Plasma Activated Watch Design

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Design submitted by Patrick from France.

This watch design is a traditional analog watch with a red hemisphere to indicate the hour and a blue one to indicate minutes.

Through a plasma system, both hemisphere electrodes become active and by touching the glass with a finger, streamers flash to show the time.

There is a button to set the time and another to enable or disable the plasma system.  The watch is also USB rechargeable.

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121 thoughts on “Plasma Activated Watch Design”

  1. Give it a badass strap and you’ve got a winner. 5/5 Would buy. I want to mention that the points that stick out on the face are pretty awesome and would love to see them kept if this gets produced.

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    • probably, but even if they could only make the battery last 48hrs i’d still buy it.
      as long as it was USB rechargable (300 charges) it would still last about 1and1/2 years before you would have to replace the battery.

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  3. Stunning design Patrick.

    5* although I doubt this is possible to produce (power; safety; clarity reasons)

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  5. awesome concept 5/5 but i think an lcd touch simulation would be more likely from a technical perspective,but that would radically change the design.

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  9. Thank you all for this great score with your votes.
    I want to apologize to Jobby who had the same idea before me, a few months ago and malheureusment I did not know his project.
    My joy is bitter, but I assume that these votes are especially good at drawing, but to the design and it flatters me much, anyway.

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    • I wouldn’t worry about it Patrick, its easily done. I’ve got a concept that I submitted a few weeks back that has some ressemblance to an old one of yours. I hadn’t spotted it untill after I had submitted mine. Hopefully it is different enought! 🙂

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      • No it’s not fine. What’s going on lately? I have a deja-vu every week. I understand, that there is no mean intention behind all the watches that look similar to existing watches or concepts. That’s is fine. But that tokyoflash posts it, althought they said, they want designs that are different, is not fine. This one looks pretty similar to me. Ok, this one beats the “original” in several points, but it was up to the first watch to be improved. If there will be a plasma watch, the other guy deserves 50% of the money.

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      • Hmmm yes I understand you Aphonso, Tokyoflash states in the blog “is your design totally different from anything else featured on the blog”…but still sometimes they accept designs that are very similar to others, I think they just like the concepts alot so they want people to see variations of a certain concept.

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      • This could be a decade long discussion. I don’t wanna spam this thread with negative energy. I say, go ahead but respect the one who was first with an idea.

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  10. This whole idea is very cool and futuristic of course xD.
    Even without the plasma I just love the watch, with the clean white and red and blue balls, its so fresh.
    and the plasma makes it 10x more cooler, at night this would be amazing. 5 stars and yes xD

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  11. Without the plasma the watch looks like a small planetarium. That is nice. I’m not a fan of the big hollow glass dome tho. More flat would suit me better. In the darkness, the watch unfolds it’s full potential. I’m not sure how it looks in daylight. A question, why is the background bright when deactivated, but dark when activated? Light plus light is light i think.

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    • Hi Aphosno, thank you for your comments.
      The glass is concave to better see the effect and the plasma background light and dark is the same. May need to use a dark background for a possible production, but after a few tests?

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  12. I’m a bit double minded here. If we can submit similar designs, this blog would get boring after some time. I also think, there has to be a slight restriction about double posts. On the other hand, the best one wins. Or the faster one? The “original” as I also like to call it, wasn’t very convincing to me. This version does. Why? I let myself influence by what I see too much I guess. I’m not sure. I also have a plasma design in my sketch book but I was too slow so I kept it. I even did research about feasability – good luck on this 😉 Maybe I should throw out my concept. It’s different enough I hope. We will see, bwahahaha.

    Yes Apho, light + light = light. The plasma effect would be weaker in daylight, but you can go in a dark corner with the girl you want to impress, hehehe. Or there is a black background in the first place. Good, the watch is readable without plasma. In the darknes, this is probably the best light function of a wristwatch ever seen in this universe… let’s say solar system. I also see the planetarium here 😀 Make the blue one big and the red one small – Earth and Mars 😀

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    • I agree no one wants to see copies of ideas, I don’t think that happened here!
      I always google my idea first and have a quick scan of the earlier submissions on TF but I have missed two concepts that have simularities to my concepts that I have submitted (I hope mine are different enough) it is easily done.
      I do agree that TF should maybe restrict similar designs (even if this means my two concepts don’t get on) to keep it fresh!

