Have you ever wanted to buy a vintage watch but been put off by potential pitfalls? Well, this episode of Fratello Talks is the one for you. Today, Nacho, RJ, and Thomas share their advice on buying vintage watches. They’ve been doing it themselves for years. In Thomas’s case, there’s even a history of working…

Independent German watch brand Rosenbusch is back with its latest release, the Horizon collection, a lineup designed to move effortlessly between classic and contemporary. The horizon is the fine line where the earth meets the sky — a boundary that holds infinite potential. Inspired by this concept, the Rosenbusch Horizon watch exists beyond traditional categories.…

What We Know We last discussed the Citizen Satellite Wave GPS F950 in 2020, during the 50th anniversary of the brand’s (and the world’s) first titanium watch, the X-8 Chronometer. Five years later, Citizen is celebrating something else: the new Citizen Premier category. This category brings together Citizen’s collections—Series8 and Attesa—to highlight what they consider…

February 2025 was a busy month in the watch industry. Every other headline seemed to concern brand ownership, with big news coming from Carl F. Bucherer and Greubel Forsey. Ariel Adams had some thoughts on the subject, explaining why brand stewardship has more to do with consistency than cash considerations. Audemars Piguet kicked off its…

The Horological Society of New York’s award-winning classes are on the road again! HSNY is visiting Charlotte, North Carolina, on April 12 and 13, 2025, hosted by Carolina Watch Club. HSNY then heads to Boston, Massachusetts, on May 17 and 18, 2025, hosted by The Escapement Club, EsperLuxe and The Waltham Museum. In addition, HSNY…

As a materials engineer, I get excited whenever a watchmaker uses an atypical material. Over the last decade, carbon and ceramics have become more prevalent for watch cases. However, aside from new gold alloys, it has been relatively quiet on the metals front. Using tantalum isn’t new, but it’s so uncommon that it deserves attention…

What We Know If you’re going to do something with a finite resource, it better be interesting. That’s the task that Ming was challenged with their new Project 21 – the brand’s take on an extra-flat dress watch powered by the long-run but now-defunct 20mm by 1.75mm Frédéric Piguet 21 movement.  The result is a…

In the spring of 2023, Parmigiani Fleurier introduced an all-platinum version of the popular Tonda PF Micro-Rotor. Even the sandblasted dial was platinum, and it had a date window at 6 o’clock. Then, in the spring of 2024, the brand from Fleurier, Switzerland, introduced the Tonda PF Micro-Rotor No Date. The omittance of a date…