
Rolex Yachtmaster: Is This the First Titanium Rolex?
The brand's biggest news of the year was unannounced and unnoticed.

Zen Love is Gear Patrol's Associate Editor. He has been deeply obsessed with watches for over a decade and has written about them professionally for nearly as long. Since 2019, he's been covering anything that ticks and fits on the wrist for Gear Patrol with a bent toward making watches' history, mechanics, and collector culture approachable and democratic. He is always punctual.

The brand's biggest news of the year was unannounced and unnoticed.
By Zen Love

It features a titanium case and several novel touches, and only 100 will be produced.
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WatchTime New York is your chance to see tons of new models.
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These ultra-minimalist watches just might change the way you think about time itself.
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Swatch's Bioceramic watches offer an interesting material and some very retro '80s designs.
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A watch for the blind, reproduced Lee Rider jeans and much more.
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The new Speedtimer collection has Seiko fans rightfully excited.
By Zen Love

Military field watches are some of the most compelling examples in today's reissue-crazed market.
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A sick suit from Awake NY, free clothes from Kid Super, a complex watch from a Swiss brand and much more.
By Zen Love and Evan Malachosky

This is the brand's first left-handed watch — in bold orange, no less.
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These special and interesting timepieces benefit muscular dystrophy research.
By Zen Love

The Ollech & Wajs OW 350CI is tied to the restoration of a vintage Swiss military Condor 350 motorbike.
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A fleece jacket, a titanium sport watch, slip-on shoes by Suicoke, and so much more.
By Zen Love and Evan Malachosky

A new crop of reissued chronographs makes the case for leaving your dive watch at the door.
By Zen Love

A great dress watch doesn't have to cost as much as a car.
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The first prototype watch the Crown sent to the bottom fo the ocean is being auctioned in Geneva.
By Zen Love

Today's watchmakers are stuck in the 1960s and '70s. Just embrace it.
By Zen Love

Rick Marei has made a profession out of resurrecting once-defunct timepieces.
By Zen Love

Don't worry about battery changes or banging it up — just take this watch on your next camping trip.
By Zen Love