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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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Is NORQAIN The New Favorite Watch Brand for Hockey Fans?
By Beau Hayhoe
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This Watch Microbrand Has a Two-Year Waitlist, Was It Worth It?

A $380 watch with the same wait list as a $10,000 Rolex Sub.

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
Fashion
Ressence Type 2 Watch

Ressence hasn’t been around for long, but it’s made some pretty big horological waves thanks to its revolutionary approaches to timekeeping. Their Type 2 just bowed as the brand’s first smartwatch. As much an execution of stunning modern design, Ressence builds in both traditional mechanical movement, as well as cutting-edge…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
GS/TP Fried Eggs Watch

Independent watchmakers have been innovating on everything from dial designs, material and band construction and overall construction for as long as Cool Material has been reporting on them. Plenty of those watches have ended up on Kickstarter or other crowdfunding platforms, but that's not the route GS/TP took for their…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Timex’s Iconic Marlin® Watch Has Been Updated as an Automatic for the Modern Man

Timex's iconic 1960s Marlin® case gets an aesthetic refresh with the Timex Marlin® Automatic 40mm Leather Strap Watch. Ticking inside is a tried and true 21 jewel automatic movement, which creates a timepiece that honors their watchmaking history. True to the original Marlin® design, the gold-tone case and black dial…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
This Oris Watch Pays Homage to Eight Decades of Watch History

In celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Oris Big Crown Pointer Date, Oris released a special edition of the iconic watch decked out in bronze with a green dial. The combination of materials and colors is symbolic of the watch’s design heritage and Oris’s rich mechanical watchmaking history, along…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Timex X Peanuts Exclusively for Todd Snyder

Timex is a stalwart watch brand that's been making some of your favorite everyday watches for as long as you've been wearing watches. If you want to draw on the childhood nostalgia and vintage-style that made you love watches in the first place, look no further than this Timex x…

By Cooper Fleishman
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