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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.

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My Timex 80

Timex is a company that has been around since the days of white wigs and legged transportation. Since then, not much has changed at Timex. While we're all for putting calculators, apps, and additional cameras on everything we touch - it's one of those rare cases when you don't fix…

By Cooper Fleishman
My Timex 80
Fashion
Diesel Analog DZ1326

Be honest - until the time you found out about how much fun women could be plastic ruled your life. You definitely had LEGOs, but you probably also had GI Joe or Ninja Turtles, and guns or baseball bats. The point is, there was always plastic. Diesel wants to take…

By Cooper Fleishman
Diesel Analog DZ1326
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The Housing Watch

These days, there seem to be so many watches out there it can be hard to differentiate.  And frankly, most watches all serve the same function--giving your wrist a funky tan line.  Also, telling time.  The Housing Watch has another service that other timepieces don't though: it can give you…

By Wylie Overstreet
The Housing Watch
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EOS Mixtape Watches

Right around when MC Hammer entered the ministry and Kurt Cobain scratched an itch on the roof of his mouth with a well-aimed shotgun, tape cassettes became truly obsolete. The CD had hit its stride, and the those lovable plastic things that used to self-disembowel that shiny black ribbon on…

By Wylie Overstreet
EOS Mixtape Watches
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Sputnik Watch

Leave it to the Russians to solve a problem the Americans didn't even know existed - the digital watch. Much like they revolutionized the way we write in space (the pencil) the Russians have reinvented the digital watch. Somewhere between an iPod Nano and a Nooka watch is the Kibardindesign…

By Cooper Fleishman
Kibardindesign Sputnik Watch