Osaka-based Eikowatch [JP] is selling a watch with a small built-in flashlight enabling users to transmit messages in Morse code. The “Sector Compass Torch” quartz watch is unfortunately Japan-only and has an MSRP of $620.
The flashlight is attached to the lower right of the watch and can be activated at the push of a button. To make things sure, Eikowatch listed the entire international Morse code on the dial.
The watch is made of PVD-covered stainless steel, water-resistant to a depth of 50 meters, 48mm in diameter and available in black or silver.
If its an emergency watch, woulden’t some form of radio/SOS signal make much much more sense?
Can I get one with a laser instead of a flashlight?
Wow, Morse code – by now I’d have thought they’d finally cracked it…
i want one. with a laser too.
the flashlight is cool beans….can use it to signal mates at the gay bar
I’m a Ham radio operator, so I actually know Morse code. But I know how to read and send “sound” code, not “light” code. Big difference. I bet there hasn’t been anyone taught Morse code via light since the 1950’s.
Even if one doesn’t do “light” code, it’s still Morse Code. I’ve gone camping and done Morse Code at night with family as like a late night mental exercise. It doesn’t hurt to be able to utilize it with light.
Cool, is there a military version that replaces the light with a laser designator, so I can call in an airstrike with a Paveway laser-guided bomb?
Just don’t use the watch while at sea. Morse code has not been the international standard for maritime communication in like ten years, which means people will just look at you funny as you call for help.
.– — .– .-.-.- / – …. .. … / .. … / -.-. — — .-.. .-.-.- / .. / .– .- -. – / — -. . / ..-. — .-. / — . / .- -. -.. / .- .-.. .-.. / — -.– / ..-. .-. .. . -. -.. .-.-.-
(For those who aren’t international spies, go translate here)
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Simply a Must Have in the fashionista boy scout scene.
Breitling makes some great emergency watches. They arent cheap though… but you can get a great deal at thewatchery
how about a watch with a Geiger-counter or radiation detection. isn’t that a no-brainer in the age of thermonuclear war?
this watch, in my opinion; is perfect for multiple choice test cheating.