tokyo-based designers tokyoflash japan have created the sleek and simplistic ‘kisai on air’ watch the timepiece features a colored LCD display with touch screen technology featuring the time the piece may have either black or silver bands the four ‘kisai on air’ LCD display colors include natural (blue when illuminated) the digital numbers extending from the center of the watch face delineate the hour while the digits which comprise this line display the minutes in the hour the intuitive touch screen display has four hot-zones featured in the top one must hold his/her finger in place for a few moments in order to customize the ‘kisai on air’ options black wrist band with gold LCD screen glowing orange when illuminated silver banded watch with red and natural LCD black with red LCD screens showing 11:26 film explanation of ‘kisai on air’ designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. happening now! partnering with antonio citterio, AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function, but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style, context, and personal expression. Tokyoflash Japan’s Kisai Online watch uses an accelerometer to reveal the time to the wearer while others see nothing but a stream of vertical lines by Sam Byford Source Tokyoflash Japan A weekly newsletter by David Pierce designed to tell you everything you need to download, watch, read, listen to, and explore that fits in The Verge’s universe. Leaf KYOTO Store Locations Enjoy seasonal flavors and sake in a hideaway restaurant [Washu Kisai Yusan] now open in Gojo Sake bottles displayed to the ceiling make a big impact giving the restaurant the feel of a building from the Taisho period The cuisine is prepared by Masaru Nakabayashi a Japanese chef with over 30 years of experience in Kyoto He is conscious of adding his own unique twist to his dishes using seasonal ingredients purchased from markets in Kyoto and Osaka spices and yogurt are added to saikyo-yaki pork to accentuate the flavor and bamboo charcoal is used in shrimp mayo to give it a unique appearance Sake selections are made according to the season and a lineup of Japanese wines and whiskeys is also available which has a custom-made washout with beautifully scattered pebbles enjoy this evening's dinner to your heart's content Grilled scallops and seasonal vegetables salad A hearty dish of summer vegetables such as tomatoes Pistachio Tempura for 800 yen and a bottle of sake for 1,200 yen and up The crispy fried slightly sweet and savory beans with just the right amount of saltiness are the perfect accompaniment to beer a journalist and content creator who has worked across Asia for 25 years he's serving as our trusted resource for the innovative projects unfolding in one of the world's most advanced and progressive business hubs I've seen colleagues and friends come and go each chapter marked by shifts in the island's primary industries From the heyday of oil and gas services in the 1990s to the dot-com boom and bust of the early 2000s the city-state has attracted people from all different walks of life with a focus on sustainable energy and green technology Singapore's core industries are drawing in fresh crowds of professionals have remained anchored to the island despite all of these ebbs and flows So what is it about Singapore that keeps drawing people in In my discussions with six expatriate professionals throughout this series I've come to learn that global talent view Singapore as a place to craft new career paths and become part of something bigger than themselves Perhaps no one embodies this ethos better than Darul Kisai Kisai recognized Singapore's potential as a springboard for professional growth and a place where passionate people like him can drive positive change through their work Kisai grew up in Malaysia and holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) He embarked on his professional journey with stints in the US and Malaysia before settling at Procter & Gamble (P&G) in Singapore 17 years ago he now holds the title of director of manufacturing and supply network operations at the P&G plant Kisai's career trajectory reflects a common narrative in Singapore's business landscape where the allure of an international career and the opportunity to collaborate with top global companies draws talented professionals aiming to make a positive impact in the world The professional landscape in Singapore propels executives to assume roles of increasing breadth He highlights the island's remarkable convergence of multinational corporations all fostering a thriving regional and global business ecosystem Kisai highlighted its status as a financial and manufacturing powerhouse That's pretty impressive for a piece of land that is only 734 square kilometers (considerably smaller than New York City) smart and stable government policies with a long-term focus and best-in-class port and airport logistics help cement Singapore as a great place for executives like Kisai to create Kisai discussed how P&G is focusing its talent strategy on recruiting local Singaporean talent showing its dedication to serving the community aligning our workforce with the community enables us to develop products that serve them better," he said.  