The Anti-Kidnapping Watch Band

They say the best camera is the one that’s on you, and we’d like to say the same for handcuff keys. If you have the misfortune of being held against your will in bracelets, that awesome, police-issue golden handcuff key will do you exactly no good at all. Keeping all the necessary escape tools at your immediate disposal, the Gearward A+K Watch Band is your anti-kidnapping safety net.

While there are plenty of survival bracelets out there, the assumption is that any kidnapper who knows what they’re doing is going to make sure to relieve you of your sketchy man-jewlery. From the outside, the watch band looks like your standard timepiece retention device—nothing out of the ordinary. But hidden in a discreet rubber sleeve on the band is a ceramic razor, handcuff key, and a four-foot kevlar friction saw.

If you’re staring at this image above and can’t figure out why you don’t see a four-foot kevlar friction saw, it’s because the saw is actually that little string. Check it out in action in the video below as it makes short work of the zip-tie flex cuffs.

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Unnecessary? Maybe. But if you’re a Walter Mitty, maybe wearing this 24/7 will help you live the full-throttle lifestyle you always dreamed of. If you wear this band, you might just grow into needing it.


Ethan Wolff-Mann is an editor at Supercompressor. He has never been in handcuffs. Follow him on Twitter @ewolffmann.