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2012 Blog Designs Progress Report

January 10th, 2012
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Hey everyone, Happy New Year!

Firstly, let me apologise if we, “Tokyoflash” haven’t been giving enough feedback & response on the blog. The reason is that we are just really, really busy. To give you some idea, at the time of writing, there are about 30 watch designs at various stages of development.

Secondly, a HUGE thank you to everyone who has sent in a design, contributed to or commented on the blog. We are so pleased that you guys have made this the best watch design blog we have ever seen. There are literally hundreds of awesome ideas pouring in from all over the world and people are even building new friendships though their passion for design.

Today we’d like to give you some news on what’s happening this year as well as a quick glance back at the designs that have already been brought to reality to date. Read the rest of this entry »

Great minds think alike.

January 6th, 2012
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Quite often in life people have similar ideas & inspirations.

There are some famous cases where several inventors came up with the same discovery – For example: the invention of the telephone is sometimes disputed – Manzetti, Bell & Edison all worked on the idea.

A few times on this blog people have had similar ideas too. Sometimes it has been hotly debated. But the fact is, mostly it’s simply a coincidence. Read the rest of this entry »

Soroban Card

February 26th, 2010

Train your mind with this digital Japanese soroban; a solar powered calculator and time piece within one sleek credit card sized case.

Made of wood with a touch sensitive panel, there are two modes; calculator mode – use the touch screen like a soroban – this classic style of calculation will develop your mind and improve your calculation skills! 1-4 units in each column of the bottom section, +5 units in each column of the top section. The beads will automatically show the time in the same manner when you switch to time mode. Read the rest of this entry »