Tudor and its Heritage – The 1970s Chronographs and the Tudor Heritage Chrono

As we’ve seen in our two first episodes of “Tudor and its Heritage“, the brand did an important move into sports watches in the middle of the 1950s, starting with the Submariners, followed by the Ranger. These vintage pieces led to the creation of two current watches, the Heritage Black Bay and the Heritage Ranger, two pieces paying tribute to the rich past of Tudor Watches. However, there’s a another type of watches that we didn’t explore yet, and in this field, Tudor has been very active: chronographs. Today, we are going to look at how, starting in 1970, the brand created some highly iconic and bold chronographs, which later inspired the super-cool Tudor Heritage Chrono.

8 years ago

Three Amazing Seiko Divers for Under $500

There’s no doubt that we love Seiko here on Fratello Watches and judging by the numbers, you seem to feel the same. It’s the beginning of November and that means exactly nothing, but if we squint a bit, we can go ahead and call this article an early Holiday gift guide. Today, in a battle […]

8 years ago

Found: A Vacheron Given To The Crew Of Apollo 14, And The Answer To A Five-Year-Old HODINKEE Mystery

Remember 2011? I sure do. I was a full-time graduate student and a full-time HODINKEE’er. I remember going to visit the Vacheron Constantin manufacture for the first time and being shown this picture – a black and white image of a watch with the Apollo 14 logo on it. At the time, even Vacheron itself didn’t know what the watch was or why it was made – but they knew it should exist somewhere. I immediately wrote the post here and send an email to Eric Wind saying “We need to find this watch!” Five years later, here it is.

8 years ago

Watch World Meets Again In Dubai At DWW 2016: Quill & Pad Is There

The second edition of Dubai Watch Week runs 15 through 19 November, 2016 and promises to be three times larger than last year’s inaugural exhibition. The five-day event is organized by Seddiqi & Sons retailers and is the Gulf area’s largest dedicated watch event. Quill & Pad will be actively joining the fun!

8 years ago

Blue is the New Black at Zenith – 5 Iconic Pieces now Dressed in Blue

Blue is the new black at Zenith. Over the past few months, the manufacture has released a series of hot blue dial watches that would lend themselves to both formal and casual occasions. Five iconic models are celebrated in a whole new light and provide a great alternative to the ubiquitous black or white-dialed watches.

8 years ago

Musings on the Richemont Group Re-organization Press Release and commentary

Editor’s note: Much ink (digital, no doubt, our print friends are still lagging behind the news due to print schedules) has been metaphorically spilt on the announcement by the Richemont Group’s re-organization last week. Here is our take, offered not as a professional analysis, but as personal musings of a young management…

8 years ago

Hands-On with the HYT Skull Bad Boy in Damascus Steel

Damascus steel is an ancient alloy, perhaps as old as Alexander the Great, used to make blades so deadly that legend has it a sword of Damascus steel can halve a piece of floating silk. Damascus steel blades were produced in the Middle East with wootz steel, a high carbon steel allot imported from India, and used by both […]

8 years ago