# Citrus Slice Timepieces The Mechanized Digital Watch Combines Old School With the Future By Robyn Currie | Published 2010-06-26 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mechanized-digital-watch References: [yankodesign](http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/06/25/best-of-machine-and-digital/) & [coroflot](http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_details.asp?individual_id=73643) This mechanized digital watch by Carl Allen is a fancy new take on an old favorite. This bad boy looks sleek, and has the convenience of a digital watch, but it also does something else. That something else is the mechanized operation that changes the displayed time. Using 7 different panels for each number, the mechanized digital watch must actually change and move in order for the time to change. I would suspect that the wearer would be too distracted by the [continuous movement of the watch](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/type-8-daniel-engelberg) to notice the time, though. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.7/10 - Popularity: 33% | Activity: 11% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Gadgets](https://www.trendhunter.com/gadgets) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Mechanized Watches:** Creating watches that combine both digital technology and mechanized parts can appeal to customers looking for unique timepieces. - **Innovative Time Display:** Designing watches that use unconventional methods to display time can appeal to customers looking for a personalized and creative accessory. - **Sleek Watch Design:** Developing watches with a sleek, modern design can appeal to customers looking for a fashion-forward accessory with a unique twist. ### Who This Affects Most - **Fashion Accessories:** Jewelry and fashion accessory companies can benefit from creating unique and modern timepieces that appeal to fashion-conscious customers. - **Luxury Watches:** Luxury watch companies can embrace mechanized technology to create high-end and unique watches, appealing to customers with a taste for luxury and innovation. - **Smartwatch Industry:** Incorporating mechanized technology into smartwatches can create innovative and unique fashion-forward timepieces that appeal to technologically savvy customers. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Mechanical Digital Mesmerizing Clocks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/triaxial-numechron-clock.md) - [Futuristic Space-Themed Timepieces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/amida.md) - [Collaborative Retrograde Timepieces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-timechanger.md) - [Open-Concept Retro-Style Timepieces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/amida-digitrend-open-sapphire.md) - [Kinetic Pattern Clocks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/moir-clock.md) - [Robotic-Themed Retro Timepieces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/airo-led.md) - [Pixelated Flip-Style Wall Clocks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/miniot-klapklok.md) - [Transparent Eco-Conscious Timepieces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/technik-4x-skeletor.md) - [Sleek Magnetic Timepieces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/triarch.md)