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Why The Field Watch Is The Ultimate Spring Watch

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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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1974 Gateway Bronco Modern Day Warrior

Gateway Bronco has built one of the finest Ford Bronco restomods we've come across, and at its heart supports a worthy cause for Alzheimer's education. Thanks to meticulous adherence to the Bronco ethos combined with modern rugged components, the Modern Day Warrior is ready to take on anything, including showing…

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‘Binging with Babish: 100 Recipes Recreated from Your Favorite Movies and TV Shows’

Whether you're talking about the Soup Nazi's Wild Mushroom Soup from Seinfeld, the Cubano Sandwiches from Chef or cocktails from famous movies, it's a fair bet that Andrew Rea--aka Oliver Babish, Oliver Platt's The West Wing character, but more importantly, the pseudonym Rea adopted for his series Binging with Babish--has…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Oswalds Mill Audio Ironic Speaker

Whether you're talking about Bluetooth Speakers built for the great outdoors or speakers that think outside the box, we've covered a lot of unconventional, sound-producing devices over the years. Oswalds Mill Audio Ironic Speaker is quite possibly the most unique speaker we've ever covered. The OMA Ironic Speaker is an…

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Booze-Filled Advent Calendars

Halloween and Thanksgiving haven't even come and gone yet. Despite the fact we know we're not supposed to talk about Christmas decorations until after those other two have passed, we're going to make an exception for our favorite decoration--Drinks By The Dram Booze-Filled Advent Calendars. You know the drill because…

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Varialift Solar-Powered Airships

Ask a Millennial what a dirigible is, and you'll get a seriously blank look. Those of us old enough to appreciate the Goodyear Blimp (not the Hindenburg) have fond memories of them slowly air-lumbering around football stadiums. Well, their heyday might not be over quite yet if Varialift has anything…

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