hi

the idea

With this project, I would like to slightly depart from the deep questioning involved with the previous object, and built upon the simple premise that, when inquiring with a clock, one is only concerned with a single time : now. Only the present time is relevant. This is clearly evident in a traditional digital clock, but I would like to build upon the notion by recognizing the existence of other times while portraying them as impertinent. I would also like to pay homage to the traditional standards of telling time (numbers, analog form, etc.) and maintain utility, while producing an evocative timepiece.

To an ordinary person (a non-physicist), time is in motion, in progression, as opposed static, with the individual navigating throughout it. Thus, ideally, the dial should be the principle moving component of this timepiece.

This idea is a "traditional" analog timepiece. The moving dial is large enough to accommodate useful numerical indications of time (i.e. 1, 1:15, 1:30, 1:45, 2). These numbers, however, are too small to be useful (in correlation with the scale of the timepiece); they require passage underneath a fixed magnifying glass to be legible.

This idea is similar to the previous one... but rather than using a magnifying glass to give numbers visibility, it uses contrast. The numbers are printed on a translucent moving dial using the same color as the backplate (likely a dark color to prevent the exposing effect of shadow). A highly contrasting spot on the backplate reveals the current time when the numbers pass over it.

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marking time