The Grey NATO – 357 – Our Favorite Watches of 2025
The year is almost over, and that means it’s a great time to look back on some of our favorite watches from 2025. From TGN’s own collab with CWC to the latest from some great smaller brands and everything from anniversary Aqualands to our picks from Sinn, Nomos, Paulin, Ming, Tudor, Seiko, Baltic, Oris, Longines, and a lot more – it’s a big list!
Stay in the mix for a Final Notes that will have you recounting some amazing stories of survival while you customize a new knife and discover the reason for your car’s check engine light.
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2:08 Tactile Turn x TGN “CPN1”
7:40 “The Manly Art of Knitting” - Dave Fougner
9:28 Omega 2254 Seamaster
9:35 Le Forban rubber bund strap
10:17 CWC CWN1
10:21 chas.in.time
14:44 Citizen Aqualand 40th Anniversary
17:29 Arken Alterum Speakeasy Vancouver
20:19 Nomos Club Sport Neomatik Worldtimer Glacier
20:30 Steel beads of rice bracelet
21:27 Nomos Roam and Reverie colorways
24:37 Dennison ALD Dual Time
26:15 Sinn 613 UTC
27:23 Doxa Sub 250T GMT
28:58 Clemence Photic MKII
30:55 Paulin Mara
32:43 Halios Seaforth IV
33:37 Tudor Ranger 36mm
34:33 Ming 37.11
34:47 Ming Polymesh titanium strap
36:46 Rolex Submariner Desk Clock
37:55 RZE Resolute
38:03 RZE UTD-8000
38:48 Seiko Rotocall
40:22 Longines updates Spirit Pilot line
42:12 Brew Metric Digital Blend
44:29 Nivada Grenchen Antarctic GMT LE for Hodinkee
45:34 Bret Curry
46:30 Oris ProPilot Altimeter Bamford Mission Control
48:14 Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tech
50:00 Jacques Bianci Marseille Deepsea EDC LE
50:12 Brock Stevens on TGN
51:16 Bhuelman Decompression 02
54:02 Baltic Aquascaphe MKII
55:32 Baltic Scalegraph
56:22 Meraud Antigua Regatta
57:11 Jackmason Pursuit Pro
59:38 Vgate iCar Pro 2
1:00:18 Car Scanner app
1:02:01 Real Survival Stories Podcast
1:05:29 Giant Mouse GMX
1:05:47 Benchmade 945 Mini Osborne Customizer
1:06:52 Flytanium scales
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