Storz & Bickel sounds like a Swedish law firm, but they’re best known for making some of the best and most rugged vapes around. Their flagship, the Venty, is a $449 behemoth with huge batteries and a clever LCD readout. The $249 Veazy, on the other hand, is a lower-cost but not lower-quality solution for the discerning paper.

The Veazy sits in the middle of the Storz & Bickel lineup, and it feels designed for people who want the company’s engineering without the bulk or price of its flagship devices. It is smaller, lighter, and more direct in how it works. You load it, press the front button, and inhale. You can boost and super-boost the temperature by clicking the button twice after each increase in temperature.

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Ulysse Nardin is marking 25 years of the Freak with what it calls the [Super] Freak, a watch that pushes the concept to its limit. The brand frames it as the most complicated time-only watch ever made, which sounds like marketing language until you look at what is actually inside. This is still a watch that shows hours, minutes, and now seconds, but it does so through a system that is closer to a moving machine than a traditional dial.

The core idea of the Freak remains intact. There is no conventional dial, no standard hands, and no crown. Time is displayed through the movement itself. The entire mechanism rotates, with the movement acting as the minute hand and a rotating hour disc completing the display. On the [Super] Freak, that system has been expanded to include a seconds display, which required a new gimbal system to manage energy transmission across moving axes.

What sets this version apart is the addition of a double tourbillon. Two inclined flying tourbillons, each set at 10 degrees and rotating once per minute, sit on a lightweight titanium structure made up of hundreds of components. They are connected through what Ulysse Nardin describes as the world’s smallest differential, a 5 mm mechanism that averages their rates to maintain stability. The entire caliber, UN-252, consists of 511 components, with more than 97 percent of them in motion at any given time.

Powering all of this requires a different approach. The watch uses the brand’s Grinder system, an automatic winding setup designed to capture even small wrist movements and convert them into usable energy. Despite the complexity, the system delivers a power reserve of around three days. The use of silicon and DIAMonSIL components throughout the escapement helps reduce friction and increase durability, a continuation of Ulysse Nardin’s long focus on non-traditional materials.

The case measures 44 mm in white gold, with a sapphire front and back to expose the movement. The design is dense but legible once you understand how to read it. The hour disc is made from a translucent material called Nanosital, giving a blue-tinted view into the mechanism beneath. The watch is set via the bezel and wound through the caseback, consistent with earlier Freak models.

Production is limited to 50 pieces, each assembled by a single watchmaker over roughly 60 hours, followed by several days of testing. Pricing is set in the range of high complication territory, just under 400,000 USD depending on market.

The Freak has always been a concept watch that made it into production. The [Super] Freak continues that idea but takes it further into the realm of engineering exercise. It is not about practicality. It is about showing how far a mechanical watch can be pushed while still technically telling the time.

Mondaine has added a new seasonal color to its Numeri line, introducing the 42 mm model in what it calls BlueLake. The update does not change the underlying watch, but it shifts the tone of the piece. The Numeri has always leaned toward a structured, almost architectural design, and this version softens that slightly with a blue dial meant to reflect water.

The case remains 42 mm in 316L stainless steel, with a brushed top surface and polished sides. The defining feature is still the 12-sided fixed bezel, which gives the watch its identity. It is not a rotating dive bezel but a faceted frame with engraved numerals, more about form and legibility than function. That shape, paired with the blue dial, creates a contrast between rigid geometry and a more fluid color palette.

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Swatch has expanded its SCUBAQUA line with four new models that lean into the brand’s mix of color, material experimentation, and everyday utility. The new watches arrive in aqua green, midnight blue, fuchsia, and solar orange, bringing the total SCUBAQUA lineup to nine pieces. Two of the new models, the aqua green MEDUSEA PAY and the midnight blue SEA WASP PAY, add Swatch Pay contactless payments, a feature that continues to show up across the brand’s more casual lines.

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Bulova has put real details behind its Sail4th 250 release, and the result is a straightforward sport watch with a strong visual hook. The reference is 98B474. It ties into the July 2026 tall ship events around New York and New Jersey, organized by Sail4th 250, and marks the brand’s 150th year.

The case measures 41 mm and uses a white hybrid ceramic construction with a one way rotating bezel and ratcheting topring. The dial is red, with luminous hands and markers. It reads clean and direct, no clutter, no excess text beyond what is needed. The crystal is a double curved mineral box style, which gives some vintage shape without the cost of sapphire. Water resistance is rated to 100 meters, enough for swimming and light water use. The watch costs an affordable $375.

The watch runs on Bulova’s 2115 quartz movement. This is a simple three hand setup with date, rated to about 15 seconds per month. No pretense here. It is reliable, easy to service, and fits the tool watch direction. The strap is rubber, HNBR, with a 20 mm lug width and a wire style buckle. That choice keeps the watch light and practical.

