Intricately Designed: Tokyoflash Kisai Sensai Watch

From the Tokyoflash site on the Kisai Sensai: "With a surface made up of positive shapes and negative lines, Sensai has been intricately designed on different levels to create a look that takes the Kisai series to the next dimension."

The Kisai Sensai watch features a combination of brushed and sandblasted areas, a choice of case and strap color combinations, and multicolored LEDs beneath sleek black acrylic lenses.

A single touch of the upper button initiates a rotating animation before the remaining LEDs show the time. Twelve red LEDs represent hours, eleven green LEDs represent groups of five minutes and four yellow LEDs represent single minutes. The time can be shown immediately with a second touch of the button. Let's see, the watch on the left displays 12:59.

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Irresistable Wrist Wear: Tokyoflash Heko Watch

The Heko watch by Tokyoflash wraps around your wrist like a bracelet. Touch the button and the LEDs shine through the mirrored lenses, animating robotically before presenting the time.

Hours are presented on the upper screen. The hours three, six, nine and twelve in the same positions as on a clock face. Hours one and two are in between, a combination of lit LEDs show the hour.

Minutes are presented on the center and lower screens. The lower screen shows zero, fifteen, thirty and forty-five minutes in the same position as on a clock face, the LEDs in between show five minutes each. The central screen presents four single minutes, a combination of lit LEDs show the minutes.

The date can be read in a similar way with a second touch of the upper button.

The watch on the right reads 1:41. Not too hard once you get the hang of it!

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Classic Tokyoflash Design: Tokyoflash Negative Watch

Tokyoflash Negative watch features an LCD screen that is always displaying the time, a vertical or horizontal display option, several alarm functions, 12/24 hour mode and multi-color mode, sending all LED colors into a frenzy when the backlight is activated.

The display presents the time in negative space, the unlit squares on the screen showing digital numbers, highlighted by the bright squares around them. This creates a subtle optical illusion effect, giving the watch a unusual mystique, unlike those using standard digital displays.

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A Sense of Mystique: Tokyoflash Rogue Watch

"Bright enough to get you noticed but subtle enough to keep you looking cool, Rogue's vivid green LED light guide presents the time through a circle of connecting LCD blocks." The watch features an alarm, an LED light for illumination, and it's water resistant to 30 meters.

"The outer ring of small dots represents minutes, every fifth dot being slightly smaller to distinguish five minute groups. The ring of large blocks represents rough minutes, the position of the gap indicating approximate minutes. The inner ring of blocks represents hours, the position of the gap in the ring showing the current hour as on a clock face." So the watch on the right reads 1:18 AM.

It's available with either a polished silver or polished IP black finish.

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Fresh Look to Analog Time: Tokyoflash Nekura Tumbler

The Tokyoflash Nekura Tumbler watch features a rotating disc effect, similar to that of a combination lock, with a vivid white dial beneath black glass and inscribed numerals which rotate to present the time. The inner dial displays hours, the outer dial displays minutes, the red line indicating the time in a simple but original way.

The watch on the right reads 5:39.

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Modern Look With Futuristic Design: Tokyoflash Galaxy

The Galaxy watch by Tokyoflash features a formation of multi-colored light bars, developed using digital tube technology that presents the time in a way only before seen in another universe.

The cryptic looking display is pretty easy to read; one touch of the upper button initiates a programmed animation of light, and then presents the time. Twelve yellow bars represent hours in a clock wise direction, eleven red bars represent groups of five minutes and four green bars show single minutes. Pressing the lower button presents the time immediately. The watch on the left reads 10:38.

Multi-Color Watches: Tokyoflash Nekura Scramble and Progression

The first designs from the eagerly anticipated Nekura wrist wear series have been released in Tokyo just in time for summer 2008.

The Scramble and Progression watches feature a hybrid LCD display with an multi-color LED light guide, allowing the user to choose a display color to suit their mood. As well as being able to select the color, the watches feature "multi-color mode" which rotates through all the colors, glowing brightly to highlight the time.

