This week we’re answering a question we received from Joost in The Netherlands. With a budget of around € 1.000,= he wants to buy a stainless steel watch and asked us to give an opinion about the Longines HydroConquest and MAEN Hudson 38 Jet Black. He has read our reviews, however, now asks us to […]
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After a rather long hiatus, Watch Strap Review came back in June with a very cool strap. As you might have read in the article; it was a strap that GLC Straps produced using original leather from a Mercedes 190 SL. Some of you asked me where could they find the exact same leather Mercedes […]
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If you are in favour of big and bold diving watches, think Deepsea or Ploprof, you can add another to that list: the Ulysse Nardin Diver Deep Dive. There’s nothing much toned down about this particular watch, but I assume that this is also not intended by the Le Locle based manufacture. Ulysse Nardin Diver […]
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Grand Seiko seems to be the community’s darling. Since a few years, collectors and watch journalists are all over it and it seems to be increasing by the day. With ‘in-house’ GS ambassadors such as Joe Kirk, who happens to be Director of the Seiko Boutique Miami Design district and puts out beautiful images on his […]
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Today on #TBT we’ll take a look at a Rolex that has “flown” below the radar for some time. It’s a watch with sporting intensions, but it’s not considered as a sports watch per se. Despite this, the Rolex 1625 Turn-o-Graph was actually issued to pilots in one of its earlier guises and features a […]
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Since the start of Fratello in 2004, we’ve received the same question over and over: why do you love Omega so much? Recently this question popped up again as well. It is clear we have a special love for the Speedmaster, we all do here at Fratello. This resulted in 2017 in the special project […]
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Yesterday we received several messages about the Japanese Omega website displaying 5 new Speedmasters. Perhaps they’re not entirely new, but I will come back to that later. What should have been a ‘quiet release’ went crazy in the several Speedmaster groups on Facebook and the number of DM’s we received increased by the hour. It’s […]
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Last weekend we flew off to the capital of the United Kingdom to meet up with a small group of watch enthusiasts. We received an invite for this GTG, organised by Chrono24, in the center of London. Following up the first Chrono24 GTG in their headquarter in Karlsruhe, Germany. As you can expect from these […]
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In what has become a highly successful model of issuing limited edition models, today we’re excited to announce the immediate release of the DOXA Sub300 Silver Lung. The newest special edition follows a similar format as last year’s Black Lung edition with the availability of only 300 pieces available for order via the DOXA website […]
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StockX is the world’s first stock market of things, more importantly, it’s the first-ever stock market for watches. Buyers place ‘bids’, sellers place ‘asks’ and when a bid and ask meet, the transaction occurs automatically. The best part: StockX ensures everything is 100% authentic and that all of the watches on the platform are in […]
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Fortis has been working hard to restructure their brand. Their goal is to keep the old values yet give a modern twist to the Grenchen-based watch manufacture. They skipped Baselworld this year to focus on this restructuring. From time to time we still hear from them though. Let that be a watch review, a bit […]
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If you’ve been following #TBT, and Fratello Watches for that matter, for any length of time, you’ve undoubtedly noticed that we’re huge fans of the Seiko Tuna series of watches. Whether reading Gerard’s history of the watches or sifting through any number of model-specific articles, our admiration runs deep for these oddly shaped, but distinctive […]
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As a matter of fact, a few people asked us the same question in the last week. Almost the same, as some questions were for a specific model, but all related to the availability – or lack – of Rolex sports watches. You Asked Us: Why are there no stainless steel Rolex watches available? One […]
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49 years ago, the Apollo 11 was on its way to the Moon (and back), from July 16th to July 24th. Time for us to freshen up your memory (or knowledge) a bit with the verified facts around the Moonwatch and the moon landing. On July 20th 1969, the Apollo 11 Lunar Module put astronauts […]
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Nothing beats a nice watch GetToGether and this coming Friday there will be another one that you don’t want to miss. This time in London. If you have not been to a get-together, you are in luck. Chrono24 will host their second GetToGether (read our report of the first one here) in London this Friday. […]
