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Gold All Over: Mühle-Glashütte Launches Special Edition of

With a 750 yellow gold version of the Teutonia IV Moon Phase limited to only 100 pieces, family-owned company Mühle-Glashütte literally created shin ...

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Tutima Sails On With The New M2 Seven Seas S In Dégradé Re

Tutima has always had a strong passion for tool watches. Whether in the sky or exploring the depths of the ocean, the brand has made watches for the p ...

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Say Hello to the Highly Capable Nodus Sector Deep

Nodus started teasing out the continuation of their Sector Series early last month. With some early indications as to what we were in store for ? a ...

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Circula Introduces a GMT into their AquaSport Diver Collecti

The formula for Circula?s AquaSport dive watch is fairly simple. It?s a proper 40mm diver that keeps dial furniture to a minimum and blends in a mi ...

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Tissot’s Chemin des Tourelles Collection Offers a Ton

As someone who has been involved in watch collecting for a significant amount of time, I?m often asked for recommendations from people who are not ...

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The Watches I’d Buy Today If Money Were No Object: Bra

It’s time again for everyone’s favorite game ? watch shopping with money we don’t have! The best part is that we can pretend we have ...

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Hands-On With Newest Additions To The Yema Superman 500 GMT

I am always genuinely excited to see Yema release new variants of the Superman 500. And when it comes to the recently introduced Superman 500 GMT seri ...

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Fratello On Air: The Sinn T50 And NBA All-Star Weekend

We’ve been away for a few weeks, but Fratello On Air is back again! We’re talking about the newly announced Sinn T50 lineup and then dippi ...

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The Armin Strom Mirrored Force Resonance Manufacture Edition

Some brands have a distinct calling card that sets them apart. From big crown locks to date magnifiers, they can be a blessing and a curse. For me, th ...

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Fratello’s Guide To Omega Speedmaster Watches

This is Fratello’s guide to Omega Speedmaster watches. Whether you are buying your first Omega Speedmaster or just looking to add another one to ...

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Watch Box Stories: Aashdin’s IWC, Rolex, Omega, Breitl

Submissions for our Watch Box Stories series keep on coming to our mailbox. Last week’s story by Adrien about his (and his wife’s) beautif ...

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Hands-On: Laco Augsburg Polar 42 And Aachen Polar 42 Limited

Pilot?s watches are among the more familiar styles of timepieces, and when most people think of a classic pilot?s watch, it is typically something wit ...

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Armin Strom Debuts The Mirrored Force Resonance Manufacture

Armin Strom has just brought everyone’s favorite dial color (or at least the most marketable color other than black) to the incredible Mirrored ...

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BEST FROM: aBlogtoWatch & Friends February 28, 2023

We’re just two months into 2023, but this year is already shaping up to be a compelling one! February brought us several intriguing new releases ...

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MeisterSinger Drops Three New Smaller Executions of the Peri

German brand MeisterSinger has made a reputation with mechanical single-hand watches that combine award-winning design with the quality of Swiss watch ...

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De Bethune Expands Titan Hawk Series in Dramatic Black

In one of its latest avant-garde exploration, De Bethune takes on a sharp black timepiece whose monochrome is interrupted only by gold-tone accents. D ...

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Sponsored: A Closer Look at Artem’s Straps

Australian-based Artem Straps has impressed the market since its launch in 2019, since gaining wide popularity for its focused selection of interchang ...

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The New Autodromo Group C?s Just Landed In The Windup Watch

Digital watches often get overlooked by watch enthusiasts, as we tend to want mechanical and automatic watches that have a ?heart?. But digital wat ...

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Airain Updates their Type 20 in a Stealthy Gray Limited Edit

Airain, the heritage watch brand that made a triumphant return in 2020 with their Type 20 reissue, is back with a new spin on the popular (and hist ...

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Pre-Owned Spotlight With Brands That Have Crossed Daan’

As a watch enthusiast, you never really know when you’re going to buy your next watch. It could literally be at any moment if you get inspired b ...

