I am fond of Cabot Watch Company, also known as CWC. It is a no-nonsense British watch brand that has focused on tool-watch designs since the early 1970s. Something about the design ethos of CWC reminds me of the golden epoch of 20th-century mechanical watchmaking. Today, we’ll look at the CWC W10 Navigator Automatic General […]

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We here at Fratello do love a good story of an issued watch. Some of the most iconic and desirable watches out there have come from the humble beginnings of being developed for or especially sold/issued to the military. The Rolex “MilSub” or Seamaster 300s issued to the British Royal Navy come to mind when […]

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I do love daydreaming about watches, as my partner will ruefully confirm. I can spend hours looking at obscure references, reading the backstories of brands and watch models, and just generally ruminating on what could be if only I had the money at hand. So I greeted the opportunity to write this story, at Nacho’s […]

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You’ve seen our picks at under €1,000, €3,000, and even €5,000. Before we climb up to the next (and final) rung of the price ladder and show you our favorite sub-€10K watches, we decided to take on a slightly different challenge. We daydream and philosophize all the time at Fratello HQ. Whether it’s about our […]

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After taking a break from sharing your Watch Box Stories for a couple of weeks, we’ll continue today with a story from Simon. He started the quest for his perfect watch collection with a focus on different watches for different occasions. After we share all the stories, we will raffle off a Peli case and […]

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Field watches are often overlooked timepieces in today’s world of luxury watches. They are far from a luxury statement, and that’s exactly how they should stay. There is something really honest about field watches, defined as simple military watches that should do one thing and one thing only — tell accurate time. In the field […]

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A few days ago, we heard from Fratello’s sparkling-eyed sweetheart, Balazs. In his very popular article, he referred to me as the “annoying little Brit”, which, thanks to the arrival of my new, black British passport is now officially true. I am annoying. I am quite little. And, alongside my Irish nationality by birth, I […]

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The full, exhaustive history of watches worn by the British Armed Forces (and all associated squadrons/units/regiments and so on) could fill several volumes. Here we will pick-up on some of the more famous watches worn by the British Army. Nowadays, military watches are incredibly popular for their no-nonsense layout and hardy construction. We often forget […]

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I am an absolute sucker for military-inspired timepieces — I don’t know why. I care very little about tanks, guns, or trenches, but I love the watches that call that environment home. This CWC Mellor-72 has never seen a battlefield, but it spent a week on my wrist and certainly left it victorious. Don’t get […]

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