Black Friday is here! From November 22nd to November 24th, we have special prices on many of the products we stock in the Fratello Shop, from caps to straps, from pocket knives to wristwatches. We offer up to 30% discounts on certain products. Straps This weekend, you can find several straps from REM, Artem, Artelier Romane,…

Wearing a classic tourbillon-based dress watch is a very distinctive flavor of decadence. In short, the person who wears such a timepiece is seeking to show off and be discreet at the same time. Dress watches, by definition, are formal but not overly showy. Visible tourbillons on the other hand are indeed an element of…

It has been a while since I bought a new watch. And by that, I mean not a pre-owned or vintage one. Just last weekend, I bought another vintage Constellation at a local auction to satisfy my hunger. One of the reasons I refrain from buying new watches these days is that prices of certain…

Michael Clerizo is a veteran watch writer with more than 25 years of experience. He was The Wall Street Journal’s watch columnist for three years and a contributing editor at WSJ Magazine for more than 10. He is also a frequent presenter of CNN’s Timeless segments. Clerizo is the author of three books: Masters Of…

A few weeks ago, I brought you a Photo Report from the main event for Audrain Newport Concours & Motor Week, the Concours d’Elegance that is held on the Sunday of the weekend and has a great many amazing cars parked on the lawn of an equally amazing Gilded Age Rhode Island estate. Today, I…

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This past summer, watch nerds everywhere got giddy for a few hours of the Olympics after spotting a no-date steel Omega Seamaster on the wrist of none other than James Bond (AKA Daniel Craig). It wasn’t the first time the brand had used a celebrity’s wrist to tease a likely release (it seems to have…

What We Know The hotly-anticipated black-dialed stainless steel no-date Seamaster 300M is here, just a few short months after appearing at the Olympics on the wrist of James Bond – I mean, Daniel Craig. So it’s fitting that this new release has already picked up the “Daniel Craig” nickname online. But even more surprising is…