There is a historical thread running through the release. Timekeeping and navigation have always been linked, long before GPS. Sail4th leans on that idea, and Bulova’s own early ads used maritime imagery. The brand will also appear at events and at the exhibition hosted by the South Street Seaport Museum.

The design will not be for everyone. A red dial and white case stand out. That is the point. If you want something quiet, this is not it. If you want a summer watch tied to a real event, with clear specs and no fuss, this one makes sense.

Yesterday, we talked to you about the Reolink Home Hub, which is a great way to move storage of camera recordings off of the camera, but still giving you control over your data. It can handle a number of different cameras: I easily swapped my Argus 4 Pro over to it, and then I also added in the camera that we’re talking to you about today - the Reolink Argus PT Ultra.

Reolink Argus PT Ultra: what it is

The headline summary for this is that the Reolink Argus PT Ultra is a battery-powered WiFi security camera that can track movement in 360-degree, 4k clarity. Not only that, it’s ready to accept a solar panel.

And actually, let’s start there. When it comes to battery cameras, if you can’t hook a solar panel to it, it’s just not worth it. With solar, you can put the device up and just not have to worry about it. Most often, though, you’re putting two mounts up on your house, garage, or fence: one for the camera, and a second one for the solar panel.

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Not so with the Reolink Argus PT Ultra. They’ve got a really clever bracket that you mount on your wall or fence. Then, the camera mounts on the bottom side of the mount, and the solar panel goes up top. It makes for a much simpler install, and I like just how compact it looks once it’s in place. Additionally, since the panel is closer to the camera, it sort of acts as a shield, keeping the sun and rain from beating down on the camera.

The one wrinkle there is that you still have a massively long cable. That makes sense, because you may need to get the panel out from under something so it can work. When you’re fully using the bracket, however, you need to figure out how you’re managing the cord (I just used a tie).

Using the camera

The first thing you want to do when you get the Reolink Argus PT Ultra setup is to set it’s “home” position. This is the area the camera points at when things are idle. This is also the spot that the camera returns to once it’s done with an event.

By that, I mean if, say, someone goes traipsing through your yard. Once the subject enters into frame, the camera picks up the movement, and then tracks the person, pet, or UFO as it moves around. This is handy if, say, you’re wondering just where that raccoon is getting into the yard. With a fixed camera, you’d just know it was there. With the tracking that this camera offers, you can see where it’s going to.

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To-date, I’ve been a big fan of small, fixed cameras that have a wide angle field of view. The Reolink Argus PT Ultra showed me that there are some really nice benefits - when it comes to keeping an eye on things - with a rotating camera like this.

Sure, if you’re just watching, say, your porch or a small corner of the yard, then the fixed camera will work. If you want to watch a larger area with a single camera, then this style really shines. It’s especially solid when you’re interacting with it through the app, in live view. You can move that camera around to point wherever you want it.

While the list price of the camera (with solar panel and a microSD card) is $149.99, you can get it for $134.99 which is a very compelling price for what you’re getting here. As always, you can get it over at Amazon, or directly from reolink.com

These days, we have no shortage of options when it comes to setting up security cameras. Do you want to be wired or wireless? Do you want to hard-wire your cameras, or do you want them battery powered? What about video clip storage - do you want that on-camera, in the cloud, or somewhere else? For us, we like the idea of storage being local, so we retain control over the data. That’s where the Reolink Home Hub comes in.

Reolink Home Hub: what it is

The simplest way to think about the Reolink Home Hub is that it’s a WiFi router that plugs into your network. By that, we mean it sets up it’s own WiFi network that you can then connect the security devices to. This allows you to keep the cameras on the property from interfering with, say, your tablet’s connection, and vice versa.

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What it also brings along is some additional storage. We’ve taken a look at a few Reolink cameras (and have a few more reviews in the works), and they’ve always done a good job of putting a microSD slot right on the camera, for you to then retrieve recordings from later. Well, what if someone absconds with your camera? You’re up a creek - unless the Reolink Home Hub is in the mix.

The Reolink Home Hub comes with two microSD slots built in, allowing it to have up to 1TB of storage, safely tucked away in your house (it ships with a 64 GB card). So, even if your camera is damaged or otherwise disappears, those recordings are elsewhere. Still local to you, just not local to the camera.

Setting it up

That image up above really shows the steps - they’re pretty simple. Once it has power and a hardwired ethernet connection, you set the hub in in the Reolink app on your phone. Then, you can get your existing cameras moved over from your home WiFi network to the new Reolink-specific one the hub creates. You can choose if you want it to spin up 2.4GHz or 5GHz bands, and you can name them as well as set your customized passwords on each. Additionally, you can setup encryption on the records the Home Hub stores, for extra piece of mind.

