity, and suitability for auction. Their experts then carefully curate the auction to provide the most diverse and best possible quality listings. Have a look at […]
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More than 90 years of experience in the watch industry underpins ARCHIMEDEs expertise. Starting with the design, through the production till the final control: Everything is made in Pforzheim / Germany. Here the prototypes are built, the ICKLER cases manufactured and finally the whole watch assembled and controlled. For Pilots, frequent flyers, globetrotters and business […]
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English watch brand Farer introduced their first series of three-hander watches in 2016 and later on, in May this year, another collection was introduced with a GMT function. Now, only a few months later, Farer comes up with a model based on the sought-after Super Compressor watches. A super compressor case manages to keep water […]
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Ah, the sweet smell of victory – or perhaps that was Robert-Jan’s Drakkar Noir cologne (or was it Kouros?) as he entered the lobby of a Frankfurt hotel lobby with gifts in tow. Let’s be honest, it had nothing to do with his eau de toilette – although, now I think it was really Davidoff’s […]
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The story is well-known, the “Fifty Fathoms” watch was designed for the French navy. Originally, French officers Bob Maloubier and Claude Riffaud started to work together on requirements in 1952 for a watch to be used during under-water missions. Diving watches at the time were a piece of equipment that men depend their lives on. After […]
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Klokers needs little introduction. We’ve been playing with the Klokers KLOK-01 watch a while ago (which you can read here), and it is a very fun watch to wear. Original from a design standpoint as well, as our own Teun ‘Toon’ van Heerebeek discussed (here). Klokers KLOK-08 and the 1960’s Today, we show you the […]
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Charlie Watch Company Founded in spring 2014, Charlie Watch is the French watch brand – ambassador of a certain French art of living, both elegant and intelligent, and which qualifies the watch not only as a measuring instrument, but also as a fashion, luxury and identity item. Guarantee of quality and authenticity, Charlie Watch watches […]
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I will be very much off the beaten track in the week to come. In an area which could be described as potentially unsafe when wearing luxury accessories. It will not be the first time for me over there, so I pretty well know what to do and don’t. Wearing a yellow gold Rolex Day-Date […]
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We understand that it is not (always) easy or even possible for everyone to enjoy the latest novelties or see certain watches in person. Sometimes, as we are in the watch industry ourselves, we tend to forget these things a bit. That’s why we love to host events in close cooperations with brands and boutiques. […]
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ShopWorn has introduced a new shopping concept to the world of luxury watches by being the first and only ecommerce website to specialize in selling store-display model timepieces. By virtue of their sourcing strategy, buying shopworn and unsold watches from authorized retailers and Swiss manufacturers, ShopWorn guarantees the authenticity of its product. Watch enthusiasts can […]
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Every week online auction platform Catawiki auctions offer over 2,000 watches from around the world. Every watch on the auctions is first reviewed by their team of watch experts to ensure quality and authenticity. Have a few of the top watches selected by their experts up for auction this week below. TAG Heuer Monaco Limited […]
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Last month, the 100.000.000th Casio G-Shock has been delivered. An amazing number and accomplishment! Here at Fratello we are big fans of the G-Shock and recently covered the ‘essential’ model GW-5000. 100.000.000th G-Shock Since 1983 The development of the G-Shock already started in 1981, a watch that needed to withstand drops and heavy knocks. Around […]
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It could be argued that since Baselworld 2017, the most highly anticipated new watch releases are actually a trio of very old watches. If you’ve been living under a proverbial rock I’ll help to bring you current; I’m referring to Omega’s 60th Anniversary group of near carbon copies of the original Speedmaster, Railmaster and Seamaster. […]
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I have always been drawn to double brand names on a dial. Baume & Mercier, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Patek Philippe and so on. Not because of the importance of a brand or about recognition, but I just like a long written double name. The typography is of importance here of course, as well is the positioning of […]
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Knives have always been present in manned space flight, mainly as a survival tool. Although this subject is not very well documented, it is interesting to understand why knives where taken into space and see what these knives look like. Astronaut-gear is interesting. It has strong appeal, especially on men. It looks cool, must be […]
