Gizmodo: Tokyoflash

Tokyoflash Concept Clocks Look Like Fun But Make My Brain Hurt

Odelia Lee — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:40:00 EDT

Tokyoflash revealed some concept clocks that will either delight or depress you (say, if you still can't figure out what time it is after staring at the damn thing for 10 minutes).

The Tokyoflash guys are good sports and looking for feedback from you, lovely readers, via an online survey. So if you find them too bewildering or eyesore, please perform your civic duty and speak up. The information gathered will then be used for product development and selected designs will hit the shelves. You could be a part of history.

Currently the collection includes a series of multipurpose clocks, such as ambient table lamps with subtle, animated textural designs. Some include the ever trendy iPod docks or have multiple time zone displays and calendar functionality. Others are structurally versatile enough to be be positioned on your desk, wall, or floor. [Tokyoflash Japan]

Vote Which Tokyoflash Concepts You'd LIke to See for Real

Mark Wilson — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:20:00 EDT

No, it's not one of Adam's Photoshop contests (but the premise could work). Tokyoflash has sent us twelve Bluetooth necklace concepts, and they'd like to know which three they should put into production.

I'm not sure that you could ever catch me wearing a Bluetooth necklace (that statement will come back to haunt me, I'm sure), but my vote would be for the dog tag, the credit card and the RRoD, with the AT&T logo as a close runner up since I'd rather see the design in stainless steel.

But what do you think?

Even if Tokyoflash watches aren't your cup of tea, it's rare that any company gives the public a chance to green light their designs. So have fun ripping 'em a new one in the comments. [TokyoFlash]

This Is Like the Millionth Tokyoflash Watch, but I Still Love It

Adrian Covert — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:00:00 EDT

At some point, Tokyoflash watches will lose their charm altogether on account of oversaturation in an already niche market. Until then, we can admire their Hanko watch, which I can't seem to pull my eyes away from.

Maybe it's the fact that the watch face is vaguely reminiscent of Space Invaders. Maybe it's the not-too-crazy, not-too-boring design. Or maybe its the bright colors calling out to my ADHD-addled mind. Either way, I like it. And it's only $100 too, which isn't shabby by Tokyoflash standards. [Tokyoflash via Geekologie]

Gorgeous Tokyo Flash MP3 Playing Home Tower is Shower Friendly

Andi Wang — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:30:13 EST

Despite its name, this $143 MP3 Tower is only 7-inches tall, making it more convenient to stick in small places. It's also waterproof!

The waterproof Tokyo Flash MP3 Player Home Tower comes with a built-in speaker on the base, and a USB port located underneath the body for you to plug in music-filled Flash drives. Red LEDs display the time on the side as volume and track control buttons can be found on the top of the case. Using just three AA batteries, this MP3 player delivers 12 hours of playback, and is available in sharp black and soft white. [Tokyo Flash via Walyou via Technabob]

Tokyoflash Heko: Because Steel and LEDs Are Still Cool, Right Guys?

Mark Wilson — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:20:00 EST

By now, Tokyoflash watches need no introduction. Here is their new, stainless steel "Heko."

Priced at $109, it features either white, blue or multi-colored LEDs which, pending your PhD in cryptology, signify the time. [Tokyoflash]

Chronochrome: Time Telling for Life Savers Fanatics

Mark Wilson — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:15:00 EST

When most of us consider impossible-to-use timepieces, Tokyoflash is the first brand to come to mind. Well now there's a worthy challenger, as the Chronochrome probably can't be deciphered without a cheat sheet.

Chronochrome actually displays time in simple 00:00:00 hour/minute/second format, but each number is represented by its own color. Sensibly, these numbers follow a pretty standard chromatic logic. And for those who don't want to sleep next to a whole Skittles bag worth of bad dreams, the clock doubles as a nightlight, displaying each digit in pure white.

