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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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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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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

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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Audio
Grado Prestige Series Headphones

Grado's audiophile following is sure to grow even bigger than it already is thanks to the introduction of a new 4th-generation X Driver for wired headphones that capitalizes on the introduction of new lossless music collections by services like Apple Music, Amazon Music HD, and Spotify Hifi. Grado's new 44mm…

By Amos Kwon
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Food
Weber’s Latest Grill Is Their Most Portable Yet

When it comes to grills you can count on for years thanks and take with you anywhere, there are few names as trusted Weber. Now, Weber is adding to their already fantastic line of on-the-go grills with the Weber Traveler, their newest portable gas grill. This brand-new, lightweight, compact gas…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Home
Shinola Runwell Desk Clock

There are desk clocks, and there are desk clocks. The Shinola Runwell Desk Clock is most definitely the latter. It makes digital desk clocks and those stupid analog clock/pen combos look even more horribly pedestrian than they already are. The Runwell Desk Clock mimics the brand's famous Runwell wristwatch, and…

By Amos Kwon
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Entertainment
The Sunset Spectacular Digital Billboard Is a Fusion of Art, Architecture and Advertising

Even if you've never personally set foot in New York's Time Square or West Hollywood's Sunset Strip, you know how important billboards are to both locations. You've seen them in pictures, TV shows or films. They're iconic. As part of West Hollywood's plan to revitalize and update the history of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Phones
This Incipio Case Stops Drops Before They Happen

We can mostly do without keys, wallets and other EDC pieces if--and only if--we have our smartphones because modern phones can function as all those other pieces in a pinch. In light of that, a smart case is as essential as the phone it houses, which is where the Incipio…

By Pat McLaughlin
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