Comments on: Octagonal Analog Watch Design

By: Samukun

Samukun — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:47:39 +0000

Thank you for all your support! Thanks to the hardcore bloggers and thanks to all those who quickly came by to share their thoughts. Check out my facebook page if you’re interested in my works. Just click my yellow name here

My best regards,
Sam from Germany

By: Aphosno

Aphosno — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:11:14 +0000

I like! I take the first version if it’s not too expensive. You should get an own shop sam. Your watches are so different and diversified!

By: Samukun

Samukun — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:18:30 +0000

Woohoo

@ Alex: Thank you for your comment! Ill keep that 300 watch in mind

@ Scott: Cool, then I’m really glad I’ve shown that variant. Yeah, sometimes I feel like “the watch must be one whole thing” and sometimes it’s all about the case and the straps are secondary. Thanks alot for your comment Scott!

By: Scott G

Scott G — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:32:27 +0000

I think it says a lot when the strap of the watch get as much attention as the face. Great design. Has to be the white one for me!

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:41:23 +0000

Very nice watch. Would love to buy the black and white one. You guys should make a really nice $300 watch thoe. I would buy that

By: Samukun

Samukun — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:05:50 +0000

Thanks for checking back and for the request in the first place

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:15:04 +0000

I would get the blue one or the “dark” silver one, good job on the variations.

By: Samukun

Samukun — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:00:27 +0000

Thank you very much Laszlo

By: Laszlo

Laszlo — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:59:29 +0000

The black (the original) is beautiful! I like the octogon, easy to read! 5*/Y!

By: Samukun

Samukun — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:20:17 +0000

@ Ferox: Oh yeah, it’s analog watch remixed. Thanks

@ Yves: Thanks for your comment. I will try some mentioned color/material version today. Steel too

@ uncle: No Dharma stay! The octogon is a matter of style apart from readability. So I took this risk, inspired by TF’s tradition. The SPRING of the hour hand sounds interesting. I have a smooth movement and added the center indicators, so it should kill confusion in the first days. But I actually played with the thought of letting all hands hop to go better with the edgy display – would be more consquent. But I see, there could be more confusion since 9:59 looks like 9:00 if looking too unconcentrated respectively if looking with an anlog watch trained mind. Anyway, it’s a good hint and worth thinking about. Thanks alot for pointing out the (more or less) issues

By: uncle

uncle — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:54:06 +0000

the idea of the design is fantastic and the color too. it should be not too heavy or big in dimensions in order to become an unisex watch. there is only a (big) problem: apart from certain hours it’s very complicated to read time because now the ratio is 8:12. with an exagon (6:12) should be far more easier (but bye bye dharma of course). i have other watches “difficult” to read: to avoid confusion in reading time it should be better that hour hand SPRING (not run) from hour to hour, while minute and second hands can move running constantly in the traditional way. this should avoid the problem of reading by mistake a wrong hour especially when you are close to the next one (e.g. from 50 to around 59 minute)

By: Yves Bertola

Yves Bertola — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 06:52:44 +0000

No matter what says Ferox , it’s oofbeat and flossy. Have you tried a negative item (stainless with black octagons) ? Or whole bright colored ?

By: Ferox

Ferox — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:50:07 +0000

Although it uses an aged concept, it is remixed through the way the “hands” are designed. Nice.

By: Samukun

Samukun — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:18:02 +0000

@ Travess: Hey cool, thanks for your input. Mh, a controlled changeable color for the lines? That’s only possible with LEDs and that means they are off the whole day except you press a button – totally different from the “always on” analog watch But I will try out some (static) color variants.

@ Shannon: Haha yeah, I see the similarities

By: Pat Galea

Pat Galea — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:56:28 +0000

“With a continuously moving second hand (and knowing the minute hand is in the middle) you automatically see the remaining hand as the hour hand… no confusion I think.”

You may well be right! I’m sure you’d get used to it after a while anyway.