If time-keeping robots aren’t your thing, how about this ultra-flash watch, with a miniature rotating earth to show the Sun’s passage across our world in real time?

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Now pay attention 007, this is the Omega Seamaster watch that you were issued with in the last four James Bond films, only now it’s available in Selfridges etched with your agent number - and without the miniature grappling hook.

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If like us you’ve been there, done that and got the T-shirt in the world of Solid Snake you’ll find there’s just one thing missing. Gamestation are selling a highly exclusive Metal Gear Solid watch officially approved by MGS creator Hideo Kojima himself.

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We’ve seen less subtle ways of detecting Wi-Fi, but this could be genuinely useful. If you’re the sort to work out and about, but don’t fancy hauling a laptop from your backpack just to scope the Wi-Fi hotspots you’re entering, check this out. It’s a wristwatch that’ll scan for networks and tell you which are free. It’ll also tell the time, packs a calendar, and is anti-static, shock proof and water resistant to 100 metres.
Out now | £20
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We’ve known Tag Heuer has been preparing to make the jump from watches to mobiles for months, but now its showing off the new handset in all its metal-clad glory. Come and take a peek!

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You don’t see that much innovation in the watch world these days, but the Meccanico DG is a glowing exception: this chunky timepiece is the first digital watch to use all moving parts: the numbers are all mechanical rather than LED or LCD. Made by Swiss firm De Grisogono, it’s hewn from titanium and only 177 are being made. So we probably can’t afford one.

Out TBC | £TBC
De Grisogono (via Sybarites)

Remember we mentioned rumours of a incoming mobile from ultra-expensive watch firm Tag Heuer a few days ago? Well it’s happening, and the first snaps of the blower in question have popped up on t’Internet. Apparently dubbed the Meridiist, it’s got a secondary screen on top that displays the time, plus a 2-megapixel camera and choice of croc skin, rubber or red leather coverings. And the price? A rumoured £3,000!

Out late 2008 | £TBC
Tag Heuer (via Journal du Geek)