How, you ask? The answer has little to do with the watch’s movement. It’s all about the bezel, that outer ring of metal (or perhaps, nowadays, ceramic) surrounding your watch’s crystal. The ones we’re ...

Perhaps the simplest type of bezel tracks elapsed time. It's most commonly associated with dive watches since this is where it found its origins—the Rolex Submariner and Blancpain Fifty Fathoms of the ...

For diminutive gadgets whose use case seems ultra-specific, dive watches provide a tremendous amount of utility. You don’t even necessarily have to know how to dive to take advantage of your “diver” — ...

The Xiaomi Watch S3 has a round dial and comes in black and silver color options. The main highlight of this watch is its “versatile bezel,” which lets you change it to match your style. When you ...

One of the many neat features of the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic is the rotating bezel that lets you navigate the watch just by turning the outer ring. Over time, though, that Galaxy Watch bezel can get ...

Xiaomi recently hosted an impressive product launch event in China, showcasing several exciting products, including the Xiaomi 14, Xiaomi 14 Pro, and their new HyperOS operating system. Among these ...

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It’s getting increasingly likely that Samsung‘s upcoming Galaxy Watch 6 series will bring back the physical rotating bezel. A regulator listing in China has confirmed the existence of two separate ...

Samsung is rolling out the red carpet for the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic, a brand new iteration of the Galaxy Watch series that sports a returning rotating bezel, though it isn’t really a direct ...