With a custom engraved, self-adjusting wristband seamlessly engineered from stainless steel, both designs continuously present the time so the time can be read immediately.

Scramble features twelve blocks that indicate hours in a clockwise direction, eleven blocks represent the movement of time in groups of five minutes through the centre and four blocks show single minutes at the top. It also includes an alarm mode and is water resistant to 30 meters.

Progression features twelve blocks that indicate hours in a clock wise direction. Minutes are indicated by the digits in the centre of the circle. The date can be read in a similar way. This design also features a date mode and an alarm mode. Progression is water resistant to 30 meters.

A Matter of Time: Tokyoflash Infection

Infection is the latest addition to the Tokyoflash wristwatch collection. Twenty-seven multi-colored LEDs pulsate and move like cells across the curved face to present the time from beneath the attractive mineral crystal lens. The twelve red LEDs represent the hours, the eleven yellow LEDs represent the progression of time in groups of five minutes and four green LEDs show single minutes. A touch of the upper button animates the LEDs. A touch of the lower button displays the current time. The watch on the right reads 3:56.

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Conventional with a Twist: Citizen Independent ITX21-5014

The Independent ITX21-5014 watch by Citizen features an LCD display background dial which can be turned on or off. When on, the LCD modes include alarm, calendar, chronograph, timer and time. There is also a EL backlight for night time activated by the yellow button. Random fact: Tokyoflash was was built behind the Independent brand. I knew it looked familiar.

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Back to the Future: Matrix M6001 Retro-Watch

The Matrix M6001 watch reminds me of a retro-styled Tokyoflash watch - the perfect blend of modern and retro styling. Unlike most Tokyoflash watches, it's not difficult to decipher. The watch features a black LCD display that displays the time as a set of columns. The leather watch strap comes in black, white, pink, tan, or brown.

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For the Geek in All of Us: Tokyoflash Watches 4

This is the Pimpin Ain’t Easy watch by Tokyoflash. Like all Tokyoflash watches, it takes some getting used to. When the time button is pressed, the lights spiral on, then off and the time is displayed. Pressing the button again displays the day and date. What sets this watch apart, and gives it its name, is that from 6PM to 1AM the lights spiral on and then spiral off – very flashy.


The leftmost column lights display the hours, the remaining lights display the minutes. The watch on the left reads 9:21.

Pimpin Ain’t Easy is available in stainless steel or in black ion plated with blue or orange LEDs.

The Tokyoflash Star Performer watch displays the functions by lighting up the number in the column that is needed. The watch lights up one number in each column to tell the time. The watch on the right reads 14:25.

The 4 icons on top light up when the mode is selected, from left to right, the icons are Clock, Sun, $, and a Martini Glass.

The Clock icon represents the time and if it is in 12 hour mode and PM, the Martini Glass will light up also as drinking is usually done in the PM.

The Sun icon represents the Day and Date. The digits 1 to 7 on the left side are for the days.

The $ icon, represents the year. The $ sign means making more money year after year.

The Pimp mode light up function lights up all the lights in a fireworks like manner which automatically turns on at 7:00 PM and turns off at 1:00 AM.

The Star Performer is available in stainless steel or in black ion plated with white, blue or orange LEDs.

Random fact: According to the Tokyoflash site the blue LEDs are the second most expensive color, with white being the most expensive.

The blue LED was invented in Japan. The inventor was given approximately $200.00 USD for his invention. Just recently the inventor sued the company he was working for and won $200,000,000.00 USD. The company is appealing the case.

For the Geek in All of Us: Tokyoflash Watches 3

I have two other Tokyoflash posts. The watches are all so different, they're fun to decipher.

The Biohazard watch uses an advanced color LCD display to simulate the effect you might see in many Science Fiction films. The readout, in fact, tells the time by counting the colored segments.

A press of the button sends the watch into scan mode and the various panels & readouts animate as if scanning the area for life forms. After a few seconds the results display the time, but the animation sequence can be skipped if desired with a second press of the button.

