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

This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000
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This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000
By Amos Kwon
What It’s Like to Wear an $85,000 Watch What It’s Like to Wear an $85,000 Watch
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What It’s Like to Wear an $85,000 Watch

I spent some wrist time with the Ulysse Nardin Freak ONE Gold, a wonderfully strange feat of watchmaking with no dial, hands or crown.

By Beau Hayhoe
10 Labor Day Sales You Probably Don’t Know About 10 Labor Day Sales You Probably Don’t Know About
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10 Labor Day Sales You Probably Don’t Know About

Forget the usual suspects. We found worthwhile deals on menswear, watches, luggage, design, fragrance, books, and more.

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Black Book: 12 Products Our Editors Loved in August 2026

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

By Cool Material
Fashion
StockX Is the Best Place to Buy and Sell Luxury Watches

If you're anything like us, you have quite a few quality watches in your collection. And yet, it still always feels like there's another Rolex, IWC, or Omega missing. Enter StockX, the best place to buy and sell luxury watches. Whether you're looking to pick up a new favorite, or…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Andy Warhol’s Rolex Chronograph Goes Up for Auction

Andy Warhol's art might not be everyone's cup of tea, but his taste in watches was pretty classic. Though we might have expected him to wear something like a Helbros Mickey Mouse watch, his taste was more Cartier and Rolex. In fact, his 1943 pink gold Rolex Oyster Chronographe, ref.…

By Amos Kwon
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Videos
Talking Watches 2 with John Mayer

Most music fans know who singer-songwriter John Mayer is. But most folks don't know he's an avid watch collector and a major contributor to the very popular online watch magazine known as Hodinkee. Back when Hodinkee was just starting out , they launched a video known as Talking Watches, where…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Bulova Is Re-Releasing the Futuristic Computron Watch

Decades ago, Bulova made some pretty significant waves in the watch world with their all-digital Computron LED watch. The all-gold, trapezoidal shaped watch with digital display on the side was as unconventional as it was functional as a driver's watch because you wouldn't have to turn your hand or take…

By Cooper Fleishman
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These NOMOS Timepieces are the Sports Watches You Always Wanted

German watchmaker NOMOS Glashütte has always been known for making beautiful, elegant, and innovative timepieces. They’re bringing those same characteristics to a new line of sports watches powered by their in-house automatic movement, the neomatik date caliber DUW 6101. Each of the three watches is a miniature vault with an…

By Cooper Fleishman
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