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Watches

The best in watches and timepieces: Editor reviews, new releases, limited editions, and the latest news.

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This Watch Microbrand Has a Two-Year Waitlist, Was It Worth It?
By Amos Kwon
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Good, Better, Bezel: How G-SHOCK’s G-STEEL Keeps Toughening Up Beauty

The brand that invented unbreakable style just made its two most iconic watches even sharper.

By Cool Material
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Sheffield Revives a Classic: Crafting Quality, Technology, and Affordability Into Every Timepiece

The microbrand making watches the old-fashioned way. By overdelivering.

By Cool Material
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Sweat the Small Stuff: The Best Desk Accessories That Work Handsomely

Appreciate the finer things with small additions to your desk set-up, each as handsome as they are useful.

By Beau Hayhoe
Fashion
The Alpina Seastrong Gyre Automatic Watch Is Made From Recycled Ocean Plastic

The Seastrong line of diving timepieces is one of Swiss watchmaker Alpina's best. Now, it pays direct homage to the oceans whose depths it plumbs by creating a version that uses a composite case material created from plastic ocean fishnets. Alpina partnered with Dutch microbrand Gyre to raise awareness of…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Cyber Watch Apple Watch Case

Despite the fact that it's basically just a tiny computer you wear on your wrist, there are a lot of positive benefits to the Apple Watch. Whether it's the notifications so you don't have to check your phone, the wrist-mounted phone controller or the fact you can speak into it…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Spice up Your Collection with Sevenfriday Watches

Finding a great watch that combines performance, style and an affordable price tag is hard--especially if you want something unique. That's where Sevenfriday comes in. After crushing it from Zurich for 7 years the brand has finally landed Stateside with a collection of watches that will impress whether you're wearing…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Casio G-Shock DW5600 NASA Watch

It's been decades since we sent astronauts to the Moon, but the 50th anniversary of the Apollo missions last year really got everyone amped up to head back. While we're still a few years out from lunar touchdown, you can have your own little piece of the Moon with you…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Shinola’s Twenty After Four Watch Has a Subtle Marijuana Print

From the Runwell to the Canfield, Shinola has produced quite a few interesting and stylish watches since they started assembling watches in Detroit years ago. Their Detrola collection adds to the brand legacy with a sleek stainless core, round TR90 resin case, double-domed K1 crystal, exposed lugs, and a quick-change…

By Cooper Fleishman
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