Marvelous and Really Bizarre Japanese Watches (part 1)
By odd world
Everyone knows that Japanese live on their own time. Their culture is alternatively more fast-paced and intense than the rest of the western world (like in urban areas), or more relaxed and introspective (like a Japanese garden). Knowing these idiosyncrasies, one Japanese company "TokyoFlash" sells absolutely marvelous and really bizarre watches. They fulfill every kind of purpose, except clearly telling the time. Here are a few examples:
Tokyoflash
InfectionTokyoflash launches an original design combining sleek curves, tri-colored LEDs and a pulsating new display. Featuring a creatively designed full face mirrored lens and an innovative way to view time, no one is immune to Infection.
Housed in a smart new case, Infection is ergonomically designed to neatly fit the contours of your wrist, the tapered edges providing a smooth transition between the case and lens.Twenty-seven multi-colored LEDs pulsate and move like cells across the curved face to present the time from beneath the attractive mirrored mineral crystal lens.Finished with a matching leather band and stainless steel clasp, this is a flashy look that’s sure to get you noticed.Twelve red LEDs indicate hours, eleven yellow LEDs represent the progression of time in groups of five minutes and four green LEDs show single minutes.A single touch of the upper button animates the LEDs, a single touch of the lower button shows the time immediately.
Nekura
TundraThe Nekura series breathes fresh life into traditional time telling and is certain to be a fashion trend this season. Tundra has a minimalist appearance, the face representing the wide open spaces of a pristine landscape. Shades of Cadmium orange and Cobalt blue contrast against the vibrant pattern on the band.
The rounded corners of the polished silver case create a smooth look against the curved glass lens and the white detail on the face and hands provides additional attention to detail.With hours, minutes and seconds hands, Tundra is read like a conventional clock, the lack of numbers adding to the simplicity of the design. The date is visible in the small window on the right of the face.The custom engraved, self-adjustable wristband seamlessly engineered from brushed stainless steel and slimline case allow this design to wrap comfortably around your wrist.Finished with a neatly designed clasp and available with a black or clear strap, Tundra is a simple but bold unisex design with an attractive character.
Tokyoflash
ShinshokuIndustrially designed to make a truly individual statement, this unique time piece has become one of the most popular designs to emerge from the Tokyoflash design studio.
Shinshoku’s solid, continuous stainless steel band wraps comfortably around your wrist and features a matrix of punched out holes with twenty-nine super bright LEDs beneath the surface which illuminate to present the time.There are two models available, clear strap with multi-colored LEDs and black strap with multi-colored LEDs.A single touch of the upper button animates the LEDs which then cascade across the band presenting the time. Pressing the lower button skips this animation and presents the time immediately.Twelve red LEDs indicate the hour, three green LEDs indicate 15, 30 and 45 minutes past the hour and fourteen yellow LEDs indicate single minutes.This unique time telling method makes it easy to see the approximate time quickly, whether it’s quarter past, half past or quarter to the hour whilst also telling the precise time.Subtle etched markings on the strap allow you to distinguish easily between hours and minutes, however, with multi-colored LEDs, this design is really easy to read - especially at night!Shinshoku has a strap which is easily self-adjustable to fit your wrist and fits wrist sizes of up to 8.5 inches (225 mm).These watches display time in bar code, Morse code, audio equalizer simulation, and even in performance rating system, used in figure skating. They are made with the smallest LED lights available (the above model for example) and are a hot-selling item around the world. Next time you ask for time in Tokyo prepare to listen to either a high-tech code answer, or "Oh...one moment...excuse me while I try to figure it out... o no! it's GODZILLA time!"
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Comments
Exactly...what Om said. They look cool while being useless, though.
Japanese people are so creative!
I like the Infection watch--it reminds me of the gadgets used by the Preditor from the movie.
These Japanese watches are incredibly innovative. Great Hub.
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:) I like both of the Tokyoflash watches... they're flashy! :) I think Shirley could use both of them, so feel free to endow her with presents. :)
Great hub and best of luck on HP!!! :)
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Your hubs are interesting and should command attention, hope you keep it up. I am not a watch person would rather keep an eye on the sun! Night time is good til the sun comes up. Too bad I can only do that part of the time. I like the Shinshoku design as designs go.
Well done, my friend. An impressive and promising start to hubbing, indeed. I look forward to reading more of your hubs and I encourage you to add a video our two to accentuate your presentations.
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Some very cool watches there. Well done.
Very nice watches! thanks for the informative hub.
Great Hub! Look forward to seeing more. Spend a good bit of time throughout Asia and find most people have no idea how many products we haven't seen yet -- will truly amaze us. Think I'm going to have to get one of these watches next time I visit in a few months.
That Tokyoflash Shinshoku is hot!
Oh, Tokyo flash is designed beautifully.By the way this time im also wearing a japanese watch but not tokyoflah.
lol
Nice. I am convinced the Japanese are insane lol My wife is Japanese and well, I don't need to go any further with that one :)
Hello and Welcome. I like your hub it shows something new. If it hadn't been for this hub I would have never discovered all these beautifully weird watches. Good work!
Very interesting first hub. The Japanese are pretty inventive, but strange!
Those are very interesting watches and I like the way it challenges the mind to expand its idea of what watches really are... great hub!
Nice collection and an informative post too. But its hard to figure out eaxact time from these watches.
LOL I guess if you don't want to get caught in time, you could use these. :)
Awesome! The first one is something I would wear, but obviously not to tell time lol.
Decidedly interesting and innovative cool to look at and flashy.
Wow, how did you find these watches? I am fascinated by the one at the top :)
Very cool watches. I have no idea how to tell the time on these, but they would be great for getting noticed.
Great pictures and unique hubpage. I guess like alot of modern fashion accessories, these are attractive but not nesecarilly practical.
Hi there, odd world - these watches are really interesting - very different-looking. Nice pics, good sizing to show the watch details clearly. Nice hub.
Lovely looking watches, but I need big numbers and hands to tell the time - great hub!
Loved this Hub (but I'd need a training course to know how to tell what time it was on a couple of them) and the ones dealing with your fence fetish! Keep up the good work! :)
Interesting info...and some weird looking watches. ;) Welcome to Hub Pages! Nice job!
They are really unique. Japan is also known for quality products. Nice one!
Interesting stuff...kind of info you will find nowhere else.
informative hub - welcome to hub pages - hope you enjoy it as much as I do! cheers
I really admire these watches. Tokyo Flash really push the boundaries of the wrist watch market with their cutting edge designs. It is refreshing to see so many different daring designs and the use of led lights is the perfect brand recognition. In terms of pricing these watches are quite cheap meaning we can all own a piece of design excellence from Tokyo Flash!
You know, we take telling the time from 2 or more watch hands for granted.But...
GREAT article. Made me stop and think what our great great......grand parents thought of it the first time they saw two hands instead of just one on a church tower clock...
I can almost hear them say, "Darn complicated that 'new fangeled' minute hand; and who needs it?". Wonder what watch displays will look like in another 500 years...
Interesting! I also liked your intro comment about the idiosyncracies - so true.
wonderful...it is so unlike me to say -ehem- 'wonderful.' but your Hub is, like -wonderful- so there!
What time is it on your japanese watch? L.O.L interesting hub!
These are some crazy watches. I wonder how long it takes to get used to telling the time on them!?
I haven't seen any of these wtches here in Japan, so I am guessing they aren't that common. Quite interesting though, but difficult to tell the time.
Om Paramapoonya 3 years ago
Very interesting. Japanese fashion is always funky! I think the Tokyoflash watches look pretty cool but it might take me about 10 minutes to figure out what time it is.