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A Brief Yet Satisfying Encounter With The Awe-Inspiring Pate

Thank heaven I don?t need to own every watch I like, see, and try on. If I did, my life would be a living hell. Instead, when I come across one of the ...

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Fratello Editors Share Their Seiko Stories: Nacho’s Gr

Here at Fratello, we are a varied bunch. As watch journalists, collectors, and enthusiasts, we are all a little different. Some of us can?t get enough ...

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Ariel’s Thoughts: Beware Of Those Who Tell You How To

The most appealing thing to me about the “watch enthusiasm hobby” (as I call it) is the ability for a collector’s acquired pieces to ...

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SUPERLATIVE: The Alliance Of British Watch And Clock Makers

This week on the SUPERLATIVE podcast, our host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by two key members from the Alliance of British Watch an ...

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Edox Delfin Mecano: Engineered To Be All The Watch You Need

Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for advertiser. First introduced in 1961, the Edox Delfin is a historically important watch collection with a ...

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Hands-On Debut: Nodus Sector Deep Watch

The Nodus Sector series is the Los Angeles brand?s real-life proof of concept that a well-designed watch case can be adapted to a near-endless variety ...

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Chapter II: Aquastar Deepstar II

This article was originally published in the January/February 2022 Issue of the WatchTime print magazine.  In 2020, Swiss dive watch spec ...

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Sunday Morning Showdown: Sport Chic ? Girard-Perregaux Laure

The last few weeks have been a bit dive-watch-centric, so today’s Sunday Morning Showdown will focus on different types of watches for a palette ...

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Your Summer Watch Is Here: Four New Citizen ME Series Models

Last August, I showed you the new Citizen NJ0150 watches that were, till then, only available in Asia. Following a successful introduction in Europe, ...

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Watch Review: Behrens Rotary

Combustion engine devotees love to talk about the incredible ingenuity of the rotary engine. The interesting shape and motion of the rotary system are ...

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The Three Watch Collection: Reader Edition – Thomas F.

Editor?s Note: In this Three Watch Collection for $5,000, reader Thomas F. takes us on an horological tour of Hong Kong through the context of thre ...

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Watches, Stories, & Gear: A Pristine 1991 Jaguar XJR-15

?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, e ...

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Wrist Game Or Crying Shame: Cartier Tank Divan

Recently, my best watch friend that lives in my area sent me a link to a sales listing for a Cartier Tank Divan. “I was thinking of picking up a ...

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The Nodus Sector GMT ? An Owner’s Review

Seiko did something pretty cool in 2022 by releasing the NH34 (4R34) GMT movement and the Seiko 5 Sports GMT collection. While some complain that Seik ...

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H. Moser & Cie. Enters The Heavyweight Championship Wit

I’ll just come clean right away: I’m a fan of the H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour, but I’m not a fan of perpetual calendars. That migh ...

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Breguet Blends Horology And Fine Art At Frieze Los Angeles A

One of the cornerstone marketing strategies of the luxury watch industry is its alignment with other aspirational pursuits. Brands across the industry ...

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Christopher Ward Unveils C1 Bel Canto X Watches@ Limited-Edi

First released in late 2022, the Christopher Ward C1 Bel Canto has already developed a cult following in enthusiast circles thanks to its manufacture- ...

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Laco Launches Limited Edition Augsburg and Aachen Polar Mode

Southern German watch manufacturer Laco, based in the “gold city” of Pforzheim, is launching two proverbially cool versions of its classic ...

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Circula Expands AquaSport Collection

Circula has made quite a splash with its authentic retro-style diver’s watches that combine distinctive looks with high-quality Swiss movements ...

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G-SHOCK is Making Us All Feel Old with a New Watch Celebrati

If you?re a watch fan of a certain age, chances are you?re going through something (or about to go through something) that will do nothing less tha ...

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eBay Finds: Vintage Seikos, Full Kit Chronos & More

eBay Finds is back! This bi-monthly installment will feature a selection of watches currently listed on eBay that have caught the eye of editor Chr ...

