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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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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

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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

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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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Embrace Your Video Game Nostalgia with the NES-SY37 Synth Concept

As the video game industry continues to push technology forward, there's still a large segment of the population that yearns for the bygone days of retro gaming. With the success of recent projects like the Analogue Pocket or the Playdate, throwback gaming is alive and well. Swedish artist Love Hultén…

By John A. Paradiso
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Crystal Head Onyx Vodka

Where other vodka companies trick out their products with gimmicks and buzzwords, Crystal Head seems to be focusing on intentional ingredients and elevating their spirits to bring out the very best qualities. Onyx, for example, uses single-sources agave to bring out the grassy, peppery, and citrusy notes of the vodka.…

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The Coolest Vintage Ashtrays You Can Buy Right Now

When you hear the word 'ashtray', memories of sand-filled canisters peppered with tons of cigarette butts come to mind. Anything but cool and pretty much totally disgusting. But stylish ashtrays exist, and vintage versions are among the best. Who'd think an astray could change the smoking experience? But just like…

By Amos Kwon
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What We’re Buying: Swiss Railways Wall Clock, Turkish Leather Loafers, and More

Every week there are dozens of new and exciting pieces of gear. But are they actually worth buying? Trust the team at Cool Material to help you find the latest and greatest releases in a recurring column: What We’re Buying.

By John A. Paradiso
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Land Rover Range Rover Carbon Baja Racer

Digital artist Khyzyl Saleem is at it again. This time, he's contributed to Hagerty’s ongoing Rendered series with a monster of a luxury SUV. He took the new and very slick Range Rover and made it very bespoke Mad Maxian with exposed carbon fiber bodywork, hugely flared wheel wells and…

By Amos Kwon
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