Gallery: 10 Free, Awesome Alternatives to the Pebble Watch's Ugly Face Designs
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The attmm watch face follows a typical design pattern but pairs it with a unique aesthetic quality. *Photo: Albert Salamon*
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For the less adventurous, Salamon has also designed a couple of more traditional watch faces. *Photo: Albert Salamon*
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The ttmmup is one of Salamon's most elegant designs. Large squares mark the hour, while small ones represent five minute blocks of time. *Photo: Albert Salamon*
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With the ttmmgrid, minutes are displayed as numbers in the center of the watch face, while hours are represented by fused squares. The watches in these images are displaying the times 11:42 a.m. and 1:02 a.m. *Photo: Albert Salamon*
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Unconstrained by manufacturing, Salamon is experimenting heavily with watch face designs, including faces inspired by Microsoft Excel, of all things. *Photo: Albert Salamon*
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In this design, the hour is displayed traditionally, but the minutes are represented abstractly. Small squares represent a minute, large squares 10 minute blocks, and the rectangles denote 30 minute time blocks. These watches read 10:01 am, 7:29 am, and 8:58 pm. *Photo: Albert Salamon*
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Salamon's goal with this watch face is to remind wearers to focus on the big picture. This face only displays time in 15 minute and one hour blocks, but indicates five and 10 minute increments by blinking the squares at different rates. These watches read 4 a.m., 7:45 a.m., and 11 p.m. *Photo: Albert Salamon*
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Don't have a Pebble? Salamon has developed an app that demonstrates his unique take on time tracking. *Photo: Albert Salamon*
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