Comments on: 3D Tilt Watch Concept

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:30:10 +0000

Time is running out on this one, so a big thanks to everyone who voted, commented and shared/liked!
Cheers to TF for posting it here!

Pete from team GB

By: Pete

Pete — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 09:45:55 +0000

Hehe, I’ll take it! Cheers Makko!

By: Makkovik

Makkovik — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 03:46:10 +0000

well to bad, I put a 5.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:42:14 +0000

Hey Makko, thanks for the feedback! Yeah I agree that a jump hour mech would be best and like Keith mentioned the single figure for the ten minute groups would work better. There is a concave glass on the model, it’s the most obvious on the exploded view. Cheers for the 4.5, I would happily take a 4

By: Makkovik

Makkovik — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:48:00 +0000

It’s a very nice 12-5-9, but the regular position totally saved it. If you add a glass, there wouldn’t be any problem of dirt collection. A concave would be better. I love the marks on the disk used to imitate tyre and the brake imitation. I agree with Keith : the 10′s disk should be 1, 2, 3, etc not 10, 20, 30.

Change the 10′s disk and add a glass & I would buy. ( would have been a 4.5 but we can’t do it )

By: Makkovik

Makkovik — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:28:56 +0000

The 12-5-9 option need to be a jump hour. The HMS can be continuous.

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 09:29:13 +0000

http://techcracks.com/2012/06/3d-tilt-watch-concept-design-peter-fletcher/

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:19:54 +0000

Thanks for the feedback Fir!

By: Firdaus

Firdaus — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 06:51:07 +0000

I’d say this is too over imaginative. Apply some physic and make the watch look ready for customer, since you design in complete 3d rendering. I think a comment from Tom above, though sounds a bit bitter, but I think he was sane. I know my comment is not constructive, but I think giving a false comment is worse. 3*

By: JP

JP — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:42:47 +0000

I feel like this would be a good gift for my engineer friend. It has a real industrial feel to it. It would also go well with steampunk, I think.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:55:32 +0000

Yeah a lot of scores in recent times are dissapointing. TF take the scores with a pinch of salt anyway.
Im glad you likey, cheers for the interest!

By: JP

JP — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:44:01 +0000

It’s too bad that this watch doesn’t have such a high score. I really like this one.

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:58:19 +0000

Hi Keith,
You make a fair point about the 10 min incruments. Making them a single figure would make reading easier and allow the number to be a larger font size. In an ideal world it would be a jump hour type mechanism that “clicks” around and the numbers are always seen clearly. But like you say a traditional analogue mechanism would be easier and cheaper.
As I methioned in the text description this concept would also work with a more conventional hours, mins, secs format, again this would make manufacture easier and cheaper. The look would remain much the same and having the seconds displayed would give the watch constant movement.
Thanks for the thanks and the interest!

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:04:45 +0000

I like the concept, but I don’t like the zeros on the 10′s disc– just display ’0′,’1′, etc. rather than ’00′, ’10′…
Also, do the wheels ‘click’ on the minute, like an old flip clock, or do they rotate continuously, like an odometer? The latter would be easier to construct, but less convenient for actually reading the time. Thanks for your submission

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:07:54 +0000

hehe now you mention it the viewing window has a similar feel. I hope you got good teeth, this one is rather on the chewy side! Cheers for the comment DZ!