The garage band, the basement beatmaker, the up-and-coming rapper and the punk tour opener all share one thing– an attitude and lifestyle that crosses over from music into style.  It is the goal of the watch designers at Vestal to capture this and forge it into their watches.  “Vestal Watches fine tune style and expression for the musically inspired individual,” goes the mission statement.  Musician or not, most can recognize the broad appeal of these Vestal watches.  We did, and we were as excited as a kid in a record store when Vestal agreed to a GearCrave giveaway…

This week, GearCrave will be giving away five free Vestal watches to randomly selected readers.  Continue reading after the break to learn how you can win one of your very own…  Also, we’ll be sharing our five favorite Vestal watches this week, one per day from now until Friday.  Stick around, GearCravers, this is going to be fun!

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That mild-mannered, rather charming fellow above has a dark secret.  While moonlighting as a blood spatter analyst for the Miami Police Department, Dexter Morgan has a much more serious career: serial killer.  His victims are all murderers themselves, those tracked down with his own help by the police, only to get off on legal technicalities.  Those murderers who escape justice are those that fall prey to Dexter’s insatiable bloodlust.  If you’re a fan of Showtime’s “Dexter”, you’ll be happy to know that GearCrave will be giving away three copies of Dexter: the Second Season on DVD.  If you’re new to the show, you might want to sign up as well– this is a show you won’t want to miss…  Continue reading to learn how you can win your very own copy of Dexter’s second season.

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Last Monday, we discovered a new retailer that quickly became a GearCrave favorite.  If you visited us last week, you likely either saw the pitch black playing cards or the kill time gun mug, both of which received a whole lot of attention.  These and many more come from our new friends at MollaSpace.com, a fresh modern design retailer with a focus on high style, price accessible gear for your home.  We reached out to MollaSpace to invite them to take part in a GearCrave giveaway week, and they gladly obliged.  So without further adieu, we invite you to get to know MollaSpace in the best way possible- a GearCrave giveaway!  MollaSpace will be giving away five free gift certificates worth $50 each to GearCrave readers.  Continue reading below to learn how you can get $50 free from MollaSpace.  And be sure to stay tuned, we’ll be covering five more GearCrave favorites from MollaSpace throughout the week!

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For those of you who are aware of the modern prefab home movement, bear with us while we catch the rest up to speed. Imagine that your next home were to be manufactured in sections in a warehouse, delivered to your property, then pieced together and finalized into the perfect modern home. This technique has been around for decades, as “manufactured homes” and trailers have been delivered at a low cost to home owners. But what works for retirees in Florida and trailer communities across the country also works for the modernist movement. Some of the worlds brightest architects have turned to prefabricated construction techniques to lower costs and increase quality. The perfect example is Santa Monica’s LivingHome, as designed by architects Ray Kappe and Kieran Timberlake. Continue reading, GearCravers, for more about how the prefab movement has come alive in this LivingHome.

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Update- Congrats to Nate, The Gabe and TimF, you’re our winners.  I’ll be emailing you shortly!

A few weeks back, we reached out to GearCrave favorite Karmaloop.com to talk about a giveaway.  We asked, they obliged, we got very excited.  If you’re not familiar with Karmaloop, allow us to make the introduction.  Karmaloop.com is a leading streetwear and urban fashion retailer on the web.  Brands like LRG, DC, Puma, Obey, Crooks and Castles, Nike, Nixon and more are their bread and butter, the stuff we lust after.  They could be compared to Urban Outfitters, save for the retail chain– Karmaloop is an online operation first and foremost.  As a result, their service policies are stellar, their gear ships fast, and the result is a happy, good looking customer.  Long before we launched GearCrave, Karmaloop had been on our personal radar.  Continue reading, GearCravers, we’ve got some excitin things in store.  Throughout the week, we’ll feature one Karmaloop favorite per day, showing you what we get excited about at Karmaloop.  After the break, we’ll show you how three GearCravers will win a $100 gift certificate each.

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Fantasy-addicted baseball fans better find some more time in their schedules… Online community game developer Challenge Games has just released its first foray into sports with Baseball Boss. Baseball Boss is an online game that allows its users to develop fantasy baseball teams that compete with others in a simulated environment. Unlike fantasy baseball, Baseball Boss is not scored based on actual MLB games as they happen. Baseball Boss pits your team up against your friends– then simulates games as if your players were meeting face-to-face with the players on your friends team. Just like fantasy baseball, you can collect and trade “cards” (players, in this case) to other community members to improve your team. Continue reading, GearCravers, to learn more about Baseball Boss and get the GearCrave code to get you in to this very private Beta party before your friends…

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Take that boring black billfold out of your pocket, empty its contents and retire it to the garbage.  The good people at DB Clay have re-invented the modern wallet, taking something plain and functional and giving it something special– personality.  DB Clay designs and manufactures eco-friendly wallets with stunning, vivid designs.  Their designs range from lush, colorful pieces like the Thrower Wallet, shown above, to detailed image reproductions like their Portland Clashing Wallet.  Continue reading, GearCravers, to learn about DB Clay’s wallets and to learn how you can win one of five here on GearCrave.com.

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Update– Congrats to GearCrave readers CJ, Aaron and Allison, you’ve won a free copy of City of Men.  You’ll be emailed shortly!

Fernando Meirelles’s film City of God is an all-time favorite of ours. If you haven’t seen it, you owe it to yourself to bump it to the top of your Netflix queue, buy the DVD or (gasp!) drive to your local video rental store. On the international success of City of God comes City of Men, a film that takes us back to the wrong side of paradise for a new and different story. City of Men tells the story of two close friends now divided by a dark secret– and forced on either side of a gang war in the slums of Rio De Janeiro. Fans of City of God won’t find a sequel in City of Men, but a new tale all its own rife with the familiar struggles with violence and perseverance. Continue reading, GearCravers, to learn how you can win one of three copies of City of Men on DVD from GearCrave and Miramax. [trailer]

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Save for the occasional friendship and slap bracelet, 1980s wrist-wear was defined by three big names: Casio, Swatch and FreeStyle. Since that decade of dayglo, FreeStyle watches have maintained a cult-like adoration from skaters, surfers and a whole range of counter-culture fashionistas. What started over 20 years ago is reaching its first resurgence: the classic Freestyle Shark watch is once again a hot ticket item. Our friends at FreeStyle USA reached out to GearCrave to get involved in a giveaway. As fans of the classic Shark watch, we happily obliged. Continue reading, GearCravers, to learn about the new 80s Shark watch and the full line of FreeStyle watches available to GearCrave readers.

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After weeks of hard work, a touch of frustration and plenty of inspiration, GearCrave is ready to launch its new look and feel. In the next few weeks, we’ll be making slight changes to this new look to make sure we get the most out of it. Take a look! Poke around the site, let it sink in, then come back and share with us your thoughts here in the comments. In the mean time, please be patient with us while we work on finalizing a few little details. If you spot something we may have missed, let us know in the comments! (for example, some older images might be cropped until we convert them to the new layout- give us a week on that!)

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