Working Gear Ring Geared Towards Gear Heads

9:20AM February 2, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Sometimes, and only sometimes, a piece of geek jewellery can rise above being tacky and unwearable to become tacky and borderline wearable. Steve Wozniak’s nixie tube watch is one such example. This ring with working microgears might be another.

The Gear Ring, designed by Kinekt Design, is made of stainless steel and is, of course, quite ugly. But seeing the gears rotate as the ring’s outer rim is spun is actually pretty cool.

Is it enough to make me consider wearing a gear ring? No. Is it enough to make someone consider wearing the gear ring? Probably.

If you’re that person, you can buy the Gear Ring from Kinekt for $US165. [Kinekt Design via Technabob]

Comments

  • Scott

    February 2, 2010 at 12:20 PM

    Imagine all the dead skin and crap that would get caught in that thing!

    Ewwww!

  • glyde

    February 2, 2010 at 12:36 PM

    The inner surface is smooth, silly.

    • nozlaf

      February 2, 2010 at 2:01 PM

      you realise that the fingers next to it would touch it right?
      not to mention the hair on the fingers besides it (assuming its going to be worn by a real man)

      i have a hard enough time with my wedding band which is made up of three bands of different gold, every time I run my hands through my ever thinning hair one hair gets caught in there.

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