Just a reminder that we are hosting an amazing pop-up shop at London’s iconic Harrods department store that kicks off tomorrow, December 1, and runs through Sunday, December 4. We will have a fantastic selection of vintage watches for sale along with a large assortment of accessories, including a limited edition strap you can only get this weekend.
In 1977, Vacheron Constantin was late to a historical party, being the last of the Swiss watchmaking ‘Holy Trinity’ to debut a luxury sports watch. The 222 (designed by Jorg Hysek) was then Vacheron Constantin’s answer to Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak (1972 by Gerald Genta) and Patek Philippe’s Nautilus (1976 also by Gerald Genta). It…
Jean-Claude Biver is a well known personality in watchmaking, the closest the industry has to a celebrity chief executive. A gentleman farmer who famously makes his own artisanal cheese, Mr Biver made a fortune reviving Blancpain and Hublot – Swiss business magazine Bilanz estimates his net worth at SFr175m – but he didn’t stop there. Since 2014 he has […]
There is something definitively down to earth about the minimalist A. Lange & Söhne Richard Lange Jumping Seconds. The pure, meticulous design is splendid; striking visual simplicity at its best. But there is a lot more than meets the eye. Underneath its dial beats a superb and highly complex movement with dead second, constant force mechanism, zero-reset and an end-of-power reserve indication, all crafted in harmony with the Saxon manufacture’s ethos of no compromise.
Cartier is rarely the first name that comes to mind when it comes to the annals of fine watchmaking, but the French maison has quietly and consistently been bolstering its catalog of super-interesting, high-end models. Case in point: the recently read more…
With so much of their brand recognition built upon the history of the Reverso, some of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s other pieces can often be overlooked. This is especially true with their sports watches, and that’s a shame, as pieces like this Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Chronograph Ceramic watch are some of the most compelling pieces on the market.
Jeff Kingston visits the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva. The video shows particular timepieces of the Patek Philippe Company. There are over 2,000 watches in the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva. It may be there’s another museum in the world with more timepieces – that’s in the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Watch and Clock […]
Two Stitch Straps A little over two years ago, on 13th September 2014 the first Watch Strap Review was published on Fratello Watches. Since then, I tried to bring a new strap maker to your attention every month. A few times RJ or Mike took over, we might have skipped a month but we are […]
The story in a second Blancpain has upped the ante on last year’s excellent Ocean Commitment watch, with a second – even bluer – limited edition. These days it’s not unique for a watch brand to have a corporate social responsibility program, usually tied in with a limited edition product. Few, however, do it with the level of integrity and (dare we say it) commitment as Blancpain’s work in marine conservation and research programs. Though the Ocean Commitment program itself is comparatively young, Blancpain has donated a total of roughly seven million Euro over the past seven years. But beyond this, the Bathyscaphe Flyback Chronograph Ocean Commitment II wears its marine allegiances on its sleeve, so to speak, thanks to a unique case. The case The most arresting feature of this watch is the case. On last year’s version, we swore black and (appropriately enough) blue that the case was metal rather than brushed ceramic. This year, the hi-tech nature of the material has been made abundantly clear. For the first time, Blancpain has produced an entirely blue ceramic case, made possible thanks to the addition of pigment and a binding agent into the powdered ceramic during production – a…
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I would like to offer a gracious invitation to Miami, Florida-area aBlogtoWatch audience members, to join myself and Parmigiani Fleurier on Wednesday December 7th, 2016 for a what should be an entertaining evening of high-horology and automobiles. I am further read more…