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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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Is NORQAIN The New Favorite Watch Brand for Hockey Fans?
By Beau Hayhoe
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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
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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
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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
Bulova x D-CAVE Computron

This revised black and green Bulova Computron is the result of a collaboration with D-CAVE, the digital lifestyle hub. Rather than the base gold and silver models, this one gets clad in matte black over stainless steel and reduces the number of case grooves down to five and swaps out…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Nodus Sector Deep

Nodus makes some of the best microbrand watches around, and they've cemented their reputation in a very short period of time. Now, they go deep diving with the Nodus Sector Deep, the latest member of their popular Sector series of timepieces. Its purpose-driven design gives it the most professional aesthetic…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
The HEGID Celeste Steel Watch Marries the Past and Present Seamlessly

Imagine you were assigned to design a watch built around the theme of "space-time". What would it look like? Well, presumably something like the HEGID Celeste watch. Designed by Hervet Manufacturier, this steel watch balances retrofuturism and an elevated design in one. With its geometric stainless steel octagonal case, this…

By Brett Braley
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Fashion
Bell & Ross BR 05 Skeleton Golden

Bell & Ross issues a fresh colorway for its beloved BR 05 skeletonized model every year since it was released in 2019. This year, the choice is a rich orange-ish gold. The case remains the same at 40mm wide by 10.33mm thick, and the front and rear glass are sapphire…

By Amos Kwon
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The Best Chronograph Watches, from $175 to $3,000

With all the utility one can get out of smartwatches and phones these days, few guys are using chronograph watches to time events and activities. Let's face it, hardly anyone used chronographs to perform that function, anyway. But no smartwatch can possibly replace the level of mechanical interaction a chrono…

By Amos Kwon
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