If you’re looking to join the crazy-huge-sexy crowd and don’t mind quartz, head over to the Haffstreuner store for MONSTER WATCHES for about $250. These beasts are made by the same folks who brought us Tauchmeister and I’ll give them a 6 out of 10 for quality and a 10 out of 10 for wildness. Strangely enough I actually dig the style on these.

Our buddy Watchismo is selling these wild pieces on his online store. LIP is a 150-year-old French watch company that launched a series of Mach 2000 watches back in the boogie nights of 1973. The odd styling and off-center face speak of a simpler time when men were men and watchmakers were on acid.

This retooled Mach 2000, called the Dark Master, uses a Swiss ETA quartz movement and includes a rubber strap. It is water resistant and features jolly candy buttons and sexy little yellow hands. Check out the shop for even more models including the Revival, a LED watch, and the crazy jump hour by Prisca Briquet. Yeah, I don’t know who that is either. The Mach 2000s are $520 and the rest are about $300.

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Reader James sent me a link to Steel Cake watches, a new watch company in Brooklyn that makes beefy, larger quartz pieces for cheap. Their line-up includes a large, square chrono and an oversized military piece that don’t look like Chinese OEM knock offs, which makes me very happy. Besides, how can you go wrong for $125 a pop?

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Another day, another TokyoFlash watch. This one lets you measure BPMs while spinning hot wax at da club. Useful? Not sure. Fun? Absolutely.
Oots Oots Oots: You Gotta Believe the Equalizer BPM Helps You Raise The Roof[CrunchGear]

I never loved TokyoFlash watches — they were usually too gimmicky — but this one looks like a great design. You tell the time using the two rotating polygons and it comes in blue and orange resin. How much? $123 plus shipping, which isn’t to shabby for some real Tokyo-inspired time-telling.

Truly one of the nicest watches available at Tokyoflash.

* Time only
* Resin Inlay
* English & Japanese Instructions
* Butterfly Clasp
* Super 2035 movement
* 4 year battery life

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I’m not in love with this thing, but if you like Entourage and watches, then go ahead and pick this up. I can’t imagine it’s much more than $500 and if it is then someone is paying too much for a watch.

In fact, the only telltale details that link it to the show are the star design on the face and an engraved quote on the back of the case: “A lifestyle is a terrible thing to waste.” The handsome watch features a steel case and screw-in black face plate, Japanese movement, and water-resistance to 50 meters. A nice perk: the watch was made in a limited edition of 300 pieces.

Limited Edition Eos Entourage Watch [ProductDose]

I never got into Oakley, but they seem to be going nuts now with the Swiss quartz beasties. This has a stop watch and big date and looks like something a robot brontosaurus pooped out.

Oakley Judge Stealth Black [PROFESSIONAL WATCHES]

Rado has some nice styling, but I think this Dynamic-alike they’re releasing in congunction with the Shanghai Tennis Masters Cup is a bit gimpy. Looks like a quartz piece as well. Read on for the rest of the release.

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It’s nothing terribly special - just a watch shaped like a Dreamcast - but the great thing is that this opens up like the Dreamcast’s pop-top CD tray. It’s on pre-order now for delivery around September 29th.

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Looks like this Issey Miyake watch costs $205 and is pretty hot right now with the Japanese fashion watch set. I’d say pass, but do what you feel.

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