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Balazs and Mike make good on their promise to come back with frequency! On this episode we give recommendations for the upcoming Holiday Season and then we talk about our favorite bracelets.

First, it's a "Handgelenk Kontrolle" and Mike is wearing a vintage Meylan Chronograph while Balazs is sporting his Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical with a Kill Hubris NATO.

We then talk about the "Fratelloris" Fratello x Oris Big Crown Bronze Pointer Date that's now in our shop!

For the holidays, we roll out some affordable recommendations:

• Watch-inspired T-shirts from Watch Thing
• A Book - "Retro Watches - The Modern Collector's Guide"
• The 36mm Timex MK1 Mechanical
• The Bergeon 6767-F/S Spring Bar Tool
• Zeiss Head Loupe "Loupe L"
• Forstner Bands

We then talk about our favorite bracelets.
Vintage:

• Doxa Expandro Bracelet
• Rolex Jubilee
• Omega 1039 and 1171

Modern:

• MING Universal Bracelet
• Moser Streamliner Bracelet
• Breitling Superocean Heritage '57 Mesh

And we end with a few words on the modern gold Speedmaster Apollo XI 50th Anniversary "Nixon Bracelet" and how Omega is on the comeback trail with their most recent bracelets.

Rob and RJ received a number of watches from Glashütte Original this week, and discuss the green dialed PanoMaticLunar watch. And a lot of other things. Enjoy this episode!

In a surprisingly structured fashion, Alon and Rob blitz through their favorite (and least favorite) novelties of 2020 from the Breitling, Tudor, and Bvlgari brands.

Swatch gets a brief mention and so does team member Mike Stockton, who, after a joyous week of watching his brainchild (the Fratelloris) wend its way to readers' homes, seems to be on everyone's mind...

It's episode 25 and Balazs & Mike come together to talk about their favorite divers of 2020.

This one was recorded a few weeks back and we jabber about lockdowns, border crossings, quarantines, and uncomfortable boots.

Then, it's time for a "Handgelenk Kontrolle" and Balazs is sporting a DIY Casio G-Shock GW-B5600 with a fresh DIY metal body kit from eBay.  Mike is wearing his modified Oris Big Crown Bronze Pointer Date.  Consider it a day of mods!

We talk about our favorite divers:

• New Nivada Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver
• Seiko Prospex 62MAS Modern Reinterpretation 
• DOXA SUB 300 Carbon 
• Christopher Ward Super Compressor
• Certina DS Super PH500M and Balazs gives some history on diver dial colors
• MING 18.01 H41

We end things with a discussion on how the Swatch Group is absolutely crushing it with affordable divers.
 

Today, in Episode "definitely-not-22-but-we're-calling-it-22-for-now", Alon and Rob talk about the future of retail. Alon lays down his background and interests and why he loves retail.

This week, on Fratello On Air, Rob and Alon chat about many things. They touch on different retail strategies. The (now-released) Oris movement gets a mention. Terrifying teddy bears make a surprise appearance. And, finally, the new Snoopy goes under the microscope. Crucially, Alon attempts to make sense of Rob's strange, "moderately ridiculous" feelings towards it...

If you are an Haute Horlogerie and/or car enthusiast, the name Singer Reimagined should definitely ring a bell. Although the brand is still relatively new to the watch scene, it already has a dedicated fan base comprising both petrol heads and watch guys. The brand's new model, the Flytrack, looks a bit like its big brother, the Track 1. It is, however, a simpler but equally fun timepiece.

On this occasion, we thought it would be fun to sit down with Marco Borraccino, the man behind Singer Reimagined. We went all the way back to the beginning. Marco was kind enough to share his path with us. From his childhood in Italy, surrounded by modern design. All the way to his first job in the watch industry with Panerai. And finally establishing Singer Reimagined and teaming up with Rob Dickinson from Singer Vehicle Desing.

The post can be found here.

RJ talks to the Head of Product Development of Longines, Xavier Ligero,  to talk about the new Longines Spirit collection. Get some insights on how the watch came to life, what challenges Longines experienced, and about the exclusive Longines calibers by ETA. We talk about how such an exclusivity actually works between Longines and ETA. 

In this 20th episode of Fratello on Air, RJ and Rob discuss their favorite Seiko watches. Their favorite Seiko of all time, but also their favorite watch of the releases in 2020. They discuss these watches in detail and tell them why they love these references so much, or what makes them so special. Head over to Fratello.com to see all show notes for this episode, including pictures of the Seiko watches discussed.

All in one big episode, Mike and RJ pick their Top 3 from the novelties of the Geneva Watch Days and discuss the new Rolex watches that were just released last week.