One of the perks of living in Baden-Württemberg is that German watchmaking surrounds me. Whatever direction I go – apart from the west, that being France– I will soon arrive at a watchmaking city. In the north, you can find Frankfurt with Sinn being the largest company in that area. Drive east and you’ll soon […]
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Various objects in our everyday life constantly emit magnetic fields that can potentially influence the accuracy of a mechanical watch. The Clifton Baumatic from Baume & Mercier with the maison’s first in-house mechanical self-winding calibre, the Baumatic BM12-1975A, is offering significantly better protection against magnetic fields, without having to hide the state-of-the art movement in […]
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Patek Philippe is being regarded as one of the most prestigious watch companies from Switzerland. This always has been the case. Their – often – wealthy clients are located all over the world and among them are royals and captains of industry. It is a brand with one of the best-known slogans, “You never actually own a Patek Philippe. You merely look after it for the next generation.”. Whether this is true or not, does not matter, owners of a Patek Philippe watch or future buyers of a Patek Philippe watch gladly refer to this slogan to justify their expensive timepiece. In this article we compare a vintage Nautilus 3700/1A with a modern Nautilus 5711/1A.
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Blue is a dial colour that Vacheron Constantin always associated with steel watches, as it has this cold look to it. At least, according to their Style & Heritage Director, Christian Selmoni. That’s what he told the crown in a short but interesting panel talk with Laurent Perves (Chief Marketing Officer Vacheron Constantin), Patrick Graf (Chief […]
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Citizen has always been an important player when it comes to semi-professional dive watches, the Promaster Professional Diver 1000M, which we’re reviewing this time, is no exception. The Citizen Promaster Professional Diver’s 1000M Eco-Drive Let’s make things clear first, no professional or semi-professional diver needs a diving watch. For a long time, divers use and […]
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Does the use of the color green make for a natural and competitive battle between the Rolex Submariner Hulk and the newly released Seiko SLA019 or is there simply too much that separates these deep water tool watches to make the comparison interesting? Well, since you’re here and because the two watches are pictured side […]
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One of our valued readers is lucky enough to owe no less than seven watches. Two hand winding, and five with automatic movements. He wears all watches in a rotation, and in short, as far as I understand, his question is: You Asked Us: Should I keep my watches running, or should I allow them […]
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Inspired by the huge interest in vintage watches, the Hong Kong-based Undone company offers chronographs that could be easily mistaken for something 60 years old. Balazs did a review on Undone last year, with a lot of background information on this relatively new company, so I suggest to click the link above if you want […]
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Fortuna is auctioning a number of interesting watches during their ‘Important Watches’ sale on September 27th. We would like to give you our highlights of that auction, but feel free to browse their catalogue anyways, as they have quite an interesting line-up of watches. The ‘Important Watches’ auction consists of 66 lots, with a fair […]
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The Speedmaster Speedy Tuesday Ultraman has been introduced on July 10th and sold out within two hours. Today we show you some beautiful images of this new Ultraman, from watchmaker, collector and Speedy Tuesday fan, Abel Court. He picked up his Speedmaster Speedy Tuesday Ultraman last week and already had the time to shoot some […]
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With an annual production of just 200 watches, the Austrian based Habring² is a small but very respected player in the watch industry. Owners Maria and Richard take a lot of pride in what they do, and this Habring² Chrono-Felix is showcasing just that. Let’s have a first look at the new mono-pusher chronograph with calibre A11C-H1 […]
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On May 15th 1918, the first airmail service flight took place between Washington and New York. This flight officially established the airmail service in the United States. Mail service was contractual between the postal service and the operators of whatever means of transportations the post used. Whether it was railway or steamboat, the owners of […]
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Austrian smartwatch manufacturer launches Kickstarter campaign VIITA Watches is a Microbrand from Austria that makes smartwatches with the qualities of a classic watch. In addition to the noble design, the unique algorithm, the outstanding workmanship and the premium materials used set VIITA Watches apart from other smartwatch manufacturers. Titanium, ceramics, sapphire crystal and 10 ATM […]
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Salmon dials have a strange effect on me. Whether it was one of the salmon dial Rolex Datejusts in the 1990s, the salmon dialled Chronoswiss Régulateur Automatique CH1223, Audemars Piguet Royal Oak ‘Jumbo’ 14802 or Sinn 356 watches, I felt heavily attracted to them. Yet, I never bought one as I felt too scared. With this […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutesMunichtime is an event that is not for press or retailers, but for you, the watch enthusiast or collector. We’ve visited Munichtime ourselves a couple of times in the past, and this year we are an official media partner for the first time. We believe in events like this, where the end consumer can (finally) see, […]
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Here it is, our updated Vintage Seiko Buyer’s Guide. The thought of pulling together a directional like this sounds audacious, but as you’ll see, Seiko makes, and made, a lot of things relatively easy for us. But…as with all things in life, there are caveats. This guide won’t focus on all Seiko through the years, […]
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We receive a lot of questions from people that “give” us a budget and ask us about the best watch they can buy for that. That’s too difficult to answer without knowing you to be honest. A watch is so personal, we wouldn’t even recommend buying a watch for someone else only if you really […]
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While the Speedmaster models with calibre 321 are getting more scarce, many of you are after the Speedmaster Professional 145.022. This is the reference that was introduced in 1968 and did not only have a printed logo on the dial and a new seconds hand, it also came with a new movement. The calibre 861 […]
