Comments on: TIKR LED watch animates your wrist.

By: Samukun

Samukun — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:47:45 +0000

Wink wink Thank you very much Pete-a-boo!!

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:37:13 +0000

Last day for this epic concept! I hope TF find away of making this design possible. And if it is not viable hopefully there is another design that uses LEDs in an equally epic way! wink wink! Best of luck Sambo!

By: Samukun

Samukun — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:09:49 +0000

Hi, thanks for the interesting comment.

I didn’t put anything and I’m not sure if I understand but I can say, this watch would have DC from the start and nothing else that has to be converted into it. I can also say, that LED tubes are a bit too rigid for this concept

By: LED TUBE

LED TUBE — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 04:32:40 +0000

hi,
so nice….
You have done NOTHING new but to put a bridge rectifier and convert it to DC,
By doing this there is a drop in voltage and glow of the LED’s are reduced.

LED TUBE

By: Watchlover735

Watchlover735 — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:09:50 +0000

How much exactly would a watch like this cost if it was made?

By: Samukun

Samukun — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:58:06 +0000

Thank you i m, Laszlo and Diane above!

Yeah, I also see the party potential here. It’s more than a watch, it’s a fun object ^^

By: Dianekmt

Dianekmt — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:50:38 +0000

Reminds me of seventies disco jewellery, but is much more sophisticated! I could see lots of teenagers going for this one!

Diane.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:11:11 +0000

Thanks for that nice to meet you too:)

By: Mindwatches

Mindwatches — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:04:12 +0000

That’s all that we need for a Tokyoflash watch! Lights, motion and five stars. Let’s party!

By: i m

i m — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:48:16 +0000

wow

By: Samukun

Samukun — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:04:37 +0000

Wow thats tough, cause that costs… Trial and error, another trial and succeed. For a book there could be the ideal process text with little footnotes. Like “Then the straps were made using the acetate case as orientation²” Then “²) possible error sources: a)… b)… c)…” Oh yes, writing would be a full time job along the process. Hm…. one year doing journalistic work at a japanese watch company… Demo, watashi no nihongo ha yokunai desu >.<

I also agree with the last sentence. So exciting!!!

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:10:10 +0000

I am familier with the lip biteing when a sample arrives and something is not as it was intended. Its a stressful time trying to find away around without scrapping product.
Hopefully the satisfaction when a design finally makes it onto the watches page of the website makes up for the trials that preceed it!
I can only support the last sentance! Keep up the sterling work!

By: Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio

Tokyoflash Japan Product Design Studio — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:56:00 +0000

Yes we thought about this as well. Do a step by step. We discussed this a while back but think the headaches are too incomprehensible for everyone unless very detailed along the whole process. To give you an example; today we are working on a case and strap. The case factory makes the sample in Acetate to give to the stainless steel strap factory to match the strap to the case. The case was not polished just a matte finish. The strap factory makes the sample to fit the case and start production. Later the case is done in stainless as originally intended and when the strap arrives it doesn’t match the case correctly. Any Idea why??? Well the matte finish ads about 1mm more thickness. No one thought about this but now they don’t match. What do we do? Redo all the straps to fit the case. This is one of many problems that pop up along the way. A book would be a big one and would take someone full-time to write. One day we have time we will try to do a summarized version. Right now need to focus on how to get your designs made!

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:18:26 +0000

Someone should do a documentry about Tf and the process from initial idea to final product! Would be awesome! You talk a lot of sense Sam (most of the time! lol) So Im sure most of the designers who submit here will be happy to be included in “we”!

By: Samukun

Samukun — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:09:13 +0000

The more thankful we are for this great opportunity! You’re looking at all these concepts and let’s say 5% are of special interest for you, its still alot of work you do for the fans! (Not only for us but I’d like to make it sound epic) Now that you share these issues with us is very nice and interesting. It feels good to stand in such a contact with you. In architecture we try to use standard components. Anything extravagant costs so much more. TF watches are the acme of extravagant and you make them affordable. I can see the factories are the critical point. You say, the watch industry is shrinking. That makes it even more difficult…

This is the right time to tell my little dream again: Showing an A to Z of a watch concept. Starting with the sketch and the guy who sais “I want it to look like this” then how TF sees it with professional eyes, then how the factory can do it… what issues come up, ending with the final watch and a drooling customer Maybe it’s not interesting for many people, but if one is interested in design or if one owns at least one TF watch, I think this would be nice to know. Last year I thought a little book would be cool. But a blog about an upcoming watch would work too (if there wouldn’t be the danger of copycats…)

Anyhow, this is GOLD you’re sharing with us here and we see everything a bit clearer now. Thank you!!!

(I hope it was ok to use “we” and speak for all of us designers.)