The summer is for traveling to a destination that will enable you to live your very best life. First, you have to get to your destination in style and on time — cue the first watch, the Longines Spirit Zulu Time GMT 39mm. And once you get to the temporary paradise of choice, you want […]

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It is a surprisingly cold summer night in Malmö, Sweden, probably because of the mist hanging over the Baltic port town. You are waiting for the ferry to take tourists and locals off to the northern German city of Lübeck. Glancing down at your watch to note the time, the trusty Certina DS-2 tells you […]

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About a month ago, Mike and I visited the Swatch Group office in Eschborn, Germany. It was an excellent opportunity to meet our friends from the company who we had not seen in a long while. Furthermore, they were gracious enough to present us with some of their latest creations from the first half of […]

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Fratello On Air returns with a look at six divers under €1,000 each. We could do this episode any time, but summer is the perfect time due to casual wear and loads of water-related activities. We’ve picked a fairly wide range of pieces from a wide array of countries. If rotating bezels are your thing, […]

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Over this past month, a substantial part of the Fratello writers team wrote about their favorite currently available sub-€1K timepieces. And it has been a great exercise that has revealed many different options. We all agree that there is no real right or wrong, just personal preference. Sure, you can debate the specs and designs, […]

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Our latest challenge among Fratello editors is to come up with our favorite watches under €1,000, and I guess I’m one of the last ones to chip in. It’s not easy to do so for me, and I will also tell you why without trying to be snobbish. As my colleague Nacho already wrote in […]

Visit Fratello Editors’ Favorite Watches Under €1,000 In 2023 — RJ’s Picks From Bulova, Hamilton, Certina, And More to read the full article.

Luxury is heavy, and functionality is light. If that’s true, the battle of gold versus titanium has an easily predictable outcome. Still, isn’t great comfort also a luxury? And when titanium is not only used for its lack of weight but also for its special hue, the mythical transition metal that was discovered in 1791 […]

Visit Eight Watches That Look Best In Titanium — Featuring Longines, Grand Seiko, Omega, And G-Shock to read the full article.

As some of you will know, I like making lists. I am one of those list freaks. I do it with music and watches, which are my passions. So making a list of my favorite watches under €1,000 should be a walk in the park, right? Wrong. There are simply so many watches to choose […]

Visit Fratello Editors’ Favorite Watches Under €1,000 In 2023 — Jorg’s Picks From Tissot, Christopher Ward, And Certina to read the full article.

A part of what makes the watch hobby so enjoyable is the massive amount of things to explore beyond just the watches themselves. For instance, even if you’re a “one-watch” enthusiast, that still leaves open the world of straps to spice things up or tone things down, movements/technical aspects of the watch world, brand history, […]

Visit One Collector’s Tips On Watch Storage — How Henry Stores His Tudor, IWC, Doxa, And More to read the full article.

I immediately recognized the looks of the Certina DS Action Diver when the watch box opened, but I also noticed something different, very different indeed. In February 2022, I had done a video review of the 43mm version of the watch in steel, a heavy hitter of a dive watch. In the video, I also […]

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