Tag: Watches
Go nuclear for the Tokyoflash Radio Active watch
God bless Tokyoflash. They keep coming up with frankly bonkers watches that, even if you can’t actually tell the time on them, are still insanely desirable gadgets. Such is the case with the new Radio Active.
Tokyo Flash gives users a taste of Tokyo with the 'Kyokusen' watch
I don’t think I know a single person who doesn’t love Tokyo Flash watches, but then, I don’t think I know a single person who actually knows how to read the time on one of their famously-complicated watch faces.
The Japanese company has a new model out, ‘Kyokusen’, which has apparently been inspired by Tokyo, as shown through the digital tubes, curved lines and bright lights. ‘Kyokusen’ means ‘curved lines’ in Japanese, and…
Forget the British Museum, the only museum worth checking out is the Nerd Watch Museum
Meet my new obsession, which has been bubbling under the surface for a good few years, since 1992 when I got my first Casio calculator watch so I could cheat in maths exams at school. Upon discovering the new Nerd Watch Museum, I’m like a kettle blowing out all its built-up steam, and can’t get old digital Casios and Seikos from my mind…
Shiny Shiny's list of the top five most unreadable watches
Susi from Shiny Shiny is renowned in our office for having the world’s most ridiculous watch. Like Macs, it looks good, but it doesn’t really work very well, and in most cases, she just uses the time on her BlackBerry rather than spending 40 minutes studying her Tokyo Flash timepiece.
Inspired no doubt by the shouty ‘NOW’ watch released the other day, she’s put together the top five most unreadable watches stupidity can buy you. Better keep a hold of your mobile phone just in case, natch…
Seiko's Cavity watch is the tooth, the whole tooth…
Telling the time using your teeth? That’s the sort of barmy talk you hear from retired sailors, surely. But maybe not: Seiko has unveiled its new Cavity watch, with a design based around a big metal tooth, with a cavity through which you read the time.
