Tactile Time

I used to enjoy a time when mobile phones had tactile keyboards. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve actually typed out full messages without looking at my phone once. It used to be a great feeling, working with information with the aid of tactile feedback. The Bradley timepiece brings that same joy to the act of reading time.

Around its rather beautifully crafted dial are two channels, both holding a ball bearing each. The ball bearings roll across the channel, their position with respect to the face of the dial indicating the time. You could stare at the watch to read the time, or conversely you could run your finger across the dial to ‘feel’ time move by… The latter is surely more poetic!

Designer: Nick Gu

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Sarang Sheth

Sarang is the co-editor in chief of Yanko Design. He is a former industrial designer at a Bangalore-based multidisciplinary design studio, working in areas including appliances, FMCG, packaging, technology, luxury, etc. Sarang has written about design and technology for over a decade and has been a jury member on international design awards. He occasionally works on tech concepts featured on Forbes, The Verge, Hypebeast, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Tom's Guide, LetsGoDigital, and Unbox Therapy. Sarang graduated from MIT Institute of Design, Pune.

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