I have the honor of kicking off a new series of articles on Fratello. This is Back to Basics, a series intended to explain the fundamentals of our hobby. The
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Omega’s collaboration with Swatch to create the MoonSwatch, arguably the most significant launch of any Swiss watchmaker in 2022, was always going to be tough to top. But Swatch Group
Equal to the year 4722 in the Chinese calendar, 2024 marks the year of the Wood Dragon, and to celebrate the occasion, Hublot has teamed up with the artist Chen
In celebration of their decades-long partnership dating back to the year 1925, Wempe and Longines are launching a special edition of the Longines Spirit Zulu Time. This GMT watch, reintroduced
With watch brands across the board riding the Chinese New Year wave, there are no prizes for guessing which of the twelve animals represented in the Chinese Zodiac will be
Golden Rolex hoardings in the style of its crimped DateJust pie dish bezel are up on Old Bond Street as construction begins on what will become Europe’s biggest showroom for
While everyone is likely familiar with the big collaborations and limited editions that get produced between watch brands and celebrities, artists, musicians and other creatives, it’s less widely known that
Following the launch of the Bioceramic Scuba Fifty Fathoms Collection in September 2023, the Blancpain X Swatch collaboration is adding a new model to the range, the Bioceramic Scuba Fifty
When it was first presented back in 2021, the Seiko Prospex Land Series was a slightly confusing watch. Mixing elements from dive watches – the emblematic Turtle case with 200m
If I had stuck to my 2023 watch resolutions, I would be either wearing a Breitling Spatiographe or a titanium Girard-Perregaux pour Ferrari chronograph while writing this. I’m not. That’s
Just days a week into the new year, Blancpain and Swatch announce an all-black variation of the Scuba Fifty Fathoms, their affordable collaboration introduced last year. The Ocean of Storms
One of the most technically interesting watch collections produced by Swiss Armin Strom is the Mirrored Force Resonance collection (originally debuted in 2016). Over the years, the boutique watchmaker has
A couple of months ago, Blancpain & Swatch caused quite a storm by presenting their collaboration based on the iconic Blancpain Fifty Fathoms. Following the success of the Moonswatch with
BY HARLAN CHAPMAN-GREEN 2024 is in full swing, and soon, the Chinese calendar will advance forward. This year is the year of the dragon, so watchmakers who are tuned in to
Within the last five years, to the delight of us watch geeks, we have seen several horological records broken, from power reserves to accuracy. And gone are the days of
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