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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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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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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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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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Dockers x Transnomadica Collection

You read it here first: Dockers are cool again. Looking back at the brand’s khaki heritage, Dockers partners with global research and curation project, Transnomadica on a line of limited-edition apparel. Building consciously constructed, gender-neutral garments in muted beiges and whites, this Dockers collab has the feel of a high-fashion…

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Patagonia and Dogfish Head Collaborate on Kernza Pils

Patagonia has teamed up with renowned craft brewery Dogfish Head on a collaborative beer brewed to taste good and do better. Both Patagonia and Dogfish Head have embraced environmental activism and this collaborative effort sees the worlds of craft beer and ecology collide. Kernza Pils is a classic pilsner using…

By John A. Paradiso
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Super73 C1X Concept

E-bike riders who want to upgrade to pedal-less riding can now rejoice. The Super73 C1X Concept is just such a bike. The street-legal electric moto can manage over 75 mph of speed and up to 100 miles of range, and it's right-sized for most riders who don't want something full-sized.…

By Amos Kwon
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Steve McQueen’s 1972 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL

Not all of the King of Cool's cars were sporty. This lofty and lush Merc 300 SEL 6.3 is one of his more relaxed steeds, and now it's up for auction. Under the hood is an M100 V8 engine pulled from the 600 SEL, and Mr. McQueen, himself, helmed it…

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Lost Objects: 50 Stories About the Things We Miss and Why They Matter

You may know Joshua Glenn and Rob Walker from their project, Significant Objects, an experiment tying fiction work to thrift store finds. Glenn and Walker now turn their attention to nonfiction in short memoirs. Coupling illustrators and writers, Lost Objects is a look at fifty objects that have a special…

By Brett Braley
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