The importance of having a good timepiece is something that often goes underestimated by most people.
Personally, I cannot stand not wearing a watch, and the only time I ever remove mine is when I am bathing or doing the dishes… or when it falls off due to a broken band.
Such an event happened to me just a few days ago while I was on the job, and in my line of work, it is imperative to have a timepiece of some sort where it can be easily accessed.
Naturally, I thought of running off to the nearest Target, or even $2 shop for a cheap replacement, but after a minute or three’s consideration, I thought better of it. This current watch cost me about $30, and I didn’t want to spend that kind of money again, only to have the replacement watch fall apart in less than a year. Instead, I went and had a hunt around the web for geeky places to buy quality wrist-based timepieces. My first stop was Thinkgeek. THis place offers a fine assortment of wristwear for the discerning geek - at one time, they even stocked a watch that also doubled as a geiger counter. Just what every geek needs, and with a pricetag of a measly $1300usd, it was a steal.


Well, for whatever reason, Thinkgeek did not stock any watch that catered to my desires at the time, and I remembered about this site that stocked the craziest Japanese watches you’ll ever see. I went on over to TokyoFlash and was immediately confronted with a watch that told the time using roughly a billion million LEDs, being sold under the “Pimp” brand. Needless to say, this sort of timepiece is a bit too esoteric for my tastes, so I had a look though their gallery and was immediately smitten by the EleeNo brand of watches. These gorgeous works of art are analogue, which is a point in their favour, but they don’t use hands to tell the time. The “Art012” model uses a pair of rotatind coloured circles to inform you of the current time, while the “Art 8” - as far as I can tell - uses a system of dials with makings on them to tell you where they are up to.
They both look utterly fantastic, and are obviously very distinctive timepieces. They are also just esoteric and crazy enough for me to want one. Yesterday, if possible.
Unfortunately, I don’t have the money to buy one of those babies at the moment, but I did order this one from there. Sure, it’s digital, and it looks a little feminine, but for $45 including shipping, it’ll do for the moment… and it should be here tomorrow!

As a footnote, I managed to fix the broken watch using a stapler.

I’ve also asked my sister if she can bring me back an EleeNo watch when she comes back from Japan at the end of the month :D