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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.

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A curated selection of our favorite gear

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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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

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The Best Movie of Every Year Since 2000

It's impossible to get everyone to agree on what "the best" movie is. What a critic loves is often not what the audience craves. Still, thanks to review sites like Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, you can get a pretty good idea of a film's quality since they take both viewpoints…

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Traxxas Remote Control Defender

If owning a Defender seems out of reach due to financial constraints, don't give up on the dream just yet. While it won't take you from point A to point B, the Traxxas RC Defender will entertain you just like a full-size Land Rover. Let's get something straight, this is…

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Videos
The First Trailer for Louis C.K.’s ‘I Love You, Daddy’

Anyone who's watched Louis, Louis C.K.'s hit show, knows that the comedian has a thing for artistic dramadies. That artistic flair is always balanced by spit-out-your-milk jokes, so it delivers a bit of everything and that's why the show has been so successful. Now Louis is taking that vibe and tossing…

By Mike Newman
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The Volvo Polestar 1 Is Going to Take on Tesla

Polestar used to be Volvo's performance arm, but now the brand is being spun off into its own unique marquee, and it's set to take on Tesla with the upcoming Polestar 1 hybrid. One look at the Polestar 1 and it's apparent that it's not your grandma's Volvo. You'll see…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Travel
You Can Get Paid to Live in a National Park

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is on the hunt for a modern-day Thoreau. They want a person to live inside old guard station cabins situated throughout Colorado's San Juan National Forest. So what's the catch with this dream job for the aspiring hermit? Well, you do have to care for…

By Mike Newman
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