Tokyoflash Archive

  • Kisai Round Trip watch: All that’s missing is the fob and aluminum top hat

    Kisai Round Trip watch: All that’s missing is the fob and aluminum top hat

    There's an old O. Henry story, The Gift of the Kisai that recounts a tale of a young man who sells his Kisai Round Trip LED pocketwatch to buy his wife a hairbrush and his wife cuts and sells her hair to buy her husband a pocketwatch chain. The story, a classic in the oeuvre of "how-the-other-half-lives" fiction, is heartbreaking in itself, but fear not: you'll never have to go through those privations. There are plenty of $72 LED pocket watches to go around and their affordable for even those in relationships bathed in irony and penury.

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  • TokyoFlash Escape C: Make Kisai Kisai with me!

    TokyoFlash Escape C: Make Kisai Kisai with me!

    Yo, what's up. You need to do your Skyping and your phoning and your music? Yeah? I got something for you. Come over here. Look at this. This is the TokyoFlash Escape C Kisai, a little Bluetooth thinger that connects to almost any device and routes audio and controls wirelessly.

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  • Tokyoflash shows off concept devices from the far future

    Tokyoflash shows off concept devices from the far future

    Our buds at Tokyoflash are running a concept contest and asking designers to send in their best renders. To date they've had some pretty interesting ideas like this odd-world one called the Time to Streamline:

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  • Congratulations to the winner of the Tokyoflash watch

    Congratulations to the winner of the Tokyoflash watch

    Just a wanted to post a quick note here, congrats to @DStoneburner, the winner of the Tokyoflash wristwatch contest. So good for you, @DStoneburner. Don’t say we never gave you anything.

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  • Tokyoflash watch contest ends tonight

    Tokyoflash watch contest ends tonight

    Just a gentle reminder, the contest to win a Tokyoflash watch ends tonight at midnight pacific time. It's easy to enter, just follow @Tokyoflashnews and @CrunchGear on Twitter, and then tweet why you want to win. Make sure to include the #iwanttokyoflash in your tweet so we can find you when we pick our winner!

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