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Are These the Most Underrated Watches of the Year?

Citizen’s newest luxury collections set a new bar for everyday excellence.

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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides
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How to Give the Gift of Pappy This Year (Even If You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Bottle)
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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The Coolest Gifts for Drink Lovers for 2025

Give drink lovers gifts like these. And they'll make you good drinks in return. Win, win.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery
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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It
By Lola Méndez
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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The Coolest Gifts for Drink Lovers for 2025

Give drink lovers gifts like these. And they'll make you good drinks in return. Win, win.

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Review: Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot – A Game-Changer for Foot Pain and Recovery

Check out our CM product review of the hottest product in wellness right now: the Nike x Hyperice HyperBoot. Spoiler alert -- it’s a gamechanger!

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The Best Gear for Life on the Trail, According to the Couple Who Wrote the Book on It

They've explored 10,000 miles together. Here are their essentials.

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Feeling the Burn

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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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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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Tuesday Link Roundup

The web is a vast place best explored with a little guidance. Every day we curate a small collection of links worthy of your time, meaning you can skip the wandering and get right to the good stuff.

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The Best Oktoberfest Beers From Germany To Drink This Fall

If you don’t know much about Oktoberfest, you might simply think it’s an annual beer-fueled event created to ring in the start of fall with all the bratwurst and Marzen you can drink. Well, if you think that, you’d be half right. It is a beer, sausage, lederhosen, and oom-pah-music-fueled…

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Fashion
Swatch x Blancpain Bioceramic Fifty Fathoms Dive Watch

If James Bond decided to trade in his Omega Seamaster for a more unconventional yet equally stylish dive watch, we think he'd have his eyes on the Swatch x Blancpain Bioceramic Fifty Fathoms. This collaboration between two iconic Swiss brands brings together Swatch's playful design ethos with Blancpain's heritage of…

By John A. Paradiso
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Gear
FeatherLite, the World’s Lightest EDC Knife

Get ready to upgrade your EDC game with the FeatherLite, a modern pocket knife that's redefining the game. Designed for the urban adventurer, this svelte knife combines form and function like no other. Crafted with precision from premium materials, the Featherlite is an ultra-lightweight, ultra-versatile companion for your daily adventures.…

By John A. Paradiso
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When You Want a Pair of Pants Built as Tough as Your Favorite Adventure Vehicle, Proof Is the Only Option

Yes, you read that correctly, and no, we don't invoke the Land Rover without absolute certainty our claims will be delivered on. Whether you opt for the straight or slim option, each pair of pants in the Proof Rover Collection calls upon the name of a certain all-terrain vehicle for…

By Pat McLaughlin
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