The E Clock can tell the time using normal numbers, or through patterns of dashes and lines that you have to decipher. That’s not all. It connects to your phone via Bluetooth, and will alert you via vibration to tell you when you’ve got incoming calls or text messages.

The band is made from flexible stainless steel, which forms a neat-looking bracelet. This is the part I really like. If this design gets enough votes, TokyoFlash will actually produce this thing. Now that’s cool. So head on over there to vote for it!

[TokyoFlash via DVice]

The Hexagon Art watch features a unique hexagonal display, and would tell time using a series of colorful LED lenses which dot the face of the watch. The watch offers a cool black stainless steel band which mirrors the dotted appearance of the watch face – a really nice design touch for sure.

Time would be shown on the face in the following manner: hours would illuminate in blue, five minute increments in purple, and single minutes would be pink. Without looking at the cheat-sheet below, see if you can figure out what time the watches above are telling you.

While there’s no word on whether or not the Hexagon Art watch will or won’t make the cut to be manufactured, I think it’s definitely one of the best designs out of the bunch (so far). If you want to vote for the Hexagon Art – or any of the other new concept designs, check out the full collection over at the TokyoFlash Design Studio blog.

While this saucer-shaped device might look like something you’d use to hail your alien mothership with, it’s actually got slightly more humble ambitions. The Escape C pod is a wireless gadget that lets you stream stereo audio from your Bluetooth capable MP3 player or mobile phone so you can listen to music and accept phone calls at the same time. The device supports A2DP and AVRCP profiles, and can connect up to 33 feet away from your media player or phone.

The Kisai Escape C features a cool curvy design, covered with tactile control buttons for media playback and accepting calls. It’s idea for the iPhone 3G, 3GS or iPod Touch, but also can be used with programs like Skype on your PC. Of course, it wouldn’t be a ToykoFlash device without some sort of obtuse time-telling feature. So the Escape C offers up some light-up blue LEDs around the perimeter that show the current time. I’ve got no idea how to figure out the time, but isn’t that part of the fun?

Anywho, TokyoFlash hasn’t officially announced a launch date yet, but word on the street is that the Escape C will be released some time in Q1 2010, and will retail for 9,800 yen, (appx. $110 USD). Stay tuned for more details.

[via Egoism and Lowyat]

The new Kisai Keisan watch uses a unique rippled convex lens that magnifies the lighting effect from the LEDs behind the numbers in the watch face. As is often the case with Tokyoflash watches, you might need to take a minute to sort out what time it is.

To figure out the time or date on their latest creation, just add the digits in each of the four vertical lines of numbers. Now if only it included a calculator to help you tell time – that would be something.

Each Keisan watch is crafted from a gorgeous aluminum body and comes in silver (with orange or yellow leds), or black (with red or green LEDs).

They retail for ¥23,900 (appx. $255 USD) including worldwide shipping, and are available now over at the Tokyoflash website.

The Tokyoflash Negative watch gets its name from its “always-on” inverse LCD display which uses oversize black dot-matrix pixels to reveal the time, day or date.

The watch features a multi-color LED backlight, which lets you quickly flip between one of seven different colors. Heck, you can have a different color for each day of the week if you so choose. There’s also a “frenzy” mode which sends the display into a psychedelic colored light show with a press of a button.

As and added bonus, the display lets you choose from horizontal or vertical display orientations, and offers a built-in alarm.

The Negative is available in both polished silver and polished black stainless steel finishes (my personal fave), and retails for ¥16,900 (appx. $162 USD).

Ready to be the first on your block with this new bit of eye wrist candy? Head on over to Tokyoflash and place your order now.

S-Mode Oberon IPB: 11:36

Tokyoflash Infection: 3:56

Nekura Progression: 10:45 (PM)

Tokyoflash Shinshoku: 9:37

Tokyoflash 1000100101 Black: 10:19

Nekura Tumbler: 5:38 or 5:39 (either was accepted)

Tokyoflash Kyokusen: 10:34

Tokyoflash Galaxy: 10:38

Pimp P3 Pusher: 14:19 (or 2:19 pm)

S-Mode Oberon SS: 10:36

See. Wasn’t that easy? (Not.)

Despite the challenge, we ended up with 99 correct entries (out of several hundred complete submissions), so the winners came down to a random drawing from those entries. The three lucky winners are Danny Delgado, Kristofer King, and somebody going by the name of p00k k00p. They’ll all be receiving their choice of any of the wondrous watches featured in the contest.