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Return To Form: Seiko Introduces an Ensemble of 36mm Field W

Given the endless amount of watches Seiko offers throughout their various collections and sub-collections, there?s a sure-fire chance that there?s ...

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Opinion: Watch Collecting in the Quantum Realm

Possibly against my better judgment, I saw Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania recently. While it?s not my least favorite Marvel movie, it was pretty ...

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Hands-On: Love At First Sight with the Lorca Model No.1 GMT

As a self-proclaimed watch guy, I?ve developed a natural habit for watch spotting in the wild. It doesn?t matter if I?m in the midst of a routine t ...

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The Worst-Kept Secret In The World Of Watches: A New IWC Ing

Rumors about a new IWC Ingenieur started last year during Watches and Wonders 2022. But even before that, the Ingenieur was on people?s minds. It was ...

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The Watches I’d Buy Today If Money Were No Object: Daa

It’s funny how your watch budget pulls your focus toward specific watches. I tend to pay a lot more attention to watches below the ?10,000 mark ...

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Hot Take: The Silently Introduced Tissot PRX Powermatic 80 &

Without any press release or announcement, this Tissot PRX Powermatic 80 “Ice Blue” entered the collection. It features a very fresh-looki ...

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Fratello?s Top 5 Zenith El Primero References Ever Produced

Another Friday, another Top 5! In this series, we take one classic watch and choose our five favorite references ever produced. Four of these referenc ...

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Hands-On: Armin Strom Minute Repeater Resonance Watch

Despite the fact that most enthusiasts agree that resonance watches are flat-out lovely (both from a horological and aesthetic perspective), only a ha ...

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Richard Mille Debuts Its First Women?s Sports Watch: The RM

Within the realm of ultra-expensive, high-performing sports watches, Richard Mille is arguably the world?s number one brand. In addition to being acco ...

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MeisterSinger Unveils A Yellow And Black Pangaea Day Date Li

Originally launched in 2013, the MeisterSinger Pangaea Day-Date is the dual calendar version of the brand?s single-handed wristwatch. Rather than rely ...

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ZTAGE Lights Up The Night With The Hybird Off-Ground Aurora

Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for advertiser Made in Switzerland and designed in Hong Kong, ZTAGE watches combine a striking modern design ...

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Richard Mille Goes Rock ‘n’ Roll: The RM 66 Flyi

Richard Mille is a champion of avant-garde design, using bright colors, unusual motifs, and eye-catching materials to create what many consider to be ...

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Life is Colorful: Louis Erard Expands Excellence Petite Seco

Swiss boutique brand Louis Erard extends the range of one of the flagship models of its Excellence collection, the Petite Seconde, with three cool col ...

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H. Moser Debuts the Endeavour Perpetual Calendar Tantalum Bl

Moser?s latest is the brand?s first ever release in tantalum, a rarely used metal with unique characteristics that make it one of the more rewardi ...

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Sinn Goes Full Titanium and Bronze with New T50 Dive Watch

Sinn has released a new midsize diver with some big time specs to kick off their 2023 releases with the new T50. This is a watch that may seem fami ...

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Brand Video Spotlight: A Heritage of Artistry in Design R

Getting to know Seiko’s Presage Sharp Edged Series Seiko?s carefully crafted Presage collection reflects Seiko?s deep heritage o ...

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Fratello Talks: The Plastic (S)Watch That Saved The Watch In

Lex, Nacho, and RJ talk about Swatch and its upcoming 40th birthday! One of the coolest brands of the 1980s celebrates four decades of amazing and col ...

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Watch Box Stories: Adrien’s Fantastic Bvlgari, Ulysse

I don’t know about you, but I really enjoy reading through the watch box stories from your fellow readers about their collections (or parts of t ...

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Finding The Best Watches Under ?500 ? Ben’s Pick: Orie

When our managing editor Nacho handed me this assignment, my first response was, “Pick for 500 euros is an easy one: Seiko.” It could not ...

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NOMOS Glashütte Introduces The Tangente Neomatik Blue Gold

NOMOS?s Tangente neomatik is a classic timepiece that never gets old. And the Glashütte-based watchmaker knows it. Here comes a new take on it that a ...

