Since the people over at TokyoFlash spend all their time thinking about confusing methods of reading the time on a wristwatch, they usually manage to create interesting patterns you have to follow for the most basic of information. So they did with the new Changing Lanes from the Kisai family, which is a typical TokyoFlash time teller.

Being a digital watch, you would imagine that a simple glance at the screen is enough to tell you how much time you have before the train arrives, but with the Changing Lanes, you won't know what time it is, even after you get off the train.

Or you can do what I did. Go online to their website and read the instructions; this is how you will find out that the hours are represented by the left lines and the minutes will be indicated by the right set of lines. The fact that they intersect just like street lanes makes it a little confusing to tell the exact time. Also, very important, only the first and second minutes are represented by individual lines, the rest of them are three minute groups.

Since it's quite easy to tell time on it once you have read the instructions, I guess actually wearing it would mean you are some sort of uber geek. Or that you really hate telling others what time it is and would like to be left alone. Which is basically the same thing.

You might want to get the Kisai Changing Lanes from Tokyo Flash though, because it is a water resistant digital watch, or perhaps because it is made entirely out of stainless steel. Or maybe because this watch is affordable... not. This USB charging watch retails for $169.73, which is well above many people's curiosity limit.


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