diff --git a/src/assets/i18n/de-DE.json b/src/assets/i18n/de-DE.json
index 1b5e016..42c0081 100644
--- a/src/assets/i18n/de-DE.json
+++ b/src/assets/i18n/de-DE.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "in": "in {time}",
     "remaining": "{time} übrig",
     "until": "Bis {time}",
-    "left": "{time} verbleibend",
+    "left": "Noch {time}",
     "d": "{n}Tg | {n}Tg",
     "h": "{n}Std | {n}Std",
     "m": "{n}Min | {n}Min",
diff --git a/src/components/gear/GearCard.vue b/src/components/gear/GearCard.vue
index b785f73..acc675c 100644
--- a/src/components/gear/GearCard.vue
+++ b/src/components/gear/GearCard.vue
@@ -65,12 +65,10 @@
 
     <!-- Time left -->
     <div class="absolute top-1 left-6">
-      <div class="inline-block text-xs bg-zinc-200/30 rounded-sm px-1 py-px font-semibold">
-        <SkeletonBlock v-if="loading" class="h-4 w-16" />
-        <template v-else>
-          {{ $t('time.left', { time: formatDurationHoursFromNow(props.gear.saleEndTime) }) }}
-        </template>
+      <div v-if="loading" class="inline-block text-xs bg-zinc-200/30 rounded-sm px-1 py-px font-semibold">
+        <SkeletonBlock class="h-4 w-16" />
       </div>
+      <GearExpiry v-else :end-time="props.gear.saleEndTime" />
     </div>
   </div>
 </template>
@@ -78,7 +76,7 @@
 <script setup>
 import SkeletonBlock from '@/components/loading/SkeletonBlock.vue';
 import { computed } from 'vue';
-import { formatDurationHoursFromNow } from '@/common/time';
+import GearExpiry from './GearExpiry.vue';
 
 const props = defineProps({
   gear: Object,
diff --git a/src/components/gear/GearCardHorizontal.vue b/src/components/gear/GearCardHorizontal.vue
index d6e582d..56cb21e 100644
--- a/src/components/gear/GearCardHorizontal.vue
+++ b/src/components/gear/GearCardHorizontal.vue
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@
       </template>
       <template v-else>
         <div class="flex">
-          <div class="inline-block text-xs bg-zinc-200/30 rounded-sm px-1 py-px font-semibold">
-            {{ $t('time.left', { time: formatDurationHoursFromNow(props.gear.saleEndTime) }) }}
-          </div>
+          <GearExpiry :end-time="props.gear.saleEndTime" />
         </div>
 
         <div class="flex items-center space-x-2">
@@ -104,7 +102,7 @@
 import SkeletonBlock from '@/components/loading/SkeletonBlock.vue';
 import { computed } from 'vue';
 import SquidTape from '@/components/SquidTape.vue';
-import { formatDurationHoursFromNow } from '@/common/time';
+import GearExpiry from './GearExpiry.vue';
 import { getGesotownGearUrl } from '@/common/links';
 
 const props = defineProps({
diff --git a/src/components/gear/GearExpiry.test.mjs b/src/components/gear/GearExpiry.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e59720a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/gear/GearExpiry.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { createSSRApp } from 'vue';
+import { renderToString } from 'vue/server-renderer';
+import { createPinia } from 'pinia';
+import { createI18n } from 'vue-i18n';
+import messages from '@/assets/i18n/en-US.json';
+import { useTimeStore } from '@/stores/time.mjs';
+import GearExpiry from './GearExpiry.vue';
+
+describe('gear expiry labels', () => {
+  it.each([
+    [1, '1 second left'],
+    [45, '45 seconds left'],
+    [59, '59 seconds left'],
+    [60, '1 minute left'],
+    [3600, '1 hour left'],
+  ])('shows the appropriate label with %i seconds left', async (seconds, label) => {
+    const endTime = '2026-09-28T00:00:00Z';
+    const app = createSSRApp(GearExpiry, { endTime });
+    const pinia = createPinia();
+
+    app.use(pinia);
+    useTimeStore(pinia).setNow(Date.parse(endTime) - seconds * 1000);
+
+    app.use(createI18n({
+      legacy: false,
+      locale: 'en-US',
+      messages: { 'en-US': messages },
+      datetimeFormats: {
+        'en-US': {
+          dateTimeShortWeekday: {
+            weekday: 'short',
+            month: 'numeric',
+            day: 'numeric',
+            hour: 'numeric',
+            minute: '2-digit',
+            timeZone: 'UTC',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    }));
+
+    const html = await renderToString(app);
+
+    expect(html).toContain(label);
+    expect(html).toContain('title="Until Mon, 9/28, 12:00 AM"');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/gear/GearExpiry.vue b/src/components/gear/GearExpiry.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a6ba18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/gear/GearExpiry.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<template>
+  <span :title="deadline" class="inline-block text-xs bg-zinc-200/30 rounded-sm px-1 py-px font-semibold">
+    <template v-if="remainingSeconds < 60">
+      {{ $t('time.left', { time: $t('time.seconds', { n: remainingSeconds }, remainingSeconds) }) }}
+    </template>
+    <template v-else>
+      {{ $t('time.left', { time: formatDurationHoursFromNow(endTime) }) }}
+    </template>
+  </span>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+import { computed } from 'vue';
+import { useI18n } from 'vue-i18n';
+import { formatDurationHoursFromNow } from '@/common/time';
+import { useTimeStore } from '@/stores/time.mjs';
+
+const props = defineProps({
+  endTime: { type: String, required: true },
+});
+
+const time = useTimeStore();
+const { t, d } = useI18n();
+
+const deadline = computed(() => t('time.until', {
+  time: d(props.endTime, 'dateTimeShortWeekday'),
+}));
+
+const remainingSeconds = computed(() => {
+  const remaining = Date.parse(props.endTime) - time.now;
+
+  return Math.max(0, Math.ceil(remaining / 1000));
+});
+</script>