News, reviews and articles about watches and clocks.
Are you an USB gadget collector? Here’s one for you… the USB Telephone from Brando. It’s shaped like an old time rotary dial phone… but doesn’t make calls. The rotary area is a clock and the handset is a light with 12 LEDs. The only ‘bad’ thing is that the clock is powered by 3 x […]
Brando’s USB Retro Telephone doesn’t make calls, but does keep time Read More
The aXbo Sleepphase Alarm Clock knows the perfect time to wake you up and now it knows just the right length of time to let you snooze when you press the snooze button. aXbo has launched a new feature called iSnooze which considers your sleep phases unlike snooze features that wake you at fixed intervals.
aXbo sleepphase alarmclocks get a smart snooze feature Read More
Gadgets and Gear has another interesting watch that’s as much art as it is timepiece. The Timescape Sci-Fi Watch uses a series of LEDs to display the time on a grid on the black face. Press a button, and the LEDs light up to show hours on the vertical bars and minutes on the horizontal
Timescape Sci-Fi Watch Gives Your Brain a Workout Read More
With the abundance of table radio/iPod docks on the market, it ca be overwhelming in the quest to find out which one will fit your needs. Cambridge Soundworks makes a very impressive bid with the i525 AM/FM Table Radio with iPod Dock.
Cambridge SoundWorks i525 iPod/iPhone Table Radio Dock Review Read More
I like unusual clocks, but I still like to be able to tell time with a quick glance – even if it means I have to learn a pattern of lights or something. The Haoshi’s Merry-Go-Round Carousel Clock from A+R Store certainly is described by “unusual”, but I’m not sure that I’d ever be able
Haoshi’s Merry-Go-Round Clock Read More
Jorg Hysek and his team of designers at HD3 Complication have just announced their high-end, touchscreen watch that is uniquely and geekily-stylin’…. The Slyde mixes slim, sleek lines, a bit of old-world style, high-tech HD touchscreen, with a hint of the Matrix. The HD3 Slyde will be available in black, gray titanium or pink gold
$5000 on your wrist – Jorg Hysek’s HD3 Slyde Watch Read More
This battery-operated alarm clock from ThinkGeek combines Star Wars and LEGO into a cute, useful package. The clock comes with 21 LEGO pieces, including Chewbacca and Stormtrooper minifigures. You’ll even get pieces to built a blaster turret on top of the clock. It’s 3.75″ X 3.75″, and it has a crescendo alarm that gets louder
Wake Up or the Wookie Will Kill You Read More
WeWood is a company based out of Los Angeles with an idea originally stemming from Italy–to create an organic, completely natural watch inspired by the rooted but reaching power of a tree. The resulting product, judging from their catalog, is just as much art as functional watch. They currently offer two basic types of watch
Hammacher Schlemmer is selling a watch that makes sure you always have a television remote control at hand. The brushed stainless-steel watch is 2″ H x 1 5/8″ W x 1/2″ thick and has a 1″ wide black silicone band. It functions as a digital timepiece with alarm, calendar, and chronograph. Six buttons along the
Control Your TV with the Television Remote Control Watch Read More
The Kisai Console, is the latest watch from Tokyoflash that has been created based on the suggestions from their fans and customers. This watch reminds me of the original Star Trek LCARS system. It’s made of stainless steel with 3 LED sections that light up in Green to tell the time with a press of
Kisai Console – The latest Tokyoflash Japan Fan Based Design Watch Read More
Turning your 6th generation Apple iPod nano into a wristwatch is as simple as buying one of the many wrist band accessories that are currently available. The infuse watchband from Frontal Concepts is the second nano watchband I’ve had the opportunity to review. Let’s take a look.
Frontal Concepts infuse Nano Watch Band Review Read More
I’d never heard of nixie tubes until yesterday. They apparently look like vacuum tubes, but they have a wire-mesh anode and multiple cathode tubes that are usually shaped like numerals. Peter Jensen at TubeClock makes fabulous clocks from nixie tubes. He has a variety of pre-made clocks that range in price from about $100 to
Nixie Tube Clocks and Clock Kits from TubeClock Read More
Today 4iConcepts is announcing 3 Apple related accessories. The one that caught my eye is the 4iTorq – a luxury watch band for the 6th generation iPod nano music player. Unlike the nano watch bands that we’ve been seeing up till this point, the 4iTorq is not made of silicone or similar materials. It has
4iConcepts Announces the 4iTorq Nano Watch Band Read More
As an amateur horologist, my interest jumped up a tick when Julie posted the news item on the recently-released Phosphor World Time Curved E-Ink Watch. Though I favor rather largish, shall we say ‘robust’ watches, the Phosphor E-Ink watch line’s appearance, with its unique display technology and case style, was intriguing, so I was happy
Phosphor World Time Curved E-Ink Watch Review Read More
Wish you knew in an instant what time your favorite team is playing? Game Time‘s patented Schedule Watch comes pre-loaded with game date, time, location and opponent for your favorite team or any team in your sport. Update it for $10/year by downloading new schedules to your PC, then syncing with the supplied USB cable.
Wear Your Favorite Team’s Schedule on Your Wrist Read More
I love it when people take a product and make it do things that it wasn’t originally intended to do. For example, take the latest Apple iPod nano. It’s a music player, but as soon as it came out, people started using it as a watch. I love it! One such company that is helping to make
iWatchz Nanoclipz iPod nano Watch Band Review Read More
Is a watch’s high-tech style as important to you as its ability to show the time? Do colorful LED displays make you happy? If so, the three new watches offered by TokyoFlash Japan may quickly find their way onto your Christmas wish list. These three Kisai watches all feature a plastic case and PU strap (glossy
Three New LED Watches from TokyoFlash Read More
Tokyoflash Japan is well known for their unique LED wrist watches, but their latest offering is a little different… The Kisai RPM is their first watch that has been designed based on an idea that was submitted by a Tokyoflash fan from the UK back in February. That design was then chosen by the community
Kisai RPM – Tokyoflash Japan’s first community designed watch Read More
Since the 6th generation iPod nano was introduced by Apple on September 1st, it seems to be getting more attention as a wrist watch instead of a music player. We’ve covered several watch band cases for the nano in the last few months, and now we have another one to tell you about. It’s the
Another day, another Nano watch band Read More
You know how the latest generation iPod Nano is small enough to resemble the face of a watch? Several manufacturers have noticed this too, but Hex Designs has developed probably the coolest looking and most functional iPod Nano watch band so far. It’s a simple silicone band that is designed for the Nano to just