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The American Watchmaker Rebuilding a Lost Craft

Weiss Watch Co. is doing things a bit (or quite a lot) differently with its remarkable USA-made timepieces.

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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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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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‘Desert Mouse’ 1974 Volkswagen Beetle Baja Bug

Baja racing is one of the most brutal, challenging and demanding types of motorsport out there. This should come as no surprise because you and your car of choice are tackling hundreds, if not thousands, of miles of unforgiving desert terrain. The 1974 Volkswagen Beetle Baja Bug, aka the "Desert…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Nixon’s Shores Backpack Is the Ultimate Beach Bag

There's nothing like a beach day, but sand and surf can be brutal on your gear--unless you're sporting Nixon's Shores Backpack. For starters, it has an an insulated and tarp-lined lower compartment that does double duty as a cooler during the trip and wet clothing storage after. Then there's the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Beastie Boys Teamed up with Adidas for a ‘Paul’s Boutique’ Anniversary Sneaker

It's been a big year of anniversaries for the Beastie Boys. To the 5 Boroughs turned 15. Ill Communication turned 25. And Paul's Boutique turned thirty today. They've been celebrating all the anniversaries with everything from audiobooks, deluxe re-releases, new EPs and now, with the release of a limited edition pair…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Kahn Design Land Rover Defender 90 Flying Huntsman Homage II

We can count how many Land Rover customs Project Kahn has built that we do not like with a closed fist (as in zero). The Kahn Design Land Rover Defender 90 Flying Huntsman Homage II perfectly encapsulates everything we've come to love and even expect from the brand--an old school vehicles…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Cliff Concept Boutique Hotel

Sometimes the accommodations can easily qualify as the destination, and in the case of the Cliff Concept Boutique Hotel, nothing could be truer. Dreamt up and rendered by Hayri Atak Architectural Design Studio in Istanbul, the hotel is actually meant to be built into a cliff, as opposed to a…

By Amos Kwon
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