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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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Roger Ruegger / WatchTime Unstoppable: Highlights from the TAG Heuer Carrera Collection
In the early 1960s, Jack Heuer, freshly on the road as the watch company’s chief executive, traveled to a race in Florida that was timed by the family-run Ed. Heuer & Co. S.A., the 12 Hours of Sebring, held at Sebring International Raceway since 19…
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Buffy Acacia / Time+Tide The Hermès Cut and Arceau Le Temps Suspendu make you the boss of time
New references of the Hèrmes Cut and Arceau collections use complications to pause their time displays as the movement keeps running.The Hèrmes Cut has a small seconds hand which runs backwards at one cycle every 24 seconds, while the Arceau has a…
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Robin Nooy / Monochrome Watches Recap – The Best Dress Watches of Watches & Wonders 2025
Over the past week or two, we have been revisiting all the news from Watches & Wonders 2025, as well as the accompanying events that happened in the city of Geneva that same week. Grouping together watches that share a common theme, we take a close…
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Henry Black / Fratello Watches Could The 1990s Inspire The Next Cycle Of Watch Fashion?
Perhaps, but there are some things to consider... The 1990s were a period of significant change in the watch industry. Those years were very much a time of realignment and ongoing recovery after the crippling Quartz Crisis two decades earlier. Toda…
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Ripley Sellers / aBlogToWatch Hands-On: Ulysse Nardin Diver [Air] Watch
Shot on Leica by Jake Witkin and Ed RheeHumans naturally associate weight with quality, and it is therefore rather easy for us to be impressed by an extremely heavy timepiece. However, exceptionally lightweight watches can sometimes be even more im…
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Buffy Acacia / Time+Tide 7 of the best minute repeaters
While some may give equal credit to the tourbillon or the perpetual calendar, I truly believe the minute repeater to be the king of complications. Not only is it something that’s incredibly complex to engineer within such a small case, but it also…
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Jorg Weppelink / Fratello Watches Sunday Morning Showdown: Tudor Pelagos Vs. Pelagos Ultra
It’s Sunday morning, so it’s time for a cup of coffee and a new installment of Sunday Morning Showdown. This week, we continue the series with another watch unveiled during Watches and Wonders. The most talked-about Tudor release was, without a dou…
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Pietro Pilla / Time+Tide New releases from H. Moser & Cie, Unimatic, Perrelet and more
What a week from independents and emerging brands! It seems that when the big players are recovering from the magnitude of the fairs, the smaller brands deliver pieces in line with what put them on the map: fun, creative and colourful timepieces. F…
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Peter Chong / Deployant Watching the CEO: Xavier de Roquemaurel on the new Czapek
We caught up with Xavier de Roquemaurel, CEO of Czapek and got a deeper understanding behind the new Antarctique Tourbillon. We present this discussion in video.Watching the CEOs: Xavier de Roquemaurel on the new Czapek Antarctique Tourbillon (vide…
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Alexander Krupp / WatchTime Watch Test: The Glashütte Original SeaQ Chronograph
While dive watches represent one of the most popular categories in the industry, there are surprisingly few mechanical options that come with a chronograph function, and almost none that offer a big date complication on top of that. When it comes t…
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Michael Stockton / Fratello Watches Introducing: The Arnold & Son Constant Force Tourbillon 11
An ode to the friendship between John Arnold and Abraham-Louis Breguet There were plenty of standout releases at Watches and Wonders 2025, but one watch keeps coming up in my memories. The Arnold & Son Constant Force Tourbillon 11 was a delight in…
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Sean Lorentzen / aBlogToWatch Hands-On: MeisterSinger Kaenos Watches
Photos by Sean Lorentzen and Ripley SellersAs a watch brand, tying oneself too closely to a single niche is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, becoming the company synonymous with a given type of watch is a fantastic marketing opportunity. Howe…
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Watch Collecting Lifestyle W&W 2025: Chopard Alpine Eagle 41 XP CS Platinum (Live Photos)
Chopard debuts its first platinum iteration in the Alpine Eagle sports watch collection, marrying the refined proportions of the ultra-thin '41 XP' case with a redesigned bracelet. The Chopard Alpine Eagle 41 XP CS Platinum ref. 295396-9001 is equi…
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Worn & Wound Our Favorites from Watches & Wonders 2025
Did Watches & Wonders even happen if we don’t do a full team “Best Of” post? Hopefully, we’ll never find out. The verdict on this year’s show seems to be that it was stronger than expected, with plenty of iterative releases, but iterative releases…
