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Watches for UberGeeks?

Posted by Cliff on from the more-advanced-than-dick-tracy's dept.

eyefish asks: "My trusty old watch recently gave up on me, and now I want to buy a new one. This time though I want something a bit more functional that my simple analog-digital watch. If you were to buy a new watch, and you are the geek type, which one would you buy? I'm interested in anything from watches with built-in GPS to built-in video or MP3 players and calculators. Or simply anything that looks really cool, or is really light, or syncs with my palm pilot. You get the drift." A watch that could sync via GPS? Never have the wrong time again! But seriously, what nifty new technologies have had the shrinking ray applied to them so that they fit nice and comfy on the wrist?

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  1. YesWatch by espee · · Score: 4, Informative

    I am thinking of buying a yeswatch myself - see www.yeswatch.com
    It features a single hand plate (hand does one round in 24 hours); shows you day/night time where ever you are on this planet; moon phase and some more.

    --
    "We'll reach that bridge when we find it" - Suzy Romer, prime minister Netherlands Antilles '98-'99
  2. Junghans Atomic Solar watches by zsazsa · · Score: 4, Informative

    Personally, I find bulky watches with millions of features and complex digital displays cumbersome and outright dorky. Yes, we are nerds here, but we can have a LITTLE style, right?

    The perfect watch, as far as I'm concerned, is the Junghans Atomic Solar line. The styling speaks for itself, and technically they're a marvel. Since they're solar powered and sync to the NIST WWVB radio station, all you have to do set your time zone once - and never do anything ever again. No batteries to change, no daylight saving to worry about, no time drifting ever. Junghans, being a German company, also makes watches that can sync to European time standard stations.

    Check 'em out here and here. Unfortunately, at just under $1000, they certainly aren't for everyone. .

    I certainly can't afford one (yet), so I have to be content with my trusty Timex for now. :)

    Ian

  3. Only one choice: the HP-01 by shoppa · · Score: 5, Interesting
    There's only one choice IMHO: The HP-01. It is, without a doubt, the ultimate geek watch, and has been for the past quarter- century.

    See this picture and this list of features.