SlashGear

That bloody Philippe Starck, he really needs to stop designing lovely products that so tease my wallet.  I actually already have a very similar digital Fossil watch that he created, but this new Veiled design really tickles my temptation glands.  Available now in both mens' and womens' versions (the latter being narrower), the analogue face is all-but-obscured by the electroplated crystal glass that looks to be a continuation of the stainless-steel bracelet.   Read The Full Story

In a world where eco-friendly technology has gone to great lengths to show us that it needn't be ugly as sin, it's almost a relief to find a product that seemingly revels in its crapness.  Citizen has taken the fashionable coolness of solar-power and put it in a klunky watch case with horrible lettering.  Well done, guys! Read The Full Story

Look, this clock is called the Sonic Bomb - it has an alarm capable of being cranked up to 113db and, if that's not enough to shift you, there's a remote vibration unit which slips under your mattress and wibbles you awake - and even though it's advertised as being bloody loud I'm certain someone will injure their ears with it and sue ThinkGeek for medical costs. Read The Full Story

Now watches are undoubtedly cool (and growing in hotness, of course, as their time-keeping duties are gradually usurped by cellphones), but some watches go so far into the realms of cool that they start to orbit themselves.  Strange but true.  One such timepiece is the Horological Machine #1 by Max Büsser & Friends, a tri-dial splitting cell of a watch that will be produced in achingly small numbers. Now you might think this is the work of some ageing master, but Max Büsser & Friends are in fact a newly founded company.  Watchismo has an achingly impressive description of HR#1, which I don't claim to understand but certainly like the sound of:

"Timing has been deconstructed by separating the hours from minutes into two overlapping dials, much like a splitting egg. But Max's 'Friends' are close to splitting atoms with the level of technical intricacy. The dials feature transverse mounted floating sapphire subdials connected by a raised central flying central tourbillon and four massive mainspring barrels fuelling a seven-day power reserve. The two beryllium gear trains run in parallel to reduce torque of each mainspring, improving synchronisation between them. The entire watch caliber is built from scratch