A new concept from the Tokyoflash Design Studio.
‘Spider’, as the name suggests, is inspired by a spiders web. It uses hexagonal rings, similar to a web, to display numbers in a concentric pattern.
There are 4 rings to the web each representing a digit, such as 07:45, read from the outside-in.
The design features a clear LCD screen so you can see right through the watch. There have been other designs in the past that we have shown on the blog using a similar ‘see-though’ idea – but unfortunately it was deemed technically impossible. Now, after some more research, we think there is a chance this could work.
There are still several technical hurdles to overcome with an idea like this, but an exciting possibility nonetheless.
Tokyoflash Japan 
This watch is really beautiful!
The reading system is inspired projects Heather and Sam, with special fonts.
Shows if this is feasible, I tempted to buy it because it is really attractive.
5 * / Yes.
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Maybe a slight difference in thickness of the various items for easier reading, without revealing how to read?
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Already been done.
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But I guess it could be done again, Patrick. 🙂
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Would spoil the illusion of a web though I guess.
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Luv it! That’s right up my alley 🙂 Hexagonal, cryptic but simple, good looking. And the design is not too complex.
I never knew, see-through LCD is technically difficult. I would have said “just let away the base layer” like
here. I hope the display delivers a good conctrast against a “manly” wrist.
But anyway, this is a great idea! 5*/YES 2012 please 🙂
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This is a good news. If really work, you should update the on air too. Now this watch, is the best of its kind (ones that use special fonts) but I think this one is awesome enough without having the clear lcd. 10* yes.
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It’s ok. No “aha!” for me though. 😦
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What’s the fascination with seeing one’s wrist any way?
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I’ve been thinking about getting the the Kisai “On Air”. Is it any good?
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What about some spiders (dots) tracing the paths of the digits or spinning the digits?
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There is potential here for some cool animations! 😀
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lol maybe you should offer your services Pete. ;o)
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Will it display a full spider’s web all the time until you press a button?
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Im sure they got it covered, but thanks for the suggestion! 😀
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I like it, reminds me of my digit/digit mkII designs that never made it on the blog. I hope it can be done! 😀 5* and Yes
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Translucent or not, this watch deserves more than its current score.
I am already saving to buy it, until its next edition.
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Have you been designing any more watches, Patrick? Hope so, I liked your last one a lot. It was quirky. The blog’s getting a bit predictable.
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There is a new project in the pipeline, which must be different from what we usually see on the Blog, I would hope?
Now, would it be necessary that Tokyoflash finds it enough original to publish it?
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Lets hope they do Patrick, the blog misses your quirky designs! 😀
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Cool!
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Yes Pete, in the “ABOUT” TF gives his philosophy and that’s what attracted me, so I try to be different to match the idea.
My last design is different, but is it attractive?
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Mushy and Pete, thank you for your interest in my projects!
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No worries. I think your last design is very attractive. Maybe the colours didn’t work for some people or maybe it’s just too cool for people to get. ;o)
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TF like it.
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Mushy, I talk about my new design, which “should” happen soon on the Blog?
I cross my fingers.
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Oh right, you mean your latest design. Sorry Patrick.
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oh Yeah. A new watch concept directly from the Tokyoflash studio design.
Sleek design, I love that the case is transparent. If the digits will be visible in the dark, will be awesome. 5 stars and yes.
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May I ask what program(s) you use?
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i like the digits, and the theme – the clear lcd to make it look more like a real spiderweb…
i’m just afraid that when produced, it would come out too large and clunky.
i would like a slightly smaller version if possible.
btw, these digits are very much like pete’s digit mkII design, only his hexagons were concave, while these are convex. i like that one a lot too, and one of the things i liked most about his version was the alternating colors for better reading clarity. (though i see why that would not necessarily fit the spider web theme you have going on here)
have you considered a few extra connecting lines to make it a bit more webby? ..maybe make them dotted to differentiate them from the lines that are telling the time.
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Yes, please post Pete’s idea cos I’m getting earache. 😀
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Thanks for spotting that Heather, I would have liked one of my digit designs to have made the blog before this as now it would look like I was inspired by this design. I also had a third design using a similar priciple called ridge. So all three are now a little redundent.
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Really a nice watch … different style of time telling machine … could you put some symbols of spider … using some vivid colors … and some animations … for spider ….
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i love it!
i think it’s one of the best concepts i’ve seen in a while from TokyoFlash.
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If you could see your hairy wrist, it would certainly add to the spidery theme, reminiscent of creepy crawly hairy legs…….
Jokes aside, I think if it had a translucent instead of transparent display it would be very good though.
Diane.
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This is very cool, a cryptic and abstract way of telling the time. Very neat. I’m not sure, though, of the technical possibilities. Would it be sort of a liquid-crystal display sandwiched between two pieces of transparent plastic, or what?
5* and a yes from me.
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Looks pretty neat, but question, is the whole section of the time glass is clear or 100% transparent? if the numbers are presented in a color, probably silver bright, or people would have a hard time seeing the lines because of skin color, i do have a latin tanned skin, and i dont know how it would look like., plus…. does it have a light in the concept?
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