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Michael Stockton / Fratello Watches Mühle Glashütte Introduces The New Sportivo Line
A GMT, Chronograph, and Compass Date comprise the trio Mühle Glashütte is known for its sporty and reliable timepieces. For 2024, the brand has big news with a brand-new line of watches. The Sportivo collection consists of three models made for spo…
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Jorg Weppelink / Fratello Watches Hands-On With The Spinnaker Croft 42 Skeleton Automatic
An open-worked look for Spinnaker's affordable dive watch When the Spinnaker Croft 42 Skeleton Automatic landed on my desk, it instantly reminded me of two watches. The first was the skeletonized Rado Captain Cook in all its various guises. In all…
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Sam Amis / Worn & Wound Industrial Design: Through the Loupe
As I write this piece, I find it fitting that Worn & Wound was co-founded by Zach Weiss, who, as many of you may know, happens to be an Industrial Designer too. There are dozens of us! DOZENS!When it comes to Industrial Design and the watches we lo…
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Andrew McUtchen / Time+Tide You can now buy Christopher Ward in our London Watch Discovery Studio!
The British Weekender was an event we held in our new London Watch Discovery Studio a couple of weekends back, and the marquee brand at that show was Christopher Ward. They had the most prominent space, which is called ‘The White Room’, the larges…
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Benjamin Clymer / HODINKEE On Fatherhood, Phases Of Life, And Letting Watches Go
And a personal look at what I'm buying, selling, and holding now. I've been doing "this" for a long time. I'm not sure many of our younger readers understand that, sometimes. Occasionally, to drive home a point, I will ask someone in the office wha…
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Mike Razak / aBlogToWatch New Release: Armin Strom Tribute² Copper Edition Watch
In an apparent effort to freshen up on of its signature lines, Armin Strom has introduced a new edition of its Tribute 1. Don’t be mislead by the superscript two in the new model’s name: the brand is couching this new edition within the Tribute col…
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Rebecca Doulton / Monochrome Watches First Look – Warm new Bronze Cases for the Baltic Hermétique Tourer
Founded just eight years ago by Etienne Malec, Baltic has gone from strength to strength with its attractive designs. Relying on outsourced movements assembled in France, Baltic sells its watches directly online at genuinely competitive prices. Bal…
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Marc Levesque / Worn & Wound Baltic Introduces Bronze Versions of the Hermetique
I have had a love-hate relationship with bronze-cased watches for years. I truly appreciate how the metal ages; there is nothing quite like a beautifully patinated watch just before it turns into a greenish hue. The beauty is that it never quite ag…
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Jorg Weppelink / Fratello Watches Hands-On With The Stylish New Baltic Hermétique Tourer Bronze
Adding a nice helping of bronze brilliance to the brand's popular mid-century field watch Have we left the Bronze Age behind us and entered the Stone Age? It seems 2024 has been the year of stone dials. That doesn’t mean bronze watches have disappe…
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Michael Stockton / Fratello Watches Hot Take: TAG Heuer Formula 1 Chronograph × Oracle Red Bull Racing
A special watch marks 20 years of a winning team TAG Heuer has partnered with Oracle Red Bull racing since 2017, and there have been seven watches commemorating their alliance. Now, to celebrate the team’s 20th anniversary, a new Formula 1 Chronogr…
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Roger Ruegger / WatchTime The Triumphant Comeback of Vacheron Constantin’s 222
One of the most unexpected releases at Watches and Wonders 2022 was undoubtedly the re-edition of Vacheron Constantin’s Jumbo version of the “Triple Two” in 37 mm in 18k 3N yellow gold.Vacheron Constantin’s original 222 was launched in 1977 for the…
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Peter Chong / Deployant New: Parmigiani Armoriale Répétition Mystérieuse
Michel Parmigiani celebrated his 74th birthday on December 2 this year, and as is the tradition, the maison released an extraordinary watch. This year, it is the Armoriale Répétition Mystérieuse. A rather interesting minute repeater in the purest t…
