The Sophisticated Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Moon
Unfortunately, a 37mm looks kind of silly on my 7.5″ wrist. Otherwise, a Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Moon like Rob’s ( friend of the show since 2004) would be a perfect timepiece for formal occasions. Although Jaeger-LeCoultre seems to have entered a different route to approach its clients since a while, with big bulky watches or with high-tech materials, this Master Moon with a diameter of 37mm and a height of just 10mm is a true classic that at least will look good on you in a few decades from now.
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The Sophisticated Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Moon
Back from Ortisei, Italy!
After a week of fun in the snow (wearing my Linde Werdelin 3-Timer ), it is time to get back to work and back to blogging about watches. During my vacation, the invitations for BaselWorld and press releases are flooding my mailbox. So beware of some frequent updates here at Fratellowatches.
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Back from Ortisei, Italy!
Dingemans Mechanische Horloges Jumping Hour
DMH, or Dingemans Mechanische Horloges (Dingemans mechanical watches) is a brand you probably never heard of before (although you might have seen it here and here ). It is a very small Dutch watch manufacturer, with a maximum of 12 timepieces per year.
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Dingemans Mechanische Horloges Jumping Hour
Dream Watch Alert! AP Royal Oak Equation of Time 26603ST
As you probably noticed already, the SIHH 2010 expo results in a lot of new and impressive timepieces by numerous manufacturers. Unfortunately, I could not make it to the SIHH and GTE myself this year, but at least I am able to track all new releases via WatchUseek , Perpetuelle , TimeZone and WorldTempus .
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Dream Watch Alert! AP Royal Oak Equation of Time 26603ST
A Decent Watch Under 1000 USD, Check Motoring Exposure!
Yesterday, I published an article on MotoringExposure about buying watches under 1000 USD. There are a lot of offers, but which one satisfies the watchfreak
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A Decent Watch Under 1000 USD, Check Motoring Exposure!
Rolex Milgauss DLC
Last weekend, I was able to try a Rolex Milgauss with a Diamond-like Carbon (DLC) finish. Watch-Site had both this Rolex Milgauss and the Deepsea Sea-Dweller DLC’ed, where the Milgauss is ready for sale and the Deepsea needed to be assembled again.
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Rolex Milgauss DLC
SIHH2010: Vacheron Constantin Historique Ultra-Fine 1955 and 1968
The SIHH 2010 will be held from the 18th of January till the 22nd of January 2010. During this show, Vacheron Constantin will be presenting their new Historique Ultra-Fine 1955 and 1968 time pieces. In today’s world of horology, it seems that watches can’t be bulky enough while a few decades ago, it showed true craftsmanship when a time piece was as flat as possible.
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SIHH2010: Vacheron Constantin Historique Ultra-Fine 1955 and 1968
BaselWorld 2010: Maurice Lacroix’s Novelties Revealed
The days of Maurice Lacroix being an entry level brand is long gone ( click here ), especially since the introduction of the Masterpiece collection. During BaselWorld 2010, that is going to be held from March 18 till March 25, Maurice Lacroix will be introducing a number of interesting models
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BaselWorld 2010: Maurice Lacroix’s Novelties Revealed
Rolex Submariner 116613 versus 16613
In April 2009, just after I returned from BaselWorld 2009, I temporarily switched my Rolex Yacht-Master 16622 with a friend’s Submariner 16613. Although I really had to get used to all that gold on this Submariner, the watch was definitely an eye-catcher and felt right in terms of weight, size and looks. The blue dial was amazing, espcially during daylight.
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Rolex Submariner 116613 versus 16613
Just before year-end, I bought this….
Just before year-end, on the 24th of December to be exact, I traded my Audemars Piguet Royal Oak ref.15300 for a 15202ST (or 15202ST.OO.0944ST.02 in full). Although I was very happy with my white dialed Royal Oak 15300 , the 15202 ‘Jumbo’ remains to be the original Royal Oak in my opinion. The original Gérald Genta creation of 1972 still lives in the current Royal Oak collection, bearing reference number 15202ST.
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Just before year-end, I bought this….
Speedmaster Professional 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Reviewed
Alon Ben-Joseph of AceJewelers.com – friend of the show – did a very nice video review on last year’s introduced Omega Speedmaster Professional 40th Anniversary Limited Edition . I love this version of the Omega Speedmaster Professional. The logo on the dial and special case back make it worth buying over most other limited edition Speedmaster Professional models
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Speedmaster Professional 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Reviewed
Grönefeld GMT06 Tourbillon Minute Repeater is the Wednesday Watch at Motoring Exposure
As an avid reader of the FratelloWatches blog you probably know that I write for some other websites and magazines as well. MotoringExposure.com is one of them, every wednesday they publish the ‘Wednesday Watch’-article. Today, the Wednesday Watch is about the Grönefeld GMT-06 Tourbillon Minute Repeater .
