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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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Watches
Is NORQAIN The New Favorite Watch Brand for Hockey Fans?
By Beau Hayhoe
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Watches
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
UNDONE Watches SpaceXplorer

UNDONE has a very cool line of customizable, as well as tribute timepieces, that have flavors unlike any other watch line on earth. Well, it seems they now want to venture into space, and their SpaceXplorer pays homage to the 2014 SpaceX Dragon V2 spacecraft. The watch also manages to…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Analog/Shift Flatiron II Watch Box

Don’t hide your watches in your closet. Let your guests see your love for horology with the understated by handsome Flatiron II that allows onlookers to focus on what matters. The successor to the sold-out original Flatiron watch box is made of a mitered maple exterior with walnut splines, cork-lined…

By Amos Kwon
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Accessories
Steal: Get an Extra 25% Off Clearance Items (For up to 75% Off) at Nordstrom

We're trying to add some semblance of normalcy back to our quarantine lives by putting on pants and actually getting dressed before heading to work. There's no better way to do that than by picking up some fresh threads from the recently kicked off "Extra 25% Off Clearance Items" at…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Swatch SISTEM51 Hodinkee Summer Edition

Ben Clymer's revered watch site Hodinkee has paired up with Swatch to create a fun watch duo that showcases two very affordable timepieces that run counter to its typical high-end phonological coverage. The new limited edition SISTEM51 and a smaller FLIK FLAK watch geared towards budding young watch-lovers, both clad…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Vollebak’s Garbage Watch Is Made from Recycled E-Waste

Whether you're talking about one of their many jackets, vests, tees or hoodies, everything Vollebak makes is basically indestructible. Ultimately, buying more durable clothing like what Vollebak produces will lead to less clothing waste, and that means the brand will have a positive impact on the planet. That's not good…

By Cooper Fleishman
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