TokyoFlash Japan – Futuristic Time

Author JoeDigital

 

If you’re in the mood for something completely different, maybe you should consider getting a watch.  TokyoFlash Japan offers a wide assortment of timekeepers like nothing you’ve ever seen before, from an inverse LED display to some designs I haven’t even been able to figure out how to read.  These are not the old-fashioned dials or over-hyped digitals of our time, or the any of our ancestors.  Here are a couple of the many selections available:

 

Infection is a watch like none other

Infection is a watch like none other

I haven’t figured this one out yet, but deep down inside, I recognize that it is a watch.  What I like the most about it is the very fact that it is so out of the ordinary.  But I have a feeling that it is so diabolically simple that a child who hadn’t yet learned that all time is displayed as a number would understand it completely. 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.

 

Time displayed in bits of light

Time displayed in bits of light

This watch, called the Rogue, is certain to get you noticed anywhere you go.  It is also one of the more “normal” offerings available at TokyoFlash.  And if this is a look at the “simple” ones, imagine how complex they can be!

 

It looks like a game, but it is a timepiece

It looks like a game, but it is a timepiece

The Futara, at first, looks like a very complicated way to tell time, but here’s the secret:

Around the outer edges are 60 segments, indicating 1 minute each. They are grouped in 10′s so it’s easy to tell the time at a glance. The inner spiral of blocks represent 1 hour each.

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