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Stuff magazine
Mon, Sep 24 2007, 6:00AM
There are 10 types of people in the world – those who can understand binary, and those who can't.
Now, if that raised a chuckle, you might be on your way to being geeky enough to wear this watch – probably the nerdiest fashion statement on earth, short of actually dressing as a wizard or in a tinfoil hat
Zeros and ones
This tells the time in binary with two rows of LEDS – one hours, one minutes, dobbing in for the more conventional watch hands or digits. And if you can actually read the time from it, then you really are, as we say in geek-speak, “teh pwn”. You giant doofus.
This tells the time in binary with two rows of LEDS – one hours, one minutes, dobbing in for the more conventional watch hands or digits. And if you can actually read the time from it, then you really are, as we say in geek-speak, “teh pwn”. You giant doofus.
If you're still puzzled, here's the secret – the top row is hours, with the little lights indicating 8, 4, 2, 1 (reading from left to right), and the bottom is minutes, with the lights representing 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1.
“Simply” memorise that, then add the digits, and bingo, you've got something almost as functional as a normal watch.
But this really isn't about telling the time. It's about making a statement. And it certainly does that. Watch out for binary watches paired with washed-out Red Dwarf T-shirts and “humorous” World of Warcraft badges at a social gathering near you...
Comments
Robert Giles
4 years ago
This was way back in 2007 with the green electronic plate dial. Now these Binary watches have evolved into classier spacier time pieces.And even reading the time has become easier...At 11.8mm they are slimmer as well. The newer models are really cool - the round Odin's Rage and the Gamma Rays but there is something more calm and classy about the classic Kerala Trance models. Time Technology keep these watches evolving continuously bringing out new designs and updating the models. Mywatchandi.com are the biggest stockings of these out of this world watches.