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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
Bell & Ross BR 03-94 Multimeter

Bell & Ross has made a name for itself by issuing numerous versions of its square-cased flight instrument-style timepieces, and its most colorful iteration has just been unveiled. The BR 03-9 Multimeter uses a vibrant Pulsometer scale for counting heartbeats, an Asthmometric scale for monitoring breaths, and three tachymeter scales…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Tudor Black Bay Pro

Don't call Tudor a cheap Rolex. Sure, there are Rolex vibes, but the new Black Bay Pro provides more evidence that Tudor imbues serious style and quality. The Rolex Explorer-like Black Bay Pro still has its own personality and a perfectly sized 39mm case. The black dialed beauty comes with…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Rolex Announces New 2022 Models

In terms of new releases, Rolex doesn't do something this dramatic very often. Just announced for 2022 at Watches & Wonders, the illustrious Swiss watchmaker has unveiled six new models that should cause even more watch-loving hordes to descend upon authorized dealers all over the globe. The new releases include:…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Swatch and Omega Collaborate on the Bioceramic MoonSwatch Collection

If you haven't crawled out from the rock you've been living under yet, know this: the new collaboration between Omega and Swatch is the hottest watch series in perhaps ever. Recently released in limited numbers at Swatch retail shops around the world, the collection consists of 11 models of the…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
The Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra Is Officially the World’s Thinnest Mechanical Watch

It may be difficult to reinvent the wheel, but I’d argue it’s even tougher to reinvent the watch. I mean, how much more can you change on a watch face? Well, apparently, a lot. With the extreme design limitation of building the world’s thinnest mechanical watch, Bulgari engineered a watch…

By Brett Braley
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