Independent watchmaker Louis Erard has been changing things up in recent years and the latest shakeup (aside from a new watch that we’ll get to) is the reorganizing of its catalog. Gone is the long-running Excellence collection, replaced by the Noirmont line, which is further segmented into three distinct categories: the classic Noirmont, the artistic…

Welcome back to Bring A Loupe and to Geneva Winter Auction weekend 2024! Here you’ll find a comprehensive wrap-up of lots across price, brand, and auction house. I landed in a foggy Geneva just this morning as I write to you dear readers and spent my day briskly walking between the four major houses, previewing…

Welcome to the second installment of our new series, Fratello Watch List! Thomas kicked off this short series of articles exposing some of our writers’ watch hit lists. We all have a (not-so-)little list of references we plan on owning or maybe just dream of acquiring someday, don’t we? Today, it’s my turn to expose…

This latest “Blue” version of the Tudor Black Bay Chrono could be one of the last iterations of this timepiece model before Tudor updates this collection. I have long anticipated Tudor to develop a new chronograph model to offer a lower-priced alternative to the mega-popular Rolex Daytona (which is thinner and smaller). The Black Bay…

The new Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Duoface Small Seconds defines watch charisma. The proportions, material, and colors work wonders — and not just for me. Everyone in the Fratello office wanted to get their hands on this particular Reverso. In the introduction article, I expressed how I couldn’t wait to try on this watch. It didn’t…

Whenever I put a Titoni Seascoper on my wrist, it’s like hugging an old friend. I have a huge soft spot for the brand, especially the Seascoper line. The first Seasscoper model that I reviewed was the stainless steel version of the watch in this review. So it was sort of a full-circle moment when…

2024 is shaping up to be an interesting year for non-round watches. More recently, the women’s Longines Mini DolceVita is available for the first time in 18k gold. The collection was only released last year, but Longines has wasted no time expanding it to appeal to all sorts of watch enthusiasts. Longines added double tour…

In 1996, Chopard presented its first in-house manufacture caliber 1.96. Introduced a year later in the L.U.C 1860, it’s a Geneva Seal and COSC-certified micro-rotor caliber produced at Chopard’s Fleurier manufacturer. Chopard L.U.C 1860 Flying Tourbillon As I wrote in my collector’s guide to the original L.U.C collection, one of the criteria that Chopard owner…