The NOMOS Metro Datum Gangreserve is a major milestone for the small German watch brand, which has striven for watchmaking independence with the Swing System escapement for the better part of a decade.
At BaselWorld 2014, OMEGA released a watch with the Seamaster 300 name for the first time in over 40 years: the Seamaster 300 Master Co-Axial. It’s a pitch-perfect blend of vintage styling and modern watchmaking technology, a watch that diehard OMEGA fans have hoped the brand would bring back for years.
No, it’s not another GMT, and it’s much more than a timer.
The Pepsi GMT-Master II has made a triumphant return in all its bi-color soda-bottle-label glory, re-crafting the old school favorite of Che Guevara, Hunter S. Thompson and Magnum P.I.
After the Heritage Chronograph Blue’s release last year, no one would have been surprised if they had taken a break in 2014, but sure enough, Tudor kept up the intensity with the new Tudor Ranger, an updated take on their classic Ranger that takes cues from watches of the past for an authentic vintage style.
The all-new 621 is the culmination of a design process that began half a century ago, with design legend Dieter Rams, now a robust 82 years old, tweaking the side tables just so in order to perfect his vision.
Artifox’s Desk 01 is a beautiful new desk that seamlessly combines old-fashioned craftsmanship and creative spitballing with sleek, modern tech integration features to help you work smarter.
This stylish aluminum smart lock works with your old-fashioned deadlock and your newfangled smartphone. It gives you the weighty responsibility of controlling who can enter your home, along with the convenience of automatic locking and unlocking via Bluetooth.
For the first time in over 100 years, the ceiling fan has evolved.
Casper is an oddball. They’re a startup mattress company, but their size allows them to sell directly from company headquarters in New York City, cutting costs and delivering mattresses to your doorstep, free of charge.
The Fahmida Chair is a truly handsome new design that pays homage to the ubiquitous Mid-Century Eames style of wood-and-leather chairs.
Writing by hand will never feel natural on a tablet, but paper notebooks are a pain to organize.
The Ratio Eight Coffee Maker is this year’s most elegant coffee maker.
Samsung’s new induction range tries to make the space-age cooking technology a little more personal by adding “Virtual Flames” (in the form of LED lights) when the stove is on, visually alluding to gas burners.
There’s a point when the simple fact of bachelorhood fails to justify living in Animal House-inspired squalor.
The secret to Toro’s new standing mower lies in Briggs & Stratton’s new 190cc engine that prevents oil and gas leaks when vertical. The result is 70% reduction in the Toro Recycler’s SmartStow mower’s storage footprint compared to its standard operating position.
Chopping wood is the manliest activity we engage in. It provides warmth two ways, enables the cooking of meat and impresses the ladies.
Muscle cars are supposed to be as angry as Grizzly Bears jabbed with a hot poker and loud enough to cause rockslides. That’s true of the current crop, but there’s a new, bigger beast on the block that’s looking to destroy everything that stands it in its way: the building-flattening Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, which brings a 6.2-liter supercharged Hemi V8 engine with 707 hp into the ring.
Occasionally, automakers will bring back a vintage nameplate for a half-hearted attempt at retro-inspired design — more often than not a shameless cash grab.