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Erik Slaven / Monochrome Watches In-Depth – The Complete History of the Rolex Milgauss
The Milgauss is an unusual model in Rolex’s lineup and certainly a niche offering, generally classified as a watch for scientists. It didn’t have the cool factor of racecars, jets, and James Bond, and, like many models in their early years, tended…
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Watch Collecting Lifestyle W&W 2025: HYT S1 Series Beadblasted Titanium Red (Live Photos)
For Watches & Wonders 2025, HYT presents the new S1 Series Beadblasted Titanium Red. This timepiece maintains its distinctive angular profile while embracing ergonomic contours and fluid lines—now reimagined with a striking new aesthetic. The versa…
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Worn & Wound Shop The Windup Watch Shop Spring Lookbook
2025 Spring LookbookTHE MORE YOU SPEND,THE MORE YOU SAVELooking for the perfect gift? We’ve got you covered! Whether it’s a watch for the professional, gear for the outdoor adventurer, or accessories for the traveler, our guides make it easy to fin…
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Buffy Acacia / Time+Tide The Hautlence Retrovision ’85 can transform from wrist to desk clock
For more coverage from Watches & Wonders click here. Based on the legendary Japanese toy line, the Hautlence Retrovision ’85 can transform from wristwatch to desk robot.Its Calibre D31 uses a wandering display along with a flying tourbillon.Its ca…
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Watchonista Watchonista Staff Picks: Watches and Wonders Geneva 2025
Another Watches and Wonders has come and gone, and with only a few weeks to digest the hundreds of novelties presented at this year’s show, picking our favorite pieces was no easy feat. Luckily, Team Watchonista is always up for a good challenge. S…
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Rebecca Doulton / Monochrome Watches First Look – The Monochrome Spirit of the New Ming 37.02 Ghost
Renowned for its contemporary and minimalist designs, Ming, the indie watch brand founded by Malaysian photographer Ming Thein in 2017, has gone from strength to strength. Design is king at Ming, and a common design thread runs through all the coll…
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Michael Stockton / Fratello Watches Hands-On With The New Ming 37.02 Ghost
Hitting the beach with a sneaky new release We met with Ming at Time to Watches in Geneva and left excited about all the releases in the pipeline. In addition to some innovative higher-end upcoming introductions, the brand still knows how to cater…
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Zach Kazan / Worn & Wound Brunch with H. Moser: the Pioneer Center Seconds Sunny-Side Up
My favorite version of the H. Moser brand is the one that acts as a gentle troll in the watch community, and puts their idiosyncratic sense of humor on full display. Not every brand can get away with a watch made of cheese, or a watch seemingly mad…
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Ripley Sellers / aBlogToWatch Hands-On Debut: Doxa SUB 250T GMT Exquisite ‘Gulfshore’ And ‘Afterglow’ Watches
Photos by Ripley Sellers and Sean LorentzenWhen Doxa launched the SUB 250T GMT earlier this year in 2025, the Swiss brand debuted the collection in a full range of nine different dial colors, including a new vintage-themed gradient option that prev…
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Martin Green / WatchTime Spotlight: The Breguet Classique 7337 Calendar
Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747–1823) can be counted as one of the people who laid the foundation for modern watchmaking. While many know him today mainly as the inventor of the tourbillon, his legacy extends much further than that. As a true visionary…
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Ariel Adams / aBlogToWatch Hands-On: Chronoswiss Pulse One Titanium Watches
While not the only brand to make regulator-style watch faces, Chronoswiss has made this layout its signature dial style across many products. Regulator dials originated with precision clocks used to regulate other timepieces and have layouts that s…
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Zach Blass / Time+Tide Sotheby’s enlists WatchCheck as its watch servicing partner
Among all the Watches and Wonders noise, a rather significant development from the auction world got a bit lost in the news cycle. With things calming down a bit, I want to circle back to an announcement made at the end of last month, as Sotheby’s…
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Michael Stockton / Fratello Watches Fratello On Air: Wrapping Up Watches And Wonders 2025
Two weeks later, our thoughts on the Geneva events We’re back with another episode of Fratello On Air. This week, we’re wrapping up Watches and Wonders. We’ve had time to think about the show, the adjoining events, and the watches. You’ll hear our…
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Thomas Van Straaten / Fratello Watches An In-Depth Look At The New Rolex Dynapulse Escapement
Has Rolex reinvented the wheel? Rolex surprised friend and foe with a new movement at this year’s Watches and Wonders. While that’s always a relatively big deal in our little horological sub-universe, caliber 7135 represents a particularly big mile…
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