Hello, and welcome to Fratello Talks! Today, we are celebrating our 100th-episode milestone with a special Q&A. We asked you to send us your questions, and you delivered. We’ve gathered, sorted, and selected said questions over the past few weeks, and in today’s episode, Nacho, RJ, and Thomas come together to answer them. We cover…

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…

We here at aBlogtoWatch are excited to announce Stephen M. of Fletchers Lake, Canada as the winner of our Baltic MR Roulette Salmon watch giveaway. Its classic, layered midcentury look, impressive dial texturing, and warm, trendy colorway should make it an elegant, sophisticated companion for years to come. Your continuing role in our community is…

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’re exploring this year’s “Chronometry Prize” winner from Bernhard Lederer, a discretionary prize for the “best-competing timepiece that stands out for its remarkable precision timekeeping performance…

It is not that easy to faithfully port fan-favorite watch design elements into our daily lives beyond the very watches that carry them. Still, the aBlogtoWatch Store continues to do just that: take deservedly famous components of watchmaking history that we watch enthusiasts like and respect, and give them a larger-than-life format for greater and…

This year, Hind Seddiqi brought the Horology Forum to Hong Kong. Less a city than a delirium, Hong Kong is an unapologetically vertical onslaught of steel, glass, and every fevered neon light imaginable. Stacked with frenetic, towering ambition – the city is both excruciatingly modern and overtly traditional. It’s caught in a perfect medium between…

Welcome to another episode of Fratello On Air! We’re a little later this week than usual because we decided to record this episode in person in London. We discuss several topics, but we end with a brief holiday gift guide. Our watch content starts after approximately 20 minutes. It’s holiday gift guide season but also…

Are you having trouble warming up to the holiday spirit? Say no more; I know exactly what you mean. The key to enjoying it — mind you, this is my approach to all the days surrounding Xmas, so it’s by no means a solution for everyone — is to not take everything too seriously. And…