If you can’t own a machine that travels through time and space, this watch is an okay alternative. I mean, it sort of controls time. It’s nowhere near being a substitute, but it is pretty snazzy.
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If you fancy 19th century, steampunk-themed attire, check out ThinkGeek’s “Solar Turbine” Steampunk Pocketwatch, which offers quartz movement along with an English pewter casing, copper wire accents and a spinning inset metal plate with a brass finish which invokes a turbine feel. A gift box and soft velvet bag are also included.
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Pebble Technology launched a Kickstarter campaign aimed at raising $100,000 for producing a limited run of their Pebble Smartwatch, which allows users to play music and make calls from their wrist using iOS and Android integration. In addition, the watch allows texting via Android, as well as the ability to run its own apps, including cycling and running speedometers and a rangefinder.
The project proved so popular that it raised a staggering $1,000,000 in just 28 hours, which left the team behind the watch absolutely ecstatic. The company says they’re “laser-focused on getting this watch onto your wrist as soon as possible”, and will provide additional updates soon.
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These keypad watches combine a retro computer flare with a unique, yet time consuming method of telling time. The saga begins by pressing (almost) any key to ask the time. Lights embedded in the keys then illuminate one by one, revealing the hour then the minute. For example, the illumination sequence 0, 9, 1, 5 would mean the time is 9:15. The watch allows users to choose between 12 and 24-hour time, and also features a hash key that displays the date.
The watch is available in a variety of colors and is priced at a reasonable $90.
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Mr. Jones Watches has produced this unique “All Around The World” watch which features eight different hour hands in the form of a famous international landmarks, each indicating the time in their respective cities:
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco: GMT -8, Salt Lake Temple, Utah: GMT -7, Sears Tower, Chicago: GMT -6, Statue of Liberty, New York: GMT -5, Big Ben, London: GMT ±0
The Eiffel Tower, Paris: GMT + 1, Istambul’s minarets: GMT + 2, Red Square, Moscow: GMT +3
The minute hand is in the form of a city staple: the pigeon (though a hipster would have been funnier). The watch is produced in a limited edition of 100 pieces. Each is numbered on the case back and signed on the insert card by the designer Crispin Jones. The watch comes in an MJW presentation box which features a specially commissioned artwork by illustrator Beibei Nei.
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Designer Jeremy Scott teamed up with Swatch to create this Double Vision watch which offers two watch faces with hypnotic concentric red and white circles. Plus, since they look like the novelty specs of days gone by, the words “X-Ray Vision” also appear across the two faces.
You can nab one for yourself for €75 from Colette, or $100 from the Swatch website.
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Surprisingly, Swatch watches didn’t disappear into the fad abyss back in the eighties. In fact, the company is about to release their first touchscreen watch, appropriately titled “Swatch Touch”, which is expected to hit retailers next month. The new design features a large touch-sensitive LCD display with stylized digits that will allow users to swipe between displays to view different time zones, access the chrono, set alarms, the timer and beep menus.
The Touch will be available in six colors: camouflage, pink, purple, black, white and turquoise, and will sell for £100 (~$156 USD)
A dude named Patrick has created a plasma ball-inspired watch which uses two tiny electrodes (indicating hours and minutes) rotating slowly around the perimeter of the watch. When you touch the center of the watch face, sparks would shoot between your fingertip and the two electrodes and through a bubble of Argon gas, creating what appear to be lightning bolt clock hands. If you would like to see this become and actual product, head over to the TokyoFlash design blog and cast your vote.
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Although this SpyNet Night Vision Mission Video Watch looks like a kid’s toy, it’s actually anything but. In addition to telling time, this device can record audio, video, stills (regular and time lapse) and also has games, missions, and apps. You can hook it up with a Snake Cam add-on that allows you to look around corners and it can also be used as a plug and play USB webcam.
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TokyoFlash has released yet another limited edition watch that makes telling time a baffling ordeal. Entitled “3D Unlimited”, the new mirror-backed LCD watch features an EL backlight that displays time as faces on a cube, as well as time and date functions, high quality polished stainless steel construction and an adjustable strap making it suitable for small and large wrists.
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