A prototype LED ring watch created by Hungarian designer Guszlav Szilaszai – still in development but currently halfway to goal funding on Indiegogo.
The developers say it’ll be powered by a tiny replaceable rechargeable lithium polymer battery with a three year lifespan.
Behold: the big-ass-1980s-Seiko-Digital-Sports-Watch-looking Kisai Breathalyser ($100).
Breathe in to the side of the backlit LED timepiece and it displays your BAC: green for sober, yellow for jarred, red for drunk.
It runs on a USB rechargeable battery that lasts a month with normal use, and (demo’ed by the charming Scottish chap above) features a sobriety testing reaction-time game.
It also tells the time.
LinzboBinz sez:
I’d be sad/angry if I was in the Argos!
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A limited edition of 300 Vannen watches featuring Mordecai And The Rigbys – the greatest headlining act ever to appear on Cartoon Network.
Real fans of Regular Show will already be wearing theirs.
This happened in the 1920s.
And they still won’t name the judge.
Now, that‘s power.
Magdalene Report here
Not a boombox, barely a wristwatch. Inexplicably $90.
Behold the HM4 Thunderbird, inspired by aeronautical engineering, released in 2010 and limited to 20 handmade pieces per year. The blurb sez:
The case of HM4 blends high-tech titanium for its lightweight and strength with a sapphire centre section offering a view into the engine. The limited editions HM4 Razzle Dazzle and Double Trouble take the aviation theme even further with real rivets in their fuselages and hand painted nose art inspired by the rebellious paintings on WWII aircraft, while HM4 RT offers an altogether more luxurious way to fly.
The Thunderbolt’s engine is the culmination of three long years of development. Each of the 300-plus components – including the regulator and even the screws – was developed specifically for this anarchistic calibre. Horizontally configured dual mainspring barrels drive two vertical gear trains, transferring power to the twin pods indicating hours/minutes and power reserve.
Mid-range price: a trifling $158,000.
We’d have the Razzle Dazzle.
The QLOCKTWO W wristwatch from Biegert & Funk features a grid of 110 letters which light up ‘ in unexpected places’ when you press a stainless steel button on the side of the case.
No doubt a nifty coder could make it spell out rude words.
Price TBA. Reads out in German or English. Available from Autumn 2012.
Séamus McManus writes:
“Spotted an ad for this watch in last night’s London Evening Standard. I’ve got 3 on each arm.”
Sworn to be reasonably priced. Yours for £129.95
Watch Sculptures by UK designer Dominic Wilcox. Vintage mechanical watches customised with tiny plastic dioramas of imagined situations and real news events – animated by the second and minute hands they’re attached to.
More pix (the UC Davis pepper spraying incident is particularly good)
