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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These beastly ear blasters are designed not only to crank out some serious volume, they look beefy enough to deliver on that promise. Each pair of Master Blasters offers up a spacious set of padded ear cups to provide you with an all-encompassing audio experience. The headphones feature an adjustable ball-socket hinge that should help them fit about any head, big or small. And it’s hard to see from the pics above, but the outer ring of the right ear cup is actually a volume control – which is a nice touch. Word on the street is that they have a solid low end but really shine with the mids and the highs.

They’re available in six color combinations, and are available over at Amazon for about $200 (USD) a pair. Now all they need to do is add a microphone and control switch for my iPhone, and I’ll buy a pair.

This is recycling at it’s best. Thin strips of reclaimed skate decks are artfully layered to create a unique and colorful watch. It would make the perfect accessory for the erstwhile punk teen turned corporate bad-a$$.

And then there’s the actual, you know, watch part: super stylish analog display, with Japanese quartz movement and LEDs for nighttime time-telling. It’s not waterproof, but I’m betting you didn’t expect it to be.

You can see the tear sheet and look at a couple more close-ups of the watch here. It’s not for sale yet, but you can drool over/purchase previous Nixon Rotolog series watches at the Nixon website.

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The R1G1 ($150 to $200 USD) features a set of four mechanical hands to keep track of time and date. Two hands rotate around the middle of the dial, one displaying seconds and the other showing minutes. A pair of speedometer-like gauges display the current hour and the day of the month.

Each watch is powered by a quartz movement housed in a sleek brushed stainless steel case. All four hands live beneath a sturdy hardened mineral glass crystal to keep them safe and sound. They’re available in several different color ways, all with stylish leather bands.

You can find all four R1G1 designs over at NixonNow.

To complement its swimming pool blue case (they call it Sky Blue, but I know better), the Answer features a aquatic blue-backlit LCD screen. And it’s not just the color that makes me want to dive in. The watch is waterproof to 100-meters, so you really can take it into the deep end.

If for some reason, blue isn’t your thing, the watch is also available in a yellow and grey combo which conjures up images of deep sea diving gear, and a simple black design too. All three styles are available from Nixon for $75 each.

Nixon’s $120 Metal Dork Watch features a hard-lined modern stainless steel case and band, along with black metal accents. It’s got a funky red on black LCD screen that’s definitely unusual. In addition to keeping time, the Dork Watch has day, date and alarm functions too.

If you’re looking to spend a little less, be sure to check out the $90 plain Dork Watch, which has a leather band instead of stainless steel.

It’s got a backlit grey-on-black LCD screen that uses a pixel graph to show the current height of the surf. Also along for the ride are alarm, day/date and dual time zone functionality. It’s also got a countdown timer and chronograph for timing your athletic feats. Plus, the Lodown is water resistant to 100 meters, so it’s perfect for play at sea.

It’s available in black, silver and off-white/blue poycarbonate finishes, and will set you back about $90 from Nixon’s online shop.

Maybe it’s watching all those episodes of HBO’s John from Cincinnati that had me thinking about surfers… or maybe it’s just got me confused.