Today, we’ll take a brief look at the latest model in the Chopard Mille Miglia Classic Chronograph collection. Since 1988, Chopard has been involved with the Mille Miglia event. This newest piece, however, moves away from Italy to celebrate another automotive event. The French Limited Edition will be shown at Salon Rétromobile in Paris and […]

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Now, I have to admit, when I signed up to write for Fratello, I did not expect to ever write about Sir Elton John. But here we are! Granted, it’s for a good reason. Christie’s is auctioning a plethora of items from his Atlanta mansion, including a watch collection. And what a watch collection it […]

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Another Sunday, another showdown! This week, two luxury integrated-bracelet sports watches with sub-seconds layouts and micro-rotor calibers face off. In the red corner, we have RJ defending the Louis Vuitton Tambour. In the blue corner, Thomas is fighting for the Chopard Alpine Eagle 41 XPS. Who will emerge victorious? You decide! Louis Vuitton and Chopard […]

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Another Friday, another list! We have come to the last Friday of the year, so this will be the last Top 10 list in our 2023 roundup series. Today, we’re looking at the best dress watches. It only makes sense to cover the best dress watches of the year during the holiday season. While it […]

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When it came to picking my entries for this Best Watches Of 2023 series, I decided to dig deep — far deeper than I did for a recent podcast with Balazs, in which my initial picks were all from the last several months. That’s a challenge in a watch market where our attention span is […]

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Hello, and welcome to the last episode of Fratello Talks in 2023. Today, RJ, Lex, and your host Nacho are here to discuss their personal, professional, and horological highlights of the year. It’s the 2023 wrap-up episode! Tune in and watch (or listen) as the guys reminisce over some of the past 12 months. They […]

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Maybe you remember that I once came up with an iron rule: if it’s over €10K, it must be less than 10mm thick. In the explanation that followed, I mentioned the Chopard Alpine Eagle 41 XPS. This 41mm steel Alpine Eagle iteration, with a sophisticated “Monte Rosa” salmon-pink dial and small seconds at 6 o’clock, […]

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We all make choices every day. Most of us, however, probably don’t decide to buy a luxury watch all that often. So when you do, you’d better think it through properly. You might experience the agony of choice. It happens sometimes — for instance, when you have to choose between a “Pepsi” and a “Batman.” […]

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Happy holidays, everyone. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to a smooth start to the new year. Most of my colleagues have already shared their favorite watches of 2023 with you, and now it’s my turn. I noticed that 2023 was packed with watch releases. Besides the introductions during the […]

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It’s not just watches themselves that can be polarizing. Watch stores can be as well. I recently went to the opening event of the new (and world’s biggest) IWC boutique on Amsterdam’s P.C. Hooftstraat, and before arriving there, I counted numerous mono-brand stores with the logos of competitors. There are also a couple of multi-brand […]

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