Here’s an incredible Japanese master of DIY Steampunk Watches.

If you happen to love steampunk, prepare to be amazed by this outstanding collection of steampunk watches created by master watchmaker Haruo Suekichi.  What started as a weekend business hawking watches at the fleamarket has developed into an full time business.

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First of all, if you are into rings, you should really check out our Ring Blog where we featured all types of interesting rings, diamond rings, casual rings, and more.

Back to the story, this Encoder Ring can basically store up to 64 characters using binary numbers.

It’s still a concept but I think it can go well if a company decides to go into production with it. (Similar to Tokyo Flash binary watches)

Encoder Rings began as an investigation in how to store precious or personal digital information. The result is

a series of rings that are decorated with tiny blobs and holes, that actually represent letters in binary code; the

code used as the basis for digital information. The user would choose a secret message 64 characters long,

have the message translated into binary code and finally have a ring produced using rapid-prototyping.

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This Binary ring might do the job for pleasing your super-geeky girlfriend who talks in terms of 0s and 1s rather than numbers or words.

Okay, the joke apart, you can actually “code” your favorite numbers into the binary ring for remembering special dates, etc…etc…

Now, for guys, we do have these two watches:

Tokyoflash Binary watch

LED Binary watch

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As the weather gets hotter and hotter, you will see more bugs trying to live off your blood.

You can protect yourself by getting one of these mosquito repelling ultrasonic watches for about $37, not a bad investment if you are going to be outdoors this summer.

Specs:

• Utilizes ultrasonic frequency
• Odorless mosquitoes repellent
• No chemicals
• No harm to humans or other animals
• Avoid mosquito-borne diseases, such as West Nile virus (WNV), yellow fever and dengue
• Range: up to 15 feet radius
• Dual power: 3V Lithium cell and solar energy
• 30 meters water resistant
• 12/24 hour mode
• Digital chronograph
• Daily alarm
• Hourly time signal
• Calendar
• Backlight
• Safe
• Easy to use
• Stylish
• Compact

Yey, it looks like more watch manufacturers are picking up on LED watches.  Does that say, 4:20???

Buy it for $170 over here.

Each watch tells time using a scrolling red LED dot-matrix display which floats behind a curvy, shiny electroplated exterior. In addition to showing the time and date, you can program the display to display a custom message of up to 20 characters.

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You might want to check out the Veldini Q James Bond style wristwatch if you are into spying on other people.  Make sure to check out all the other cool watches at zedomax.com.

The spy tools include a set of pick locks, a glass cutter, a blade, and much more. For everyday use, this 007 watch features a mirror, a blade, bottle opener, and more. The watch also echoes the design of the hammer mechanism of 007’s Walther PPK pistol, which releases the previously mentioned card. Currently the ‘Q’ wristwatch is in pre-production, and the company owner plans to release at least 3 models.

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Oh boy, this reminds me of all the cool watches reviewed plus some more…

Housed in a smart new case, Infection is ergonomically designed to neatly fit the contours of your wrist, the tapered edges providing a smooth transition between the case and lens.

Twenty-seven multi-colored LEDs pulsate and move like cells across the curved face to present the time from beneath the attractive mirrored mineral crystal lens.

Finished with a matching leather band and stainless steel clasp, this is a flashy look that’s sure to get you noticed.

Twelve red LEDs indicate hours, eleven yellow LEDs represent the progression of time in groups of five minutes and four green LEDs show single minutes.

A single touch of the upper button animates the LEDs, a single touch of the lower button shows the time immediately.

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Here’s a cool watch to hope that it gets on the market soon.  I do like it over those Swatches that wind by walking or movement.  (I had those Swatches fail on me before it I am working 24/7 in front of a computer and whenever I did move around, I usually took the watch off so…)

The UR-202 Hammerhead Automatic from Urwerk is a watch that demands your respect. It’s actually quite impressive. It features a unique winding system that’s regulated using compressed air. The 202 uses miniature twin turbines to control the rate of automatic winding and the level of air compression can be controlled using a 3-position selector switch.

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Wow, check out this “swiss made” all mechanical “digital” watch! It’s a thing of beauty, ain’t it?

Of course, it’s truly and strictly a mechanical watch that can act like a digital watch in reality. I wanna get one!

Looking at this limited-edition Di Grisogono Meccanica DG, you probably think it’s a hybrid mechanical-digital watch. Well, chaps, you’re wrong. Despite its appearance, the Meccanica DG is completely analog, comprising of 651 pieces and absolutely no digital parts or LEDs whatsoever.

[via] gizmodo

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