Thanks to all who entered, and a very special thanks to the guys over at Tokyoflash for providing these great prizes. Be sure to visit their shop and pick yourself up a shiny new watch for yourself even if you didn’t win. You know you deserve it.

How’d you like to win a really cool modern watch from Tokyoflash? Well, if you can tell time, you could win a free watch! Read on, and learn how.

So here’s the deal: Head on over to the Tokyoflash website and find the product pages for the each of the following 10 modern watch designs:

For each watch, make note of the time that you think is on the FIRST watch photo on the product page, then e-mail your completed list (alongside the watch names above) to tokyoflash@technabob.com. If you’re paying attention and actually reading this, here’s a freebie to get you started:

That’s the S-Mode Oberon IPB, and the time reads 11:36. Easy, no?  AM/PM doesn’t matter, so don’t worry about that either.

The 3 people who get the most answers correct will win their choice any one of the watches listed. If more than 3 of you get the entire list correct, winners will be picked from a random drawing from the top entries.

Thanks to the guys over at Tokyoflash for providing the prizes for this giveaway!

Only entries e-mailed to tokyoflash@technabob.com will be eligible. One entry per e-mail address please. Contest ends at 11:59pm Central Time on Monday, August 11, 2008. Open to readers 18 ages and older only.

The latest watches in their new Nekura series feature non-traditional analog dials, each of which possess a Space Age charm like something that might have found its way onto the set of 2001:A Space Odyssey. My personal favorite is the Tumbler, which tells time using a set of rotating numeric discs.

Among the designs are the Cabriolet, which features a green and black speedometer-like dial, and the Twilight, which offers a red white and blue theme, complete with retro computer font numbers.

The Tundra features an orange and cobalt blue dial, with a bold abstract geometric pattern. Each of the watches features a polished metal case with rounded corners and a curved glass crystal.

The self-adjusting stainless steel wristbands are trimmed with either black or clear edging, and adorned with custom engraving that ranges from futuristic to naturalistic.

All five of the watches retail for about $85 a piece and can be found over on the Tokyoflash website.

The new watches use a hybrid LCD / LED display technology, which lets you choose a color on a whim. A set of color-changing LEDs is embedded underneath the LCD watch display, letting you cycle between blue, green, cyan, pink or yellow – whatever strikes your mood.

Nekura comes in two designs – Progression, featuring a circular clock face, and Scramble, featuring a bar-graph display. Both feature Tokyoflash’s typically cryptic displays, and a dramatic stainless steel watchband, engraved with a design that’s sort of reminiscent of a high-tech honeycomb.

You can find both watch models from Tokyoflash for ¥12,900 each ($123 US), including free worldwide shipping.

The Oberon SS tells time using a series of concentric bright blue LED rings. The outer ring indicates the current hour, the middle one tells single minutes, and the innermost one displays tens of minutes.

When the watch is in its default (off) state, its black mineral crystal front, looks like a black hole on your wrist, but with a push of the button, the display of blue lights come out of the pitch darkness to reveal the time. A second press displays the current date using the same ring of light metaphor. A gorgeous brushed stainless steel body and matching linked strap complete the look.

You can get your hands on the Oberon SS watch from TokyoFlash for about $159 USD.

Rather that the shiny stainless cases of the first-gen Pimp watches, the three new models in the “Pusher” series all feature a gloss black metal body and a black leather band. First up, there’s the P1 Pusher which features an array of multi-colored dots to tell the time.

Then, there’s the P2 Pusher which ticks off the hours and minutes using a grid of blue or white LED squares.

Finally, there’s the P3 Pusher watch which uses a retro “computer” typeface to display the time using digits.

All three watches water resistant to 3 atmospheres (about 99 feet) and are available for pre-order now for  ¥15,900 (appx. $135 USD).

The Kyokusen watch features another challenging display, that might have you scratching your head if you don’t read the instructions. Actually, this is one of the “easier” to read TokyoFlash watches, with the hours displayed on the large L-shaped bar graph, 5 minute increments on the circle, and single minutes on the cluster of small dots in the middle. Still, strangers won’t be able to look over you shoulder and figure out the time without asking you.

The watch comes in several different color displays, as well as black or silver finishes. The new digital LED tube display technology is said to be brighter and easier off-angle viewing than other LEDs. It’s water resistant to 3-atmospheres (appx. 99 feet), although I personally wouldn’t go deep-sea diving with this on. The Kyokusen watch ¥13,900 (appx. $120 USD) and available for order here.

