Watches and Clocks

News, reviews and articles about watches and clocks.

Record Your Underwater Adventures with the Pyle Snorkeling Master Watch

pyle snorkeling watch

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 […]

Record Your Underwater Adventures with the Pyle Snorkeling Master Watch Read More

Manifold Clock: Telling time in 3D

manifold clock

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.” 

Manifold Clock: Telling time in 3D Read More

Kisai Optical Illusion Touchscreen Watch from Tokyoflash Japan

kisai optical illusion watch

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. 

Kisai Optical Illusion Touchscreen Watch from Tokyoflash Japan Read More

Sony’s SmartWatch Accessory for Android Phones

sony smartwatch

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

Sony’s SmartWatch Accessory for Android Phones Read More

Suunto Elementum Terra All Black Watch Review

suunto elementum contents

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

Suunto Elementum Terra All Black Watch Review Read More

Oregon Scientific’s Touch Advanced Weather Station

oregon scientific touch weather station

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

Oregon Scientific’s Touch Advanced Weather Station Read More

Feature-Rich Alarm Clock from Chinon

chinon p8z clock

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

Feature-Rich Alarm Clock from Chinon Read More

Earn +1 Geek Points with this Dip Switch Wrist Watch

watchismo dip

The Dip Switch Click Watch from Watchismo has a bank of working dip switches that control various watch functions. The switches will toggle a bar graph metered time display showing 12 hour and 24 hour digital time display, month, date, day of week and backlight. The watch has a stainless steel casing measuring 42mm x 35mm and is available in several colors

Earn +1 Geek Points with this Dip Switch Wrist Watch Read More