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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
Tech
The Meta M1 Is One of the Few Smartwatches That Doesn’t Look Awful

We're having a lot more trouble with this whole smartwatch thing than we anticipated. What seemed like a promising device, the smartwatch has been plagued by poor functionality and terrible design. The Meta M1 is the latest to try and tackle those problems. Available in eight different styles, most of…

By Mike Newman
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Fashion
Detroit Watch Company Is Assembling Watches In Michigan

When it comes to watches, it's all about provenance. Where was it built? What was it built out of? Who built it? Why? The Detroit Watch Company was started by a husband and wife team with over sixty years of years design experience. Their dream was to create high quality…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Niall Is Making High Quality Watches In Kansas

Niall is a company named for the legendary fourth century High King of Ireland, a man with a quest to build an empire for his people and a legacy for his name. The founder of the company, Mike Wilson, has paternal lineage with Niall and decided the name fit with…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Tech
The Samsung Gear S Has a Curved Screen and 3G

Samsung has dropped yet another smatchwatch, the Gear S, into the ever growing sea of wearable tech. The new Samsung Gear S delivers a unique wearable experience with 3G connectivity. That means that even when outside the range of WiFi or a Bluetooth-connected phone, it can still send and receive…

By Jeff Drumheller
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Fashion
MHD Customized Seiko 5 Military Watches

The Seiko 5 has been one of the go-to automatic watches for longer than most of us have been alive (60s, in case you were curious) for a number of reasons. It had high water resistance. It had Hardlex glass that was scratch-resistant. It had a 21 jewel automatic movement.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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