Abstract: A needle-type tire pressure gauge includes a drum body having a closed end and an open end defining therebetween a receiving room, a tire pressure taking means communicating with the receiving room and having a head having an annular indentation and an air intake communicating with the indentation, a tire pressure actuated means pivotally mounted in the receiving room, having a toothed surface and connected to the tire pressure taking means, a resilient means connected between the receiving room and the tire pressure actuated means for the restoration of the tire pressure actuated means, a gear rotatably mounted in the receiving room and meshing with the toothed surface, and a gear stopping means for temporarily stopping the rotation of the gear for a convenient reading of the position of a needle which is connected to the gear and pivotally mounted on a cover which has a scale thereon and engages the open end so that when the tire pressure a actuated means is actuated by an air coming from the tire pressure