Yes, I do have serious issues with the color combination of black and yellow in watches. I do have to make one thing clear: I don’t really mind a completely yellow dial. It does need to be the exact right shade of yellow, of course, and getting that just right isn’t easy. But it’s yellow […]

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Summer is in full swing, and by now, most people have selected their favorite summer watches to take with them on holidays. But after the summer is over, you might want to think about a new timepiece to add to your collection. What about a new chronograph? You know that we collectively love chronographs here […]

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Hopefully, you enjoyed my “slightly” tongue-in-cheek mea culpa from yesterday. But the time for masking my corruption with light-hearted nonsense is passed. It’s time for things to get serious. In the first of four quarter-finals scheduled over the following week, Sexy Lexy takes on Bobsled Bobby (whose heart of ice is melting in this late […]

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Roll up, roll up! The summer has hit The Hague and Fratello is keen to celebrate. After the fizzing success of March Mania, we are back with the Summer Splash. A new knock-out competition conceived to find the very best summer watch out there, according to YOU, the Fratelli. And guess what? You can win […]

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Every so often, a watch comes along that shakes up the establishment. Ok, it’s a very small corner of the watch world that we’re discussing here, but nonetheless… The Synchron Military is here and it’s not without controversy. On our last podcast about vintage dive watches, Balazs and I briefly discussed the brand new Synchron […]

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Recently, I spoke of my admiration for Forstner bracelets. My newfound love for flipping my watches from one band to another on the regular goes beyond a single brand, though. In fact, over the past year since I joined Fratello, I’ve taken to consuming straps like McDonald’s used to consume plastic straws. As a result, […]

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Who doesn’t like multi-functional, go-anywhere, do-anything watches, eh? And when it comes to gift buying, you’re probably best off covering as many bases as you can. I thought long and hard about the kind of watch it’s hard to criticize. Although these choices are certainly not dainty watches, the versatility and wearing enjoyment promised by […]

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It’s been a good year for Bobsled Bobby’s Box of delights. Not only has it got its own nickname now, but it’s also welcomed several new additions from all over the more affordable end of the luxury watch spectrum. Nothing on this list of my Top 5 watches exceeds €3,000. Some of them come in […]

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I love it. You just can’t beat a bit of color. And while the bright yellow isofrane strap won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, the Aquadive 100 GMT Poseidon limited edition pops just as vibrantly on a black alternative thanks to its vivid dial design. Honestly, it doesn’t get much better than this for dive […]

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Hey — it’s time for This Week in Watches for February 1, 2020. We’re in the midst of some rather gray days here during Winter; let’s see if we can brighten things up a bit! Aquadive Bathyscaphe 100 in Hardened Steel First up on This Week in Watches is the new Aquadive Bathyscaphe 100 in hardened […]

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