Blog Watches
Welcome back to Wrist Game or Crying Shame, the weekly series that allows you to participate in an important online survey while being stuck in the house. Today, well head back to the late 90s with th
I'm sure most of you got started in the watch hobby a while before we got into this weird isolated way of living. Well, not me Alright, I got a Seiko Kinetic Perpetual when I was in high school, and t
Imagine your average Saturday afternoon. Add a group of around 40 people (oh yes, all men), together in a private section of a restaurant. Theres an open bar, snacks come and go, and there are a lot I
Like a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step chapter 64 of Lao Tses Tao Te Ching ?I think a watch collection starts with a single watch. Not with three. But lets assume the hypothetica
Gerard Nijenbrinks over at Horlogenieuws.nl (Dutch website covering novelties on watches and the watch business) mentions the new Sinn 142.ST-II.It will be introduced at the coming Basel Fair (30th Ma
Its Speedy Tuesday Some things do not need introduction anymore and I think that Speedy Tuesday might be one of them. The number of responses to Speedy Tuesday in my mailbox is just unbelievable. Plea
I sense that Grand Seiko is getting more traction in Europe since the last year or two. I cant speak for the US, as I am not familiar with that market, but I notice that more people start to appreciat
The Speedmaster has the best ambassador in the world The Moon. Since 1962 the Speedmaster has played a role in space exploration and in 1965 it became the official watch to wear during EVA. But the S
Today marks the return of the Breitling Top Time, a legendary vintage chronograph from the 1960s.If you were hoping for some fun news during these different and difficult times, we think Breitling has
We are approaching the end of March and thus the end of March Mania. It is a very successful but especially fun project on Fratello, and we thoroughly enjoy seeing the results and the discussions belo
Who knew that Swatch still had that circa 90s FOMO swagger? Sometimes, all it takes is a little help from our friends. In this case, Omega stepped in with an 11-part stonker. Im writing this prior to
Michael Clerizo, friend of the show for a long time now, already had written a beautiful book called Masters of Contemporary Watchmaking. Clerizo (Wallstreet Journal contributor) just finished another
Omega Seamaster 300This is the watch we've all been waiting for since Omega started to tease us via their Facebook page. We already did a guess some time ago (here), but now we finally get the chance
Zenith kicked off the 50th anniversary of the El Primero with a trio of watches first shown during, but not at, SIHH in January.? At Baselworld 2019, the celebration continued with additional pieces t
With a little wink of course, but in a week when my Ploprof has been described by one commenter as the perfect survival tool, it seemed like an opportune moment to pick our top-five pre-owned survival
We like to talk about vintage watches a lot within the Fratello team. While the daily routine is largely focused on the most recent developments in the world of watches, the most fun for many of us li
Credor, the JDM luxury brand created by Seiko in the 70s to beat Patek Philippe and at the then-hot luxury quartz game. Today, we know Credor for its thin luxury and hand-finished porcelain dials of
On January 16th of this year, Gene Cernan passed away. He was the Last Man on the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Before that, he flew on the Gemini 9A and Apollo 10 missions. This year, Om
The Zenith Piggy Bank proves marketing genius lives for centuries. This is the story of a clock that helped people save money.? I met my friend Matej a few weeks after he lent me his Seiko Superior to
We are at the stage where our writers go head-to-head and hope to battle their way through to the semi-finals. At this point, each of our writers has only one watch remaining. Today, we have our last
