You clicked the about page, which probably means you want to know who is behind this watch blog. Well, I am Robert-Jan and live in The Netherlands. Besides having a full-time job at a financial organization, I spend a lot of time on wrist watches. This means: reading books, websites, blogs, forums and discussing watches with fellow collectors and watch freaks. And, eventually, buying a new time piece.

The reason for starting this blog (in 2004) is simple. After spending a few years on forums like TimeZone and WatchUseek, I got a bit upset by the fact that - in the end - all posts you made seem to dissappear and the same questions are being asked over and over again. And answered over and over again. To escape that vicious circle of Q&A and dissappearing posts, I installed WordPress to start writing my thoughts on watches, watch industry and share interesting online articles and links with others. All articles are kept in an online database in which you can search via the Fratellowatches website. I encourage the use of the search function, since - until recently - I didn’t always use links to older and/or similair articles in my blog posts.

Besides my own blog, I (try to) co-author the Watch Freaks Blog website, owned by Alon Ben Joseph, CEO of Ace & Dik jewelers in Amsterdam. I also try to participate actively in a few watch forums, as I have done since almost 10 years now.

My personal favorite watches are the Omega Speedmaster Professional, Rolex sportswatches, IWC Ingenieur, Panerai Luminor Base/Marina, Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo and the Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711. One needs to have something to wish for/dream about

Questions, comments or suggestions can be send to me by e-mail. You will find the e-mail adress on the main page.

RJ