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The Watch That Proves Toughness Has Always Been a Kind of Elegance

G-SHOCK didn’t just evolve into refinement. It’s been quietly building toward it from the start.

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Bowl Season Gear by Nike
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Good, Better, Bezel: How G-SHOCK’s G-STEEL Keeps Toughening Up Beauty
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

It's a Jordan Christmas miracle!

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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides

From style and home goods to EDC and food and drink, we rounded up the coolest gifts of the year.

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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

It's a Jordan Christmas miracle!

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The Cool Material 2025 Holiday Gift Guides

From style and home goods to EDC and food and drink, we rounded up the coolest gifts of the year.

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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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Gucci Planetarium Watch

Don't look at Gucci's new Planetarium watch for high-end mechanical movement horology. It's more of a playful timepiece with its fun and colorful planetarium print, bright green hands, and the recycled nylon strap with the Gucci logo festooned all over. There's a reliable quartz movement inside the modestly-sized 38mm case,…

By Amos Kwon
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Tom Sachs Rocket Factory Fanny Pack Pro

Tom Sachs is doubling down on his earlier NFT project, Rocket Factory, with the release of the Rocket Factory Fanny Pack. You might ask what a fanny pack has to do with NFTs, which is a great question that mixes 90s fashion and 2020s tech trends. The answer is that…

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How a Small Family Business Grew into the Most Popular Dominican Cigar Brand Today

One word: quality. In 1903, Eduardo León Jimenes started making cigars so good, they’ve become the well-established beacon of quality and craftsmanship today. La Aurora offers 12 different sampler packs of their cigars so you can experience the original Dominican cigar in all its forms this year. Plus, free shipping…

By Pat McLaughlin
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The Best Negroni Cocktail Recipes

For years we've seen the rising Italian influence on modern cocktails. While whiskey and bourbon still likely reign supreme, there's been a growing fervor around Italian spirits like the aperitivo or amaro. The Aperol Spritz had its moment in the limelight but one particular cocktail seems to have continued apace:…

By John A. Paradiso
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TUMI Atlas [00:00 GMT] Fragrance

Travel brand TUMI might be known best for its line of luggage and bags but they've introduced plenty of accessories that fit into the high-flying lifestyle including a line of personal fragrances. The latest offering is the Atlas [00:00 GMT], a complex fragrance for men that features citrus notes including…

By John A. Paradiso
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