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keys to grow or shrink the magnifying window.If you've ever had a problem telling the time, then worry no more. The Binary Watch is so completely impossible to use (unless you're a code-head) that not being able to tell the time is no longer a cause for worry, but just perfectly normal behaviour. Of course for those of you who 'get it', the Binary Watch - whilst palpably a watch - is not about telling the time, it's about being carefree and eminently cool. It either says 'I'm sufficiently techno-cool that I can actually tell the time on this thing' or 'I'm so laid back I don't need to know what the time is, but cool lights, huh?'.
As the classic joke goes, 'there are only 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary, and those who don't' and it doesn't matter if you're a 1 or a 0, it's a unique if slightly daft gizmo whichever way you look at it. Though of course if you look at it upside down, the time will be different. Nevertheless, despite the whole very-hard-to-tell-the-time drawbacks, this is one cool watch. And here's how it works...
The Binary Watch displays time in binary format. (Now there was a useful sentence.) Using blue LED lights to indicate hours and minutes, the LED "ON" means 1, and the LED "OFF" means 0. The first row denotes the hours and the second row indicates the minutes, and apparently the translation of time from binary to decimal is easy: simply (huh) add the numbers of lit LEDs on the upper row to tell hours, and add up the numbers of lit LEDs on the lower row to tell minutes. The upper LED-row (8-4-2-1) shows hours. The lower LED-row (32-16-8-4-2-1) shows minutes. The time is displayed for five seconds when the side button is pushed - but if you think that's long enough to work it out then you're considerably cleverer than we are.
It comes with a leather strap, is made from solid stainless steel, and is water resistant to 90 feet - just in case you wanted to show off your binary proficiency to a halibut.
Features
- Blue LED display
- Leather strap
- Solid stainless steel case and back
- Water resistant 3 ATM - 90 feet
- Battery included (type CR2032)
- Size : 25 x 1cm x watch face of 5cm
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Customer Reviews for Binary Watch
For all you ape descendants out there who ever doubted that digital watches are still a pretty neat idea, this watch is the proverbial 'it'.
Jason C, Taunton
Okay, you will never get as quick with telling the time from this watch as from your normal one, but after a week or so you get quite used to it. Because adding up the minutes is the most difficult to do, I have a little trick to make it easier "sometimes". When you see 1, 2 and 4 burning, you can subtract 1 from the first digit next to it (the not burning number 8), which makes 7. When you see 1, 2, 4 and 8 burning, you can subtract 1 from the first digit next to it (the not burning number 16), which makes 15. When you see 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 burning, you can subtract 1 from the first digit next to it (the not burning number 32) next to it, which makes 31. Knowing this helps you telling times close to it too.
Jan-Paul W, Netherlands
Cooler than The Fonze in a fridge, geekier than a Linux convention. Buy one of these and I'll guarantee your mother will give up all hope of you ever amounting to anything. Tip: It's sometimes easier to add the unlit values and subtract from 15 for the hours and 63 for the minutes.
Ian, Leicester
This is the best watch I have owned in a long while, after about 2 weeks I could read it like a digital watch. I never did let my mate know how it tells the time, just hope he doesn't find the descripton above, I'm having fun teasing him.
Matt, Nottingham
I adore my watch, it was a gift from my hubby as he knows how crazy I am about binary. (Yeah, I guess I'm a crazy girl!) I add AND subtract, it makes it a LOT faster to decode. It's awesome, I can wear it anywhere... to work (messes with my co-workers) at shows (messes with the drunk people) and it looks good with just about anything! : ) The geek in me has spoken!!!
Amanda K, Blacklick, Ohio
