The Nixon Black Diamond watch was designed by Emir Rıfat Işık. While it’s not a real product (as of yet), it sure looks like it would be right at home in Nixon’s modern watch collection.

The watch would feature a bold dot-matrix display (looks like it should be OLED or E-Ink to me), set into a pitch black face. A pyramid-shaped faceted crystal would sit over top, creating cool light-and-shadow effects over the display. The wristband echoes the diamond shapes with its own harlequin embossed pattern as well. About the only thing I don’t care for on this watch is the knob on the side. I get that the pointy shape works with the design, but it’s not a practical shape for gripping with your fingertips, and you’ll probably end up drawing blood at least once grabbing for it.

That aside, I think Emir’s design is quite elegant, and I truly do hope that Nixon looks at the design and calls him up to license it for production. In the mean time, if you like the geometric crystal idea and want a watch you can actually buy, you might want to check out the Nooka Zizm series.

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The two trains are the Gold Express and the Silver Steam. The Gold Express is 40 inches long, 5 inches tall and includes an engine and two passenger carriages. The track is made of transparent plastic. It’s on eBay for $2,000 (USD). The Silver Steam is 44 inches long and 5 inches tall. You get an engine, one passenger carriage and two holiday freight carriages for $3,000 (USD) on eBay.

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The latest gadget to get a bad case of the shiny-sparklies is this Xbox 360 Kinect that’s been encrusted with over 5,000 Swarovski crystals. Unless you’re some sort of pretty princess living in a candy-coated castle, I can’t imagine why you’d spend $631 of your hard-earned money on this thing.

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I wonder if the added weight or shimmer of the crystals affects the performance of the Kinect at all. I can’t imagine that it helps things. If you’re really compelled to drop 6 bills on one of these things, you can place your order over at DS Styles now. Be sure to pick up a matching crystal-covered Xbox 360 while you’re at it.

Me, I’m waiting for the 24k gold-plated edition.

[via Joystiq]

Check out the amazing Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of Crystals) in Naica, Mexico. Some of the crystal beams in this cave are 36 feet long! In the clip below, you’ll see Professor Iain Stewart exploring these caves.

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While it’s probably not the perfect lair for a today’s edgier superheroes, Superman would probably feel right at home.

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You can pick up a pair of GrungeBuds Crystal Cat Pink at Atomic9′s online store for $40 (USD). You can also “choose your grunge” from other designs – designs which I am not making up – like a dragon, a monkey, and a panda. I don’t know what grunge means anymore.

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The 55.7″ tall, 227 pound Arabesque speakers are hand-assembled from large sheets 3/4″ facet-cut glass, carefully glued together to form a sound enclosure. The unconventional tear-drop shape of the glass isn’t just there for looks either – it’s actually precision-engineered to help create a wide dispersion pattern in a variety of room setups.

Each tower has a 140mm ribbon tweeter, and three 180mm paper-cone mid/bass speakers. While they may look delicate, they’re designed to crank out some serious volume, with 115dB peak SPL, and frequency response from 27Hz to a ear-piercing highs of 100kHz at-3dB. Not too shabby for a speaker made out of glass. And according to the guys over at HiFi+, they really do live up to their specs.

Oh, I neglected to mention the most important part. These glass speakers retail for £45,000 (appx. $71,800 USD) a pair. That’s about what a really well-outfitted Lexus or Infiniti would set you back if you’re keeping track of how you spend your money. Pocket change, no?

Created by Goldgenie, each Starburst iPod Nano is encrusted with laser-embedded 250 color-coordinated Swarovski crystals, and features Sir Elton John’s signature etched into the back of the case.

They’re available in black, blue, green, orange, pink, purple, red, and silver, and only 100 of each color is being made. Each iPod also includes Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits, a 2-CD set of Elton’s most famous tracks.

Priced at £449.99 incl. VAT (appx. $642 USD) for the 16GB model and £399.99 incl. VAT (appx. $570 USD) for the 8GB model, they’re definitely not cheap, but at least 12.5% of the purchase price from each purchase goes to a good cause, the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

I can only imagine that everything in Elton’s house is encrusted with color-coordinated Swarovski crystals, including his gold-plated cat.

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The top-of-the-line Elements Stardust clock radio is adorned with nearly 4,000 hand-placed Swarovski crystals, making the case sparkle and shine like diamonds. The Elements features a digital AM/FM tuner, alarm clock with a dimmable vacuum fluorescent display. And the backlit control dial is reminiscent of an aluminum version of the iPod’s scroll wheel.