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The Reolink Home Hub can handle up to 8 cameras (we presume to manage the networking and storage), or you can go to the Pro version with handles up to 24 cameras. For me, the Reolink Home Hub adds some additional piece of mind - and redundancy - to my home camera setup. No, you don’t need it to run many of their cameras (they’ll happily communicate directly to you via the app), but I think it’s a good addition to the eco system. Particularly if you’ve decided that you’re going all Reolink, and not a mix of products.

The Reolink Home Hub is available now, with an MSRP of $139.99 (the Pro version goes for $339.99, and adds in wired camera support). However, they often have deals, and right now, it’s at 20% off, so a price of $111.99. You can get it from Amazon, or directly from reolink.com

We’ve been able to spend a lot of time with a variety of the headphones and earbuds from 1MORE, and their over-ear headphones have been coming with a very compelling balance of functionality and pricing. Their latest, the 1MORE SonoFlow Pro, give a solid upgrade to battery life, as well as including a handy wired accessory.

1MORE SonoFlow Pro: what they are

Obviously, the 1MORE SonoFlow Pro are a set of over-ear headphones. These are wireless, most of the time, but they can also be wired, as they have a 2.5mm jack in the right earcup. This is where the accessory comes in. While it definitely is a wired cable, it also packs in a play/pause button, which is handy to use.

It’s with this wire that we start to see some differences from the non-Pro version that came before. With the 1MORE SonoFlow Pro, you do have to have the headphones charged to use them in wired mode. Why is that? Well, it’s because you can actually use ANC while wired, which is something the prior version did not allow (that said, you can the non-pro version wired even with a dead battery). So, you’re going to be worried about battery life, right?

Not really a concern here. Battery life is drastically improved, with an estimated 100h (with ANC off; 65h with ANC on) as compared to the 70 hours that the non-pro version offers. How did they accomplish that? There may be other things they’ve done, but our hunch is that the move from Bluetooth 5.0 to 5.4 allowed for a more efficient radio to be in the mix, help extend your time between charges.

Wrapping things up

At the end of the day, the 1MORE SonoFlow Pro headphones are very, very similar to the non-pro version. They both are styled similarly, and both come with a hard-shell travel case and charging cable. They both perform simililarly (as judged by my non-calibrated ears), and offer the same levels of comfort on the head.

However, the Pro does bring that extended battery life, which is nothing to sneeze at. They also seem to have worked on the hinges in the headband and the earcups, which helps cut down on the creaking you sometimes here. And, yes, there’s also that wired cable that adds in the play/pause button.

What’s interesting here is how these are priced. Funnily enough, when you look at the list price, the 1MORE SonoFlow Pro is actually a few dollars cheaper than the non-pro version. However, with the current discounts they have, the 1MORE SonoFlow Pro comes in at $87.99 (vs $74.99 for the non-pro). To us, that slight premium is well worth it for the improved battery life. However, if you need to be able to use the headphones in wired mode even when the battery is depleted, you’ll want the non-pro version. You can get yours directly from 1MORE, or over at Amazon (where the current coupon drops the price to just over $70!)

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I’ve made no secret here that I’m a fan of a watch that features a GMT complication (even if I’m not traveling much), as well as being a fan of Shinola. I mean, there’s a reason there’s a sticker on my laptop that says “Detroit vs. Everybody”. So you know when the news hit on the Shinola Monster Worldtimer GMT, I was very, very interested

Shinola Monster Worldtimer GMT: what it is

The Monster collection has been one of my favorite designs from Shinola, as it provides a very capable tool watch along with some Shinola design touches on it. Well, here, they take that robust dive watch, toss in a GMT complication (courtesy of the Sellita SW330-2 movement inside).

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Aside from the design cues on the dial (the indices and the handset), there’s another very-specific thing that makes this a watch design that calls the Motor City home. On the city bezel, we’re very accustomed to New York showing up as the representative of the Eastern Time Zone. Well, on this watch, you’ll notice that it’s none other than Detroit taking that spot on the dial (fitting, given the Pistons dominance of the Eastern Conference this year).

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Frankly, there’s a good argument to be made about a solid steel sports watch being an excellent all-around, every day watch. Add in something travel-specific like we have here, and you’ve got a great watch for someone who’s dealing with other time zones regularly, either from the office or on the road.

The finish on the steel means this watch can work on the weekends as well as the office, and even with the occasional suit. Need to dress it down? You’ll be able to pop a leather or rubber strap into those 20mm lugs quite easily, and you’ll be on your way. If you want to put the Shinola Monster Worldtimer GMT on your wrist, it’s available now for $2,295. Check it out, and order yours, directly at shinola.com

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In some regards these new releases are going to look familiar, particularly if you’re familiar with the 41mm Navigator line (which comes in either date or no-date versions). However, with some new materials in the mix, these two new models should be among the lightest Navigators from the brand.

