New Watch Suggestion
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As some of you may know, I work for Timex - the watch company. I'm currently in the process of designing the user interface for a new digital sports watch. I want to make it appealing to the younger cell phone generation - it must be something they would wear outside of the gym. My industrial design guys are handling that part. However, what would you all like to see in a digital sports watch - aside from the standard chronograph with lap storage, alarms, and timer that every sports watch has. Oh, and for this project, computer connectivity, heart rate monitors and GPS receivers are out of the question. Regards, Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
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Brigg Thorp wrote:
My industrial design guys are handling that part. However, what would you all like to see in a digital sports watch
The time. Ok, yeah, that was trite... but really, that's it. I don't care how many other features the thing has, if i have to hold it at a certain angle, or press a button, or do anything else beyond glancing in the direction of my wrist, i'm not gonna bother. And for a sports watch, that means reading it when it's dark, when the sun is directly ahead of me, when it's wet, when going from a very hot environment into a very cold one, and when a thin layer of dust and grime has covered everything. Without needing to hunt for the button to activate a backlight, or otherwise divert my attention for more than a split second. ----
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Shog9 wrote:
The time.
Does it have to be correct? :)[
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As some of you may know, I work for Timex - the watch company. I'm currently in the process of designing the user interface for a new digital sports watch. I want to make it appealing to the younger cell phone generation - it must be something they would wear outside of the gym. My industrial design guys are handling that part. However, what would you all like to see in a digital sports watch - aside from the standard chronograph with lap storage, alarms, and timer that every sports watch has. Oh, and for this project, computer connectivity, heart rate monitors and GPS receivers are out of the question. Regards, Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
wi-fi hot-spot detector. I love watches, but I'm allergic to them, physical allergy, I get irritation on my wrist, so something that will eliminate this. It might already exists, I haven't wore a watch in over 10 years.
Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad
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As some of you may know, I work for Timex - the watch company. I'm currently in the process of designing the user interface for a new digital sports watch. I want to make it appealing to the younger cell phone generation - it must be something they would wear outside of the gym. My industrial design guys are handling that part. However, what would you all like to see in a digital sports watch - aside from the standard chronograph with lap storage, alarms, and timer that every sports watch has. Oh, and for this project, computer connectivity, heart rate monitors and GPS receivers are out of the question. Regards, Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
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wi-fi hot-spot detector. I love watches, but I'm allergic to them, physical allergy, I get irritation on my wrist, so something that will eliminate this. It might already exists, I haven't wore a watch in over 10 years.
Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad
Maximilien wrote:
It might already exists
Yes it does, it's called a "not cheap" watch! ;) I used to get that all the time as well, but have never got it again since I started buying quality watches from good name brands. Try titanium, or stainless steel. A lot of the offendors you tried probably had nickel or nickel alloy in them.
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As some of you may know, I work for Timex - the watch company. I'm currently in the process of designing the user interface for a new digital sports watch. I want to make it appealing to the younger cell phone generation - it must be something they would wear outside of the gym. My industrial design guys are handling that part. However, what would you all like to see in a digital sports watch - aside from the standard chronograph with lap storage, alarms, and timer that every sports watch has. Oh, and for this project, computer connectivity, heart rate monitors and GPS receivers are out of the question. Regards, Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
How about one with 1) Multiple alarms (I wake up at the same time, I need to leave the gym at the same time, I should eat lunch at this time, etc...) don't make me set one alarm 10 times a day. 2) a count down timer. That beeps when the time has hit. and then counts "up" after the time has elasped so I know how much time passed from the point when I should have stopped. 3) Don't make the watch this huge, bulky thing that looks like it fell off an Aircraft. Just because I like working out with weights, doesn't mean I want my watch to be one too. 4) Ok, I know you said "No computer connectivity stuff" but an MP3 player built-in with headphone jack. I mean COME ON this is a no brainer. Even if it held only 30 songs, that's enough for a work-out. oops - you said "After the gym" ... but honestly, the watch I wear when I work-out is almost always the same one I wear to work; and everywhere else. It has to function in/out of the gym and "play both parts" ;P 5) Make a woman's watch just like it. My wife complains all the time that men have the cooler watches and watch companies always muck up the "woman's version" of the watch. Make them the same, but make the sizes for a man and one for a woman. That's what've got.
