The Top 10 Colorful Dive Watches For The Summer Of 2026

FratelloJUL 23, 2026

Summer is in full swing, and most of us are already in warmer climates or are getting ready to go there. That’s why we created a list of our favorite dive watches for the summer. We all know that dive watches don’t need color to work underwater. But summer isn’t just asking fo…

A Difficult Question That Needs Answering: When Are Watches Art?

FratelloJUL 23, 2026

During lunch with Aurel Bacs and Alex Ghotbi from the auction house Phillips, I started wondering out loud, “When are watches art?” What sparked my question was last month’s Phillips auction, which was the highest-grossing watch auction in US history. The sale made a record US…

Fratello Talks: How Our Grail Watches Have Evolved Over Time

FratelloJUL 23, 2026

Ask any seasoned collector what his or her grail watch was upon first entering the hobby, and chances are the answer will be very different from what it is today. As our knowledge grows and our tastes mature, so too do the watches we aspire to own. Sometimes the grail gets big…

The Ruhla UFO: A Memento of Mod and The Cold War

Worn & WoundJUL 22, 2026

The Gebhard Duve-designed Audemars Piguet Disco Volante 5093 took the horological world by storm in the mid-1950s, and there’s no denying that it remains an exemplar of well-executed watch design today. With the combination of the ongoing Space Race and Mid-century futuristic…