Allen Farmelo

Instagram: @afarmelo

Beyond the Dial founder Allen Farmelo is a writer, photographer, and traveler who focuses on watches, motoring, the good life, and the escapades that ensue when you mix them all together.

Allen’s essays and photographs appear in Fortune Magazine, The Robb Report, WatchTime Magazine, International Watch, Gear Patrol, Worn & Wound, and more. Beyond The Dial allows Allen and his collaborators to explore their passions without boundaries.

Allen is an adrenaline junkie, former road bike racer, competitive skier, surfer and skater who has settled into motorcycling, skiing and SCUBA as his main activities today. Ask Allen about his watches, and he may start telling you about his Ducati.

Allen’s Articles

Richard Mille and Pro Cyclist Mathieu van der Poel Put a Quarter-Million Dollar Watch In Serious Risk of Destruction

A Seiko SJE093 62MAS Reissue Kicks Two Vintage Rolex Submariners Out of the Watch Box

Collector Guide – Understand Vintage & Pre-Owned Rolex By Getting Familiar with Four-, Five-, & Six-Digit References

Hands On – The Panerai PAM01347 & 01348 Radiomir 8 Giorni

Hands On – The Panerai PAM01467 Luminor BiTempo Titanium DLC New York Limited Edition

Swifty-Fathoms, Swatchpain – How The Nicknames of the Swatch x Blancpain Fifty-Fathoms Mock The Swatch Group

Hands On – The Panerai PAM914

Why We Built The Watch Space App

Curating the Collection – The Return of the Doxa SUB 300 Searambler -1970s Ugly Is Back

Hands-On – Reservoir Sonomaster Chronograph

Hands-On – Bremont Broadsword Recon 40mm Limited Edition Military Watch

Hands-On – Nodus Sector Deep 39mm Left-Hand Drive (LHD) Dive Watch

Insight – The Watch Scene – Will The 2020s Be The Decade of Glitz?

Hands-On – Moser Endeavor 42mm Perpetual Calendar Tantalum & Steel With Blue Fume Dial

Hands-On – Oris 38mm Big Crown Pointer Date Manually-Wound Caliber 473 – A Timepiece for the Democratically Minded Connoisseur of Horology

Collector Guide – Vacheron Constantin Reference 4073 Time-Only Sub-Seconds Calatrava-style Dress Watch (1940s -1960s) – Complete Information

Collector Guide – Vacheron Constantin Reference 4217 Time-Only Center-Seconds Calatrava-style Dress Watch (1940s -1970s) – Complete Information on an Undervalued Classic

Hands-On – Zodiac Super Sea Wolf Pro-Diver 42mm GMT Left-Hand Drive (LHD) – The Watch That Proves Zodiac is Back

Hands-On – Bulova Hack 38mm Reference 96A259 Special Edition Field Watch (Supports Veteran’s Watchmaking Initiative)

Hands-On – 1978 Patek Philippe Nautilus Reference 3700-01A – One Owner, Unpolished

Hands-On – Patek Philippe Calatrava 5226G

Hands-On – Hemel x Mathey-Tissot TypeXX Pilot’s Chronograph

Insight – The Argument for Cheap Tool Watches and Expensive Dress Watches

Curating the Collection – How The Vacheron Constantin Reference 92239/000P-4 Cooled My Passion for Watches

Hands-On Tudor Black Bay GMT Pro (Reference M79470-0002 of 2022)

Hands-On 42mm Zodiac Super Sea Wolf Titanium Pro Diver Chronometer Reference ZO3550

Iteration Tracker Modern Zodiac Super Sea Wolf (2015-present)

Iteration Tracker Oris Divers Sixty-Five (2015-Present)

Hands-On Oris Divers Sixty-Five 12-Hour Calibre 400

Hands-On Omega 39mm Constellation with Integrated Bracelet in Solid Yellow Gold (Ref. 131.50.39.20.02.0022)

Hands-On Panerai Goldtech Luminor Marina PAM1112 – Solid Red Gold, 44mm, Caliber P.9010

Hands-On Tudor Black Bay GMT S&G – A Tribute to the Rolex Rootbeer GMT Master of the 1960s

Insight Greubel Forsey’s Double Balancier Convexe of 2022 & How a Generation of Master Watchmakers Is Futureproofing Their Brands

Hands-On The Swatch 34mm Slim Caricia Verde – Bioceramic Explained

Hands-On The 2022 Omega Speedmaster 57 Reference 332.10.41.51.01.001 – An Elegant and Sophisticated Chronograph

Collector Guide Vacheron Constantin Triple Calendar Movements of the 20th Century – A Complete Catalog of Serially-Produced Complete Calendars With and Without Moonphase

Hands-On Bremont S300 Supermarine Kaimu 40m Dive Watch – Serious Diver Durability & Timeless Aviation Vibes

Hands-On Nezumi Voiture Ref. VM1S.201 Manual Mechanical Chronograph

Hands-On Nodus Sector 100 Dive Watch

Insight Why I Am Bored With Vintage-Inspired Watches & Fascinated With Cutting-Edge Mechanical Movements

Insight Clarifying In-House Movements for the 21st Century Watch Collector

Hands-On Zodiac Super Sea Wolf 53 Compression Automatic Dive Watch with a High-Precision In-House Movement

Hands-On Isofrane & Tropic Rubber Watch Straps – The Italian Non-Silicon Vulcanized Compound Perfect for Dive Watches

Insight The Watch Collector / Enthusiast Dichotomy & Its Discontents – The Phenomenology of Watches as Spiritual Practice

Hands-On anOrdain Model 2 Large Enamel Field Watch

Hands-On Seiko Shogun Titanium Dive Watch SPB191 SBCD131

Hands-On Zodiac Super Sea Wolf 53 Skin Automatic – The Allure of Core Collections In the Age of Proliferation

Collector Guide Vacheron Constantin Time-Only Movements of the 20th Century – A Complete Catalog of Serially-Produced Large-Format Round Calibers

Hands-On Ianos Mihanikos Dive Watch

Collector Guide Vacheron Constantin Dealer Deck From 1960s

Hands-On Haven Watch Co. Chilluminati 37.5mm Hand-Wound Chronograph

Hands-On Oris ProPilot X Calibre 400

Collector Guide Why Are Vintage Vacheron Constantin Dress Watches Undervalued?