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Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Gogh, to name just a few of the painters of which you can admire their work in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. One of the main attractions of Amsterdam for sure, especially if you are into art. Swatch decided to collaborate with the Rijksmuseum and comes with three watches that are available as […]
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A new Oris boutique opened its doors in the heart of Amsterdam. The Hölstein (Switzerland) based brand chose a historic building at Rokin 48 to be their flagship for The Netherlands. The 16th Oris Boutique Oris, as well, was one of the brands which surprised us during last Baselworld with many interesting and attractive models. […]
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It’s been a long time since we last reviewed a watch winder. Today we will take a closer look at the winder from a brand that slowly but steadily became a household name in the watch accessories industry; Juvo. Surely there are many different makers out there. From the €50 “eBay” winders to the luxury […]
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And…we’re back with part 2 of our Summer Special: 60’s Vintage Diver Shootout featuring four archetypal watches from brands that are still here today. To recap, in the first episode, we provided a rundown on the specs of our combatants while providing a little flavor on each watch’s history. The frontrunners, in most minds would […]
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This week Andrew dropped us a line. He had read last weeks article and would like to have our thoughts about a dress watch for himself. You Asked Us: Is the Nomos Orion a good choice for a dress watch? Hello, Having just read your piece on the Oris Classic Date vs. Omega De Ville […]
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Rumours couldn’t be stopped, some people already knew what was coming: the Omega Speedy Tuesday 2 “Ultraman”. The big questions were just: how will it look and when will it be released. This is it, the ST2 “Ultraman”. A design inspired by the 1967 Speedmaster “Ultraman” (We covered it here). Speedmaster Speedy Tuesday 2 “Ultraman” […]
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Want to know when your watch is due for a service? The Lepsi Watch Scope measures a number of vital signs, like accuracy, beat error, amplitude etc. Below, our hands-on review of the Lepsi Watch Scope that you can use to keep track of the performance of watches in your collection. As I promised in […]
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After an intense year of working and creating illustrations the best period of the years kicks in for me: summer vacation! Emotional Layer While a watch with a day-date function indicates the days, every day has its own events, emotion and theme. The indication that it is ‘Monday’ triggers something else for everyone. Every time […]
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Believe me when I say I have one of the coolest jobs in the world. It actually doesn’t feel like work, I am just occupied all day with something I am very passionate about. Fratello has been there since 2004, but it still excites me when I receive a package from A. Lange & Söhne […]
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Earlier this year, Seiko let us know that the Marinemaster 300 SBDX017 will be discontinued. And it now is. The limited edition Seiko SLA019J can be seen as successor, but it is a limited edition. We’ve been raving about the Marinemaster 300 for a long time now, it is a great diver with an incredible […]
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Rodrigo is in the need of a dress watch with a brown leather strap. He noticed the Oris Classic Date that retails for under €1000, but he also has a couple of other thoughts he shared with us. He already owns the Omega De Ville Hour Vision, with a black leather strap and he likes […]
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The 130 years old retailer from Lucerne in Switzerland collaborated with 11 different watch manufacturers to come up with their special Bucherer Blue Editions watches. This IWC Portugieser Chronograph Classic Bucherer Blue Editions in red gold is their 18th watch in this collaboration series. Previously, we reported about the Tudor that Bucherer did for this Blue […]
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This is an updated version of our Speedmaster Buyer’s Guide, one of our best-read articles on Fratello since 2014. It has been a while since we’ve given this a proper update and prices have changed over the last few months and years. Although this article is not meant to be a price guide, there are […]
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Most of you who want to buy a watch, select on price and brand name. Only a few are after a specific complication. But for those who do, there are a couple of interesting propositions on the market for perpetual calendars, moon phase watches, chronographs, divers and now an annual calendar as well. Brands like Montblanc […]
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Here’s why my new Formex watch made my (every) day An unaltered customer review by Robert Block, California USA – Software executive and passionate watch nerd My watch collection, like most I suspect, covers all the bases – the chronograph, dress watch, sports watch, the watches for work and weekends as well as some vintage […]
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