Simple Watches (A Reprise)
I’ve made a couple posts about simple watches in the past, and a new one recently caught my eye, from designer Denis Guidone:
I can’t imagine a watch being any simpler, and yet retain its core functionality. One could argue that the center dot could be removed, but I believe it’s essential; otherwise, the brain cannot draw the invisible line from the center to the hour or minute dots that create the ‘hands.’ Here is the watch in action, along with a few others.
When I made my initial post about watches, some Twitter followers reasoned that the use of watch in general is unnecessary, as it duplicates the functionality contained on the face of a cell phone. I disagreed, arguing that fumbling with a phone every instance you want to know the time makes for a poor user experience. At least in terms of efficiency, Mr. Maeda’s got my back (via Twitter):
With a wristwatch it takes less than a half second to tell the time. With a mobile (grasping time incl) it’s about three.
(via Dezeen)
