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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act
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Where Broken Guitar Strings Get a Second Act

Inside FRET12, the Chicago shop turning rock ’n’ roll culture into clothes, art, live sessions, beer, and more.

What It’s Like to Wear an $85,000 Watch What It’s Like to Wear an $85,000 Watch
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What It’s Like to Wear an $85,000 Watch

I spent some wrist time with the Ulysse Nardin Freak ONE Gold, a wonderfully strange feat of watchmaking with no dial, hands or crown.

Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

Our favorite places to stay, eat, drink, explore, and linger in one of Mexico's most captivating beach towns.

The Hemingway Shirt

There's no denying the fact that Ernest Hemingway is an American literary icon because of his collection of novels, short-stories and nonfiction works. Outside of the Nobel and Pulitzer prizes, and everything named after him, his personal exploits often mirrored or exceeded those of his characters. In honor of that…

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HYT H0 Black Fluid

If traditional watches bore you to tears, the HYT H0 is worth looking at. The boutique premium brand has just unveiled a blacked-out version of their famous H0 watch that uses a patented micro-fluidic module in a huge 48.8mm diameter black DLC stainless steel case with a unique wraparound sapphire…

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Gatura Tactical Pouch

Now that we have all this time on our hands at home, we've been regularly knocking out projects that have been on the to-do list for way too long. Carrying pens, Sharpies, knives, screwdrivers, USB sticks and other EDC pieces from room to room while we're tightening screws, working on…

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Timex Navi XL “NASA” Watch

NASA doesn't just go around slapping its logo on everything. But this Timex gets the official National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the moon landings for a rather affordable $129. That classic red worm logo shows up on the crisp white dial of…

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Todd Snyder x Timex Liquor Store Watch

Todd Snyder and Timex are a match made in affordable horological heaven. Now, the former J. Crew designer has pulled from his past by using the J. Crew Liquor Store shop as inspiration for a new timepiece while also using the site to create his own menswear shop. The watch…

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