It has been a few years since we last featured Mitch Mason on Fratello. We reported on the brand’s Maelstrom dive watch series, which has been quite a success for
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Grand Seiko's latest cherry blossom-inspired design is a precious metal heaterThe post Precious Cherry Blossom: The Grand Seiko SBGH368 debuts a 38mm 62GS case in pink gold appeared first on
Until recently, I had only heard of Makina watches and hadn’t had the chance to try one out. But that all changed when the Filipino brand offered us the chance
In 2023, Audemars Piguet marked the 30th anniversary of the Royal Oak Offshore, a seminal modern luxury sports watch that sought to reinvent the magic of the original Audemars Piguet
It’s hard to deny the outward appeal of a field watch. Tactical but not overly macho, mature but not boring—the traditional field watch “style” is eminently wearable for combatants, explorers,
The larger Nereide family of dive watches is probably the most popular collection currently produced by watchmaker Veneziancio. This is evidenced by the variety of Nereide models available, which goes
Although they’re far from the most popular or obvious segment, mechanical jumping-hour timepieces have enjoyed a quiet resurgence in recent years. Alongside a handful of high-end offerings from major brands,
The Chronoswiss Delphis Firestarter is one of the boldest colored watches I’ve handled in a while, and it does something that no luxury watchmaker has seemingly done to this point:
Independent brand Sartory-Billard is the kind of brand I like to write about not only because of its unique evolution (it has pivoted more than once) but also because I
Over the past several years, a wide swath of complications once restricted to the uppermost levels of the market have become remarkably affordable to own. Tourbillons, chimes, and other exotic
The major hint watch enthusiasts received in 2024 that TAG Heuer would be relaunching the Formula 1 range was when the brand released the very popular and limited-edition set of
What is Amsterdam famous for? Exactly — the city’s canals. Oh, sorry, were you saying something else? Well, that’s also correct, but it’s not the answer I was looking for.
The Grand Seiko SLGH027 Limited Editon debuts an entirely new dial pattern inspired by the snow-covered ridges of Mt. Iwate.The post Grand Seiko debuts the SLGH027 Limited Edition with a
A tiny finger-mounted timepiece is inherently somewhat of a novelty, and rather than being conceived as functional items, ring watches are primarily intended to appeal to humanity’s inexplicable fascination with
We all love talking about GADA (“go anywhere, do anything”) watches. They represent an ideal for collecting and living — that one watch can handle all situations, just as we
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