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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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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
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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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Arc’teryx Aerios AR Mid GTX

A good hiking boot can otherwise be hampered by weight and clunkiness. Not so with the new Arios AR Mid GTX. Built with breathable materials and GORE-TEX waterproof and windproof protection, the boots also have a 3D-molded Ultralon collar melds with the tongue. The collar moves with your ankle while…

By Amos Kwon
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Audio
Toneoptic Has a Whole New Way to Store, Present, and Display Your Vinyl

When it comes to collecting vinyl, there comes a point when you've outgrown even what IKEA has to offer and you need to upgrade to more bespoke options. Current shipping and manufacturing crises notwithstanding, that's about 50-100 full-size records, which Toneoptic can easily tackle with their rpm Special Limited Edition…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Misc
This Honey Is Barrel-aged and Packaged Like Your Favorite Whiskey

Where does the beautiful color, flavor and burn of whiskey come from? The incredibly long barrel-aging process with charred oak barrels that draws out the sugars, flavors, and colors of the wood the liquid is aged in. Which brings us to Salt & Lantern Barrel-Aged Honey. As the name implies,…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Clothing
Seavees First-Ever 100% Waterproof Boot is Finally Here

The new Bolinas Offshore Boots from Seavees  is perfect for braving the elements and lends both function and fashion to your wardrobe.   These vegan, double gore pull-on rubber rainboots are made from matte-finished waterproof natural rubber and they are perfect for your daily commute in the rain and are…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Fashion
Tag Heuer Aquaracer Professional 200

Tag Heuer launched a much-lauded new Aquaracer dive watch series last year, and 2022 kicks off with a new, smaller version known as the Aquaracer Professional 200. It's downsized from 43mm to 40mm, so it should be accommodating for smaller wrists and in line with the trend of smaller diameter…

By Amos Kwon
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