Comments on: Timescale – LED Watch Design in Musical Patterns

By: Samukun

Samukun — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 10:51:26 +0000

TIme reading is hard. Even if you know how, it takes more than 5 seconds (my little rule). But thats learnable Maybe it would be less confusing if you used plain rectangles instead of four lines for the indicators. Or how about black lines on white ground and simple circles – just as you write musical notes. You can have a hollow one to indicate am or pm then.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:07:57 +0000

Hi Onisan,

It is very easy to read. Think of the lines as if they were scales on a graph representing 2,4,6,8 and 10.

The first note signifies hours so if it is on the bottom line it would be 2 o’clock and the top line 10 o’clock.
below the bottom line would be 1 o’clock and above the top line is 11 o’clock. To show 12 o’clock the note is placed on the 6 o’clock line with a hollow center (which signifies a double note in music) 2×6=12.

The second note uses the scale in the same way to demonstrate minutes x 10 and the third note minutes.

In the above examples you have 11 x hours, 1 x 10 minutes and 6 x minutes.

The next shows 6 hours x 2 (double note) =12, 3 x 10 minutes and 4 x 1 minutes.

Hope the explanation helps.

By: onisan

onisan — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:35:57 +0000

Really like the display & choice of colours.

I read the description about 4 times & I looked at the pictures & tried my hardest to understand, but I dont know what the heck is going on – ha ha!

I get the feeling i’m missing something simple & its not too hard, but I just don’t get it without a better explanation.

By: Ikebukuro_11

Ikebukuro_11 — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:19:23 +0000

I like the combination of blue and yellow LEDs. Nice if it’s constantly on and the lines are flickering, then press the button and you’ll see solid lines.

By: honda

honda — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:17:01 +0000

最初まったく意味がわからなかったんですが、やっとわかりました。これって音符が読める人にはかなりわかりやすかったりするのかな？おもしろいコンセプトだと思います。

By: Avatara

Avatara — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 08:56:22 +0000

I like the musical theme and the blue and orange theme but it’s not really exciting. The idea has potential I think though. Would be nice to make the display a bit more dynamic.

By: Tokyo Pimp

Tokyo Pimp — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:57:21 +0000

Sounds like a wonderful concept just not clear on the time never learned how to read music. Visually 5 stars! I think many must like this design if it shows the time just as in a musical composition.

By: said

said — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:53:44 +0000

mmm maybe a great animation can make it looks interesting. Is it possible to post animation on this blog?

By: Jun Fan Lee

Jun Fan Lee — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:52:38 +0000

This watch is ****!