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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

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
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
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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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Holiday
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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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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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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The 4K Video Downloader Lets You Store Your Favorite YouTube Videos

YouTube is the first place we go for how-to videos, music videos, podcasts and most video content. Want to store your favorites from the site? Check out 4K Video Downloader, the free and easy-to-use app that lets you download all your favorite YouTube videos. All you have to do is…

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BMW S1000RR ‘Phantom’

Looking more like a wheeled Gundam robot than a motorcycle, Mehmet Doruk Erdem’s BMW S1000RR 'Phantom' is a sight to behold. Sure, it's just a rendering, but it looks like it could take to urban roadways right now. His menacing creation uses a BMW S1000RR superbike as the base, seriously…

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Accessories
Vinylize LP Eyewear

We love listening to our favorite artist on the fullness of vinyl LPs. We just never thought about wearing them. Vinylize uses actual LPs from London to create frames for both sunglasses and prescription eyeglasses. Not only are they handmade (six weeks from start to finish), but each pair is…

By Amos Kwon
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Fashion
TAG Heuer Carrera Porsche Chronograph

When two motorsports juggernauts like Porsche and TAG Heuer come together, you know something great will come of it. The new TAG Heuer Carrera Porsche Chronograph marks the first collaboration between the two, and it certainly won't be the last. The timepiece is based on TAG Heuer’s Carrera Sport Chronograph…

By Amos Kwon
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Rye Aged in Absinthe Barrels

Kentucky Peerless Distilling Co. and Copper & Kings American Brandy Co. are producing some of the most interesting spirits to come out of Kentucky in ages. It got even more interesting and innovative when the two brands teamed up for something truly special--Peerless x Copper & Kings Rye Aged in…

By Cooper Fleishman
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