Today in Gear: A Striking Strap For Your Rolex, Patagonia’s New Fleecelab & More

Today in Gear is our daily roundup of all the latest product announcements, drops and deals. Comments or concerns? We’d love to hear from you at [email protected].

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It isn’t always easy to find a way to change up your Rolex. However, Everest Bands makes the best aftermarket watch bands you can find, all designed specifically to fit your Rolex with curved ends to remove the gap between the watch band and watch case for a perfect fit. The inspiration for Everest Band’s latest strap comes from Rolex’s long history in automobile racing — it’s been specifically designed to mimic the leather interior of a sports car. With three color combinations of perforated leather, you will be sure to find a match to yours, or to the one of your dreams. An embedded ABS plastic insert will also make sure the leather stays sharp while you use it. Once you have one of these for your Rolex, you may finally have an excuse to find a sports car to match.

New & Noteworthy Releases

This Company Will Make Your Custom Land Rover Defender Dreams Come True

A Virginia company is taking orders for some seriously tricked-out Land Rover Defenders.

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The Adventure Insurance You Never Knew You Needed

Spot offers up an injury insurance subscription service that provides protection for all matter of adventures from skiing to rock climbing.

These New Ceramic Watches Are Available In Nine Striking Colors

Rado’s True Thinline Les Couleurs™ Le Corbusier collection features incredibly thin, quartz-powered watches.

Honda’s New Motorcycle Pays Tribute to One of Its Best, But We Can’t Have It

To pay tribute to the CB750, Honda is building a run of 80’s enduro-inspired CB1100 RS bikes. Odd? Sure. But who cares when the end result looks this good?

Why Is This New G-Shock Over $1,000? One Word: Titanium

The new Casio G-Shock GMW-B5000TB looks like the classic 1983 model, but it’s in fully premium materials like titanium and sapphire crystal.

Uniqlo’s Affordable Hybrid Down Jackets Are Instant Classics

Performance-focused jackets with street-friendly silhouettes.

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Are the Porsche Boxster and Cayman Going to Turn Into Electric Cars?

The Porsche 718 Cayman and Boxster might trade internal combustion for batteries and electric motors in their next generation.

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The iPhone 11 Pro Max Battery Really Is Enormous

A teardown of Apple’s new flagship shows that it’s battery has gotten a whole heck of a lot thicker.

Patagonia’s New Fleeces Are Awesome, but They Aren’t for Camping

Patagonia helped invent fleece decades ago, and this year it’s getting creative with the material in a new line called Fleecelab.

Is This All-Electric Vintage Land Cruiser Brilliant, Or Bizarre?

Vintage off-roaders are woefully fuel-inefficient. Electric “crate engines” may fix that.

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Fresh Deals

Nike Air Max Sneakers
Save 42%:Now’s the perfect time to pick up a new pair of sneakers for fall. Currently at Nordstrom Rack, you can save 42 percent on a pair of Nike Air Max kicks. That means the classic style is just $65 while supplies last, so don’t wait — these will be gone before you know it. — John Zientek

ThermoWorks Silicone Spatula
Save 40%: ThermoWorks’ 100 percent silicone spatulas are better than metal spatulas for a number of reasons, but the most obvious one is the most impactful: it’s flexible. This is especially useful when attempting to dislodge eggs, pancakes, pie or cornbread from what they naturally want to stick to. Silicone spatulas also happen to be much easier to clean than metal ones and, because they don’t have any sharp edges, they can’t scratch cookware or mixing bowls.

Today you can cop best silicone spatula there is for $6 instead of its regular $10.
— Will Price

Seiko Prospex and Presage Watches
Save 20%: Hear ye, hear ye — a bunch of Seiko watches are on sale! Automatic ones! Diver ones! An all-black one! If you’re the type of person who hates paying full price for already-affordable, well made Japanese watches, then this is the sale for you. Take 20% off tons of great Seiko watches today from Macy’s, including entries from the Prospex and Presage collections. — Oren Hartov

Crankbrothers M5
Save $2: All the bells and whistles available on modern bicycles can make working on them seem rather daunting. But the reality is that you can do a lot of adjustments and fixes yourself if you have the proper tools — and you don’t need to strap some massive toolkit to your bike, either. The Crankbrothers M5, on sale at Amazon right now for just 11 bucks, has many of them covered.

Granted, you won’t be able to fix a flat or replace a chain with this gadget, but the included Philips #2 screwdriver and #3, 4, 5 and 6 hex wrenches are all you need to change your seat height, adjust your brakes, tighten up your headset, attach bells and lights or add a bottle cage. Plus, it weighs less than 3 ounces, making it easy to slip in your pocket or bike bag and forget all about it till someone on your ride has a hangup and you get to play hero. — Steve Mazzucchi

Target Furniture Collections
Save Up to 50%: Where the hunt for affordable home furnishings was once restricted to the blue Swedish giant, Target has become a viable alternative. And to say farewell to summer, Target is running an enormous clearance sale on a wide selection of its furniture.

The retailer stocks a number of furniture collections ranging from its mid-century modern Project 62 line to its minimalist Made by Design range. The sale includes all the basics needed to outfit your home, including dining tables, coffee tables, sofas and armchairs. Check availability for in-store pickup to bypass the significant shipping fees tagged onto larger orders. — Tyler Chin

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Apple AirPods (2019)
Save Up to $30: Looking for AirPod deals? You’re in luck. Amazon is selling the newest AirPods with or without the new wireless charging case at pretty steep discounts right now. If you want the wireless charging case, Amazon is selling those AirPods for $169, which is $30 cheaper than what Apple is charging for them. If you don’t care about the wireless charging case, Amazon is selling these normally $159 AirPods for roughly $15 off. — Tucker Bowe

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Today on Gear Patrol

This Absurd Backup Battery Can Charge Every Gadget You Own and Then Some

This compact and powerful battery bank is a lightweight gas-free, emissions-free generator that’s powerful enough to run woodshop tools, office electronics, a portable refrigerator or medical device.

The 1990 Lexus LS400, Driven Today: We Need Cars Like This Again

The original Lexus LS400 may be 30 years old, but it’s every bit as remarkable today as it was when it debuted.

Some of Our Favorite Camping and Climbing Gear Is 20% Off Right Now

Backcountry.com is offering 20% off some of the site’s stock of camping and climbing gear.

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This Company’s Automatic Pilot Watches Feel as Legit as Vintage Originals

The Ollech & Wajs P-101 and P-104 are the first new watches from a revived Swiss tool watch manufacturer.

Essentials You Need to Get Through the Weekend in Style

These essentials will keep you comfortable and stylish, no matter what your weekend entails.

The Best Upgrades to Your Cheap, Disposable Pens Are Surprisingly Affordable

Nice pens don’t have to cost $100.

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These Are the Best Fitness Earbuds You Can Buy Right Now

Our Editor’s Pick for the best fitness earbuds you can buy right now are the Beats by Dre Powerbeats Pro Wireless Earbuds.

Test, Learn and Shop at the Stocked Product Marketplace in NYC

On Day Two of Stocked, there will be even more opportunities to learn more about products and shop them IRL — and after 12 PM, it’s completely open to the public.

This Is How to Maintain a Dive Watch

A diver may be the ultimate “tool” watch, but it still needs some TLC. Follow these pointers and your watch should last a lifetime.

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2019 Airstream Bambi Review: The Stylish, Easy Way into Camping Trailer Life

Craving that Airstream life? The Bambi brings all the joys of aluminum-bodied camping trailer living in a compact package at a lower price.

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