Cars and watches are as interlinked as turkey and Thanksgiving or gin and tonic. If you have petrol in your veins, rocking an automotive-themed watch is a tempting proposition. For me, an automotive-inspired watch design done right is about the small, subtle details. Car enthusiasts’ love of watches is fueled (pun intended) by the notion…
Read moreHere at Fratello, we’ve closely followed Serica’s progress since its founding in 2019. We know the Parisian brand for its vintage-inspired yet fresh-looking and attractive watches. Both founders — Jérôme Burgert and Gabriel Vachette — pay great attention to (design) details. When they told us they were working on a dressier piece, it piqued our…
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It’s finally here! The Seamaster Diver 300M watch spotted on the wrist of Bond actor Daniel Craig during the Olympic Games in Paris now makes its official debut. Showing the Moonwatch with a white dial on Craig’s wrist in 2023 worked miracles for its “preview” exposure, and that strategy worked again this year with the…
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When you’ve iterated so much on a single model, there’s sometimes just one thing left to do: make it gold. Zodiac has used its Super Sea Wolf platform for innumerable collaborations and seemingly infinite versions, so it was only a matter of time until the diver got the Midas touch. If you read the site,…
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The Hublot Big Bang Unico Novak Djokovic is made of sponsors. They’re not unexpected sponsors since the world’s number-one tennis player gets his rackets from Head and his sporting attire from Lacoste. However, what is unusual and surprising is that Hublot has used the equipment and clothes provided in the 2023 season to create a…
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Hello, and welcome, folks, to Fratello Talks. Germany’s most prestigious watch brand has turned 30 (again) this year! So today, in honor of three decades of watchmaking from its seat in Glashütte, we’re talking all about A. Lange & Söhne. Now, some of you may be thinking: “Wait, Lange has only been around since the…
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The Porsche 911 is to cars what the Rolex Daytona is to watches – a perfectly composed, sternly planted, and rigorously over designed product that has come to define an entire category. And to that end, each can end up appearing desperately uninteresting, as friends, colleagues, and journalists further its ubiquity. Hell, there’s a case…
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It occurred to me as a fresh-hot slick of oil dribbled down my elbow that I probably shouldn’t be wearing a watch. “A hundred-fifty meters water-resistant,” I grumbled, backing out the drain plug until hot oil fed the basin in a fine black stream. “Sure hope so.” The author, his Seiko 7002, and a few…
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