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This Wacky New Watch Doubles as the Head of a Robot

This Wacky New Watch Doubles as the Head of a Robot

Published by Jenni Sidey

For most watch brands, a new release means a new dial color, a slightly thinner case, or maybe a movement upgrade buried somewhere in the new model’s innards. For MB&F, it apparently means building a $384,000, 15-kilogram robot. The latest creation from Maximilian Büsser’s horological concept laboratory is called the HM12 The Guardian, and it might be the purest expression yet of the ideas that have defined MB&F for the last two decades: sci-fi nostalgia, kinetic sculpture, and mechanical watchmaking pushed to the edge of absurdity. But all the brand’s expertise and passions have never harmonized as well as they do on the new Guardian. The watch started as a crazy idea hatched five years ago, according to a press release: “Wouldn’t it be cool if a watch could be the head of a robot?” (Yes, it would.) While there is a robot we have to talk about, let’s not forget that at the center is an entirely new watch. The HM12 is a titanium wristwatch designed to function as the “head” of a robot …

Bape Is Making Sneakers for All 48 Countries in the World Cup

Bape Is Making Sneakers for All 48 Countries in the World Cup

Published by Jenni Sidey

Bape has always thrived at working outside the system. The pioneering Japanese streetwear outfit’s flagship sneaker, the Bape Sta, began life as a mere Air Force 1 knockoff before building an important legacy all its own—leading to the brand’s founder, Nigo, eventually garnering official Nike collaborations. And this week, that legacy is about to add another major chapter ahead of the 2026 World Cup. In collaboration with KidSuper, Bape is launching the SuperBape Cup collection, comprising 48 distinct Bape Stas—one for each nation participating in this year’s expanded World Cup field. The assortment features the silhouette’s signature patent leather uppers decked out in the colors of each country’s flag, with a KidSuper eye logo at the center of the Bape stars along the sidewalls. It’s hard to pinpoint a single standout colorway—your personal preference probably comes down to the team you’re rooting for, after all—but the shoes do look especially good in the defending champion Argentina’s sky blue and co-host Mexico’s white with red and green accents. Courtesy of Bape The best part? Bape is …

Son Heung-Min on Life in Los Angeles, World Cup Expectations, and Tottenham’s Next Moves

Son Heung-Min on Life in Los Angeles, World Cup Expectations, and Tottenham’s Next Moves

Published by Jenni Sidey

There are already murals of you up around town, I’d say they’d have trouble forgetting any time soon. I think I can still do so much better though, you know? I know myself though, and that gives me more motivation. Speaking of the Dodgers, when did they tell you about your bobblehead night this summer? That was such a massive deal—there’s usually only one or two non-Dodgers players who get one each year. That was crazy. The players came to me and said, “Sonny, your bobblehead is coming.” And I said, “Oh, yeah? Cool.” And because I didn’t react much, they were very surprised. They were crazy angry about it, how little I responded—I didn’t understand how big a deal it is! So yeah, I’m very happy. The only big thing for me is I have to [do a first] pitch again. I need to practice, I want to do well again. Looking ahead to the World Cup, all of Korea’s group stage matches are in Mexico. That’s a tough environment to play in and …

Every Single Watch James Bond Has Worn

Every Single Watch James Bond Has Worn

Published by Jenni Sidey

James Bond may only officially be MI6’s most valuable asset, but across 25 films, he’s evolved into a cultural powerhouse. Men want to steal 007’s looks, his clothes, and his cars. However, Bond’s love of watches transcends his style and even the films themselves. In the movies, the timepieces often come alive as important plot points that Bond uses to get himself out of trouble. Then, back in the real world, the watches he wears become highly collectible, none more so than a special variant of the Rolex Submariner. When it comes to Bond’s collector status, the oft-asked question is whether 007 is a Rolex or an Omega guy? However, this does a disservice to the superspy’s deep bag of watches he’s worn since the debut of Dr. No in 1962. While Rolex and Omega feature heavily on Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan, five additional brands have been spotted on Bond’s wrist in between them. Bond, like any good horophile, has an extensive collection and switches out what’s on his wrist frequently enough that 26 …

GQ’s 39 Rules for Packing Better

GQ’s 39 Rules for Packing Better

Published by Jenni Sidey

21. Short of balling it up, pack a suit however you want. Hang it immediately when you arrive—and, assuming it’s wool, you can always do the shower steam trick for funky creases. 22. Better yet, pack a miniature travel steamer with you to always have in a pinch. 23. A good hat can do a lot of work for your fit on vacation. A couple of hats make rewearing a fit a viable option. 24. Always pack a swimsuit. No matter where you’re going, no matter the weather, you never know when an impromptu swimming or sauna situation will arise. 25. Ditto for sunglasses. (And, though less fun, same goes for a thin rain jacket.) 26. Pack more socks and underwear than you think you’ll need. Number of days times 1.25 should do the trick. 27. Keep a pair of good wool socks on you to keep your feet warm on the plane. (Elite move: Pack a set of plane slippers too.) 28. No more than three shoes in your bag: formal shoes, workout sneakers, …

