Comments on: ZooM LCD watch gets up close with time.

By: Makkovik

Makkovik — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:03:57 +0000

The ideas to put the digits in a single row, at an angle & cutting the top and bottom are nice, but the chosen angle seem wrong. ( the animation would be good if the display was horizontal )

I like the black textile/ruber band with gray ss case combo.

But I prefer Patrick version.

By: dzign555

dzign555 — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:55:59 +0000

Nice work, Heather! 5y

By: ajw002

ajw002 — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 01:33:15 +0000

Thank u so much.

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:58:24 +0000

thanks, brent! i’ll take 5 stars any time

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:57:36 +0000

thanks for the honesty and support.

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:56:50 +0000

hi, ajw. thanks for your comment. i used google sketchup and paint shop pro for this one, but more recently, i’ve been using google sketchup with a plugin to export to kerkythea (3d rendering software) – both applications are free, and it really makes my work look more realistic. thanks for your vote, and good luck!

By: ajw002

ajw002 — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:42:49 +0000

Hi Heather. I love the band on this watch. Make a red one for me. I’m new to this blog and have a question: what design app did you use? Since I am only 11 I just have drawings. Please tell. Me what app u used. But ZooM is still a 5 star watch

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:51:16 +0000

I’m not sure about this one… 3/5 stars…
Keep up the good work.

By: Brent

Brent — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:10:51 +0000

very cool and easy to read once you get the hang of it. 5/5

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 08:37:15 +0000

I see, well I’d still get it should it be made if only for the very clean design. I love anything minimalist when it’s done right.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:05:58 +0000

actually, your second suggestion is a concept that was posted a while back.
http://blog.tokyoflash.com/2012/05/inside-out-lcd-watch-stacks-up-time-digits/

and this one is also related to that idea.
http://blog.tokyoflash.com/2012/11/concave-led-watch-with-ripple-effect/

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:03:16 +0000

Jorge, thanks for the suggestion. That sounds interesting, but i’m not sure how difficult it would be to make it readable. If I can come up with something that works well, maybe I’ll submit a revised concept.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:01:04 +0000

fair point, alex. thanks for your input!

By: Jorge Luis

Jorge Luis — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:40:08 +0000

What about, keeping the same idea of the zoom, to put one number behind the other, as a deck of cards inside a tunnel, one number behind (or upon) the other but smaller?

By: alex322

alex322 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:10:34 +0000

Its a good idea, but personally…I dont like it because its just too easy to read, tokyoflash is about hard to figure out at first glace, I seriously looked at it and was like, 12:45 most watches I look at I have to look how to read it.