News, reviews and articles about watches and clocks.
I will admit that I have a rather large collection of watches. While most don’t get worn on a regular basis, I do have a couple that I would consider my every day users. While these are not necessarily the most expensive or elaborate watches, they are reliable/durable and I am always looking for ways […]
A band of a different style, the NYC NATO Horween watch band Read More
Tokyoflash Japan has introduced their new Kisai Satellite-X watch with two case/strap options. Both watches display time on the same set of circles, and both are available with blue or red LEDs behind a dark mineral crystal lens. The Satellite-X watches both feature an animation mode, and they are USB-rechargeable. The Kisai Satellite-X (left image) stainless steel
Tokyoflash Japan introduces two new watches Read More
You’ll always be on time with this Star Trek Original Series NCC-1701 Watch. The face of the watch is etched to look like the saucer of the U.S.S. Enterprise in the original Star Trek TV series. The stainless steel case and back are complemented with a white faux leather watchband with a red stripe and
Always know the time as you trek through the universe Read More
It must be Fitbit day at The Gadgeteer because earlier this morning Janet showed us a fancy ladies pendant and bracelet holder for the Fitbit Flex activity tracker and now I am going to tell you about three brand new trackers that were announced earlier today. The Charge, Charge HR and Surge are the latest additions
Fitbit announces the Charge, Charge HR and Surge activity trackers Read More
The Wellograph Wellness Watch is an activity tracker disguised as a fashionable wrist watch or visa versa. The Wellograph is a unisex watch that features a sapphire crystal, always on display and a heart rate sensor. Let’s put it through its paces and see how it shapes up. See what I did there?
Wellograph Wellness Watch review Read More
The new Kisai Adjust Wood watch from Tokyoflash Japan lets you select from six colors for the LED display, choose 12- or 24-hour time mode, and select whether the time is displayed horizontally or vertically. It also has date, alarm, and animation functions. The case and band are made of either dark sandalwood or maple;
Tokyoflash Japan’s latest watch lets you customize how you see time Read More
Most smartwatches on the market are chunky, bulky and definitely not feminine. Enter the H.Tang smartwatch, which is currently seeking funding through Pozible.com. This smartwatch looks more like a fancy bracelet than a watch that can track your activity, calorie burn, display the weather and notify you when you have an incoming call or text
H.Tang is a smartwatch for the fashion conscious woman Read More
will.i.am (I find it really annoying to type his name that way) is a well known musician who makes top selling music with his band the Black Eyed Peas, but is he the new leader of what he calls fashionology with his new i.amPULS cuff? Notice I didn’t call it a smartwatch. He doesn’t want
Will.you.buy an i.amPULS? Read More
The Pebble has been one of the original smart watches to kickstart (pun intended) the smart watch revolution. I backed the KickStarter campaign and have really enjoyed using it for these last couple of years, but boy, is the plastic wristband less than stylish! Luckily, the watchband can be switched out with various bands of your own
Truffol Strap for Pebble smartwatch review Read More
The Obi Watch Roll from TOKYObay is a hand crafted, Italian leather case that can be used to store up to 6 watches of 50mm or less. Made in San Francisco, this case has been designed to hold both wrist watches and pocket watches and then to roll-up for easy transport. With the Obi Watch Roll you can carry your
Keep your favorite watches safe and snug in the Obi Watch Roll Read More
Tokyoflash Japan’s latest watch, the Kisai Vortex, has a stainless steel case and band and a concave touchscreen crystal. Spiraling rings to display the time are “always on”, and you can turn on a backlight by touching the crystal. The outer two rings display the time for one time zone, and the inner two rings
Tokyoflash Japan’s new Kisai Vortex displays dual time zones Read More
The newest offering from Tokyoflash Japan is the Kisai Maze Wood LCD watch. These watches have a wood case and leather straps with stainless steel buckles. The faces can display time in a maze mode (03:39 on the left watch, 05:17 on the right) or in numeric time; they can also show date. The Maze
Get lost in the Maze of time with this new Tokyoflash Japan watch Read More
You really have to give Apple a lot of credit when it comes to putting on a new product announcement event. They are definitely the masters of hype and showmanship. Even though I say I don’t care about the iPhone anymore, I still get excited just like the rest of the planet to hear about
Reactions to Apple’s iPhone 6 and Watch announcements Read More
Last year, I reviewed the Martian Watches G2G smart watch, and I loved it. Not only did that watch display information about incoming calls, emails, text messages, and other notifications, it had a Bluetooth speakerphone built in. I loved the vintage styling of the G2G, and I loved that I could replace the watch
Martian Watches Notifier smart watch review Read More
The face of the new Kisai Radioactive watch from Tokyoflash Japan looks like it could be the monitor display on a nuclear reactor. The lights flash to display the time, and an animation mode will look like a constantly changing status display (can be turned off). The case and band are made of brushed stainless steel,
This new watch from Tokyoflash Japan is Radioactive Read More
The ClockONE from Twelve24 is simple and beautiful. It’s a wall mountable 39.37 x 13.78 inches (1000 x 350 mm) clock that features a digital display that uses E-ink. The clock runs for one year on one CR2450 button battery and mounts to the wall with a magnet. I love the look of it and
ClockONE is an insanely cool E-ink clock with an equally insane price tag Read More
Instead of interesting graphical displays, the latest Tokyoflash watch uses a word matrix to tell you the time or date. The words needed to display the information flash on the face of the Kisai Kaidoku Wood watch, so you don’t have to learn to decode a pattern to tell the time. As a matter of
The latest Tokyoflash Japan watch uses its words to tell you the time Read More
The Kidizoom is a kid-durable smartwatch that has been designed to withstand drops and bumps as well as being splash proof and sweat proof. It is powered by a rechargeable battery that lasts up to 2 weeks. In addition to normal watch functions (alarm, timer and stopwatch), the Kidizoom also features 50+ clock displays, a 1.4 inch
VTech announces Kidizoom Smartwatch for kids Read More
The new Kisai Sequence watch from Tokyoflash Japan features a stainless steel case, leather strap, custom-made curved acrylic lens, “sub-surface digital tube LEDs, and an alternating pattern of raised cubes.” The time can be displayed in 12- or 24-hour format and in either regular or cryptic mode. It also has an alarm function and six animations.
Tokyoflash Japan introduces the Kisai Sequence watch Read More
Smartwatches have been a dream of technophiles since the Dick Tracy days. While they have not yet reached the dream of the standalone phone, what they can do while partnered with a smartphone far outstrips anything Tracy’s wrist gear aspired to. Hot on the heels of Samsung’s Tizen-powered Gear 2 watch, the Gear Live watch
Samsung Gear Live…WATCH for it! Read More