The Flap clock from the designers of British company Habitat harks back to train station timekeepers with it’s flap date calendar with auto function and swiss-style analog clock.

Your office’s stark white walls will never look better and telling time will never be smoother.

What this means to you: You’ve finally got an office at work. Say pass on cheesy convention tchotchke clocks and get yourself something worthy of the title on your door.

Cost: $175 @ Habitat

You know what’s better than having a Maserati parked in your garage? A Maserati lamp in your home or office reminding you that there’s one parked there.

What might otherwise get chocked up to cliché, the officially licensed Maserati lamp by Lumina, designed by Marco Morosini, is actually an elegant piece that only an Italian designer could create. Designed after the grill of the Maserati Quattroporte the laser-cut sheetmetal shade is backed with petals of opaline glass allowing light to shine through the ‘grill’ in a luxurious ambience. Power and dimming of the lamp is controlled by pressing the trident seal. [via Switched]

Cost: Varies @ Authorized Lumina Dealer

Look under your desk. Do your cables look like a complete mess? Mine do, so a few weeks ago my obsessive need for organization got the better of me and I procured a Complete Cable Manager from a place called Cable-Safe (after looking at a few dozen options).

The Complete Cable Manager is a kit that organizes all the cables that come from having a computer, power strip, hubs, printer and other peripherals. It’s outstanding in it’s simplicity: everything from the labeling of 12-14 cables from source to destination, ability to absorb extra slack in cord lengths, versatile mounting options, to the individual racks for your hub and modem. All your cords will be off the ground, safe and tangle-free - out of the way keeping your workspace clutter free. An expansion option allows you to carry up to 30 cables for you computer accessory junkies.

What this means to you: You don’t live in a college dorm so stop letting your workspace look like it.

Cost: $35 @ Cable-Safe

A little while back Charles & Marie sold (they still do) a clever mug aptly named the On Off Mug. It was a beverage mug that changed in color depending on the temperature. Basically, if the mug was full of hot java it showed ON, progressively changing into OFF as the coffee disappeared or cooled. Pretty fitting of my own propensity for directly correlating my mood depending on coffee consumption. Who said caffeine was a drug? (hand shaking)

The Hot Cold Mug, you guessed it, does exactly the same thing. No further explanation needed. The ever so simple yet clever premise of the mug works just as perfectly and will be available in about three weeks from now. A more perfect gift for your I-don’t-talk-to-you-unless-there-are-exactly-two-point-five-cups-of-coffee-in-my-stomach compadre. If not, then feel free to send the Gear Patrol team a set.

Cost: $25 Preorder @ Charles & Marie

Are you the kind of guy that keeps critical data lying around on discs? Do you fret everyday that your hard drive full of office documents porn data is going to be lost in a fire? Well, fear not - your technology can survive the worst safely secured in a Sentry Safe Fire/Waterproof Data Storage Chest.

Like most Sentry safes, it protects the contents from fire and water up to one half hour in 1,550 degree Fahrenheit temperatures (1,116 degrees Kelvin, oh yes - we knew you were wondering) or 24 hours fully submersed in water. Not only that, but it will protect 60 CD’s or DVDs or your, ahem, legally downloaded videos and music. Going even further is the ability for the Sentry safe to hold your external storage device and pass through the data via it’s internal USB 2.0 port. Clever.

When we first picked up the Sentry Chest we were looking for a safe for our back-up CD’s. Then our curiosity got the better of us as we delved deeper into the idea of storing a back up hard drive as well. We came across the Fireproof/Waterproof 160GB Maxtor Hard Drive but the inability to store physical gear and it’s prohibitive price made us look into other options. Well, we’re glad to report the Sentry Data Storage Chest has served quite nicely and for it’s functionality you can’t beat the price.

What this means to you: It’s about time someone realized data isn’t always in manilla envelopes. Keep your digital data safe and secure.

Cost: $150 @ Office Depot

What do you get when you cross a postcard with tree carved initials? Well… honestly, you get nothing. But don’t say we didn’t try to come up with some metaphor for what this is. Those clever fellows at SUCK UK have made a postcard made of wood that lets you etch out your own message in the wood using a knife or key. Cool? Yes. A little stalkerish? That too. Better yet since the U.S. Post Office ships any and everything all you need to do is etch and buy a stamp. Of course, you’ll just have to know that the postman delivering this will be judging you for the person you really are. Let’s just hope your recipient garners a touch more adoration for you. [via]

What this means to you: No one you know has ever received a wood post card. No one.

Cost: $12 @ A+R Store

We love a good desk. For this writer, the Aviation Desk from Pottery Barn fits the bill. It has substantiality written all over it.

Thick pine is hand finished with multiple coats of Pottery Barn’s vintage honey finish. A wide work surface sits on modified trestle legs and has a lower tier shelf for your books, cpu or other items. The bluff-cut center drawers conceal a pullout keyboard tray flanked by single drawers on each side for your supplies.

What this means to you: Emerson would’ve been proud of such a desk. A guy’s work-life should be on nothing less substantial than the person he is.

Cost: $899 @ Pottery Barn

Also See: Archimede Laptop Caddy $750 | Jay Desk + Hutch $299

As a guy you probably end up with more stuff in your pockets than you realize (insert joke here). If you’re like us then it gets dumped on a counter or table at the end of each day. What about your valuables though? Do you chuck your watch, cellphone and wallet aside as you reach for the beer?

If so, that’s a shame. Upgrade yourself with a valet. It doesn’t necessarily have to be expensive. Take this Nautica Dresser Valet for example. It’ll keep your gear uncluttered and out of drawers or behind the couch. More importantly, you’ll probably shave a good 5 minutes of time you’d otherwise be spending looking for your damn phone.

What this means to you: Keep it on your desk, counter or bedside table. More importantly, put your gear in it.

Cost: $20 @ Macy’s

Also See: Deluxe Valet $105 | Umbra Spindle $22

Personally, we’re not one for laptop stands or caddys - prefering our desks over stands, but when we came across the Archimeded Laptop Caddy on productdose, we thought it worth a post for those of you who’s space comes at a premium (read: residents of New York City, et al).

The Archimeded Laptop Caddy can fold to 4.7″ thick making storage absolutely simple and unlike so many other caddys this one’s actually ergonomic. It uses a gas piston, like the ones you find on your office chair, to adjust height and can go from a standing or sitting workstation with ease. The mousetray can also convert from the right to left for you southpaws and it’s two tabletop surfaces are independently adjustable. [via productdose]

What this means to you: Don’t let your space issues hinder your workstation. Every guy needs a good place to browse for porn work.

Cost: $750 @ Design Within Reach

Humor is good. You’ve got to have a sense of it to be charming or witty and an occasional expression of that in your lifestyle is even better.

The Alter Ego lamps let you take on just a little edge and humor with your choice of ‘Diablo’ or ‘Oliver’, aptly named after their styles. We’ll leave it to your cunning wits to determine which one belongs best in your home.

What this means to you: Martini and cigar or pitchfork and soul. Your call.

Cost: $14.99 @ Wrapables