With all of the new watches that came our way in 2023, it seems that we overlooked one of the more attractive releases. The Credor Kuon series was first announced in September and went largely unnoticed. We’ll blame it on the fact that these are sadly JDM-only watches. Thankfully, some Japanese sellers are happy to […]

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Welcome to this week’s episode of Fratello Talks. Today, we’re talking all about Japanese watches. What makes them special, brands we enjoy, and why they keep the Swiss on their toes. We cover a broad range of brands and price points available from Japan. From the humble Seiko to high-end brands like Credor and Minase. […]

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We all know the SKX, the Alpinist, and the Turtle, to name just a few of Seiko’s most famous models. But what do you get when looking further than those usual suspects? I went out on a little stroll through the more than 20,000 Seiko watches currently listed on Chrono24. And instead of picking out […]

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Fratello On Air is back with another episode, and this time, we talk about whether it’s worth consolidating to one great watch versus having two (or more) really good watches. Of course, your definition of “great” and “good” may vary, but we think you get the gist. Is it worth owning one great watch, or […]

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We can’t complain about Seiko and global availability these days. Every so often, though, the company does release something for its home market that we’d love to see everywhere. Today’s new Credor Goldfeather is one such example, and it’s a lovely one. I was scrolling on Instagram the other morning and stumbled on Anthony Kable’s […]

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The sad reality is that money is definitely an object, and when you have a family, it’s not always easy to allocate the amount of money you want to spend on a watch. But, as Thomas did in his “Shopping With Cheat Codes ‘Infinite Money’ And ‘Infinite Purchase History'” article, I’d like to consider watches […]

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Welcome to my contribution to Fratello Collector’s Week 2.0. I will not introduce my collection in detail, but I will give you a few examples to illustrate the way I choose watches to buy. What I will present to you, though, is a personal story about the development of my passion for watches. If you’d […]

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If you read my story a couple of weeks ago on the brilliant Seiko Credor Phoenix chronograph, you might think I’m mad. And yes, I also recently penned a story on consolidating a collection, based on my own process of “downsizing”. Then why am I on a spending spree the week after, buying not one, […]

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Credor, the JDM luxury brand created by Seiko in the ’70s to beat Patek Philippe and Rolex at the then-hot luxury quartz game. Today, we know Credor for its thin luxury and hand-finished porcelain dials of the Eichi models. Finally available outside Japan, and produced within the inner chambers of the Grand Seiko ateliers, Credor […]

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Another week, another butt-load of news in the watch industry. I get the almighty power of deciding what was cool enough to make it into my column. This week, it was a celebratory Minase, a new Urwerk, and a deep blue Credor that really caught my eye…plus I couldn’t ignore the GPHG Awards 2020. Read […]

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