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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 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
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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The Coolest Gifts for Drink Lovers for 2025

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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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Tesla GigaBier

Elon Musk has hinted at many strange and surreal products for Tesla. And, surprisingly, a few of the stranger promises have been delivered. In 2020 Tesla launched its own tequila, which promptly sold out in a matter of hours. And now in 2023 Tesla is offering GigaBier, a limited-edition Cybertruck-inspired…

By John A. Paradiso
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The Todd Snyder Sportsman Are The Sunglasses of Summer

King of collabs, Todd Snyder, has teamed up with Randolph Engineering on a new capsule of sunglasses which are at once impossibly cool and daringly modern. Available in two sizes (47 and 61 millimeter) and two colorways (gold or gunmetal), these glasses are a classic aviator-style with a twist. On…

By Brett Braley
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Seiko Prospex Mechanical GMT Watches

If you don't have a Seiko in your watch collection, you're totally missing out on some of the best watches for the money. Their latest releases (among many) consist of three mechanical GMT watches, two permanent releases and one limited edition. The SPB381, SPB383, and the Save the Ocean Limited…

By Amos Kwon
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The 7 Most Overrated Video Games (and What To Play Instead)

There are great video games out there. Some are just plain beautiful, while others started out good and turned great after an update. Others still are as fun to watch as they are to play. And then there are the overrated video games. These are extremely hyped games that don't…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Fashion
The Best Watch Straps That Adapt To Your Lifestyle

Owning a watch, any watch, is an extension of your personality. Whether you lean more formal, more athletic, or opt for a smart watch, your options are limitless and what you select says a lot about your tastes. A watch strap can play an integral part in the showcasing of…

By Brett Braley
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