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5 of the best survival watches

With the growing popularity of shows like Alone and an increasing desire to escape the normalities of life, the art of survival is more popular than ever. Whether you crave the personal challenge of subjecting yourself to nature’s toughest conditions, or you just want to live a more sustainable, closed-loop life, owning the right watch … Continued

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What a scene from The Recruit teaches us about gifting a watch

A story as old as time(pieces). I’m sitting at home on a Saturday night. My son and wife are asleep. I’ve got the Netflix all to myself and I decide it’s the perfect time to binge watch The Recruit (think Jack Ryan meets Benji from Mission Impossible). Seven episodes into that binge, my watch sense … Continued

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Garmin Introduces “Luxe” $1500 Fitness Smartwatch in Steel or Titanium

Best known for its GPS devices, Garmin’s latest “multisport” smartwatch aims to look more like a conventional timepiece. The Fenix Chronos does way with the usual rubber and plastic of smartwatches, and is instead cased in steel or titanium, with matching bracelets. While traditional watchmakers are trying, somewhat clumsily, to hop on the wearables bandwagon, electronics firms […]