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The Watch That Proves Toughness Has Always Been a Kind of Elegance

G-SHOCK didn’t just evolve into refinement. It’s been quietly building toward it from the start.

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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides
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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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The Coolest Gifts for Drink Lovers for 2025

Give drink lovers gifts like these. And they'll make you good drinks in return. Win, win.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery
By Travis Haley
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Outdoors
The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It
By Lola Méndez
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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Holiday
The Coolest Gifts for Drink Lovers for 2025

Give drink lovers gifts like these. And they'll make you good drinks in return. Win, win.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery

Check out our CM product review of the hottest product in wellness right now: the Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot. Spoiler alert -- it’s a gamechanger!

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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It

They've explored 10,000 miles together. Here are their essentials.

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Feeling the Burn

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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One of the Original ‘A-Team’ Vans is Going to Auction

The A-Team is a mid 80s classic that next to none of us actually grew up watching, but remains a part of the cultural zeitgeist because we're all aware of characters like Hannibal Smith, Templeton "Face" Peck, "Howling Mad" Murdock and Bosco "B.A" Baracus aka Mr. T. Even if you've…

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Uncharted Supply x Yeti Ultimate Cooler Survival Kit

Uncharted Supply Co. produces survival systems that will keep you alive. YETI produces coolers that keep all your sundries in tact and ready to go at a moment's notice. The combination of those two brands for the Ultimate Cooler Survival Kit you see here is nothing short of a no-brainer…

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Nissan Design America GT-R (X) 2050 Concept

There are more than a few prototype cars we always wished would be constructed, but for one reason or another, would never see the light of day. Nissan Design America was so enthralled with the GT-R (X) 2050 concept--much like the rest of us--that they actually decided to build a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Archimede 1950-3

If you hate busy watch styles, the Archimede 1950-3 has your number. This is about as classically minimalist as a timepiece can get, and it's all the better for it. In fact, it's so simple, everyone will actually take notice of it. But there's also remarkable artfulness to it thanks…

By Amos Kwon
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Volkswagen ID.6 Crossover SUV Electric Concept

Everyone knows that the future of motoring is electric, but few brands have gotten behind that initiative as much as Volkswagen has with their line of ID-badged electric vehicles. In addition to the electrified classics like the ID BUZZ Bus, and the MEB Dune Buggy, they just revealed that there…

By Cooper Fleishman
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