With Dubai Watch Week 2023 behind us, it’s time to revisit more releases. The event first took place in 2015, and it has quickly grown into one of the annual highlights on the horological calendar. This year, people who attended the event agreed that it was bigger and better than ever. We saw a plethora […]

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Is it September already? Well, not quite, but Geneva Watch Days 2023 is here, meaning we’re two-thirds through the year already. It also means that a tidal wave of watch releases is headed this way. So get warmed up, wax your board, and get ready to surf the wave right here on Fratello. Over the […]

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Another Friday, another Top 5! This week, we’ll dive into the world of tennis. With Wimbledon nearing its climax after almost two weeks, we have seen quite a few remarkable watches on the All England Lawn Tennis Club grounds. Many of the world’s top players have sponsor deals with watch brands. Some of them are […]

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This past week, news broke concerning the Only Watch 2023 lots. This year, 62 pieces will go under the hammer in Monaco, and the proceeds will go toward research on Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Aside from it being a great cause with nearly CHF 100 million raised over prior events, the watches tend to be exciting! […]

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I learned something while putting this column together. I knew that December 26th is Boxing Day in some countries, but thanks to the Encyclopædia Britannica, I now know that in Great Britain and some Commonwealth countries, particularly Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, Boxing Day is a holiday on which servants, tradespeople, and the poor traditionally […]

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I thought it would be a nice start to the day, having a coffee while sporting a Patek Philippe Nautilus 3700/1A “Jumbo”. Ever since the Nautilus became THE hype watch, I became a Nautilus skeptic. Yes, Genta did a good job, and so did Patek, but not a $100,000 good job. Still, on the wrist, […]

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This week for us has been marked by slow digestion of the barrage of news from Geneva Watch Days. What started as an impromptu “phygital” event incited by Bvlgari CEO Jean-Christophe Babin two years ago has proven to be a stayer and, what’s more, a proper contender in its third year. Watches And Wonders might […]

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It’s hard to believe that it’s already been a year! We’ve done the full tour around the sun since the last time the Fratello team made its way to Geneva Watch Days. The 2022 edition of the event marks only the third time that it is taking place, but it promises to be the best […]

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Only Watch auctions have seen impressive growth in results ever since the start in 2005. The first edition offered 34 lots that fetched € 1,907,000 in total. This year’s 2021 edition brought us 53 lots totaling €28,210,000. Adding up, the Only Watch initiative, in nine editions, raised almost €100,000,000 for research against Duchenne muscular dystrophy. […]

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Geneva Watch Days will run from August 30th–September 3rd: It’s that time of year again. For the second year in a row, the world’s (or at least Europe’s) watch media will descend on Geneva for a week of boutique-and-suite-based showcases. All the major brands from last year’s inaugural run-through are returning, with expectations high of […]

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