Kisai noted that P&G prefers hiring recent college graduates or entry-level individuals and fostering their growth internally This approach helps develop a pool of long-term executives and promotes a diverse and inclusive workforce He stressed the importance of specific traits like critical thinking Kisai said these hiring criteria support the company's "business for good" ethos by supporting communities through impactful initiatives P&G's Children's Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) program developed water purification packets capable of cleaning approximately 10 liters of contaminated water into safe drinking water In collaboration with aid agencies in over 90 countries P&G provides this groundbreaking water purification technology to communities affected by natural disasters when a major flood affected 30 million people in Pakistan P&G swiftly responded by distributing its product in an emergency-response mode "We're really switching employees on to the fact that this is something we're doing to make a positive impact in the world," he said CSDW packet production and distribution are based in Singapore leveraging the country's strong manufacturing ecosystem — which accounts for around 20% of GDP — and global connectivity Because of the success of its Singapore operations Kisai mentioned P&G's plans to further expand its footprint in the country For those contemplating a move to Singapore Kisai suggests conducting thorough research on potential employers and the country itself he strongly believes that the city-state he now calls home provides unparalleled opportunities for business leaders and entrepreneurs ready to take the leap I plan on staying put and seeing what Singapore can do for my own career — and I look forward to meeting even more inspiring professionals along the way TokyoFlash is a supplier of limited-edition LCD and LED watches that have joyfully substituted the conventional clock hands and dull numerals for exotic displays featuring counter-intuitive ideograms that transform telling the time into an exercise in decryption Its new Kisai Spider Acetate watch has arguably set a new standard for inscrutability Gizmag has covered the design excesses of TokyoFlash watches for years, watching as their displays became more and more arcane There really isn't much to say about the newest member of this group as a watch: it is a quartz watch with an LCD screen and an LED light for checking the time in the dark What apparently makes the Kisai Spider Acetate worth $159.00 is that it is so hard to read the Spider Acetate is worth every penny of its price Above appears a diagram of the watch and a selection of diagram patterns for the times and dates identified The large diagram does not appear to be a real time Pattern recognition has never been my best skill it still took about 10 minutes before I could decipher the time on an unlabeled display The final mystery about the Spider Acetate is the transparent display TokyoFlash makes a fair bit of fuss about this feature: "The innovative Kisai Spider Acetate watch uses transparent LCD to create the illusion that time is floating on your wrist." A number of bloggers have also waxed eloquent about this feature but to me all it means is I can see a freckle on my wrist when I check the time A video showcasing the watch appears in the usual place Source: TokyoFlash PT1 of 10Tim Hornyak/CNETKisai RorschachJapanese boutique watch designer Tokyoflash has been creating bizarre timepieces for a decade With a flair for design and displaying the time in unexpected the company has built a base of fans around the world One of its latest productions is the Kisai Rorschach a concept originally submitted to the blog by a German designer It's the first Tokyoflash creation to use an electronic-paper display and shows the time as increasingly complex inkblots that reference the famous Rorschach psychology test The pocket watch was the standard portable time-keeping option for around 400 hundreds before being replaced in the 20th century by the more convenient wrist-worn variety So could the pocket watch return to its former glory Way-out watchmaker Tokyoflash seems to think so having combined the classic pocket watch with its futuristic Kisai Rogue unit to create the touchscreen-equipped Kisai Rogue Touch Pocket Watch Featuring a stainless steel case with a spring-hinged cover and a 35 cm (13.7 in) stainless steel chain the Kisai Rogue Touch Pocket Watch resembles its classic counterpart on the outside only it comes with touchscreen-based hybrid LCD/LED interface capable of displaying dual timezones and animations The touchscreen is unlocked via swiping your finger across the screen from left to right There are four "hot-zones" on Kisai Rogue's touch-sensitive face (top Settings are triggered by holding your finger in place for a few seconds As with other Tokyoflash offerings the current time is displayed by four rings located inside each other composed of dots and blocks (two rings for each timezone) The current hour is indicated by the gap in the outer ring while minutes are shown by the number of dots in the inside ring The Kisai Rogue Touch Pocket Watch comes in four LCD / LED backlight color options as well as natural LCD with blue LED light It is available as a limited edition for the price of US$149 The following video is a short presentation of Kisai Rogue Touch Pocket Watch: the ‘kisai night vision‘ LED wristwatch from tokyoflashjapan continues the company’s inventiveness in watch face design with a hexagonal model whose abstract-looking design represents the time an outer ring of sub-surface LEDs is broken with a flashing bar at the site of the hour (as would be read on an analog clock) while the minutes are written