Howdy, and welcome to this week’s episode of Fratello Talks. In the present day, we wrap up our Watches and Wonders 2024 protection with a debrief episode that includes Nacho, Thomas, and Lex. The fellows take a while to go over some manufacturers (and their corresponding releases) that we missed in episode one. In addition they talk about the final temper of the present and the way it displays on the general state of the watch trade at this time. Regardless of guarantees made a number of weeks in the past, we recorded this one on a Friday afternoon, so that you’ll additionally get your fair proportion of banter and jokes all through. Nonetheless, let’s first take a while to carry out a compulsory wrist test.
Wrist test
Lex has opted to put on his lume-dial Chronoswiss Timemaster. This 44mm watch is genuinely distinctive, particularly at this time when individuals gravitate in direction of smaller watches. Even the model’s new choices have aimed toward a smaller measurement level. Nonetheless, this Timemaster from the early 2000s is unapologetically daring and brilliant and includes a sizeable onion crown to finish its distinctive look.
Up subsequent is Thomas, who’s sporting the VPC Kind 37HW. As you doubtless nicely know, Thomas is the person behind VPC and the watch you see above, which he created with the assistance of designer Max Resnick in an effort to convey his imaginative and prescient for the proper GADA watch to life. It’s no surprise that you just’ll rarely see him op for another watch. You’ll be able to learn all concerning the Kind 37HW right here.
Lastly, Nacho, feeling a bit nostalgic, is sporting his Citizen Promaster NY0040. This was his first computerized dive watch and the primary watch he ever took scuba diving. The watch accompanied him for his PADI discovery dive off the coast of Lanzarote in 2019, and it remained on his wrist all through his formation as much as the Superior Open Water certification. Because of this, it bears the battle scars of a dive watch nicely worn (a few of which had been already on there when he bought it pre-owned for a mere €50). It doesn’t get as a lot wrist time lately because it as soon as did, however, as you’ll be able to see, it nonetheless makes the occasional outing.
Watches and Wonders 2024 debrief
On this last episode to sort out this yr’s Watches and Wonders present, we assessment a few of the spots we missed within the first one. Manufacturers like Panerai, Montblanc, Hublot, and IWC get a point out, and so do a few of the smaller manufacturers that confirmed their wares on the present. Remember to tune in as we might have simply lined one (or a number of) of your favorites!
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