Geomesh Keeps Abstract Timepiece Tradition Alive

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]

7:05 PM on Tue Sep 11 2007
By Adrian Covert
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QWERTYthon at 07:17 PM on 09/11/07
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9:29, right?
hudsong at 07:24 PM on 09/11/07
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So you have to count the display? That's why I like digital watches, and mine is almost as cool as the Geomesh:
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89macrunner at 07:51 PM on 09/11/07
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that watch might as well be a piece of shit to us colorblind people
gattsuru at 08:29 PM on 09/11/07
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The manual's a piece of shit, but the watch appears to be as much about placement as color.
egyptiansushi at 10:18 PM on 09/11/07
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@89macrunner: The colored lights are always in the same place. So a colorblind person would just have to think about it as horizontal lights being 5 minute chunks (with the 1-minute lights being the only ones close to the buttons), and the vertical lights being the hours.
Just as easy (read: not extremely) to read with the colors as without.
origamimavin at 10:34 PM on 09/11/07
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i really want one, but i don't really want to spend $120 on one.
birdgirl39 at 10:52 PM on 09/11/07
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Looks stupid. I'll bet it looks really cool with a "Members Only" jacket.
GuitarHero07 at 11:17 PM on 09/11/07
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The model with the single colored lights looks way better. Does anyone know anything about the quality of TokyoFlash's watches?
Y2KGTP at 11:28 PM on 09/11/07
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This reminds me of the 'TIX Led Clock' found on thinkgeek...
aaj111 at 11:37 PM on 09/11/07
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Looks complicated...But damn sexy.
$Image of Kaiser-Machead\'s Chips Ahoy!$ Kaiser-Machead's Chips... at 11:38 PM on 09/11/07
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Then every aspect of your life can be a goddamn puzzle game.
joe23521 at 11:43 PM on 09/11/07
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So by the time you figure out that it's 3:35, it's probably already 4:15.
Badmofo at 05:47 AM on 09/12/07
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@GuitarHero07: I have three of them, in either stainless steel or silver. Quality depends on the manufacturer as not all the tokyoflash watches get made by the same one, but imo they are very solid.
strider_mt2k at 06:40 AM on 09/12/07
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There are...FOUR LIGHTS!!
x23 at 07:05 AM on 09/12/07
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@birdgirl39:
Looks stupid. I'll bet it looks really cool with a "Members Only" jacket.

i've worn other equally futuristic Tokyoflash watches with a leatherette Members Only jacket on several occasions. and yes. it did look really cool. thank you. welcome to future. (we don't wear flannel anymore. FYI.)
coach at 07:44 AM on 09/12/07
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Call me old-fashioned, but I prefer not to spend a whole minute glancing to see what time it is.
winkydink at 10:05 AM on 09/12/07
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another Birth Control Watch... what's that you say? Wear that, and there's no way you're getting laid.
alin0steglinski at 10:20 AM on 09/12/07
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ditto @ coachj
exapted at 11:26 AM on 09/12/07
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It reminds me of the way time is expressed in Chinese language. To say 3:35 in cantonese you might say "sahm dim chaht" (three and seven). Maybe Japanese use a similar system. After practicing for a while it becomes very intuitive and easy.

I'm not too impressed by the design of the watch.