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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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Summer’s Best Watches Under $1,500
By Amos Kwon
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The American Watchmaker Rebuilding a Lost Craft

Weiss Watch Co. is doing things a bit (or quite a lot) differently with its remarkable USA-made timepieces.

By Beau Hayhoe
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The Best Tank Watches For Men Are Wearable History for Your Wrist

The retro style and its “hip to be square” ethos add distinguished flair to your timepiece rotation.

By Beau Hayhoe
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Black Book: 13 Products Our Editors Loved in June 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in June 2026.

By Cool Material
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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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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