digitally in the center the date is accessible by pressing the lower button along the watch’s side where the month is shown in the outer ring and the date digitally in the center the watch also features an alarm mode and a light-up animation that can illuminate once every fifteen minutes between 6pm and midnight ‘kisai night vision’ is rechargeable via USB with a complete charge taking 3.5 hours and lasting approximately one month the watch actually began as the most highly voted concept on the blog of tokyo flash’s R&D ‘kisai night vision’ is produced in blue which was produced as a result of winning a user vote on tokyoflash’s webblog design-aerobics 2011: TECH GADGETS course september 15 – november 15 2011 as more and more technological objects find their way into everyday life designboom will hold an online design course on the theme of ‘tech-gadgets’. we’ll look at the most significant designs yet and ponder what might be around the corner. to see a lesson sample and information on how to enroll click here AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style Some Tokyoflash watches may be almost as impossible to read as they are fun but they can’t be faulted in the eye-catching department is notable not only for its take on aviation and automotive themes but also by going against the house trend by being (almost) easy to read by the uninitiated Based on a concept submitted to the Tokyoflash Design Studio Blog by Britain’s Peter Fletcher the Kisai Blade foregoes a crystal for a bespoke turbine-style lens which uses digital tube LEDs that seem to rotate like the spokes of a wheel three blades light up briefly in turn to indicate the hours and minutes one blade lights up to indicate the hour and another flashes to indicate a five minute interval in a manner similar to a conventional watch Four LED dots by the 12 o’clock blade indicate up to four additional minutes to show the exact time Pressing the upper button twice displays the date in a series of numbered blade codes similar to that used to display the time where the LED blades light up and seem to rotate “like a jet engine” at 15-minute intervals between the hours of 6 PM and Midnight The casing of the Kisai Blade is a unisex design that fits both small and large wrists silver or gold sandblasted stainless steel case with brushed detail comes with a choice of blue The PL301517 battery is rechargeable by connecting via USB cable to a computer A three and a half hour charge is said to be good for up to 30 days The watch is rated water resistant to 3 ATM The video below introduces the Kisai Blade Source: TokyoFlash creative timepiece manufacturers tokyo flash have just released the ‘kisai seven‘ a tron-like watch that displays the time via pulsing LED rings a slightly darkened segment along each ring depicts the place of the hour (inner ring) and minute (outer ring) an L-shaped light segment along the wrist indicates with greater precision the number of minutes filling up with more light to illustrate the numbers one through four the ‘kisai seven’ features three different LED light-up modes: continuous conceptualized by UK-based watch designer scott galloway which is available with blue or white LEDs began as among the most highly voted user-submitted designs on the blog of tokyo flash’s R&D advertisement and demo of the ‘kisai seven’ WATCHPRO Staring at the inner intricacies of a movement might be enough to make you go cross-eyed but Kisai’s Optical Illusion watch puts it right on the front of its LED display making every time check a puzzle to be solved it needs to even work – reveals that it is a watch with a hidden message Harking back to the classic Magic Eye pictures that used to feature in the Sunday newspapers the Optical Illusion timepiece takes the very eye bending nature of an optical illusion and puts it right on the front of the watch The rectangular 32mm by 52mm stainless steel watch may take a moment to understand but The Japanese brand spent more than a year developing the design Its intricateLCD panel display has more than 1,500 segments that together form various lines making up the digits that are revealed once your eyes have adjusted Kisai says it is the most complex LCD watch it has made to date describing it as an “engineering feat” sitting amongst its other creations that have included a watch that looks as though the digits are 3D and others that have LCD displays that look at though they have been stencilled on to the dial The Optical Illusion’s digital dial differs with a display that is made to interact with your brain on a subconscious level the digits that display the time in hours and minutes start to appear The watch also has touch-screen technology that depicts four hot zones – the time By sliding a finger across the dial you can operate each of the functions while the backlight helps make the display easier to read As a brand that likes to get creative with the technology colour and modern designs associated with Japanese electronics and watches in particular naturally the Optical Illusion has a playful side Kisai has created a special animation mode within the watch that when activated will automatically transition from puzzle mode to digital time mode every 20 seconds The brand says this is a “very useful” function that allows the wearer to see the time at regular intervals and will similarly catch the attention of passers-by or admirers as the LCD display pulses in and out of its optical mode and a mode showing the time clearly And