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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
Unimatic x BIOTOP U1-BTP

Italian watch brand Unimatic has been able to consistently deliver high-quality but affordable boutique timepieces since it bombed the watch scene with its Modello Uno U1-A back in 2015. Since then, they’ve introduced several new models, both meca-quartz and mechanical automatic, and they’ve also done unique limited-run collabs with the…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Vaer Automatic Watches

The Vaer brand started back in 2015 in Los Angeles by a couple of guys who wanted to create a well-made classic everyday timepiece that would look just as good with a nylon Nato strap as it did with a handsome leather band, and they wanted it to be affordable.…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Marlon Brando’s Rolex GMT-Master from ‘Apocalypse Now’ Has Resurfaced

There are quite a few iconic men that have worn equally iconic watches throughout the course of history. We even put together a feature titled Famous Watches and the Men Who Owned Them that outlines a quite a few, including Buzz Aldrin's Omega Speedmaster he wore to the moon. Ten…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Timex x YMC MK1

No longer relegated to just the wrists of triathletes and nerds, Timex can now be counted as the most affordably stylish brand in the horological world thanks to handsome collaborations and new versions of classics. Timex and British label YMC (You Must Create) now bring you a special version of…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Oris’ Ocean Trilogy Watches Highlight The World’s Ocean Plastics Problem

From the beginning, Oris has been making unique timepieces while also being ecologically friendly with their use of sustainable materials and manufacturing techniques. Their efforts restore, protect and clean the world's oceans and conserve the many vital life forms they contain. The Ocean Trilogy which consists of 3 watches--Great Barrier…

By Cooper Fleishman
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