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Sheffield Revives a Classic: Crafting Quality, Technology, and Affordability Into Every Timepiece

The microbrand making watches the old-fashioned way. By overdelivering.

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The Winter Olympics, But Make It Wearable
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Good, Better, Bezel: How G-SHOCK’s G-STEEL Keeps Toughening Up Beauty
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Bowl Season Gear by Nike

If you’re gearing up for the most wonderful, chaotic stretch of the college football calendar, start here.

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There’s Nothing Cool About Being Cold

Signature Innovation Group hid a flannel in this corduroy jacket.

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When a Dress Shoe Trend Turns Out to Be a Classic
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The Winter Olympics, But Make It Wearable
By Cool Material
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Bowl Season Gear by Nike

If you’re gearing up for the most wonderful, chaotic stretch of the college football calendar, start here.

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Features
There’s Nothing Cool About Being Cold

Signature Innovation Group hid a flannel in this corduroy jacket.

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When a Dress Shoe Trend Turns Out to Be a Classic

The monk strap’s journey from blog-era favorite to modern classic

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The Winter Olympics, But Make It Wearable

Nike’s cold-weather era is peaking, don’t miss out.

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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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Watches
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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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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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Travel
You Can Apply to Stay in Hunter S. Thompson’s Writing Cabin

If we're being completely honest, everything Hunter S. Thompson wrote is worth reading. The man, the myth and the legend lives on in film, books and popular culture to this day despite the fact he died almost fifteen years ago. We've always wanted to follow in his footsteps in one…

By Cooper Fleishman
Food
The World’s Most Expensive and Rarest Japanese Whisky Collection

There are a lot of whiskies that have piqued our interest over the years while writing all of the whisky bucket lists, but right now, we're infatuated with the whisky coming out of Japan. A few years ago, Bonhams had a collection of almost 400 rare Japanese Whiskies to be…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Oris Is Reviving an Iconic Diver’s Watch from 50 Years Ago

Oris has dived back in time to present a revival of their iconic diver’s watch that first appeared in the collection 50 years ago. The Oris Diver’s Sixty-Five story has been given a fresh spin with a new bi-color model, the steel and bronze ‘Bico.’ The spirit of the pioneering…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Clothing
Vollebak Made a T-Shirt out of Carbon Fiber

Vollebak has never shied away from what seems to be impossible when it comes to the clothing the make. The Vollebak Graphene Jacket was made with the lightest and strongest material ever discovered. The 50,000BC Jacket was designed for prehistoric man to use during the great migrations of ancient times.…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Transportation
1965 Shelby / De Tomaso P70 Can-Am Sports Racer

This singular P70 Sports Racer is the result of a collaboration fraught with tension between Carroll Shelby (of Shelby Mustang fame) and Alejandro de Tomaso (of Pantera fame). The two automotive heads worked together to create the P70 prototype for the United States Road Racing Championship, a series which Shelby…

By Amos Kwon
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