Tissot released the PR516 Automatic Chronograph last month. The cool colorway and automatic caliber piqued our interest. So today, I’m going hands-on with one to see what it is all about. Could this be the chronograph to buy the sub-€2.5K segment, or does it miss the mark? This new model debuts a self-winding chronograph movement…

In 2023, Audemars Piguet marked the 30th anniversary of the Royal Oak Offshore, a seminal modern luxury sports watch that sought to reinvent the magic of the original Audemars Piguet Royal Oak from 1972. About 20 years after the original, when Audemars Piguet released the Royal Oak Offshore in 1993, its mission was very different…

Welcome to another episode of Fratello On Air. This week, we begin a two-part series on vintage chronographs. Apparently, our listeners like hearing about these complicated watches that measure elapsed time. Note that the watch content starts after approximately 25 minutes. Vintage chronographs are a special category of watches. They’re complex, often fragile, and strangely…

A few weeks ago, I visited the Omega headquarters in Biel, and the folks there showed me this new handsome white-dial Seamaster 37mm. It ticks many boxes for me, and many of you also enjoy the return of the dog-leg lugs and vintage-style cases. Omega also shipped the watch to us, so it’s time for…

Ever since Nivada Grenchen released the Antarctic Diver back in 2023, the assortment page has remained largely stoic, with the vintage-inspired black dial remaining as the brand’s singular SKU in its skin-diver assortment. But if you’ve been following what they’ve been up to, you know that founder Guillaume Laidet is always sniffing around archives, websites,…

Two of the more prominent and active designers of the modern watch industry, Fabrizio Buonamassa of Bulgari, and Maximilian Büsser of MB&F, have teamed up to reinterpret the Italian-Swiss brand’s staple: the Serpenti. Into what? Well, a number things, some beyond the obvious. To find out, read on about the Bulgari MB&F Serpenti watch —…

The word icon gets thrown around a lot in the watch world. Too much, in fact. But Bulgari’s Serpenti – with its snake’s head design – certainly qualifies as an icon. The Serpenti Turbogas that wraps the wrist (once, twice, or multiple times) as a cuff is one of the hottest “it” watches. The Serpenti…

Please be aware that the headline does not refer to The Art of Speculation, a 1931 book by Philip Carret (1896–1998), a man considered a Wall Street legend and a leading thinker in basic value investing. Rather, I’m speculating what Vacheron Constantin has in store for us this year. As you’re probably well aware, this…