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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
Longines Ultra-Chron Diver

Longines dug into its back catalog of vintage divers and reissued a new version of its lauded (and first) high-beat dive watch known as the 1968 Ultra-Chrono. Although it's been redesigned for today, some of it hasn't changed. The case is upsized by 1 mm to 43mm, and the high-beat…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Seiko 5 Sports GMT Series

Seiko have outdone themselves by delivering the first GMT movement in its value-driven Seiko 5 Sports lineup. the Seiko 5 Sports GMT Series consists of three different styles: a black dial with a black bezel (SSK001), a blue dial with a Batman (blue and black) bezel (SSK003), and an orange…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
These ‘Stranger Things’ Smartwatch Accessories Let You Show Off Your Love of the Series Nostalgia

Whether you're talking phenomenal story, incredible effects, actor comebacks, breakout performances, spine-tingling scares, superb weekend binge sessions or a general ode to 80s nostalgia, Stranger Things has it all. The ground-breaking, award-winning and must-watch series recently returned for Season 4 and, with that, MobyFox--the premiere creator of licensed smartwatch accessories--has…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Spinnaker Hass x Marine Conservation Society Limited Edition

Spinnaker issues some of the best affordable dive watches around, and they've just dropped a new collab piece that works with the Marine Conservation Society, a UK-based organization that works to protect the ocean. Set to launch on June 8th, World Ocean Day, the Hass X MCS Limited Edition pays…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
TAG Heuer Monaco Special Edition

The original Heuer Monaco Calibre 11 is a legend. It actually qualified as one of the world’s first self-winding chronograph movements, and Steve McQueen made it famous during the filming of the Le Mans movie back in 1971. TAG Heuer has released a special edition Monaco to celebrate the Monaco…

By Amos Kwon
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