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Good, Better, Bezel: How G-SHOCK’s G-STEEL Keeps Toughening Up Beauty

The brand that invented unbreakable style just made its two most iconic watches even sharper.

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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 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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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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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

Pinkies out.

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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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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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This Breakthrough Tech Will Help You Get 30 More Minutes of Sleep a Night

If you're anything like us, getting 30 more minutes of sleep a night is like winning the lottery. It's not as impossible as you might think with the Apollo wearable. The Apollo device works by engaging with your sense of touch to deliver silent, soothing vibrations that help you feel…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Casio’s Latest G-SHOCK Watch Is a Full Metal Beauty

There are few watches with as storied a legacy as the G-SHOCK. Originally released in 1983, the Shock Resistant and 200M Water Resistant watch has remained relevant to this day. It just got even better with the release of the first full-metal addition to the continually evolving 2100 line. This…

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Kindred Motorworks Turns Vintage Broncos, VW Buses, and More Into Modern EVs

The right vintage vehicle turns heads no matter where it’s driven. There’s just something about that old school cool of a classic car, even for people born long after the model’s heyday. Actually driving one, however, is a different story. Kindred Motorworks is working to change that by modernizing beloved…

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Fashion
Colder Months Are Here. Replace Your Cumbersome Blanket With This Quilted Shirt

This is Worth the Hype, where our writers and editors put popular products to the test to see if they are, in fact, worth the hype. Fall is my favorite season. Cold is finally here, Santa is coming, my son is on his way home soon, and we're in the…

By Sean Ryan
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Audio
Yamaha YH-5000SE Luxury Headphone

Yamaha has taken the luxury hi-fi game to a whole new level with their latest release: the YH-5000SE luxury headphones. These over-ear headphones are both rugged and subtle with a magnesium-machined frame and a soft two-layer headband. The entire headset only clocks in at about 11 ounces. Plus, if you…

By John A. Paradiso
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