One of the great ironies in the watch world is the chronograph complication.  Although equally classic and useless, it happens to be a staple in every man’s watch collection.  While the function of a chronograph, a stopwatch, is not very useful these days, it is the multiple hands and symmetrical dial layouts that have made […]

Today we speak to Charles Jackson, co-founder of august, a leather accessories collection made in Los Angeles. I grew up on the East Coast, born in New Jersey actually, and because of my father’s career as a basketball coach we ended up living in 12 different homes before I left for college. We followed him […]

The ZeroGrand is a brogue fitted with flexible uppers in beautiful suede or ripstop nylon, and an outsole that looks like it was pulled off a running shoe.

Summer can only stick around so long. Thankfully, we've put together a versatile roundup of some of the best outdoor gear to help you through autumn.

We’ve all been there. You’re getting ready to attend a party and realize you forgot the most important thing – booze. Or maybe you’re hosting the festivities and find yourself running low on alcohol, a tragedy if there ever was one. Whatever the situation, it can put a real damper on your party mood. Fortunately […]

Maybe you’ll agree—going to the gym gets boring after a while. Even if you are a complete gym junkie and can’t go a day without lifting some kind of weight it gets a little dull. Even if you’ve joined the cult of CrossFit or become a disciple of some dude named Barry, the routine can […]

Do you like fried chicken? Wait, who are we kidding—everybody loves fried chicken! However much you enjoy the crispy goodness of an excellent, fried bird, you may not know the tricks of the trade that go into making something so simple, so delicious. Since we know many of our readers like to try things out […]

Transitioning from sun-soaked summer months into the dreary, depressing fall is never fun — you have to stop wearing sandals, you can’t grill in your backyard whenever you want, and the lack of sunlight inevitably starts to wear down your spirits. The right assortment of tech, however, can make this transition far less painful. So to help […]

“Austin trio Love Inks [specialize] in a near unique type of minimal noir. Recalling the likes of The xx at their most basic, or even Rough Trade legends Young Marble Giants, the band’s output – just one studio album to date – is precocious, enticing … The fragile arrangement [of “Shoot 100 Panes of Glass”] […]

If you’re anything like us, you probably think something so mundane as a vacuum cleaner could never evoke that “gotta have it” feeling common with other technological wonders. However, the latest creation from the suction-obsessed mind of James Dyson proves that, when it comes to the radical future of robotic devices, anything is possible. The folks at Dyson unveiled […]

Izakayas — a Japanese version of a pub — are all the rage in the culinary scene. That’s why the Boston-based Verb Hotel partnered up with the James Beard Award-winning chef Tim Cushman to create a new izakaya on its property called Hojoko. The Manual recently caught up with Cushman to ask him about his […]

Keep those windows opened and rooftops down—summer’s green may be gone, but the afterglow is just as great. There’s feast of color that flourishes on foliage this time of year. Dazzling drives abound from coast to coast, but which are the most interesting? Those on this, of course! They afford views of iconic mountain tops, […]

A new season is not just the time for us to change our accessories. Our pets have needs too! We aren’t talking about bedazzled hoodies. But we bet after a summer of beaches, play dates and muddy walks, your pup’s leash has had it. We are big fans of Brooklyn based leash company, Found My […]

Now that fall is upon us it is time to start dipping back into that sock drawer. Bet you haven’t seen some of those pairs since March! But do yourself a favor and take sock stock. How many have holes? How many lost elasticity? Yep, we figured. Luckily there is a new accessories company out […]

The digital age. It’s upon us, which is bad news for the written word… sort of. Think of all those notes you took in school that you’re going to need one day (yeah, right). Hand written notes have to either be archived or you might spend a week or two searching for your scribbling’s. What […]

Over the past ten years there has been one segment that has grown to become a staple almost every watch brands lineup; the dive watch.  Though a little late to the party, Cartier dove right in with their Calibre Diver.  Cartier took their newer design, the Calibre de Cartier, and added what every functional dive watch […]