[via GeekAlerts]

Their new Geomesh watch has a grid of 27 colored LEDs concealed beneath a mirrored finish. Hours are indicated counting up the green vertical dots, while minutes are indicated on the horizontal ones. Sound simple, no? Now here’s where it gets a little more complex. Yellow horizontal dots indicate five-minute intervals and red horizontal dots indicate one-minute intervals. The watch above reads “9:29″ but I kept coming up with “9:25″ (until an astute reader pointed out the source of my mistake, see comments below) — but what’s four minutes between friends anyhow?

Maybe this chart will help sort things out.

In addition to the multi-colored version, expect white and blue LED models to drop as well — each with equally challenging display schemes. The ¥13,900 (appx. $121 USD) Geomesh should be arriving in the next couple of months. There’s more information over on the TokyoFlash website.

[via GeekAlerts]

The aptly named Morse Code watch features a dot-matrix LED screen that can show the time in Morse Code dots and dashes, or sound it out through a tiny built-in speaker with the press of a button. Unlike many of their other cryptic watches this one actually features a “cheat mode,” which lets you display the time using regular digits, but what fun would that be?

The Morse Code watch is available for pre-order now for ¥12,900 (appx. $111 USD) on the TokyoFlash website. I’m hoping their next watch tells time in Semaphore.

[via FreshPilot]

Originally available only in Japan, their new Cyberpunk TS100 stainless steel watch has a face loaded with 90 tiny red LED dots that flash and flicker across the display, eventually leaving only behind the time.

From the looks of things, it might be a little hard to make out the time when it’s daytime, but it’ll look hella cool when the lights go down. And isn’t that the only time the cool people leave the house anyhow?

It’s not yet available for order from the Tokyoflash shop, but it looks like the LED Watch Stop already has them for just $90.

Four columns of bright blue LEDs dot the front to tell the time in Tokyoflash’s typically offbeat way. Each LED in column one translates to five hours, column two shows one hour increments, the third column shows ten minute intervals and the last column shows single minutes. So the example in the picture above reads “10:15″. It’s actually not that difficult to read once you get the hang of it.

The Barcode Black retails for ¥21,900, which is about $178 dollars here in the States.

The digital timepiece is designed for aspiring musicians, DJs and anyone else who wants to know how many beats per minute are in a rhythm. Simply enter BPM mode, then tap away on the large metal plate on the front of the watch. The watch will then calculate the approximate beats per minute you’ve been tapping. In BPM mode, the watch also cranks out some goofy messages on its scrolling display, designed to inspire your jam, including the classic “the roof is on fire!”

While I’m not 100% sure on the real world application for the watch, it is pretty cool looking. It’s got a nice metal case with black accents and a black leather band. Plus, its bright white-on-black LCD display (backlit by a white LED) is much easier to see than most inverse displays I’ve seen. It’s even got a mini-flashlight mode to help DJs find their CDs in the dark (that is, if you’re still playing CDs — that’s so 1995!)

Best of all, the watch is just ¥7,900 (appx. $65 USD), so what’s not to like.

Their new Eleeno EG3 features a colored grid of LCDs, masked by a layer of raised glass “windows”. In order to read the time, first read the number of LCD blocks in the top row of windows for hours, the second block of windows for 10-minute increments, and the bottom row of windows for the minutes.

The Eleeno’s modern design features a metal case (water resistant to three atmospheres) and a simple band is made from black polyurethane. The EG3 costs ¥9,800 (appx.$80 USD) and is available in blue, red and green LCD versions.

As is usually the case with their watches, by the time I figure it out, the time will have already changed. Personally, I think I’ll stick with the old hour hand and minute hand.

The stainless steel Shinshoku watch animates the current time using a series of LEDs arranged in a honeycomb-like grid. As is usually the case with TokyoFlash watches, you might need to read the instructions before you can tell the time. Regardless, you’ll look cool even if you have no idea what time it is.

The Shinshoku watch is available in multi-color, red or green LED variants, and has an introductory price of ¥13,800 ($116 USD.)

The Jive Turkey display features a refractive lens system that makes the green LEDs fade into an animated 70’s-style “infinity” effect. Since the watch uses LEDs instead of LCDs, the time is readable day or night. It’s available now from LEDWatchstop for $149.