OctoThorpe LED watch is a digital watch with a cryptic twist.

Design submitted by Sam from Germany.

Sam says: The inspiration for this watch came from the number sign (hash, pound sign, rarely octothorp in different variations). This symbol divides an area into nine squares.

I sketched around for a digital display and quickly came to the double square numbers, you can see in the images. I took the name Octothorpe due to it’s emphasis on the number 8. There are 8 squares forming the time display and each of them is made of 8 segments.

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Titanium watch uses circular digits.

Design submitted by Timur from Кyrgyzstan.

Timur says: Titanium watches designed in style futuristic modernity. Information display clock showing precise time, decorated with beautiful characters. At first sight the characters are seem odd, difficult to understand what time is it. However, after careful consideration it is becoming clear, that these characters are the numbers that display hours and minutes.   Continue reading

SuujiMaru Watch transforms numbers into alien symbols.

Design submitted by Sam from Germany.

Sam says: This concept began experimentally with sketching for hexagon based numbers. After a while, the numbers developed into these round ones, that consist of six circle segments and a center dot. I played with the number layout and soon everything reminded me of some sci-fi technology.
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N-Gon Watch Shows The Time Between Polygons

Heather says:

“I wanted to make an LCD design that would include seconds, as that is a desirable feature that few currently available watches have. I was also inspired by Sam’s Online watch concept, which uses just the outlines of digits on both sides.  I extended the concept by letting the digits be read in the negative space, between changing n-sided polygons (n-gons). Continue reading