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Black Book: 10 Products Our Editors Loved in March 2026

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Unimatic Modello Uno U1-SP “Space Program”

Unimatic is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing with a special edition of their Modello Uno dive watch. The U1-SP “Space Program” features a unique and resilient weathered matte white Cerakote finish over a 316L stainless steel case. Inside is their reworked Seiko mechanical automatic movement with 41-hour…

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Curtiss Motorcycles Hades

The Hades electric motorcycle kind of defies description with echoes of steampunk, executive den, silver bullet, and rotary phone dial all mashed into one seriously cool moto. The Hades was designed by J.T. Nesbitt of Confederate Motorcycles fame, and this might be his most glorious creation. Even though it's described…

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‘The Shining’ LEGO Trailer by kreimkouk

This hilarious, albeit still creepy stop motion LEGO trailer for a nearly 40-year old film feels fresh and rightly timed before the "Doctor Sleep" sequel hits this November. Brilliantly and meticulously created by YouTuber kreimkouk, who has done his fair share of LEGO trailers, LEGO The Shining has 2,130 stop…

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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…

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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…

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