The Chronochrome runs $73, though you may have to do some convincing for the manufacturer to ship outside of the UK. [Chronochrome via ShinyShiny]

Gizmodo Gallery's Kisai Tenmetsu Tokyoflash Watch Can Now Be Yours

Elaine Chow — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:30:00 EST

Gizmodo Gallery visitors got a great sneak peek at Tokyoflash's new watch, the Kisai Tenmetsu, which presents time using tri-colored LEDs in Tokyoflash's per usual esoteric fashion. If that floated your boat, it's available now on the company's website.

Kind of like a cross between the Tokyoflash Fire and Denshoku, each of the three colors—red, amber and green—represents a unit of time and the hours, minutes, month and day flash by in sequence. Red LEDs are 15 units, amber LEDs indicate five units, and green LEDs equal one unit. [Tokyoflash]

Tokyo Street Watches Graph the Time, Shoot It, or Turn It Into Some Bugs

John Herrman — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:17:13 EST

These watches from Tokyo Street take three novel approaches to telling time: one draws a target, the other makes a graph, and the last displays ants. Glowing, inscrutable little ants.

The Ever-Increasing watch slowly draws a graph of the time which, though it displays what some might call a rather predictable function, gets the point across just fine. The SCOPE II is more direct: a small targeting reticle locks onto the current time, which is arranged among a bunch of incorrect ones. Then there's the ANT.

It's not clear what each of the the ANT watch's ants symbolize, but if you take for granted that they probably correlate somehow to the current time, then you can accept that it's at least a useful icebreaker. The SCOPE II and Ever Increasing watches are priced at $180 and the ANT at $120 from Japanese überimporter and Gizmodo Gallery suppoter Gizmine. [Tokyo Street at Gizmine]

At Gizmodo Gallery: A Never Seen Before Tokyoflash Watch

Jesus Diaz — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:20:00 EST

As if the 3,800-piece Lego Death Star wasn't enough to get me excited, the Giz crew is going to be sporting Tokyoflash Watches at the Gizmodo Gallery. Not only we will have Tokyoflash watches a go go, but also a new Tokyo Watch that hasn't been released yet, the Kisai Tenmetsu. (That's not it above!)

We can't show it to you yet, but the quality is very good, with a face full of transparent acrylic lens what give the LEDs inside a sweet diffuse effect. According to them, it's their best ever.

We'll have a few on display, and you will be able to see them, you can touch them, you can lick them. And then ask for the time.

[Thanks to REED ANNEX and thanks to our benefactor gizmine.com]

Gizmodo Gallery
Reed Annex
151 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002

Gizmodo Gallery Reader Meetup
The reader meetup takes place across the street from the Gallery, at a place called The Annex (not to be confused with REED ANNEX where the gallery is hosted.) The address is 152 Orchard Street and we'll be there at 9 PM SHARP on Friday December 5th.

Gallery Dates:
December 4th-7th

Times:
12/4 Thursday
12-8

12/5 Friday
12-8

12/6 Saturday
11-8

12/7 Sunday
11-4

[Read more about our Gizmodo Gallery here and see what else we'll be playing with at the event.]

Tokyoflash Denshoku Bars It All To Tell Time

Elaine Chow — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:00:00 EST

Oh Tokyoflash, how you challenge our perceptions of what a watch should be. The company's newest item, the Kisai Denshoku, looks more like some kind of sound meter, with orange neon bars on an aluminum faceplate. Denshoku is actually one of the easier Tokyoflash watches to read, not that anyone who actually buys these things would use them to tell time in the first place.

Press a button and a number of the twelve light bars will brighten up three times—once for hours, then for groups of ten minutes, then for single minutes. Pressing the button again will speed up the time display. According to the folks at Tokyoflash, Denshoku was modeled on Tokyo's Shinjuku skyline, which glows neon all through the night. Frankly, looking at their past designs, what watch model wasn't modeled on the Shinjuku skyline? [Tokyoflash]

