Reveal Watch by Daniel Will-Harris

Watches are totally unnecessary bits of fashion these days, which some might lament as a passing age, but I find liberating: if you're going to bother with a watch, you can get one that doesn't excel at its primary function in exchange for one that does something interesting. These Reveal Watches by Daniel Will-Harris are actually pretty easy to read as far as modern watches go, as the hour and five minute blocks are uncovered by a rotating dial, blocking all those other distracting numbers.

Both the black and the orange version are available for $80 with leather, or $95 for a metal mesh band.

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[#1 posted by Anonymous , September 17, 2007 9:33 AM]

"Watches are totally unnecessary bits of fashion these days"

In what respect are watches unnecessary?

[#2 posted by Joel Johnson , September 17, 2007 9:45 AM]

In the sense that nearly every portable device these days includes a clock.

[#3 posted by Knifemouth , September 17, 2007 11:58 PM]

This watch would be great for me and my failing eyes if it took it's job a bit more seriously and really covered up all those numbers except the ones that are exactly the time. About the only way I would wear something that looked like this! I love watches, and I don't always want to dig out my phone.

[#4 posted by Anonymous , September 18, 2007 9:43 PM]

As a dyslexic for whom reading traditional analog watches is a long and annoying process ("okay, if the big hand is the minute hand and the short one is the hour... Or is it the other way around?"), the black version of this watch would be a beautiful replacement for my trusty (but sadly inappropriate-for-evenings-out) digital watch.

I too agree that it's annoying to dig out my phone every time I want to know what time it is... Besides that, it's easier to be subtle about finding out the time with a watch than a phone.