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Cassette-styled watch

David Pescovitz at 2:16 pm Wed, May 28, 2008

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Cassette Watch

Over at Boing Boing Gadgets, John posts about this sharp cassette-face watch. Link

David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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James David

Oh man, I love this! Now if it only played digital audio and you could swap the cartridge…
ill lich

Now THAT’S what I call an analog watch.
zuvembi

Okay, normally all the watch posts bore me to tears, but I have to admit this one is pretty cool. Not that I would wear it, but it is pretty sharp.
Jacques

I always hated cassettes, so this just makes me feel a little queasy. I’m more of an 8-track kinda guy.