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This Watch Will Tell You If You’re Too Drunk to Drive

Drink driving is obviously super dumb, but it can sometimes be difficult to tell what kind of effect a beer has had on your body. Fortunately, Tokyoflash's latest watch straps a breathalyser to your wrist so you can keep a check on things. Read More >>

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A Retro-Futuristic Watch Torn From the Pages of Science Fiction

Supposedly inspired and named after the space station featured in the Star Trek series Deep Space Nine, Vianney Halter's Deep Space Tourbillon watch took several years to design and build. But from the looks of it, that number could be closer to half a decade since the watch looks like it was based on designs from the science fiction of yesteryear. Read More >>

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This Watch’s Floating Second Hand Is a Mesmerising Reason To Go Analogue

There are countless reasons to wear a digital watch: they don't need winding, they keep incredibly accurate time, and include a host of functions. And even good reasons not to wear a watch at all: smartphones. But watchmaker Maurice LaCroix makes a good case for still considering an analog timepiece with its Masterpiece Seconde Mysterieuse which includes a perplexing floating second hand looping around a smaller face. Read More >>

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14 Stunning Timepieces From the Greatest Watch Show on Earth

Gadget nuts have CES; kids at heart get Toy Fair; video gamers have E3, but if it's watches that ring your bell, every spring you'll want to head over to Basel, Switzerland for Baselworld. It's where the world's horological masters gather to unveil their latest timekeeping works of art. And these are the most wonderful of this year's whole bunch. Read More >>

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An iWatch Concept Has Never Looked This Good

We've got just about as much (or really as little) information about Apple's fabled iWatch as we ever have, but it never stops being fun to fantasise a little. This latest concept whipped up by designer Martin Hajek has got to be the best—and most Apple-like—we've seen yet. Read More >>

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Breitling Emergency II: A Satellite Distress Signal On Your Wrist

Breitling's original Emergency watch first launched back in 1995 and was able to broadcast a distress signal on the 121.5 MHz analog band allowing ships, planes, and other vehicles to track it. But if your approximate location wasn't already known, it made locating the signal a bit tricky. So Breitling is introducing an upgraded version of the watch—the Emergency II—that adds the ability to send a distress signal to satellites circling overhead, so no matter where on Earth you're lost, you can be found. Read More >>

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Hublot’s LaFerrari Watch Complements the Car You Can’t Afford

Is there any greater social faux pas than showing up to a social event in a hybrid super car worth just shy of £1m, without a matching timepiece on your wrist? Thankfully those who took a leap of faith and pre-ordered the new LaFerrari supercar can now breath a sigh of relief as Hublot has revealed the complementing MP-05 "LaFerrari' watch that's a mechanical masterpiece in its own right. Read More >>

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An Introduction to the Mechanical Watch

The mechanical watch is one of the few remaining practical, day-to-day items that has remained unchanged in many ways since its inception hundreds of years ago. Of course, materials and production methods have come a long way since the seventeenth century, but if you crack open a modern mechanical watch, you'll find something that looks a lot like what you'd find if you peered inside a watch built 150 years ago. And this is true whether you're looking at an £60 Seiko or an £600,000 Patek Phillipe. Read More >>

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This Watch Accurately Tracks Moon Phases For 122 Years

Everyone wants to be the centre of the universe, but solipsism doesn't always mesh well with that whole socialising/respecting other people thing. So keep the truth to yourself and just look at your Arnold & Son's watch whenever you want to commune with the sky above. Read More >>

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The Pebble SDK Is Out and Apps Aren’t Far Behind

The allure of having a smart watch like the Pebble is more than just having a watch with more display options: it's apps. Now, with the release of the Pebble SDK, the apps can start to flow. Read More >>

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A Handsome Bit of Wrist-Bling for £25 is Your 007-Wannabe Deal of the Day

You know the old saying - if you want to get ahead, get a watch. So let's not waste any more time with sayings and just get on with introducing you to today's top offer. Read More >>

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What Could Be Cooler Than a Luxury Watch Made From Dead AK-47s?

Smart watches fart watches. Why would you want to have your email on your wrist when you could have an impossibly badass — and doubtless expensive — analogue sucker made of reclaimed AK-47 steel wrapped around your arm. Read More >>

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Buy This Watch Because…Features?

If your watch has perpetual oyster movement; tells time in five zones; doubles as a Swiss Army Knife; slice and dices Julianne fries; speaks German and Swahili, and can survive a dunk in the Marianas trench but you don't use those "features" daily, congrats! You're a sucker for marketing. Read More >>

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A Snake Game Makes Smart Watches Suddenly Amazing

So the whole iWatch thing seems to have thrown up the massive question of "would you wear a smartwatch", with answers ranging from "hell no!" to "shut up and take my money". But let's be honest, if the aforementioned gadget could play Snake, there's no question at all -- you'd want one. Read More >>

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In Testing, This Bombproof Watch Survived a Five Kilo C4 Explosion

If your job involves handling explosives, probably the last thing you're worried about is whether or not your watch can survive a blast that would leave you dead. But that didn't stop Kaventsmann from crafting this truly over-the-top timepiece that's been torture tested with five kilos of C4. The verdict: the crystal got scratched, but the watch kept on ticking. Read More >>