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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
Save up to 25% During Vincero Watches Anniversary Sale

We're not an easy crowd to impress when it comes to watches, but the guys at Vincero Watches manage to do it time and time again. Vincero is one of our go-to brands for affordable, quality and stylish watches. Their new Altitude watch with its 43mm case, dual-time function, luminous…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Seiko 5 Sports Watches Are Coming Back

There's no denying the fact that the Seiko 5 line is one of the best values in mechanical values. Regardless of which specific Seiko 5 watch you're thinking about buying, it's going to be affordable--check out our favorite Seiko watches currently on Amazon--built like a tank and incredibly stylish given…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Bau Swatch Collection

The Swatch brand of affordable watches bowed back in 1983 to save the prestigious but struggling SMH, or what would become known as the Swatch Group (the parent company of the likes of Omega, Blancpain, Longines, and Hamilton), from an untimely death. The line of fashion-focused affordable quartz watches brand…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Taylor Stitch Vintage Watch Collection

The folks at Taylor Stitch offer up some of the best in men's casual style online today, and they're extending their reach with a vintage watch collection. The brand recently partnered with vintage watch retailer Lancy Aire and former TS team member Kazu who now curates for them. The selection…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Makara Sea Serpent

The watch market is strewn with derivative models, many of them pulling from icons like the Rolex Submariner, Omega Seamaster, and the Panerai PAM 002. But you have to search high and low for an affordable timepiece that’s uniquely styled, built with superb quality, and powered by a reliable mechanical…

By Amos Kwon
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