Super Lovers - Love Love Message watch

Today, I'm back to the Super Lovers watches again, and yet again, it's a completely different style (which is the reason I like this brand so much).

This model I've called Love Love Message based on the text written at the top of the case. As may be expected from the name, this watch is one with a message /memo function where short messages can be stored in its memory. These are shown using the top line of the LCD which is a dot matrix array (5x41 so it can show 7 5x5 letters at one time). The bottom line of the LCD is a standard set of digits (6) which normally shows the time. The rest of the modes are pretty standard, with there being dual time, stopwatch, timer, and daily alarm options as well as the message mode.

The case is round and made of see-through plastic with 4 buttons on the edges. There is a large button on the front below the LCD, and this activates the el-backlight. The strap is a matching clear plastic, and has the Super Lovers logo and the text Lovers Digital printed on both the halves. The back of the watch is stainless steel and just has the Super Lovers name printed across the middle.

I don't know when this model is from as there isn't much about this brand online (but all the info I've gathered so far can be found throughout my other Super Lovers posts). My guess is that this would be an early 2000s model, but it is purely a guess.

o.d.m Mr Metallic MDD99B with Chat Box

Today, it's another watch from the odm brand, and this time it's a programmable model.

ODM (or o.d.m) are a Hong Kong based brand who produce Original, Dynamic, and Minimal watches. The brand was started in 1999 and has since won many international design awards.

One of displays that they have used in a few watches was a dot matrix LCD display (approx 7x30) with scrolling time (such as the Mysterious V I blogged last year) and has a message as well.

Today's watch is called the Mr Metallic and has the same dot matrix LCD with message, but with this model the message is programmable. It has a shiny metallic head with the LCD in the middle, and a custom black plastic strap. The time scrolls across the LCD (in inverse) with the message inbetween, and flicking your wrist brings up the time as a normal display. There is a button on the right which activates the el-backlight too.

The watch came out in the late 2000s (around 2008) for about $150, and this variant has a model number of MDD99B-4.

The programmable nature is given away by two small contacts on the back of the watch. To change the message, you were given the option of going to an o.d.m dealer or purchasing their handheld message input device called the Chat Box. This box has an LCD display like the watch along with a keyboard and is the size of a large calculator. Here you can input a message in European (English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish) or Japanese along with symbols. To connect to the watch is a cable with a clip and two prongs which connects to the contacts on the watch. The box also seems to have a sound option, but mine hasn't used the speaker so far. It is powered by a set of AAA batteries, of which 2 are required to run the box, and a 3rd slot seems to be unused.

ODM Mysterious V Never Too Late Message watch

This time I'm wearing a more colourful watch to celebrate today's Eurovision Song Contest final.

The watch is by the Hong Kong brand o.d.m (or odm) who were established in 1999 to make watches that were original, dynamic, and minimal.

As part of their range of watches, they produced their jelly watches which had a wide rubber strap which the module stretched into. In that set of watches, they had a couple of models with a scrolling dot matrix LCD display which would display the time and a scrolling message. For one of those types (today's Mysterious V scrolling message watch), it is possible to change the message, however you need a special device that was to be bought separately from odm (and i will include in a later post). You can tell the adjustable ones by two electric contacts on the back.

Today's model is part of a line called "23:59 Never too late", which has the message that even though you've reached the last minute, you still have another 60 seconds before the day ends. And even if there is just one minute, it is still a good time to strive to fulfill your dreams. As part of this line, the default scrolling message says "Never too late" (and this is followed by the time in inverse). With this watch, you also got a small plastic character toy with a square head and 23;59 written on its face.

From a module perspective, it has an LCD display with a 7x30? array of dots which shows time, date, and message. There is also a movement sensor where a 45 degree turn of the watch brings it back to showing the time (or switches between hours and minutes in setting mode).

The model number of this was DD99B-55