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What It’s Like to Wear an $85,000 Watch

What It’s Like to Wear an $85,000 Watch

I spent some wrist time with the Ulysse Nardin Freak ONE Gold, a wonderfully strange feat of watchmaking with no dial, hands or crown.

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The Case for Nashville as Your Next Golf Getaway
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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy
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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

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What We're Buying
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What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop
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Lifestyle
The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​

Win a pair of handcrafted Crown Northampton Yardley GAT sneakers, a matching cardholder, and a handmade shoe tree.

The Cool Shop
The Cool Shop
What We're Buying
The Cool Shop

What I'm buying, wearing, and using, this week.

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What We're Buying
7 Essentials from Filson’s Warm-Weather Shop

For the beach, the lake, the trail, and wherever you like disappearing to on summer weekends.

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Lifestyle
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 best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

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Our team’s top picks

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Travel
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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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What We're Buying
What We're Buying

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The Summer Edit: 10 Pieces That Make Getting Dressed Ridiculously Easy

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Sports
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide
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Cool Destination: The Ultimate Puerto Vallarta Guide

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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta

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The Nike Chapter of My Summer Story

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The Hotel Redefining Charleston Charm

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Lifestyle
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Wild Turkey’s New ‘Cheesy Gold Foil’ Release Is a Tribute To a Collector’s Classic

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Entertainment
PostalPix

No matter how bad you are, no matter how many selfies you've taken, there's at least one good photo you've snapped on your phone. With cropping, filters, and effects, it's statistically proven that you have at least one picture worthy of putting on display. With PostalPix, you can get that…

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Transportation
Papercruiser Foldable PDF Models

Our origami skills are on par with our synchronized swimming skills, in that they're nonexistent. That being said, we're totally up for trying our hand at folding up a mini Land Cruiser or Ford Bronco. These Foldable PDF Model vehicles are sweet and cheap little additions to any dude's desk.…

By Mike Newman
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Audio
OYO Ballo Speaker

As you're well aware, we're all about the latest and greatest. Mini-computers with fruit badges worn as watches. TVs that come with their own glasses. Entertainment systems that connect to wi-fi, your home computer, and stream your definitely-not-pirated movies to you on your phone half way across the wold. But…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Clothing
Hidden Pocket Ties

One of the biggest annoyances when wearing a suit is storing your phone, wallet and keys. They add unsightly protrusions throughout your pants and jacket and take away from the dapper appeal you're going for. While your keys and phone are on their own, the cash and cards you normally…

By Mike Newman
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Food
Single Malt Chocolate Lollipops

We've been eating lollipops for far too long without getting hammered off them. Okay, well maybe not hammered, but our Tootsie Pops do have a severe lack of booze in them and that Dum Dum's mystery flavor has yet be "Tequila." Besides the dark chocolate in these Single Malt Chocolate…

By Mike Newman
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