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The Watch That Proves Toughness Has Always Been a Kind of Elegance

G-SHOCK didn’t just evolve into refinement. It’s been quietly building toward it from the start.

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Holiday
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
By Travis Haley
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Outdoors
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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Sports
The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Pack your bags...

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Holiday
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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Outdoors
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

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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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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You Want Free Bacon? ButcherBox Will Send It to You for a Year

Yes, you read that correctly. Butcherbox--one of our favorite online purveyors for high-quality meats of all varieties--wants to send new users 2 packs of uncured, hormone and antibiotic-free bacon in every box free for a year. There are a lot of things we'd like to get free for a year,…

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Byrna’s Stylish Ballistapac Quickly Converts to Body Armor

If you thought you had a backpack that did it all, you’ve obviously never seen the Byrna Ballistipac. The Byrna Ballistipac is a bulletproof backpack that provides peace of mind and added protection in emergency situations. With its selection of armored panels, the Ballistipac can shield against bullets and other…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Monday 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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In Defense of Cheap Coffee, the Ultimate Caffeination Workhorse

Though I often talk about the value of living well, even I have my limits of where I choose to spend my time. I like my sleep. A lot. And because I now have three elderly dogs, there is less and less of it around my house. Because of this,…

By Brett Braley
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Fashion
Bertucci Retroform Epic

Bertucci has long been considered an impressive value watch and the latest field watch affirms that notion. The D-3T Retroform features a solid titanium case that is both stylish and incredibly durable. The watch's distinctive patented unibody 42mm case houses a 5-year quartz movement that was developed specifically for this…

By John A. Paradiso
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