By now, you should know if you’re among the lucky 1,500 offered an M.A.D.1S. If you are, congratulations. If not, don’t get too down – there will be more M.A.D.Editions in the future. For the rest who need a catch-up, let me say this: I genuinely believe that the release of the M.A.D.Editions’ M.A.D.1 was…

Every once in a while, we see comments and questions on the Speedmaster that need to be addressed. One of them is about the water resistance of the Speedmaster. It’s often mocked for the lack of water resistance, but what many don’t seem to know is that, according to Omega, it’s safe to swim while…

What We Know This week, Grand Seiko brings back into the modern catalog two recreations of an iconic vintage Grand Seiko model created back in 1968 – the 45GS – in a limited run. The 45GS is often seen as the little brother to the 44GS – released one year ahead of the 45GS in…

Welcome back to another episode of Fratello On Air! This week, we have a different episode style. Your friendly co-hosts check in while on the go at Geneva Watch Days 2024. Ultimately, we try to give you a feel for the non-stop schedule and what it’s like to be at a show. There’s no banter…

The Zenshin is a new 2024 collection of watches from Citizen, that currently includes three movement options and a series of dial colors. After this article was written but before publication, Citizen changed the collection’s name from Forza to Zenshin. Since people will be searching for both terms for a while this article will maintain most…

While the 44GS might be Grand Seiko’s most famous model, another impressive watch came out just one year later. Aptly named the 45GS, this was a high-beat hand-wound watch in a similar design. Now Grand Seiko is reviving that model with the new SLGW004 and SLGW005. Grand Seiko opted to remain faithful to the original,…

If the appearance of the 12-foot-tall skeletons at Home Depot hadn’t already tipped you off, the fall holidays are right around the corner. For those more focused on horological hardware than the nuts-and-bolts variety, August 2024 had its own hints that spend-frenzy Q4 was nigh. While plenty of brands launched watches last month, the real…

This week on the SUPERLATIVE Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Alan Tsao, the Founder of Tsao Baltimore. To start the show, Alan shares with us how and why he started his own watch brand after his wife suggested he stop buying so many watches. He talks about how he focuses…