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The latest in men's fashion: trends, products, shopping, and style tips from Cool Material editors.

This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000
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This Los Angeles-Based Microbrand Makes the Best Tool Watch Under $1,000
By Amos Kwon
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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

The smartest summer wardrobes aren't the biggest ones. They're the ones where every piece works with every other piece.

By Cool Material
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.

By Beau Hayhoe
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.

By Beau Hayhoe
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James & Muriel The Timekeeper Watch

There are a lot of affordable but generally crappy watches out there. You can tell they're cheap just by looking at them. Not so with the new James & Muriel The Timekeeper Watch. The refined but minimalist design uses small but very legible numerals, markers, and hands while also employing…

By Amos Kwon
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Design Your Perfect Engagement Ring with Couple

Thought finding your special someone was hard? Wait until you try picking out a ring. It's an incredibly daunting and expensive prospect, but it doesn't have to be. Enter Couple, the first luxury brand exclusively selling lab-grown diamonds. Why go lab grown? They're ethically sourced and atomically identical to mined…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Globe-Trotter AERO Luggage

If you travel and you think luggage can't be both tough and protective, as well as flexible, you haven't seen it made from high-strength and elastic carbon composite, the same kind of material used for satellites, rockets, and hypercars. Globe-Trotter has made its AERO line from this very stuff, developed…

By Amos Kwon
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Best Made Co. Leather Briefcase

We don't see many men carrying leather bags or briefcases anymore, but Best Made Co. makes a strong case for doing so. The 100% vegetable tanned leather is crafted into a minimalist daily carry bag that will wear beautifully over time by adding patina and character. Heavy gauge stitching, strong…

By Amos Kwon
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Seiko Is Reissuing the Hybrid Dive Watch from ‘Predator’ and ‘Commando’

The 1980s were filled with all kinds of things we like to call back to this day. There were plenty of great inventions during that decade that we look back on fondly now, but one of the most influential it turns out was the Seiko 1982 Hybrid Diver watch that…

By Cooper Fleishman
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