I suspect a lot of us have experienced an odd phenomenon of life that goes something like this: we know (roughly) what time of day it is, but we're often less clear on exactly what day it is.
If you just realized you are having that problem today, you may want to think about backing the Kickstarter campaign for a new e-watch, the Daywatch, from a pair of Boston-area entrepreneurs. The wristwatch does just one thing for you—it tells you what day it is currently. While the Apple Watch has arrived to seemingly show us the limitless possibilities that can be part of a wristwatch in our high-tech era, the Daywatch is going way in the other direction—doing less for you than even the typical watch might do.
But perhaps less is more. From the Daywatch Kickstarter campaign page:
We've developed a wristwatch that doesn't tell time. Daywatch simply displays the day of the week and reminds us all to seize today ... It's programmed to change every 24 hours and is incapable of displaying the hour, minute, or date.
The Daywatch, in fact, is meant to be the "antithesis of a smartwatch"—something you will wear to encourage "you and those around you to focus on the big picture and not get lost in the details," the campaign says.
Along with being ultra-simple, the watch is also pretty cheap—available for a pledge of as little as $25 on Kickstarter.
The Daywatch crowdfunding campaign is seeking to raise a modest $12,000. The campaign has about $1,700 committed, from 41 backers, with 33 days left on the campaign (it ends March 2—that's a Monday, in case you were wondering). The estimated date for deliveries to start is June (two months after the Apple Watch).
As for the technology involved with the Daywatch, its screen will make use of low-power, high-resolution "e-ink" (popularized by the Amazon Kindle and Pebble SmartWatch).
Behind the Daywatch are Matthew Thomas and Daniel Valenti, 2009 Harvard graduates who have also created the 180Watch, a wristwatch to help with LSAT preparation.
Thoughts on the Daywatch concept in the era of the Apple Watch? Weigh in on the comments below.
