The trend of rereleasing vintage digital watches continues with the new Hamilton PSR 74. During the past several years, Casio, Girard-Perregaux, and Hamilton have led the charge with faithful yet modern renditions of their ’70s digital creations. These watches blend simple displays with retro-futuristic cases and bracelets. The new PSR follows this form but adds…

This week on Fratello Talks, we’re talking all things Breitling with author, collector, and brand historian Fred Mandelbaum. Nacho and RJ join Herr Mandelbaum in a conversation that starts in the early 20th century with some of Breitling’s earliest wrist-worn chronographs and spans the brand’s development to the present day. We touch upon the evolution…

An English brand with a rich history dating back to Aaron Lufkin Dennison founding a case-making company in 1874, Dennison last graced the illustrious pages of Hodinkee in 2016. That watch, the DENCO53, was a very 2016 attempt at bringing the brand back. It was a design inspired by a Dennison-cased watch on the wrist…

Last month, in partnership with UBS, we hosted a get-together and series of talks in New York City called “House of Craft.” The event featured a who’s who of watch-world luminaries, including industry legend Jean-Claude Biver, actor Keegan Allen, chef Alton Brown, AP CEO of the Americas Ginny Wright, actor Daniel Dae Kim, journalist Jay…

Look at enough watches for long enough, and you’ll start to draw inferences about their creation. Of course that dial is high contrast — it needs to be quickly readable. Of course that strap is rubber — leather would degrade too quickly when exposed to saltwater. Of course that’s a Genta design — its got…

Last month, Tudor took the wraps off of their latest military-derived expression of the Pelagos. Initially following the path of 2021’s FXD Marine Nationale and 2022’s FXD Black (which is colloquially known as the U.S.N.), this latest evolution of the Pelagos strays quite considerably from the original brief by rethinking the FXD as a platform…

Our Fratelli Stories series shares some of the wonderful and interesting backstories of our readers around the world. Today, we speak with Robert Eames, who is an enthusiast for all sorts of watches and has a fascinating backstory. One vintage Seiko has particular resonance with him. Fratello reader Robert Eames wrote in after a story…

Paris-based watch and industrial designer Alain Silberstein has probably been the most prolific product collaborator in the watch space over the last several years, and today, I’d like to look at a limited-edition watch he did with fellow French watch brand Yema. Paris is also home to Romaric André (Seconde/Seconde/), who has been at least…