The, uh, Jewish Watch

It's still a little harsh being a part of the Jew Crew outside a few select first world countries, but if you want to wear it out peep the Jewish Watch. Besides being, um, made in Israel, it displays in English or Hebrew, toggles between Hebrew and Gregorian calendars at sunset, and alerts you when it's time to recite the Shema, light candles on Erev Shabbat, and other important events (never again will we miss a performance of the sardonically irreverent "Dibbick Schmibbick, I Said More Ham," or "Bubbie Stole the Kishka"). Our favorite part, though, is that while it's programmable for any location in the world, it only comes pre-programmed for the classic seven Jewish hangout spots: Jerusalem, London, Tel-Aviv, Paris, New York, Buenos Aires, and Los Angeles. What, going somewhere else you think you'd rather be?

[David @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

Dr. Alan Pearl!

[SP @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

ugh, that watch is ugly. I much prefer using my treo 650 w/ Luach (http://www.penticon.com/lu_download.html).

[Britt @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

Waiting for Guffman... Classic flick. Bravo on the quote. :)

[dave @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

Man, the dreidel has come a long way!

[Free loans @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

That's nothing, They've had Kosher PalmPilots since 1998:
http://www.PilotYid.com/kosher.php

[Jayson Elliot @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

A perfect complement to the kosher phone.

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000120034821/

[Peter Orosz @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

What, it doesn't turn itself off for the Shabbat?

[Peter Rojas @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

Please keep your comments on-topic. This isn't a forum for political rants of any stripe.

[Za @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

#7. Regardless of your beliefs, Israel exists. Hating on it or pretending that it isn't there, as many Middle Eastern nations have done will not make it go away.

Besides, this is a gadget forum, and Israel's developed much in the tech world. For example, Intel Tel Aviv developed MMX and the Pentium M, to name two achievements of note. The watch, though is hideous regardless of what it can do.

[super_structure @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

Imran Ali wrote a post (http://imran.typepad.com/blog/2004/12/iquran_114_sura.html) on similar ideas for the Muslim market. He was specifically getting at a branded iPod with Surahs for daily worship. It's a interesting use of long tail markets for technology, as opposed to entertainment (music, books, film, etc.). However, I would expect this thing to look a lot nicer before anyone bought it. This thing looks like the Hebrew Timex Ironman.

[Mike G @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

LMAO, so funny!!!

[B. L. K. @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

I am a troll, please spam me: [e-mail] & [e-mail]

[Peter Rojas @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

Closing comments. Congrats on being a bunch of babies.

[Daniel Ross @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

B.L.K., don't get your panties in a bunch. I'd hardly call this post "anti-semitic cohones." Especially since they didn't make it up. And given the troll population, if you want them to never post anything that's going to invite people making un-p.c. comments, we might as well just close the site. <.<

[Ethan Kaplan (note that last name) @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

A true Jewish watch would also allow your mom to speak directly through its speaker at least once a day, wondering why you haven't called, and to remind you to call your grandmother because "she won't be here forever you know."

[Ryan Block @ Dec 19th 2005 1:02AM]

Anti-semitic? Do you realize that three of Engadget's writers are Jewish? Does Block sound like a very WASPy name to you? Way to get go, kid. Blow your whistle elsewhere.

Best,
Ryan