Tokyoflash Fire Watch Looks Hot, But Useless For Telling Time

Elaine Chow — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:00:00 EST

Now that more or less everyone uses cellphones to tell the time, watches have been relegated to mere decorative pieces. At least that's what it seems like with Tokyoflash's watches, which look great but are nigh-impossible to read. It's latest watch, Fire, is a beautiful streamlined little thing that wraps around your wrist and flashes multi-colored LED lights to tell the time. Each hole indicates one unit of time—yellow LEDs are the hours, red LEDs show every ten minutes and green LEDs show single minutes—not that you'd ever take the effort needed to figure that out. The cost for this man jewelry? $130. [TokyoFlash]

Void v.01 LCD Watch: Tokyo Flash For Minamalists

John Mahoney — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:45:00 EST

My kind of aesthetic: these half-LCD, half brushed metal watches that get the tech-futurism across without bashing you over the head with binary-encoded time, 60 LEDs, etc. They're available in four colors on Etsy, the eBay for homemade goods, directly from the designer in a run of 500 for $185 each, which isn't bad at all. [Void Watches, Etsy via Technabob and BBG]

Tokyoflash Rogue Proves Tokyoflash Still Has the Flash

Mark Wilson — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:30:00 EDT

Just when we'd sort of gotten over Tokyoflash's watch design, they announce the Rogue, a wristpiece that refreshes their LED-driven sci-fi style while staying true to their confounding time-telling design. The death-green flavor LCD is standard on the Rogue, but the watch comes in silver and gunmetal (otherwise known as the two official best man colors evar). However, even with Tokyoflash's helpful cheat sheet, just how one actually tells time with this watch left us scratching our heads:

The outer ring of small dots represents minutes, every fifth dot being slightly smaller to distinguish five minute groups. The ring of large blocks represents rough minutes, the position of the gap indicating approximate minutes in groups of five. The inner ring of blocks represents hours, the position of the gap in the ring showing the current hour as on a clock face.

But if the display made sense without solving complex algorithms to decode, it just wouldn't boost your ego the same way after leaving friends and loved ones feeling stupid. Available for $161, the Rogue ships free worldwide. [Tokyoflash]

Scramble and Progression Tokyo Flash Watches Aren't Totally Confusing

Kit Eaton — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:28:00 EDT

Just a few weeks ago I showed you the Infection watch, which was very much in the vein of befuddling time display that importer Tokyo Flash has become famous for. But now there're the new Scramble and Progression watches from Nekura, and it looks like their LED-backlit LCD displays are slightly more straightforward, if still funky. You can even chose the illumination color from a choice of six, or go for multicolor changing. Those straps are in engraved stainless steel too, and are "self-adjusting" somehow. Available now for about $124. [Geek Alerts]

TokyoFlash Infection Watch For that Bacteria-Chic Look

Kit Eaton — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:52:08 EDT

TokyoFlash—always guaranteed to surprise us with impossible-to read watch designs— has just stumped up it's newest offering, which this time looks like some kind of organic cell pattern. It's dubbed "Infection"... and you can just imagine the advertising tag can't you? Yep: "No one is immune to infection." The time is revealed by 12 red, 11 yellow and four green LEDs, and you can choose to animate the display or just show the right time. The curved stainless-steel and leather watch is water-resistant to 3ATM and is available now for around $135. [TokyoFlash via Geekalerts]

Citizen ITX21-5014 Watch Looks as Futuristic as It Sounds

Adrian Covert — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:00:06 EDT

Citizen has taken the futristic route with the ITX21-5014 watch from their Independent line. Behind the machine-like watch hands is a green LCD, turned 90 degrees to the left, that displays the digital date, time, alarms, chronographs and timers. The watch is finished off by a checkered band and engraving along the sidewalls of the watch. While not quite the controlled chaos that best describes the average Tokyoflash watch (who is importing this Citizen watch, btw), it's pretty cool and out there for Citizen, who typically make more boring timepieces. The ITX21-5014 is currently selling for ¥22,900 in Japan, so expect it to cost around $223 in the US. [Tokyoflash via Geek Alerts]

Tokyoflash Tibida Brings Sexy and Geeky Together in Spectacular Fashion

Haroon Malik — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:30:00 EST

Our pals over at Tokyoflash have given us the scoop on their newest, ultra-chic watch model. The new design, which will go by the Tibida moniker, boasts 42 white LEDs in its display. Sure, it looks completely outrageous, but we have come to expect nothing less. Hit the gallery below to check out what KITT would look like if he was involved in a serious road traffic incident, written off by the insurance company and then reincarnated into a timekeeping device with supernatural quantities of cool.