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40 Years Of Swatch: A Look Back At The Plastic Watch That Ch

Did you know that Swatch turns 40 years old next week" On March 1st, 1983, Swatch introduced its first collection of 12 watches in Zürich, Switz ...

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#TBT My Breitling Grail Ref. 765 AVI “Lucy DigitalR

There is something to any vintage watch, but the Breitling AVI ref. 765 “Lucy Digital” has it all. And I mean it. The size, the design, th ...

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Hands-On: H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Perpetual Calendar

Our team at aBlogtoWatch has spoken extensively about the watch industry?s exotic materials arms race over the past few years, with brands extending i ...

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Daniel Roth Watch Brand To Return Under LVMH’s La Fabr

French LVMH made the surprising announcement today that the world’s biggest luxury group is due to revive the Daniel Roth watchmaking brand in 2 ...

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Nivada Grenchen Debuts The Chronoking Aviator Sea Diver Meca

A large part of the appeal of vintage reissue watches is being able to enjoy a fan-favorite retro design or rare historical piece without the worry of ...

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aBlogtoWatch Mr. Jones Watches The Everyday Special Watch Gi

The full team at aBlogtoWatch is happy to announce Chris S. of Mechanicsville, USA as the winner of our Mr. Jones Watches The Everyday Special watch g ...

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Traveling Back in Time: Longines Launches Re-edition of Maje

Longines kicks off the new watch year with a jewel from its past. The Longines Pilot Majetek is a faithful re-edition of a model that took first to th ...

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Sinn Spezialuhren Dives Down Deep with New T50 Goldbronze Mo

For more than 60 years, Sinn Spezialuhren, based in Frankfurt am Main, has made a reputation with high-quality mechanical watches that feature special ...

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G-SHOCK Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the Frogman with

I?ve long held that you can tell an awful lot about a person by their taste in G-SHOCKs. By now, there are so many types of these watches out there ...

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Longines Reaches Back Nearly 100 Years for their Latest Heri

Longines receives a lot of well deserved acclaim from the watch community for the tasteful way they recreate historical watches. They not only have ...

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Some of the Toughest New G-SHOCK?s – Now Available in

G-SHOCK?s ?Master of G? series are some of the toughest watches in G-SHOCK?s lineup. These ?master? watches pack some of the most advanced features ...

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Why The Humble Seiko Turtle Is Set To Be A Future Collectibl

My watch journey began with a Seiko 5 SNZG11J1 in the jungles of Thailand and Myanmar (that will have to be another story), so it seems more than fitt ...

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Airain Drops Two Handsome New Type 20 Re-Editions For Pre-Or

The Quartz Crisis was a difficult time for the watch industry. The advent of quartz watches led to a significant upheaval of the established order. I& ...

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Hands-On With The New Longines Pilot Majetek “1935R

Longines has a long-standing history when it comes to aviation, and today?s introduction is a tribute to one of the brand’s milestone watches fr ...

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Fratello Editors Share Their Seiko Stories: Lex’s Vint

Everybody loves the underdog. Now, I could claim that I bought my 1972 King Seiko 5626-7111 because I prefer the underdog over the top dog called Gran ...

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Watch Review: Visitor Duneshore Golden Beach

Depending on how you approach watches, your tolerance for less traditional design will be higher or lower. Any watch enthusiast can rattle off some ca ...

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Hands-On Debut: Longines Pilot Majetek Watch

There?s no shortage of great military pilot?s watches throughout history. Brands from Hamilton to IWC have made their mark on the air forces of the wo ...

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Off to New Heights: Rolex Explorer II

This article was originally published in the January/February 2022 Issue of the WatchTime print magazine. Photos by Marcus Krüger. To mark th ...

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Blinged-Out Bulgari: The Serpenti Tubogas Infinity

Expanding its iconic Serpenti collection, Bulgari debuted its Serpenti Tubogas Infinity at LVMH Watch Week early this year. The release joined a large ...

