Thumbnail Watch goes where no watch has gone before

If you’ve seen the last Die Hard movie, the villain has one of the best quotes ever when it comes to technology. He tells John McClane that “he (John) is a Timex watch in a digital world.” In all honesty, I’m not certain that anyone is using watches, digital or analog, in today’s society. I stopped wearing one long ago when I got my cellular phone.

It appears that Timex is completely reinventing the watch with the Thumbnail watch. The company had a design contest to come up with a new design for the watch, and this is one of the better entries.

I have heard that the Thumbnail watch is designed to slip over your thumb, so I’m guessing that no Lee Press-on nail action is required. The time glows on your thumbnail, and it can light up and change modes just by pressing the end of the thumbnail.