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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
Baltic x A Collected Man MR01 Blue Roulette

Baltic is on a roll. The watch microbrand has recently partnered with watch retailer A Collected Man to create a distinctive limited-edition watch known as the MR01 Blue Roulette. The textured an multi-hued blue dial with small seconds gets its own custom typeface, and the results are stunning to behold.…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Oris Divers Sixty-Five 12H Calibre 400

New classic watches are dropping virtually every month, and one of our favorite is the timeless Oris Divers Sixty-Five 12H Calibre 400. Even more than the impressive in-house movement are the looks that add a 12-hour bezel for a second-time zone. Somehow, the addition of this bezel brings a fresh…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Armitron’s New Retro Collection Is a Modern Take On Vintage Style

Armitron is back with an update to their popular Retro Collection. Volume 2 adds two new vintage-inspired timepieces that are guaranteed to give any outfit a fresh drip of retro swag. The Tetra is a modern, angular digital watch inspired by Armitron's genre-defining LED watch from the early 1980's. On…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Fashion
Tudor Pelagos 39

At 42mm in diameter and 14.3mm in thickness, the Tudor Pelagos might be a bit too large for some, so the Swiss brand is downsizing its most capable diver to a more accommodating 39mm. The new Pelagos 39 also drops its titanium case thickness down to 11.8mm, and the result…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Baltic x Peter Auto Tricompax Chronograph

French watch microbrand Baltic's newest release is an automotive racing gem. The new Tricompax Baltic x Peter Auto is inspired by vintage racing chronographs. Having partnered with Peter Auto to create this triple register automatic chronograph, Baltic gave the Tricompax a manual-wind Swiss Sellita SW510-M chronograph movement. The upgraded movement…

By Amos Kwon
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