When it comes to perpetuating the values of Haute Horlogerie, longstanding brands like Breguet, Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe, and Vacheron Constantin never let us down. It’s thanks to such brands and their persistence that mechanical watchmaking is at the high level that it is right now, and many of them will keep developing new technology […]

Visit Sunday Morning Showdown: A. Lange & Söhne Odysseus Chronograph Vs. Grönefeld 1941 Grönograaf to read the full article.

As watch lovers, we spend our lives slowly building our unique visions of the perfect watch collection. If you are like me, the perfect collection is a dynamic concept. My idea of it develops as I do. To this end, I have sold the lot and started over several times now. And even when I […]

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Another Friday, another Top 5! In last week’s article, we discussed our favorite worldtimers available today. These watches can show 24 different time zones all at once and, therefore, have a unique form informed by this specific function. I also briefly discussed the difference between a worldtimer and a dual-time watch. While some of the […]

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I am all eyes and ears when A. Lange & Söhne announces a new timepiece. Even if it’s “just” a new version of a current model, there is more than enough reason to pay close attention. First of all, the Glashütte-based brand never misses the mark in finding striking combinations of colors and materials for […]

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Don’t take this article too seriously. It’s the result of a wacky brainstorm at Fratello HQ, a wild conversation sparked by the release of a Fortis watch last week. Yes, you guessed it — the N-42 Novonaut Chronograph. I have a young-classic B-42 Official Cosmonauts Chronograph in my modest collection, and the new Novonaut very […]

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Another Friday, another Top 5! Last week’s list focused on field watches, a very popular genre for people who are not looking to spend a fortune on a luxury watch. This week, we’ll shift our focus to something completely different. This Top 5 focuses on the best recently released German watches. Scanning the landscape of […]

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The chronograph is intended to do one thing and do it well — measure elapsed time. Depending on the watch, only a certain amount of unbroken time can be measured (60 minutes, 12 hours, etc.). However, chronographs do the job adequately, despite their design limitations. My issue is that it’s all a little…humdrum. Cluttered dials, […]

Visit Chronographs I’d Like To See Made — From Über-Useful To Useless to read the full article.

Who says you need tons of color options for watches? A. Lange & Söhne is the perfect proof that you don’t. The brand offers carefully created limited color options for every model. A great example is the new Lange 1 Perpetual Calendar. With the introduction of the black and platinum model, the brand has added […]

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Lex started this Watches We Just Don’t Get series a few weeks ago with hand-winding perpetual calendars. Now it’s my turn, and I am sure many of you will disagree with me, but it’s about a complication that doesn’t make sense to me on an automatic watch, whether mechanical or Spring Drive. Yes, I’m talking […]

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“I just don’t get it!” It’s a phrase often heard inside Fratello HQ. Most of the time, this cry of despair relates to aesthetic matters and incomprehensible design choices. But sometimes it also involves functional matters. And that’s what this new series is all about. Watches We Just Don’t Get is about stuff we can’t […]

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