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meet the cashmere watchcap

We make the highest quality, most performative, and longest-lasting Watchcap on the planet. Guaranteed.

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The Watchcap

Over 30,000 hats sold since 2004.
$205.00
28 in stock
Ships same day (if 4pm MST or earlier)

Guaranteed Forever.

100% HAPPINESS GUARANTEE

We promise you’ll love this hat. Forever. Or we’ll buy it back.

We are so confident in our products that we guarantee elevation, satisfaction, performance, and longevity, forever. If you ever disagree, just send us back the hat for a full refund.
100% TEND AND MEND GUARANTEE

We promise to extend the life of your hat. Also forever. And ever.

We will wash, service, refresh, tend to and mend your cashmere, free of charge. Forever. Who does this? No one, but us. Other companies will ‘guarantee’ a thing for life, but we do something no one else does: We actively participate to increase the lifespan of your hat.
100% DEDICATED SERVICE

The only hat that comes with roadside assistance.

We give our customers direct access to our knitting mill for questions, requests, service, care. Call us anytime on our dedicated customer line.
Made in the USA
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Impossibly versatile

You don’t have to choose between comfort and performance anymore.

More performative than Merino

Our cashmere is superior at overall warmth, breathability, moisture wicking, drying time and softness. Grab one and try it out for yourself, risk-free.

Goes with you anywhere

Just ask those who’ve worn them on polar expeditions, spring picnics, power lunches, sailboats, dairy farms, and to those who will admit... to bed.

Divine warmth and pleasure

Like an undercover bed for your head, you’ll look cool on the outside while your head stays cozy like Sunday morning. No one will ever know (unless your face gives you away).

Secretly Famous since 2004

Golightly Cashmere

We're a hat company.

Always have been. Always will be. We're the opposite of fast fashion. Hats and accessories are our sole focus, not just an afterthought of a fashion brand intent on selling you the thinnest cashmere for the highest profit.

Doing one thing well... until you’re the best.

For the last 20 years, we’ve put each of our products to the test ourselves, in extreme conditions... blizzards, freezing rain, desert nights, and everything in between. They’re still going. So are we.

Made in small batches, with love.

We are still the same owners, designers, knitters, and customer service for 20 years here in Northern New Mexico. Women-owned. Family operated.

and over nearly 20 years

30,000+ happy heads and counting...

Simply the best!

My first watch cap came as a Christmas gift 20 or so years ago. I now own three. The quality is second to none. These are lifetime pieces, the investment is worth every penny. I’m a customer for life.

— JEANNE

Great quality & warmth

I've had The Watchcap for 15 years now. I wear it every fall and winter, especially when I worked in Yosemite. Never a cold moment. It has held its shape wonderfully.

— TONEY

Never too late!

After seeing the small watchcap ad in the New Yorker for YEARS I finally decided to buy one. Light and warm, it passed the first test in subzero northern Minnesota last weekend. If I ever lose it I will replace it with another.

— PETER

It is quite possibly the best cashmere hat

My husband and I have been wearing this hat non stop. We live in Maryland so our winter is not as brutal as other places, but we have put ours through snow, rain, gusting wind, and we both have been thoroughly impressed.

— QUYNH

Perfect! And so is my 10 year old watchcap!

I purchased my first watchcap about 10 years ago and have enjoyed it for the past decade. Recently, I ordered myself a second one in another color, and it prompted me to wash my older one (which really needed it!) The amazing thing is, now that the older one is clean, you cannot tell which one is brand new, and which one is 10 years old! They are both perfect and perfectly beautiful!

— BARBARA

Best Ever Watchcap

I purchased a The Watchcap several years ago and it has been a very worthwhile investment. No knit cap I have fits better and looks better. It’s my favorite accessory and just makes me feel good to wear it and it keeps me warm in Wisconsin’s five months of cold weather. Saving my pennies for the featherweight version for most of the other seven months.

— PHILIP

My lovely new cap

I was expecting something good but the reality far exceeded my expectations. It is the greatest beanie (in local speak) I've ever owned, and I have owned a few. It's soft and comfortable and looks good!

— LEO

Absolutely Perfect!

I wear my Ocean scarf most of the day at my desk. It keeps me warm while working in cold Maine winters. I finally ordered the matching Watch Cap. As soon as I put it on I knew. This is the world's most perfect hat.

— ELLEN

Head in the clouds

Could wearing this hat feel like having your head wrapped in a cloud? Yes, I think it must be... so soft, so light, so beautiful.

— JEFF

Worth it

This is a beautiful hat. It's nice and substantial, and warm. I compare this to another hat I have from Loro Piana which cost several times more. I plan to buy another, maybe the Beanie or the Light. I just haven't decided which or the color yet. Decisions decisions...

— PETER

Cashmere Watchcap

You have sold me twice now, the best watchcap in the history of the world. I bought the second within one hour of confirming I had somehow left the other on a plane that had departed. It is warm, soft, flexible, and looks good enough to wear on any occasion. I'll never have to wear any other version, I sincerely hope. Thank you for your craftsmanship and attention to detail.

— LEN

Best hat I've ever owned

This hat is indispensable when temperatures drop below 15 deg F. It is remarkably warm and the XL fits my XXL head. The cashmere is soft and wicks moisture well. The workmanship is excellent.

— JOHN

Should be 6 star rating

This is the warmest and softest hat I have ever owned (and I own at least 7 similar hats). I have finally found this elusive item. It is warm, soft and surprisingly not itchy. So there is no going back, I can donate all my other hats to goodwill. Will buy more Golightly as my budget allows.

— THEA

Wonderful Watchcaps!

I now have 2 XL watchcaps. It's hard to find a knit cap in such a large size and even harder to find such a well-made, comfortable, good-looking item made in America. They breathe so well that I can wear them during the winter in the office, where there's an overactive air circulation system, without overheating. The watchcap is so comfortable, I sometimes forget I'm wearing it.

— PAUL

Love hats

These hats are appealing, beautifully made and perfectly functional. I give these hats to people I love. I think my husband might have married me because I gave him one of these in Derby Grey in December 2010 when we'd only known each other a few months. That hat kept him warm in a drafty San Francisco fog-belt Victorian and through brutal winters in our barely heated apartment in western Japan.

— S. SPEAR

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