Category: Watches

Not the easiest thing to find, but if you do pick up this Space Invaders LED watch, you'll certainly turn a few heads.

A limited edition of just 500, the watch shows the time as a red dot-matrix display, with a press of a button replacing the digits for the words 'space invaders', followed by some game-like invaders animation and the words 'game over'. All wrapped up in a 70s-style casing with the game's logo on the front and back.

Downside? Well, one big one – you can't actually play the game on the watch.  Sold in a custom box, you can pick them up from Japanese online retailers (like the one below) for the equivalent of £143.

Find out more at the Ebten website

Via Technabob

A 1970s design updated for 2009 – the Lip 1970s Big Fridge watch.

The original watch was the Fridge, designed by Roger Tallon in 1975 for Lip, with the strap sandwiched between the front and back of the case, while a minimalist face and bold chunky hands are guaranteed to catch the eye.

As you might have guessed, the Big Fridge offers super-sized time keeping, boosting the face to 50mm x 38mm for added impact. You can pick one up in various colour schemes for $395 from Watchismo – or if you want the smaller original, you can pick one of those up for $355.

Find out more at the Watchismo website

Eco-friendly, hand-built and oozing 70s style – what's not to like about The Ray by Quiksilver?

The watch is hand-built from sustainable real ebony wood, as well as recycled stainless steel, aluminum and mineral glass, with a 27 jewel automatic movement that requires no battery and a cool 70s-style display that could pass The Ray as an authentic period piece.

Except of course this is a new watch – and a limited edition too, with 1,000 in production. If you want one, get your order in now – it sells for $495 (around £354).

Find out more at the Watchismo website

If you’re after a 50s vibe, you might like the Paul Smith Masterpiece Horizontal Chronograph.

It’s based on a 1950s pilot’s watch, offering up a 30 minute horizontal chronograph, a rotating bezel, purple resin cabochon and a Union Jack printed face back, as well as water resistance, a stainless steel case and a leather strap or steel strap.

Two colour schemes available, both selling from £377.

Find out more at the Paul Smith website

Link bracelet strap watches often seem like they’ve been around as long as most of us, but usually they’re confined to the wrists of older gents. Casio are jumping on the retro bandwagon with a relaunch of the style for men and women with this Retro Dial and Digital version.

Combining both an analogue dial and a digital readout, the design still stays sleek and traditional. With a gold look finish over brushed steel, this is sturdy without costing an absolutely fortune too.

It’s available online from ASOS for just £28.39, with free warranty.

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Not exactly super sized, but the Mondaine Evo watch does offer more of that classic Mondaine watch face.

Regular readers will recognise it instantly as the face of the classic 1940s railway clock, the work of then-employee Hans Hilfiker and still in use today.

The Evo keeps things plain and simple, with an increase in face size (42mm diameter), a quartz movement, stainless steel case and a leather strap. Yours for around £112.

Find out more at the Panik Design website