5 Best Quality Mind-Bending Watches

In primary school you learned to read time from a dial with an hour hand, minute hand and second hand. You probably were able to read it even earlier using a digital watch, if there were any in your younger years. But in this era of high quality and “gadget” watches, there are many more innovative ways to display time.   

Here are 10 mind-bending watches — totally wild timepieces that will make you look twice (or even more than twice) to see what time it is. These small works of art, which range from affordable to out-of-this-world expensive, are the ultimate conversation starters.

5. Seiko Think the Earth Wn-2

The Think the Earth Wn-2 watch is definitely one of the watches that makes you perpetually wonder how it works. The small globe is a replica of the real globe, at a scale of 1:580 millionth of the actual planet Earth. Cool thing is that it rotates at the same speed as the real Earth (yes, counter clockwise, and one full turn takes 24 hours). Two small indicators display hours and minutes.

4. Seiko Active Matrix EPD e-Ink

If you are a child of the ‘80s, you will remember the portable LCD video games by Game & Watch, who had these cool titles licensed by Nintendo. This Seiko Active Matrix EPD e-Ink reminds us of those Game & Watch handhelds, but this time with less plastic and a sharper display. This Seiko can display the time with playing cards on the e-Ink screen, along with a whole bunch of other features.

3.Audemars Piguet Star Wheel

If you want to read proper time, buy a Royal Oak. If you want to work for it, check out these Star Wheel timepieces by Audemars Piguet. Unfortunately, they’re out of production, but we're sure you can find one somewhere.

2. Harry Winston Opus XI

You have to see this watch in action to actually believe how it works. With the Opus XI, Harry Winston found a very complicated way to show hours and minutes only. It could be a Decepticon, though.

1. Urwerk UR-110 "Torpedo"

This watch looks like it can transform from a watch into an Autobot in a split second to protect you from those evil Decepticons. Like a real Autobot, it has an oil-service indicator on the dial — as well as the actual time, of course.