Hello, and welcome to Fratello Talks. In today’s episode, we’re taking on the challenge of building a €15,000 watch collection. Nacho, RJ, and Lex have crunched the numbers and leafed through the catalogs and each selected three modern (currently available at retail) watches that they would buy if they had a €15K budget. It’s a…

The sale of Paul Newman’s Rolex “Paul Newman” Daytona in 2017 was as big of a moment as the watch world can offer. Since the record-breaking sale, Paul Newman Daytonas have almost reached a point of saturation. This saturation has coincided with a downturn in the market and interest in vintage Rolex more generally. The…

What We Know There’s been a lot of Grand Seiko on the site recently, from three new releases to a great video interview with President Akio Naito and Senior VP of Seiko Watch Corp. Munehisa Shibasaki published just last week. I’d usually suggest a break so you don’t get overloaded, but Grand Seiko just dropped…

Just this week I was talking about how brands use limited editions to launch brand-new regular production models! And then, BOOM! Mühle Glashütte goes and does it. It’s nice to be so promptly proven right. Mühle Glashütte is one of a number of brands manufactured in the eponymous German town of Glashütte. You probably know…

I don’t have a lot of vintage watches on my wishlist anymore. Some, I was lucky enough to find over the years. Others, I moved on from or saw in the metal, which changed my perspective about them. Very few examples, though, still make my heart beat faster. I must admit that most of these…

Two years ago, when Rolex acquired Bucherer, a multi-brand retail store with over 100 locations, it also included the jeweler’s watch brand Carl F. Bucherer. So, as of 2023, the Rolex crown was protected by the Tudor shield and a second brand with a history that dates back to 1888. You would think that a…

I’ve got another confession to make. I’m no fan of how my G-Shock wears. I’ve had my GW-M5610 for maybe 10 years, and I rarely wear it because it’s simply uncomfortable, digging into my wrist in all the wrong places. When I was in middle school, I had a G-Shock, as did most boys my…

In the great Grand Seiko tradition, the horological year starts early. We already covered the brand’s first releases of 2025 on January 31st, and Mike wrote about another on February 3rd. Now, less than two weeks into the month, Grand Seiko treats us to one more delight. Today, the brand announces the wonderful SBGH368 “Sakura…