WatchScale attempts to become the new calculator watch

Move over, Casio Databank (and similar) -- a formidable opponent just rolled into the ring. While the aforementioned timepiece has been the geek watch of choice for years now, Jennings' WatchScale is all set to give it a real run for the money. This wristwatch not only displays the time in brilliantly blue fashion, but it also weighs lightweight objects (up to 300-grams) with an accuracy of 0.1-grams. We know, you're already bracing for a quadruple-digit (pre-decimal) price tag, but there's no need for worry -- after all, you can procure your own for just $17.90.

[Thanks, Nate]

[Oinquer @ Aug 22nd 2008 11:28AM]

Uff! now when i go buy some coke or hero i can weight them and know im not being scammed! lol

[Lowest Ranked @ Aug 21st 2008 11:51AM]

The only person scamming you was your English teacher.

[Grant @ Aug 21st 2008 6:52PM]

I'm not sure how useful this'd be for powders, what with it being 0.1g and not 0.01g

[dyno @ Aug 21st 2008 9:19AM]

psssh. my dealer has had one like this forever.

[Freakin Ijit @ Aug 21st 2008 9:17AM]

Give The Government a week or two and they'll label this ""drug paraphernalia".

[Pablo Escobar @ Aug 21st 2008 9:17AM]

Fantastic!
Now when I have to measure out product I will never have to find my scale!

[mikeym328 @ Aug 21st 2008 9:17AM]

Great, now I know what to get my dealer for Christmas.

[Oliver @ Aug 21st 2008 9:17AM]

i bet this is gonna be a lot more popular than we think.

[pe3ko @ Aug 21st 2008 9:26AM]

ya, i dont think so

[Stiv @ Aug 21st 2008 11:18AM]

From the link: "Your friends will gawk and say 'Holy cow!' when they see this amazing invention."

[jupiterthunder @ Aug 21st 2008 1:17PM]

So do I. I bet they sell one.

[teetdogs @ Aug 21st 2008 9:19AM]

For the weed dealer on the go.

[Rich @ Aug 21st 2008 10:22AM]

This thing is useless. How many weed dealers use the metric system?

[John @ Aug 21st 2008 10:35AM]

what, do you buy stuff in ounces?

[henry the eighth @ Aug 21st 2008 10:45AM]

pshh everyone knows that 1/8 oz is 3.5 grams...

[ChemE @ Aug 21st 2008 10:39AM]

No worries, it measures up to 10.583 +/- 0.001 ozs

[B3astofthe3ast @ Aug 21st 2008 10:52AM]

Dude, ALL my dealers use onces.

[B3astofthe3ast @ Aug 21st 2008 10:53AM]

Oops, I meant grams.

[SOOPERGOOMAN @ Aug 21st 2008 11:12AM]

28 grams in an ounce, 16 ounces in a pound, 2.5 pounds(give or take) in a kilo. Who says people who smoke pot are dumb. Everywhere the world over, those are the measurements for buying drugs. Grams and ounces folks. I've been a smoker of POT, great Canadian POT, for over 20 years. I can do that shit up in my brain and since I've been at it for over two decades I can now palm weight a gram easy, even an ounce or even an eighth.

[CraigJ @ Aug 21st 2008 12:15PM]

"Oops, I meant grams."

Put down the blunt

[Wwhat @ Aug 21st 2008 12:15PM]

Ploy to get the americans to switch to metric via their popular pastime? Devlish.

[adam.plante @ Aug 21st 2008 12:53PM]

In Canada all the dealers use ounces and grams. Depending on how much your buying.

[tekdemon @ Aug 21st 2008 6:20PM]

Rich, most drug dealers worldwide deal in grams for fairly obvious reasons, and even in the US if you want to be a drug dealer you better know how to convert grams to ounces and vice versa or you're really just not qualified for the job.

But seriously dealers will know what you mean whether you ask for 7 grams or a quarter.