if the wearer wants to keep an air of mystery to the Optical Illusion but still wants a sneaky way of checking the time the brand has in-built a reveal button on the touch-screen display; even better if you don’t want to admit that you can’t actually tell the time on it at all Way back in October of last year it was nothing but a concept design with a litigation-avoiding name – 7R0N with an even less lawyer-baiting name: Kisai Seven the Kisai Seven was last seen soliciting votes to be manufactured and it now joins other beautiful-but-hard-to-read timepieces at Tokyo Flash The bioluminescent strips of the original are now LEDs The inner and outer circles show hours and multiples of five minutes respectively and the top and bottom strips count from one to four minutes with a little puzzling (and the press of a button) you can tell the time Kisai Seven LED watch [Tokyo Flash. Thanks, Scott and Paul!] There’s no shortage of options to choose from but here are the best to buy now.Brad BourqueWired CouponsWayfair Coupons10% Off Wayfair Promo Code with sign-up $50 Off In-Person Tax Prep When You Switch From Your Tax Current Provider Exclusive: Up To 50% Off 6 Boxes With Factor Promo Code It is the essential source of information and ideas that make sense of a world in constant transformation The WIRED conversation illuminates how technology is changing every aspect of our lives—from culture to business The breakthroughs and innovations that we uncover lead to new ways of thinking WATCHPRO USA Tokyoflash Japan is releasing the Kisai Quasar a dramatic looking timepiece with multiple high-tech features The hexagon-shaped watch face features a geometric animation and an EL backlight for maximum readability Born from a concept on the Tokyoflash Japan blog the Kisai Quasar has three time display modes The number mode relies on standard digits to show the time which is revealed with the press of a button whilst the pattern mode conceals them in a web of lines following the shape of each number Japan is famous for its minimalist approach to style The Japanese design team TokyoFlash is behind some of the most unique watch designs on the market The RPM is TokyoFlash's latest watch from their Kisai brand It exemplifies a mix of futuristic yet simple design that we've come to associate with Japanese designs The first thing you'll notice about the RPM is that there is no dial metal link watch uses a pattern of abstract blue LEDs to display the time but I found it surprisingly easy to tell time after a couple tries The display consists of two rings of LEDs surrounding a the plain metal face of the watch The two rings are divided into twelve sections just like the numbers on a normal clock dial then 4 additional little lights will blink at the top of the dial I'm a big fan of unique approaches to functional technology so I appreciate a company taking liberties with an everyday object's design elements My biggest complaint about this watch is that you have to push a button I don't mind that it's cryptically displayed because deciphering the time is just a quick learning curve Having to push a button to engage the dial completely eliminates the ability to casually check the time at a glance I have to stop what I'm doing just to check the time RPM has an LED animation feature that you can turn on and off LED's light up every 15 minutes during between 6pm and midnight I don't need the watch lighting up when I'm working or having a conversation That would be a distracting antithesis to its minimalist design It only has the functionality of a wristwatch and nothing more It comes with a USB charger for its rechargeable lithium battery but that is the only aspect of it that syncs with your computer the battery only has a lifetime of about 300 full charges  Japanese digital watch company Kisai has launched a watch with a built-in breathalyser Kisai Intoxicated not only has a time and date function that appear in bold digits – apparently so the wearer can read them when they are intoxicated – but it also feature a built-in breathalyser that allows the owner to test their blood alcohol content This can be done by opening the sensor cap and pressing the alcohol button to start the test the wearer then blows for five seconds and waits for the watch to give an on-screen reading the display shows 10 different levels of blood alcohol content A green display that shows 0.00% means the user is sober while a red display showing 0.61% or above suggests they are drunk The watch also features a ‘sobriety game’ a line on the screen moves from left to right and the aim is to stop the line dead centre with anything but apparently suggesting the player is intoxicated has an adjustable strap that tapers from the case and is also USB rechargeable Print The term re-inventing the wheel is often taken as pejorative when describing the design process but there is also the term ‘clean sheet of paper’ which suggests a fresh start unencumbered by legacy baggage is now so ingrained in our psyche that it seems almost unimaginable that we would tamper with this trusted method of telling the time in midst of this current smart watch trend that is exactly what the Japanese watch company Tokyo Flash has made a business from the company has coined the phrase ‘change the way you think about time’ By this the company means that it has eschewed the usual dial and hands going for an altogether more modern and graphical approach with representations to express that most familiar concept: hours round