Best Super NEWS Watches

Introducing: Seiko Brings Back The 'Rotocall', A Digital Quartz Reissue That Turns Our Bezel

Seiko is releasing a new digital watch that is all about the bezel. You turn it to choose the digital function, which allows you to switch to a dual-time, an alarm, a stopwatch, a counter, a timer, and, of course, time-setting. Super cool, and guess what? We've seen it before. This is basically a re-issue of a model from the early 1980s - the Seiko A829 - that may have found particular favor with astronauts because C you guessed it C the bezel functionality could be operated while wearing (space suit!) gloves or simply by those who didn't want to fiddle with pushing little buttons.? The A829 and other similar models quickly earne...

Hands-On: Timex Atelier Introduces the GMT24 M1a Automatic

Last month, following a few years of successful experiments pushing Timex in a more upmarket direction with Chief Creative Director Giorgio Galli's experimental designs in the GGS1 and GGS2, the Timex group made a large bet on a future where this more upmarket, design-focused collection could live alongside the more affordable Timex name with a new spinoff brand called the Timex Atelier. It was the official propulsion of Timex into an arena where microbrands dominate, but the question would remain if Timex could utilize its design chops as well as its massive resources to be competitive in this market. With September's release of the Timex Atelier Marine M1a, we ...

Introducing: Oris x RedBar Divers Limited Edition

This week, as the RedBar Global Meetup returns to New York City, Oris has teamed up with the global watch-collector community to release a new limited edition watch. It's the second collaboration between the two, following the 2018 Oris x RedBar Limited Edition that commemorated the first-ever global meetup. Seven years later, this new release is literally and figuratively like a homecoming, celebrating the return of the group's global meet-up to the Big Apple. The Oris x RedBar Divers Limited Edition features a 39mm stainless steel case with a ceramic bezel insert carrying a minute scale. The red fum diala clear nod to RedBar'...