Fratello On Air returns, and we talk about recent controversies related to vintage watches, auctions, and heritage departments. We spare our usual chit-chat in the beginning and loop in a watch-related sighting in an upcoming Christopher Nolan movie. If you like candid talk, we hope you enjoy today’s episode! Handgelenks Kontrolle Before talking about auctions…

The summer is for traveling to a destination that will enable you to live your very best life. First, you have to get to your destination in style and on time — cue the first watch, the Longines Spirit Zulu Time GMT 39mm. And once you get to the temporary paradise of choice, you want…

The fusion of watch and automotive enthusiasm is not novel. These shared interests intersect constantly. Whether we are talking about the Rolex Daytona or the Heuer Carrera or even Porsche Design – the throughlines are all there. The two arenas marry ideas of history, craftsmanship, and performance. They are ripe with storytelling in silos and…

Piaget didn’t even register its own trademark until 1943, despite watchmaker Georges-Édouard Piaget founding his workshop in the Swiss Jura in 1874. For most of its existence, Piaget was just fine ticking in the background, quietly making some of the most capable mechanical movements in Switzerland. But when it started putting its own name on…

Perhaps there are some zombie brands that have demonstrated themselves so fully and beyond reproach that they deserve to just be called brands. Zombie brands, of course, are those which have been brought back to life by one or more enterprising individuals, usually with large back catalogs that legitimize a slew of reissues. Nivada Grenchen…

Our team at aBlogtoWatch is glad to announce Jason N. of Norfolk, USA as the winner of the Luminox Moab Adventure and Bear Grylls Master 3745 watch giveaway. This trip through some of America’s most dramatic landscapes should be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and the watch is a ruggedly handsome, capable reminder of your time in…

What We Know It’s been two years since Cara Barrett officially bid adieu to her editing days at Hodinkee – and she’s been busy. Not only has she founded her own colorful brand of kids’ watches with Parchie, but she was also very quickly approached by Giorgio Galli at Timex to gauge her interest in…

It’s been one of those warm and sticky summer weekends here in Amsterdam. You know, the kind when you don’t want to wear a heavy and sweaty stainless steel watch on your wrist. I still don’t have any titanium watches in my collection, but days like these make me wish I did. So when I…