Dezeen Watch Store: the latest tactile timepiece by inclusive design company Eone is available to pre-order at Dezeen Watch Store, two years after the launch of the acclaimed Bradley.
The new Bradley Element watch by Washington DC-based Eone is the brand's first design to feature a concave and convex pattern around its markers, creating a face with angular peaks and troughs.
The Bradley Element is available to pre-order at Dezeen Watch Store
Like the original Bradley, which was initially designed for the visually impaired, the Bradley Element uses magnets to move two small metal ball bearings around the face. These allow wearers to tell the time without having to look at their watch.
One ball runs in a track around the edge of the case, while another runs around a smaller circuit on the face to track the hours and minutes. The Element's markers are raised in different triangular variations, making it easier to read by touch alone ? for example, 12 o'clock features a wider, flatter marker, while six o'clock is slender. The metal case has a matt-black finish and a matching black steel mesh strap.
Like the original Bradley design, the Bradley Element uses ball bearings to help the wearer tell the time through touch
The Bradley series of watches is named after Paralympic swimmer Bradley Snyder, a former naval officer who lost his sight in an explosion in Afghanistan in 2011, and won gold and silver medals at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
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