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Cabestan Sol Invictus Watch Has Two Solar Panels

Imagine having this on your wrist. The questions people would ask. The minutes you'd spend staring at it, trying to work out the time. Wondering why you spent $560,000 on it, instead of buying a house. More »

03/18/10

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By Kat Hannaford

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TokyoFlash's E-Ink E-Clock

TokyoFlash didn't invent the epaper/eink watch, but they are the first to present something truly different with the tech. More »

03/16/10

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By Mark Wilson

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Cabestan Nostromo Watch: The Gears of More

To be honest, I'm sad and disappointed that there haven't been more watches inspired by the Alien spaceship before. But the Cabestan Nostromo was clearly worth the wait. It's even got crystal windows on its sides. More »

03/16/10

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By Brian Barrett

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A Watch That Gives Her No Choice But To Live In the Moment

You're wearing the Past Present Future Watch on a date with a beautiful woman. You lean in to kiss her; she turns away, unsure. "There's no time like the present," you suggest. Then you show her proof. $100; Yanko. [Yanko]

03/15/10

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By Kyle VanHemert

#mechanics

Celsius X VI II's Mysterious Mechanical Cellphone Gets Slightly Less Mysterious

Last month, I risked life and limb to tell you about Celsius X-VI-II, a shadowy French company who was building a $300,000 mechanical cellphone. The first pictures of the phone have surfaced, though they don't exactly answer our questions. More »

03/13/10

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By Kyle VanHemert

#dinosaurs

Watch With Real Dinosaur Bone Fragments

Some watch manufacturers think adding a sapphire crystal face, compass or having a diving depth of 1,000m is enough. Me? I won't consider strapping something to my wrist unless prehistoric animals have been set in the dial. More »

03/12/10

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By Kat Hannaford

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4N Watch Pulls the Time From a Scattered Pile of Numbers

The 4N Watch was designed with a relatively simple goal—display digital time through mechanical, analog function. More »

03/09/10

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By Mark Wilson

#concepts

Hexagon Watch From Tokyo Flash Isn't For Busy Bees With Only Seconds To Spare

Tokyo Flash watches are outlandish enough as is—so you can imagine how badass their concept design would be. This Hexagonal watch isn't real, but Tokyo Flash could make it so—with the method of telling the time surprisingly simple. More »

03/05/10

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By Kat Hannaford

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This Watch Shouldn't Exist, But It Does

The more I look at Thomas Prescher's Mysterious Double Axis Tourbillon watch, the more I think it's impossible this thing exists. The watch is completely empty of everything except the tourbillon, apparently floating in the middle of space. More »

03/03/10

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By Jesus Diaz

#mechanics

Celsius X VI II and the Mysterious Mechanical Cellphone

On March 18, at the Baselworld watch show in Switzerland, a vaporous French company called Celsius X-VI-II will unveil the Papillon, a $300,000 mobile phone that is packed with the most advanced micro-mechanics of any gadget ever created. More »

02/26/10

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By Kyle VanHemert

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Aurora Watch Trades Its Face For LASERS

The Aurora Watch has no interest in traditional minute and second hands. It doesn't even have a dial to speak of. Yep, you're just going to have to settle for good old fashioned touch activated laser hands. More »

02/26/10

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By Brian Barrett

#augmentedreality

Try On Watches at Home Thanks to Augmented Reality! (a Concept)

Right now, augmented reality is pretty much just geeks talking into PCs while wearing Optimus Prime masks. But in the not-so-distant future, it will alter the way we experience the world every moment of the day. More »

02/18/10

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By Mark Wilson

#welovetoys

SpyNet Video Watch Lets Your Kid Record You Picking Your Nose

The flagship toy in Jakks Pacific's new SpyNet line is the Secret Mission Video Watch, a piece of wearable tech that lets spies-in-training covertly record video and audio and upload those sensitive materials to a secure website for further analysis. More »

02/17/10

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By Kyle VanHemert

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You Wouldn't Expect an 01 Watch to Be Strictly Analog

You'd expect a watch called 01 "The One" to be a celebration of binary code, but while the 01 certainly has a dual-dialed binary design, it's ironically analog. More »

02/01/10

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By Mark Wilson

#hacks

Highly Hackable TI Watch Used To Wirelessly Unlock Doors

Often when I reach for the keys in my pocket, I wonder why the hell we still use them. This dude is ahead of the curve though—he can open his doors by simply tapping his TI eZ430-Chronos watch. More »

01/21/10

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By Sean Fallon

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I Would Lock Time At About Noon On a Saturday

Do you remember that TV show Out Of This World with that girl who could stop time (+100 obscurity bonus)? Probably not, but I always wished I could do that. It's also the inspiration behind this concept watch. More »

01/20/10

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By Sean Fallon

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Geocentric Watch Puts You At The Center Of Attention

There aren't many watches out there that can draw a crowd, but Geoffrey Cooper's "Geocentric" has that potential. The passage of time is represented much like the Earth revolving around the sun. More »

01/18/10

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By Sean Fallon

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HD3 Complicated Black Pearl Watch: Pirate-Inspired, Costs Plenty of Booty

"Excuse me, sir, but do you have the time?" "Why yes, yes I do." "Well, what is it then?" "Menacing." More »

01/17/10

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By Jack Loftus

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Diesel's DZ1318 Bad Ass Gunmetal Compass Watch Makes Me Wish I Could Be Male

If only I had testosterone floating through my body instead of estrogen, I'd be wearing this watch. Available on pre-order now, for $250. [Watchismo via BoingBoing]

01/13/10

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By Kat Hannaford

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Thomas Cruyl's Wristwatch Is Cuckoo

A cuckoo on a wristwatch—this concept design pleases me. Although, without a working cuckoo bird, this watch would be nothing. NOTHING! [Designboom]

01/11/10

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By Sean Fallon

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Stanley/Brando Watch Has a Built in LED Flashlight

Joining it's brethren the compass, tape measure and calculator-ruler watch is this flashlight watch. Is it an official Stanley gadget? I dunno. But I still find it inspired: all watches should have built-in LED flashlights. More »

12/30/09

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By Brian Lam

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