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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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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
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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

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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LG Direct View LED Extreme Home Cinema Display

When it comes to the home theater experience, it all used to be based solely on screen size and accouterments. After COVID, the home theater setup became more important than ever because plenty of films were released direct to streaming services for safety reasons and, honestly, who wants to pay…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The First To-do on Your Fall Checklist is This

 You can’t have a fall evening without a fire. And you can’t have a fire without a Cowboy Cauldron. They’re built from solid plate steel, meaning they’ll last a lifetime or two and they come in four different sizes with elevated basins that can be adjusted to any height. We’re going…

By Pat McLaughlin
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Metallica Collaborated with Willett Distillery on BLACKENED American Whiskey

Legendary heavy metal band Metallica has made its mark on the beverage world by teaming up with Willett Distillery to release BLACKENED x Willett Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey Finished in Madeira Casks. The band tapped Master Distiller Drew Kulsveen of Willett Distillery as well as Master Distiller & Blender Rob…

By John A. Paradiso
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Floating Motors

Who says you can't drive your car on the water? Floating Motors will build you your dream car/boat using existing iconic car designs to inspire the actual watercraft. The current selection in their lineup consists of the Fiat 500, Austin Mini Cooper, Porsche 550 Spyder, and the Jaguar E-Type, with…

By Amos Kwon
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“Bond in Motion” Exhibit

The 007 James Bond role has changed hands six times and, soon, a seventh. And the various 007s have driven numerous iconic vehicles across 27 movies (including the long-awaited No Time to Die). To commemorate these illustrious rides, the Petersen Museum has collaborated with EON Productions and The Ian Fleming…

By Amos Kwon
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