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
Tokyoflash 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
The 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 Shinshoku
Industrially 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).
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:
Pimpin aint Easy PU
With a newly designed curved case with curved glass lens , this design fits better than its predecessor, the classic “trip the light fantastic” and has a more modern look.
Reading the time is easy, hours 1-12 are displayed in the left column, from the bottom to the top, minutes from the bottom right, each lit LED representing a single minute. The time can be read more quickly if you look at the numbers on the right, each row of lit LEDs is equal to five minutes. The date can be read in a similar way.
Press the button and let the fun times begin. The spiraling light-up feature uses every LED to illuminate the watch, from the outside to the inside and then back out before displaying the time. The light-up feature also animates every 2 minutes between 6 pm and 1 am – pimp time. Press the button a second time to display the date.
Super flashy, this model is available with blue or orange LEDs. You’ll be Pimpin’ large in no time!
Star Performer
The all new Star Performer from the Pimp series is a truly beautiful LED watch design. This is the Pimp watch, re-engineered with a new way to read the time and a sleek, modern look.
Made from solid stainless steel with a double spring clasp and mineral crystal lens, Star Performer features mirrored digits on the face through which LEDs shine to display the time.
Press the button and the lights animate like fireworks before presenting the time, a single digit in each column lighting up to show the time. For example, 1-2-5-3 would be 12:53.
The four icons across the top indicate the mode. From left to right, the icons read: clock, Sun, $ and Martini glass. Press the button to cycle through the modes.
The clock icon means time mode has been selected. If the watch is in 12 hour mode and it is PM then the Martini glass will also light up – this is to indicate drinking time! The Sun icon represents the day and date, the digits 1-7 in the left column indicating the day; Sunday = 1, Monday = 2 etc., the digits in the right two columns indicating the date. The $ icon represents the year, and reminds you to keep making money year after year.
The light-up feature also animates once a minute for 12 minutes after the button is pressed and automatically turns on between 7 pm and 1 am, giving a very cool malfunctioning look, a setting that can’t be turned off.
Available with white or blue LEDs, you’ll be pimpin’ in style with your Star Performer.
Negative
With an ‘Always-On’ Liquid Crystal display, and a stylish, solid case, Negative is one of the most sophisticated designs available from Tokyoflash. Negative will look as good on your wrist at a business meeting as it will on the dance floor.
Seven colors in one watch!
Available in polished silver or polished black, Negative’s LCD screen is always displaying the time, allowing the wearer to read it at a glance. What really brings this design to life is its multi color LED light guide. At the touch of a button, the display can be backlit with one of seven user selectable colors, a feature which is most impressive at night.
With the style and luxury of a solid stainless steel band, Negative also has an abundance of features, including a vertical or horizontal display option, several alarm functions, 12/24 hour mode and multi-color mode, sending all LED colors into a frenzy when the backlight is activated.
The display presents the time in negative space, the unlit squares on the screen showing digital numbers, highlighted by the bright squares around them. This creates a subtle optical illusion effect, giving the watch a unusual mystique, unlike those using standard digital displays.
Negative is a classic Tokyoflash design and will keep you looking cool for years to come.
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!”Via:hubpages
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