Dominic Wilcox is a very imaginative artist whose work we’ve featured extensively at Neatorama. His latest project is a real treat: moving human figures inside watches. The results are often quite amusing. My favorites are “Oblivious iPhone User” and “The Unrequited Handshake.”

Link -via Born Rich

Here is a watch by Japanese designer Ryohei Yoshiyuki called the “Time of the Sky.”  It is designed to help you tell the time by the color of the sky. Although I think it would be confusing, really, it is interesting and does offer those of us who prefer indicators for hours and minutes the option of seeing what time it *actually* is. (I’m thinking perhaps a sundial would be a tad cheaper.)

Link -via My Modern Met

If you can think of it, there’s probably a website about it. In this case, there’s a blog devoted entirely to chronicling the wristwatches worn by Fox Mulder, a character on The X-Files. And for those of you who think that someone spent far too much time and energy studying something completely insignificant in far too much detail, let me show you some selected doctoral dissertations….

Link via blastr

deviantART user dkart71 doesn’t offer a lot of verbal detail about this work, but his level of artistic detail is impressive. His gallery is filled with similar pieces, including choppers and trikes.

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Still wear wristwatches? You’re in the minority. Well, now that watches are killed off by cell phones, what do you wear on your wrist?

Tobias Lunchbreath, one my favorite cartoonists on the Web today, explains the "Sixteen Ways to Use Your Wrist Now That Watches Are Obsolete" over at CoreToon: Link | Different format of the cartoon over at Flickr

The watch features a sleek smoked black lens that comes to life with vivid LED cells to show the time. Just don’t ask me how to actually tell time with the wristwatch. I think it’s party of their geeky charm that you’d need a PhD to actually use ‘em

Link – Thanks Paul!

Previously on Neatorama: 10 Most Difficult to Read Tokyoflash Watches

I have a soft spot in my heart for geeky wristwatches. Maybe it’s all those childhood conditioning (Dick Tracy’s wrist phone, anyone?) but when Tokyoflash came out with their limited time offer of the Casio Databank 2888JA, I’m all over it. It’s a bit pricey, so for the budget-conscious geek, may I suggest our retro-fun Cal-Q-Tek 2000 wrist watch over at the Neatorama Shop?

Links: Casio Databank 2888JA – Thanks Paul! | Cal-Q-Tek 2000 Calculator Watch

As you all know, I’m a big fan of Tokyoflash and their nigh-unreadable watches (unless you’re a major geek and can count in binary in your sleep, of course). So it’s with great pleasure for me to tell you that Tokyoflash is featuring some new watch designs from Independent (very limited quantity). They told me that these designs are some of the best they’ve ever seen in terms of quality and originality – and it definitely shows. These watches are gorgeous!

Link – Thanks Paul Cooper! (Y’know, it’s time we run a Tokyoflash Treasure Hunt again on Neatorama, don’t you guys think?)

Is it a bracelet or a watch … or both? Here’s a minimalist wristwatch by Hiranao Tsuboi of 100%:

The eye-catching watch uses LED digits built into the elegant black brushed-metal wristband, negating the need for a traditional watch face altogether.

Tsuboi’s watch also has no name – it’s a one of a kind exercise made especially for Tokyo Design Week 2008.

That may not be the case for long, though… reaction to the watch has been overwhelmingly positive and it’s likely one of Japan’s specialty retailers will introduce a version of the faceless watch sometime soon. One might say, it’s only a matter of time.

Link – via modernurbanliving