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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
O’Clock Watches

Simplicity is key. The beer should be without fruit, the drinks without straws, and the women without daddy issues. Sometimes even simplifying your watch is good. The chronographs, laser levels, calculators, and homing beacons are great and all, but there are apps for all of that. Watches should be for…

By Cooper Fleishman
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iPod Nano Watch Band

Within moments of Apple introducing the iPod Nano, two things happened. One, the entire population of Apple fanboys--pale, bespectacled young guys with a well-established Pavlovian erection response to Steve Jobs' black turtleneck--let out a collective orgasmic sigh. And two, accessory manufacturers, pondering at the Nano-as-Wristwatch product possibilities, let out a…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Fashion
Seiko Men’s SNDA65 Chronograph Strap Watch

Watches, like everything in fashion, can go terribly wrong. We need only reference the watches of rappers and compensating celebrities, adorned with enough diamonds to have tangible impacts on Antwerp economy. In the end, all watches do one thing and one thing only: tell time. Seiko, forever the maker of…

By Wylie Overstreet
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Nixon The Gunship Collection

Nixon watches. You know them; you love them. Now there's more. The Gunship Collection consists of The Banks, The Player, The Sentry, and the 51-30 Chrono - all decked out with a unique gunmetal finish and red targeting matrices... err hands. Supposedly this finish is designed for wear and tear…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Diesel Digital DZ7172

DZ7172 is perhaps the most evocative, poetic product name ever devised. As you can see, the watch is equally as poetic in form. It has lots of curves, perhaps recalling a Degas nude, a blown glass vase, or maybe just a circle. Ok, so we're bad at sarcasm. But we…

By Wylie Overstreet
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