Jan 24 2008Retro 8-Bit Watch Really Takes Me Back
The Icon Watch costs about $82 and looks all blocky with its 8-bit styling. I like it. Nice and simple. Really takes me back. Back to the day when I invented a 4-bit watch and was doing great until some company trumped me with an 8-bitter and stole all my damn profits. Thanks a lot, dicks. You heartless moneygrubbing jerks. You will discontinue this line immediately or find out what a 4-bit foot jammed up your 8-bit b-hole feels like.
A couple more pictures after the jump, if you can't decide yet if you want one.
Thanks to Nick, who can tell accurate time just by looking at the sun, for the tip
Funshop Introduces 8-Bit Watch, Is Blocky [swongled]
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Reader Comments
1. damn luddites - January 24, 2008 2:58 PM
FAKE!
you can't tell time in 4 bits. I guestion whether you can even do it in 8 bits.
2. guate6 - January 24, 2008 3:31 PM
Technically speaking, since "bits" are referring to color depth, this is really a "1-bit" watch. The number in front of the "bit" is the exponent you put in front of the "2" for the amount of colors. So 8-bit is 2^8 = 256 colors (8-bit), 2^4 = 16 colors (4-bit), 2^2 = 4 colors (2-bit) which is grayscale, and finally 2^1 = 2 colors (2 bit), which is monochrome (black and white).
So anyway, technicalities aside...neat.
For those of you who want to challenge what I said, you can find that info anywhere if you don't already know it.
3. damn luddites - January 24, 2008 3:38 PM
gaute6 - didn't proofread it, did you? you wrote 2 bit is monochrome at the end.
I thought they meant that they were only using 8 bits to store the time. silly me!
4. guate6 - January 24, 2008 3:45 PM
You're right, I didn't proofread, the 2^1 = 2 is actually 1-bit. Good call damn luddites.
5. baris - February 5, 2008 2:43 PM
http://www.thinkgeek.com/apparel/hats-ties/9352/