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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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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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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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STEAL: Up to 76% Off over 7,000 Items during Nordstrom’s Half-Yearly Sale

Nordstrom just kicked off another Half-Yearly Sale that's filled with over 7,000 items that are deeply discounted. It's the perfect time for a wardrobe upgrade, last minute winter coat or the present you wanted but didn't find under the tree. While the sale is billed as up to 50% off,…

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Drinks
The Best Things We Drank in 2021

2021 was a strange year. And in spite of (or because of) the chaos, we found ourselves enjoying quite a few drinks. We tested the limits of our home bars with a variety of cocktails. We found the nuance and subtlety in natural wine. Our morning routines were improved with…

By John A. Paradiso
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Food
The Artefacto Pietra Bar Box Combines a Bar Cart and Mini-Fridge

A person's bar cart selection can tell you quite a bit about them. Not just the booze options, but the decor, glassware, and cart/cabinet itself are very revealing. Some folks are more utilitarian so their chooses might be simple, spartan, and accessible. Others opt for something lavish and eye-catching but…

By John A. Paradiso
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Audio
Porsche Design Noise-Cancelling Earphones

Take the sleek, design-forward approach of the Porsche 911 luxury car, apply it to the world of tech and fashion, and you wind up with Porsche Design. The German design studio has launched its latest minimalist earphones and we're impressed. The aluminum True Wireless PDT6 Earphones feature 5 hours of…

By John A. Paradiso
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Misc
Celebrate the Holiday Season with the Coquito NYC Home Kit

The holidays call for seasonal drinks. Sure you've got your winter-friendly cocktails and beers. But, when the weather drops and the holiday movies are playing, we turn to coquito. Coquito is often branded as the Puerto Rican version of eggnog, adding coconut milk and rum into the mix. Frankly, it's…

By John A. Paradiso
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