Mar 10 2009I Told You I'd Make It Up To You -- And I Keep My Promises: The Tokyoflash Hanko
Remember when I told you I'd make up for my lack of Tokyoflash posts lately? BA-DOW! I am a man of my word. And, as a man of his word (when his fingers aren't crossed), here comes Flash's latest: The Hanko.
Sharp black acrylic lenses reminiscent of a Japanese signature stamp give this watch its name and a newly designed stainless steel case with custom curves provide an additional design edge.
One touch of the upper button animates the sub-surface LEDs in a clockwise direction before the time is presented. Hours are shown in the centre circle of the watch, groups of five minutes are shown in the outer circle in the same position as numbers on a clock and single minutes are shown in the areas between.
Peep the diagram above to better understand how to read the time. The Hanko is available with blue, white or multi-colored LEDs and is one of Tokyoflash's most moderately priced time-receptacles, at about $97. So it might be a good model to get your feet wet -- you know, test the waters. Just be careful of the undertow. It caught hold of me and now I've got Tokyoflash watches coming out the wazoo. But -- I had to swallow them first.
Reader Comments
1. chris "sanchez" - March 10, 2009 1:35 PM
woot awsome watch!
2. shasta orange - March 10, 2009 1:36 PM
Another tokyoflash crap. How much more of these do we need? Seriously...
3. chris "sanchez" - March 10, 2009 1:37 PM
i still want one
4. Rachel - March 10, 2009 1:41 PM
Holy Crap! That's freakin awesome!
5. PepeLa PEWPEW - March 10, 2009 1:41 PM
That is a sweet looking watch .. I need to invest in a watch like that then I can retire my pocket watch
6. OJ's Mom - March 10, 2009 1:41 PM
Oh, is it S.hitty Watch O'Clock already? I need to hurry to the store and buy a douche-nozzle.
7. Boost - March 10, 2009 1:42 PM
Ditto with 2.
Seriously, these Tokyoflash watches are RETARDED!
Stop posting them.
8. OJ's Mom - March 10, 2009 1:42 PM
Yeah, I want a watch that takes an hour to read. Brilliant concept.
9. gizmoduck - March 10, 2009 1:43 PM
@7
DITTO
say my name, Sam Wheat
10. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - March 10, 2009 1:43 PM
Watches? Who wears those anymore?
11. MIKE - March 10, 2009 1:44 PM
you should just change the name of this site to dumbasswatches.com, because that's like 90% of the posts lately.
12. naas - March 10, 2009 1:44 PM
If I had a nickel for every tokyoflash watch I saw but didn't want, I'd soon be able to afford one.
13. Drake - March 10, 2009 1:48 PM
I'd hate to spend 5 minutes figuring out how to read the time on my watch every time I looked at it ;[
14. cheebs - March 10, 2009 1:50 PM
Yeah.. after like the 100th god damn watch post I think i'm done. Bye.
15. injapan - March 10, 2009 1:53 PM
im actually down with the tokyoflash watches, but GWs a bit off on the price. try $140.
16. MAFers - March 10, 2009 1:59 PM
These watches F-ing BLOW!!!
17. faaaaaaaaaaaaag - March 10, 2009 2:02 PM
Oh good, I was wondering when Geekologie would update. I mean tokyoflash's product catalogue has been updated for like an hour now. Why the wait? We all want to JACK OFF TO STUPID WATCHES like you do!
18. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - March 10, 2009 2:03 PM
New watch by Suckyo Flash, sucks.
19. dr_d00m - March 10, 2009 2:05 PM
GW, do you even read the comments? Everyone hates your dumb shit watches. They aren't even something "geeks" would like, they're for gullible poser hipster japanotards. Give it up.
20. Milkman - March 10, 2009 2:07 PM
Tokyowhore watches suck more d*ck than a hooker on prom night.
21. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - March 10, 2009 2:08 PM
Also GW, if you truly want to make something up to us...
How about you make up for the Tokyo Flash crap with actual cool posts? Every time you feel the need to post a TF watch, sandwich it between 2 uber-cool bonus posts to take the edge off...
Or, you could just unock the word filter.
22. thelannatron - March 10, 2009 2:08 PM
i like the watches GW... no worries
23. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - March 10, 2009 2:09 PM
#21
Ditto
24. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - March 10, 2009 2:09 PM
unock = unlock.... D'oh!
25. m0nkey - March 10, 2009 2:10 PM
interesting..could look a little more sleek. it looks like a toy.
i wouldnt mind getting one if it was sleeker, shinier and maybe more metallic looking.
26. Ekn - March 10, 2009 2:11 PM
TF obviously pays for the slot.
27. funy - March 10, 2009 2:12 PM
Great news, I am wondering when will the world economic crisis be ended? I feel very disappointed...Maybe find a rich guy on "C e l e b m i n g l e. C0M" is the best choice? I was told that some celebrities are da tin g there too.
