News & Product Releases

It’s meant to look more like the overlander of yore and less like a chonky Hamptons-bound pleasure craft.

Instead of following in his family’s artistic footsteps, Alex Matisse started a small pottery business in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Now, he can’t keep the internet’s favorite mug in stock — and it has nothing to do with his last name.

They have just one thing in common: They’re Gear Patrol-approved.

Someone paid $230,000 for a Mini? Really?

Working on your inner self through New Year’s Resolutions is great and all, but we at the style desk have some outward-facing resolutions to submit to you.

There’s cheap bourbon, value bourbon, good bourbon and bullshit bourbon. This is the best of the latter.

Hang on tight.

Famed bootmaker John Lofgren teamed up with Oakland-based retailer Standard & Strange for a pair of boots made with an ultra-rare white shell cordovan.

The actor-writer-musician showed off a stylish iteration of the cozy winter staple.

Hay makes some of the best affordable Danish home accessories on the market.

Created by renowned knife maker Ken Onion, CRKT’s Swindle exhibits an unconventional and unique design for a folding pocket knife that earned it an award for “Most Innovative Imported Design” in 2013.

With a robust automatic movement and a handsome dial, this Seiko Prospex makes for a great first diver.

Russian River Brewing Company will be releasing it’s extremely popular (and extremely limited) Pliny the Younger triple IPA in bottles for the first time in February.

The new Cooper straps from Hodinkee offer an upscale leather option that pairs well with a wide range of watches.

Chef Mike DeCamp thinks everyone needs a nylon scraper, a miniature Japanese grill & more.

We review the Rue TPS and the Brew Retrograph, two meca quartz-powered chronograph watches with similar features and price.

The newest Aston Martin Vantage keeps that old time religion alive.

Known for its innovative leather weaving, Italian luxury goods brand Bottega Veneta brings its ‘Intrecciato’ leather to Apple’s iconic headphones.

A replica of a famed Mercedes racing legend is coming up for auction.

A mountain of booze passes through the Gear Patrol office every month.