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What It’s Like to Wear an $85,000 Watch

What It’s Like to Wear an $85,000 Watch

I spent some wrist time with the Ulysse Nardin Freak ONE Gold, a wonderfully strange feat of watchmaking with no dial, hands or crown.

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The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway
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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy
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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop
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Lifestyle
The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

The Cool Shop
The Cool Shop
What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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What We're Buying
7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop

For the beach, the lake, the trail, and wherever you like disappearing to on summer weekends.

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Lifestyle
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.

Steals

The best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

Must-Reads

Our team’s top picks

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Travel
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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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What We're Buying

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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

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Sports
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

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The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

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The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

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Lifestyle
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Wild Turkey’s New ‘Cheesy Gold Foil’ Release Is a Tribute To a Collector’s Classic

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A ‘Tron: Legacy’ LEGO Light Cycle Is Coming in 2018

It took the better part of two years, but the Tron: Legacy Light Cycle LEGO model that BrickBros UK created for LEGO Ideas has finally been approved by the toy brick giant to get a full retail kit. Before you get too excited thinking you're going to be able to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Smartables Will Charge Your Phone, Play Music, and More

Chances are, your nightstand is good for holding a few books, a lamp, and your phone but little else. If that's the case, you could be getting so much more out of your bedside buddy if you swap it out for a Smartable. Smartables are clever nightstands that do more…

By Mike Newman
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Accessories
Clarks Created a Wallabee Boot for Winter

The Wallabee is one of our favorite shoes ever to grace our feet. We've had a pair in our closet for the last 20-odd years. Of course, when winter hits, we leave them on the shelf, as they aren't built to withstand slushy conditions. That all changes with the release…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
10 Great Podcasts to Binge on Your Next Road Trip

Podcasts are the perfect road trip accompaniment. They keep you engaged, but can provide white noise to keep you focused on the road. We tried to cast as wide a net as possible to keep you entertained on your cross-country drive, so we have some straight up entertainment, comedy, history…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Gear
Orbitkey Ring

If you've spent time perusing the goods in the Cool Material Shop, you know we're a big fan of Orbitkey. The team makes stylish goods that organize your mess of keys and assorted EDC. The company's latest product, which just hit Kickstarter, is the Orbitkey Ring, a clever upgrade on…

By Mike Newman
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