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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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Good, Better, Bezel: How G-SHOCK’s G-STEEL Keeps Toughening Up Beauty
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
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Sweat the Small Stuff: The Best Desk Accessories That Work Handsomely

Appreciate the finer things with small additions to your desk set-up, each as handsome as they are useful.

By Beau Hayhoe
The Somms of Watches: I’m Timepiece Certified and You Could Be, Too
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The Somms of Watches: I’m Timepiece Certified and You Could Be, Too

Coolest resolution, unlocked.

By Karlton Miko Tyack
Fashion
Oris Chronos Limited Edition Divers Sixty-Five

Oris struck the right new-classic chord with its Divers Sixty-Five skindiver back in 2015, and it hasn't stopped making fresh versions. The first 2022 permutation is done in partnership with popular horological magazine, Chronos. The smaller diameter 38mm steel case, bezel insert, and tapered 3-link bracelet show up in full…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Urwerk UR-112 Aggregat Odyssey

It takes some testicular fortitude to pull off an Urwerk timepiece on your wrist. To wear one is tantamount to strapping on a tiger's head as a bike helmet. The new UR-112 Aggregat Odyssey is an updated version of its super-complex UR-112, this time in titanium and steel, a tad…

By Amos Kwon
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Rec Watches Latest Masterpiece Is Made From the Icon 1000 Triumph Speedmaster

When it comes to impressive timepieces that tell a story, you won't find better than the REC Watches that combine bulletproof Swiss watch-making with recycled iconic vehicle hardware. Their latest is the REC Watches TTT ICON1000, a 262-piece limited-edition timepiece made with the stator cover from ICON1000 Motorsports Triumph Speedmaster…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Aera D-1 and P-1 Watches

Copycat derivative dive and pilot watches are everywhere. It's also not exactly a breeze to design modern interpretations of either type without looking weird and/or polarizing. UK-based Aera has done a bang-up job of creating its own fresh versions of both of them in the D-1 Diver and the P-1…

By Amos Kwon
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Unimatic X Esercito Italiano Collection

The Italian microbrand watch company is on a rampage, issuing special edition watches that sell out quickly. Its latest collab is with Esercito Italiano, otherwise known as the Armed Forces of the Italian Republic. Three watches comprise this limited edition series: the U1-PA, U1-PAN, and the U4-TA. Each watch is…

By Amos Kwon
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