Ask HN: What are some geeky wrist watches? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What are some geeky wrist watches?

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Post by Jeremy1026 » Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 2:49 PM UTC

I have a couple of old (now discontinued) Tokyo Flash[1] watches. They are pretty neat and unique.

[1]https://www.tokyoflash.com/

Re: Ask HN: What are some geeky wrist watches?

#32

Post by simple10 » Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 3:05 PM UTC

This one just came up on Kickstarter today. Long battery life of 2 years. Hybrid analog + digital.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/858167610/swings-worlds...

Re: Ask HN: What are some geeky wrist watches?

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Post by theinterjection » Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 3:34 PM UTC

begemotz wrote: post #3

Casio still makes many versions of the databank watch and, imo, you cant get geekier than that. https://www.casio.com/products/watches/databank

This is what I was looking for, thank you. I'm getting the DBC-32-1AES. It gives me extra nerd cred for having a model that ends with "AES".

Re: Ask HN: What are some geeky wrist watches?

#34

Post by the_arun » Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 4:26 PM UTC

I've this - https://www.adafruit.com/product/495

Google showed me this - https://www.tokyoflash.com/en/watches/

Re: Ask HN: What are some geeky wrist watches?

#35

Post by sova » Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 4:27 PM UTC

theinterjection wrote: post #33

begemotz wrote: post #3

Casio still makes many versions of the databank watch and, imo, you cant get geekier than that. https://www.casio.com/products/watches/databank

This is what I was looking for, thank you. I'm getting the DBC-32-1AES. It gives me extra nerd cred for having a model that ends with "AES".

Elliptic Curve Cryptography is the only standard I believe in :P

Re: Ask HN: What are some geeky wrist watches?

#36

Post by sova » Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 4:28 PM UTC

rkowalick wrote: post #28

homero wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a kid I cried for years and finally got this https://www.casio.com/products/watches/databank/cmd30b-1t

I totally used that watch to shut off random TVs in public places! nostalgia

Truly the Chieftain's Toy.

Re: Ask HN: What are some geeky wrist watches?

#37

Post by brudgers » Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 5:12 PM UTC

What could be more geeky than a red LED Texas Instruments $9.95 watch from the 1970's?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Texas-Instruments-Series-500...

https://www.ti.com/corp/docs/company/history/timeline/eps/19...

Re: Ask HN: What are some geeky wrist watches?

#38

Post by anfractuosity » Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 5:24 PM UTC

'Click watch' seem to make some amusing looking ones http://www.click-watch.com/shop_cat.php?CatID=1

I think the nixie watch from http://www.cathodecorner.com/nixiewatch/ seems my favourite though.

Re: Ask HN: What are some geeky wrist watches?

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Post by HeyLaughingBoy » Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 5:26 PM UTC

brudgers wrote: post #37

What could be more geeky than a red LED Texas Instruments $9.95 watch from the 1970's? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Texas-Instruments-Series-500... https://www.ti.com/corp/docs/company/history/timeline/eps/19...

Hmmm. I wonder if there'd be a market in recreating that style of push-button LED watch.

Nah.

/me thinks about how much volume it would take to make it worthwhile selling at a $100 price point.

Re: Ask HN: What are some geeky wrist watches?

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Post by mpcovcd » Tue, Sep 19, 2017, 5:35 PM UTC

HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #39

brudgers wrote: post #37

What could be more geeky than a red LED Texas Instruments $9.95 watch from the 1970's? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Texas-Instruments-Series-500... https://www.ti.com/corp/docs/company/history/timeline/eps/19...

Hmmm. I wonder if there'd be a market in recreating that style of push-button LED watch. Nah. /me thinks about how much volume it would take to make it worthwhile selling at a $100 price point.

Casio still makes the "casio classic" which is exactly what you're thinking about and is still a pretty popular watch.