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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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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

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The Coolest Gifts for Drink Lovers for 2025

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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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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

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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

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Fiat 126 Vision

Some of the best concepts these days are hatchbacks, which Americans apparently hate since sales of the segment are declining. But Europeans still love them for their practicality and diminutive urban-friendliness. This reinterpretation of the legendary 1970s Fiat 126 hatchback has been released as an all-electric concept. The Fiat 126…

By Amos Kwon
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1973 Ferrari Dino 246 GTS

Rarely does one come across a vintage Ferrari that remained within the same family for almost a half a century. This 1973 Dino 246 GTS is a rare example of this. The Dino's fame comes from its nomenclature (named after Enzo Ferrari's deceased son, Alfredo "Dino" Ferrari), along with its…

By Amos Kwon
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The James Brand The Pike

The James Brand makes some of the best everyday carry blades in the business, and that's saying something given its youth amid more storied knife brands. Their latest is called The Pike, and it harkens to the past as well as pointing to the present. The Pike's Sandvik 12c27 steel…

By Amos Kwon
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This Mondrian-esque Surreal Clock at Schiphol Airport Looks Like Someone is Painting the Time

Whether you're a fan of his works and compositions that juxtapose primary colors with fundamental geometric forms--or you're not--there's no denying the fact that Piet Mondrian has had an indelible impact on the world of modern art. Despite the fact he kicked the bucket almost eight decades ago, his works…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Weber Workshops Onyx EG-1

If you'd like to ascend into the stratosphere of coffee obsession, then take a look at the Onyx EG-1, a coffee grinder that transcends the appliance genre in terms of design and function. Looking more like a Skunkworks mini-telescope than a grinder, the Onyx EG-1's focus is on single-dose pour-over…

By Amos Kwon
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