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Robert-Jan Broer / Fratello Watches Why Is There A Snoopy On The Dial?
Aside from Apollo 11, NASA’s 1970 Apollo 13 mission is probably the most talked-about one from the Apollo program. It was a mission that failed — almost fatally! On April 17th, 1970, the Apollo 13 crew landed safely on Earth after some incredibly s…
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Daan de Groot / Fratello Watches Introducing: The Ace × Nomos Metro Neomatik Orange — Celebrating Ace Jewelers’ 50th Anniversary
In 35mm and 38.5mm sizes, both limited to 50 pieces Today, we’re celebrating King’s Day here in the Netherlands. It’s actually our King’s birthday tomorrow, but that’s a Sunday, so the festivities take place today. A lot of people already started p…
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Michael Stockton / Fratello Watches Introducing: The Panerai Luminor GMT Power Reserve Ceramica PAM01574
Celebrating Panerai as the Official Timekeeper of Salone del Mobile Panerai moves quickly! After a busy Watches and Wonders 2025, there’s already another new release. The Luminor GMT Power Reserve Ceramica was announced with the brand’s official ti…
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Russell Sheldrake / Time+Tide Christopher Ward premiers its new documentary at BAFTA in London
How do you follow something as successful as the Bel Canto? Well, if you’re Christopher Ward, you make something completely unexpected and chart its production process with a full-blown documentary. It seems to be the newest thing in the watch worl…
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Watch Collecting Lifestyle W&W 2025: Piaget Andy Warhol Watch with Tiger Eye Dial (Live Photos)
The new Piaget Andy Warhol watch debuts a new design interpretation released at Watches & Wonders 2025, featuring a stunning 18K white gold case—measuring 45 x 43 mm—, a powerful tiger eye stone dial, and delivered on a dark brown alligator leather…
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Andy Hoffman / HODINKEE Business News: Rolex Will Raise U.S. Prices In Response To Tariffs
Top Swiss brand to increase prices by an average of 3% beginning May 1 and Omega prices to rise 5%. Rolex, the top Swiss watch brand by sales, will raise prices in the U.S. next month in response to import tariffs. The Geneva-based company will inc…
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Zach Kazan / Worn & Wound Garrick Takes a Huge Step Forward with the S3 Deadbeat Seconds
One of my favorite stories in independent watchmaking over the last few years has been the evolution of Garrick, the Norwich based brand specializing in meticulously finished, custom made watches. In a relatively short time, the brand has transform…
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Roberta Naas / ATimelyPerspective Hands On: Jacob & Co. Astronomia Revolution Four-Axis Tourbillon
Jacob & Co. Astronomia Revolution Four-Axis TourbillonTo celebrate the 10th anniversary of its Astronomia collection, Jacob & Co. has introduced a world’s first: the Astronomia Revolution Four-Axis Tourbillon. Limited to just 18 pieces and priced a…
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Borna Bošnjak / Time+Tide 19 of the best French watch brands keeping the historic craft alive
While Switzerland is regarded as the high-end watchmaking epicentre, it wasn’t always so. Along with many English watchmakers, it was France that led the way in making strides in chronometric invention. In the late 18th century, Paris was home to…
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Michael Stockton / Fratello Watches Hands-On With The New Ianos Dytis Divers
A smaller form factor for the final divers in the trilogy Today, we’ll go hands-on with the new Ianos Dytis, the final diver in a trilogy of watches from this independent brand. Because of its more compact size, the Dytis may prove to be the most p…
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Peter Chong / Deployant New: Breguet Classique Souscription 2025
Breguet celebrates its 250th Anniversary with the new Classique Souscription 2025 wrist watch – a one hand watch with only the minute hand over a pure white enamel dial. Press Release information with commentary in italics.The Retail price of the B…
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Andy Hoffman / HODINKEE Business News: Oris CEO Doubles Down On Value Amid Challenging Markets
Oris is staying true to its mission, delivering quality Swiss-made watches at the best possible price, and calls on the rest of the industry to follow its lead. After not meeting in person for several months, one doesn't start a conversation with R…
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Denis Peshkov / Monochrome Watches First Look – The New And Quite Spectacular Garrick S3 Deadbeat Seconds
Garrick is a proudly independent watch brand based in Norfolk, England, known for crafting limited-run timepieces that resonate with collectors who appreciate heritage, individuality, and the brand’s ethos. Founded by David Brailsford and Simon Mic…
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Martin Green / WatchTime Making a Case For Collecting Quartz – Part 1
Quartz: It once held a great promise to the watch industry. This innovative new technology would make it possible to create wristwatches that could tell time with unbelievable accuracy. The technology to do so was decades in the making. Warren Marr…
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Sabine Zwettler / WatchTime A New Hue: Laurent Ferrier Wows with Classic Auto Horizon
Laurent Ferrier, the Geneva-based independent watchmaker, unveiled the sixth installment in its exclusive Série Atelier collection in the Classic Auto Sandstone at last year’s Geneva Watch Days event. Since 2020, Laurent Ferrier has captivated its…
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Jorg Weppelink / Fratello Watches Fratello’s Top 5 Current Breguet Models
This year is full of watch brands celebrating all kinds of anniversaries, but if there’s one with a milestone anniversary, it is Breguet. The house celebrates its 250th anniversary this year. Yesterday, the festivities began with the release of the…