28. naas - March 10, 2009 2:13 PM
@15 Sumimasen, how does an american get on a Japanese gameshow? I am going to Tokyo in a month & can't find out how online. emailnaas@yahoo.com, pls send me any info if you know, thanks. Sorry everyone else...
- If I actually see one of these tokyoflash watches anywhere I'll ask how they're selling.
29. Moose Knuckle - March 10, 2009 2:13 PM
Any one up for a game of SIMON?
30. Pew³ - March 10, 2009 2:14 PM
Molly, you're in danger.
31. Pew³ - March 10, 2009 2:15 PM
You can't just blurt it out like that! And quit moving around, because you're starting to make me dizzy. I'll just tell her in my own way.
Molly, you in danger girl.
32. naas - March 10, 2009 2:15 PM
@29 bring it....
33. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - March 10, 2009 2:16 PM
26- If they paid for a monthy spot to highlight a new release, I would say "good marketing". What has effectively happened in this case is: they've glutted the market with their products and have de-valued themselves as a brand.
34. Sans Sheriff - March 10, 2009 2:29 PM
Come on GW gives hours of geek-nirvana, and all we have to do in return is sit through some posts on watches for ass-hats. I say no-biggie. Who here hasn't fallen in to the deep pockets of the japanese watch industry at one point?
Although I have to admit, I'm never doing handsprings when these things come up. But that's mainly because the last time I did a handspring I wound up in the hospital and missed the prom.
35. Noaa - March 10, 2009 2:36 PM
well this just sucks
36. Pew³ - March 10, 2009 2:36 PM
Great news.
I was am wondering when the spammers from celebmingle dot com will stop posting here. The herpes they have contracted from they are own site has not keeping them from the typing. So we have to put up with thier shìt a little while longer.
Did I say great news? I meant they should all go contract a flesh eating disease.
37. book - March 10, 2009 2:40 PM
i have no idea wtf you haters are talking about... these watches are fricking neat. and if you cant understand why they're neat, why are you reading Geekologie? isnt the subject matter a bit much for you?
38. Sans Sheriff - March 10, 2009 2:46 PM
@37 That's like saying "Wow all you haters don't get Ishtar. Dustin Hoffman singing in the dessert, man. That movie ticket paid for itself."
There's been an awful lot of "neat watch" postings up in this piece. I don't think it's anything to lash out at, but I understand the frustration compared to the usual geek drool factor of the site.
39. fwatches - March 10, 2009 3:04 PM
Alright, enough with the bloody watches nobody can read. Wearing this won't make you look cool - considering if someone asks you what time it is, you need to whip out the instruction manual to figure it out.
I'm fully waiting for the next watch to just have a sequence of 86,400 pixels, and every second it moves one pixel. You'll never have any idea what time exactly it is - but man won't you look like a wicked hipster priss! W00t! Where do I sign up?!
40. AtomicSquid - March 10, 2009 3:08 PM
I'm sick of these watches...they might have been cool if this was the 80's but thank god it's not!
41. DreamFolder - March 10, 2009 3:23 PM
What gets me is the pricetag on something that a junior high school (middle school) student could make out of a broken watch, some two-part epoxy and $5 worth of parts from Radio Shack. Dammit. Picked the wrong business AGAIN!
42. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - March 10, 2009 3:42 PM
shit
piss
fück
cünt
cöcksucker
motherfücker
and tìts
43. Milkman - March 10, 2009 3:54 PM
i concur with the prior posters' last line....
and tìts!
tìts
and more tìts
the world needs em. so lets see some
44. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - March 10, 2009 3:55 PM
Lots of them!
45. OJ's Mom - March 10, 2009 4:14 PM
Shumway is in the house!
46. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - March 10, 2009 8:17 PM
I have the sudden urge to play Pac-Man for some reason.
47. Daisy - March 10, 2009 9:11 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never BAck Down where MAx got fired from his job, but continued to go out every day with a lunch box so that Baja wouldn't find out.
48. Watch - March 11, 2009 12:56 PM
Everyonme stop bitching. this is Geekologie and these watches fit in perfectly here. I like them because they look futuristic. These are geek gadgets.
49. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - March 11, 2009 2:37 PM
^ you are telling people to stop bitching? LMFAO.
50. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - March 11, 2009 5:39 PM
^ ditto ...ROTFLMAO, wow...
51. Kevin - August 22, 2009 11:52 PM
I think they are fashion accessories more than anything. Why would you wear a ring or necklace? It's a fashion statement. I think people who wear a regular TIMEX type watch are boring and have no fashion sense. A rolex is just pretentious. I think these watches are more for people who live in fashion oriented cities, not some countryside place where HICs live. I don't like all the styles but some are very nice in design and being a designer I can appreciate what they accomplished. They are not afraid to do something new instead of making just another piece of shit analog watch that are everywhere. I use my phone to tell the time any ways.
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