We are over halfway through the year, and while many - including the rest of the editorial team - were somewhat underwhelmed by the recent Watches & Wonders, it doesn't mean that there weren't some good watches released this year. The following is our favorite watches of 2026, which includes...

The Watch Brief is nearing its one year anniversary, and throughout these past months, I have had the privilege and honor to review a lot of different watches. This includes skeletonized watches which I never thought I would like (but I ended up liking), manual mechanical dress watches from the...

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If you've spent any time researching automatic watches under $1,500, one name keeps coming up in spec sheets: the Miyota 9015. It's inside watches from dozens of respected microbrands, it's praised by collectors on Reddit and YouTube, and yet a lot of buyers still ask the same question before pulling the...