During Dubai Watch Week, I sat down with Georges Kern to discuss his House of Brands group, which consists of Gallet, Breitling, and Universal Genève. His work on adding Gallet and Universal Genève to his portfolio has not gone under the radar. In recent times, we noticed a lot of speculation,...
Sometimes good things happen really fast. It’s been less than two weeks since I wrote the introduction article for the new CIGA Design Time Cipher. In it, I expressed my wish to take the brand’s latest creation for a spin, and barely a week after publication, the watch landed on my desk. So for...
Maybe it’s because I used to own a clean, crisp, white-dialled Brunswick, but I always imagine Fears watches with this elegant, restrained minimalism. They’re the kind of watches you pair with a serious navy suit and a stiff upper lip. It’s those 1930s sensibilities coming home to roost. But as...
If you’ve listened to Balazs and me on Fratello On Air, you’ll know that I have a huge crush on Parmigiani Fleurier. Specifically, the Tonda PF 36mm is on my radar, but if my wrist were larger, today’s watch would be a likely candidate. Specifically, the brand has introduced the Tonda PF...
Although it was never really gone, there seems to be a renaissance of the Jumping Hour, or Heures Sautante complication, and we’re quite delighted about this. There’s an interesting convergence in jump hour watches: the display is often simpler than a watch with central hands, but the mechanism...
In this hobby, we often use the term “tool watch” to describe a timepiece built for a specific, practical purpose. Traditionally, dive watches have dominated this category. These are timepieces engineered to withstand the depths of the ocean, with robust construction, water resistance, and...
The famous and storied Breguet brand has several interesting and important points in its long history. Many people correctly associate the company with the time of Mr. Abraham Louis Breguet in the late 18th century, but Breguet has other important eras as well. In the early to mid-20th century,...
Mezei Watch Company Arctic Blue, £395 Mezei Watch Company was founded by Sandor Mezei, a man with a decade on the front lines of watch sales, experiencing what collectors and customers are truly looking for in a watch. Their debut collection consists of the London Smoke, Arctic Blue and Racing...
Good morning, Fratelli, and welcome to another Sunday Morning Showdown. Today will be a fully digital installment. When Seiko introduced the “Rotocall” re-editions, many enthusiasts got excited. The original ’80s watch, also known as the “Astronaut,” was used on many space missions, and its...
The Quartz Crisis of the 1970s and 1980s was a defining moment for the industry, to say the least. Following Seiko’s Astron in 1969, the first quartz watch to hit the market, a huge swathe of traditional brands closed down as cheap, extremely accurate and virtually maintenance-free Japanese...
Why Special Operations Forces Trust Digital Tool Watches from G-Shock, Garmin, Timex, & Suunto Given the content at W.O.E., it’s easy to get the impression that every “operator” is running around with a Rolex, Omega, or Seiko, as there is a clear selection bias for the stories we tell. While...
Although fresh independent brand Schaefer and Companions has gained an enthusiast foothold with its art dial-focused Solune watch series, the brand’s angular, intricate case design admittedly isn’t a fit for all tastes. For its second-ever case offering, the young brand aims to address this,...
