Wristwatch with built in cigarette lighter

If you feel as though you must bring a cigarette lighter on a plane, look around for one of these 80s-vintage wristwatch lighters. If a TSA agent stops you at security, tell him/her the flame is to let you see the display in the dark.

"I picked up this unique watch/lighter at a garage sale as a teen in the late 80s for $2 (price tag remains on box). I've never seen another one like it. Always thought it was an interesting combination. I have a small collection of vintage novelty watches, and this is my favorite."

• [Astin]

  Did they put lighters on the no-fly list again? They were allowed in December. Butane torches weren’t, but the ol’ zippo or disposable models were.

• [arborman]

  I would think that long sleeved polyester shirts would be contraindicated, as would excessively hairy arms.

• [Pruette]

  They look interesting. You can get ‘em still at:

  http://prosites-lottofun9.homestead.com/wholesalelighterwatches.html

  or the slightly more stylish:

  http://www.smokingonline.net/watchlighter/index.htm

• [4649]

  If you can’t get your hands on one of these, just stick a lighter in your pants pocket and make sure you don’t set off the metal detector. Regardless of whether or not lighters’re on the no-fly list, TSA never takes them unless you voluntarily declare them, e.g. by putting them in the X-ray machine.

  In fact, if I did manage to get one of these, I would never EVAR wear it through security. So cool a thing would be confiscated immediately upon detection. No objections, however valid, would stop the theft-in-the-public-interest.

• [circosta]

  What a blast from the past. I had one of these watches when I was in middle school. Seeing this picture reminded me of the time when I adjusted the flame to shoot out 4″ high. A bunch of kids were standing in a circle looking at my watch when I let the flame loose.

  I also remember it leaking butane on my wrist. Overall not the safest thing to have strapped onto such a delicate part of your body, but fun nonetheless.

• [Anonymous]

  Man, I do not think I want an ignition source strapped to my limb.

• [Joel Johnson]

  I think you can take lighters on planes again. I have several times recently.

• [Anonymous]

  I saw this in a 70/80′s action/thriller movie recently. Three days of the condor maybe?

• [graphire]

  cool watch. It could be one from 80s James Bond.

• [EddieR]

  “super hot and super cool”

  love it.

• [Anonymous]

  “I saw this in a 70/80′s action/thriller movie recently”

  I recall it being in Polanski’s Frantic. At the time (1988) I was desperate to have one, being a smoker at the time, now not so much.

• [spanish pantalones]

  I got one of these for Christmas two years ago. The packaging said nothing about it being a lighter. I was so shocked when I pressed a button and a flame shot out, that I threw the damned thing across the room, breaking the watch. The lighter still works, though.

• [markfrei]

  I’ve been taking a lighter on the plane for some time and it’s gone thru the xray. I’m told they are allowed again, but who knows. I can’t keep up anymore.

• [The Lizardman]

  A great many posts on BB and my personal experiences seem to make the case that what is allowed on a plane is solely determined by the whim of the screener(s) at the moment despite any allegdly official policy – and I mean alleged in the sense that they claim there is one. I find it best to simply to not let the screener know because anything they are unaware of instantly becomes ok to bring on the plane.

  I won’t wear a watch but if I would, it would have a lighter.

• [ihaveseenenough]

  According to our friends at the TSA, you can bring on-board a “common lighter” (Zippo/Bic) and/or a book of safety matches in your carry-on luggage (but not, apparently, in your checked luggage). Torch and butane lighters are not allowed, nor are “strike-anywhere” matches.

  http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/sop/index.shtm

• [Anonymous]

  You can get one of these at a liquor store for $5.99. At least I did, like five years ago.