Fratello On Air is back with another rip-roaring episode! This week, our topic comes from one of our dear listeners and we talk about what like and dislike about working in the watch industry. It’s a candid take on some of our favorite aspects with some that don’t rate as highly. For those who wish…

This past Sunday, the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games came to an end. Over 45,000 volunteers helped organize more than 300 events across 35 different venues. Over 10,000 athletes from 200 countries tried their best to win a gold medal in one of the 32 different sports. I think we can conclude that this 33rd…

The Glashütte Original PanoMaticCalendar is a beautifully designed annual calendar. Today, we’ll look closer at this 18-carat red gold beauty that blends functionality with an elegant layout. It features a stunning movement that’s put on display on the flip side. Glashütte Original is a brand that brings back fond memories. I was in Chicago with…

Earlier this morning, Rolex dropped a new short film on the brand’s YouTube channel, and it’s a nearly 12-minute highlight reel of the continued work being done by Rolex and the brand’s partners via the Perpetual Planet Initiative. Back in 2020, I wrote a story for Hodinkee Magazine covering the Rolex Awards For Enterprise and…

Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for an advertiser Alexander Shorokov, the artist who founded his eponymous Alexander Shorokhoff watch brand in Germany more than 20 years ago, is coming to the U.S. to meet with collectors at the boutiques that represent his work. Shorokov will showcase his collections with his newest creations, like the hand-engraved…

Grand Seiko is the unofficial master of finding inspiration in natural phenomena. Many of the brand’s dials are crafted to resemble skies, waters, and landscapes found all over Japan—these two new USA-exclusive limited editions are no exception. The Grand Seiko SBGA507’s blue dial is inspired by the sky over Lake Suwa at dusk. In turn,…

This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Jason Heaton, an author, podcaster, and timepiece enthusiast who reviews dive watches and much more. Ariel and Jason talk about the culture of watchmaking, how Jason turned his hobbies into the career he has now, diving and dive watches (including the…

There’s a saying in sports that “a good referee is one you don’t notice,” and sometimes it feels like the same could be said for the watch crystal. But there’s so much more to the component that we look straight through than meets the eye (or doesn’t). Over the last century, a few materials have…