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That’s time at your fingertips
I am one of those people who never wears a watch on my wrist. Among the lame reasons that I don't is that I find all watches cumbersome to fasten. Lazy me. The runner-up at the global watch design...
Posted on July 21, 2008 4:14 PM
Totally pointless but fun Zihotch Retro Phone Watch
Now that we mostly don't need traditional wristwatches to urgently tell us the time, playful watch designs seem to have largely replaced the utilitarian digital watches of old. You can go sci-fi futuristic with watches from Tokyoflash or go...
Posted on June 23, 2008 10:34 AM
Recapture the 80s with this cassette tape watch
I've written before about both my love of good (preferably large) watches and my nostalgia for cassette tapes, and here's a design that brings them both together with a dash of style. It's available for £35.00 (around $69) from...
Posted on June 12, 2008 9:35 AM
Infection watch from Tokyoflash Japan
Gone are the days when I judged watches at least partly based on how easy it was to read the time from them. Now, the time of day flashes everywhere - on our cell phones, computer screens, TVs. Try...
Posted on May 21, 2008 11:33 AM
Casio launches new Baby G range for the fashion-conscious woman
In the last year, I've become increasingly obsessed with watches, especially huge chunky watches which provide a contrast with my oddly small wrists and hands (hey, it's the only part of my body which is oddly small, I'm flaunting it...)...
Posted on May 13, 2008 10:00 AM
MacGyver MP3 Watch
Remember the MacGyver TV show where the character got himself out of harrowing situations with a piece ot dental floss and a paper-clip? This is his watch. The MacGyver watch sports a 5-mode audio equalizer, 3-D stereo sound, built-in...
Posted on May 1, 2008 10:43 AM
Hour Glass goes digital with the Sand Time Watch
Designer Pavel Balykin has decided to revamp the retro sand-hour-glass by conceptualising a digital version with his Sand Time Watch. Well, sort of. The Sand Time Watch, according to me, might be a misnomer because the watch uses a...
Posted on April 1, 2008 9:57 AM
Celestial Watches
Do you know what this is? It's a "celestial watch" which, in case you didn't know, keeps perfect celestial time as the face rotates in real time.You can precisely tell the placement of the stars just by using the...
Posted on February 26, 2008 8:40 AM
Garmin’s Forerunner 405: Train seriously
If you’re hard at work on your fitness resolution to run a marathon this year or hike a mountain, consider treating yourself to a watch loaded full of excellent training features. Garmin’s Forerunner 405 monitors your time, distance, pace,...
Posted on January 29, 2008 11:37 AM
Lightmare Watch: a new way of telling time
If you're bored of telling time in the usual ways, you might like this Nightmare Watch from Fractalspin. Not only are there no numbers on this watch, there are no hands either. The hour hand is represented by a...
Posted on December 22, 2007 1:32 PM
Geomesh mirrored LED watch
If you can't immediately tell that it's 3:34 on the brushed-gunmetal watch shown above, then your childhood education has served you well. Of course you can't tell it's 3:34. Only the creators and owners of the Geomesh can do...
Posted on September 20, 2007 10:58 AM
Futuristic pixel watch
This watch brings me back to my early childhood when I couldn't tell time. Maybe it's just me, but I can't read what those green blocks spell out at all (12:38?). What further confounds me is that some sort...
Posted on April 25, 2007 8:35 AM
