Suunto has with the X9i a more compact GPS wristwatch on the market than the latest Garmin Forerunner.

Besides helping you plot your route, the X9i GPS computer indicates the direction of an upcoming waypoint, calculates the remaining distance, and estimates the arrival time. This compact GPS watch also shows the current speed and distance traveled. Of course it would be nice if the watch actually would show maps like Car GPS systems. I guess for that we still have to wait a couple of years.

The Suunto X9i sells on Amazon.com for a low $349.99.

The official Namco swag store, Club Namco, recently added a special edition watch commemorating everyone's favorite character inspired by a partially-eaten pizza, Pac-Man. It's being sold exclusively through Club Namco, and they're only releasing 500 of them, which means they either want to make this a real conversation piece for those who get it, or they just don't plan on selling many.

The watch features Pac-Man chomping down the seconds as they pass, with his ghostly nemeses trapped in the middle of the watch face. Apparently it's limited-edition gamer watch season...Pokemon has a special 10th Anniversary Watch that's going on sale at the end of the month.

There's a pretty cool-looking watch from a brand new company, Scorpion. Their vision is "to deliver quality and function with an emphasis on originality and attitude." It certainly looks like they're achieving that with their flagship watch, the Reef Diver. They plan to only release "limited edition" watches with "only the best components".

They're already taking pre-orders for their $799 Reef Diver, even though it seems they have no retail partners yet and no secure online payment form. You can pay via money order, cashier's check, wire transfer, and Paypal.

It's 10 years ago that a furry yellow mouse introduced the world to the word "Pikachu". In celebration, there's a whole line of 10th anniversary merchandise at PokemonCenter.com. You've got pillows, figures, and tee-shirts, but the sign that you're a true Pokemon fan is the limited edition watch created by Fossil.

With a gray face and partial white silhouette of the famous Pikachu, this watch is obviously more about making a statement than it is cutesy cartoon style. Each watch will come numbered with a certificate of authenticity.

Swiss Urwerk created with the 103 Blackbird Limited edition an amazing timepiece. This watch would fit in any sci-fi movie and would look timely.

The 103 Blackbird draws its inspiration from the Lockheed SR-71 stealth jet (aka Blackbird). The case is black PE-CVD coated platinum. Only 10! pieces will be made. When Urwerk talks limited edition, they mean it.

The same watch 103 watch design is available also in other variations. The 103.05 is platinum timepiece. Only 50 will be sold of that one.

D&G Time offers the ideal timepiece for party people: Ibiza People.

The fashionable wristwatch has four 'time zones' on the dial that tell you for instance if it is time to party or to chill.

The D&G Time Ibiza People features a mineral, steel bracelet and is water-proof until 30m.

Sure, you can have one of those fancy wrist-worn PCs or a watch with Bluetooth capabilities, but this watch has a feature that's a little bit different. There is a built-in mini planisphere directly on the watch face that shows you a guide to all the constellations in the sky.

The visualization changes dynamically depending on the date. Since your location obviously is a big factor as well, the watch only works if you're in North America. In addition, it sports a compass as well so you know exactly which direction to be looking to find the celestial bodies.

Japanese LED watch maker Twelve 5-9 released the L Version LED wristwatch. The new LED code timepiece does not hide the fact that it is all Japanese as it features Kanji signs on the dial.

With this watch from Japan you can train telling the time in Japanese. "Jyu Ni Ji San Jyu Happun desu" is for instance Japanese for 12:38.

The hours are displayed on the right column and the minutes on the left. Measurements of the watch face are 26x50x10mm.

Exmocare, a new company, is seeking to replace the standard "push for 911" emergency buttons that elderly people can get, with the Exmocare watch. Via Bluetooth connection to your phone and PC, it automatically sends data about the user's heart rate and level of mobility, that family members can remotely track to see if anything goes out of the ordinary.

Notifications can be sent via an array of options -- SMS, e-mail, or even an instant message. If you've got an elderly relative, you know how important it is to monitor things like their heart rate, and the ability to do it remotely could really help out a lot of people.

SMS Developments from Australia announces a GSM wristwatch mobile phone for Christmas 2006.

The m300 Cellphone watch looks close to a standard digital watch and works with a standard GSM sim-card. This would allow the wristphone to be used globally on any GSM network. This new Wristphone has a color screen, intenna, usb, 200 hours of standby and 200 min. of talk time.

This is the first new wrist phone since NTT DoCoMo's Wristomo in 2004. Samsung had us going for a wrist phone since 2000, and we never got one. In 2003 the CEC wrist phone appeared, which is just not to be classified as a wrist phone. It showed up again in China.

The m300 My Mobile Watch looks interesting and has the right form factor. There are just too view details and photos available yet to judge if this wristwatch phone is going to be real.

Ever since the idea of really fancy tech watches surfaced, you've had to choose between a feature-packed watch that was too clunky or a nice looking watch that doesn't have a lot of extra functions. The new Linde Werdelin watch looks to change that, by integrating sophisticated fasion and technological functionality.

The watch itself will retail for $4,000, but there's an additional snap-on digital face that costs an extra $1,800. So when you want to use the compass, barometer, or heart rate monitor, you need just to snap on the digital face, and when you want to just sport a fancy-looking analog watch, you can take it off.

Seiko announces in Japan Andy Warhol themed wristwatches.

Seiko plans to release 10 different Pop art watches featuring iconic art like the banana, flower or cow. There will be 5 models priced at 10,500 yen (~$90) and more expensive styles priced at 15,750 yen (~$135). All Seiko Andy Warhol watches are 3atm waterproof.


Seiko Andy Warhol Watches available now on 15minutesof for $150. (Thanks Tony S.).