watch that features a smooth concave face over a blue LCD screen concentric rings of segmented circles represent the passing units of hours controlled from four touch buttons on the concave face Now one might ask why one would buy a watch on which one has to learn to tell the time again The actual screen itself features 5 concentric circles The second of the rings from the outside represents hours and places the major divisions in same positions as the conventional clock The next inner ring is divided for minutes while concentric are not centred and are skewed eccentrically like a cam toward the left of the face It takes a bit of consideration but after a few glances it does become easy to take in the time but every now and then one is confronted by a mixture of wonderment and confusion in equal measure looking at the display and the device as a whole The Vortex is not the only bold new approach to time display in the range which uses what looks like a Geiger Counter gauge and the Adjust Wood which uses the most baffling of all – a grid of blue triangles that at once looks impossibly futuristic and yet reminiscent of Cuneiform The Kisai Vortex is available direct from the Tokyo Flash website for €175.39 along with a wide range of other high quality As a challenge to such an established form  www.tokyoflash.com 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To learn more see our FAQ Sponsored contents planned and edited by JT Media Enterprise Division Tokyoflash Japan has released a special edition watch the Kisai Zone Wood displays the digital time through a composition of stylised hexagons and is available in dark sandalwood The watch’s LCD display shows hours at its top A button at the watch’s base can be pushed to display the date mode The Kisai Zone Wood is suitable for both women and men Thanks to the natural qualities of the wood used to make the watch The Kisai Zone Wood uses a standard CR2025 battery Looking to sell your car? Sell it with Carro Research Proton Cars at 10% discount when you renew your car insurance Compare prices between different insurer providers and use the promo code 'PAULTAN10' when you make your payment to save the most on your car insurance renewal compared to other competing services most important the company should survive for years to come Do they have what it takes to match the japanese automotive industry………………………..we have to wait & see take out all the old faces that make nothing other than producing crappy national car we need some more young innovative n creative engineers n enjoy proton's allowances n pays for nothing I believe what's needed at Proton is a total shakedown of the management team I don't want to point fingers at anyone but the measure of a company's success or failure comes down to the bottom line oublic perception (image) and market share Proton itself is a true achievement for Malaysia But I think it has lost its direction somewhat and instead of looking to expand and improve the company on the global scale it got scared and started to take the easy way out It started to tap into the local market and realised that easy money was to be made Hence over the years we've had countless facelifts and minor changes made to the various models All this was well and good since Proton was well protected in the local market sometime in the 80s to 90s Think back to those "good" Proton times… no competitors in the market waiting list for a Proton car was long and the salesmen were arrogant Fast forward to today… like an ostrich raising it's head from the hole in the ground Proton suddenly found themselves in dire straits Whether they realise it was their own doing however It's no secret that Proton's past success was due to the fact that the 'rakyat' didn't have much choices then but today it's a different ball game altogether Enough taxpayers' money have been made and lost three of them give "senyum kambing" except SZ Must be think of fat cheque and easy job at P1 he may have "serious thinking" about P1 future good news hopefully…a chance for new blood to come in with fresh ideas..hopefully replaced by somebody from othr car maskers as he wil hav vast experience in wat to do and HOW TO DO IT Hope for a better guy to take over though… Proton's Datuk K may not be the key player in the larger scheme of things of Proton's management his departure does not spell anything major it's a good thing to pave way for new blood and hopefully improvements in quality for us Bolehlanders… come on…..new blood wont help proton look at thier faces you already know that these people arent talented in business management just take a look at those four…especially the first 3 its no wonder proton is in the pits right now and that speaks volume about the country's state of economic affairs nobody can help proton now….not even that CEO of nissan and renault can help proton proton has launched two cars that are new designs,not remakes or rebadges not failures(in the sense the are not absolutely useless and not selling at all) granted still nothing to shout about but a step forward instead of a step backward is definately progres dontcha think But the cars launched are Tengku Mahaleel's projects … not SZ eh proton is a symbol of malaysian hard work to compete with other car makers if proton fails,then it means malaysian failed.about perodua,they are not a symbol of malaysian hard work since they only do rebadge only like naza Malaysian will only ask for a better public transportation system better car with proper