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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With watches, it’s all about the bells and whistles. The part where you can check the time isn’t what watches are made for these days. No, they are made with the purpose of including an impressive number of gadgets. This new line of Click watches use Dip Switches—the kind found on ’80s arcade games.
Click watches use these “retro-tonics” to display digital watch functions in a new fashion. Each switch activates a different function. You can toggle between the day, date, time, and meter time, though you’ll probably need paperclip or something similar to do so. That having been said, I’d wear this for the looks, but I’ll keep checking the time on my smart phone.
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There are plenty of DJ style apps for smartphones, but a far more impractical, time consuming and ridiculous way to go about DJing on the go would be to make one of these bulky wristwatch turntables. Still, it looks like fun.
Check out the watch in action after the break.
The first generation of wristbands for the new iPod nano were pretty basic, but the new silicone bands from Hex actually live up to the iPod’s potential as a functional wristwatch.
In this version, users can pop their iPods securely into the face, it has integrated control buttons and it comes in 9 different colors.
What was the best thing you did when you were 14? Grow a pube or two? If so, this will make you feel pretty crappy about yourself.
Tynan Mayhew is 14, but he is also the designer of this very cool, very simple Tokyoflash watch. Basically, it lights up the text instead of numbers to tell the time.
If you like it, make sure to vote it up. Tokyoflash actually produces its most popular designs.
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Faceless, silent, not so much deadly, the Mutewatch features a hidden touch-activated screen that can be navigated with a swipe. Even the alarm doesn’t make a sound. It simply vibrates and can be shut off by pinching the watch.
And the best part is that this ninja watch isn’t a concept—pre-orders are being taken right now for white, gray or red designs for €19 ($25) which will be deducted from the €199 ($260) price tag when it ships.
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It’s not official Star Wars merchandise, but we all know where Storm got the design inspiration for their new Darth Watch. Features a 3-disc hand function, water resistance to 50m and a color range of black, lazer blue, mirror and white.
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Unlike many of the new watch designs coming out these days, the Slip Watch actually makes time easier to read. The face is set off-center so that the watch is level when you raise your arm.
The Aurora watch is only a concept at the moment, but just about anything involving lasers is a good idea. In this case, beams shoot across the transparent face to tell the time. It’s definitely doable, but I would imagine that telling the time in anything other than a dark room, cave or bottom of a well might prove difficult.
Taking weapons to the next level is this Armatix .22cal pistol, which comes with a custom wristwatch that is also responsible for sending a wireless arming signal to the gun, illuminating a green LED on the back of the gun and allowing it to fire. When the gun is not within a few inches of the watch, the gun will be disabled, as signified by a red LED. However all that safety will cost you. The limited edition pistol is selling for 7,000 euro, or about $9,700, and starts shipping next month.
