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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
Accessories
Convoy Leather Watch Pouch

Traveling with a fine watch can be precarious. Sometimes a four-finger watch roll is too much, and you don't want to just wrap a single spare watch into a t-shirt or handkerchief lest it falls out and hits the floor. Plus, that's just plain plebeian. Convoy's Watch Pouch classes up…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Luminox X Bear Grylls Survival Collection Watches

If Bear Grylls' name is on the product, it'd better be tough. Such is the case with his new line of watches from Luminox, known for their rugged timepieces. The Bear Grylls Survival Collection includes six watches designed to take punishment while looking appropriately ready for the worst the great…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Seiko Prospex Black Series Limited Edition

Seiko's Prospex line of tough timepieces just goes to show you don't have to spend huge money to get a great automatic watch. Their new Black Series takes on a decided dark look for some of the best affordable dive watches on earth. Each version gets a bluish-black hard case…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Zenith DEFY 21 Land Rover Edition Wristwatch

The long-awaited return of the legendary Land Rover Defender SUV brings modern tech, materials, and construction to an off-roading icon. Now, the brand has commissioned Swiss watchmaker Zenith to build a watch to celebrate the Defender. The titanium timepiece gets treated in a matte-finish micro-blasted coating for its tonneau case…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Swatch Big Bold Jellyfish Watch

If we're being completely honest, no one keeps track of the time exclusively with a watch anymore because you can get that information from your computer, phone or smart assistant. So when it comes to the timepiece you choose to wear on your wrist, it's a lot less about actually…

By Cooper Fleishman
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