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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
Void V03M

If you are unfamiliar with VOID, they make watches that range from the ultra retro to the clean and modern. Of all of them, however, the V03M is the first mechanical number in their line. Boasting a Japanese Miyota 8215 movement (it's powered by your wrist movement), the mechanical beauty…

By Mike Newman
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Fashion
Suigeneric Pre-Spring Watchbands

When Suigeneric came onto the scene with their line of waxed cotton watch straps, we like the camo and stripe patterns--along with the generally outlandish appearance. They're all great in their own right, but sometimes you just want something a little more refined for work parties, family sweater gatherings and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Pocket Watch Desk Clocks

There will come a day when hipsters will resurrect the pocket watch and it will surge to a new level of popularity. Until that happens, we're left with flea markets full of unwanted pocket watches in need of a loving home. Analog/Shift and Useful Again are attempting to do something…

By Mike Newman
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Fashion
Hodinkee Canvas Watch Roll

When you have the amount of watches that Ben Clymer of Hodinkee has, a watch roll is a perfectly normal thing to own. If you fashion yourself a timepiece fanatic like Ben, Hodinkee now has your storage and transport covered. Their Waxed Canvas Roll is made in the USA and…

By Mike Newman
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Fashion
Lum-Tec x DSPTCH M46 Chronograph Watch

To mark DSPTCH's three year anniversary, the guys teamed up with Lum-Tec to make this sharp, limited edition M46 Chronograph Watch. The watch features a 316L stainless steel case with a matte black finish, a 44mm face (excluding the crown), and a Miyota OS20 Chronograph movement. The watch also allows…

By Mike Newman
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