Your grandfather had the pocket-watch (Don’t Call it a Comeback nominee) and grandfather clocks (obviously). Your mom had Swiss-Army watches and the metal-banded, beginner-bling Rolex. Your annoying sister had the Casio calculator watch. You, what do you have? They say size matters, and in some cases, smaller is better. This is one of those cases. You, lucky you, have the ring watch.
Fashion is always calling for accessories like purses, necklaces, and shoes, but who wants to wear a silly key on a chain or Kanye’s new hideous Louis Vuitton shoe? These ring watches are rings and on top of that, they’re watches. That’s two birds, one ring. It’s the most practical thing you can put on your finger, outside of maybe a bottle opener ring, but that won’t tell you what time happy hour even starts.

Major thanks to Julia Davis for this illustration

Scenario: You’re in Hong Kong. You want to call your boy, Vladimir Putin in Moscow, right now, to tell him about a secret Matt Miller concert that may not have happened yet in New York. Your grandpa Morty, mom Carol, and sister Gertrude didn’t have the technology to answer that, but you do. Just throw on your rings and you’re more than set.
This is why I submit the ring watch as the first entrant to “Don’t Call it a Comeback,” our returning to the spotlight trend tracker.

This watch is from TokyoFlash. TokyoFlash has tons of sweet watches, including one that uses LEDs to provide the background for the unlit time. Not only are they bling blang metal bands, but they’re obviously purely LED watches, with three ways of telling time, including binary (For realz). Only in Japan comes something this ridiculous and creative at the same time. From Geekologie.

Have you been interested in pills but you don’t like taking them orally? Try these. You just put these in your ears and you’re on the way back to health. Thanks to Dynah for sending this to me.

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