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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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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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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

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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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Competition Motors 1956 Porsche 550 Spyder

The Porsche 550 Spyder is an icon, owned by the likes of James Dean (who died while driving one) and Steven McQueen. This 1956 specimen is special because it introduced the car to the American market. Outfitted in competition-spec, it has special modifications such as a larger oval rear grille,…

By Amos Kwon
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SOG x PopSockets PopGrip Multitool

Phone grips are convenient for holding your precious and likely over-used smartphone, but they're not exactly good for much else. The folks at SOG Knives and Tools has collaborated with PopSockets to create the utilitarian and still diminutive PopGrip Multitool. It retains the classic phone grip size and utility while…

By Amos Kwon
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Iridium Torpedo

The world is filled with microbrand dive watches, and most of them don't exactly set themselves apart from the crowd. The Iridium Torpedo rightly ticks all the important dive watch boxes: 316L stainless steel construction, 300-meter water resistance, unidirectional bezel, sapphire crystal, Super-Luminova BGW9 lume on the markers and hands…

By Amos Kwon
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LEGO Batman Cowl

If you thought Michael Keaton's Batman cowl was a tad on the rigid side, get a load of LEGO's version. Of course, this bricked mask for the Dark Knight isn't mean to be worn, but it still evokes coolness and stealth. The 410-piece building set is made from black (of…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
Casio Teamed Up With NASA Again for a Second G-Shock Watch

If you're anything like us, your inner child can't get enough of all things exploration, space and NASA, which is why the first Casio G-Shock DW5600 NASA Watch was so popular among our readers. Casio is back for a second G-Shock Watch collaboration with NASA, and this time, they're celebrating…

By Cooper Fleishman
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