Like many watch enthusiasts, I devour the content on fratello.com pretty voraciously. So it's always nice when they dedicate content to independent and microbrand watches. The latest, a list of brands they're keeping an eye on in 2023, is up now. Lots of the usual suspects - Baltic, Traska, and Serica - are mentioned, but there are a number that I actually hadn't heard of much - and even one I hadn't encountered yet at all.