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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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Holiday
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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Outdoors
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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Sports
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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Outdoors
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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Editors' Picks

A curated selection of our favorite gear

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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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Drinks
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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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Audio
Sonus Faber Omnia Wireless Speaker

Italian company Sonus Faber has been a staple in the audio tech landscape for years. Their latest offering is a stunningly artful wireless speaker with serious hi-fi performance. You'll find a total of seven speakers within the Omnia with built-in Bluetooth, Apple AirPlay2, and Chromecast compatibilities. Additionally, there are dedicated…

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Clothing
Spice up Your Wardrobe With These Onsloe Chore Coats

Don't get us wrong, we love the classic blazer. But when it comes to versatility, a properly cut and tailored chore coat is equally as impressive and far more functional. Enter Onsloe. The New York based outfit combines an on-demand production model with heavy, durable fabric sourced from Japan's finest…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Fashion
Rec Watches Latest Masterpiece Is Made From the Icon 1000 Triumph Speedmaster

When it comes to impressive timepieces that tell a story, you won't find better than the REC Watches that combine bulletproof Swiss watch-making with recycled iconic vehicle hardware. Their latest is the REC Watches TTT ICON1000, a 262-piece limited-edition timepiece made with the stator cover from ICON1000 Motorsports Triumph Speedmaster…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Cameras
Panasonic Lumix GH6

Panasonic is among the most trusted brands in the photography industry. And they've added a stunning camera to their G series camera range with the all-new mirrorless Lumix GH6. It's small and compact yet boasts some serious performance specs. Namely, the Lumix GH6 is built for both photographers and videographers…

By John A. Paradiso
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Fashion
Aera D-1 and P-1 Watches

Copycat derivative dive and pilot watches are everywhere. It's also not exactly a breeze to design modern interpretations of either type without looking weird and/or polarizing. UK-based Aera has done a bang-up job of creating its own fresh versions of both of them in the D-1 Diver and the P-1…

By Amos Kwon
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