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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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America’s Most Historic Golf Trip

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

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Fashion
Decked Out: Workout Gear

Thanksgiving has come and gone. Another Black Friday is in the books. You're back home by now and dreading going back to the office if you haven't already. Now that the tryptophan coma is finally starting to wear off though, it's time to think about how you're going to fit…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Phones
Lumawake iPhone Smart Dock

For far too long, your iPhone dock has sat around like a lazy stoner. Sure, it charges your phone and can maybe spit out some of your tunes, but what else? We mean, they sell refrigerators that can tweet for Pete's sake! The Lumawake is ready to show you what a dock…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
Terrywood

We've got two big thumbs up for Terrywood. The latest book from photographer/dude-every-guy-wants-to-be, is a compilation of all his work that was on display in his Terrywood show from earlier this year. While it might not be as heavy on the scantily clad models as you would hope, the collection…

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Entertainment
Manual Designs Stencil Car Prints

Having a nicked up poster of a bunch of super cars racing may have been cool when you were in grade school, but as a grown man, it's your responsibility to find a way to display your boyhood passions in an adult way. These Stencil Car Prints from Manual Designs…

By Mike Newman
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Typographic Chess Set

If you can handle a few rounds of chess, we're guessing you can string a sentence together. It's not like Hungry Hungry Hippos where you're just smashing your fist down like Cro-Magnon Man. It takes some smarts, which is why we figure this Typographic Chess Set is perfect for the…

By Mike Newman
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