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Pedometer "If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done." - Peter Ustinov
Great suggestion. I failed to mention this one in my rant post :-D
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |Development Blogging|Viksoe.dk's Site -
As some of you may know, I work for Timex - the watch company. I'm currently in the process of designing the user interface for a new digital sports watch. I want to make it appealing to the younger cell phone generation - it must be something they would wear outside of the gym. My industrial design guys are handling that part. However, what would you all like to see in a digital sports watch - aside from the standard chronograph with lap storage, alarms, and timer that every sports watch has. Oh, and for this project, computer connectivity, heart rate monitors and GPS receivers are out of the question. Regards, Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
Brigg Thorp wrote:
heart rate monitors
Crap. I love my Timex Ironman HRM. Of course with the strap, wearing it outside of the gym/working out is kinda silly. For a sports watch, I'd love the ability to see how many calories are burned, like a treadmil does. Of couse, you have to input weight, exercise, etc. but still I think it would be neat. Jeremy Falcon
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Pedometer "If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done." - Peter Ustinov
That would be neat, but how are you going to implement it? I suppose movement of the arm. Would make for an interesting article. :) Jeremy Falcon
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Brigg Thorp wrote:
My industrial design guys are handling that part. However, what would you all like to see in a digital sports watch
The time. Ok, yeah, that was trite... but really, that's it. I don't care how many other features the thing has, if i have to hold it at a certain angle, or press a button, or do anything else beyond glancing in the direction of my wrist, i'm not gonna bother. And for a sports watch, that means reading it when it's dark, when the sun is directly ahead of me, when it's wet, when going from a very hot environment into a very cold one, and when a thin layer of dust and grime has covered everything. Without needing to hunt for the button to activate a backlight, or otherwise divert my attention for more than a split second. ----
Bots don't know when people die. --Paul Watson, RIP
Shog9 wrote:
I don't care how many other features the thing has
Are you kidding? The HRMs are a godsend. Jeremy Falcon
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As some of you may know, I work for Timex - the watch company. I'm currently in the process of designing the user interface for a new digital sports watch. I want to make it appealing to the younger cell phone generation - it must be something they would wear outside of the gym. My industrial design guys are handling that part. However, what would you all like to see in a digital sports watch - aside from the standard chronograph with lap storage, alarms, and timer that every sports watch has. Oh, and for this project, computer connectivity, heart rate monitors and GPS receivers are out of the question. Regards, Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
I think I might be able to give you some useful feedback. I currently have a Timex Triathalon, which is several years old. One problem I have had with it is I could never figure out how to reset the chronograph to zero. I can start it, stop it, and use the lap feature, but never could figure out how to zero it out. Perhaps you might be able to go have a look at how it was done on that particular watch, and make sure to do it differently! ;) Sincerely, Rich S
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As some of you may know, I work for Timex - the watch company. I'm currently in the process of designing the user interface for a new digital sports watch. I want to make it appealing to the younger cell phone generation - it must be something they would wear outside of the gym. My industrial design guys are handling that part. However, what would you all like to see in a digital sports watch - aside from the standard chronograph with lap storage, alarms, and timer that every sports watch has. Oh, and for this project, computer connectivity, heart rate monitors and GPS receivers are out of the question. Regards, Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
Make the UI SIMPLE (easier said than done). Basic design criteria: If you need to read the manual for a watch - it's a bad design. Period. I hate digital watches with 8 billion features that you can only get to with simultaneously holding two buttons or pressing one button, selecting with another, and back and forth. Who can remember all of that! Try copying the Ipod somewhat. The "dial + select + back" interface works really well for navigating, and the dial would fit well on the bevel of a watch.
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As some of you may know, I work for Timex - the watch company. I'm currently in the process of designing the user interface for a new digital sports watch. I want to make it appealing to the younger cell phone generation - it must be something they would wear outside of the gym. My industrial design guys are handling that part. However, what would you all like to see in a digital sports watch - aside from the standard chronograph with lap storage, alarms, and timer that every sports watch has. Oh, and for this project, computer connectivity, heart rate monitors and GPS receivers are out of the question. Regards, Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
M.A.M.E. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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As some of you may know, I work for Timex - the watch company. I'm currently in the process of designing the user interface for a new digital sports watch. I want to make it appealing to the younger cell phone generation - it must be something they would wear outside of the gym. My industrial design guys are handling that part. However, what would you all like to see in a digital sports watch - aside from the standard chronograph with lap storage, alarms, and timer that every sports watch has. Oh, and for this project, computer connectivity, heart rate monitors and GPS receivers are out of the question. Regards, Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
Ever since I have been buying watches, I've had only a few requirements: 1) both analog and digital; 2) stopwatch; 3) alarm; 4) water resistant; 5) less than $30. I like for the watch to have an "outdoor" type rather than a "professional" type look. My current watch is a Remington. It looks really good but I can now complain about a few things since I've had it over a year: 1) the band is secured via Velcro which does not last very long. It also snags the end of long-sleeve shirts; 2) the buttons on the side are multi-purpose and not very intuitive (e.g., hold button A down for 3 seconds, when LED flashes, depress buttons B and C); 3) I've not been able to locate a replacement band as it connects to the watch itself in a very odd way; 4) not sure what some of the LEDs are for, and the instructions don't say either.
