Forget about looking for the vertical hour and minute hands on your watch face -- these color-changing watches bring about a new way to tell if it's lunchtime. Instead of numerals, these chromatic timekeepers use a spectrum of colors as a new way to tell time. If you're used to associating 12 o'clock with "lunchtime," you may have to get used to interpreting "red" to mean it's time to eat.
These watches might not be the optimal choice for someone who needs to keep a tight schedule, but some of these designs are able to artfully communicate what time of day it is. For example, Ryohei Yoshiyuki's 'Time of The Sky' watch "tells time" by shifting from shades of baby blues, to the pitch black of midnight throughout the day.
11 Color-Changing Watches
From Gradient Changing Chronographs to Atmospheric Watches:
Laura McQuarrie — May 24, 2013 — Fashion
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Illuminating Lightcycle Watches
The Kisai Seven Uses TRON-Inspired LEDs to Tell Time
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Color-Coordinating Timpieces
The Touch Skin Watch Lets You Change Face Colors on the Fly
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Multi-Colored Animated Watches
Infection
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Atmospheric Watches
The 'Time of the Sky' Watch by Ryohei Yoshiyuki is Design Heaven
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Changing Gradient Chronographs
The Colorclock Displays the Passage of Time by a Shifting Spectrum
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Reminiscent Wrist Watches
This Denis Guidine Watch Leaves a Color Trail with Each Hand
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Spinning Spectrum Chronographs
Color Wheel Timepiece Teaches an Association Between Hours and Hues
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Fading Multi-Colored Watches
The Nixon Spring/Summer 2013 Collection Goes Bold
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Chromatic Minimalist Timekeepers
The Vera Watch Tells Time Using Magenta and Cyan Dots and Dahses
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Color-Coded Time Systems
The Color Clock Represents Time with Colors
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Color-Changing Watches
The Nekura Scramble Watch by Tokyoflash is a Flash of Color
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