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The Best Tank Watches For Men Are Wearable History for Your Wrist

The retro style and its “hip to be square” ethos add distinguished flair to your timepiece rotation.

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The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
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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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Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

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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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North Bondi Residence

We're all for shipping container houses, but there's something to be said for a similarly geometric style built with a more traditional architectural setup. Enter the North Bondi Residence from Australian firm CplusC and you'll see exactly what we're talking about. Named for its location in the coastal suburb of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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8 Punching Bags to Hone Your Inner Conor McGregor

Punching bags are an invaluable part of every gym. Not only are they great to practice your punching and kicking on, but they also improve balance and reaction time, as well as provide excellent cardio conditioning. In fact, when used appropriately, a punching bag is a heavy-hitting full body workout.…

By Maxwell Barna
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What MREs Look Like as Michelin Starred Meals

From MRE to Michelin is a new collaborative project that turns standard military rations into plates you'd expect from Michelin starred restaurants. Chef Chuck George partnered with videographer Jimmy Pham and photographer Henry Hargreaves (the guy responsible for those iconic death row meals pictures) to create photos and a video…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
The Most Expensive Daytona Ever Sold at Auction

Plenty of watches cost a lot, but there aren't many you'd have to shell out seven figures for. But if you did happen to find $4 million sitting around, you'd be able to buy a yellow gold Oyster Paul Newman Daytona, one of only three known to exist. The sale…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The Aviary Cocktail Book

If you've never been to The Aviary in Chicago, you don't know what you're missing. The Grant Achatz cocktail joint has won more awards and developed more influential cocktails and products than we could ever hope to mention. When—neigh, if—you manage to get into The Aviary, your mind will be…

By Cooper Fleishman
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