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Watches are an expression of our personality, so it’s ‘time’ to get rid of your boring watch and get something a bit more interesting.
Based on our traffic, the following is a list of the top 30 innovative watches in 2008.
This is one of many features in our new FREE Micro Trend Reports section.
Top 30 Innovative Watches
If you’ve ever flown from Europe to Asia with multiple stops in between, you would definitely appreciate this watch designed by Jacky Wu, Neo Chen & Eric Liu. Ticketime is a boarding pass as well as a… [More]
With most people relying on their mobile phones to tell the time, designers are coming up with creative, fashionable watch designs that try to bring the watch back into your lifestyle as a fashion accessory.… [More]
Timex teamed up with One and Co. to design what they imagine could be desirable watches for the future. But not the short term future of a couple of months from now; the far future of 2154. Almost 150… [More]
Valentine’s Day is approaching, do you have no idea what to give your boyfriend as a present? Well, if he is a deejay (either actually or by aspiration) the new TableTurns watch may be right for him.
The… [More]
The beautiful unconventional Luna Watch by designer John Pszeniczny is a unique stylish accessory that takes its inspiration from Swarovski’s expertise in crystal and Signity’s brilliance in gems.… [More]
These are Kudoke German Skeleton luxury watches. The watches are one-of-a-kind hand-made models that also comes with hand-engraving.
Kudoke only makes a handful of these intricate watches so you can imagine… [More]
The Cobalt watch, designed by Adam Huffman, successfully merges old world pocket watch design with 21st century technology. The Cobalt comes with an OLED touch screen which allows easy access to its many… [More]
The Shine, designed by Vlad Icobet, is a high tech watch which combines luxury and fashion with advanced materials. The concept watch, which is made of ceramic filled with white gemstones, uses an advanced… [More]
John Pszeniczny has designed the fastest watch on Earth dubbed the F1/Carbon GMT.
The designer sough inspiration from the world of F1 race cars, leading to the construction of carbon fiber, Swarovski… [More]
The Exmocare BT2 is a watch but it is not like any ordinary watch. This watch is designed to keep workers on their toes and your boss looking over your shoulders.
The BT2 is designed to measure physiological… [More]
This beautiful concept watch from Gucci combines both contemporary style with Gucci’s classic elegance. It resembles a stylish bracelet yet the integration of basic technology in such a futuristic looking… [More]
“Excuse me, sir. Would you happen to have the time?” “Certainly, my good fellow. It is… day.” This is about as close to time that the owner of Romain Jerome’s Day & Night watch can tell.
The timepiece… [More]
Timeflex is a disposable concept watch called which is adhesive with a transparent skin allowing you to stick it to your skin or clothes. It comes with a touch screen that is used to “order” the menu.… [More]
Cell phones seem to be evolving before our eyes and here in TrendHunter we have featured several prototype wristwatch mobiles with very technologically-advanced features. The CECT cell phone prototype… [More]
After many years of inactivity, the name brand Marvin is back with vigor, and the company that owns the name, The Neuchatel company Time Avenue, is determined to grab market share.
