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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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Good, Better, Bezel: How G-SHOCK’s G-STEEL Keeps Toughening Up Beauty
By Cool Material
The Somms of Watches: I’m Timepiece Certified and You Could Be, Too
Watches
The Somms of Watches: I’m Timepiece Certified and You Could Be, Too

Coolest resolution, unlocked.

By Karlton Miko Tyack
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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
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Nixon’s Latest Watch Collection Bends, Freezes, and Wobbles Time

What happens when a watchmaker decides to take time into a new dimension?

By Cool Material
Fashion
AVI-8 Hawker Hunter Dual Time Chronograph

AVI-8's approach to vintage-style pilot watches is unique and fresh. The brand's latest offering takes the form of a dual-time quartz chronograph. The Hawker Hunter Atlas Dual Time gets a 12-sided 43mm stainless steel case that mimics the legendary and record-breaking Hawker Hunter jet fighter's instrumentation. Other important styling details…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Bulova Lunar Pilot Archive Series

The Lunar Pilot might not be as legendary as the Omega Speedmaster Moon Watch, largely because it was a personal and unauthorized timepiece worn by astronaut Dave Scott when his Speedmaster malfunctioned during the 1971 Apollo 15 mission. Nevertheless, the Lunar Pilot is remembered as a space-worthy watch, but for…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Accutron Astronaut “T” Limited Edition

The Bulova Accutron Astronaut from the 1960s is historic. A little bit before the onset of the all-devouring quartz watch emerged, Bulova made a tuning fork-powered watch that maintained +/- 2-second per day accuracy, unheard of in the world of mechanical watches. It was even used by CIA pilots in…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Louis Vuitton Tambour Twenty

When a high-end luggage and accessories brand makes a wristwatch, you should wonder. But in the case of Louis Vuitton, its new Tambour Twenty is aesthetically and horologically impressive. The new watch follows long after the debut of the original Tambour two decades ago to much head scratching. The new…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Nixon’s Mullet Watch Brings the Party and the Style Wherever You Wear It

When it comes to timepieces, we've trusted Nixon for decades because their watches are sleek, stylish and affordable enough to wear anywhere and everywhere. The new Nixon Mullet analog watch is the perfect example of this. The clean, ultra-slim dial is filled with up-printed numerals and luminescent hands that are…

By Pat McLaughlin
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