Following two difficult consecutive years, with sales down 12% in 2024 and 7% in 2025, the Swatch Group, the Swiss watchmaking giant owner of brands such as Omega, Breguet, Longines, and Tissot, is now back to growth. Indeed, as indicated by its half-year 2026 report, Swatch Group recorded “a...
IWC's first watch engineered for human spaceflight. A crownless, ceramic-and-Ceratanium tool watch with a rotating bezel control system, calibre 32722 and 120h power reserve.
Back in 1975, Delma introduced the Shell Star as its first purpose-built professional dive watch. Even now, the model still occupies a cornerstone role in the Swiss brand’s contemporary catalog. The modern Shell Star diver is a significantly more capable timepiece than the original model that...
Chopard, the Official Timekeeper and World Sponsor of the famous Italian endurance rally since 1988, has released countless chronographs inspired by the Mille Miglia race, its drivers and its iconic route. The Raticosa Pass has already been honoured once before, with a limited-edition series in...
Welcome to another episode of Fratello On Air! This week, we discuss sleeper watches from the ’90s and ’00s. It was an interesting period for timepieces, representing a transition from smaller, often quartz-powered models to mechanical ones. Let’s just say that watchmakers were finding their...
I always thought of Glashütte Original as a modest watch brand. However, the German watchmaker does indeed use its Vintage Collection to experiment with more than the usual black, silver, and blue dials. This is where the new Glashütte Original Sixties Chronograph Annual Edition comes in with...
What is a summer watch? It’s a question I ask myself every year around this time. It’s partly rhetorical. We all know, somehow, what a summer watch is. It conjures something in the mind’s eye of a watch enthusiast that is colorful and probably on the sporty side. It looks best when sun drenched,...
We’re about half a year removed from the release of Toledano & Chan’s b/1.3r, certainly the brand’s most ambitious release to date with a solid gold dial, subtly updated case construction, and their first “Swiss Made” designation. They’ve followed up that launch with their first collaboration...
Breitling leans into the shapely Top Time chronograph's cushion case in a tribute to the mighty Aston Martin DB5 (and a nod to its Bond-film links, too).
RGM Watch Company has never been a brand to chase trends or pop culture. Founded in 1992 by Roland G. Murphy in Pennsylvania, the brand has built its reputation on traditional watchmaking, producing around 400 watches annually while preserving crafts such as engine turning, movement decoration,...
Omega has a proud history of horological innovation, from being the first to place a tourbillon within a wristwatch, to developing high-tech solutions, such as the Spirate system, that take accuracy to another level. And that’s not even mentioning the timekeeping inventions that Omega brought to...
First introduced in 2019, the G-SHOCK 2100 series quickly became a fan-favorite silhouette, and Casio has since expanded its offerings to include a wide variety of models united by the 2100 series’ distinct octagonal shape. For several years, Casio has offered luxury versions of the 2100 series...
