CONCEPT TIMEKEEPING DEVICE
Why do we cling to the tyranny of three hands? For centuries, we've been conditioned to decipher the chaotic dance of hour, minute, and second hands. The Monodial strips away the unnecessary, leaving only what matters: the elegant sweep of time itself.
THE STRESS OF PRECISION
We've become prisoners of punctuality. Every meeting must start at exactly 2:47 PM. Every train missed by 30 seconds is a personal failure. We check our phones 96 times a day, not for messages, but to confirm we're not 2 minutes behind schedule. This obsession with precision is killing us slowly, one anxious glance at a time.
"Time is what we want most, but what we use worst."
— William Penn
"The trouble is, you think you have time."
— Jack Kornfield
Reading a traditional watch is a learned behavior. Children struggle with it. Adults glance at their wrists and still pull out their phones. The Monodial embraces approximation over precision, freeing us from the digital tyranny of exact seconds.
Studies show that time anxiety is at an all-time high. Cortisol levels spike when we're running 5 minutes late. Heart rates increase when we can't find our phone to check the exact time. The Monodial asks: what if we just... relaxed?
"Time is an illusion."
— Albert Einstein
Your ancestors lived full lives knowing only if it was morning, noon, or evening. They built civilizations. Created art. Fell in love. All without knowing it was exactly 3:42 and 17 seconds. Perhaps they were onto something.
This is not a watch. This is a rebellion. A statement that says we refuse to be enslaved by microseconds. The single hand moves with purpose, pointing the way to a simpler, more intuitive future.