Just in time for the annual Christmas special and Dr Who’s 50th Anniversary comes the Doctor Who Watch from Gadgets and Gear. With sonic screwdriver hands and the famous TARDIS flying around the vortex (from the opening credits), this official piece of merchandise with a special Dr. Who gift box will set you back $49.95.
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If your night table is cluttered with your alarm clock and some device as it charges, the Time & Wireless Charging Stations from Oregon Scientific could clear things up for you. The standard model (right) also displays the indoor temperature and outdoor temp from one outdoor sensor (included). It’s also equipped with a non-magnetic charging [...]
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The Sprout Watches company makes “eco-friendly timepieces” for women (top row), men (middle row), and children (bottom row). They remind me a bit of Swatch watches, and they have lots of different styles with simple, utilitarian faces, fun faces, or chronograph functions and in neutral colors to bright, colorful designs. What sets Sprout watches apart [...]
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Ok, TIME-IT watches aren’t really for superheroes, but Wonder Woman’s bracelets are the first things that popped in my mind when I saw these snap on style time pieces. Available in 11 colors, the TIME-IT watch features snap-curl band and rows of numbered LEDs that light up to show the hour and minute. Priced at €59, [...]
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Phosphor has released quite a few watches over the past few years, including the recently reviewed World Time Sport Watch. Today we’re going to look at one of the original fully-digital models, the Phosphor E-Ink Digital Hour Watch with Black Polyurethane Band. Functionally, it’s identical to the stainless steel version but with a flexible, sporty strap.
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This new watch from Tokyoflash Japan seems even harder to read than normal, for me at least. The Kisai Polygon is the newest offering, and it, like most of their watches, has a stainless steel case and clasp and an adjustable stainless band. The watch is available in black or silver-colored, and faces are available in [...]
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If you’re still changing the settings on your alarm clock with buttons and switches, then you need to elevate your gadget game by checking out the ivee Flex Voice Controlled Talking Alarm Clock Radio. ivee can listen and then respond to your commands so that you’ll never need to fumble around trying to find the snooze [...]
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For those runners, cyclists, swimmers, triathletes, and pure over-the-top endurance athletes, Polar has always been a name associated with tech-gear engineered to help you train better, smarter, faster. While I look around my spinning class, a healthy percentage of participants wear Polar gear. The same can be said about my running click. The RCX5 multisport [...]
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Tokyoflash Japan has a new watch for us, the Kisai Maru. Maru means circle in Japanese, and the Maru displays time in an always-on LCD circle. The inner marker on the display shows the hour, and the outer marker shows the minutes. It also has an electroluminescent backlight so you can see the display at [...]
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The Higgs Boson Watch from Gadgets and Gear is said to have a design that “displays what is believed to be evidence of the Higgs boson decaying into other bosons during a collision.” The watch has a Japanese Quartz movement, an imitation leather band. and a 1-year warranty. You can pre-order it now for $39.95. [...]
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The Phosphor World Time Sport Watch is a plastic variant of the steel World Time Watch reviewed in December 2010. These watches with e-ink displays made famous by those Kindle displays have been out for a while, but I’ve never seen this colorful model. Let’s take a closer look.
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Tokyoflash Japan has added the Kisai Maze watch to their collection of unusual LCD watches. The Maze has a stainless steel case an buckle; it’s available in black or silver with your choice of blue, green, red, or mirrored display. All models have an electroluminescent backlight, adjustable band, and use a standard CR2025 battery that [...]
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It’s that time of the year, when high school juniors and seniors start standardized testing for college admissions. There’s a long list of what you can and can’t bring into the testing room, and watches for keeping track of testing times are one of the few allowed things. My daughter grew up in the digital [...]
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Tokyoflash Japan is famous around these parts for their unusual watches, and they’ve just introduced a new one. The Kisai Logo is a stainless steel watch with acetate accents in your choice of black, white, or the very limited-edition blue woodgrain. The watch has mirrored LCD face with EL backlighting. In addition to the time, the [...]
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Although it may look old-fashioned, the Tick Tock Bluetooth Alarm Clock from Edifier is modern to the core. The clock has two 3.5W omni-directional speakers, and the clock face and hands have been replaced with an LED screen that displays date, time, and other information. It can connect to any Bluetooth-enabled device to play music or [...]
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The X-Con on the Tokyoflash blog page is a concept watch designed to look just like a handcuff and comes complete with a key to open and close the clasp. The time is displayed along the length of the cuff and a touch sensitive area can be used to swap between time and date mode. This [...]
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The Devon Works Tread watch is a steampunk fan’s dream timepiece. Created in Los Angeles, California by founder Scott Devon, the Tread features a bolted brass casing and an aeronautically engineered mechanical conveyor belt time system that uses four internal 2-micron thin belts that spin within the case to display the time. The watch is powered by a lithium polymer [...]
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Who else wants to admit that they spend hours and hours playing PAC-MAN in a dingy video arcade? Well, it’s time to relive those youthful days. Romain Jerome has released the PAC-MAN series. The watch case itself is made of steel and is 46mm wide. The case is black coated with polished and sandblasted surfaces. The [...]
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If Kickstarter projects like the Martian, Pebble, cookoo, SYRE and Strata are any indication, chunky Dick Tracy style watches are making a come back. At least with geeks like us. The latest Kickstarter smartwatch project is the Phosphor Touch Time. If the name Phosphor sounds familiar to you, that’s because we’ve reviewed several of their watches [...]
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