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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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This Watch Microbrand Has a Two-Year Waitlist, Was It Worth It?
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
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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
Fashion
anOrdain Model 1 Fumé Dial

anOrdain's humble brand out of Glasgow, Scotland is one to be watched. They create bold but eminently tasteful handmade timepieces that look like no other. Now, they've added a gorgeous fumé dial to their original Model 1, making it utterly mesmerizing to behold. The gradient coloring isn't easy to come…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Swatch SISTEM51 Hodinkee Generation 1990

Count on Hodinkee to deliver a timepiece with its namesake that isn't a luxury piece. Instead, it's a great mix of playful and iconic. It builds on the affordable Swatch mechanical SISTEM51 and adds a new green case and strap with a navy dial that's peppered with grey, lime green,…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Benrus Type 1

The Benrus Type 1 is an horological legend but not because it houses a pricey complication or showcases an opulent design. It's famous for the fact that it was the only timepiece that met the stringent Department of Defense's MIL-W-50717 standard and because it was only for U.S. military personnel.…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
REC Watches RNR Timepieces Are Made with Recycled Land Rover Parts

Elevate your watch game by strapping on a REC Watches RNR Timepieces made with Land Rover parts. Swiss-made mechanical movements paired with Land Rover inspired details and actual Land Rover parts. The R.O.C.K. Fighter has a dial handcrafted from the door of a 2003 Land Rover Defender 110. The Beach…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Timex + Todd Snyder Colorblock Milano Watch

It seems the duo of Timex and Todd Snyder can do no wrong. The Colorblock Milano embodies the best of classic sports watch ethos with its bi-color dial and brushed and polished stainless steel cushion-tyle case. The 38mm diameter and 11mm height make it under-cuff ready, and the clean sword…

By Amos Kwon
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