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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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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 Coolest Gifts for Drink Lovers for 2025

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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

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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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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

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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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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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ForeverPen Is the World’s Tiniest EDC Pen

We know, we know, everything these days is taken care of with digital pay, contactless payment, elbow bumps or other transaction types that don't involve handshakes, signatures or the passing of physical currency. We're cool with all of that, but we still like carrying a pen for those rare occasions…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Earth 300 Explorer Vessel

When does a research vessel look like the world's edgiest luxury yacht? When it's designed by Iddes Yachts‘ naval architect Iván Salas Jefferson. The 984-foot Earth 300 vessel has a sleek, textured hull, 22 laboratories, a helideck, and an alien-like "science sphere" for oceanic research. Silicon Valley technology that includes…

By Amos Kwon
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Ironwood Custom x WYLD Garage Co. 1988 BMW R100

This heavily modded 1988 BMW R100 looks nothing like the original, and it carves its own style path that's beautifully retro-futuristic. Designed by Netherlands-based Ironwood Custom Motorcycles and built by USA-based WYLD Garage Co., this moto gets an overhauled engine, custom tank, blackened wheels and subframe, a rebuilt fork with…

By Amos Kwon
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Sam Adams Wants to Buy Your Beer for Getting Vaccinated

There are a lot of things we miss from the pre-pandemic landscape--live concerts, fancy meals, large gatherings and, yes, you guessed it, drinking in bars. The United States is finally starting to open up again because of the availability of vaccines, and Sam Adams wants to help welcome 10,000 of…

By Cooper Fleishman
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