From 1850 to 1990,… [More]
The new Time-It LED fashion / Sports watches incorporate wireless technology & fully waterproof comfortable silicone with a design that draws some of its inspiration from the 1980s slap bracelets. The… [More]
Nixon watches are by far some of the nicest watches on the market. Their price point competes with all major brands, but their style cannot be compared to. The men’s collection has very innovative lines,… [More]
We’ve featured the extraordinary works by Italian body painter Guido Daniele who uses “Manimali” (hand paintings) before, and now we’re giving you an update. He’s turned his amazing work into advertisement… [More]
Nike is releasing the next version of the Nike+ Sportband, their high tech training assist tool. The Nike+ Sportband has a removable USB which can be directly plugged into your computer allowing you to… [More]
The “Say Time Watch” by Tao Mao displays words instead of numbers. The watch allows its user to create his/her own sentence for a particular time of the day so that if you want it to say:“quitting time”… [More]
The Astrodea watch from Citizen has a 35° view of the sky and is basically full of celestial bodies: it shows 1,109 stars and 169 galaxies. The face rotates in real time and you can tell the placement… [More]
Famous for their unique and unconventional watch designs TokyoFlash’s latest model, Infection, keeps up that legacy with an original concept that sports a striking full face mirrored lens and an innovative… [More]
How do Steampunk fans celebrate? Blow a steam whistle? Whatever it is, if you are Steampunk fan, you will love these watches. A Japanese company has developed a whole line of steampunk themed watches that… [More]
Are you anal about being exactly on time? Then you probably want to avoid this Limor Yaron Presto watch designed for Nike. As you can see it takes it’s uniqueness from an hourglass. The lower dial shows… [More]
Designed by Taylor Welden, the Veldini Q wristwatch has been inspired by the luxury, class, and masculinity of James Bond. The watch comes with ’spy tools’ including a a set of pick locks, a glass… [More]
This is another instance of LED(light emitting diodes) technology’s growing role in contemporary design. The Swarovski Signity watch which was deigned by Ilya Yakovlev, features a surface made from LED… [More]
The Vibering by designers Kwang-seok Jeong, Min-hee Kim and Hyun-joong Kim is a very ingenious sound detection and identification system to help the deaf and hard of hearing capture the sounds around them… [More]
As more and more of us (millionaire non-astronauts) are traveling into space, we need a means of telling time. Apparently, the zero-gravity environment in space is enough to render earthly timepieces,… [More]
It’s huge, it combines the latest gadgetry into a wristwatch, and it features a rotary-dial-inspired interface. The Cool G108 is both a phone and a watch. But wait, there’s more - it also has a 1.3-megapixel… [More]
Every now and then a totally unique watch catches your fancy and you just have to have it. The M60M designed by Roger Kellenberger does just that. The watch is hollow in the centre and uses a disc which… [More]
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1. E-Paper Boarding Pass Watches - Ticketime (GALLERY)
2. Top 10 Fashion Watches + Orb Bracelet Watch - Time for Style (GALLERY)
3. Watches of 2154 - Futuristic Designs by Timex & One and Co. (GALLERY)
4. Deejay Watch - Flud TableTurns
5. Unusual Fashion Watch - Luna Watch
6. Custom Luxury Watches - One of a Kind Kudoke Skeleton Watches (GALLERY)
7. OLED Pocket Watches - The Cobalt
8. Gem-Filled Watches - Vlad Icobet’s Shine
9. Racing Watches - F1/Carbon GMT
10. Watches that Monitor Laziness - Exmocare BT2 (GALLERY)
11. Designer LCD Bracelet - Gucci Concept Watch (GALLERY)
12. $300,000 Day & Night Watches - Watch Only Shows 2 Times
13. Disposable Watches - Adhesive Timeflex (GALLERY)
14. Cell Phone Watches - The CECT Mobile Comes with a Keypad (GALLERY)
15. Brand Revival - Marvin Watches are Back (VIDEO)
16. Wireless Rechargeable LED Sports Watches - TIME-IT (GALLERY)
17. Geometric Watches - Nixon Tribella (GALLERY)
18. Manimali Watchvertizing - Guido Daniele’s Painted Hand Watch Ads (UPDATE) (GALLERY)
19. Wearable Fitness Coaches - Nike+ 2008 (UPDATE) (GALLERY)
20. Word Watches - Tao Mao’s “Say Time Watch” Shows Words Not Numbers (GALLERY)
21. Wrist Watch Full of Celestial Bodies - The Astrodea
22. Multi-Colored Animated Watches - Infection (GALLERY)
23. Steampunk Watches - Sub-Genre of Fanboys Strong (GALLERY)
24. Timepiece Merges Old and New - Nike Presto Hourglass Watch
25. Spy Watches - Veldini Q 007 Wristwatch (GALLERY)
26. LED Crystral Watches - The Swarovski Signity
27. Vibrating Bracelets for the Deaf - The Vibering for Safety (GALLERY)
28. Zero Gravity Watches - Seiko Spring Drive Spacewalk
29. Classic Watch Phones - Cool G108
30. Hollow Watches - M60M by Roger Kellenberger (GALLERY)
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