Category: Wearables

Singapore/Malaysia-based microbrand RZE has carved out a nice little niche for itself in the crowded affordable watch space with its focus on approachable titanium tool watches, all of which boast the brand’s proprietary UltraHex anti-scratch coating. The brand’s first model, the Resolute, debuted back in 2020 during the brief period when the brand called itself…

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We all know that accuracy is of little consideration to most people shopping for mechanical watches. After all, the cheapest quartz watch will be more precise than almost every mechanical watch on the planet, and it’s been this way for over 50 years. But even though precision is no longer the main draw for a…

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I saw a whole lot of very cool watches this past weekend in Manhattan at the dueling watch shows of Windup Watch Fair and WatchTime New York. Most came from the usual suspects, but one of the coolest — and almost certainly the most surprising — was the Annum from Haim. Haim is a Chicago-based…

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I saw a whole lot of very cool watches this past weekend in Manhattan at the dueling watch shows of Windup Watch Fair and WatchTime New York. Most came from the usual suspects, but one of the coolest — and almost certainly the most surprising — was the Annum from Haim. Haim is a Chicago-based…

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Two years ago, Oris launched the Aquis Pro, the most capable and technically advanced dive watch in the history of the 120ish-year-old brand. With an innovative patented bezel system and a 4,000m depth rating, it joined the ranks of other extreme luxury divers like the Rolex Deepsea and Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Ultra Deep. And,…

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Last December, Los Angeles-based microbrand Nodus released its updated pilot’s watch, the Sector II Pilot. At the time, I lauded the $500 tool watch for its tremendous value. Its combination of attractiveness, toughness, great specs and top-notch engineering left basically nothing to be desired at its price point, and I can’t think of a single…

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