Happy Friday, and welcome back to Bring A Loupe! I come bearing awful news: my personal eBay account was hacked this week. My watchlist full of gems is temporarily inaccessible, and the years of effort creating the perfect list of saved searches are currently for naught. How does that affect the column? Well, this week,…

Another Friday, another list! After last week’s list of GPHG winners, we return to the universe of vintage Rolex. Why? As we were browsing for entries for previous lists, we stumbled upon some amazing Rolex watches that you rarely see. This list, therefore, praises some of the Genevan brand’s less highlighted watches from the past.…

I take back my words that the modern luxury watch industry doesn’t make concept products anymore. Concept products are functionally and technically interesting items that explore new ideas but aren’t exactly meant for mainstream appeal. While Panerai is making 150 examples of the reference PAM01800 Submersible Elux LAB-ID timepiece, this very much is a functional…

At the beginning of 2024, Tissot introduced four watches under the name PR516. They were all chronographs, three of which had quartz movements while the last one housed a hand-wound mechanical caliber. Just like the new time-and-date models we’re looking at today, they were inspired by Tissot watches from the ’60s. However, these new Powermatic…

Brellum is back with another limited-edition watch, the Pandial Bicompax Black DLC Ti Chronometer. As we’ll see, it has a familiar case shape with a new case color. Also, it’s the second piece from the brand to use a chronometer-certified La Joux-Perret movement. Brellum focuses on small runs. Therefore, the releases come frequently. The latest…

What We Know Louis Erard, a brand no stranger to collaborations and regulator dials (collabulators? regulatorations?) has teamed up with Vianney Halter for a second time, with the Le Régulateur Louis Erard x Vianney Halter II. If you aren’t familiar with the first collaboration between the two partners, the Le Régulateur Louis Erard x Vianney…

We have continued to add more items to our Black Friday selection in our shop. You can find everything from caps to straps, pocket knives, and (of course) watches! We’re offering up to 30% discount on certain products. More Black Friday deals on Fratello: Pouches & Straps You will find several more straps, watch storage solutions,…

Welcome to “GPHG Week,” a themed mini-series where we’re covering four winning watches from this year’s Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève that you otherwise may have previously missed. Today, we have the IWC Portugieser Eternal Calendar, which was awarded the Aiguille d’Or at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève this year for watch of the…