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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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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

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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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10 Survivalist Movies Every Guy Should See

Man against the odds. There's perhaps no storyline more prevalent in film history. But take it to the extreme, toss in a dash of Mother Nature, and you have the makings of a great survivalist film. Often with true stories as the basis, these films ignite something primal in us.…

By Mike Newman
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Rams: The First Feature Documentary About Dieter Rams

Initially, we thought this was a probing documentary about the dirty underworld of sheep fighting. It's not, but the real subject is (arguably) more important. Dieter Rams is the legendary designer behind hundreds of products, including coffeemakers, shavers, stereos, alarm clocks and the Vitsoe 606 shelving system. He wrote the Ten Principles…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Make Vinyl Records From SoundCloud Tracks

If you've ever heard an artist on Soundcloud but been disappointed that you couldn't get their work on vinyl then you need to check out Vinylize.it. The soon to launch, on demand vinyl record service allows you to create custom records from SoundCloud tracks as long as the artists are…

By Cooper Fleishman
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6 Award-Winning Burger Recipes

When it comes to summer grilling, few things tantalize our taste buds like a good burger. Coincidentally, nothing frustrates us more than people who erroneously lump all burgers together under one roof.  There’s no easy way to say this, but the simple truth is that not all burgers are created equal. While…

By Maxwell Barna
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Banksy’s Graffiti Van Is for Sale

On June 29, Bonham's will be auctioning a SWAT van decked out in spray-painted decor by the one and only Banksy. The van might be part of the Post-War and Contemporary Art sale, but this is the first time in the last decade that anyone has seen the actual SWAT van…

By Cooper Fleishman
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