Thursday, Sept 10 2015
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Bonhams To Offer Historical Heuer Chronographs At Goodwood Revival This Weekend, Including A Gold Carrera Given To Ferrari …
This year’s Bonhams vintage car auction at the Goodwood Revival features a selection of fantastic memorabilia, vehicles, and a fantastic selection of vintage watches with some sort of relation to cars. The group (lots 60-77) feature makers such as Omega, Girard Perregaux, …
Versatile Versus Versace Chrono Lion Watch Collection
by John Sealander This big cat is king of the jungle when it comes to timing events in style. Tweet
Introducing: The New Bentley Bentayga SUV Will Feature A Real Self-Winding Tourbillon Clock From Breitling
The newest Bentley is a beast (no surprises there). The Bentayga is an SUV, but it’s an SUV in the same way the battleship USS Missouri is a boat. It’s what you get when Bentley does the SUV, in other words; which is to say it is lavish with a capital L in every aspect from …
Introducing: The Omega Speedmaster "First Omega In Space" Now In Sedna Gold
Omega has just announced that its very well received 2012 "First Omega In Space" will now be available in the company's Sedna Gold alloy.
Girard-Perregaux Traveller Large Date, Moon Phases & GMT Watch
Let us just set one thing straight off the bat - Girard-Perregaux has not introduced three different watches. Rather, they have given a rather cumbersome name to a rather lovely timepiece that incorporates some complications (any guesses as to what they are?) For sake of …
Citizen Introduces Satellite Wave-World Time GPS Watch
Citizen Introduces Satellite Wave-World Time GPS Watch For the world traveler who always has to know the right time, no matter what the time zone, Citizen has the ideal watch. The Satellite Wave-World Time GPS watch with Satellite Wave GPS technology was introduced on …
Apple announces watchOS 2, Hermes Watch and iOS 9
In addition to the new Apple TV, the iPad PRO and the new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus announcements – yesterday Apple unveiled the Hermes Watch, alongside a new release of the watch operating system watchOS 2. Further, they announced that iOS 9 will be available for download Sept …
Hands-On: The Ralph Lauren 867 Square Model In White Gold
Ralph Lauren is a person of many paradoxes – a man whose career has spanned many decades; a man who almost single-handedly created a uniquely American, but also very cosmopolitan, design language rooted in an aspirational vision of European luxury and history; a man who has …
Introducing the Tag Heuer AquaRacer Ceramic
Tag Heuer is not a brand that I have given a lot of thought to, nor have we really featured them here on these pages. Of course, I am guessing that many, if not all, of you are aware of the brand as I am. Just recently, they came out with a new version of their dive watch, …
#TBT The Original Swatch Automatic
A Swatch? Really? You come to Fratello Watches and read about exciting new watches and the weekly piece on vintage…and you’re presented with a piece that was available in every department store. And even worse, this piece isn’t the blogger’s darling, the Sistem 51. No, I …
Apple Partners with Hermès for Couture Watch Collection
Apple Partners with Hermès for Couture Watch Collection On Wednesday, Apple staged one if its yearly events where the tech giant reveals the latest crop of iPads, iPhones and other mobile devices that will go on sale in time for the holiday shopping season. Unlike the 2014 …
H2O Kalmar II OceanicTime X-DIVER
By TLex Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the abyss! Here's a sneak peek at an experimental version of the Kalmar II that was commissioned for OceanicTime. OceanicTime and H2O Watches will be teaming up once again, this time for a crack at the title for the …
STEINHART Ocean One TITANIUM 500
By TLex We’ve seen VINTAGE, here’s modern! The new Ocean One Titanium 500 from Steinhart is their contemporary interpretation of a dive watch classic. Boasting features such as its super-tough and ultra-lightweight satin finished Titanium case which measures 42mm in …
Photo-Essay FIA WEC 6 hours of Nürburgring
You’ve probably seen the Photo-Essay by Bert (and Gerard) last week. While they were enjoying a vintage car race, Mike and I were also on the track; on the Nürburgring. Chopard and Porsche invited us for the FIA WEC 6 hours of Nürburgring race and since we had some further …
HISTORY: The development of TAG Heuer’s Calibre 11 movement
1969 was a big year for many reasons. Man landed on the moon, the internet was born and the Beatles released their final album. It was also a hugely significant year for horology, with two revolutionary developments. The release of the first quartz watch, by Seiko, was the …
ORIS Aquis Small Second DATE into TheBLUE
By TLex Plunge into the blue with the new Oris Aquis Small Second, Date with its shimmering sunray blue dial! Oris have launched a new Aquis; the Aquis Small Second, Date with its striking combination of ocean-evocative coloring and high-tech materials is a pretty stunning …
De Bethune DB28 Maxichrono Watch Hands-On
The DB28 Maxichrono watch is De Bethune's answer to the chronograph (and it is a "high beat" one at that), and like many of their horological products, it offers something you know in a way that is at least a little bit unique. De Bethune began showing prototype versions of …