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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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Why The Field Watch Is The Ultimate Spring Watch
By Beau Hayhoe
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Is NORQAIN The New Favorite Watch Brand for Hockey Fans?

The NHL’s first official luxury sports timepiece partner just dropped a new watch at center ice.

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
Fashion
ZIIIRO Celeste

No we aren't trying to make it so no one else is able read your watch. It may seem that way with all the different offerings we've featured from Nooka, the app-filled Im Watch and the "Wait, I Swipe it Like an iPad?" stylings of the Mutewatch, but we just appreciate…

By Mike Newman
ZIIIRO-Celeste
Fashion
I’m Watch

Unless you're some reincarnation of Andre the Giant or hit the gym solely for forearm exercises, we're going to assume strapping your iPhone or Android device to your wrist would look ridiculous. That being said, having all those features right on your arm would one-up Dick Tracy. If you're as addicted to…

By Mike Newman
Im-Watch
Fashion
Nooka ZIZM Watch

Nooka watches defy convention. It's gotten to the point now though that even their standard, completely abnormal timepieces seem a little run of the mill. Obviously this is not something that the brains behind Nooka are comfortable with, so they're mixing it up again with the ZIZM. Start with the…

By Cooper Fleishman
Nooka-ZIZM-Watch
Fashion
Defakto Akkord

Understated. Sleek. Quality equipment under the hood. Smooth lines. Black. Definitely descriptions of the latest BMW, but also impressions about the latest Defakto watch the Akkord. An exercise in elegant design and simple presentation, the Akkord is a 42mm (read: nowhere near ostentatious) stainless case (pvd covered in black if…

By Cooper Fleishman
Defakto-Akkord
Fashion
Timex Intelligent Quartz Flyback Chronograph

Shopping for high end watches is a like shopping for high end cars. Most of the time, if you have to ask how much it costs it's too expensive. Bargains are great, but that usually means trading in bespoke leather for plastic and MoMA design cues for third grade inspiration.…

By Cooper Fleishman
Timex-Intelligent-Quartz-Flyback-Chronograph