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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
Wellograph is the Watch that Will Get You in Shape

You've no doubt seen countless activity trackers and probably a handful of smartwatches. Wellograph is kinda like what you'd get if they got it on. It's an activity tracker that has the stylish look of a clean watch. Since it also tracks your heart rate, it can inform you on…

By Mike Newman
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Fashion
Aevig Corvid Rethinks The Classic Quartz Field Watch

It's not too much of a stretch to assume that you probably already own a field watch with a NATO strap. The fact that they all generally clock in around $100 and have been produced by just about every watch manufacturer and major design house on the market makes them…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Martenero Introduces Customized Automatic Watches That Are Affordable

Removing the battery, circuit boards and pieces of plastic in favor of gears, springs, weights and pieces of surgical steel is bound to lead to increase in price for the timekeeping device you wear on your wrist. Fortunately for all of us, Martenero found a way to release their Ace…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
The Cogito Original is a Smartwatch That Doesn’t Look Like One

The Cogito Original might not have all the features other smartwatches have, but it also doesn't look like you're wearing a graphing calculator on your wrist. The watch allows you to see who is calling or messaging you and decide whether you want to answer or mute it and it…

By Mike Newman
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Fashion
Historic Babe Ruth 1923 Yankees World Series Gruen Pocket Watch

This Gruen pocket watch presented to the Babe after the Yankees won the 1923 World Series. Everyone thought the watch was lost, but it recently turned up... for auction. It should come as no surprise that "the most significant article of New York Yankees memorabilia that exists" is going to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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