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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
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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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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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Amazon Prime Day 2019 [Updating Regularly]

Amazon Prime Day is back again to bring you another iteration of "Black Friday in July" with steep discounts on, well, pretty much everything. Yes, there will be a lot of junk on sale that the Internet will endlessly deride Amazon for with clever hashtags, but there will also be…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Metallica Made a Children’s Book That Drops Later This Year

Want to up your Cool Uncle cred while simultaneously teaching all your nieces and nephews the importance of the alphabet? We can't believe we're about to say this, but Metallica can help. We're not saying that the decades old track "Enter Sandman" was some sort of foreshadowing, but Metallica has…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Computers
Take Back Control of Your Online Privacy with Winston

There comes a point when modern conveniences like voice-activated shopping lists, status updates and file sharing aren't worth the sacrifice of personal privacy. That time is now. We're sick and tired of big tech companies, corporate overlords and data brokers selling our information to the highest bidder so they can…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Love Hultén’s Latest Creation Is a Modern Take on the ‘Game of Life’

Love Hultén is a man that, if we're being completely honest, probably has a screw or two loose because of his absolute obsession with taking all things vintage video game and dragging it into the modern world with his unique combination of craft, design and invention. He did Nintendo. He…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Accessories
Nike Air Max 1 “Sketch to Shelf” Pack

The Air Max 1 is an iconic running shoe that easily qualifies as a hip lifestyle footwear staple. Now, the brand has created a “Sketch to Shelf” Air Max 1 pack that nods to Tinker Hatfield’s design before its release back in 1987. The very aesthetic comes straight from Hatfield’s…

By Amos Kwon
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