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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

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
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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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What We're Buying
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

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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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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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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8 Beers We Wish They’d Bring Back

Sometimes the unthinkable happens. Our favorite breweries decide that, for whatever reason, the time is right to retire a beer. Maybe they are moving on to different styles or perhaps this beer just isn’t selling as well as it once did. It's rough. We miss those cherished brews and hold onto…

By Christopher Osburn
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OLIVERS Bradbury Jogger Is a Running Staple, Reimagined

Those chilly runs and brisk spring mornings are no match for the Bradbury Jogger. By combining 4-way stretch material with zippered bottoms for movement and ventilation, OLIVERS built the Bradbury Jogger to be comfortable in all situations. Toss in the water repellent fabric, athletic cut, and tapered leg and you…

By Mike Newman
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The 8 Best Toothpastes You Won’t Find at the Grocery Store

Everyone knows you need to brush and floss daily. But what is the best toothpaste to brush with? That depends a lot on what you want in the flavor, fluoride, sensitivity and natural ingredients departments. Regardless of your previously established notions about what the best toothpaste is, there are quite…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The RUF 2017 CTR Is Not a Porsche

Don't let its classic Porsche good looks and rear-engine layout fool you, the RUF 2017 CTR is anything but a Porsche. Unveiled at Geneva, this new RUF CTR is the first RUF sports car to be based on a chassis completely of the firm's own design and pays tribute to…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Lindlund Ruler Helps Translate Physical Drawings to Digital Ones

Today's graphic designers have a unique challenge facing them. If they've done most of their work on a physical medium, eventually they're going to have to digitize it. But since digital displays use different measurements than what the designer was probably using on paper, moving work over quickly becomes a…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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