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1 week ago | 
coolmaterial.com | Karlton Miko Tyack
Skip to Content Share Article Share through your preferred social media platform: Though I’m a certified Yank, one of my greatest joys is cheering England on with my British-American father during Six Nations and the Euros.
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1 week ago | 
gearmoose.com | Karlton Miko Tyack
Tell those other timepieces to get out of its way. The UR-101 T-Rex is the Godzilla of the watch world—an instant icon that’s stylishly reptilian and impossible to ignore. Essentially, URWERK takes the one that started it all, the UR-101, and gives it a downright primal-looking patinated bronze case with guilloche texturing. Pair that with the nuclear green numbers, plus an emergency red 60-second index, and you’ve got a sleek, mutated aesthetic, a showstopper minus the cheap gimmicks.
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1 week ago | 
gearmoose.com | Karlton Miko Tyack
In 1970, Citizen released the first-ever titanium watch. Fifty-five years later, the brand is reaching a genuine pinnacle with the new Citizen Premier line, where the Titanium Attesa lives. I find these new Attesas more classically luxurious than a smartwatch, while also flaunting more contemporary functions than a heritage Swiss analog. They’re very literally a new kind of useful luxury for the modern world, a watch for jetsetters and loggers—plus, they look really cool.
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2 weeks ago | 
coolmaterial.com | Karlton Miko Tyack
I recently attended an exquisite dinner at One World Observatory in Lower Manhattan to celebrate the new Citizen Premier collection. There was much to behold: Top-of-the-world views of New York, impeccable cocktails, and each course visually inspired by the timepieces du jour. And yet, my gaze was won by the titanium Attesa watches themselves. Good looks aside, they got me thinking about titanium’s renewed popularity. There was a groundswell in 2023, which led to a 2024 trend.
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3 weeks ago | 
gearmoose.com | Karlton Miko Tyack
Casio isn’t the only watchmaker that can serve up a compelling square-shaped digital timepiece. The Q Timex Ana-Digi Watch comes straight from Timex’s 1982 archives. It’s not a cash grab riding on the renewed popularity of vintages. This timepiece is a legitimately original brand-born design, bestowing it with genuine conversation-piece status. Imagine the satisfaction: Someone asks you if your Ana-Digi Reissue is a Casio.
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3 weeks ago | 
coolmaterial.com | Karlton Miko Tyack
Last year, I randomly found myself at the UK Engineering Design Show. My friend had an extra pass and the expo was on my way home, but I doubted any exhibitors would interest me. Then, I walked by booth H46. There sat the Apollo Instruments DSKY, a Moonwatch modeled after the Apollo Guidance Computer. A new non-chronograph Moonwatch unrepentantly based on a 15-bit device from the ‘60s? If that isn’t a sign that retrofuturistic watches are blowing up, nothing is. I, for one, am ecstatic.
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3 weeks ago | 
gearmoose.com | Karlton Miko Tyack
With the cold plunge gaining major visibility in the recovery and wellness space, it almost seems as if we’ve forgotten our old friend, the sauna. Muscle relaxation and blood circulation are just as important as mental alertness, after all. The Eddy Barrel Sauna brings you the experience of a geothermal hot spring in a stylish cedar wood package built by always-reliable Amish craftsmen. Just look at that handsomely fortified whiskey barrel aesthetic and the durable tempered glass.
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3 weeks ago | 
themodestman.com | Karlton Miko Tyack
I’ve been wearing clothes from the environmentally minded Asket brand. They deliver on their brand promises and are (mostly) short-guy-friendly—but are they for you? I’m a fan of slow fashion. Who isn’t? Why not have less clutter on the planet? And believe me, though I don’t participate in it, I understand the market for fast fashion. I never want to judge people who are on a budget but need clothes.
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4 weeks ago | 
coolmaterial.com | Karlton Miko Tyack |Amos Kwon
Though I’ve always loved a good quartz watch, I understand why they’re misunderstood. Historians place the quartz crisis between the mid-70s and the late ‘80s, when these new electronic timepieces rapidly replaced mechanicals. This led to a decline in Swiss watchmaking. Some equate this with the rise of fast fashion. Others blame the quartz movement for heritage watchmakers shuttering, being bought out by big conglomerates, or suffering identity crises—1980s Omega Seamaster, anyone?
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1 month ago | 
themodestman.com | Karlton Miko Tyack
Is Bespoke Post good? Of course. But what about their home-grown clothing line, Line of Trade? Here’s all you need to know, including if it’s right for men of modest height. I’ve always been a fan of the subscription box company Bespoke Post. I often rave over their ability to curate men’s lifestyle products from under-the-radar brands (purveyors of cool, I call them). Beyond that, they’ve also taken a shot at a few of their own in-house labels.
