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Sharing Watch

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Though it’s a ritual behavior to share time, we’re frequently up to the work and couldn’t spare to tell others the time. So, why don’t we make a change, say, let others to read the time in the same way as you do? Through a slight change of turning the display board 90 degrees, the Sharing Watch from Korea makes it more convenient for both you and others to read the time.

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Nifty Digital Watch

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With almost every household furnishing article becoming creative, how could your timepieces lag behind? So presenting here is a “Switchital” clock, designed with digital letters. Based on small metal bars that are controlled via magnetic force, the timepiece tells time by forming different digital letters on its surface. As time passes by, some letters will disappear from the display while the rest ones will be regrouped to show a new time.

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Watch Not On Your Wrists

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It’s really a long time since we’re used to reading time via cell-phones rather than watches. Even if sports watches are still popular among young people, you’re sure to agree that it’s more of a hindrance in most conditions. So here is to present a new watch that is really true to its name “sports watch”. Thin and flexible, it could be fixed on your wrist steadily without affecting your sports. In the meantime, the watch could also serve as a timer to record your sports time, heart-rates, etc.

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The Stars Tell Time

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During the years when timepieces were not invented yet, we used to read time by distinguishing the various positions of the sun while we went blank again in the night. Then never could the stars tell time? No necessarily, for we have the ‘Stars Tell Time’ clock now. Simulating those twinkling little stars, the innovative clock tells time by lighting up several LEDs on its display. For example, if there’re twelve, three and four stars respectively shown in different parts, it means ‘thirty-four past twelve’ by the time. Do pay attention that the two blue LED lights, for they represent the colon sign (:) on a digital clock rather than time.

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Word Clock

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Imagination is endless, and we couldn’t forecast what surprising creation will appear in another day, just like the Word Clock. Looking like a book, the clock tells time by displaying certain words which can adjust their brightness automatically to the ambient light. To provide you with more options, the clock is available in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and other languages too.

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Clock and Scale

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Either a clock or a scale, the cool design can work to its efficiency in both ways. In fact, it’s a clock when fixed on the wall while a scale when set onto the floor. When uesed as a scale, the hour hand and minute hand of the clock indicates your weight, for example, if the hour hand point to 4 and the minute hand point to 10, then you weigh 40KG.

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FaceBook Watch

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Have you ever been lost to the virtual world on web, wasting too much time and divulging plenty of privacy? Then the blue FaceBook watch will be the optimum way for you to express your true feelings. But if you’re a faithful member of network society, the white watch is your other alternative to replace your hours with the logos of the biggest social networking sites.

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Finger Dance Alarm Clock

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It’s a bitter experience for almost everyone to struggle to wake up in the noise of an alarm clock, even though we usually fail to catch the right bus on time. Well, why not try the finger dance alarm clock? Different from those alarm controlled by a button, this alarm won’t stop ringing unless your figures can hit the correct sequence on the touchpad.

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Bead Clock

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On hearing the beautiful music of Chinese lute, we usually describe it as “pearls falling into a jade plate”, and now the bead clock can also remind us of that famous Chinese poem. When the clock works, two beads in different sizes will then brighten up to indicate the time. Be careful not to mix up the two beads! The bigger bead in the outer circle stands for the hour hand and the smaller one in the inner circle symbolizes the minute hand.

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IPOD Photosphere Alarm Clock

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IPOD is always known for its unique design and this alarm clock is also worthy of the high reputation. As the alarm clock is compatible with the IPOD player and a built-in recorder, it can not only customize different ring tones to your preferences, but also get your player charged with it conveniently. So why not start a splendid new day with such a shinning photosphere alarm clock? Just try it.

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Light O’clock

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Similar to the sundial used in the ancient times, the light o’clock also applies the discipline of light but presents it in a different way. With luminous equipment built in it, this clock tells time through two distinct beams of light, which are seen as the hour hand and minute hand individually. At present, there’re kinds of colors for you to choose, such as black, white, blue, orange, pink, green, etc.

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TV-like Watch

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The soft watch looks just like the black and white TV set with an entity antenna in 1980s. On its surface, there is an hour hand and a minute hand, which can be adjusted through the attunement knob or the channel- switch knob on the side face.

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Anti-Snoring Device Snore Stopper Watch

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The Anti-Snoring Device Snore Stopper Watch can reduce snoring frequency and volume by a natural biofeedback technique. While you sleeping, a bio-sensors can detect your snore and release a gentle electronic acupuncture massage pulse to train your body to relax your muscles and end the snoring. The best thing about this device is that it is absolutely safe – non addictive, no side effects, reducing snoring frequency and volume without disturbing normal sleeping.

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The Study Ball

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Sometimes it is really a tough task to get your kids doing what his homework. Maybe you need this medieval love thing, the Study Ball.
It is a 20-pound ball attached to shackle with a study timer, which has time settings system. The shackle will unlock when the time has passed. This is not a concept design, in fact, you can get buy one for $115. However, do not let the Child Protective Services get wind of this.

