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multi-color led watch for your many moods

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Multi-Color LED Watch from Ohsen

Feeling a little blue today? Green with envy? Why the heck shouldn’t your wristwatch match your mood? Now it can, thanks to this new multi-color LED watch from Ohsen.

Just press the top button to cycle through 7 different backlight colors - perfect for color-coordinating your outfit or your state of mind…

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posted: July 19th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

tokyoflash nekura watches: analog dial, modern style

filed under: design | timepieces

Tokyoflash Nekura Tumbler Watch

While Japanese watch importer Tokyoflash is known for their offbeat electronic watch designs, this time they’re hitting the market with a bunch of new contemporary watches which are firmly grounded in the mechanical age…

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posted: July 14th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

weird japan: the 5 second stopwatch game

filed under: strange and wonderful | timepieces | video games

5 Second Game Bandai Japan

You’ve got to hand it to the Japanese. I’m pretty sure that the ONLY objective of this new handheld game is to press the stopwatch button at exactly 5-seconds, but I’m so completely mesmerized by the marketing materials that I must go buy one now…

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posted: July 6th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

vestal grenade watch: somebody pulled the pin!

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Vestal Grenade Watch Green

Maybe it’s just me, but I think it’s a bad idea to strap a live hand grenade to your wrist (or any part of your person, for that matter). I’d especially be wary of one that’s making a subtle ticking noise. But that’s exactly what the guys at Vestal would have you do, thanks to their over-the-top Grenade wristwatches…

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posted: June 30th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

digimech clock features gear driven digital display

filed under: design | timepieces

Digimech Clock by Duncan Shotton

I’ll just start out by saying this: I’m a sucker for cool digital clocks. And this one is a real doozy. UK designer Duncan Shotton’s Digimech clock may look like an LED or LCD timepiece on the surface, but it’s actual a complicated mechanical contraption that creates a 7-segment digital illusion…

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posted: June 24th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

eleeno cyber lcd watch: wtf time is it anyway?

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EleeNo Cyber LCD Watch Red Display

If actually being able to tell what time it is lists low on your wristwatch priorities, then have I got a watch for you. The EleeNo Cyber is the latest in a long line of non-standard LCD digital watches to surface in the last few years…

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posted: June 23rd, 2008 stumble it! 4 comments author: technabob

wooden nixie clock: where nature meets technology

filed under: design | retro | timepieces

Wooden Nixie Tube Clock

I don’t know what it is, but I’m a real sucker for Nixie tube clocks. There’s something about the soothing orange glow tubes that offer a simple, yet elegant way to display any numeric information. I hadn’t seen a design that really caught my eye in a while, when I stumbled onto this wooden beauty…

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posted: May 29th, 2008 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

rubik’s cube clock is unsolveable

filed under: just plain fun | timepieces

Rubik\

If you spent way too many hours of your childhood trying to solve that infuriating Rubik’s Cube, now you can have a constant reminder of your frustration every single morning when you wake up.

This Rubik’s-inspired clock takes the basic design concept of the classic cube puzzler, and turns it into an LCD digital alarm clock…

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posted: May 17th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

tokyoflash oberon ss led watch gets the blues

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TokyoFlash Oberon SS Blue LED Watch

The latest funky electronic timepiece to surface from watch importer TokyoFlash - the Oberon SS is a real stunner. Not only does the watch feature a new way to tell time, it looks damn good doing it.

The Oberon SS tells time using a series of concentric bright blue LED rings…

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posted: May 13th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

cell phone watch flips its lid

filed under: media players | mobile tech | timepieces

U200i Cell Phone Watch with Flip Lid

This oversize wristwatch conceals a little secret beneath its flip-top. Just pop it open, and you’ll reveal a fully-functional multimedia mobile phone inside…

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posted: May 1st, 2008 stumble it! 7 comments author: technabob

mp3 alarm clock gets color video screen

filed under: gadgets | media players | timepieces

JWD MP4 Video Cube Media Player

This wouldn’t be the first time I saw an alarm clock that could play MP3 tracks, but it is the first one I’ve come across that can play movies after it wakes you up.

JWD’s pint-sized MP3 media player has a compact 2.0-inch full-color LCD screen which can play MP4 format video clips…

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posted: April 30th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

word clock is a little too verbose for me

filed under: design | timepieces

hans tan idea of a clock II

While this wouldn’t be the first time that I came across a clock that tells time with text, it’s certainly the most wordy version that I’ve seen.

Singapore designer Hans Tan created the Idea of a Clock II using a green LED bulletin board to display the current time using a lengthy textual description…

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posted: April 28th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

led pillow clock wakes with light, not sound

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LED Alarm Pillow by embryo

Who among us really likes being awakened from a deep slumber by a jarring alarm buzzer? Sure, you could get yourself a clock radio or MP3 alarm clock and play some Enya or Kenny G to ease into the day, but who really wants to listen to that? This concept for a visual alarm clock could very well revolutionize the way we wake up…

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posted: April 23rd, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

word clock slowly reveals the time with text

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Animated Word Clock by Christiaan Postma

This has got to be one of the most amazing clock designs I’ve ever seen. At first glance, the display looks like a bunch of random matchsticks, but over time, they gradually transform into words that tell the time…

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posted: April 19th, 2008 stumble it! 46 comments author: technabob

diesel oled watches offer dual-color text display

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Diesel DZ7086 OLED Digital Watch

A while back, I showed you guys a pretty cool looking OLED watch from the fashion house of Diesel. That model was especially difficult to come by, and featured a tiny little monochrome blue OLED screen . The latest digital watch from Diesel amps up the organic light emitting goodness by adding a second color to the display…

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posted: March 24th, 2008 stumble it! 4 comments author: technabob

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