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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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The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
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The Rise of Prediction Culture
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

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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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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now
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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

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

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

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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

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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

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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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Bucket List Bars: 25 U.S. Bars You Have to Visit At Least Once

America is full to the brim with bars and pubs. Even the tiniest village seems to have a watering hole. How can you possibly decide which ones to visit and which ones to avoid? We’ve scoured the U.S. in search of the most creative, famous, oldest and all around interesting…

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Katz’s Deli Now Offers a Subscription Service for Its Pastrami

If you don't live in or around New York City, getting your Katz's pastrami fix requires quite a bit of legwork. If making your way to the Lower East Side deli on a monthly basis is a bit too much for you, fear not; Katz's just introduced a subscription service…

By Mike Newman
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North Drinkware Mt. Hood Blanket

If the name North Drinkware sounds familiar, it's because they're the team responsible for The Oregon Pint Glass with the little Mt. Hood model in the bottom. They're taking the idea and USGS data that made the original glass one of our best beer inventions and using it to make…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Goblin Works Garage Slammed Rover

In a move that is sure to have Land Rover purists screaming and throwing things at their televisions, the team at Goblin Works Garage slammed a 1961 Series 2a Land Rover pretty much to the floor for an episode of their Velocity TV show. The team set out to create…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The 5 Books Bill Gates Thinks You Should Read This Summer

Summer reading brings to mind easy, breezy paperbacks that entertain without making you think too much. Bill Gates doesn't subscribe to that idea, and if you want to follow in the footsteps of one of the wealthiest people in the world, maybe you shouldn't either. Luckily, Gates is happy to…

By Mike Newman
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