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.
Check out the video after the break to see the watch in action.
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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)
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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.
Check out some demonstration videos after the break.
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With a press of a button on this Infinity Invaders LED watch, you can start a nifty little light show that scrolls along the face before settling on the time.
At only $34.99, it’s a hell of a lot cheaper than buying the Romain Jerome alternative.
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Fashionably Geek isn’t a stranger to crazy Romain Jerome watch designs, but his latest is closest to our geeky hearts. This officially licensed Space Invaders watch comes in a colorful “day” version and a glow-in-the-dark “night” version (pictured after the break), with each having a very limited 78 unit run.
Like his Moon Invader series before it, the Space Invaders watches will include fragments from the Apollo 11 capsule. That’s just one of the reasons why getting your hands on one will set you back $10,000.
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You’re watch says that it’s 2am. Time for last call. It also tells you that your blood alcohol content is far beyond the legal limit. Maybe it’s time to put some pants on and call a cab.
That’s right, the latest concept touchscreen watch from Tokyoflash doubles as a breathalyzer. All you need to do is press the appropriate button and blow into a port for testing.
Check out a demo video after the break.
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