New Tokyoflash Galaxy Watch Marks a Return to Overt Brashness
![New Tokyoflash Galaxy Watch Marks a Return to Overt Brashness [Tacky Watches]](http://tftscdn2.nexus404.com/Blog/thumbnailimages/alt/new-tokyoflash-galaxy-watchTFTSThumb220153.jpg)
Like most tech related sites we’ve featured more than a few Tokyoflash watches in our time and, whilst on the whole we tend to like them (if only from a novelty factor), we simply cannot see their latest watch as being anything other than an overtly brash and somewhat insipid time telling device that, we argue, manages to push Tokyoflash’s trademark abstraction just that little bit too far.
Billed as opening a door into a new world (of pure triviality, we suggest), Tokyoflash’s Galaxy purportedly uses multi-coloured light bars developed using digital tube technology which, whilst sounding good on paper, so to speak, translates into being a watch that few of us could possibly feel confident wearing. It really is awful.
That said, if you are looking for a watch that’s the equivalent of having a fairground strapped to your wrist and is guaranteed to get you laughed at, we don’t doubt that the Tokyoflash will probably appeal. Just don’t expect anyone to think that you’re either cool or got any taste.
Tokyoflash have produced some gems of late but this is most definitely not one of them (and is duly filed along with the equally brash Kyokusen).
The Galaxy will set you back just shy of $131. Alternatively, if you’re looking for a distinctive timepiece with a little more class you may be interested in our Top Ten Coolest Minimalist & Retro Wrist Watches post.
GAME Stocking Pandora's Tower Limited Edition, Marking The First Nintendo Release To Be Carried By GAME In Months
Pyle's New Sports Watch Serves Up A Whole Lot More Than The Time Of Day, According To Recent Announcement
Latest Leaked Image From US Cellular Gives Further Evidence Of A Galaxy Tab 10.1 Tablet & Galaxy S II Smartphone Release; Dates & Prices Remain A Mystery
Latest Android Usage Numbers Have Been Released By Google, Marks The Debut Of Ice Cream Sandwich With A 0.6 Percent Share
2 Comments / Add Your Response?
Breaking News
The TFTS Team
As soon as the face of the watch changes from the traditionally marked 12 point outer and two hands on the inside there is a level of decoding required to tell the time. Even if the traditional points are not numbered or numeraled, removing them altogether means that the position of the watch and the now virtualized position of 12 need to be imagined and there is no accurate scale by which the time can be told. I argue that after a very short learning period of counting well-marked bars you can tell the time accurately to the minute a lot easier than any watch that lacks the tradiitonal numbering or marked hour / five minute segregation that uses hands in any form.
For this reason I think that you review is massivley harsh. Wearing the watch for a day will provide enough experience for anyone (with perhaps the exception of the author of this review) to be able to use the watch fully.
Now, if its the colours that you dont like fair enough, but thats personal opinion. To slate this watch so harshly because its difficult to read is pretty stupid, especially when followed up with a recommendation for watches that are so minimalist that reading the time to within five minutes is the best you can hope for. Calling a watch that has no hands or number insipid demonstrates a severe lack of the ability to use a dictionary too. Everything about a watch with no hands and no numbers is entirely distinct and interesting.
I totally disagree, John – but that’s the nature of personal opinion, isn’t it (and your opinion is, of course, as valid as my own, though not any more so).