New, unreadable watches

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You know what’s overrated? Telling the time. Once you’ve learnt how, it gets old pretty quickly. If only there was some way we could make it much, much harder? Well, watch manufacturers, Tokyoflash, think exactly the same thing.

The company has four new designs, which are clockwise from top left: the Transit, Joypad, Lightspeed and RPM. The latter watch, is sold on the website as ‘Simple to read at a glance, hours are shown on the inner ring in the same position as hours on a clock. Five minute intervals are shown on the outer ring in the same position as minutes on a clock and four single minutes are positioned at the top of the display along side the AM/PM indicator. Lights showing the current time will flash for several seconds to direct you.’ Got it? Good. These watches look excellent, like some kind of communication system from Demolition Man, but really, who has the hours to learn a new way to tell the time? That’s like changing from Velcro to laces on your shoes. Madness.

Prices start from $33, £52.

New, unreadable watches (Source: Project Magazine)