If Saks Fifth Avenue’s price of $2500 (USD) is a bit too rich for your humble paycheck to afford, you can grab the still good looking, still good sounding, non-bejeweled piano black version over on Amazon for $250 bucks.

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The new XCM Crystal Controller Kit not only redresses your 360 controller in a spiffy clear skin, but it also adds a brand new oversize D-pad that’s designed to prevent you from mistakenly pressing it in the wrong direction.

I can speak from experience when I say there’s nothing worse than accidentally selecting that plasma rifle when you meant to select the rocket launcher.

Of course, the best part of the Crystal Controller is that it comes pre-wired with a gorgeous array of nine colorful LEDs which illuminate the A/B/X/Y, back, start, dashboard and shoulder buttons.

You can get your grubby little paws on the complete Crystal Controller kit over on RenChi for $29.90.

Masters of all things bejeweled, Crystal Icing will embellish your DS Lite with the likeness of Mario and his flying Koopa nemesis for $350. If that’s not sparkly enough for you, how about a custom piece like this Wii console covered with thousands of Swarovski crystals?

The Legend of Zelda-themed crystal Wii probably cost more than a few months’ mortgage payments. It’s been carefully detailed with over 7500 24-Karat gold-dipped crystals. Last time I counted, that’s just a few less than I have on my royal pimp cup.

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Under the hood, the Crystal HT360 mobile phone is pretty typical. It’s a plain old GSM phone, with no high-speed data capabilities. Its crummy 2.2″ screen can only muster 175 x 220 resolution. About the only thing it has in common with a real iPhone is its 2-megapixel digital camera and some tinny built-in speakers. There’s also something in the specs about “handwriting input,” so I guess it has a touchscreen too.

With the recent price drop on the iPhone, along with all of the latest iPod models from Apple, I really can’t see a reason that you’d want this phone other than for the novelty.

[Just Another Mobile Phone Blog via IntoMobile]

Their new 240 series speakers feature drivers that look like crystal. They’re made from aluminum covered with a angled crystalline surface that mimics the look of a cut precious gem. The cone design isn’t just about looks though. According to the manufacturer, the surface is much more tolerant of listener position than traditional speakers, and provides an unusually flat frequency response.

The 240 series ranges in price from 498€ ($679 USD) for small bookshelf speakers, all the way up to 1998€ ($2725 USD) for the largest floor-standing models.

[gizmag via Engadget]

In what’s probably the least subtle cabinet design ever made, Official Game Haven’s CrystalCade arcade system is loaded up with tons of brightly- colored LEDs which cycle through various programmable patterns.

If you can get past the bright lights and ridiculous array of speakers mounted on top, the CrystalCade actually has some pretty decent specs. The cabinet is loaded up with arcade-quality joysticks, buttons and a full-size trackball, and is big enough for two gamers to play head-to-head. Under the hood is a reasonably powerful PC running emulation software, a 21-inch flat screen monitor and a THX-certified 5.1 surround sound system.

If the flashing colored lights aren’t Vegas enough for you, they also offer gold, chrome and platinum plating on the controllers. The only thing this cabinet is missing is some marble columns.

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Working with Scandanavian glass artist Per B. Sundberg, they are offering a Tivoli Model One radio that’s been dressed up in a suit of handcrafted crystal.

Costing 39,000 Swedish Kronor (over $4200 USD) each, they’re exclusively for those with deep pockets. Given the fact that a Model One by itself is just $119.99, most of your money is going towards the intricate glass work. There are only 30 of these limited edition radios available from scandanaviandesign.

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The clear replacement shell features a cool glow in multiple LED colors. The case backlighting gradually cycles between 7 colors giving your Wii a case of disco fever.

Pricing and release date haven’t been announced yet, but their blue-only version, the I-Case Crystal is already available from Divineo for $59.95. I’d imagine the multi-color version won’t be much more.

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This desk embellishment is perfect for those of you who just can’t get enough meaningless corporate awards. The crystal award from Initech looks just like all of of those crummy corporate gifts that nobody wants, bestowing upon its recipient the distinction of “no-talent ass clown.”

The award spins around on a silver pedestal, and is illuminated by a color-changing LED source, so you can really show off your accomplishment. It’s $34.99 and looks great alongside this red Swingline stapler.