safety and price wise AFTA full swing and malaysian will enjoy the proper quality car Proton is a symbol of disgrace more than anything else Do not associate all Malaysians with Proton The new CEO made good changes…I think…so and he might need a new guy replacing the resigned one to support him passing thru those seniors…(believe me this things happen in the corporate world of Malaysia) There are such thing called 'seniority' in Malaysia Be it in the corporate sector or even the G I hope 'the other 2' would resign too So that SZ could form up his own 'team' I believe it's a better a way for him to achieve what he might have plan for the survival of Proton Maybe SZ is still held back by certain 'issues' in the top management I still believe SZ has yet to show his true capabilities title of the post made me thought that there was a terrible accident or something. they wont answer one…but you will notice the declining of new car registered and…the showroom gone one by one…dont worry it is coming…there lots of sign…BETTER NOT TO BUY PROTON anymore… proton needs to press the "Emergency" button now not from half-baked consultants that will only send them further down into the doldrums… I guess there are too many problems to fix that they don't know what to do first (90% of these problems were probably self inflicted!) It is usual for coporate member to quit and replaced by somebody else Just hope that SZ will be free to select his own team without any intervention from the paymaster Looking at Savvy and Neo as the last remaining sporty concept authored by TM SZ should prove himself by understanding what the market want TM produce something that relate to his experience as rally driver Eventhough is is good by building a sporty branding of Proton but the market is small Does SZ should come out with something like SUV or MPV to cater more demand from the market The Lotus APX as an example could become a platform for P1 to enter the market not failures"in the sense the are not absolutely useless and not selling at all" no production car in the world will ever fullfill this category…..but yes savvy is indeed a failure and a terrible one at that in malaysia especially when its only main contender is the myvi the international markets and motoring industry would regard the savvy as rubbish if the competition in msia (i.e perodua only) cant come up with a good competing product if not then the neo is also a guaranteed failure simply as that….nothing more than a face lift of that old mitsubishi model ive a feeling people would buy Myvi alot more than the neo even though its about 1 year old progress is only acheived when the step you have taken is alot bigger than the steps the competition is taking a small step forward in your own world is only improvement (for yourself)… and that small step will never be enough if u are thinking of competing with other big car companies at thier game of course your feeling is right that Neo loose to Myvi interm of sales because both car have a different target I don't think its a failure product for both Savvy and Neo They have their own market and by judging from their blog it is well accepted due to several reason and the association with Toyota brand name 4 doors with adequate safety equipment under 50k its good to hear savvy and neo buyers are happy with thier car im just using my first impressions to judge how a car will sell taking into consideration of proton's plan to market the car internationally it will not do so well internationally as well the only saving grace it can do is with the GTi version of it if the gti is priced right…..unlike the pricing of the previous satria gti As long as the Suzuki Swift (and i think they have a Gti version coming) ford fiesta and mazda2…not much chance the neo might be able to sell a handful to young graduates in msia looking for a car and that would also mean long loan terms for these graduates (meaning that target market is shut for the time being…say about 3-6 years) and thats wishful thinking its too bad peroduo didnt get thier hands on the yaris if not it would be continued trouble for proton for another 2-3 years but that would eventually kill of toyota yaris and vios we arent experts in marketing and stuff but i feel thats about as close as my predictions can be to real world market performance of these cars based on my limited knowledge of these stuff What the new management has done correctly is to ratain the "Satria" name in the Neo as if the new does not want to have anything to do with the old That is why we landed ourselves with so many brands and it is always expensive to introduce a new brand into the market Then we have the VW Golf,and Toyota Corolla.All of them continued to use the name Even the Kia Rio is in it's 2nd generation using the "Rio" name to capitalise on the goodwill already created Proton was trying to be too smart and wanted to be seen as "dynamic" but ended up by being losers You can either post as a guest or have an option to register. 