Hands-On Praesidus 38mm Mechanical Type A11 – A Very Vibey WWII-Era Field Watch Tribute

Hands-On UNIMATIC x HODINKEE Modello Uno U1-HGMT – Progenitor of the Thinner UNIMATIC “Swiss Case”

Hands-On Zenith Defy Revival A3642, Predecessor to the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak

Insight The Oris Sun Wukong Aquis Breaks The Cycle of Lame Swiss Watches for Asian Markets

Hands-On Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight Mega-Review

Hands-On Jean Rousseau Custom Alligator Strap

Collector Guide We Must Repudiate “Recently Serviced” – A Manifesto for 21st Century Watch Buyers

Insight What Exactly Is A Calatrava? – Patek Philippe’s Bauhaus Watch Spawned an Horological Genre

Hands-On Moser Streamliner Perpetual Calendar

Hands-On Yay, it’s the 80s! – Nuclear War, AIDS, Porn, and The Casio Vintage x Pac-Man Watch

Collaboration Introducing The Transatlantic – A Collaboration between Bulova x Semper & Adhuc x BTD (Now on sale!)

Collector Guide Leather Straps & Their Environmental Impact

Collaboration Alsta x Beyond The Dial Motoscaphe 120

Hands-On Longines Heritage Classic Chronograph

PRESS ACCESS – ALSTA MOTOSCAPHE 120 – EMBARGO LIFTS 8.3.21

Hands-On 38mm Bronze Oris Divers 65 “Cotton Candy” Pink

Collector Guide How To See Past Marketing & Popular Opinion

Hands-On G-Shock “Casioak” GMAS2100-7A & Post-Gender

Curating the Collection How Storage Impacts Confidence in Collecting

Hands-On Overlooking The Glory of Large Watches, a Case Study Featuring the Moser Pioneer Centre Seconds Limited Edition in Mad Red

Hands-On The Hemel Airfoil Chronograph

Our Watches – Swapping a 1972 Rolex Datejust 1603 for a 1976 Seiko 6139-6002 Pogue

Hands-On Aquastar Deepstar Diver Chronograph

Collector Guide Understanding Patina on Vintage Varnished Metal Dials

Curating the Collection Allen Pares Back to Less Than 20 Core Watches

Beyond The Dial’s Promise To Our Readers

Hands-On Oris Carl Brashear Cal 401 Limited Edition Diver 65 in Bronze

Hands-On Vieren Automatic Rectangular Dress Watch

Book Review “The Cartiers” by Francesca Cartier Brickell

Collector Guide A Detailed Primer On a Century of Cartier Tanks (1919-present)

Collector Guide Rolex Datejust 36mm Steel 1972-1987

Hands-On Christopher Ward C60 BLUE Limited Edition Dive Watch

Monogamous Wrist Dec 2020 Edition

The Mission Lake George AUCTIONS – Support Freshwater Health & Vie For Two Oris Divers 65s.

Insight New Old Stock Watches: What NOS Really Means And How Dealers Abuse the Term

Hands-On Oris Aquis Date Calibre 400

Insight The Psychology of Watch Size & The Black Box of Taste

Second Look The Seiko SKX007 200m Dive Watch

Watches, Environmentalism, and The Ungalmorous SCUBA Dives of Mission Lake George

Announcing Mission Lake George

Insight Vortic Watch Co. Retains Rights to “Upcycle” Antique Hamilton Pocket Watches in US Federal Court

Insight I Dream of Tanks – War, Warhol, and Cartier’s Greatest Creation

Hands-On Seiko SPB143 / SBDC101 62MAS Prospex 200m Diver

Hands-On Oris Hangang Limited Edition Aquis

Hands-On Hublot’s $5200 Smart Watch

Insight The Power of Right Now: Why I Wear A Watch While Motorcycling

Insight Longines Gracefully Shuns Lindbergh With Their New Spirit Collection Pilots Watches

Hands-On Alpina Seastrong Gyre Made From Upcycled Ocean Plastics

Insight The Strange Allure of Becoming a Counterfeit Watch Importer

Hands-On Moser & Cie. Venturer Small Seconds Concept in Arctic Blue

Hands-On Bremont 40mm Supermarine S300 White

Owner Review – The Tockr Air-Defender Hulk Is Totally Punk Rock

Collector Guide Deciphering Used, Pre-Owned, Vintage, & Antique

Insight The Curious Case of Hamilton International Ltd. v Vortic LLC

Insight Are Watch Wonks Overstating The Trend Toward Smaller Men’s Watches?

Owner Review – 1972 Rolex Datejust 1603

Insight 5 Car Watches That Might Not Make You Cringe

Insight Rethinking Bremont: How The Indie Watch Community Got It All Wrong About This Unique British Brand

Our Watches The Worst Watch I Ever Owned

Owner Review Ianos Avyssos

Hands-On Momotaro x Oris Divers 65 Special Edition

Collector Guide A Primer on Buying Vintage Watches