"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain
"There is no death, only a change of worlds." - Native American Proverb
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Brigg Thorp wrote:
My industrial design guys are handling that part. However, what would you all like to see in a digital sports watch
The time. Ok, yeah, that was trite... but really, that's it. I don't care how many other features the thing has, if i have to hold it at a certain angle, or press a button, or do anything else beyond glancing in the direction of my wrist, i'm not gonna bother. And for a sports watch, that means reading it when it's dark, when the sun is directly ahead of me, when it's wet, when going from a very hot environment into a very cold one, and when a thin layer of dust and grime has covered everything. Without needing to hunt for the button to activate a backlight, or otherwise divert my attention for more than a split second. ----
Bots don't know when people die. --Paul Watson, RIP
Shog9 wrote:
Ok, yeah, that was trite... but really, that's it.
Reminds me of the watch in Spy Kids. It did everything but tell time (not enough room).
"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain
"There is no death, only a change of worlds." - Native American Proverb
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How about one with 1) Multiple alarms (I wake up at the same time, I need to leave the gym at the same time, I should eat lunch at this time, etc...) don't make me set one alarm 10 times a day. 2) a count down timer. That beeps when the time has hit. and then counts "up" after the time has elasped so I know how much time passed from the point when I should have stopped. 3) Don't make the watch this huge, bulky thing that looks like it fell off an Aircraft. Just because I like working out with weights, doesn't mean I want my watch to be one too. 4) Ok, I know you said "No computer connectivity stuff" but an MP3 player built-in with headphone jack. I mean COME ON this is a no brainer. Even if it held only 30 songs, that's enough for a work-out. oops - you said "After the gym" ... but honestly, the watch I wear when I work-out is almost always the same one I wear to work; and everywhere else. It has to function in/out of the gym and "play both parts" ;P 5) Make a woman's watch just like it. My wife complains all the time that men have the cooler watches and watch companies always muck up the "woman's version" of the watch. Make them the same, but make the sizes for a man and one for a woman. That's what've got.
:..::. Douglas H. Troy ::..
Bad Astronomy |Development Blogging|Viksoe.dk's Site -- modified at 13:37 Monday 6th March, 2006Douglas Troy wrote:
- Multiple alarms (I wake up at the same time, I need to leave the gym at the same time, I should eat lunch at this time, etc...) don't make me set one alarm 10 times a day.
My Casio G-Shock has several alarms. I'm not sure how many since I never use them and it varied somewhat between models but IIRC they were all in the 4-6 range. As far as must have features the one I'm never going back from is atomic time signal recieving. My watch sets it's time daily so I never have to fiddle with the time getting off. GPS enabled (for timezones) would be nice for people who do alot of traveling (as would being able to recieve both US and EU timing pulses depending on the location), but useless to me since GPS devices are on the banned list in the secure area at work. Something I don't like are bands designed to hold the watch centered on the back of my wrist. I prefer having it at the 1:30 position so that I don't have to turn my wrist as much to read the display.
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M.A.M.E. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
Christian Graus wrote:
M.A.M.E.
Are you needing to Evaluate Missiles And Munitions?
"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain
"There is no death, only a change of worlds." - Native American Proverb
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Christian Graus wrote:
M.A.M.E.
Are you needing to Evaluate Missiles And Munitions?
"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain
"There is no death, only a change of worlds." - Native American Proverb
No, that would be E.M.A.M. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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As some of you may know, I work for Timex - the watch company. I'm currently in the process of designing the user interface for a new digital sports watch. I want to make it appealing to the younger cell phone generation - it must be something they would wear outside of the gym. My industrial design guys are handling that part. However, what would you all like to see in a digital sports watch - aside from the standard chronograph with lap storage, alarms, and timer that every sports watch has. Oh, and for this project, computer connectivity, heart rate monitors and GPS receivers are out of the question. Regards, Brigg Thorp Senior Software Engineer Timex Corporation
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Shog9 wrote:
I don't care how many other features the thing has
Are you kidding? The HRMs are a godsend. Jeremy Falcon
