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Nooka Yogurt By Karim Rashid

By Andrew Liszewski on 02/07/11 • Leave a comment!

Nooka Yogurt (Image courtesy Nooka)
By Andrew Liszewski

If you’re a fan of watches you’re probably already familiar with Nooka. Like Tokyo Flash their designs tend to be very original and unique, though unlike Tokyo Flash you don’t need a masters degree in Cryptography to read the time.

Their latest creation is a collaboration with Karim Rashid called the Yogurt. I have no idea why it’s called the Yogurt though. What I do know is that it features a circular design made from flexible polyurethane with a matching round display that shows the hour with a series of segmented hexagons, and the minutes with a series of dashes that encircle the outer edge of the watch’s face. And it’s available in 6 different colors starting in early February for $130.

[ Nooka Yogurt ] VIA [ Acquire ]

Announcing The Tokyoflash Giveaway Winner

By David Ponce on 12/27/10 • 1 Comment

By David Ponce

And so the random numbers have spoken once more and the lucky winner of the Tokyoflash giveaway is Rob Green. Congrats, dude!

As usual, we’re very sorry we can’t make each and every one of you a winner, but we do keep trying to bring these to you as often as we can; keep entering and eventually, well… eventually maybe you’ll win!

Incidentally, before anyone says anything… Even though it wasn’t specified in the comments, making multiple entries, at the same time, in the same day, to increase your chances of winning wasn’t cool. I deleted the duplicates and kept one entry. If you’d like to argue, send a tersely worded missive to “legal” at this domain. We’ll get back to you instantly: please do hold your breath.

Announcing Our Last Minute Holiday Giveaway Winner!

By Chris Scott Barr on 12/22/10 • 1 Comment

By Chris Scott Barr

Alright, if your name is hspringsteen, you don’t have anything to worry about. All of those gifts that you still haven’t bought? They’re going to be coming your way.  We can’t cover all 21 of your nieces and nephews, but this should help a bit. Now are you going to wait until the last minute next year? Lets hope not.

In all seriousness, congratulations to him, and thanks to everyone else that entered. And remember, if you’re still wanting to get in on some free goodies, we are still giving away a Tokyoflash Kisai Sensai Pure Watch. The contest is running through Christmas, so at the very least you can get yourself a late gift.

Happy Holidays!

It’s The Holidays: We’re Giving Away A Tokyoflash Kisai Sensai Pure Watch!

By David Ponce on 12/20/10 • 115 Comments

By David Ponce

It’s the Holidays so of course here at OhGizmo! this means giving back to you, our readers, at least a tiny sliver of the joy you give us with your patronage. We try to do this in the form of giveaways, and we’ve sure had a few so far: the EOS Mixtape Watch (now closed), the Windows Phone 7 (now closed) and the TiVo Premiere (still open, so go comment!). We’re adding one more to that list with the Kisai Sensai Pure watch from Tokyoflash, in black on black.

As any self-respecting geek should, we have a serious love affair with these watches and believe that a line from Wired UK magazine captures their essence quite eloquently: “Tokyoflash has made being obtuse into an art form.” Indeed. So read the rules (they’re always changing a little) and enter for your chance to win!

Rules: 1) Open worldwide!! 2) Leave a comment on this post, but please make it longer than 25 characters (it’ll make your editor happy…). 3) Comments will be closed on December 25 at 11:59pm EST.

Yeah, that’s pretty much it. Happy Holidays!

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Announcing The Winner Of The EOS Mixtape Watch

By Andrew Liszewski on 12/16/10 • 3 Comments

EOS Mixtape Watch (Image property OhGizmo!)
By Andrew Liszewski

Random.orgThanks again to everyone who entered our EOS Mixtape watch contest. We’d love to be able to send each and every one of our readers a watch since in our minds you’re all winners, but we can’t. So once again we turned to the impartial Random.org to decide who gets it.

This time it was commenter #16, Justin Bullock, who said: “I have always wanted one of these “unique watches” like those from Tokyoflash. I like this one way more then any of the watches they have to offer!” So congratulations Justin, your ‘unique watch’ lust has just been quenched!

But those of you who didn’t win don’t have to be too upset about walking away empty handed. Today we started yet another giveaway, this time for a TiVo Premiere! So dry those tears and head on over and leave a comment for another chance to win.

