
The Best Watches of the 2021 Oscars
The Academy Awards always makes for great watch spotting, and this year was no different.

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 Academy Awards always makes for great watch spotting, and this year was no different.
By Zen Love


Watch straps made from pineapple leaves, Quicksilver's new board shorts and much more in this week's roundup.
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It's still one of the most fun and affordable watches you'd actually want to wear.
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The dial itself of the Bell & Ross Vintage BR V2-94 Full Lum glows in the dark.
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German watchmaker Sinn's celebrates its birthday with a classic chronograph done up in black.
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French watchmaker Baltic's "super compressor"-style watch harkens back to a classic '60s look.
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A Gore-Tex chore coat, a limited-edition NASA G-Shock and much more in this week's roundup.
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New versions of the Black Bay Chrono and popular Fifty-Eight dive watch feature some unexpected twists.
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The new Tank Must collection refines the classic Cartier design and offers a hell of a value.
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The new Breitling Premier B25 Datora 42 resurrects a beautiful style of calendar-chronograph.
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The awards show celebrated great screen performances—and featured cool wristwear choices, from Omega to Patek.
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An update for the Explorer II's birthday seems likely, but what exactly would that look like?
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It's pretty easy to get your watch strap fitting perfectly, but you want to do it right. Here's how.
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Swiss watchmaker Frederique Constant has rewritten centuries-old principles of mechanical movements.
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The Yema Yachtingraf resurrects a watch from 1966, but adds some modern twists.
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Fresh hoodies, new dive watches from brands big and small and much more figure in this week's roundup.
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To be fair, it's really the details that make this model a winner.
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Just when you thought you'd outgrown Velcro, along come NASA-branded straps from Omega made especially for the Moonwatch.
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There's strong value to be had for less than half the price of a Daytona.
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