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Roberta Naas / ATimelyPerspective Corum’s Tiny But Mighty Sugar Cube, Sevigne Watches In Demand
The Corum Sugar Cube watch was designed by Severin Wunderman in the early 2000’s.In an era dominated by oversized wristwatches, the pendulum is now swinging back toward smaller timepieces. This emerging trend, fueled by a renewed appreciation for v…
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Ian Skellern / Quill & Pad New Release: Armin Strom Tribute 2 Copper Edition
The Armin Strom Tribute 2 Copper Edition features a mainplate with a distinctive grattage design in an elegant copper hue. It’s a limited edition of just 10 pieces.Armin Strom Tribute 2 Copper EditionFrom the press release:Artistic grattage mainpla…
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Watchonista A New OMEGA Seamaster Diver 300M Model Levels Up the Metal
It’s been just a few weeks since the mixed metal Seamaster Diver 300M debuted, and already a stylish, sophisticated new edition in titanium and bronze gold has added some metallic pizzazz to the 007-inspired series. And Watchonista has exclusive sh…
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Ariel Adams / aBlogToWatch Watch Review: Panerai Luminor Due 42mm On New Bracelet
The Luminor Due is a type of Panerai watch that simply didn’t exist several years ago. This leaner and more elegant type of timepiece shows how a brand with a distinctive sense of design DNA is trying to evolve and expand its appeal while sticking…
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Borna Bošnjak / Time+Tide What is the Geneva Seal, and should you care about it?
As watches become less and less niche, their acceptance into the mainstream also means that more brands keep cropping up in all segments of the market. Microbrands are nothing new, and neither is the continued climb up the pricing ladder for numer…
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Fratello Watches Fratello Talks: 140 Years Of Breitling With Fred Mandelbaum
Horological highlights from the brand's long history This week on Fratello Talks, we’re talking all things Breitling with author, collector, and brand historian Fred Mandelbaum. Nacho and RJ join Herr Mandelbaum in a conversation that starts in the…
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Nathan Schultz / Worn & Wound Unplugging: Combatting Enthusiasm Fatigue
I’m a pandemic-era watch enthusiast. Stuck inside along with the rest of the world, I found myself with an unusual amount of time on my hands in the spring of 2020. My interest in watches had been passing at best, reflected in my recent purchase of…
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James Stacey / HODINKEE Hands-On: The Tudor Pelagos FXD GMT
Skip to Main Content [enter] Hands-On The Tudor Pelagos FXD GMT The latest evolution of the Pelagos trades its fins for wings (or rotors?). Last month, Tudor took the wraps off of their latest military-derived expression of the Pelagos. Initially f…
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Roger Ruegger / WatchTime Green Eyes: Chopard’s Alpine Eagle
Chopard’s highly successful Alpine Eagle sports watch collection took off with a new dial color in the late months of 2022, available exclusively for the 41-mm size in stainless steel or gold. Like the “Aletsch Blue,” “Bernina Grey” and “Pitch Blac…
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Peter Chong / Deployant New: Armin Strom Tribute2 Copper Edition
Armin Strom marches on with their Tribute collection by adding a new model with a grattage textured copper dial plate which they call the Tribute2. Press Release information with commentary in italics.The Armin Strom Tribute2 – Copper Edition will…
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Watchonista Meet the New RM 032 Automatic Flyback Chronograph Ultimate Edition
As the latest and final model of the RM 032 collection, this limited edition also aims to be the greatest dive watch Richard Mille ever produced. Once upon a time, in 2022, Watchonista traveled to St. Barth’s to interview Richard Mille ambassador a…
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Henry Black / Fratello Watches Fratelli Stories: Retrieving NASA Rocket Boosters While Wearing A Seiko
Our Fratelli Stories series shares some of the wonderful and interesting backstories of our readers around the world. Today, we speak with Robert Eames, who is an enthusiast for all sorts of watches and has a fascinating backstory. One vintage Seik…
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