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Scott Carpenter’s Gold Omega Speedmaster, a Piece of N

One of the reasons we love vintage watches is for the stories they tell. Yes, that?s a bit of a cliche, but every so often a watch comes to our att ...

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Vaer Gets Funky with the R1 USA Racing Chronograph

The Venice based and independently owned watch brand, Vaer, has been a busy one since the middle of last year. They?ve expanded their catalog by la ...

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[VIDEO] Inside the Collection: Pairing the Tudor Pelagos 39

As much as I advocate for expanding your boundaries when it comes to the type of watches you experience, most of our time is spent in the middle of ...

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Hands-On With The Golden Casio G-Shock “CasiOak”

It’s been only a few weeks since I reviewed the Casio G-Shock GM-2100C Utility Series. I was highly impressed by the presence of the brand’ ...

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Fratello Editors Share Their Seiko Stories: How Daan Jumped

Almost all watch enthusiasts out there have their own history with Seiko. For many, a Seiko was even their first watch or at least their first diver. ...

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Hands-On: The Christopher Ward Dune Collection ? Field And D

Ah, Christopher Ward ? the British brand that Fratello has written more than 15 articles about, highlighting the brand?s unbeatable quality/value rati ...

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The Second Fratello × REM Strap For The Speedmaster: The Lu

Last month’s Fratello × REM strap for the Speedmaster (the Lunar Lander) was a huge success and received an incredible amount of interest. Toda ...

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Superlative: How Espionage May Have Helped Shape Watch Histo

This week on the SUPERLATIVE Podcast, our host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Aaron Stark, author of Disrupting Time: Industrial Co ...

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Hands-On: Ollech & Wajs Ocean Graph Watch

Although Ollech & Wajs was originally founded in 1956 and has enjoyed a cult following among vintage collectors and enthusiasts for a number of ye ...

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Seiko Introduces Three New King Seiko Models, Plus a Special

Continuing its celebration of 110 years of wristwatchmaking, Seiko is introducing three new King Seiko executions and a special edition. In 1913, Kint ...

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Hublot Introduces Third Collab with Save Our Rhino Africa vi

Hublot recently introduced its third collaboration with Save Our Rhino Africa India (SORAI), an organization working to protect rhinos threatened with ...

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Just A Minute With The Oris Big Crown Calibre 473 – Wi

Let?s take just a minute with the Oris Big Crown Calibre 473. Oris?s latest Big Crown design measures 38mm in diameter, 45mm in length, and 12.7mm ...

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Announcing the 2023 Windup Watch Fair Schedule!

2022 was a big year for the Windup Watch Fair. We expanded our San Francisco and New York City events and launched a brand new Fair in Chicago. Tha ...

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Ulysse Nardin Really Knows How to Name a Watch. Exhibit A: t

Something I don?t think we discuss often enough are watch names. For people like me who are irredeemably bad at remembering obscure reference numbe ...

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Pre-Owned Spotlight: Thomas Tracks Down Some Less Predictabl

Join me on the hunt for non-cliché pre-owned picks in the diver segment. It is safe to say that the dive watch is one of the most popular genres in t ...

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The Watches I’d Buy Today If Money Were No Object: RJ&

The sad reality is that money is definitely an object, and when you have a family, it?s not always easy to allocate the amount of money you want to sp ...

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Why Is Switzerland The Watchmaking Center Of The World"

Switzerland is often considered the cradle of watchmaking. The ?Swiss Made? label has become a seal of quality, and the vast majority of high-end watc ...

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[Video] A Collector’s Story: The Omega Constellation

Half a century of Omega Constellation watches explained. Fratello Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Robert-Jan Broer is a watch collector in the truest sen ...

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Grinding Gears: The Case Against IYKYK In Watch Design &

I remember from the first days of my passion for watches how some of my friends and family voiced their concerns and views on how luxury watches were ...

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Sunday Morning Showdown: Omega Seamaster 300M 2531.80.00 Vs.

We seem to be on a dive-watch kick lately on Sunday Morning Showdown. Last week, it was a battle of the Rolex household (more on that shortly), but th ...