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Now, I’m going to finish up the saga with a review of Tokyoflash’s Kisai Night Vision perhaps the Tokyoflashiest one of the batch When the watch is actually displaying The face’s center displays your standard digital style numbers each slightly skewed to fit into one of the two irregular pentagons that combine to make the watch’s entire hexagonal face The hour is denoted by one of the small bars along the outer edge which lines up with the standard position for its corresponding number on a traditional face the number 10 bar blinks at a rate of once per second where the day is indicated with the digits It’s normal enough to read easily but still weird enough to perplex passersby will trigger a flashy display on the quarter hour between the times of 6 PM and midnight both mounted on the watch’s right side a longer one near the top and a smaller one near the bottom there’s a small screw that when removed gives you access to the small charging port that you use to charge the watch with the included proprietary USB charging cable The Night Vision also comes with a little screwdriver to help you open and close the port The two buttons are how you get this bad boy to display If you hit the longer button towards the top The smaller button at the bottom does the same thing except it shows the date instead of the time Those are the basics of how the thing works mechanically the Night Vision is totally form over function Because you have to press a button in order to display the time the Night Vision instantly hops down a peg from normal wristwatch functionality but still stays above that of a pocket watch During my first few days with the Night Vision I definitely encountered times where I wanted to know the time but was holding something or had my arms crossed it was sort of a pain to have to finagle a way to get that button depressed I just looked around for a different clock or got my other arm over or under whatever I was holding It helps that the thing looks so freaking sleek in off mode having to press a button to turn it on was actually a benefit much of the time The “show me the time button” can be a little awkward to depress sometimes but it always works and it gives you this rare fun opportunity to “use” your watch which is especially fun for the first few days you have it It also draws some attention to the watch (your call on whether that’s good or bad) and it started a conversation with any friends or acquaintances the first time they spotted me using it It’s simple enough that reading it becomes second nature to you in a matter of minutes but it’ll still confuse anyone who hasn’t seen it before  I caught a woman on the train staring at it after I’d just checked the time I lit the sucker back up about five minutes later to see if she’d gawk again It was a deliciously Pavlovian little power trip I initially thought it was the best thing ever but wound up turning it off after just one or two days triggers automatically on the quarter hour can help you keep track of the rough time without having to press the button At first I thought it might totally make up for any inconvenience caused by the button thing it always ends in a flashing :00 whether the time is actually :15 so really it doesn’t let you know anything if you don’t know roughly how far through any given hour you are the fact that it only triggers between 6 PM and midnight (and you can’t change that) pretty much robs it of any functionality I did somehow get it to start triggering at :11 but I’m pretty sure this was a bug and I couldn’t fix it so I just disabled the feature entirely and didn’t miss it in its absence I only got about 48 hours out of it the first time around but the animation was on and I was playing with it (and triggering the animation through settings) almost constantly Once I turned the animation off and stopped fiddling with it so much The only problem there is that the watch has no way of telling you it’s running low on juice except by starting to not work specifically by displaying the time for only one or two seconds instead of 10 it will last in that limited state for maybe six to eight hours if you’re careful and takes about three hours to fully charge You definitely have to keep the screwdriver and cable on-hand if you’re reaching the end of the week or just charge it regularly before it starts getting low sometimes I’d have to cup my hand over the face to read it in direct sunlight the LEDs are delightfully crispy and look sort of like neon lights you can see they’re actually pulsating insanely fast which gives the watch a cool sort of strobing effect if you wave it around while on but I can imagine this watch would be awesome for that it’s important to be aware that it’s almost more like a bracelet that can tell the time than it is a traditional wristwatch in this day and age where you’re almost always looking at a smartphone or a screen with the time right on it or sitting in a car or room where there’s some clock clearly visible you’re in a position where the Night Vision is all you’ve got If you don’t already wear a watch — and I’m willing to bet a lot of you don’t — the whole “button” thing should pose no problem at all It’s only if you’re used to looking at something more traditional that the button might seem like a hassle It becomes second nature quick though; in a quick stint with my old watch after wearing the Night Vision for a while I found myself trying to press a non-existent button constantly I’ve definitely enjoyed my time with the Night Vision Whether it’s worth its $149 price tag all depends how on much you like to spend on your watches you need to know what you’re getting into with the whole button thing and how that works for you depends heavily on how you use your watch but I found it to be far less inconvenient than I initially anticipated Relevant to your interests in Tokyoflash watches Have a tip we should know? 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