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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
These Limited-Edition, UK-Built Tool Watches Are Inspired by 1980s Tactical Hardware

You have a lot of options when it comes to the style, detail, materials and price of the watch you choose to sport regularly. If you want to be sporting a timepiece as unique as you are, you owe it yourself to check out all the new options from microbrand…

By Pat McLaughlin
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VERO Workhorse Chrono

Activity or work in the field warrants a tough watch, and sometimes you want one that's a bit more stylish and unique than a G-Shock (as much as we love G-Shocks). Relative newcomer VERO has followed up its excellent Open Water dive watch with a rugged active lifestyle watch that's…

By Amos Kwon
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Gucci Planetarium Watch

Don't look at Gucci's new Planetarium watch for high-end mechanical movement horology. It's more of a playful timepiece with its fun and colorful planetarium print, bright green hands, and the recycled nylon strap with the Gucci logo festooned all over. There's a reliable quartz movement inside the modestly-sized 38mm case,…

By Amos Kwon
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DOXA Army 42.5mm Watches of Switzerland Edition

The DOXA Army watch is a legend from 50 years ago and pretty tough to find these days in any condition. It was commissioned by the Swiss Army and was one of the first black oxidized stainless steel watches created. It was meant to reduce glare on missions and became…

By Amos Kwon
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The Best Watch for Every Occasion

Making one wristwatch stretch across just about every occasion or activity in your life is a seriously tall order. It's like wearing the same pair of shoes for everything. Of course, there are those one-watch-only guys who can almost pull it off with a carefully selected timepiece. For the rest…

By Amos Kwon
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