The name Tibida indicates the three modes the watch can be put in; time, binary and date. Yes, it displays binary—Woz would be proud. So, how does it work?

• The hour-centric mode displays the hour in digits on the lower display and minutes on the upper, with each "minute LED" representing five-minute increments.

• The minute-centric mode displays the exact minutes as digits on the lower display, hours are shown along the top in a 12-hour format.

• The binary mode utilizes only the top display, with the ﬁrst lit LED representing the number 1. This is then doubled periodically, up to 32. Arrangements of the indicated numbers can then be read to give the time.

Sure, you may need a computer science degree, as well as the $122 asking price, to be able to make proper use of the Tibida, but did you see what it looks like? Since when has utility come in the way of fashion for the image-obsessed Gizmodo readership? Available in either a polished stainless steel case, with a red, blue or black face or in a black plastic/orange combination, the only problem you are going to have, besides the whole time-telling thing, is picking a color to match your bloodshot, monitor-fixated eyes. [Tokyoflash]

Twelve 5-9 Q Watch Means Time-Telling has Never Been So Impenetrable

AddyDugdale — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:57:33 EST

Tokyo Flash's latest addition to its Twelve 5-9 watch range, the Q, is an interesting timepiece. And by interesting, I mean that you probably need a PhD in disco-light time-telling to be able to work out just what it is you're late for. (May I just add that, by the time you've worked out the time, you're going to be even later than you originally were.) "How-To" masterclass, plus a gallery of the $114 watch, is after the jump.

Giz's resident boy genius Adrian has waxed lyricalabout similar watches before, but I just don't get 'em, I'm afraid. The Twelve 5-9 Q series is available in black and chrome and will be available in the first quarter of 2008. [Tokyo Flash via 7Gadgets]

Tokyo Flash Oberon Watch Has a Name, Look Straight From Kubrick's 2001

Adrian Covert — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:30:08 EST

Thanks to companies like Tokyo Flash (and Nooka, among others), I'm starting to care about watches again. The rise of cellphones many years ago made me see watches as pointless and boring, as they were all Rolex clones, or wanted to include a million pointless meters on the face. But watches like the Oberon get a second glance from me. Minimal, attractive and creative, the contrast between the watch and its display makes me want to stare at it forever. And in case you're wondering, dots on the outer ring are hours, dots on the second ring are single minutes and dots on the inner ring are blocks of 10 minutes. It's 14,900 Yen at Tokyo Flash. [Tech Digest]

Tokyoflash Kyokusen Watch's Series of Digital Tubes Confuses Noobs

Charlie White — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:01:00 EDT

Weird watchseller Tokyoflash is now shipping Kyokusen, another puzzle posing as a timepiece, and this one has a brighter digital tube LED display that gives you a wider viewing angle than ever. It's available in a variety of display colors, and you can also specify a case in either black or silver, with matching bands. See if you can figure out what time each of these watches is showing, and find the solution after the jump.

As you can see in the diagram above, the L-shaped group of indicator bars shows the hours, the circle shows five-minute increments arranged like an analog watch dial, and then there are four dots in the middle that each represent a minute within those five-minute increments.

So the answer to the puzzle above? The watch with the green LEDs indicates 9:34, the gold reads 10:35 and the blue is 9:48. This watch is just radical enough to be worth its $119.75 price. [TokyoFlash, via TechnaBob]

Geomesh Keeps Abstract Timepiece Tradition Alive

Adrian Covert — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:05:51 EDT

At first glance, Tokyoflash's Geomesh watch is an indecipherable mess that looks like a fragmented traffic light. Upon further review, and a glance at the instruction manual, the Geomesh becomes less intimidating and its retro-future awesomeness comes forth. In short, green dots represent the hour, yellow dots represent 5 minute chunks, and each red dot represents one minute. If I talk nicely to it, I wonder if it will beam me back up to the Starship Enterprise at 9:29. The Geomesh comes out soon for $120.

