Shiny Watch

hi-tech concept watch aptly named Shine - combines luxurious gemstones with advanced technology and materials.

Ticketime by Designers Jacky Wu, Neo Chen & Eric Liu is a boarding card and a wristwatch all in one. Before your departure, the airline company would preset the watch to the time zone of your destination. It is returned to the airline counter during your check-in upon your return flight, whilst still serving the purpose of a flight ticket.

John Pszeniczny has designed the fastest watch on Earth dubbed the F1/Carbon GMT.

Inspired by the F1 race car world and constructed of carbon fiber, Swarovski crystal, rubber and metal, this timepiece has 18 identical rubies and tells the time in everyone of the 18 cities on the 2008 F1 circuit.

There’s some new frenzy on the internet concerning Diesel watches.Multi-display watches which has 5 watch faces in one watch.

These multi-timezone watches from Diesel ~ The silver one has engravings for JFK, LAX, LHR, CDG, and NAA airport codes…

They have five watch faces let you know the LA, New York, London, Paris and Tokyo city time.

It may look like an instrument clutched around the wrist of a cyborg but it’s for humans. Yea! You got it right. It’s actually a range of Gucci bracelet watches with a sliding door revealing a glass LED display.

As electronic technology advances to the sub-micron level, it’s hard to imagine what kinds of things will exist in the future. Designer Charles Windlin believes we’ll see inanimate objects like rings take on highly compact and intelligent devices.

Time on the 201 is displayed using telescopic minute hands operating through the middle of three orbiting and revolving hour satellites. The telescopic minute hands precisely adjust their length to follow the three vectors marking the minutes: 0 -14, 15 - 44, 45 - 60. Extended, they enable the 201 to display the time across a large easy-to-read, dial. Retracted, they allow for a very wearable and comfortably sized case; thus providing the wearer with the best of both worlds!

This original feat of precision micro-engineering is achieved by means of ‘transporters’, one end of which follows a cam plotting the path of the minute indication, the other controlling the precise length of the minute hand

These transporters - hidden under the wings between the satellites- undergo a special MOVIC surface lubrification treatment eliminating the necessity for lubricating oils. In fact, as a result of URWERK’s research into lubrification techniques and metal surface treatments, no oil at all is necessary or is used in the entire orbital complication.

There are four hours on each of the three satellites: 1/4/7/10, 2/5/8/11 and 3/6/9/12. As the new hour moves to the start of the minute chapter, its hand extends to indicate the minutes. As the hour passes, the two other satellites, with minute hands retracted, are slowly rotating so that they are ready in turn to take the center stage.

The orientation of the hour satellites and frontal time indication are in keeping with URWERK’s tradition of crafting timepieces which are easy to read without having to turn the wrist. The shape of the hour satellites - angular truncated pyramids rather than square faced cubes - ensures that the time can be clearly and instinctively read side-on as well as from above.

Completing the indications on the dial are a 50 hour power reserve indicator on the left, balanced by a day/night indicator on the right.

Seifart plays with the trend in which watches are increasingly being used as fashion accessories rather than as a way of telling time. This timeless bracelet is made from stainless steel and has a traditional fold-over clasp.

Made in Germany

Size: 7″l

Dolce & Gabbana are Italy’s hottest fashion designers. They recently launched a collection of affordable fashion watches.

The “Licensed” is designed exclusively for the D&G man and draws its inspiration from the intriguing hi-tech world of James Bond: the modern design can be seen in the dial and in the square case which is offset by unusual reinforcements that are held in place by little screws. The game of contrasts between the shiny satin-finished steel and the watches’ light and dark colors make for a sleek and original design. The same combination is to be found in the bracelet which is characterized by black PU links. Movement is quartz and the MSRP is $295.

Designer Miquel Mora looks at the new techniques of printing electronics and wonders “What if we could ‘enhance’ paper instead of getting rid of it? What if we could merge the printed world with the digital one?” He says “Through printed electronics we can create processors, displays, batteries on flat and flexible surfaces like paper.