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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.

Steals

The best deals and offers on the web

Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

Must-Reads

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

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

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Sports
Sports

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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Phones
The Infinite Loop Tablet and Phone Stand

The first thing on most people's lists when they pick up a new piece of tech is to look for accessories. It doesn't matter if you just bought a brand spanking new iPhone or iPad or an Android device or even a Blackberry, you're going to need - at the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Fashion
Fossil Dylan Watch

Chronograph watches with NATO style nylon straps are all but old news these days. It seems like everyone and their brother is rocking a beat-up, pseudo-vintage, sub $100 watch on a $25 J. Crew NATO watch strap. There isn't anything wrong with that, but it gets a little old after…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Sucker Punch on DVD

Occasionally there will be a movie that we will want to see without needing a clue of what the plot is about.  Is it directed by Quentin Tarantino?  We're there.  NC-17 rating?  Yeah, we'll give it a shot.  Is it an action/adventure that stars a bunch of hot chicks?  Pass…

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Computers
Lacie Porsche Design P’9230 Hard Drive

Let's be totally honest here, Lacie peripherals are ridiculously expensive. $120 for a 1TB external hard drive is approximately twice as much as whatever Newegg currently has on sale from a different, no-name vendor you've never heard of. You could buy that hard drive and it would, in theory, do…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Gear
Coleman Portable Propane Coffeemaker

If you want to see a grown man angry, deny him his morning caffeine fix. We know it's bad for us, it will give us a heart condition and drinking an entire pot of coffee at midnight will make us irritable, but we don't care. Give us the good stuff…

By Cooper Fleishman
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