Cars and watches, [almost] always a good combination. Frederique Constant’s CEO Peter Stas must have thought so too when he started to support vintage car rallies back in 2004. Not only do they support the European Healey Club again in 2018, they also decided to celebrate with a new Frederique Constant Vintage Rally Healey Chronograph. Vintage […]
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At the Chemin des Tourelles 17 in Le Locle, you will find the headquarters of Tissot SA since 1907. Tissot named a collection after this street, called the Chemin des Tourelles (meaning as much as ‘Turret road’). And it is indeed a nice ‘Chemin’, where Tissot is located. A great reason to name a collection […]
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Let me start by saying that it always amazes me that there is such a gap between results from auctions and from the ‘normal’ marketplaces for watches. Today’s Phillips auction results are no different, and you also need to deal with buyer’s premium and deal with taxes. The latter should be always dealt with if […]
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LIV Watches was established as a direct-to-consumer microbrand, crafting durable Swiss timepieces built to suit the modern man. At the end of 2014, LIV Watches launches with the GX1 on Kickstarter; they get fully funded within the first 11 hours. Just over a year later, they bring the GX1-A to life and receive over 1.1 […]
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Most of our team grew up in the 1980s (sorry Gerard), and that means a Swatch was on our wrist. It was only later that we learned that it was exactly this brand that saved almost all of the Swiss watch industry. So we have huge respect for Swatch, but not only for being the […]
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You come to Fratello for everything Speedmaster (related). Well, this also includes sad news of course. Yesterday, on May 26th, Apollo 12 astronaut and 4th man to walk on the Moon, Alan Bean passed away. Alan Bean Born in 1932 in Texas, Bean was selected by NASA in 1963. Initially for Gemini 10, but was […]
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A year ago, Vertex introduced their M100. A watch that paid tribute to the military Vertex watch that was part of the famous dirty dozen. Only 600 pieces were made of those, and only available via an exclusive invitation and referral program. Now, there’s the Vertex M100B. Vertex M100B Interestingly, the current Vertex company is […]
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Earlier this year we visited the Breitling roadshow in Zürich, Switzerland, and had a sit-down with CEO Georges Kern. He was incredibly open to us (as you can read here) and the new collections were well received, including the new Navitimer 8 models. World’s leading online marketplace of watches Chrono24, did a profile on Breitling […]
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Last week I travelled to Russia, to join the first Moscow Speedmaster event. In one of Moscow’s skyscrapers at an altitude of 354 meters, guests could enjoy a thorough introduction and explanation of the Omega Speedmaster. I have never been to Moscow before (except for a connecting flight at the airport), but it is a very […]
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Damn you Rolex. Ok, more specifically, damn you “vintage” Rolex. I don’t want to like you, I really don’t, because so many others are in love with you and have made you dangerous to buy and a prohibitively expensive process along the way. Plus, you go and change one silly detail here or there like […]
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Since I’ve become a father myself in 2013, I realize how much can go wrong with your child. How much there is to worry about and how lucky you sometimes feel when nothing went wrong or is wrong with your kid. One of the nightmares of any parent is to end up in a hospital […]
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A while ago I created an episode about art and watches (view the article about art and watches). You might also remember my Mona WIS-a: a famous artwork blended with horological fun. For a long time, I wanted to create a follow up for this episode. I hereby proudly present you ‘The Watcher’: I assume […]
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Aurel Bacs & Livia Russo in association with Phillips auction house are back for their seventh Geneva watch auction together. In addition, they assembled a special Rolex Daytona thematic auction they have dubbed The Daytona Ultimatum. Although it is Mr. Bacs’ second Daytona thematic auction (Lesson One at Christie’s in 2013), it will be the […]
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SIHH and Baselworld are behind us and with a few exceptions and later introductions planned for this year (wink wink), we’ve seen all watches for 2018. Time to make up our mind on the Top 5 Baselworld and SIHH 2018 watches. Mike will give an overview of his Top 5 watches that were shown to […]
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The legendary Omega Seamaster PloProf has been deservedly praised by many collectors. However, a lot of the information that was published up till now has been wrong. A number of collectors have now set the record straight, with the help of Omega’s International Brand Heritage Manager Petros Protopapas and his team. Not only that, the authors […]
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Dutch-Swedish brand Maen is ready for taking orders with their Hudson 38mm automatic divers watch. Both the brand name and the name of the watch derive from their fascination with New York City. Captain Henry Hudson and his ship, the Halve Maen (meaning Half Moon) sailed to the East-coast of the United States in 1609 […]
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