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Jun 12, 2026
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First Look – The new Yema Navygraf Barracuda CMM.20 Limited Edition, Developed with the French Navy
monochrome-watches.com
Yema seems to be focused on combining its historic dive watch designs with more sophisticated mechanics, especially since the arrival of the manufacture CMM.20 micro-rotor calibre. Following the Navyg
Denis Peshkov via Monochrome Watches
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Fratello On Air: Watches, Brands, And Styles We Like But Would Probably Never Buy
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Welcome to another episode of Fratello On Air! This week, we discuss watch brands, models, and styles that we like but would probably never buy. To be clear, this episode isn’t about picking on anyone
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Hands On: Cartier Santos-Dumont Obsidian is Volcanic Class
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Amongst Cartier’s crowd favourites launched this year is a new take on its elegant aviator’s watch, now upgraded with a mesh-link bracelet. The standout is the Santos-Dumont LM Obsidian that matches t
JX Su via SJX
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The Best Survival Watches For Every Budget
teddybaldassarre.com
Picking the next watch to add to your collection is often as much about potential needs as it is about actual necessity. Will most of us ever actually put the 200 meters of water resistance of our fav
Nathan Schultz via Teddy Baldassarre Entertainment - Watches
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Prevail Watches Review: The Best Microbrand Field Watch?
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There is something undeniably special about strapping a piece of history to the wrist. When we look back at the golden era of military horology, a beautiful cross-pollination emerges between the muddy
Nina Scally via Teddy Baldassarre Entertainment - Watches
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Hands-on – The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tech Date, a Truly Purposeful Three-Hour Dive Watch
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Dive watches are, by nature, rather conservative instruments. Since the 1950s, the basics have barely changed: a robust water-resistant case, luminous hands and markers, and a rotating bezel, often un
Denis Peshkov via Monochrome Watches
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Yema Launches Marine Nationale 400th Anniversary Collection Including Barracuda CMM.20
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There are some very old watch brands out there: Blancpain was founded in 1735 meaning it’s rapidly approaching its 300th anniversary. However, there are some institutions still in operation today that
Michael Sonsino via Oracle Time
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Introducing – The New Speake Marin Ripples Portobello, Inspired by London’s Colourful District
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Speake Marin introduced the Ripples in 2022, and with it, the independent brand entered the crowded luxury sports watch category with its own, slightly eccentric creation. The rounded-square La City c
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Fratello Summer Tip: Keep Track Of Your Kids With Cybex Collection Watches
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You want to relax this summer. You want to go to a nice place and chill, re-energize, and enjoy life without a worry in the world. And what is your biggest worry? No, it’s not picking the right summer
Lex Stolk via Fratello Watches
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The Best Microbrand Watches to Buy in July 2026
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Sans Arrêt Rewind Moonlight In some ways, the Reverso meets the Cartier Guichet on the Sans Arrêt Rewind, albeit in quartz and at a fraction of the cost of either. There are no hands at all, with the
Tom Pettit via Oracle Time
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A Century Of Automatic Watch Movements With Fortis And John Harwood
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There is a particular type of movement inside almost every mechanical watch you own, and it does something so fundamental to how we experience watchmaking today that it has become entirely invisible.
Henry Black via Fratello Watches
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SJX Podcast: Pop to Drop?
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The unprecedented collaboration between Swatch and Audemars Piguet that resulted in the Royal Pop dominated the product’s first news cycle, but market enthusiasm seems to have cooled off, with anecdot
Brandon Moore via SJX
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