New watch: for the blind!

[Deleted member 651465]

http://www.the-iblog.com/2008/05/29/the-sexiest-watch-youll-never-see/

I know there are many watch lovers on OcUK, so what say you?!

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Why not just a watch that is one big button that says the time?

Would you want a wristwatch that shouted out "FIVE PAST 3" on the bus?

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Surely brail would be better?

It works on the same principle.. it mechanically raises the segments by 1mm each, effectively making it an always-changing brail-face.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Except it's in the shape of numbers, instead of brail, so really it's a gimmic, and not a tool for the blind.

Really? Where does it say that? I assumed it would give a brail version of the numbers.

If your blind it might be helpful My dad is partially sighted and he'd be lost without his watch, probably wouldn't even catch the bus

Yes, not saying it wouldn't work.. but it might attract unwanted attention from yobs; or even some people would rather have something they can feel, It's a personal choice I would imagine.