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Starck Watch for Fossil: O-Ring Digi Has a Doughnut Hole

That kooky designer Phillipe Starck (or S+arck, for the hoity-toity) is at it again for Fossil Watches, designing another sculpture you wear on your wrist that will tell the time only to those who know how it works.

Sure, everybody else is using cellphones to tell the time, but all you have to do is glance at your wrist. This design, called O-ring Digi, has a doughnut hole in the middle, displays hours as numerals, and minutes as cumulative segments building around the ring. Neat. It's relatively cheap, too, at $110.

Product Page [Fossil, via SlashGear]

3:48 PM on Mon Nov 27 2006
By Charlie White
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Geisrud at 04:02 PM on 11/27/06
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I love the watch face design. Not so much love for the watch band; flat black plastic doesn't do it for me.
Craig at 04:07 PM on 11/27/06
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I also hate the band. The whole thing ought to make for an interesting tan line though.
werk at 04:08 PM on 11/27/06
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hmm...I really like this. I'd have to see it on my wrist though to judge how the hole would look.

Probably not good for the more hirsute out there!
Yonderboy at 04:16 PM on 11/27/06
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Remember to apply sunscreen in the hole.

Oddly enough, this isn't the first time I've had to make this comment.
EnfantTerrible at 04:34 PM on 11/27/06
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It's for women btw.
thrillhouse at 04:35 PM on 11/27/06
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now thats a neat trick
Keebler at 04:37 PM on 11/27/06
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I like it a lot... but there doesn't appear to be a light on it. That stinks.
BurstAneurysm at 04:45 PM on 11/27/06
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Kinda cool looking... it is 3:15, right?
Repton at 04:53 PM on 11/27/06
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So, that watch is showing 3:15?
Dustin Earnhardt at 06:17 PM on 11/27/06
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The black wristband doesn't bother me so much except for the fact that its completely non-adjustable. So much for having it fit anyone other than Phillip Starck's wrist.
Stephen@VWvortex at 08:31 PM on 11/27/06
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I normally dont like anything without a metal band, but I love the face design!
Satorical at 11:04 PM on 11/27/06
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If it's anything like the Fossil Starck I got a few years ago, they cut the band to size when you get it. And the black rubber looks sharp, not cheap. Plenty of $1k+ watches have rubber straps these days.

A light *would* be nice.
Xenobiologista at 01:25 AM on 11/28/06
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For women?!? It's 41mm across! *sigh* Maybe I'm just tiny.

Haha, other Starck watch designs on that site...The "Wrapped Analog - Grey" looks like the new iPod Shuffle.
Bachus_snowman at 03:41 AM on 11/28/06
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Kinda Kool...3.15!

Heyy! Look in duh hole for dah hour hokkay! You can wear it but cant use it... mobile phone time comes in handy huh?
smirkinghammer at 04:21 PM on 11/28/06
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"Hey dude, what time ya got?"

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"Umm... a couple of bars around a circle."

"What?!"
Cuse at 10:49 AM on 08/17/07
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At least 20 people have given me compliments on this watch. Over a freakin' watch! I just need to figure out how to take those girls home now. The watch band is like those washer bracelet things we used to wear back in the 80s (we used to call them goonies). It's actually very, very easy to read. Only downside? No light or glow in the dark hands. Forget trying to tell the time in the dark.