I’ll start with a disclaimer based on my own personal taste: if this does to the general watch-buying public what it does to my heartstrings, I bet all of these are sold out already. At more than €100,000, that might be a wild guess, but look at it! After all, the launch of the H. […]

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As a retailer, Bucherer is becoming increasingly famous. As a watchmaker, it is often ignored. That has a lot to do with the fact it is seen as a retailer first and maker second. And while that may be fair enough, there is some interesting stuff coming out of the Swiss brand. The first thing […]

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Allow me to celebrate my first year with Fratello by sharing the story behind my completion of the late fifties Venus Big Date movement family. It’s no coincidence that I chose and planned this article for today. At this time last year (January 10th to be precise), I wrote my first ever article for Fratello Magazine. […]

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My major problem with watch collecting is, that searching for “grail” watches that are on my wishlist only makes the very same list longer and longer. I am so jealous of those enlightened collectors that decided to specify in one particular brand. Omega, Seiko, Breitling or whatever it is. Top respect to collectors of one […]

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Today’s #TBT on the Venus 211 is a special one as it is the first article from a new Fratello contributor, Tomas Rosputinsky (@rosputinsky_tomas on Instagram). Tomas is from, and lives in, Slovakia and has a taste for some rather eclectic vintage watches. In the future, we’ll see pieces on both the new and old […]

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