Binary Watch – A Watch that displays the time in Binary!
Ok, so what am I talking about? A Binary Watch? What? Recall my earlier posting about
learning the binary number system?
Had you of learn’t about how easy it is to understand binary, then you will be chomping at the bit to know what a
Binary Watch is!
In a nutshell a Binary Watch is a watch, and yes, just like any other watch, it tells the time. It tells the time in Binary.
Binary.
Not like a normal watch with hands and ticking bits, or a LCD display, but in Binary using a display of LEDs configured in a binary fashion that allows “those in the know” to truly understand what time of the day it is (if there is
no other clocks around of course
).
After all, they say that only 10 people in the World understand Binary
His and Hers Binary Watches

It’s all very well having one of these zappy items on your wrist, but how do you use the thing?
The brains at ThinkGeek (aff – new window) have come up with this graphic to tell you how

Hmmm my birthday is coming up next month. I wonder what I will be looking for?
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I have one of these watches, got it as a christmas present.
Its a great conversation starter. I’ve lost count of the number of times people have asked me what kind of watch it is and how could I possibly tell the time with it. You get used to it after a while.
Does it take a long time to learn to read the watch Gordon?
Not at all, you get used to it after a couple of days. Its explaining it to others that takes the time
You know ridiculous how much there’s to it even when it concerns a relatively simple subject like wrist watches. Great read.
Wherecan you buy one are they better than normal watches