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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
Louis Vuitton Tambour Horizon Light Up Connected Watch

Combining equally extreme worlds of style and tech, the LV Tambour Horizon Light Up connected watch has an always-on 1.2-inch round AMOLED screen, a ring of 24 trefoil-styled LEDs for a clean aesthetic, and sapphire glass encasing the entire face. You can choose 8 dial styles, 11 gradient displays, customized…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Grand Seikos in Ever-Brilliant Steel

Grand Seiko creates some of the most stunning timepieces on earth, celebrating its robust history, premium materials, and dial styles and textures second-to-none. Its two latest models are the epitome of Grand Seiko style that has been the beacon for the brand. The SLGA013 and SLGH009 are the numerical model…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Hublot Big Bang Unico Sang Blue II

Say that name as fast as you can. It's the latest offering from the Geneva, Switzerland watch brand. A partnership between Hublot and Swiss tattoo artist Maxime Plescia-Büchi has resulted in this latest offering that's about as bold as a timepiece can get. The big 45mm angular and riveted case…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Tag Heuer Aquaracer Professional 200

Tag Heuer launched a much-lauded new Aquaracer dive watch series last year, and 2022 kicks off with a new, smaller version known as the Aquaracer Professional 200. It's downsized from 43mm to 40mm, so it should be accommodating for smaller wrists and in line with the trend of smaller diameter…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
H. Moser & Cie X The Armoury Endeavour Small Seconds Total Eclipse

Boutique watchmaker H. Moser & Cie has just created a radical yet still very classy timepiece with none other than The Armoury, one of the most renowned clothiers on earth. The result is the very unique Endeavour Small Seconds Total Eclipse that utilizes a Vantablack dial that's as black as…

By Amos Kwon
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