We can't tell time anymore

(Credit: AudioCubes)

We're beginning to think that some avant-garde watchmakers are pulling our legs. In just the last few weeks we've seen watches with fake radiation meters, weird LED scopes, pimped-out displays and systems that tell time backwards.

Now the latest model from AudioCubes, called the "Eleeno Graphic 9Blocks," is about as easy to understand as its name. In fact, its "time reading instructions" don't even include any text--just pictures. We think the joke's on us.

[EricElkins]

I know I don't have to apologize for being geeky,

but, I keep looking at these watches, and I believe the "guide" is wrong. The second batch of blocks is 10s of minutes, and the last batch is 1s. Am I right?

[goldenpurple05]

No I think you're right

Yeah it looks like by "seconds" they mean minutes, and by "minutes" then mean....tens of minutes? What a weird friggin watch. :-)

[raynathompson]

If you thought this one is odd....

Years ago (about 28 actually), I saw a similar clock (gift shop window near my job) that told time using dots. The more than geeky, but totally cool part was .... it was in HEX. I couldn't really tell time on it until after I took some computer programming classes. :)

[lchien]

Even the graphic showing how to read it is wrong.

The graphic shows hours minutes and seconds.
There are no seconds if you read the example times.
The code should be hours, 10's of minutes and minutes.

I hope they don't sell too many.