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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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Watches
Is NORQAIN The New Favorite Watch Brand for Hockey Fans?
By Beau Hayhoe
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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
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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
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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
Omega x Swatch MoonSwatch “Mission to Moonshine Gold”

The Omega MoonSwatch was easily the biggest story in watches last year, by a landslide. Would-be buyers were climbing over each other at Swatch retail stores. There are now twelve versions, and the rarest of them might just be the new "Mission to Moonshine Gold." It's not clad in gold…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Orbit Watch Winder

Anyone serious about taking care of their mechanical automatic watches should have a watch winder as part of their horological gear. Most winders look decent enough, but the Orbit Winder is positively mesmerizing. Not only does it imitate the movement of a watch tourbillon, but it also turns the winder…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Nixon Partnered With Santa Cruz Skateboards for Limited 50th Anniversary Watches

Whether it's their iconic artwork or their squad of legendary riders, Santa Cruz Skateboards has become synonymous with skateboarding itself. The true OGs are celebrating their 50th Anniversary by partnering with Nixon to bring you three special, limited-edition watches based on some of their classic graphics. The collection includes two…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Features
ProTek’s Field Series 3000 Is a Durable, Luminous, Eye-catching Watch

Watches often fall into two categories: lookers and doers. Pretty much everybody loves a looker—beautiful watches get commented on for a reason, after all. It’s doers that get the most use, however, because reliable toughness is simply more applicable to day-to-day wear. ProTek’s Series 3000 field watches rest one hand…

By Nickolaus Hines
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Fashion
Sinn T50

Germany's Sinn Spezialuhren makes some of the best tool watches in the world, and they employ proprietary watch tech that sets them apart from even premium Swiss brands. The brand's latest release, the T50, takes things to the next level with hardened Grade 5 titanium and proprietary bronze alloy known…

By Amos Kwon
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