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There are watches you notice, then there are watches you recognize. The difference is shape. Not the dial, not the movement, but the outline that hits your eye before anything else.

Reservoir has spent years building its name on instrument-style displays. The dial always did the talking. The rest of the watch was fairly standard. With the $7,500 Mark II, that balance changes.

A shift away from the dial-first idea

Reservoir Mark II is the first time the brand treats the entire watch as a holistic piece. Not just the display, but the case, the bracelet, the way it sits on the wrist.

Before this, Reservoir cases felt like frames. You looked through them at the dial. Now the case steps forward. It has weight, presence. You notice it before you read the time. Next, the company split the design language into three distinct targets.

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The $5,900 Bell & Ross BR-03 has been around long enough to feel settled. It is one of those designs that stopped trying to prove itself years ago. Square case, round dial, cockpit roots. You either get it or you do not. With the new BR-03 Skeleton Steel, the brand is not changing that formula. It is opening it up.

This model sits inside a broader push from the brand to make skeletonization part of the core line rather than a side experiment. The earlier ceramic versions leaned into contrast and depth. This one goes the other way. It strips things back and lets the movement carry the look.

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Domino’s is using a pizza promotion to introduce a limited retail collaboration with Shinola, offering discounted access to a small run of watches and leather goods tied to its new “luxury” “Slice Sauce” launch. What “Slice Sauce” — described as “a creamy and zesty condiment with a hint of Parmesan designed specifically to accompany pizza” —actually has…

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When it comes to wandering hour complications, we’re used to see those more in the luxury brands, from companies like URWERK and Audemars Piguet. As with so many things in the watch world, those complications are becoming easier to produce, and as such, we can see them in some much more affordable presentations, such as with the Power Panda Vector.

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The Citizen Promaster Land GMT is a $595 flyer watch that feels like Citizen stepping back into its comfort zone. It has a practical and legible design and a case and face that remind me of an older Rolex Explorer. The big, bold numerals, extremely visible hands, and clever GMT hand make this a greatA choice for folks looking for a quartz travel watch with a bit of pedigree.

At 39.5mm, the Land GMT wears smaller than most modern watches and avoids the oversized feel that many tool watches drift into. The case finishing sits somewhere between brushed and polished, which fits the field watch direction Citizen is aiming for. At 13.4mm thick, it is not slim, but it does not feel top-heavy on the wrist. This is the kind of watch you give to a friend or relative who travels quite a bit and hasn’t fully bought into the idea of a mechanical. It’s readable and very usable and definitely doesn’t break the bank.

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Mr Jones Watches has built a reputation on a simple idea. If everyone already carries a precise clock in their pocket, then a wristwatch has to do something else. It has to be interesting.

The new Daydreamer, designed by London-based artist Murugiah, leans fully into that idea. This is not a watch that tries to hide its intent. It is bright, dense, and a little disorienting at first glance. The dial is a shifting mandala of color, threaded together with clouds and motion, with a small illustrated figure, Muru, drifting through the scene as the minutes pass.

The time is still there, but you have to look for it. The red petal marks the hour. Muru points to the minutes. It works, but it asks you to slow down and read it rather than glance and move on.

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With this year marking off 250 years of America’s existence, there’s going to be all sorts of stuff coming out to help you mark the occasion. We know full-well that watch brands love to celebrate an anniversary, and there are undoubtedly going to be more of these announced (we actually have a hands-on review of one in the works for another brand). If …

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Over the years, we’ve reviewed a number of Polar fitness watches, and we’ve been impressed by what they offer. In fact, the algorithms they leverage are so good they’re actually part of the G-SHOCK Move platform now as well. How do you create something to catch eyes? Well, the answer here is to realize that not everyone who’s quantifying their day an…

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Doxa has updated one of its most recognizable dive watches, and, as usual, the change is measured rather than loud. The new SUB 200 II builds on the existing SUB 200, a model that has long served as the entry point into the brand’s lineup, and introduces a fumé dial across the collection for the first time.

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Bell & Ross has been careful with the BR-05 line. Since its introduction, the watch has carried the brand’s core idea, the cockpit instrument translated into a bracelet sports watch, without drifting too far into fashion or excess. The BR-05 36mm Blue Diamond Eagle stays within that structure, but it adds a layer that Bell & Ross has only touched lightly before.

The case remains the anchor. At 36mm wide and roughly 8.5mm thick, this is not just a scaled down version of the 40mm model but a fully reworked case that preserves the proportions and the integrated flow between case and bracelet. The familiar details are all here, brushed and polished steel, the raised bezel with four screws, crown guards, and a screw down crown that maintains 100 meters of water resistance. The result is a watch that still reads as a BR-05 first, not a jewelry piece dressed up as one.

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