And finally, if you really had your heart set on the Mixtape watch, we just want to remind you that you can still head on over to Shop Adorn, who generously sponsored this contest, and pick one up! You still have a few days if you want it to arrive by Christmas.

Ferrowatch Concept Preys On My Love Of Ferrofluids

By Andrew Liszewski on 09/07/10 • 1 Comment

Ferrowatch Concept (Images courtesy Karim Zaoual)
By Andrew Liszewski

Tokyoflash is not only responsible for some of the craziest watch designs we’ve ever written about, but they also encourage fans to submit their own unique designs that could eventually see the light of day if they’re popular enough. Now unfortunately we probably won’t be seeing this particular design anytime soon, but if you’ve been awed by ferrofluid videos you’ll definitely appreciate this concept. The watch’s face contains a small pool of the magnetic fluid and when held horizontally a magnetic backing creates animated gears and moving hands that indicate the time. And when the watch is tilted, instead of the fluid all spilling to one side, the last ‘image’ is frozen in place, once again thanks to the magnetic backing.

While the mocked up product shots don’t do a great job at getting the idea across, there’s an accompanying video that actually uses ferrofluid to demonstrate how the concept would work.

[ Tokyoflash - Magnetic Liquid Design Tells The Time ] VIA [ 7Gadgets ]

Casio Cubic Puzzle Watch Unfortunately Doesn’t Include Any Games

By Andrew Liszewski on 09/28/09 • 4 Comments

Casio Cubic Puzzle Watch (Image courtesy Tokyoflash)
By Andrew Liszewski

While it might have taken some of its design cues from Tetris and other block-type puzzle games, the Casio Cubic Puzzle watch doesn’t actually include any built-in gaming action. I’m afraid it’s all business with your basic 12/24 hour time and date functionality, stopwatch, alarm and backlight. The display is animated, which might help distract you during a boring meeting, but I’m afraid that’s all the fun you’re going to have with this thing. $89.56 from Tokyoflash available in blue or black.

[ Tokyoflash - Casio Cubic Puzzle Watch ] VIA [ SlashGear ]

The Kisai Denshoku From Tokyo Flash

By Andrew Liszewski on 04/09/09 • 3 Comments

Kisai Denshoku (Image courtesy DVICE)
By Andrew Liszewski

It’s been a while since we’ve seen anything new from Tokyo Flash, but I guess if any company would have trouble keeping track of the time, it would be them. Like their past efforts, the Kisai Denshoku gets high regards for style and design, but not so much when it comes to usability. The watch’s face is made up of 12 orange acrylic bars that light up like a graphic EQ, but interpreting the time takes a little know-how.

Pressing the button on the side of the watch causes the bars to light up 3 times, first indicating the hours (3 lit bars = 3 o’clock) then groups of ten minutes and finally single minutes. As is usually the case, there’s a bit of counting involved, but if you’re OK with that you can order the Kisai Denshoku in a black or silver finish from Tokyo Flash for $239.

[ Tokyo Flash Kisai Denshoku ] VIA [ DVICE ]

Tokyoflash’s New Kisai Keisan Watch

By Andrew Liszewski on 01/20/09 • 3 Comments

Tokyoflash Kisai Keisan (Image courtesy Tokyoflash)
By Andrew Liszewski

Tokyoflash once again proves that if telling time is not your number one priority when it comes to designing a watch, you’ll never have to worry about running out of new ideas. However this time around things aren’t as confusing, as long as you’re willing to do a little math. The watch features 4 raised convex bubbles that can each display the numbers 0 to 9, and in order to tell the current time you just hit the single button on the side and add up the numbers that are displayed in each column. Otherwise the watch just runs a little animation where the LED numbers move in a sweeping animation from side to side, “bringing the watch to life.”

The Kisai Keisan’s also got a high grade aluminum band and body with a polished alumite coating giving it that smooth appearance, an energy saving mode to boost the battery life and is water resistant to 3 ATM. It’s currently available from the Tokyoflash website with a black (red or green LEDs) or silver (yellow or orange LEDs) finish for $255.01 each.

[ Tokyoflash Kisai Keisan ] VIA [ SlashGear ]

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