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That wasn’t easy. It’s alway difficult for me to take my Rolex GMT-Master II, which I wore for 52Mondayz week #36, off my wrist. Something serious has to be brought into position to manage that. What else could that be except an Omega Speedmaster Professional? Omega Speedmaster Professional ref. 145.022-69 And I decided to go […]
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Today, A. Lange & Söhne has 17 boutiques in worldwide. Their very first mono brand boutique was opened in September 2007, in Dresden. The boutique is directly adjacent to the Frauenkirche, a beautiful church in Dresden. This church was fully restored in 2005, a project that started in 1994. The Frauenkirche in Dresden was originally build […]
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The MONOBLOC ACTUATOR 24H-Chronotimer features an innovative black titanium-carbide coating over its titanium case, a matte black dial, and a checkered-flag-design function indicator at “9 o’clock” -especially useful due to its optimal readability. This model is exclusively available on a rubber strap with deployment buckle. A technical masterpiece of watchmaking. Intelligent functionality at the highest […]
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Every week online auction platform Catawiki auctions off over 2,000 watches from around the world. Every watch on the auctions is first reviewed by their team of watch experts to ensure quality and authenticity. Have a few of the top watches selected by their experts up for auction this week below. Rolex Oyster Perpetual Day-Date […]
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It’s been a while since E.C. Andersson Watch Company launched the first generation North Sea and much has happened with the company as a whole, and the North Sea watch in particular. Today, we are looking at the second generation, newly in-stock version of the North Sea with the calendar wheel exposed in the center […]
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We don’t do public service announcements often here on Fratello Watches. Aside from letting you know about the occasional stolen watch or fake, we figure that most of the hijinks occurring on the internet or elsewhere are so obvious that they don’t warrant discussion. Today, though, and after a lot of thought, I think it’s […]
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We can’t wait to see what new Breitling CEO Georges Kern will make of Breitling. A brand that was in the need for a new direction for quite a while, in my opinion. It has such a rich and interesting heritage, that doesn’t stop at the famous Navitimer. Let’s see what will happen over the […]
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Every week online auction platform Catawiki auctions offer over 2,000 watches from around the world. Every watch on the auctions is first reviewed by their team of watch experts to ensure quality and authenticity. Have a few of the top watches selected by their experts up for auction this week below. Rolex TurnoGraph 6202 Year: […]
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Fifty years ago, Doxa introduced their SUB 300 in Basel. An orange dial model was called ‘Professional’, the black dial ‘Sharkhunter’ and the silver dial ‘Searambler’. About a year later, Doxa introduced the SUB 300T collection (with a slightly bigger case, larger dial and a thicker bezel) and added a yellow version as well, the […]
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Egotempo is an Italian family business, where pride and passion for craftsmanship and watches play an important role. Gianfranco inherited the passion for watches from his grandfather Giancarlo, an Italian musician. Besides music, Giancarlo was also able to work on complicated movements of watches. However, it was his son that founded the Egotempo company. Today, […]
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Customization of watches isn’t new. Also not on Speedmaster watches. We reported about a modified Speedmaster some years ago (here), including an article about a company that specializes in customizing dials. Just recently even, we showed you a customized Speedmaster that was done for Hackett. Today, we have another customized Speedmaster for you, but this […]
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Chronos magazine celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. When my interest in mechanical watches took off in the 1990’s, this was the magazine that I always bought to read and learn about watches. Needless to say that I feel proud that their editor-in-chief Rüdiger Bucher asked me to contribute with an article about 5 important […]
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This week my wife – you know she who wears an Omega Seamaster Professional 300 Chronometer Midsize – resides half way on the other side of the globe. What else could I wear than a watch indicating the time simultaniously in two time zones? In my case this will be a Rolex GMT-Master II. Rolex […]
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For the sixth time, the Historic Grand Prix Zandvoort was held last weekend on this famous race circuit near Amsterdam. Tudor partners with this event and the trophies (12 x a special engraved Tudor Chronograph) were presented to the 12 different winners yesterday. On Saturday and Sunday, Fratello Watches was attending this event for the […]
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