AND A HAPPY NEW GEAR YEAR Each of these gadgets, even the more playful ones, offers a function that will make your giftees’ lives easier. Instead, get your giftees more thoughtful, more fun and more valuable tech and gear gifts that won’t clear out your wallet. This flip clock comes in several eye-catching colors, and makes a satisfying click sound at the beginning of each minute. A good gift for both older sorts nostalgic for the ’70s and younger sorts who somehow manage to be nostalgic about eras they didn’t even live through. Gino Flip Clock, $99, Schoolhouse.com

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Persons: MARTIN RAMIN, Gino, Schoolhouse.com