[Tokyoflash via Technabob via Sci Fi]

Tokyoflash Barcode Black Looks Large and Awesome

kevinhall2 — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:45:25 EDT

If you didn't know about it already, anyone looking to pick up a really unique and inspired watch looks no further than Tokyoflash. Barcode Black, now available to the rest of us outside of Japan, is no exception to Tokyoflash's standard of rethinking how to tell the time. Could be that you're sitting there right now trying to piece together how exactly you could derive the time from this watch, but it's actually one of Tokyoflash's easier systems.

The two leftmost columns are for reading what hour it is, while the remain right columns tell the minutes. In the first column (from left to right), one LED blip means five hours, one hour for the second column, ten minutes for each LED lit in the third, and single minutes in the fourth. In the picture above, the time displayed is "10:15."

Barcode Black will cost you $180, but if you act right now it looks like you could score free shipping.

Product page [Tokyoflash via Technabob]

BPM Watch Helps You Spin Wax, Tell Time

Adam Frucci — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:40:00 EDT

TokyoFlash, everyone's favorite super-nerd watch designers, have a new offering: the BPM Watch. What makes it unique is the sweet BPM counter that can detect how many beats per minute the music you're listening to has.

It's designed for DJs who want to sync up songs they're mixing together, but it can just as easily be used as a pulse monitor for gym rats. It also has a built-in mini flashlight and a unique ability to tell you what time it is. And for a downright-reasonable $65, how could you go wrong?

–Adam Frucci

Product Page [TokyoFlash]

EleeNo EG3 Watch

Mark Wilson — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:20:05 EDT

We just can't get enough of Tokyoflash's product lines here at the Giz, and the newly updated EG line is no exception. It gives us that combination of style and confusing lesser, stupid people that we just can't quit.

The EG3 is a fine-looking watch, sporting nine tiny glass windows through which you to decipher the LCD time (hour on top, 10 minute in middle and minute on bottom). Coming in three fairly obvious colors, you'll need to fork out $80 for the IQ boost. And soon, since these bad boys are limited edition.

Detail shots after the jump.

– Mark Wilson

Product Page [via plasticbamboo]

Tokyo Flash Giveaway Winners

Travis Hudson — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:45:34 EDT

Congratulations to Nick Chiang, Mr. Horse (I guess we should start requiring full names with submissions) and Jens Backman. The Active Reactor by Radio Active was the watch stranger than your mother-in-law and therefore the correct answer. Thanks to everyone who entered, and if you didn't win, don't fret. Tokyo Flash is having a special Easter deal going on. Find out all of those details here.

Thanks again to everyone who entered and stay tuned for our next contest. It will be a goodie.

Tokyo Flash Giveaway, Last Chance to Enter

Travis Hudson — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:00:16 EDT

No April Fools here, we are giving away some Tokyo Flash watches. If you haven't entered the contest yet, head on over here to find out what you need to do to win. Winners will be announced later this week.

Tokyo Flash Giveaway [Gizmodo]

Tokyo Flash Giveaway Ending Soon

Travis Hudson — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:40:39 EDT

Big news if you have been living under a rock for the past week—we are giving away some Tokyo Flash watches. If you haven't entered, click on the little link here to find out what you need to do to enter.

Tokyo Flash Giveaway [Gizmodo]

Hey! Want a Free Tokyo Flash Watch?

Travis Hudson — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:20:57 EDT

Sure you do, because we are giving some away! Hooray! The folks at Tokyo Flash have been kind enough to give you, the readers, the chance to win a watch of your choosing. Follow the link here to find out what you need to do to win.