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We’ve reported to you about Klokers before, including a hands-on review of the KLOK-01 model almost 2 years ago. Well, based on that white dial model, Klokers introduces to you their KLOK-01 with Midnight Blue dial. KLOK-01 Midnight Blue The patented display of this 44mm x 11.5mm watch is now available in this stunning blue […]
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The new Clifton Baumatic from Baume & Mercier with the maison’s first in-house mechanical self-winding calibre, the Baumatic™ BM12-1975A, is pushing back the existing limits of efficiency and reliability: The BM12-1975A not only comes with a convenient five-day power reserve with full chronometer precision (-4/+6 seconds per day over the entire 120 hour power reserve), […]
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Two former designers of Audemars Piguet started their own brand Gorilla in 2016. Affordable watches with a unique design and an interesting choice for materials. We covered them before a few times, so I don’t want to get into detail too much regarding the story about the brand Gorilla. At some point you have to […]
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The long-awaited stainless steel Rolex GMT-Master II with Pepsi configuration was introduced exactly at the same time as Tudor’s Black Bay GMT with a Pepsi bezel. Since Tudor belongs to Rolex, this wasn’t a matter of coincidence. GMT Pepsi There was never a sporty GMT model in Tudor’s heritage, as far as I remember (or can find). […]
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Some brands don’t like it when you talk about the price first, but it is the first thing people ask about when they see a watch. Before we go into that, let’s have a closer look at this Chopard L.U.C All-in-One that was presented to us in Basel last March. Limited to 10 pieces only, […]
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With today’s look at the Seiko H558 Arnie, we find ourselves heading down a precarious path into the realm of the “celebrity watch”. Don’t worry, we’ll speak a little about the man this watch takes its name from, but we’ll spend more time on why this product of the 1980’s deserves more recognition aside from […]
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Golf and watches go together very well. Although there are only very few golf players who actually wear a watch during the game itself, the association is clear. Precision, prestige and enjoying the finer things in life. Last weekend was the final of the Omega European Masters 2018 in Crans Montana, Switzerland. A tournament that […]
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Last weekend we joined Longines to the capital of Italy for the launch of their latest watch. After the launch of the Longines Conquest VHP last year they have been working on a cool GMT version which has some nifty features. So without further ado let’s have a look at the presentation in Rome of […]
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Since the release of the Speedmaster Speedy Tuesday Ultraman, we get some questions about the original version from 1968. Time for us to recap our article from 2016 about the Speedmaster Ultraman reference 145.012-67. This will give you some more background on the original Speedmaster Ultraman. For the Speedy Tuesday Ultraman, Omega and us (Fratello) […]
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This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Red Bull Air Race, with a short pause between 2011 to 2013. Since its return, a year later, it became one of the most spectacular flying competitions. Spanning over four continents (Europe, North America, Australia and Asia) and over 40 locations from the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway […]
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TAG Heuer re-released the original Carrera in the 1990s TAG Heuer’s chronographs enjoyed greater success in the mid 1990s than ever before, but there was a growing demand for historical flair. The result was a high-fidelity replica of the Carrera from 1964. Ever since the birth of the Carrera, Heuer had always been closely affiliated […]
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Chronomat is derived from CHRONOgraph for MAThematicians and came to life in 1941. It was one of the first watches with a slide-rule (patented by Breitling in 1940) and this watch was delivered to the market in 1942. The Breitling Chronomat has a long history, which can be found in this article on WatchUseek and is […]
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For well over a year now, I’ve had the pleasure of handling, reviewing, and owning most of the limited edition watches made for the Diver’s Watches Facebook Group (DWFG) with 45,000+ members and counting at time of publishing. All of the watches I’ve reviewed have been worthwhile, thoughtfully designed, and on the affordable side of […]
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I know how important this watch is for Ben Clymer, so before going into details about this Omega Speedmaster Hodinkee 10th anniversary limited edition, allow me to address a few words to explain. 10 Years of Hodinkee Ben is a Speedmaster fan. He showed me his Speedmaster Mark40 that he received from his grandfather, and […]
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Two different price tags, two different styles, yet one of our readers asks us to help him to make a decision. We already included the Longines HydroConquest in a previous You Asked Us article, but this time, the popular affordable diving watch is up against a brand from the same stable: Tissot. The Tissot Powermatic 80 […]
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One of our readers contributes a tribute to the late (and legendary) Chuck Maddox. Some of the Speedmaster enthusiasts that have been around a bit longer already, have probably encountered Chuck Maddox on one of the forums or via his own website. In 2004, RJ published a multi-part interview with Chuck Maddox here on Fratello […]
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I had never heard about Minase watches, and that’s perfectly explainable as they were only available in Japan till now. Minase is a company that started as a spin-off in 2005 of a cutting tool manufacturer by the name of Kyowa Co. (1963). With an annual production of 500 pieces only, I am pretty sure that […]
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In January 2018, Baume & Mercier unveiled a surprising new caliber in a new timepiece at a very attractive price-point: the Baumatic BM12-1975A caliber will be exclusively available in the new Clifton Baumatic watch from September 2018 on, with prices starting at $2,750.What makes this release so remarkable is the fact that Baume & Mercier […]
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Nearing the 50th anniversary of the legendary Apollo 11 mission in 2019, NASA released 19.000 hours of communication audio between the astronauts and the staff on earth. Maybe not the most anticipated album release of the year, but thanks to transcriptions of the conversations, the three astronauts and the surreal adventure they were in, come […]
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