The Omega Speedmaster Professional BA145.022-69, also known as the “Tribute to Astronauts” watch, was the first Speedmaster in 18K yellow gold and intended for all active NASA astronauts, the US president and vice president, and several officials. In total, Omega gifted 31 of these watches to the NASA astronauts, most of them during the official…

This week on the SUPERLATIVE Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by designer Mo Coppoletta. Throughout the conversation, Ariel and Mo discuss the intricate relationship between aesthetics and functionality in modern watch design. Mo emphasizes the importance of personal experience and cultural influences in shaping a designer’s unique vision. The two explore…

Laventure introduced its Transatlantique II GMT this past June. Since then, the brown versions in steel and steel and gold already sold out. Those models were limited to 99 and 50 pieces, respectively. The black and green version in steel is only limited by the brand’s production capacity. It’s probably the first time that one…

I think it’s fair to say that British brand Elliot Brown has absolutely nailed the tool watch. When it comes to proper tool watches, I’ll quote generational wordsmith will.i.am by saying “I like them big, I like them chunky.” I strongly favor trim, wearable watches, but if a brand is telling me its watch is…

Welcome to another episode of Fratello On Air. This week, we take on another listener-suggested topic and discuss passing down our watch collections or what might happen to our watches as we age. We’re hopefully not near that time, but it’s a subject worth discussing. For our listeners, the watch talk begins at approximately 17…

When Tudor hints at a new watch, the rumor mill starts running on overdrive. Usually, it sparks discussions about great possible additions to the Tudor lineup. How about that for Tudor scooping up ideas for future releases? But this time, the teaser that Tudor released wasn’t too mysterious. With a clip that showed the Marine…

This post is part of a series, Reading Time at HSNY, written HSNY’s head librarian, Dr. Miranda Marraccini. Regular readers of this column probably know all about our library at the Horological Society of New York (HSNY), which we officially opened only two years ago. We unveiled a gilded sign! We cut a ribbon with…

Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for an advertiser Located at the eastern end of Long Island, New York, the windswept coastal hamlet of Montauk is surrounded on three sides by the Atlantic’s crashing waves. Home to more saltwater fishing records than any other port in the world and immortalized by Quint in the movies Jaws…