Tokyo Flash Giveaway [Gizmodo]

Don't Forget to Enter Our Tokyo Flash Giveaway

Travis Hudson — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:15:52 EDT

This is just a quick reminder that we are running a contest where you, the beautiful and neatly groomed reader, can win your choice of watch made by Tokyo Flash. Follow the link here to find out what needs to be done to win. Thanks to Tokyo Flash for sponsoring this contest.

Tokyo Flash Giveaway

Tokyo Flash Giveaway: Win Your Choice of Watch

Travis Hudson — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:45:58 EDT

Tokyo Flash has been kind enough to give you, the readers, the chance to win your choice of one of their unique watches. Here is what you need to do to win:

Head on over to the Tokyo Flash website and discover which watch is reported to be "Stranger than your mother-in-law." Send your answer in an email, to gizmodo@tokyoflash.com together with the make, model and color of the watch you would like to win. Three winners will be selected from the correct entries on April 4.

Tokyo Flash

Tokyo Flash Mugen Watch Uses Spirals to Tell Time

Travis Hudson — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:09:23 EST

It's been almost a month since our last post about a Tokyo Flash watch, which is way too long. The Mugen has a digital LCD display and tells time in its own, unique way, as Tokyo Flash is known for.

Mugen tells the time via a series of spiraling blocks. Around the outer edges are 60 segments, indicating 1 minute each. They are grouped in 10's so it's easy to tell the time at a glance. The inner spiral of blocks represent 1 hour each.

The watch's LCD display also appears as different tints of color depending on the time of day—aqua blu when the sun is rising and dark blue when it is closer to midnight, for example. This watch is available for $84. –Travis Hudson

Product Page [Via Uber-review]

Zero-G Watch is Geeky But Simple to Read

Charlie White — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:45:00 EST

Feeding our clock jones is this Zero-G watch from Tokyoflash, showing you the time of day with an LCD that mimics the hands of an analog timepiece. Strangers won't have a clue about what time it is, but all it takes is a glance at that four-segment hour indicator, and the circular sweep indicators show you the minutes.

Even though the watch itself is a bit bulky, Tokyoflash prides itself on its thin band, calling it "barely thicker than a dime." It's available now in black or silver for around $80. – Charlie White

Product Page [Tokyo Flash, via Oh Gizmo]

JLr7: Watch From Another Planet?

Charlie White — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:35:44 EST

Here's another one of those cryptic watches that make you guess what time it is, the JLr7 by e35 whose little J and L-shaped LEDs seem to light up at random. Even its name seems arbitrary, but check out the top row of LEDs and you'll see: JLr7. How does it work? The first three rows of lights show the hours in a 12-hour format, the fourth displays quarter hours and the rest of the rows show minutes and seconds.

This must be how they tell time on another planet. Adding to its weirdness is a setting that lets you trigger an automatic animation every 15 minutes between 6 p.m. and midnight that makes it look like it's going bananas. It looks positively otherworldly with its gunmetal finish and alien characters; get it with your choice of blue or green LEDs. It's at TokyoFlash now for ¥9800, or $85.22. Check out more pics, plus a diagram showing how to read this puzzling watch:

Bizarre. I thought this would cost more than $85. – Charlie White

JLr7 by e35 [TokyoFlash]

TokyoFlash LED Watch Sheds Weight, Still Impossible to Read

Louis Ramirez — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:39:26 EDT

If you've always wanted an LED watch, but were never quite into the whole cyborg look, TokyoFlash's new Retsu model can satisfy your craving without swallowing your entire wrist. The new Retsu watch is just 8mm thin (or 0.31 inches) and weighs 40 grams (just over an ounce). It's still impossible for mere mortals to tell time with it, but at least it's skinnier. –Louis Ramirez

TokyoFlash Retsu [via OhGizmo]

Tokyoflash Retrofit Watch: Looks Like The Future

Mark Wilson — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:49:47 EDT

When the writers of Gizmodo aren't diving into our Duck Talesesque sea of gold, we "spend" it. And we say "spend" because it's basically just throwing our money away on random items that offer us a really enjoyable week of just checking them out - before they are placed on our shelf and forgotten about until we move or die or something.

