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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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Spector Digitally Captures Typefaces and Colors

Designed as a final project by Royal College of Art student Fiona O'Leary, Spector is a tool that digitally captures typefaces and colors from the real world. The handheld device is similar in size and shape to a standard stamper, but it can instantly save or convert anything you can…

By Cooper Fleishman
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8 Movie Houses We Want to Live In

Part of what makes films so magical is the understanding that, if for only a few hours, the audience will be taken to a world unlike their own. Moviegoers forget about their overpriced one-bedroom apartments, desk jobs, boring fuel-efficient cars, and all the other headaches of their day-to-day lives. When…

By Maxwell Barna
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Food
Bubba Jones Brew Cups

Listen up beer fans—or fans of coffee, soda, or, really, any consumable liquid—it's time for a vessel fit for a feast. Each of these mugs, tankards, and growlers are handmade one at a time on an actual pottery wheel. That means every single one is completely unique. After being shaped, each receives…

By Mike Newman
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Aston Martin Built a Street-Legal Hypercar That’s Faster Than an F1

Introducing what could possibly be the “most ambitious supercar project since the McLaren F1”—the AM RB 001. Created jointly by Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing, the AM RB 001 is the brainchild of F1 legend Adrian Newey and is potentially a game-changer for the high-end exotic market. With a…

By Kevin McCauley
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Bang & Olufsen Releases Their First Pair of Wireless Earphones

Danish brand Bang & Olufsen has been producing awesome products for almost a century, but their first wireless earphone release, H5, is something to behold. Its streamlined design and engineering features include a braided polyester and nylon blend textile cable, adaptable earbud tips, dust and splash resistance, magnetic connectors, an intuitive…

By Cooper Fleishman
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