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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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Watches
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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Watches
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 Genie

If you're trying to communicate with your mothership to arrange transportation home (or give yourself a migraine), the only wristwatch that's likely to do the job is a number from Tokyoflash. Back here on planet Earth, we have slightly more mundane needs. Namely the fact that a, it needs to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Nixon The Sam

In the early 1940s, the US and Germany started working (separately, obviously) on surface-to-air missiles in order to destroy aircraft and other missiles. Somehow, the good people at Nixon thought that was a fitting name for their newest watch and so The Sam was born. It's military inspired in terms…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Steve & Co. NATO Watch Straps

We love watches. A lot. It's an affliction that has - on more than one occasion - led to a bank account nearing negative numbers and a lack of dresser space, not to mention the look on the significant others face when they learn how much the latest "investment" cost.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Nixon Raw Steel Watches

In case you've never been inside a Chipotle, Urban Outfitters or one of it's similarly decorated faxsimiles, raw materials are all the rage. If you can get Tex Mex and stupid tchotkes while basking the glory that is raw materials, why can't you take it with you? After the huge…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Nixon The Axe Watch

Nixon and Horween are two names that need no introduction round these parts. Two of the biggest names in their industries, the Pippen of watches and Jordan of leather (LeBron and Wade if you desire) have collaborated yet again and surprise, surprise, it's fantastic. The latest slam dunk from the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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