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Grönefeld GMT06 Tourbillon Minute Repeater is the Wednesday Watch at Motoring Exposure
Tropical Dial Cosmograph
During the last few days, we encountered some heavy snowfall here in The Netherlands. As you can see below, ‘my street’ became all white last sunday. Therefore, Bernhard of the 100% Rolex blog posted some incredible nice photographs of Rolex sports watches with so called tropical dials.
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Tropical Dial Cosmograph
Review of the Stowa Marine Original Limited Edition II
This review is of a watch with a minimalist design, the Stowa Marine Original Limited Edition II. Part of a series of 120 (of which 80 were sold in the US) the Limited Edition looks almost identical to the regular Marine Original Black with Arabic numbers.
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Review of the Stowa Marine Original Limited Edition II
Don’t miss out! WatchUseek Grande Finale 2009!
WatchUseek , considered to be the No.1 interactive watch portal, is having a Grande Finale 2009 event! This means that WatchUseek, in combination with its sponsors, will celebrate the end of 2009 and the start of 2010 by giving away a number of watches to registered members of WatchUseek that enroll for the contest! The instructions are quite simple! Ernie Romers, director of WatchUSeek, wrote a small FAQ for all attendees. How can I participate? Simple, enter the competition as soon as it is published in here.
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Don’t miss out! WatchUseek Grande Finale 2009!
Linde Werdelin 3-Timer review: No 13 arrived!
Since I got back from my honeymoon on the 13th of November, I am proudly wearing my Linde Werdelin 3-Timer with brown dial , no.13/22 (my birthday is on the 13th of April). Ofcourse, I already wrote an article on the prototype that Linde Werdelin sent me, but I thought it would be nice to do a small write-up on the final version as well. The picture above shows three of my watches, all – in my opinion – similar in design and wear.
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Linde Werdelin 3-Timer review: No 13 arrived!
Masters of Contemporary Watchmaking by Michael Clerizo
A few months ago, I got an e-mail from Michael Clerizo, telling me that he had written a book called ‘Masters of Contemporary Watchmaking’. I hooked him up with Ernie Romers of WatchUseek to see if there was something possible with regards to the watch event WATCH2009 in Maastricht (on the 14th and 15th of November). Two weeks ago, I received the Masters of Contemporary Watchmaking book by Michael
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Masters of Contemporary Watchmaking by Michael Clerizo
HM2.2 “Black Box” by MB&F and Alain Silberstein
Friend of the show, Maximilian Büsser, just introduced the HM2.2 ‘Black Box’. A redesign of the famous Horological Machine No.2 that he did together with watch design icon Alain Silberstein . Maximilian Büsser wrote in his e-mail that “In fact my first encounter with an Alain Silberstein watch dates back to my student years over 20 years ago: I was driving down a German Autobahn and overtook a BMW Z1 with it’s doors down and the driver wearing first world war pilot jacket, goggles and leather helmet – and a Silberstein Krono on his wrist
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HM2.2 “Black Box” by MB&F and Alain Silberstein
Limited Edition Bob Dylan Luxury Watch
Every year Oris Watch Company does something extraordinary, they create a limited edition watch dedicated to a musical legend and this year’s musical legend is Bob Dylan . The new luxury watch has Bob’s Dylan’s signature etched into the dial and is portrait is engraved on the case back. Like the intricacies of his career, a small glass window gives wearers a look into the mechanical movement of the Oris red rotor, made famous by the company. The best part of this limited edition watch of 3,000 pieces is the Honer Marine Band harmonica which comes with the watch.
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Limited Edition Bob Dylan Luxury Watch
April’s fool – google and other mock luxoruy watches
I still remember how last year Google made me laugh out loud when they intruduced their toilet based internet at April’s fool. While Loling my pants off, I was also thinking to myself how cool it will be if I had my own website to pull some prank like that, and if it cab be related to my favourite subject (everybody together now: REPLICA WATCHES) then it will be even better, and today, early in the morning what do I see? the calander is right infront of me and it’s that day again but I didn’t think of any super-clever-and-witty joke, so instead, I just fired up Photoshop and made some nice what-if watches
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April’s fool – google and other mock luxoruy watches