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Luminox’s Leatherback Ditches the Ocean for Desert Sand

Luminox Leatherback Sea Turtle Giant Watch

Luminox has a new Leatherback Sea Turtle Giant, and the styling is a clear break from the watch’s usual ocean-coded identity: a full desert wash. This one, model XS.0326, keeps the 44mm turtle-shell case and recolors every surface in the same sand tone. Case, bezel, strap, all of it. It’s $475, and it’s aimed at […]

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10 Artemis II Keepsakes, From DIY Watches to LEGO Rockets

10 Artemis II Keepsakes - From DIY Watches to LEGO Rockets 2

The Artemis II crew already made their trip around the Moon, and space nostalgia’s been on overdrive ever since. Omega Speedmasters get all the spotlight, but the Artemis program’s inspired a lot more than flight-rated chronographs. We’re talking DIY smartwatches you solder yourself, Casio mods done up for the Moon crew, and LEGO rockets tall

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Here’s How to Wear a Rolex GMT Master Without the Rolex

Timex Waterbury Heritage Automatic GMT Watch Review

The Timex Waterbury Heritage Automatic GMT answers a specific question: how close can you get to a Rolex GMT Master on a consumer tech budget? Timex’s answer is 41.5mm of stainless steel, a two-tone rotating bezel with a numeral track, a color-matched GMT hand, and a bracelet that mirrors the profile of the reference it’s

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Inside the $165K Watch That Looks Like a Star Trek Communicator

Retrovision 64 Watch Price Review Specs

Swiss watchmaker Hautlence made one of the boldest watches at Watches and Wonders 2026. The Retrovision ’64 doesn’t try to look modern. It doesn’t try to look timeless either. It looks like a prop from a 1960s sci-fi show, except it’s built around a real mechanical movement. And it works. Most of the show this

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This IWC Pilot Watch Was Built for Human Spaceflight

IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN Pilot Venturer Vertical Drive Tool Watch Space-Ready

IWC Schaffhausen just threw the traditional playbook out. The Pilot’s Venturer Vertical Drive, unveiled at Watches and Wonders 2026 in Geneva, is the Swiss manufacturer’s first timepiece designed and engineered from scratch for the specific demands of human spaceflight, and it has earned official certification for spaceflight from Vast for Haven-1 environments and crew usage

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5 Budget Watch Alternatives to Luxury Pieces

5 Budget Watch Alternatives to Luxury Pieces 2

There’s something special about wearing a watch you really love. The problem is, the ones most people want come with five-figure price tags. The Rolex Submariner, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, the Cartier Tank: these watches created entire styles in watchmaking, and most people simply can’t afford them. The good news? The affordable watch market

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This $135 Casio Mod Was Originally Built for NASA

Artemis Casio Royal Watch Mod

We’ve been keeping an eye out for NASA-themed watches that commemorate the Artemis mission, and this one caught our attention. Custom Casio Royale mods have blown up over the past year. Builders have been turning the classic AE-1200 into all kinds of unique pieces, from retro-style collectibles to custom metal-cased builds. The affordable base watch

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Tissot Made a Watch From the Same Carbon Found in Tour de France Bikes

Tissot Pinarello 43mm Watch Price

Tissot and Pinarello have teamed up for the first time, combining over 170 years of Swiss watchmaking with the Italian cycling brand’s racing pedigree. The result is the Tissot Pinarello Special Edition, a 42mm (43mm across) forged carbon cycling watch priced at $1,775. Price: $1,775 Where to Buy: Tissot Pinarello, founded in 1952 in Treviso,

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Timex Built a Watch for the Moon, Then Artemis II Came Home

Q Timex NASA Watch

Four astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 10, 2026. They’d just finished Artemis II, a 10-day trip around the Moon and the first time humans made that journey in over 50 years. The crew of Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen traveled more than 252,756 miles from Earth, breaking

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5 Retro Divers Under $200 That Belong in Any Rotation

5 Retro Divers Under $200 That Belong in Any Rotation

Watches like the Timex Deepwater Arctic have proven there’s massive appetite for retro divers right now. But at $299, the Deepwater sits above what a lot of collectors want to spend on their next rotation piece. So we went looking for more affordable alternatives, the kind of watches that deliver the same vintage dive energy

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This Swiss Solar Watch Runs 8 Months in Total Darkness

VICTORINOX CONCEPT ONE

Solar watches have a reputation problem. Citizen, Seiko, and Casio have owned the category for years, and most of their offerings trade design ambition for pure function. Victorinox is betting its first solar-powered timepiece can change that equation, and the Concept One collection isn’t a brand dabbling. It’s a full-scale commitment with eight versions, two

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A Retro Dive Watch With Sapphire for Under $300

Timex Deepwater Arctic Product Description

The Timex Deepwater collection keeps expanding, and the latest entry trades the line’s usual utilitarian dial for something with a bit more character. The Timex Deepwater Arctic introduces Arabic numeral markers at the quarter hours, what Timex calls a first for the lineup, layering retro personality onto a watch that’s otherwise engineered for life underwater.

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Casio Trimmed Its Automatic Watch and Upgraded the Engine

Casio Edifice EFK-110D Price

Most affordable mechanical watches get one shot at a first impression, and the sequel rarely arrives this fast. Casio dropped the Edifice EFK-100D less than a year ago, the first Casio Edifice automatic in the brand’s history. A company synonymous with G-Shock toughness and digital precision suddenly had a mainspring ticking inside one of its

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The NASA Watch That Lets Kids Write Real Code for $129

NASA Artemis DIY Smartwatch

Most wearable tech for kids treats coding like a bonus feature buried in a menu. You get a step counter, a few preset faces, and maybe a drag-and-drop tutorial that feels like an afterthought. CircuitMess went the other way with the NASA Artemis Watch 2.0. It’s a $129 smartwatch that ships ready to wear and

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A $385 Timex With Solar Power and a Milspec Makeover

Briefing X Timex Expedition Field Watch Availability

Most watch collaborations exist to put a logo on a dial and call it limited. Briefing’s return to the Timex Expedition Field Watch after roughly a decade doesn’t play that game, and you can tell the moment you notice the strap material. The Japanese brand, known for bags built to military specifications, brought its signature

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8 Real Tools From Project Hail Mary Worth Buying

8 Real Tools From Project Hail Mary Worth Buying

Project Hail Mary is the rare sci-fi movie that makes you want to buy things. Not merch. Not posters. Actual tools. Dr. Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) spends two and a half hours fixing, cutting, measuring, and improvising aboard a spacecraft built entirely around the idea that reliable gear matters more than flashy interfaces. Production designer

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NASA’s Moon Crew All Wore the Same Quartz Watch

Omega Speedmaster X-33 Watch NASA Artemis 11 Mission Astronauts

The Artemis II crew strapped on their Omega Speedmaster X-33 watches before climbing into Orion on April 1, 2026. Four astronauts heading to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years, and on each wrist sat a titanium quartz chronograph that Omega built specifically for people who leave the atmosphere for a living.

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