While it’s not exactly clear from this early concept sketch, we’re hoping the chronolabel LED Transformer will transform from a watch to a stand-up clock.  While I’m not certain, it does seem to look like an updated version of this watch which was floated around early last year, but never made it to our shores. Regardless, any sort of shiny metal transforming robot with a light-up dot-matrix chest is okay in my book.

I’ll be sure to let you guys know if I can find out anything else about this cool timepiece.

The Robot 1259C Watch was designed by Japan’s Seahope. The LED time indicators are available in red, which remind me of either Kitt from Knight Rider or a Cylon Centurion. Unfortunately, the dials don’t go back and forth like those robots’ eyes, but hey, they still look pretty robotic to me. There’s also a blue version that doesn’t really remind me of anything, but still looks cool.

While the watch is slightly easier to read than most of the ones from the Tokyoflash guys, it’ll still take you a few minutes to get used to telling the time on this watch – by which time, it’ll be a couple of minutes later. If you don’t mind always being a couple of minutes late, the Robot watch is available for $159 (USD) over at the Yanko Design Shop.

The watch has a square face with hours along the bottom of a grid and minutes along the left side. The lines in the center of the screen intersect at the appropriate time. It seems easy enough, but it’s still odd to me. I can see me wearing this thing, someone asking what time it is, and it taking me a couple minutes to trace the lines with my finger and answer them.

The watch can be had in silver or black with different face colors as well. You can grab one up for $189 (USD) over at the Yanko Design store if you want.

Created by Japan’s SeaHope, the Dual Touch LED watch has a display that can react to your touch. In finger trace mode, the LEDs under your digits follow your exact movements.

The other cool thing about the Dual Touch is that each one features a unique dual-color LED matrix that can change colors with a simple swipe of your finger. There’s a blue/green combo, a red/green, red/blue, orange/green and orange/blue duos too. Each Dual Touch watch comes in a slick modern stainless steel (silver or black color) case, and is protected by a durable mineral glass crystal.

In addition to the finger-touch mode, there’s also an animation mode that switches between 6 different patterns including the requisite “running human” pictured above. You can check out a basic Flash demo of the watch animation here.

You can find all of the different permutations for sale over at SeaHope’s online shop for ¥18,900 each (appx. $209 USD).

OK, the EIN Cyber Heartbeat LED watch doesn’t actually tell you if your heart is still beating, but its LED graphical display is styled to look like a mini heart monitor. From the looks of these display instructions, though, don’t ask me to tell you what time it is. I’ve got a better chance of telling you if you’re in sinus rhythm or VTAC. Push an amp of epi now! (Yeah, I watch ER, what of it?)

Unlike other LED watches which usually remain pitch black until a button is pressed, the display on the Heartbeat can be left on all the time if you so choose. That’s because the watch provides its own built in resuscitation capability. Just plug the watch into your computer’s USB port, and the Heartbeat will recharge in an hour or two. A single charge should give you about 24 hours of constant illumination. Of course, if you prefer to only see the time on-demand, you’ll get several months on a single charge. 

The Heartbeat is available in both black and brushed stainless versions, with a choice of either a green or red LED display.

So far, I haven’t found a retailer for the Heartbeat outside of Japan, but if you’re willing to brush up on your little Katakana, you can find them at Seahope for ¥25,200 (appx. $290 USD).