The Tokyoflash Retrofit watch is the perfect fling item. It features an angled green or red LED matrix display that animates when you toggle between time and date. Other features: it tells the time and looks cool. That's what it does. The watch comes in expensive names like Cylon Silver, Galactic Gold and will set you back $127.79. But we ask you, what's more important in life? Money, or temporary delusions of self-worth? –Mark Wilson

Tokyo Flash Pimp Jive Turkey

Travis Hudson — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:23:54 EDT

No, your eyes aren't deceiving you, this watch from Tokyo Flash is actually called the Pimp Jive Turkey. The positive note is that Tokyo Flash seems to be making watches that actually look like watches. This watch uses refractive mirrors, green LEDs and a convex camera style lens to make pretty special effects that displays the time. $135 for all of the Pimping Jive Turkeying that you can handle. – Travis Hudson

Product Page [Via WristWatchReview]

iPattern: Another Weird Watch

johnb — Wed, 17 May 2006 14:46:45 EDT

I don't know, man. These things are just getting annoying. I love TokyoFlash and all, but is there just some guy hunched over a big watchmaker's table dreaming up ways to piss off the people who want to read your watch?

The top of this watch shows the hours and bottom shows the minutes. It's got a sexy white case and costs $52.68. Not much else to say about this except that we suspect it's virtually unreadable.

Product Page [TokyoFlash via i4u]

Geek Chic: The Scope Watch

Charlie White — Mon, 01 May 2006 08:49:27 EDT

TokyoFlash brings you The Scope, an LCD display watch that achieves new levels of geeky-cool, but how difficult does time-telling have to be before it gets to be just goofy?

Press the scan control for the time of day, where The Scope springs into action, moving its x and y axis until it's honed in on the appropriate coordinates. The time is represented by the x-axis for hours and the y-axis for minutes.

Okay, that gets us to within five minutes of the time of day. Next, the bull's eye of four red LEDs on the right bring the watch's accuracy down to the minute level for each lit LED. Press the control again and it shows you the day/date. Available in gunmetal or silver, it's guaranteed for a year and sells for $131.

Scope by Scope [Tokyoflash, via boingboing]

Hard Drive Dying Dance Track Winner

Noah R — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:37:18 EST

There were well more than 100 entries in this remix competition—and picking the winner was a tough tough decision. It's clear that the challenge of making music based on the sound of Hitachi hard drives failing was as much a reason to take part as winning the Tokyoflash Equalizer watch. So before announcing the winner, let's review the highlights:

Rap Wars:
Crizzash "All the MP3s I loved to play / Well at least the rootkit is out of the way"
vs.
Rootin' and Falootin' "So come aboard ladies / Your cap'n is waitin' / You can swab me poop deck if you know what I'm sayin'"

Best Samples or Vocals:
Sex Drive
Drive Time (Jane's Book of Computer Disasters Mix)
Please Don't Die

Runnner's up (the one's I kept going back to for another listen):
Tuhin Mehta
El Hardo Disko Morte

The winner, whose chill two-minute track is made entirely from the hard drive noises:
Hitachi Hard-Drive Project - Noriko Version

Congrats James Postlethwaite. E-mail me at tips@gizmodo.com to pick up your Equalizer watch.

Thanks to Tokyoflash for the watch, Odeo for the MP3 storage, DJ Hitachi for the hard drive failure sounds and to everyone else for taking part.

Hard Drive Dying Dance Mix Contest is Over

Noah R — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 22:01:49 EST

The deadline is past. Thank you for sending all your remixes.

There are 99 tracks available on Odeo. And a bunch of direct downloads can be found after the jump. There are some surprisingly groovy submissions for your listening pleasure. The genres cover everything from electronica to techno—and punk rock, rap, dub, country. It may take me through the weekend to pick a winner given all the competition.

Huge thanks to all the DJs, and especially Tokyoflash for supplying the Equalizer watch as a prize.

Remember: "There are various noises that may indicate a failing hard drive. If you are experiencing any of the noises, please contact the technical support center at: 888-426-5214"

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