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Laser clock

This is a real simple and cool clock. It uses a microcontroller to move to move a servo with a line laser connect to it. The result is a single line that can simply represent the time on the wall.

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Redundant clock

All the scales of the clock actually mimic the very pattern of the dial plate at the same time. And so we call this clock redundant clock. But which is the redundant one?

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Eyeclock

Hey, what are you looking at? It is not the point. The real point is what are the eyes used for.

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Memory Game Alarm Clock

In order to stop the alarm, you have to remember the order of those four buttons with different colors. If you have a bad memory or if you’re color-blind, it is not suit for you. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Smash clock

You won’t be happy after being waked up while sleeping. You want to smash it? OK, go ahead. But you’d better first make sure you’re using this smash clock. In order to stop the alarm, you have to kick it until there is a hollow on it.

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Analog clock with a single digital

This clock is a combination of a analog clock and a digital clock. The single analog hand is used to indicate the minutes and the hour is showed by the digital display.

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Faceless LED watch

At first glance, this seems like a faceless watch chain. However, it is a real chain. All the LED used to indicate the time is hidden in the joints of the chain. When it light up, you’re gonna get the time.

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Moving clock

Although alarm clock usually wakes you up on time, many people still like to check out the real time before waking up and so you have to open your eyes. I bet you this kind of action will sure diminish your drowsiness. But this moving clock which comes with two triangles can tell you the time you can sleep. It they’re far apart, you have much time left to sleep, but if they’re close, you are gonna have to get up soon. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Cute clock

Different from normal clock, the hour and minute hands are all positioned on the outer edge of the clock face rather than the center. Sure, you won’t get the accurate time, but who care about it, we like this cute clock. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Trace of time

This is a brilliant idea. The dial plate is also a whiteboard memo. You can right you to-do list on it according to your own schedule. The best part is that the hour hand also comes with a built-in eraser which will erase your memo every time it passed by.

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Magnetic watch

This watch does not have a real hand and if you want to read the time, you need to shake up the watch. There is some powdered iron on the panel, and because of the magnetic hand hidden under the panel, after shaking, the powered iron will be collected above the magnetic hand. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Nail watch

This is a creative watch. It can be directly attached on your nail. The panel is made from translucent material and the color of the digit is adjustable to match your own favor. If the digits are not lighted, others won’t recognize that you’re wearing a watch. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Caterpillar watch

Almost every single gadget has a digital clock and so the reason for most of us to wear a watch is not just for time. In order to match the demand of the customer, watch maker need to provide more style product. And this caterpillar is a good example. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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The universe watch

This watch is based on solar system. The central red part is sun and the two planets rotating around is used to indicate hours and minutes. With the black background, this mini solar system is more vividly. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Water clock

At the first glance, there is no difference of this cup from normal ones. As a matter of fact, you can read time from it.

Because of the magnetic dial hidden under the base of cup the floating balls in the cup and the saucer can respectively function as hour hand and minute hand. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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What is this?

Apparently, this is a bunch of wood sticks on a black board. Then, you know what is its real usage?

Answer here tomorrow.

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Urwerk 202 watch driven by compressed air

This may be the coolest watch I ever seen. Unlike all other watches in the market, this UR 202 one is driven by compressed air. Since the inner space is airproof, the built-in twin turbines start spinning as long as temperature changed to driven the watch. Moreover, in order to cushion sharp movements and accordingly increases lifespan, there is a 3-position selector switch on the backside of the watch. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Private Ocean interactive clock

All the numbers of this clock are combined by visual ocean creatures. When not in using, the creatures can move randomly to make your room full of smooth atmosphere. Moreover, it can also act as speaker of iPod. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Mystic Wall Clock

Equipped with a frosted glass, this clock gives us a blur vision. And so we will feel the time is hidden from us. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Gear watch

Although a conventional watch may also comes with many gears and there have been many watches which reveal the gears through transparent shell, this one is pretty innovative.

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Death watch

Once you get the time from this watch, you will notice that your life will be over in the future. So, you have to work harder to make your life more valueable.

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Crystal watch

You won’t believe that this gorgeous bracelet is actually a watch at a glance. However, in fact, the time will magically float inside the crystal when you touch the two contact points.

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The fan clock

It seems that fan and clock will not have any relationship. However, Stanislav Katz designed this fan clock whose sector between hour and minute is changed into a foldable fan. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Djo:Djo—Bracelet watch

This watch create a new way to show time. It comes with three separated color band that can move around the watch with time goes by. You can also change the color of the time band. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Life clock

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This must be the slowest clock in the world. The speed of this clock is 1/61320th of a standard timepiece. It means the full rotation around the dial will cost 84 years. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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D/A clock

Different from normal digital clock, this D/A clock display time in an innovative manner. With several active blocks, it could show time in 3D manner. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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