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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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Summer’s Best Watches Under $1,500
By Amos Kwon
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The American Watchmaker Rebuilding a Lost Craft

Weiss Watch Co. is doing things a bit (or quite a lot) differently with its remarkable USA-made timepieces.

By Beau Hayhoe
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The Best Tank Watches For Men Are Wearable History for Your Wrist

The retro style and its “hip to be square” ethos add distinguished flair to your timepiece rotation.

By Beau Hayhoe
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Black Book: 13 Products Our Editors Loved in June 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in June 2026.

By Cool Material
Fashion
Nixon The Quad Watch

Casio. Timex. Suunto. Smith & Wesson. Invicta. Seiko. All of them make slim profile, eye catching military watches that look cool without going overboard. Nixon, the same people that brought us one of the first all rubber watches (and then rubber-ized everything else in their collection) and the gigantic 51-30,…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Tokyobay Slate Watches

Military style is all the rage these days. You can, quite literally, buy a complete outfit out of camo. We're not talking the type of boonie hat meets m16 style that our enlisted men rock (thanks guys and gals!); we're talking about high design versions of everything from wingtips to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Nixon The Synapse

Ever since we found out all eight seasons of Voltron were available for streaming on Netflix we've been on an 80s kick. After filling the enormous hole in our hearts left by a lack of Saturday morning cartoons, we moved on to the next thing missing--sweet eighties watches. You can…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Pebble: E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android

Any Kickstarter project that earns $100,000 in the blink of an eye (well, a 2 hour blink, but you get the point) deserves some attention. What's even crazier than the insane loot tossed at Pebble, is Pebble itself. Whether you've got an iPhone or an Android phone, you're about to…

By Mike Newman
Pebble E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android
Fashion
Memento Wooden Pocket Watches

Pocket watches are something you don't see all that often anymore. Unless you happen to be an R&B singer you're probably not wearing a vest and that's what they were most commonly worn with. Being part of a period HBO or Showtime drama isn't a requisite for a pocket watch…

By Cooper Fleishman
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