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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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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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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

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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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Braven’s Massive Limited Edition Bluetooth Speaker

Braven's latest bluetooth speaker, the massive BRV-XXL Limited Edition, is unlike anything of theirs we've talked about before. Designed and built to fill even the most massive campsite, tailgate or party with music, the BRV-XXL is an 18lbs behemoth that will handle anything you throw at it with ease. The…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The LUNO EGB2 Holds Your Records and Whiskey Glasses

With a turntable, speakers, amp, 100W subwoofer, three band tone control, Airplay compatibility, storage for 150 records, and four gold-rimmed whiskey glasses, LUNO's flagship EGB2 record console has literally everything you need to enjoy your entire vinyl collection from start to finish. Described as "a timely update to the classic…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Pakayak Packable Kayak

If you enjoy kayaking but hate the storage, transportation and accessibility issues, you'll love Pakayak's Packable Kayak. The 14' kayak is made like a normal kayak with material specifically formulated for the kayak industry, but it breaks into pieces that can be nested into each other to make it a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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West Hollywood’s Robot Parking Garage

We're not completely sure how comfortable people in West Hollywood are going to be about having their cars parked by robots, but that doesn't make West Hollywood's new three-story robot parking garage any less cool. The first municipal robot parking garage built on the West Coast holds up to 200…

By Cooper Fleishman
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We Tested a Bunch of Growlers to See How Long They Kept Our Beer Cold

The growler has made it possible to bring fresh beer home from your favorite brewery. Normally that is a simple process, and the growler ends up in the fridge in minutes, not hours. Other times, however, it doesn't. What if you're taking it camping? What if the brewery is located in…

By Mike Newman
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