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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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Bowl Season Gear by Nike
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Good, Better, Bezel: How G-SHOCK’s G-STEEL Keeps Toughening Up Beauty
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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides

From style and home goods to EDC and food and drink, we rounded up the coolest gifts of the year.

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

It's a Jordan Christmas miracle!

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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides

From style and home goods to EDC and food and drink, we rounded up the coolest gifts of the year.

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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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Puma x Porsche 911 Turbo Sneakers

The Porsche 911 Turbo is a sports car/supercar icon, and now the Stuttgart brand has partnered with German footwear company Puma to create a special line of shoes that commemorate the 911 Turbo through its lifetime. Eight different Turbo models starting from the Type 930 in 1975 all the way…

By Amos Kwon
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Vans UltraRange EXO Hi MTE Sneakers

Whether you're talking about their checkerboard slip-ons, UltraRange lace-ups or SK8-Hi sneakers, every single pair of kicks that has come off the line bearing the Vans name has been nothing short of iconic. That trend continues with the Vans UltraRange EXO Hi MTE Sneakers you see here. These sneakers capitalize…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Iconic NASA Photograph Auction

We might not be traveling there any more, but space will always be fascinating. When it comes to space travel, the Moon years with the likes of Armstrong and Aldrin will always be the most fascinating to us because they made the idea of traveling off planet and touching down…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Thomas Keller Released a New Cookbook About The French Laundry and per se

When it comes to cooking, we're the kind of people that look up a recipe and improvise at will instead of following it exactly to the letter. While it's certainly possible we're neurotic, we're willing to bet it's just as much due to the fact we weren't using the right…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Benrus Type 1

The Benrus Type 1 is an horological legend but not because it houses a pricey complication or showcases an opulent design. It's famous for the fact that it was the only timepiece that met the stringent Department of Defense's MIL-W-50717 standard and because it was only for U.S. military personnel.…

By Amos Kwon
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