Back in the days when I had an analogue watch, rather than a serious computer, strapped to my wrist, I often wondered whether life would be more or less stressful if I removed the minute and second hands, so that I could only tell the time to, say, the nearest 5-10 minutes. Would I be more likely to be on time for meetings, for example, or would I still try to squeeze other things in right up until the last minute?
Well, it turns out I wasn’t the only one to find this idea at least intriguing. Enter Slow Watches, who make some rather nice designs with a single hand. In their case, they chose to make this hand rotate every 24 hours instead of 12, to ‘follow the natural rhythm of the sun’.
Now, that’s quite poetic, and I like the way midnight is at the bottom, so the hand will rise and set in a way that should feel natural, at least if you live in the northern hemisphere. But it might take longer for you to be able to glance at it and know that it’s roughly half-past two.
I’ve got so used to all the wonderful facilities of my Apple Watch that I find it hard to imagine exchanging it for anything, though there’s no denying that these are more aesthetically appealing.
What do you think? Would your quality of life improve if you could only tell the time to the nearest 15 mins or so?
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