Atelier Wen has taken up the mantle of providing insightful looks at Chinese watchmaking. With the Inside The Atelier video series, we are treated to an inside view of different suppliers of the brand’s end product. Today’s video focuses on movement-making with a rare behind-the-scenes tour of the Liaoning Peacock Watch Company in Dandong. Back […]

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We recently introduced the new Louis Vuitton Escale Automatic collection here. It’s a collection of time-only Escale watches that use Louis Vuitton’s LFT023 movement. In this video, RJ discusses the Louis Vuitton Escale rose gold models in detail. Louis Vuitton Escale Automatic This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Escale collection. Louis Vuitton showed […]

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Today, we won’t talk about the latest release from Atelier Wen. We will briefly discuss a new venture from the Chinese marque called Inside the Atelier. This is a behind-the-scenes look at the various suppliers supporting the brand’s watches. It focuses on the people, their inspiration, and where they work. The first episode is out, […]

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In this video, RJ and Timo sit down with Emmanuel Gueit to celebrate 30 years of Royal Oak Offshore history from Audemars Piguet. Join us as we talk about the creation of the Offshore collection and unravel some fun mysteries surrounding this refreshingly punk take on luxury watches. In 2023, Audemars Piguet celebrated the 30th […]

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A few months ago, I traveled to Fortis in Grenchen, Switzerland, and sat down with CEO Jupp Philipp to talk about watches. Jupp bought the Fortis company back in 2018, and during our talk, he explained how his journey with watches began. In the watch industry, a person like Jupp Philipp is quite a rare […]

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Compare it to how an agitated bull reacts to a red flag. The bright yellow Casio G-Shock GA-B2100C-9A “CasiOak” sure had a strong effect on me. Yellow is a color that is associated with joy but also with danger. And this new and updated CasiOak, which now features solar power and Bluetooth, evokes both. It […]

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In this video, we try a new format where Fratello’s managing editor Nacho talks to senior editor Lex Stolk about watches. Here are their afterthoughts on the Watches and Wonders 2023 show last month. Watches And Wonders 2023 Afterthoughts Being back in the office gave us time to reflect a bit more on Watches and […]

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It’s the Fratello Show with our very special guest star! “It’s time to play the music / It’s time to light the lights / It’s time to meet this Oris on the Fratello Show tonight.” Oris ProPilot X Kermit If you recognize the line above, you will enjoy the video that Lex recorded with none other […]

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Last week, Andrew McCutchen (from Time + Tide) and I met in France and took the opportunity to discuss the new Swatch MoonSwatch Mission to the Moon, with its Moonshine chronograph seconds hand. The watch resulted in a lot of (heated) discussion in the comments and on social media, and we address a few things […]

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In today’s video, Fratello senior editor Lex Stolk takes a deep-dive into the Rolex Sea-Dweller. The story dates all the way back to 1967 with the Sea-Dweller reference 1665 with a “Double Red” dial. Where the Submariner was water resistant to 200 meters, the Sea-Dweller could survive depts of 610 meters. It changed in 1978 […]

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