News, reviews and articles about watches and clocks.
Sometimes watches from TokyoFlash can be a little “out there” and hard to read. The Kisai On Air Acetate touchscreen LCD watch however is a much simpler concept than normal. We told you about the On Air with a stainless steel case and strap late last year. Now they’ve introduced a version in acetate, which […]
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SleepTracker Elite is the wear-at-night wristwatch that can monitor your sleep movements and help you ascertain how well or poorly you’re sleeping at night. Time Magazine calls it the Invention of the Year. I call it an interesting way to figure out why I’m such a grouch in the morning. Simply put, it’s a wrist
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The GPS Watch from runtastic records important parameters from your run: pace, laps, calories, distance, target HR zones, speed, duration, time, elevation and heart rate. After the run, connect the watch to your computer with the included USB cable to transfer your data to your profile at runtastic’s website to analyze your metrics. The watch
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In 1969, Seiko introduced the first quartz watch, and now they are introducing the world’s first solar GPS watch. Using their own, patented, low-energy-consumption GPS receiver, the Astron is able to recognize all 39 time zones around the world to identify time zone and set the time and date data using the global network of
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Suunto has recently released a new high end outdoor/exploring/training watch….The Ambit. Similar in many ways to the Suunto Elementum Terra All-Black I reviewed last year. But with much more functionality for 50-60% the cost…. The Suunto Ambit Black (HR) package includes Suunto Ambit Black (available in white as well), Suunto ANT Comfort Belt, USB power
Once upon a time, a locomotive train ran through my son’s bedroom and he didn’t wake up. Well, maybe not. But if a train ever did run through his room he wouldn’t wake up. Perhaps you have a family member who would fall into that category because they sleep so hard. We have tried a
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Why wear a certain touch screen mp3 player on your wrist when you can slap on a reliable Swatch? The Swatch Touch is a new line featuring, you guessed it, the ubiquitous touch screen! All physical buttons have been removed, giving the watch face a sleek new profile. The wearer just needs to now swipe
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I love pocket watches. I used to carry one back before cellphones were a common pocket item. Although I haven’t carried a pocket watch or worn a wrist watch in years, I still like to look at them. The Memento Pocket Watch caught my eye because the case is made of wood. You can choose
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The Kisai Stencil LCD Watch was originally a concept submitted by Heather Sable, a math teacher and fan of Tokyoflash Japan watches from the USA. The Stencil shows time with the “negative space” on the LCD screen. The display is always on, and there’s an electroluminescent backlight for night use. The Stencil displays the time
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Pyle is introducing a new item in their sports gear line – the Snorkeling Master Watch. This watch is water-resistant to 10 atmospheres (330 feet), and it has a selectable sea or lake diving setting. It measures your dive depth (up to 328 feet) with a resolution of 0.1 feet and water temperature (range of
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The Apple iPod nano is a popular gadget not only because it makes a very portable music player, but because it can also replace your wrist watch by using any one of the many straps designed for it. Now those of you that want to go old school can turn your nano into a very
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This is another Kickstarter project. The Manifold Clock is a wall-mounted clock with a 30″ sweep. The hour and minute hands are joined with a flexible sheet that forms a changing 3-D shape. This “combination of simple mechanics and modern design is based on the mathematical notion of Riemann surfaces, derived from the log(z) function.”
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To many people, even the worst of news can sound better when said with a British accent. And what worse news can you have every morning than a blaring alarm at 5am to wake you up and get you started on your day? Wouldn’t the gentle prodding of, say, Stephen Fry help to better ease
Good Morning, Sir is Waking You Up, Classy-Style Read More
Just released on the Google Store, the Android Watch Set has been designed with Modify Watch so the watches are mixable and matchable. Each set comes with two custom straps and a you get a choice of large watch face or small watch face. Made of stainless steel with a polycarbonate casing they’re also water-resistant
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Here’s another of those arty watches from Tokyoflash Japan. The Kisai Optical Illusion Watch has a touchscreen for accessing the four main functions. Like those optical illusion posters from years ago, the time display is buried in a pattern of high-resolution digital lines. Once you’ve trained your eyes, you’ll be able to see the time.
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The SmartWatch is part of Sony‘s Smart Extras for their Xperia smartphones. The SmartWatch connects to an Android phone via Bluetooth and shows you information about incoming calls, and lets you see emails, weather, Twitter and Facebook updates, and even the time. You can even control music playback with the SmartWatch. It has a clip
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I still wear a wristwatch, but I’m part of a dying breed. News articles suggest that the current generation has turned its back on the wearable timepiece in favor of checking the time on a cellphone. Modify Watches is offering wristwatches that are more a fashion statement than for the telling of time. With multiple faces
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The All Black is ‘just…’ a new color scheme in the existing Sunnto Elementum Terra line. The all-black casing and negative display make for a stealthy (Stargate ;)) look, while retaining all the functionality of the Terra clan. I have always been tempted by Suunto’s luxury line of Elementum Terra watches but to be honest
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Some weather stations have a confusing array of buttons that toggle between modes, but Oregon Scientific is announcing a new touchscreen weather station at CES that will simplify determining what you should wear in the mornings. The Touch Advanced Weather Station gives you full weather forecasts, accurate time & date, temperature, humidity and air pressure
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The P8Z from Chinon is an alarm clock, calendar, digital picture frame, audiobook player, and more. In addition to the digital FM radio (with 30 presets) you expect with an alarm clock, the P8Z can play music or audiobooks from an SD/MS/MMC card inserted into the 3-in-1 card reader. The 3.5″, full-color, high-resolution screen that
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