I love unique and quirky watches, and today I found some that definitely fits the bill. WeWood makes watches that are encased in different varieties of wood; each watch is a piece of art — almost guaranteed to get a second look!… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
I reviewed the red Phosphor Appear last year, and I had so much fun with it that I bought one in black. Recently Phosphor began combining their popular Appear watches with nylon bracelet wristbands, and the result has been a bit of a transformation. Before, the Appear relied upon a leather wristband that had to be bucked — in my case on the last hole; now there is a lightweight and fashionable bracelet which can be sized (by removing individual links) to perfectly fit even the smallest wrists.
The bracelet Appear features a modern, fashionable resin band finished with a
Right before we left for CES we received a review sample of the Happy Hour Bottoms Up Timepiece. The Bottoms Up is a nice-quality watch with a large, impressive face, a wide, comfortable band and… a bit of a surprise. Here’s a look with a video that will make clear what is special about this watch.… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
The GPS watch market has been dominated heavily by Garmin. Ask a runner, “Do you have a Garmin” and they aren’t going to wax poetic about their Nuvi…they’ll know you mean a Forerunner watch. But Magellan is looking for a piece of that pie, and they’ll be debuting two new watches, the “Switch” series, designed to appeal to runners as well as “crossover sports” (triathletes, bikers, and swimmers, presumably).
Based on the press release, it sounds like the Switch will have very similar features to the competition, including the ability to race against a specific pace, mark laps and miles, and use a heart rate monitor. It should be interesting to see if Magellan can unseat Garmin… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
Are you someone who is not ready to give up your wristwatch in favor of simply checking the time on your mobile phone? I don’t blame you if you aren’t; I’m not either. As a result I’m always looking at watches, considering ones I might wear and balancing function and geek factor against the watch’s looks. The Mutewatch is a design I recently found that looks cool, is simple enough to operate, and adds the function of timers and alarms. The use of “swiping” is cool to see on a watch, and for $259, it’s not too outrageous. Take a look …
Those of you who held out on buying a Phosphor Appear watch because the leather strap didn’t appeal will be pleased to know that there is a new Appear Bracelet watch available. There are four women’s watch and band combinations: pink with a pink band, amber with a clear band, amber with a white band, and black with a black band.
As you’ll recall, the Phosphor Appear is the watch that features the cool crystal flipping display feature that makes the time or seconds appear in a mechanized manner similar to those flipping train station signs.
You can buy the new Phosphor… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
It wasn’t long ago that we reviewed Phosphor’s eInk watch. It is a rather attractive timepiece that has the added geeky-goodness of an eInk screen. Now the company has announced their new World Time Sport watch. It is “sleek, modern and tech-savvy” and we have one on the way for review. As the company explains,
The new World Time Sport debuts a state-of-the-art buttonless touch lens operation, allowing for a sleek, ultra-modern look, and the ability to change modes with simple finger swipe across the case. The new World Time Sport offers the ability to select from 24 time zones for one display mode, while optionally displaying a second time zone simultaneously . The dual
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Tis the season to start the holiday shopping. With Black Friday and Holidays sales popping up everywhere Tokyoflash decided to make things a little easier on your wallet this year. Their site now has a nice breakdown of the current specials including the under $100 category, a buy one get one 50% off, as well as some sale prices on regularly priced watches and gadgets. As an added bonus to the sale every watch purchased between the dates of November 16th and December 25th will give you an entry to win a new Playstation Vita + 1 game, an Apple iPad (no specs listed), or 3 watches from the 2012 lineup… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
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Fresh out of the Tokyoflash workshop comes the Kisai Seven. Yet another watch from their concept to reality blog, the Seven joins the limited edition club and launches at the low-cost of only $99 shipped. Breaking off slightly from the standard Kisai style and material, this “Tron” inspired watch has an “identity disc” like watch face that glows either white or blue depending on the model you purchase. New to this watch is a seamless polyurethane band and hard plastic encased face instead of the matte or polished bands we are used to seeing with other models. The large rings on darken in spots to show the hours and minutes… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
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Today marks a new era in ultra geek timepiece technology. Tokyoflash just launched their first ever touchscreen watch known as the Rogue Touch. The Tokyoflash design team has been hard at work this year with a whole new lineup of killer watches, this is the first to combine their hybrid LED/LCD technology with a full buttonless touchscreen interface. The Rogue Touch has an always on face, new gunmetal and with a touch of bronze metal steel housing. The watch comes in 4 vibrant colors and time is expressed by a multitude of blocked out rings, dials, and lines. There are 4 “hot zones” or quadrants that when touched show time, alarm, date, and… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
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Tokyoflash has been in full production mode this year and have yet to keep us waiting long for a new LED infused masterpiece. The latest addition to their large collection of tech savvy watches is the Kisai Night Vision LED Watch. This new design sports all the LED glory you’re used to along with the matte black stainless finish. The face is classic style hexagon shape with super easy to read outer ring of LED’s with the minutes and date showing as numerical characters in the center. The watch comes in 3 flavors of LED colors and as usual sports a 30 day rechargeable battery. This model also sports an adjustable wrist strap which… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
Judie, forget about the Vertu you reviewed last June and are using as your daily-driver. Serously, THIS phone makes THAT phone look like… like… a Moto Razr. Behold the Æ+Y PHONE. With a price STARTING at $10,425 it is sure to impress and make pretty much every other phone feel inadequate.
No, it doesn’t have the cool concierge service the Vertu offers but hey, with such fine materials, and handcrafted artistry they had to cut corners somewhere. The phone is on pre-order with a gold option also available. As the site explains,
Æsir is currently taking pre-orders for the first production
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Today we are presented with yet another Tokyoflash masterpiece pulled directly from their Concept Blog. Tokyoflash changed things up a little bit more this time when they announced the Kisai 3D Unlimited watch. This watch features a six-sided mirror finished watch face that displays the time and date in a 3 dimensional like display. The illusion of 3D is given by the angle and placement of the digits on the face which displays a cube like pattern giving off the effect of 3D time. This looks like it’s actually one of the less cryptic displays to read, but is still certainly one of their coolest designs yet. The watch is… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
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If you thought you were going to make it through the week without another new design from the watch design masters over at Tokyoflash, then you of course thought wrong. This new custom timepiece named the “Seikatsu Koujou Kyokusen” is a teamed effort between Better Living Industries, the rock band My Chemical Romance, and Tokyoflash themselves. The watch has some of the great features you came to know and love from Tokyoflash, but with some added features custom implemented by the MCR and BLI. The watch features a squared off stainless steel face, some magical LED’s from the Tokyoflash workshop, and a white leather band with the BLI logo on… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
Update: The giveaway is now closed, and the winner is darktweak! We appreciate everyone who entered, and we’d like to remind you to keep an eye out for many more great Gear Diary giveaways! =)
It’s time to start thinking about the supplies you are going to send your kids back to school with, and we are here to help! We’ve gathered together a collection of goodies that any student would like, and while there are plenty of practical items, we didn’t forget the gear that helps makes time off from studying even better. Whether you are on a limited budget or the sky is the limit, there is something here for everyone … including an… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...
