Category: Wearables

This Sporty Automatic Dive Watch Packs Two Crucial, Frequently Excluded Features

Hanhart may be new to the dive watch space, but its trademark blend of high-performance design and graceful aesthetics is on full display in the Aquasphere. Of course, the revered German tool watch brand included two crucial features often excluded from dive watches that are extremely helpful under the waves. Introduced less than a year…

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What Is The Difference Between Cheap And Expensive Smartwatches?

With a worldwide market share of nearly 30%, the Apple Watch is easily the most recognizable smartwatch you can grab. Though cumulative improvements over the years and the inclusion of industry-leading fitness tracking features have played a massive role, it’s easier to attribute its success to the fact that the iPhone is also the most…

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Rolex’s Most Extreme Dive Watch Just Got Some Unexpected Company

In 2019, Omega created three prototype Seamaster Planet Ocean watches to accompany the Five Deeps Expedition, which included a world record-breaking piloted-DSV dive of 10,935m to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. This dive narrowly broke a record held by an experimental Rolex worn by James Cameron during his 2012 descent into the Mariana Trench….

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This Iconic Pilot’s Watch Just Brought Back a Fan-Favorite Feature

When Bremont unveiled its total rebrand under new CEO Davide Cerrato at Watches and Wonders Geneva in April 2024, the reception was mixed, to say the least. Some longtime fans of the brand, which since its 2002 founding had established itself as a destination for extremely rugged pilot’s watches, felt alienated by the company’s new…

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The Best Automatic Sports Watch Under $500 Just Added a High-End Touch

If there’s one style of watch that has defined the 2020s thus far, it’s the integrated sports watch. Once the exclusive dominion of high-end brands like Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe, the genre has seen a democratization this decade thanks to the introduction of a wide range of affordable alternatives, beginning with the Tissot PRX…

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This Gorgeous Vintage Chronograph Hides a Clever, Historic Tool on Its Dial

Objectively, there are $27 digital watches that are more useful than the most advanced $27,000 mechanical watches. Analog watches became antiquated in the 1980s, but, socio-economic status symbolism aside, we still love them for the fascinating human achievements in engineering and math that they represent. Unfortunately, some of the most fascinating analog tricks that watches…

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20 New Watches You Missed from Casio, Blancpain, IWC and More

From afar, the watch industry may seem unhurried. But every passing day brings about new timepieces from brands big, small, new and old. Below, find about a dozen new releases from the likes of Casio, IWC and more…. Check out the original article: [Gearpatrol] 20 New Watches You Missed from Casio, Blancpain, IWC and More

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Two Cult Microbrands Teamed Up for This Unexpected Military Watch

The vibes in the microbrand watch industry are, as the kids say, immaculate. Although the hundreds of brands that make up the cottage industry are technically competing against one another, it often doesn’t feel that way. Most of the brands are run by watch enthusiasts themselves, so there’s a spirit of camaraderie between their companies…

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An Affordable Microbrand Hits the 60s Dive Watch Blueprint with a Splash of Color

On this side of the Atlantic, Elliot Brown is one of the best-kept secrets in the exploding British watchmaking industry. The tool watch specialists make affordable, pragmatic designs with a heavy vintage military influence. A cursory scroll through its catalog reveals plenty of black, navy blue and a range of earth tones…. Check out the…

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This Affordable Automatic Driving Watch Has One of My Favorite Quirky Features

From archeology to analog photography, Nodus has designed watches for some uncommon activities, but they are all still suitable for daily wear. The Sentinel might have the most obscure purpose for which I’ve ever seen a watch purpose-built, but it is also one of the Los Angeles-based watchmaker’s best-looking designs. Nodus teamed up with New…

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This Compact Affordable Field Watch Is Faithful to Its U.S. Military Roots

Benrus is one of the many victims of the Quartz Crisis who have been raised from the grave in the twenty-first century under new management, typically with private equity backing. Like its undead brethren, the field watch specialist stormed back onto the scene with reproductions of sought-after vintage references after relaunching in 2017. Less than…

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G-Shock Reworked Its Original Watch Using a 1,200-Year-Old Japanese Craft

G-Shock’s new watch may revisit its oldest design from the 1980s. But the technique used for its unique bezel and bracelet actually dates back more than a millennium. Tsuiki, believed to have originated in the Heian period (794 to 1185 AD), refers to the Japanese craft of hammering sheets of metal into three-dimensional objects…. Check…

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