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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
Shinola Lake Eerie Monster Dive Watch

The Lake Eerie Monster represents a lot of firsts for Shinola, the lifestyle brand bringing jobs back to Detroit an putting quality products into your life. For starters, it's the first dive watch Shinola has ever made, and you'll notice the stylistic differences right away compared to the watches the…

By Mike Newman
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Fashion
Paul Newman’s Rolex Daytona Is Officially the World’s Most Expensive Wristwatch

In the pantheon of well-known watches, Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona has always stood above the crowd. Now, the watch Newman wore every day for 15 years has some numbers to back that up. Paul Newman's Daytona sold for a whopping $17,752,500 (including buyer's premium) at auction this past week in…

By Mike Newman
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Tockr Watches are Born in Texas and Made in Switzerland

Tockr combines the timeless appeal of Americana with the precise sophistication only the Swiss can lend a timepiece. Conceived in Austin and built in Switzerland, Tockr watches really are the best of both worlds. Inspired by the golden age of aviation and the brave men and women of the time,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Tockr Watches are Inspired by the Golden Age of Aviation

As a young boy, Austin Ivey spent countless hours flying with his grandfather, a former U.S. Army pilot who flew C-47 transports during World War II. Those formative years sparked in Ivey a passion for aviation, a passion he would draw from in the creation of Tockr. Tockr makes watches…

By Mike Newman
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WIN THIS: A $4,000 Vintage Tag Heuer Monaco Watch

Any watch good enough for Steve McQueen is good enough for us. The guy didn't earn the nickname "The King of Cool" by making poor stylistic choices, after all. We want to bring you a little of McQueen's swagger by giving away this vintage Tag Heuer Monaco watch. Just like…

By Mike Newman
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