Pretty cool concept, but has some practicality issues.
If the active time is always lit, that would drain the battery pretty quickly. We don't think of watches as something that needs to be charged constantly like a phone.
The dots running around the 'bottom' ring seem like they would signify seconds. There's no way to tell what part of the minute you're within.
If the hour and minute indicators do not move independently and with the time (which would probably feel really weird, anyway), then you would have trouble telling both the minute and hour at any given time if they're lit up on opposite sides.
Charging seems like it would actually be the simplest part, as you could just have an induction coil running around the inner edge.
My old Target watch didn't survive the move, so I picked up this cheap Timex so I could have a watch to wear for a job interview last week. It's a fine watch: clean design, Indiglo can be handy, and the expansion band meant I knew it would fit.
But now, since they've just offered me a job, I think it's time to give into you pushers and order my first mechanical watch. COMЯADES, behold Soviet design perfection!
Edit: wait, do people mean dial width or case width? Amazon claims 40mm case width, but I measure 34. Anyway, is small. Hoping the Vostok is a bit bigger, but will be fine with it if not.
Width is the maximum diameter of the case left to right. Any other way to measure case width is the wrong way, though sometimes people nevertheless measure lengthwise from lug to lug.
//edit: 28nm is technically designed for ladies. Classically, anything sub-35.
Sometimes I feel like the only person that doesn't like the modern trend of huge watches. I like 36mm watches. My Caravelle is a 36 and I love the look of it, some of the larger ones just feel to gaudy to me sometimes.
My Tissot (still in Elgin for repairs currently :/) is a 40mm, and that's just about as big as I'm willing to go on a watch. It feels just right at that size.
Nice! Looks good with the black canvas band. Looking forward to getting mine sometime in September. Shipping from Ukraine is somewhat imprecise, I guess.
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If the active time is always lit, that would drain the battery pretty quickly. We don't think of watches as something that needs to be charged constantly like a phone.
The dots running around the 'bottom' ring seem like they would signify seconds. There's no way to tell what part of the minute you're within.
If the hour and minute indicators do not move independently and with the time (which would probably feel really weird, anyway), then you would have trouble telling both the minute and hour at any given time if they're lit up on opposite sides.
Charging seems like it would actually be the simplest part, as you could just have an induction coil running around the inner edge.
But now, since they've just offered me a job, I think it's time to give into you pushers and order my first mechanical watch.
COMЯADES, behold Soviet design perfection!
Edit: wait, do people mean dial width or case width? Amazon claims 40mm case width, but I measure 34. Anyway, is small. Hoping the Vostok is a bit bigger, but will be fine with it if not.
//edit: 28nm is technically designed for ladies. Classically, anything sub-35.
My Tissot (still in Elgin for repairs currently :/) is a 40mm, and that's just about as big as I'm willing to go on a watch. It feels just right at that size.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LANGENGRAD-GOLD-TONE-WITH-CITIZEN-8205-AUTOMATIC-MOVEMENT-IN-MINT-CON-/261278654706?pt=Wristwatches&hash=item3cd56be0f2
You were going to give terin a badge for 1000$... You were selling badges for money. THAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT BADGEWHORING WOULD BE.
Also, I want a Vostok pretty badly. I think that'll be my next big watch purchase.
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I've had this one bookmarked for a while.
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Oh, that badge.
I now have a watch for all occasions