Comments on: ∏ / Pi Watch Design Divides Time

By: Makkovik

Makkovik — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:13:14 +0000

I like the simplicity. I prefer the round ( even if the buttons position look wrong ) & the hexagonal. I would buy a green or red display. 4*.

By: Samuel InMan

Samuel InMan — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:38:34 +0000

I like this watch, it looks like fun to have, it reminds me of math.

By: Melvin

Melvin — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 21:17:52 +0000

When will it be availabe?

By: Andrew Joy

Andrew Joy — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:13:47 +0000

Touch screen Controls: Touch the screen to activate back light. Then press & hold to enter setting mode. The Hour & The Minute dial will flash. The user Selects the dial they wish to alter, then scrolls their finger Clockwise to increase the Hour / Minute or Anticlockwise to decrease the current Time.

By: dzign555

dzign555 — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 21:52:42 +0000

I think this is your best design so far, Andrew. I’ve sent another post with some Youtube links that are awaiting moderation. Sam is right about Sketchup – his tip will save you hours of frustration.

Cheers – 5y

By: xian

xian — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:41:23 +0000

My DevHour concept resembled a rotated pie chart every 5 minutes, but other than that they are different approaches.

By: xian

xian — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:14:08 +0000

Hi, Andrew. I like the round and hexagon faces!

By: Andrew Joy

Andrew Joy — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:37:31 +0000

I would like to thank Tokyo Flash for publishing this latest Design on there Blog. This is the 10th design that I have had published. If you want to check out some of my other published concept copy & paste the following Link: http://www.tokyoflash.com/blog/?s=ANDREW+UK

Furthermore I would like to add that this design could also be available with Touch Screen Controls.

By: dzign555

dzign555 — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:37:05 +0000

This is a great idea, Andrew – well done. Like Sam says try the multiplier and divide tools in Sketchup – it’ll save you a HUGE AMOUNT of hassle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI0nSmvQngY

The following sounds like Spanish or Portuguese, but it’s fairly obvious what’s going on. Look in the bottom right before the guy creates the 23 segments:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol_gpxctso8

Hope this helps, and 5y

By: Samukun

Samukun — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:31:58 +0000

I heard pie, got here and found pie shapes Hey, nice time telling method. I like the square one the most!

Btw, draw a line, rotate it by 30° while holding ctrl (creates a copy) then just type x11 and you have a perfect polar array of 12 lines Same works for the minutes (6°, x59). SketchUp is a lil difficult when it comes to round things. When you draw a “circle” I can recommend it to have 60 segments for watch designs. So you always have the important angles resting on a vertice. Good luck and more fun!

I like Pi(e) and the minimalistic time telling looks good. I just hope for you that noone had this cool and simple idea before (happens more often than one wants). The watch geometry is definite enough to see what you mean and neutrally simple – not bad I say.

5*/YES for the work and the idea.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:56:13 +0000

Ummmm pie! :@~~~~ (imagine Homer Simpson drooling sounds) Nice simple time telling method. Looks good and is easy to read. I dunno if this has been done before or not, feels familiar but couldnt say from where. If it hasn’t been done before congrats and I cant believe it hasnt been done before! lol Nice work Andrew! 5/Y