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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
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
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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
Fashion
Nooka Zub 40

Nooka watches are great and all, but it can be hard to commit to just one bright, rubbery time piece when you have so many options to choose from. If it was a grail watch, you could just change the strap out for different leathers, bracelets or NATO bands without…

By Cooper Fleishman
Nooka-Zub-40
Fashion
Nixon The Corporal

In our minds, Nixon has reached Apple status and is near incapable of doing any wrong when it comes to products. It doesn't matter if we own one of their products or fifteen, we always want the latest and greatest. And on that note... Nixon's newest watch The Corporal is…

By Cooper Fleishman
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