The Vibe Inside Madison Square Garden During Knicks-Spurs Game 3

The Vibe Inside Madison Square Garden During Knicks-Spurs Game 3

Published by Jenni Sidey

On Monday night, for the first time since 1999, the New York Knicks hosted an NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden. Given their commanding 2-0 lead in the series over the visiting San Antonio Spurs—and the fact that the Knicks haven’t won a title since 1973, before 67% of the city’s current residents were born—the vibes in New York in the days leading up to Game 3 had been impossibly high. Spike Lee was paraded through the streets of Brooklyn like the Pope. French Montana, Max B, and Remy Ma recorded a New York-centric remix and music video to the former’s “Since U Left Me” at MSG. And the area around the arena had transformed into an epicenter of hope and hype, with official watch parties attracting thousands of raucous fans and a gaggle of enterprising vendors. But that energy was somewhat hindered on Monday, thanks in no small part to President Trump, who attended the game at the invitation of Knicks owner James Dolan, and whose outsized security apparatus caused the watch party …

Spencer Pratt’s Mayoral Campaign Proves It Takes More Than Mastering the Algorithm to Get Elected

Spencer Pratt’s Mayoral Campaign Proves It Takes More Than Mastering the Algorithm to Get Elected

Published by Sam Flores

In the end, Raman’s coalition proved far more durable offline than Pratt’s did online. However, the councilmember’s journey to the runoff was tumultuous. Raman was getting hit from every direction during the primary. Pratt tried to portray Raman—a member of the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America—as a limousine liberal and out-of-touch leftist ideologue. On the other side of the aisle, Raman’s ideological peers on the city council including Eunisses Hernandez, Ysabel Jurado, and Hugo Soto-Martínez—all members of the Democratic Socialists of America— endorsed Mayor Bass. Pratt took an early lead on Raman after the first vote totals were released on election night. But, as late-arriving ballots were counted, Raman consolidated support across many of the city’s younger, renter-heavy, racially diverse, and college-educated neighborhoods—revealing the enormous gap between internet momentum and actual electoral infrastructure. What followed was hardly surprising. After months of distancing himself from the conspiratorial thinking that formerly aligned him with Alex Jones, Pratt began hinting at election integrity issues as his lead disappeared. Accusations of election fraud levied by …

6 Simple Ways to Pull Off Stripes for Summer 2026

6 Simple Ways to Pull Off Stripes for Summer 2026

Published by Jenni Sidey

As patterns go, stripes aren’t exactly avant-garde—in fact, they’re one of the oldest accents in the book. If you were to step out in, say, a striped Oxford shirt, a Euro-leaning Breton tee, a preppy repp tie, or a classic seersucker suit, absolutely nobody would be able to accuse you of trying to make any kind of radical fashion statement. And yet, many guys live in fear of these fine lines. Perhaps it’s because a stripe naturally draws the eye. Or because they’ve heard that horizontal stripes elongate the wrong areas. (To which we give you Kurt Cobain.) Whatever the reason, plenty of wardrobes remain surprisingly stripe-averse, which is a shame, because stripes are one of the easiest ways to add colour, personality, and visual interest to an outfit without ever venturing too far outside your comfort zone. And while sure, stripes may only come in one shape, they do come in all kinds of sizes. Thin stripes, fat stripes, vertical stripes, lateral stripes. And right now, they’re showing up on all kinds of garments, …

Matt Damon Will Do Whatever It Takes to Focus Attention on the Global Water Crisis. That Includes Rapping

Matt Damon Will Do Whatever It Takes to Focus Attention on the Global Water Crisis. That Includes Rapping

Published by Jenni Sidey

What we’ve been able to do is actually connect the capital markets to these financial partners. We have over 200 financial partners around the world that are making these loans. And so now you can see, okay, if we can create the financial plumbing that can connect somebody in the US who wants a financial return on their investment with a woman who needs a loan and can repay that loan, then it’s like, okay, we have a solution that really starts to map to what we’re talking about. And I think that’s key to it. But I also don’t want it to get… We’re seeing Get Blue as a way for us to take this story in a different direction. I can geek out on all this… Damon: We can put you right to sleep. And we have, at conferences, all over the world…. White: That’s what we’re trying to do now. Damon: We should have an app. A sleep app. Your dulcet tones. But, OK—so the focus is shifting, with this GetBlue campaign. …