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Hodinkee and Swatch have partnered yet again on a playful new version of the famous Sistem51 watch.

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.

Hodinkee and Swatch have partnered yet again on a playful new version of the famous Sistem51 watch.
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