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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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Black Book: 10 Products Our Editors Loved in April 2026
By Cool Material
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Why The Field Watch Is The Ultimate Spring Watch

The military classic is a remarkable addition to your EDC this season, and these are a few of our favorites.

By Beau Hayhoe
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Is NORQAIN The New Favorite Watch Brand for Hockey Fans?

The NHL’s first official luxury sports timepiece partner just dropped a new watch at center ice.

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
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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Fashion
Longines Pilot Majetek

Longines just took its classic Pilot’s Watch Majetek Reference 3582 from 1938 and modernized it with a nicely chunkified case, improved materials, a chronometer certified L893 automatic movement, and a rather nifty fluted bezel with a rotating pointer underneath the sapphire glass. The dial is matte black with a small…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Autodromo Group C Sport Chronograph

Industrial designer and vintage auto racing aficionado Bradley Price founded Autodromo back in 2011, and he keeps delivering the goods. This time, his watch catalog expands into the digital world. The Group C Sport Chronograph has an angular case inspired by Group C race cars from the '80s along with…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Solios Solar Watches Are Thoughtfully Designed, Renewable and Built for the Future

Montreal-based watch upstart Solios has introduced an uncompromised approach to watch creation that is equally stylish, sustainable, well-built and elegant. The end result is a full complement of solar-powered watches bearing the Solios name that are the perfect blend of minimal and functional while also being clean and renewable. In…

By Pat McLaughlin
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