Skip to Content
Gear
Tech
Watches
Fashion
Lifestyle
Guides
steals

Get the Cool Material Newsletter

Insider recommendations, the best deals, and the most unique products & experiences, delivered right to your inbox.

Subcribe

Watches

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

1
Watches
Is NORQAIN The New Favorite Watch Brand for Hockey Fans?
By Beau Hayhoe
1
Watches
This Watch Microbrand Has a Two-Year Waitlist, Was It Worth It?

A $380 watch with the same wait list as a $10,000 Rolex Sub.

By Amos Kwon
1
Watches
Good, Better, Bezel: How G-SHOCK’s G-STEEL Keeps Toughening Up Beauty

The brand that invented unbreakable style just made its two most iconic watches even sharper.

By Cool Material
1
Watches
Sheffield Revives a Classic: Crafting Quality, Technology, and Affordability Into Every Timepiece

The microbrand making watches the old-fashioned way. By overdelivering.

By Cool Material
Fashion
Jack Mason Hydrotimer 300m

Jack Mason doesn't just want to be a fashion watch brand, as evidenced by its newest diver. The Hydrotimer 300m looks like a classic diver with its 40mm stainless steel case that's been coated for additional scratch resistance. The sizing is very wrist-accommodating thanks to a 13mm thickness including the…

By Amos Kwon
Hydrotimer-7
Fashion
Union Glashütte Noramis Date L.E. Deutschland Klassik 2023

There are racing chronographs like the TAG Heuer Carrera and automotive-themed timepieces such as the Breitling Top Time B01 Classic Cars Series, but the Union Glashütte Noramis Date L.E. Deutschland Klassik 2023 is something else, entirely. The German-made watch focuses on a singular car part, the famous Otto Fuchs wheel,…

By Amos Kwon
Klassik-6
Fashion
Why All Watch Lovers Should Go To a Watch Trade Show

There aren’t many trade shows I’d say I get excited about, but the energy at last week’s Windup Watch Fair, an event hosted by Worn & Wound, couldn’t be ignored. Held in San Francisco, the Windup featured more than 60 vendors selling everything from luxury British timepieces to leather boots.…

By Brett Braley
L1080103
Fashion
Hamilton Jazzmaster Performer Auto Chrono

This new member of the Jazzmaster line is a handsome functional chronograph that makes use of the brand's H-31 automatic chronograph movement with a whopping 60 hours of power reserve. The 42mm stainless steel case with a dark blue dial, fixed tachymeter bezel, triple chrono registers, and streamlined chrono pushers.…

By Amos Kwon
Jazzmaster-3
Fashion
Nodus Unity

Microbrand watch company Nodus is at it again, and they're bringing the color to the warmer months of the year. The new Unity is inspired by nature's colors and textures as evidenced by the bezel's ceramic insert, the deep-stamped sunray dial, and the blue and pink hue choices. The sandwich…

By Amos Kwon
Nodus-9