Top 20 Watches in 2007 (GALLERY)

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Top 20 Watches in 2007

1. Seiko’s E-ink Watch for Women (GALLERY)

(jagedge26) Now that everybody and their mother tends to use their cellphone to check the time, watches, more than ever are fahsion and design statements. Picking up on this trend, Seiko introduced a new women’s bracelet watch at Baselworld (the world’s largest watch expo) that eschews more traditional LCD crys… [More]

2. Pixel Watch For Ladies - EL Modern Timepiece

(Hobbyist) The Pixel Watch is a modern polycarbonate piece of art available in pink, brown, and white.  This nerdy timepiece is also waterproof up to 10 meters.  Our friends at Gearlog note, “Besides displaying the time and date, if you happen to glance at the watch between 9 pm and 3 am, it will show funky an… [More]

3. Top 25 Innovative Watches - How Many Can You Read? (GALLERY)

(Jeremy Gutsche) Why bother wearing a watch you can read?  With some of the world’s most innovative watches, you won’t be able to tell time (easily), but you’ll certainly make a statement. 

The aspirational days of the classic Rolex are gone.  Today, watch innovation is driven by unique form factors and cult desig… [More]

4. Punk Meets Bling With 1,851 Diamond Encrusted Nixon Rotolog Watch

(Trendopoly) Weighing in at 9.25 carats, you will find the Nixon Rotolog watch, encrusted with 1,851 full cut white and black diamonds. A blend of punk rock complete with skull imagery, this time piece is the perfect compromise, bringing some serious bling along with it. [More]

5. Movado 60th Anniversary Watches (GALLERY)

(Juan Carlos Bonilla) To celebrate their 60th anniversary, Movado has created a new luxury collection with very clean lines and a soft retro style.  The three watches shown here are the Limited Edition Movado Museum 60 Sekeleton Dot, The Concept 60 Sapphire and The Limited Edition Movado Museum 60mm.  Unique details make… [More]

6. MP4 Watch - Movies on Your Wrist (VIDEO)

(Chris Skleryk) This hot watch has 2 GB of memory so u can enjoy 16 hours of video playback, remember when you used to use your watch to check the time...those days have come and gone. Now watch your favorite episode of Full House and let time pass you by. Operates on most windows versions. Listen to music, watch v… [More]

7. Titanic Watch Line - Contains Actual Metal From the Sunken Ship (GALLERY)

(jagedge26) Ever wanted to own a piece of history? Well, now’s your chance, providing you “sink” enough money into the venture. Just when we thought we thought the whole Titanic craze had finally died down (saving us from further repeated listening to that awful Celine Dion song), upstart watch-maker Romain Je… [More]

8. Nike Flight+ iPod Watch Details Leaked

(Trend Spotter) For a while, we’ve known that Nike is launching an iPod watch line.  The breaking news is that the Flight+ details and pictures have hit the internet before they were released… [More]

9. Pierced Watch - Does Your Wrist Hurt Yet?

(Jeremy Gutsche) When MTV featured Trend Hunter, the crowd favourite trend was the pierced glasses that we featured last summer.  Well, now there’s something that blows pierced glasses out of the water: a pierced watch.  The pierced watch is created with a surface piercing under the skin that holds the watch.  The p… [More]

10. Slot Machine Luxury - Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 Jackpot Tourbillon

(Juan Carlos Bonilla) Gamble with your time.  The Vintage 1945 Jackpot Tourbillon parts from accepted traditions by combining precision watchmaking with a virtual slot machine of hearts, spades, diamonds and clubs, “On the dial, a window at 12 o’clock reveals a row of three symbols, while a cut-out at 6 o’clock lets … [More]

11. Water Clock - Way Cooler Than Anything You Own

(Hobbyist) I’ve seen plenty of watches that make telling time difficult in the name of precision but the ChronArte Quadro wall clock brings a similar idea to home decor.

The watch uses colored textile bands which build up over time to form a colored face. After 12 hours when it is all colored in it changes ba… [More]

12. The Gucci Twirl Watch

(Design Crack) There is so much great stuff I can say about Gucci. I’ve got handbag stories that will freak you out, but I’ll save that for a future entry. Today I wanted to mention the new Gucci Twirl watch. I’ve seen this watch in a full page spread in no less than six magazines that I read, and the more I… [More]

13. Clocky - The Alarm Clock that runs away and hides from you (VIDEO)

(Stoyshi) If you have trouble waking up in the morning, hitting that snooze button until it stops and if you’re easily annoyed, this will probably wake you up! Also named the ‘Clocky annoying walking clock”, which is for a reason, this alarm clock “runs away and hides when you don’t wake up. Clocky gives you … [More]

14. Hautlence HLs Watches (GALLERY)

(Jeremy Gutsche) Hautlence has released a new watch line which significantly depart from traditional watch design.  Hautlence describes the movement, “Due to an instinctive means of telling time, this unique timepiece displays civil time thanks to the use of jumping hours and retrograde minutes. The jumping hour of … [More]

15. World’s 1st Phone Watch - M500 Mobile Phone Watch (GALLERY)

(DANIEL MENDOZA) Finally the world’s first phone watch, the M500 Cell Watch, has hit the market! The 60g touch-screen wristwatch comes with a Blue-tooth wireless headset, eliminating the need for a cell phone entirely. The silver or black devices have all the functions of a regular mobile phone, including SMS.

It … [More]

16. Infinity Watch - A Jack of all Trades (GALLERY)

(Angela Lowe) The Infinity Watch from Swatch, designed by Pierre Merlet, has a built-in mp3 player, videoplayer/recorder and a photo album all wrapped into a funky looking watch!  (GUSH) [More]

17. JITWatch Connects to PDA, GPS and Cellphone, Tells You How Much Time You Need

(Jeremy Gutsche) The JITWatch is a German invention that coordinates all of your gizmos to let you know things like when you’ll need to leave for your next appointment.  It does that by referencing your GPS location and the location of the next meetings in your calender. [More]

18. Zero G Watch- New ways of telling the time..actually makes sense!

(Pocket) Continuing with my hunt for cool watches that I can’t read (actually I can’t read analog that well either I confess) is this zero G watch with digital display. On first glance the face looks like some odd symbol, but on closer inspection (and i’m assuming you’d get used to it) it’s actually a repres… [More]

19. $150 Home Theater Watch

(Juan Rodriguez Villa) Months ago, we started seeing TV Watches pop up.  No doubt the concept has been in the imagination of designers for a long time, but the technology is come of age.  This new watch might be one of the slickest watch tvs yet… and it only costs $150.

Having said that, this watch does not stream live… [More]

20. $220,000 Cabestan Watch (GALLERY)

(POPEYE) The Cabestan Watch is an interesting mechanical watch.  If it wasn’t $220,000, I would consider one for myself. This unique design was created by two independents watchmakers “Jean-François Ruchonnet and Vianney Halter” who have combined their talents to create something truly innovative.

“The … [More]