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When it comes to more modestly sized watches, Nomos has long been ahead of the current trend of smaller models. The brand is built on clean, conservatively proportioned designs across its collections. The Tetra – Nomos’ square offering – was part of the inaugural lineup introd…
The latest release from Perrelet is the kind of watch that refuses to sit quietly on the wrist. Rather than simply borrowing visual cues from the casino, the new Perrelet Turbine Casino Roulette transforms the brand’s signature spinning turbine display into an interactive roul…
Travel has always been at the heart of Louis Vuitton, and the Escales Autour du Monde collection, like all Escale watches, has a great poetic sound to it. The name, which translates as “Stopovers Around the World,” recalls Francisca Mattéoli’s celebrated book documenting Gasto…
It’s July 21st, the day that the Omega Speedmaster Professional became the Moonwatch. It may have actually been one of the first nicknames that a wristwatch ever received, as it has been used for many decades now. As a watch enthusiast, you’ve probably heard the story of the M…
Earlier today, we reported the increase in sales indicated by the Swatch Group (+8.5% at constant rate), which follows almost identical signs reported by Richemont about a week ago (+8% for Specialist Watchmakers and +20% in total, with a growth mostly driven by Jewellery bran…
Following two difficult consecutive years, with sales down 12% in 2024 and 7% in 2025, the Swatch Group, the Swiss watchmaking giant owner of brands such as Omega, Breguet, Longines, and Tissot, is now back to growth. Indeed, as indicated by its half-year 2026 report, Swatch G…
Back in 1975, Delma introduced the Shell Star as its first purpose-built professional dive watch. Even now, the model still occupies a cornerstone role in the Swiss brand’s contemporary catalog. The modern Shell Star diver is a significantly more capable timepiece than the ori…
Welcome to another episode of Fratello On Air! This week, we discuss sleeper watches from the ’90s and ’00s. It was an interesting period for timepieces, representing a transition from smaller, often quartz-powered models to mechanical ones. Let’s just say that watchmakers wer…
I always thought of Glashütte Original as a modest watch brand. However, the German watchmaker does indeed use its Vintage Collection to experiment with more than the usual black, silver, and blue dials. This is where the new Glashütte Original Sixties Chronograph Annual Editi…
What is a summer watch? It’s a question I ask myself every year around this time. It’s partly rhetorical. We all know, somehow, what a summer watch is. It conjures something in the mind’s eye of a watch enthusiast that is colorful and probably on the sporty side. It looks bes…