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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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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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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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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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Win a Bottle of Pappy Van Winkle 15 Years Old Bourbon

We love bourbon. In the world of bourbon, there is almost no bottle as widely sought after than Pappy Van Winkle. We love a glass of Pappy every once in a while, but it's damn near impossible to find and prices are insane.  We searched high and low and everywhere in between to snag…

By Pat McLaughlin
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The Best Camper Vans To Get Away This Summer

If the pandemic has done anything positive, it has given many people the incentive to take time off to explore the great outdoors without having to stay in a germ-infested hotel or a questionable Airbnb. The solution? Hit the road in the best camper van for a true overlanding experience…

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Al Capone’s Estate and Heirlooms Are Heading to Auction

Everyone knows Al Capone as the notorious gangster of Prohibition-era America. Few know the more intimate elements of the Capone family. Until know. Luxury auction house Witherell's is presenting a collection of memorabilia from the Capone family. Titled 'A Century of Notoriety: The Estate of Al Capone,' this lot of…

By John A. Paradiso
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Fashion
The Novo Streetcar 1912, a Pocket Watch Made From Vintage Railroad Track

Looking for a unique, one-of-a-kind timepiece for a special event? Novo Watch crafts personalized watches from vintage memorabilia. In fact, Novo watches give a new life to forgotten detritus like cargo ships, railroad tracks, and more. The Type 02 Streetcar 1912, for instance, repurposes a trolley track from 1912 Lethbridge,…

By John A. Paradiso
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Nutshell Coolers, Biodegradable Beer Coolers Made From Coconuts

It's hard to believe that in this day and age, horrendous styrofoam coolers are still used. They're bulky, fragile, and about as environmentally unfriendly as a consumer product can get. Then there are the longer-lasting synthetic coolers from mainstream manufacturers. Even those aren't good for the environment once they've outlived…

By Amos Kwon
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