Why wait until Tuesday if you can wear an Omega Speedmaster Alaska Project on Monday? I took a peek inside RJ’s Speedy Vault and stared into the frosty face of what I think is the coolest Speedy of all time, the 2008 limited-edition Alaska Project. Okay, the original, 1970 Alaska Project II prototypes are even…

Disclaimer: Watch flipping is bad. Using dubious techniques to obtain and flip a great watch that is forever destined to be waitlisted and never to be had by countless many who’d actually wear it and cherish it has been damaging to our beloved hobby for too long. This is part of the reason why, when…

During the Watches and Wonders event earlier this year, Vacheron Constantin unveiled new 34.5mm and 35mm case diameters for its famed Overseas Self-Winding collection. The lineup features steel and pink gold models for the 34.5mm size and gem-set pink gold models for the 35mm size. In welcoming American artist Zaria Forman into its circle of…

Watch brands’ most expensive offerings are often awe-inspiring pieces, whether visually stunning, technically mesmerizing, or both. But at Fratello, we have found that they are usually more of a cognitive tour de force than actually desirable. I admire a ceramic open-worked Royal Oak with a flying tourbillon, sure. But if I had AP money, I…

As a young kid, I played with Lego blocks, miniature cars, and trains, but when Hasbro released the Transformers toys and an animated TV show alongside them, I was hooked. This was before the first game console or computer entered the Broer residence. I still have most of my Transformers, some of them more complete…

I won’t lie. One major reason I wanted to review this Chronoswiss Flying Regulator Open Gear watch is that it is entirely purple. Chronoswiss watches were not always this colorful, though, arguably, the DNA for vivid designs like this has been part of the Chronoswiss spirit for a while now. These colored cases began to…

Welcome to another edition of Sunday Morning Showdown. We are slowly returning to a normal routine after Geneva Watch Days 2023 and the great buzz surrounding the introduction of the Blancpain × Swatch Bioceramic Scuba Fifty Fathoms Collection. For this week’s battle, we have picked two recently released affordable GMT watches. One is the Christopher…

It feels like I’ve been covering MoonSwatch for a decade when really it’s been just over a year now. It remains the one of the most shocking releases in recent memory, and not just because of the watches. I won’t soon forget arriving to the Swatch store in Times Square last March for the launch…