If you’ve an extra $15,000-$500,000 to spend on a watch this holiday season (and seriously, who doesn’t these days?), then perhaps you’d be interested in this very unique watch. Made from actual dust from the moon as well as steel from the Apollo 11 rocket that landed on the moon and the strap will be made up of fibers from a spacesuit worn during the ISS mission. Only 1969 watches will be made, coinciding with the year we landed on the moon (and by “we” I mean myself, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong). One small leap for man, one expensive watch for mankind.
the age via notcot
When that alarm clock goes off in the morning there’s nothing I’d rather do that hit the escape key and be whisked off to some tropical island like I’m in a Calgon commercial or something but then reality sets in and says hey, get your ass out of bed you’ve got things to do today. At this point I usually realize that my dream of crystal blue water lapping at my toes and hot summer air hitting my face and tiny hermit crabs scratching at my fingers is actually my dog trying to wake me up so he can go out for a walk. Damn it!
Anyway, the Escape Key Clock brings a satisfying way to wake you up- but slamming your fist into a giant escape key to shut the alarm up. Too bad it’s just a concept because it’s a concept I can get behind.
santiago cantera via design launches
The crafty modder over at Mavrinac has created the ultimate vintage gamer’s alarm clock. Is the SNES system old enough to be considered vintage? I’d say yes in the fast changing technological world we live in today- last year is vintage. But anyway, he’s basically gutted a cartridge (Paladin’s Quest) and inserted a digital alarm clock into it. That’s the easy part! He also went ahead and completely rewired up a controller so it can be used to change the settings on the alarm clock. That’s impressive! Well done sir, well done. Video of the controller in action after the jump: Read the rest of this entry »
When your watch breaks there’s really nothing you can do with it anymore, besides fix it, but seriously who’s going to do that? Fix it? This is a disposable consumer society we live in, when things break, we replace them and send the broken ones off to some landfill in China or someplace far away. But there’s not need to anymore… you can use your old watches in smart and artistic ways, like turning them into motorcycles.
Of course if you or I tried to make a motorcycle (or anything else really) out of a broken watch, it would probably just look like a disassembled broken watch with the parts haphazardly glued together into an incomprehensible mishmosh of gears and parts. So let’s leave the art to the experts and enjoy the pictures of their work.
NAWCC via Hacked Gadgets
Just kidding hockey fans! (Go Islanders!!!!!). But seriously, who isn’t obsessed with the zamboni machine? If it wasn’t so awesome, why would there be a book called Zamboni: The Coolest Machines on Ice
. There’s your proof. For the hockey (or ice smoothness) obsessed, there’s the Zamboni Watch, a $75 watch with the zamboni attached to the second hand. It’s a never-ending intermission on your wrist.
fashionably geek via uberreview
This interesting little alarm clock is shaped like an old TV. To wake you up it plays old game show theme songs (4 different jingles in all but none are specifically mentioned in the description). I don’t know about you but those classic game show themes actually put me to sleep. Maybe it’s because the only time I would watch them is when I’m home sick and just about ready to pass out from too much cough medicine, watching through a half-closed eyelid to see if Betty White is going to guess the Password or not.
The alarm clock also flashes the TV test signal background when it’s time to wake up. There’s an included remote control to shut down the flashing before you have a seizure. Very cute and retro. Maybe a bit cheap looking. But different.
product page at sourcingmap
Can’t quite shake that gambling addiction? Need to see the rolling numbers of the three wheeled bandit at all times? With the new Tokyoflash Jackpot Watch you’ll have a slot machine on your wrist at all times. You press one button to set your betting amount and another to spin the numbers. Oh yeah, it also tells time, if that’s something you’re looking for in a wristwatch. The Jackpot Watch is pretty sleek and minimal. I like.
Buy it for just $99 at ThinkGeek
When you’re a hip (or not so hip) DJ you can’t be late for your gigs. And you can’t show up wearing some Mickey Mouse watch either. You have to represent at all times in all ways. So whether you’re actually a DJ or just like listening to the wheels of steel spinning round round like a record baby, the Tablesturn Watch from Flud is the perfect music lover’s accessory. It has gold square casing, a black leather strap and miles and miles of style baby.
Buy it for $80 at
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