At the top of the screen the red and white DNA helix is made of 12 bars and indicates the hour. At the bottom of the watch, the blue blocks indicate 5-minutes each, while each green block represents 1-minute. There are also indicators for AM/PM and seconds. The watch above reads 7:34 (I think).

The Futara Mugen’s mirrored blue LCD display tells the time via a series of spiraling blocks. 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.

At first it seems impossible to tell the time, but once you understand how it works it's fairly simple. Within a few days of using it you can tell the time just as fast as a traditional wrist watch. The time reads 12:37.

The LCD display is mirrored with blue tinted segments. Since the display is "always on" there is no need to push a button to see the time.

This watch also has an animation feature. Once a minute, the display spirals all the way off & all the way on, then settles back onto the current time. Since this is not a LED light effect, it does not drain battery power nor is it too distracting.

Combining science-fiction with counterculture, the Cyber Punk watch from Tokyoflash is futuristic and super stylish. The mirror face features various scrolling LED patterns with 90 LED lights. When the button is pressed the lights scroll across the display in various directions, then wipe off only leaving just enough lights to display the time and date.

This watch may be a bit simpler to read that other Tokyoflash designs, but it is no less neat.

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For the Geek in all of Us: Tokyoflash Watches 2

I can't get enough of Tokyoflash watches. Each is so unique and classy. See my previous Tokyoflash entry here.

The Twelve 5-9 B Version wristwatch from the Twelve 5-9 design team at Tokyoflash is a retro-inspired, sci-fi accessory timepiece that is perfect for men or women.

The 12 lights on the left in the circle represent hours, the bottom bar has five lights that represent minutes in units of ten, and the top bar features nine lights that represent the minutes in between. When the button to show the time is pressed, the lights move around the circle and across the bars in a malfunctioning manner that harkens back to a KITT car (Knight Rider!) gone awry. The watch comes with red LEDs too. By the way the time reads 10:25 on the watch on the left.

The Twelve 5-9 Version B comes in a gunmetal finish with white, blue, or orange LEDs.



The Twelve 5-9 C Version is an industrial-looking watch with a sci-fi twist. The 12 lights on the left represent hours, the five on the bottom represent minutes in units of ten, and the nine on the right represent the minutes in between. When the button to show the time is pressed, the lights display in crazy patterns that prelude the final time indication. The watch on the right reads 3:35.



The Morse Code watch features the first ever design has three modes for telling time. Using a built in speaker that refracts sound off your wrist through the solid stainless steel case it sounds out the time in Morse code! But if that's too hard to follow (or gets you kicked out of class), you can easily press a button to see the time in Morse Code on the LED. Still too hard to decipher? One more press of a button and you can see the time in regular, old-fashioned digit form. By the way, the watch on the left reads 10:47PM

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For the Geek in All of Us: Tokyoflash Watches

For the geek in all of us there's Tokyoflash! Their watches are all little works of art (or science). I can't choose a favorite.

 
The Equalizer High Frequency watch display pushes the top row of lights up then they all float down in a neat equalizer effect till two lights remain to indicate the time. After 5 seconds, the two remaining lights float down.



 


The Barcode SS LED watch is a bracelet-type watch that features larger LED lights. The strap is made of stainless steel. The watch displays time, date and day of the week.




 The Shinshoku watch is another bracelet-style watch of continuous stainless steel with a matrix of punched holes. Beneath the surface are 29 LEDs which indicate the time. On the multicolor model, the red LEDs (12) indicate the hour, the green LEDs (3) indicate 15 minute intervals, and the yellow (14) LEDs indicate 1 minute intervals. Beautiful!

[Source: Tokyoflash Japan]

 The JLr7 watch is named after the watch's top row. The watch is brushed in dark gunmetal with an all black crystal face. Stunning. The geometric L patterns on the face light up to reveal the time. When a button is pressed, the watch starts a random light show then displays the time. During 6:00 PM and midnight the watch animates randomly every 15 minutes.

[Source: Tokyoflash Japan]


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