A few months ago, I traveled to Fortis in Grenchen, Switzerland, and sat down with CEO Jupp Philipp to talk about watches. Jupp bought the Fortis company back in 2018, and during our talk, he explained how his journey with watches began. In the watch industry, a person like Jupp Philipp is quite a rare […]

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Compare it to how an agitated bull reacts to a red flag. The bright yellow Casio G-Shock GA-B2100C-9A “CasiOak” sure had a strong effect on me. Yellow is a color that is associated with joy but also with danger. And this new and updated CasiOak, which now features solar power and Bluetooth, evokes both. It […]

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In this video, we try a new format where Fratello’s managing editor Nacho talks to senior editor Lex Stolk about watches. Here are their afterthoughts on the Watches and Wonders 2023 show last month. Watches And Wonders 2023 Afterthoughts Being back in the office gave us time to reflect a bit more on Watches and […]

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It’s the Fratello Show with our very special guest star! “It’s time to play the music / It’s time to light the lights / It’s time to meet this Oris on the Fratello Show tonight.” Oris ProPilot X Kermit If you recognize the line above, you will enjoy the video that Lex recorded with none other […]

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Last week, Andrew McCutchen (from Time + Tide) and I met in France and took the opportunity to discuss the new Swatch MoonSwatch Mission to the Moon, with its Moonshine chronograph seconds hand. The watch resulted in a lot of (heated) discussion in the comments and on social media, and we address a few things […]

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In today’s video, Fratello senior editor Lex Stolk takes a deep-dive into the Rolex Sea-Dweller. The story dates all the way back to 1967 with the Sea-Dweller reference 1665 with a “Double Red” dial. Where the Submariner was water resistant to 200 meters, the Sea-Dweller could survive depts of 610 meters. It changed in 1978 […]

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Half a century of Omega Constellation watches explained. Fratello Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Robert-Jan Broer is a watch collector in the truest sense. He sat down with us to discuss his thoughts as a collector of Omega Constellation. A passion interlinked with his family history that, still today, he cherishes with great pride. Find out more […]

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In this video, I talk about the new Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 210.30.42.20.03.002 that celebrates the 60th anniversary of James Bond movies. It was introduced last December in London in the presence of Daniel Craig. The Seamaster 300M has been around since 1993 and turned into one of Omega’s best-selling models. Over the last 30 […]

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I’m pretty sure you haven’t missed the release of the second Fratello × Oris collaboration. The new Oris Divers Sixty-Five Fratello Limited Edition is a watch that we’re very proud of and that shows our love for vintage watches in a highly detailed way. The new watch is an homage that does justice to the […]

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We recently had our hands on the 2022-released Omega Speedmaster ’57 collection. Our in-depth article can be read here, but we also decided to shoot a video with the new Speedmaster ’57. The new Omega Speedmaster ’57 is an upgrade of the previous version, with a new in-house developed (hand-wound) movement and a smaller case […]

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