A whole new concept of time

When I say laser to you, what comes to mind? Probably not time pieces. For me it’s ‘Austin Powers’ every time, but I just like the idea of sharks with lasers on their heads. Usually James Bond or a similar spy will eventually wander into your head (or at least roll in strapped to a table with a red beam pointed at his… spy camera…).

Sorry- I got a little off topic there. The point was, laser to me equals burny thing. Which is why this concept design for a watch that laser projects the time onto your wrist amused me so much. You can just imagine the scene:

Billy: Hey Frank- do you have the time?
Frank: Yeah sure, it’s ARGH! OMGWTFBBQ! *writhes in pain while Billy goes off to phone the speaking clock*

Actually it’s (hopefully) nothing like that. The concept is pretty swish actually. Designed by Andy Kurovets the Alessi looks like a quite nice but rather bog standard piece of fashion jewellery.  It looks to be made of plastic or some similar acrylic seeming material, and is a simple, elegant curve which hangs onto the wrist. A cleverly concealed button can then be pressed which will cause the time to be projected on to your skin. Simple.

Well, actually- a couple of things. It looks very pretty and I’m sure it would be highly impressive used in a dark room such as a nightclub at 3am, but its not very practical is it? What happens if you’ve got really dark skin or hairy arms- would it still work? And the angle looks like it’d be a pain to read, what with the projector being in the way and all. If it projected onto the wall in front of you, that would be cool (although you would have to run around trying to find a suitable wall or, failing that, a stranger in a white t shirt).

Ok, so a couple of flaws. But it’s great to see some innovative watches which don’t require you to be able to read binary or count a random sequence of lights. In my book, that’s a win!

Source: Yanko Design