Buying Guide
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Buying Guide – When One isn’t Enough… Some of the Most Impressive Double Tourbillon Watches
The tourbillon is, without doubt, one of the most fascinating and most prestigious complications you can add to a watch. Invented by Abraham-Louis Breguet to counteract the effects of gravity on the regulating organ of mechanical…
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Buying Guide: The Best Breitling Watches From The 2000s
We like to talk about vintage watches a lot within the Fratello team. Though most of what we write about is largely focused on the most recent releases and developments, for many of us, a lot of the fun can…
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Buying Guide – Some of the Coolest Cartoon and Comic Character Watches Launched Recently
A cartoon or comic book character on the dial of a high-end luxury watch? Why not? Watches don’t have to be serious. Pop culture icons are increasingly in vogue, and luxury watch brands are now resurrecting a concept that has…
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Why I Bought It: Kudoke Flieger Concept (KFC)
Until 2019, Kudoke was a relatively unknown, small, independent watch company based in the town of Weifa in northern Germany between Dresden and the Czech border. Stefan Kudoke, owner and watchmaker, is well recognized…
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Why I Bought It: Vintage Mathey-Tissot Type 20 Big Eye Chronograph
While I’m primarily drawn to contemporary watches, and in particular the work of today’s leading independent watchmakers, from time to time I find myself irresistibly drawn to a piece from a bygone era. Sometimes, as with my…
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The Perfect Wave: Seven Watches with Nautically Engraved Dials
Since the introduction of the Omega Seamaster 300 in 1993, watches with wave patterns on their dials have become increasingly popular. Here’s a closer look at some of the current models. Tissot Seastar 2000 ProfessionalTissot’s very…
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Buying Guide – 5 Elegant Dress Watches For Less Than 1,000 Euros
There are moments in our lives that require us to dress up at least a little. A wedding, a 25 year work anniversary, a high-class event, going to the opera, or perhaps just going out to town and wanting to…
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Buying Guide: The Best Zenith Watches From The 1990s
We like to talk about vintage watches a lot within the Fratello team. Though most of what we write about is primarily focused on the most recent releases and developments, for many of us, a lot of the fun can…
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Buying Guide: The Best Seiko Watches From The 1960s
We like to talk about vintage watches a lot within the Fratello team. While the daily routine is largely focused on the most recent developments in the world of watches, the most fun for many of us lies in the…
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Buying Guide: The Best Breitling Watches From The 1960s
We like to talk about vintage watches a lot within the Fratello team. While the daily routine is largely focused on the most recent developments in the world of watches, the most fun for many of us lies in the…
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