Super Lovers All Stars - Spinning Rainbow watch

It's the Eurovision Song Contest final tonight, so I've chosen a watch to match - something big, colourful, strange, loud, and a little over the top.

The watch I chose is by the Japanese design brand Super Lovers. The Super Lovers watches are released for the Harajuku Super Lovers company, and the more I find, the more mysterious it gets.

This model caught my eye because of the mad design. The face has stripes of colour through the glass so it looks colourful from above, but the stripes also block the view if you look from the side. The entire case rotates as well, so you have to make sure it is the right way up before reading it. This is all then mounted on a wide red leather strap.

The watch is a 3 hand dial design, and the face features the Super Lovers Superman heart logo, with the words All Star around the edge (along with a few stars).

Inside is a module (0120?) by Morioka Tokei Inc, which I think is owned by Seiko. On the inside of the back case is the number 2001 which I think is the date, and a surprise. It seems that the case was made by ZZYZX, who have featured on my blog in 2012 for their 2001 range of musical instruments watches. They are a brand name under the ownership of Hong Kong based Hind International Investments Ltd. This is the only Super Lovers watch (so far) to have this reference, so it seems to fit with my theory about Super Lovers commissioning watches from different places (with different case makers and different companies modules).

ZZYZX Violin watch

Today is the last day before the weekend, and the final day of my Zzyzx collection of instruments.

The week finishes with a Violin (or possibly Viola) - did any of you guess it correctly?

The watch was sold under the Zzyzx brand in around 2001, and was one of many novelty quartz analogue watches sold under this name. The Zzyzx brand is owned by Hong Kong based Hind International Investment Ltd along with the Empress, Lifestar, and Sudima brands. The company was founded in 1958 or 1987 depending on the information source, and appear to be quite a small company.

All the Zzyzx instrument watches were issued in hard cases shaped like the instrument. I have some of the boxes, but they are packed away in a box somewhere, so I'll post pictures when I find them!

The Violin watch is styled similarly to the guitar watches, with the watch head being the Violin's body, and the top strap designed as the Violin's neck. The watch head is made of wood patterned plastic, and has a model chin-rest (which is how I concluded it wasn't a Cello or Double Bass). Under the 'bottom' strap, a large ZX is engraved into the body. This version doesn't have any strings included, with only a string design moulded into the strap/neck.

It uses the same module as the others which is a small Japanese quartz movement, and time is displayed on a 3-hand dial (with the triangular Zzyzx logo printed on).

This watch may not be of the same series as the others as the back of the watch is different. Instead of the triangular logo, it has a series of numbers:
NV001V
ZZYZX
185
PC21A
It also quotes the battery size SR620SW (AG4).

So I hope you weren't too bored by me posting similar watches in quick succession, and the normal variety resumes tomorrow :-).

ZZYZX Drum Kit watch

Day 4 in the Zzyzx band, and it's time for the drums. I hope you aren't all getting board of these Zzyzx watches by now.

This is the fourth of 5 musical instruments watches that were released under the Zzyzx brand in around 2001.

The Zzyzx brand is owned by a Hong Kong based watch manufacturer called Hind International Investment Ltd. The company was founded in either 1958 or 1987 depending on which source of information I used. Under the Zzyzx brand, many different types of novelty watches were produced including these instruments.

The drum kit watch is probably the largest of the group. It has 3 different 'drums' and a cymbal, with the watch face on the lowest drum. All of the drums have a sparkly texture, with the two that are not overlapping (the watch face and one other) having glass over.

As with the others, the watch has a 3-hand dial with the logo on the face, and is powered by a Japanese quartz movement with an AG4 battery. It also has the same triangular shape and '2001 design ZX original' engraved into the back.

The strap on this one is a more normal leather strap. It has a buckle fastening with a logo engraved (ZX in a triangle).

So now I've covered all of the normal instruments in a band, and guesses on the final instrument?

ZZYZX Guitar watch

Today, I get to the Guitar in my Zzyzx band (after my mistake on day 1).

This watch under the Zzyzx brand has a body shaped like a guitar with the watch face in the middle. The watch even has Tremelo (or whammy bar) which is hinged and can move. Design-wise, it appears to be an electro acoustic guitar, similar to the Ibanez Hollowbody Electro Acoustic guitar (here).

As with the Bass Guitar, the neck of the guitar is one half of the strap (with a leather section for the other half). The watch only has 4 strings (as with the bass), but there are 6 tuning pegs on the end of the neck.
The Zzyzx brand was produced by Hong Kong based Hind International Investment Ltd, with these watches coming from 2001.

The watch itself is a 3-hand dial (with the logo on the dial), and is powered by a Japanese quartz movement (which takes an AG4 battery).

Again, the watch back says '2001 design ZX original'.

ZZYZX Grand Piano watch

For the first time in my blog, I'm running a series one after another during one week.

So here is day 2 in the Zzyzx week.

Today it's the piano's turn in the Zzyzx band. This one is a little less like the actual instrument, but is certainly piano inspired.

The watch part is similar, with a 3-hand dial and the logo on the face. It uses a small Japanese quartz movement which is run by an AG4 battery.

The watch is made by Hind International Investment Ltd, who used the Zzyzx brand in the early 2000s. The company is based in Hong Kong.

The shape of the watch head is like a Grand Piano with the watch face on the piano top (offset compared to the strap), with piano keys on the right. Across the middle of the face is a curved metal keyboard design which is fastened over a leather strap and holds it in shape across the top of your wrist.

This also has the text '2001 design ZX original', on the back.

ZZYZX Bass Guitar watch

I've posted collections bit by bit on the blog so far, so I thought I'd make a change and have a theme week.

Zzyzx can mean several things, it was an album by Zeromancer, a 2005 film, or songs (Zzyzx Scarecrow by Stavesacre, or Zzyzx Rd. by Stone Sour). It can also refer to 'the last place on earth', which is an abandoned town in California, which was named to be the last word in any alphabetical list.

In this case, it refers to a brand of novelty watches made by Hind International Investment Ltd. They produced many different types including a 5 piece band, and today is the first of those.

The body of the watch is shaped like a Bass guitar (but with only 4 strings), and has a 3-hand dial in the middle. The neck of the guitar makes up one of the watch straps, with a hook on the back to clip into the other part. (I posted this at first as the lead guitar, but forgot to look at the number of tuning pegs :-s - So for a change, the Bass comes first!!)

The back states 2001 design ZX original in a triangular shape.
The other watches in the series will be coming in the following days.