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

The Rolex That Survived a Fighter Pilot Ejection
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The Rolex That Survived a Fighter Pilot Ejection
By Beau Hayhoe
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Black Book: 14 Products Our Editors Loved in July 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in July 2026.

By Cool Material
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What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

By Lanny Fuller
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Summer’s Best Watches Under $1,500

Summer calls for lighter materials, brighter colors, and watches that can go from the beach to dinner without missing a beat.

By Amos Kwon
Fashion
Arrow & Board’s Porter Band Is the Perfect Accessory for Your New Apple Watch

Now that you've got than new Apple Watch, it's time to make it really stand out with a new strap. There's no better option than the Porter band from Arrow & Board. Unlike other Apple Watch bands, this is made with a single, thicker piece of folded full grain leather…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Apple Watch Vintage Stands

It's hard to do both kitschy and cool, but these nostalgic Apple Watch stands pull it off perfectly. Evoking bygone iconic eletronics, you can choose between original iPod, Nintendo Gameboy, and the Macintosh computer from the '80s with its own small hard disk drive slot for authenticity. Though there's zero…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
The Oris Big Crown ProPilot X Calibre 115 Watch Shows You How It Works

We're all for the convenience and interconnectedness of smartphones, computers and modern cars, but we long for the times when we actually understood how things worked. The watchmakers at Oris feel the same way, which is why they spent years developing the Big Crown ProPilot X Calibre 115. This new…

By Cooper Fleishman
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James & Muriel The Timekeeper Watch

There are a lot of affordable but generally crappy watches out there. You can tell they're cheap just by looking at them. Not so with the new James & Muriel The Timekeeper Watch. The refined but minimalist design uses small but very legible numerals, markers, and hands while also employing…

By Amos Kwon
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Seiko Is Reissuing the Hybrid Dive Watch from ‘Predator’ and ‘Commando’

The 1980s were filled with all kinds of things we like to call back to this day. There were plenty of great inventions during that decade that we look back on fondly now, but one of the most influential it turns out was the Seiko 1982 Hybrid Diver watch that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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