[greatsunjester @ Aug 21st 2008 9:20AM]

Gold plate it and stick some (OK, lots) of sparklies on it and BINGO! You will have at least one 'gansta rapper' (are there really still any?) wearing it.

[BIlly G @ Aug 21st 2008 9:21AM]

[dealer joke]

[brian peppers @ Aug 21st 2008 9:31AM]

News: In the latest fad of drug dealers, Watchscales have become a huge hit in the city of Baltimore

[Ken @ Aug 21st 2008 9:29AM]

LOL @ lack of drug references in article

[dzhiurgis @ Aug 21st 2008 9:30AM]

Useful, if you're living in Amsterdam ;)

[rockintom @ Aug 21st 2008 10:47PM]

Or... um, anywhere else in the world.

[teecas @ Aug 21st 2008 9:35AM]

The new Weight Watchers® official accessory? =P

[dervheid @ Aug 21st 2008 9:52AM]

Nah, it only weighs up to 300 grams, not 300 pounds! ;-)

[teecas @ Aug 21st 2008 10:36AM]

They can weight their donuts...

[brandon @ Aug 21st 2008 9:40AM]

It's craptastic!!!

[AfroMike @ Aug 22nd 2008 12:07PM]

you boys at engadget to scared to mention drugs? wtf else are you going to use this for, I think my local jeweller would have better taste then that.

[Daniel Bentley @ Aug 21st 2008 9:53AM]

yeah I saw drug dealers immediately.

[Jason @ Aug 21st 2008 11:04AM]

and....? what was their response?

[d @ Aug 21st 2008 9:59AM]

know what I'd use it for? not drugs. can't think of anything else.

[Anthony @ Aug 21st 2008 10:15AM]

Well at least now you'll be able to show your dealer how much he's shorting you so you don't have to look him up after the fact. What else would this be good for?

[Joe @ Aug 21st 2008 10:25AM]

now if only they made a watch grinder and a watch vaporizer, collect all 3!

[SOOPERGOOMAN @ Aug 21st 2008 11:14AM]

Don't forget the WatchBong so you can keep track of the hits. I would buy this collection for novelty sakes.

[lanejasper69 @ Aug 21st 2008 10:35AM]

{Insert some drug dealer reference here}

LOL, this is dumb and all the same funny, yet useful....it must be a gadget!! Cool! (Not being sarcastic BTW)

[Tim Douglas @ Aug 21st 2008 10:31AM]

Can't wait to see all the creative magazine ads they'll indirectly market to drug dealers.

"Always on the go? Watchscale. Precision at every corner."

"What's the difference between 1 and .8 grams? Watchscale. Proof you round up."

[omf @ Aug 21st 2008 10:42AM]

Wow, 96% drug-related comments. Didn't even cross my mind, though I admit it seems pretty obvious after someone mentions it.

[Jason @ Aug 21st 2008 11:16AM]

Didn't even cross my mind

.....rrrright.

[Wwhat @ Aug 21st 2008 12:16PM]

Perhaps some substance was clouding his alertness?

[CraigJ @ Aug 21st 2008 12:17PM]

Drugs were the first thing I thought of when I saw this. I figured I'd post a witty comment about a coke dealer. Disappointment abounds.

[UnixSystemsEngineer @ Aug 21st 2008 2:10PM]

Why'd you come to the comments, if not to make a belated drug reference. That's what the rest of us are doing here. Between hits, that is.

[SOOPERGOOMAN @ Aug 21st 2008 11:08AM]

I'm labeling it that right now. but honestly how am I to use this accurately without having to take it off all the time. FAIL! you know when ya really need to advertise that you're a dealer of some kind. Cocaine comes to mind when I first saw this.

[SOOPERGOOMAN @ Aug 21st 2008 11:15AM]

BRING BACK RYAN BLOCK.

[Xepol @ Aug 21st 2008 11:31AM]

Can anyone come up with a legimate non drug use for this thing???