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Top 10 Geek Watches

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the complete-with-lasers dept.

peanutbutter13 writes "Productdose lists their picks for best geek watches. From the article: "Considering the wealth of geek chic wristwear out there at the moment, we started thinking about the point where nerd-tech meets personal style...and we've compiled a list of our current wristwatch favorites, which we hope will help you channel your inner geek-gent."

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  1. Timex DataLink Indiglo by From+A+Far+Away+Land · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You don't get geekier than a watch with a PDA built into it, with little games. Hook a USB cable to it, or get an older model that works with a CRT monitor by flashing barcodes at a little eye sensor to transfer phone numbers and important lists and birthdays. I've had my original series Datalink watch since 1997, and it's only on its second battery, and I use the alarm every morning.

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  2. Nothing beats... by parasonic · · Score: 5, Interesting
    ...the 70's wristwatch. I had a really hard time finding one, but the one that I bought has the following:

    • Red LED's

    • Displays 24-hour time

    • Does seconds if you hold down the illuminate button for greater than one second

    • Was made in Soviet Russia

    Yes, in Soviet Russia--by a company named Elektronika (the bezel is in Cyrillic)--where time kills you. And it keeps very good time.
  3. Don't need to be new by clockmaker · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I don't think that watches have to be new and digital to be geeky. Consider the Repeater Pocketwatch (Warning: pdf file), for example. The one described there is a 1920 Quarter repeater, but minute repeaters also exist. These watches chime the time when you press a button. Extremely fascinating and complex.

  4. wrist watches? by zephc · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who has time to look at their wrist, what with moving your face away from the monitor. This is what 'date' and 'cal' are for, or xclock, if you go for that kind of excess.

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  5. Re:Lies by Jamu · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My ideal watch would just have an analog display showing the time. It would be powered by sunlight or some other green, non-interactive source. Its time would be set automatically, including the determination of which timezone it's in. It would have no buttons. The display would be black on white even in the dark.

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