For 2024, watchmaker Eberhard & Co. has released an interesting collection of watches known as the Chronographe 1887 family. The collection comprises a 250-piece limited edition and a non-limited version with an automatic (as opposed to manually wound) movement. Eberhard & Co. offers a few different dial colors for both the limited and standard-production model…

Last week, we organized an evening with Breitling at the brand’s impressive boutique in our hometown of The Hague, Netherlands. We invited a fairly large group of Fratelli to look at the current Breitling collection. But Fred Mandelbaum, our special guest, was also there, and he brought part of his extensive vintage Breitling collection. So…

Mühle Glashütte is known for its sporty and reliable timepieces. For 2024, the brand has big news with a brand-new line of watches. The Sportivo collection consists of three models made for sports, the office, and everywhere else. We’ll provide a brief overview of each release. The Mühle Glashütte Sportivo line includes a chronograph, GMT,…

In an apparent effort to freshen up on of its signature lines, Armin Strom has introduced a new edition of its Tribute 1. Don’t be mislead by the superscript two in the new model’s name: the brand is couching this new edition within the Tribute collection (at least on its website). So maybe it’s more…

I’ve been doing “this” for a long time. I’m not sure many of our younger readers understand that, sometimes. Occasionally, to drive home a point, I will ask someone in the office what they were doing 3 years ago – they might say where they lived, who they were working with, and what occupied their…

Winter auction season is well underway here in New York City. Strong results in Hong Kong and Geneva have kept watch-world spirits high, suggesting that momentum will carry over to continue the festive high. Our resident vintage expert, Rich Fordon, will provide you with all the wider coverage you should need in this Friday’s Bring…

Have we left the Bronze Age behind us and entered the Stone Age? It seems 2024 has been the year of stone dials. That doesn’t mean bronze watches have disappeared, but what once seemed like a rushing stream of new bronze timepieces has died down quite a bit. Still, we have seen some great additions…

What We Know Our friends over at Fratello Watches have just released a new collaboration with Czapek. This new limited edition model follows their first collaboration with Czapek in 2021, which was a take on Czapek’s integrated bracelet sports watch, the Antarctic, with a “Viridian Green” dial. Fratello has now followed that up with the…