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Watches

The best in watches and timepieces: Editor reviews, new releases, limited editions, and the latest news.

This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000
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This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000
By Amos Kwon
What It’s Like to Wear an $85,000 Watch What It’s Like to Wear an $85,000 Watch
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What It’s Like to Wear an $85,000 Watch

I spent some wrist time with the Ulysse Nardin Freak ONE Gold, a wonderfully strange feat of watchmaking with no dial, hands or crown.

By Beau Hayhoe
10 Labor Day Sales You Probably Don’t Know About 10 Labor Day Sales You Probably Don’t Know About
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10 Labor Day Sales You Probably Don’t Know About

Forget the usual suspects. We found worthwhile deals on menswear, watches, luggage, design, fragrance, books, and more.

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Black Book: 12 Products Our Editors Loved in August 2026

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

By Cool Material
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Diesel DZ4187 This Is My Time Watch

For most men, birthdays are irrelevant from the ages of 21 - 40. 21 is the start of everything awesome and 40 is the end. Everything in the middle is just a collection of stories you'll tell your grandkids if you manage to live to the top of the hill.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Bas and Lokes Custom Watch Straps

If you haven't jumped on the changing out your watch strap to spice things up (without having to shell out for a new watch) bandwagon yet, now is the time and Bas and Lokes are the people. They have over thirty different straps available in 20mm - 26mm lug widths.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Casio Edifice Black Label Collection

At some point or another in your life you owned a Casio watch. It might have been from that awkward period you went through when you weren't sure if it was cool to wear socks with birkenstocks (it's not), or it could have been last week. Don't let your weird…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Nixon The Magnacon SS

We make no secret of the fact that we are infatuated with Nixon watches in much the same way we were with our first babysitter. The babysitter might have failed taking care of your wood and rubber needs, but Nixon doesn't disappoint. In either regard. Having sated every adolescent fantasy…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Silver Skull Watches

Skulls are used in only a few specific ways: as a brain helmet, as a cup from which to drink the blood of puppies, or as a candle base for spooky old crone. They do not, however, appear much in modern men's accessories. We think this is bad. Thankfully, Wachismo…

By Wylie Overstreet
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