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    • Hi Sam, I thought the same as you, innovation is the key word! (no copy, of course)
      If you have ideas that are close to mine, I’m flattered and I can not wait to discover them.
      Thank you for your comment that I like, I hold account of it!

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      • ne te fais pas trop de soucis pour cette histoire de “plagiat” vous vous etes tous les deux inspirés d’une boule à plasma pour faire une montre voilà tout la boule à plasma est libre de droit 😉 c’est un peu comme si je faisais une monoaiguille et qu’on disait que j’avais copié sam ou TF alors que ca éxiste depuis le 19eme sciècle.

        je m’inquièterais plus de la faisabilité à ta place, et j’en profite au passage pour saluer tes progrés en rendu 3d

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    • John, thank you for your comment.
      The bracelet is inspired by the “SENSAI” of home Kisai, I’m wearing right now and I love! (without the first broader link towards the dial)
      If the project goes further, why not other versions?

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  17. for the technical issues (now that i m out of office) here are my toughts:

    – the bulb contains a heaten low pressure noble gas (the plasma) it has to be “gasproof” so the movement has to be encapsuled inside otherwise you’ll have plasma leaking from the hands axis.
    -the movement has to be mechanic, cause i suppose a quartz movement wont appreciate the plasma and it has to be mainly made of non conductive parts so in this case ceramic. thousands dollars… and we still have to find a way to set the time in a gasproof way but this is not really an issue with a linear system.
    – the electric connection between the hands, can be managed with a circular rail connection thats a positive point
    – plasma is created with high voltage you need a transformator (big), you also need a good battery but by luck the amperage is low.

    so the result sofar is a big and very expansive watch

    an other way to do this would be to have the electrodes outside the bulb like this
    http://hackaday.com/2011/08/18/high-voltage-plasma-lamp-is-also-tasteful-steampunk/

    or to make it virtual with a spheric touchscreen, the tech exists
    http://www.cnetfrance.fr/news/sphere-un-concept-de-pc-boule-signe-microsoft-39382532.htm

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  19. Patrick, I have posted my UFO concept onto my FB page “PF Design” (click on my yellow name) this is the one I mentioned yesterday that has some simularities to one of your older submissions. Hopefully it isn’t too similar! 🙂

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  21. This will never be manufactured. How can you put a transformer strong enough to run a plasma display on your wrist? The watch would have to weigh a kilo.

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    • Tom, there is already another system of lightning without plasma (with the same effect), in very small size, the plasma is not essential.
      Thank you for your comment.

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  22. Congratulations Patrick it’s an amazing watch, i’m shure if i have it on my arm i can imagine me travelling in the stars… I’m sure it can be created and worked very well: it can be just a beautifull dream!

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    • Popop’ yes, could you imagine, would not it 10 years ago that cell phones could be just CAN BE USED with the fingers, making calls, to enlarge the photos, etc. to rotate. etc.. on a touch screen?
      A big thank you for your vote!

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    • Taramta, thank you for your vote.
      Tokyoflash has much work, if they must produce all projects, but with a little patience and a lot of luck, why not?

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  26. esse relogio é perfeito , so tem que ve quantas horas ele dura , mais o disigni é muito bom bem criativo
    eu que nem uso relojo gostei desse

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  30. Nice – nice – nice! This is one that must go into production. One extremely small change that I think I’d prefer… while the minute indicator should continue to sweep around the face, what if the hour indicator snapped into place for each hour and then held that position until the next hour, at which time it would again quickly move to the next hour position then hold again, etc? If you like that concept and if the watch is made available, the idea is free to for you to use. After all, it is such a minor tweak. Normally, I want a watch to also indicate the date (and automatically track months and leap years and all that). But I cannot think of any way that feature could be worked into your design without severely lessening its impact. So, overall, your concept is ready to rock. TF, do it!

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    • Jhon, thank you for your opinion.
      Any project before its implementation requires a study and the technicians from Tokyoflash are qualified for that, I believe in them!

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      • Thankyou for the translation, I just about understood the french version.
        I don’t think it would move far even if people gave negative votes, becasue you have had many votes.
        It is only when you have had a few votes that a negative one has a dramatic effect.
        That aside its a very desirable concept that apeals to the majority so I would be very supprised if the score went down.
        I think the only issue with this submission is whether it is technaically possible and only TF will no the answer to that. So we will have to wait and hope TF finds a way! 🙂

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