Ever get the insecure feeling that maybe things and time are passing you by? That the younger generation may just have all the answers to things for which you never even found questions?
Does technology leave you increasingly dumbfounded? Not because you can’t understand it, but because you can’t understand what you would do with it.
A recent case in point was The Apprentice in which Alan Sugar had his latest batch of grandiloquent entrepreneurs struggling to invent an app.
Apps we were told, are the new way to make millions. One app offered a series of mildly annoying noises while the other featured badly imitated regional accents. Put a ‘cr’ in front of the word ‘app’ and it summed them up.
And so we come to this selection of new generation watches, all of which require a PDF manual in order to understand how they work. Even reading the instructions leaves you more lost than before. Admittedly they do look kind of interesting, and the curiously named Kisai Broke is USB re-chargeable which is cool, but when I look at a watch I want to know what’s the time, not WTF.
However, if you want to change the way you think about time, you can check out a whole range of funky geeky watches at TokyoFlash.
Tokyoflash Hankyo LED watch
How to use: One touch of the upper button animates the sub-surface LEDs in a clockwise direction before the time is presented. Hours are shown in the centre circle of the watch, groups of five minutes are shown in the outer circle, in the same position as numbers on a clock, and single minutes are shown in the areas between. For more information take a look at the diagram or download the PDF manual.
S-Mode Oberon LED watch
How to use: A single touch of the upper button initiates a rotating animation before the remaining LEDs show the time. Twelve red LEDs represent hours, eleven green LEDs represent groups of five minutes and four yellow LEDs represent single minutes. The time can be shown immediately with a second touch of the button. To find out more, take a look at the interactive manual.
Kisai Broke LED watch
How to use: Touch the button and a shattering animation will light up the display. The outer ring of blocks represent hours in the same position as hours on a clock face. The inner ring of blocks represents five minute intervals in the same position as minutes on a clock face. Four single minutes are shown in the centre.
TAG Heuer Aquaracer
How to use: Just glance at the watch and tell the time.