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Ripley Sellers / aBlogToWatch Hands-On: Gerald Charles Maestro GC39 25th Anniversary Edition Watch
Photos by Ripley Sellers and Sean LorentzenTo celebrate its 25th anniversary, Gerald Charles unveiled a striking limited-edition timepiece at Watches & Wonders Geneva 2025, which reimagines a rare and exclusive model from the brand’s archives. Base…
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Michael Stockton / Fratello Watches Fratello On Air: Useful And Useless Complications
Talking about two popular watch types from Watches and Wonders Welcome to another episode of Fratello On Air! This week, we discuss two popular complications and their usefulness. It’s the type of nerdy talk we hope you enjoy!Watch complications ar…
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Michael Stockton / Fratello Watches Hands-On With The Sternglas Hamburg Automatik Edition Marine
The latest reference is inspired by officers on the high seas It’s nice to review a truly affordable watch like the Sternglas Hamburg Automatik every so often. After all, entry-level mechanical timepieces are great for daily wear and can provide a…
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Michael Penate / Two Broke Watch Snobs The New Seiko Presage Style60s: Better Looking, Still Confusing
Some watches grow on you. Others you grow with. For me, the Seiko Presage Style60s series has always felt a little stuck in the middle. I’ve tried to love them—the vintage nods, the clean layouts—but I’ve never quite been sold. That said, this late…
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JX Su / SJX Watches Breguet Turns to Tradition with the Classique Souscription
The opening salvo in Breguet’s 250th anniversary has just been revealed: the Classique Souscription 2025BH. Although typically Breguet in style, the watch is a novel combination of elements, at least by the conventions of Breguet, a traditionally s…
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Brandon Moore / SJX Watches Hands On: Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra Tourbillon
Bulgari made its debut at Watches & Wonders this year, having previously exhibited outside the fair. It was a fitting occasion to launch the Octo Finissimo Ultra Tourbillon, the thinnest tourbillon watch ever at just 1.85 mm thick. Housed in the br…
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Worn & Wound A Sneak Peek at the Watches of Windup Watch Fair San Francisco 2025
The next stop in our ongoing celebration of 10 years of Windup, the Windup Watch Fair San Francisco, is now right around the corner and if you’re like us, you’ve only got one thing on your mind: what watches am I going to see? Whether you are plann…
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Roberta Naas / ATimelyPerspective Meet The Breguet 250th Anniversary Classique Souscription 2025 Watch
Breguet 250th Anniversary Classique Souscription WatchIn celebration of its 250th anniversary, Breguet has unveiled the Classique Souscription 2025 wristwatch: a refined, single-hand timepiece that reinterprets one of Abraham-Louis Breguet’s most v…
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Daan de Groot / Fratello Watches Introducing: The Breguet Classique Souscription 2025 — Initiating The Brand’s 250th-Anniversary Celebrations
With a modernized case made of Breguet gold, an enamel dial, and a new movement Abraham-Louis Breguet was probably the first watchmaker to launch a watch with the help of a Kickstarter campaign. Okay, well, not exactly, but in 1797, he made his 61m…
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Fratello Watches Fratello Talks: Is 2025 The Year Of The Dress Watch?
Just because you've got a black-tie timepiece on your wrist doesn't mean you need a tux It’s 2025, and dress watches are in! But that doesn’t mean you have to dust off your tuxedo. In fact, it’s quite the opposite: the dress watch’s link to formal…
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Michael Penate / Two Broke Watch Snobs Timex x Bespoke Post Field Watch: A Retro Mil-Spec Revival for Just $150
If you’re like me and you can never get enough of the whole vintage military watch thing, then Timex’s latest collaboration with Bespoke Post might be right up your alley. Based on a 1970s gem from their Viscount collection, this throwback is wrapp…
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Brice Goulard / Monochrome Watches Introducing – The New Seiko Presage Style60s SRPL71, SRPL73, and SRPL75
The Seiko Presage Style60s collection has become a classic for the Japanese watchmaker. Inspired by the Crown Chronograph of 1964, even though we’re talking about time-and-date or GMT models in general, this collection brings vintage flair and casu…
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Watchonista Grand Seiko: A Tale of Two Tentagraph Novelties
Bringing you highly accurate chronograph performance in two very different styles, meet the new pair of Tentagraphs Grand Seiko debuted at Watches and Wonders 2025. Made by Grand Seiko, the remarkable Caliber 9SC5 Tentagraph movement stands as an o…
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Peter Chong / Deployant New: Tissot PR100 & T-Touch Jungfrau Special Edition
Tissot releases four new additions to their PR100 collection and one new addition to the T-Touch collection, inspired by the Swiss Alps and the peak of Jungfrau. Press Release information with commentary in italics.The Tissot PR100 Jungfrau retails…
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Mike Razak / aBlogToWatch Watch Review: Clemence Munro
I don’t know what a sports watch is. I’m inclined to think it’s any watch that isn’t a dress watch and doesn’t have a specific style or functionality, like a pilot’s watch or a chronograph. Or are those just types of sports watches? You tell me, be…
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Sabine Zwettler / WatchTime Roaring Loud: Meet Grand Seiko’s Tokyo Lion Tentagraph
It was one of the boldest timepieces introduced earlier this month at Watches & Wonders 2025, and a favorite of the WatchTime team: Grand Seiko’s Tokyo Lion Tentagraph SLGC009. Defined by an angular, almost sculptural architecture, the Tokyo Lion d…
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