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PIO Cigars is giving one of its most established products a fresh look. The brand has unveiled a redesigned band for its core line, PIO Resurrection, in what marks the first significant visual update to the cigar in more than a decade and a half. The new band moves away from whatever had been s

No press conference. No formal statement. No heads-up to retailers. Rolex did what Rolex always does — it made a major move in silence, and the watch world noticed anyway. In what's become something of a tradition for the Swiss giant, updates quietly appeared on the brand's website and across a

A Decade in the Making It took ten years of courtroom battles, dozens of legal filings, and arguments that stretched from a federal district court all the way to a circuit appeals panel, but the premium cigar industry finally has something it has been fighting for since 2016: a locked-in legal def

There are watch collaborations that make sense the moment you hear about them, and then there's this one. Citizen, a name that commands genuine respect in the watchmaking world, has teamed up with FamilyMart — one of Japan's largest convenience store chains — to produce a limited-edition wristwatch

There are cigar companies that blend into the background at trade shows, and then there is Drunk Chicken Cigars. The brand has built a reputation for being hard to ignore — partly because of its name, partly because of its giant yellow chicken mascot that flips an arrow sign, and partly because the

The Most Expensive Cigar Brands In The World Image credit: OpenAI Few indulgences carry the weight of history, craftsmanship, and ritual quite like

The numbers have finally landed, and the story they tell is one of remarkable staying power. Premium cigar imports into the United States for 2025 came in at 429.8 million cigars — virtually identical to the year before, according to data released by the Cigar Association of America. No growth, but

The FDA Battle Over Premium Cigars Is Finally Over — And the Industry Won For nearly two decades, the premium cigar industry has been locked in a grinding legal and regulatory war with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. That fight is now over. A federal judge has handed down a final ruling t

What Every Part of a Cigar Actually Does Image credit: OpenAI For the uninitiated, a cigar might appear to be nothing more than a tightly rolled bun

Watch Features You're Paying For That You'll Never Actually Use Image credit: OpenAI In the world of wristwatches, the allure often lies in more tha