The watch for people who can't see.

[@amanraja7377]

Being visually impaired, I've always struggled with watches. They're usually very invasive or play stupid sounds. Didn’t know the Bradley existed and will be picking one up. Thanks Dankpods

[@aa-tx7th]

dont those magnets are too weak youll just knock them away from the correct time if you try to feel them without being very careful everytime. which sounds like a major hassle. overdesigned garbage. just go for a simpler, cheaper braille watch that has fewer moving parts and is designed for function over form.

[@BEEZUS45]

​@@aa-tx7th did you watch the video?

[@ChlorideCull]

@@aa-tx7th you do realize that each number in a braille watch needs 4 pins it can move up and down individually, right? this has way less moving parts, and looks to be much easier to clean.

[@MudakTheMultiplier]

​@@aa-tx7thif there is anyone with fingers delicate enough to gently touch something without disturbing it it's someone who can read braille.

[@dominikwylie147]

@@aa-tx7th I think my badly watch is telling me it's idiot o'clock.

[@HuskyMan77]

1:39 For anyone who is curious about that braille text: Designed for you Designed for everyone

[@tafua_a]

And it is truth in advertising. Whether you can see or not, or whether you can read braille or not (because let's face it, not every visually empaired person can read Braille, especially if they lose their eyesight later in life), you can still tell time. When something is accessible for everyone, it's something I can't help but applaud.

[@flamingophilburt1743]

Don't knock them Casios. I owned and wore one I got for $15 for 10 years. Went swimming in it, went to work, played sports. Everything. The band snapped before the watch stopped working.

[@legoferrari14]

They're such dependable timepieces, back in the early 90's _Michael Schumacher himself_ stuck Casio watches onto his steering wheels to have an in-car stop-watch while qualifying. And keep in mind this was before digital displays became the standard in F1 so this was very forward-thinking.

[@Scott_Fujiwara]

God Tier

[@NQR-9000]

I'm a belgian passenger train driver and I only use Casio Wave Captor watches. They are the only watches that are always synchronous down to the second with every station clocks and my work devices (especially the Samsung galaxy tab that show me the schedule of my train while I drive it).

[@petzouqi76]

The one I bought was already 5 years old, died 2 years later, and took me another 5 years to get around to replacing the battery

[@MegaSimmaster]

Casio watches should be a symbol of the modern economy. It's a watch so long lasting and cheap, it's sometimes better to buy a new one than to replace the battery.

[@harleyjackson3708]

"Mate, I tip my Vegemite to ya." This is the highest sign of respect among the Australian people. This man must truly BE a legend.

[@AlLiberali]

Honourary Aussie one may claim

[@rowandoggo]

It's a miracle, dankpods can finally see his watch

[@STICKOMEDIA]

Truly a Dank moment

[@G0LDB0I]

​​​@@STICKOMEDIApods moment

[@FangTheManokit]

Lol, here before this blows up

[@MAGGOT_VOMIT]

Legend has it, Ray Charles could read a Braille Playboy mag, one handed. 😂

[@SpaceSaver2000]

@@FangTheManokit 💥

[@unmakeyourself]

Okay but I never grasped how a snake could be unsmart until this clip thank you Frank

[@mattb.7713]

As an owner of sneks, they are all not very smart. Frank may well be under the average snake though lol

[@Thesnakerox]

If your hand smells like the snake's food, the snake will try to eat your hand. Better yet, it'll take some time to recognize that your hand is, in fact, not edible.

[@ericmiles11]

​@@Thesnakerox I know this one from experience :)

[@kawaiigoomy3487]

No thoughts, head empty. 🫠 Some snakes are more intelligent though, like king cobras. 🐍

[@farqueue001]

Unsmart?

[@brookeansell265]

as someone who is visually impaired (although not all that much just enough i need assistance) this type of thing is super cool and def follows the "curb cut" effect where things that are made more accessible make more than just the intendeds life easier (curb cuts for people who have a hard time moving around and those who need wheels like strollers wheelchairs and bikes all use them) dankpods bought the watch because he liked the look only after finding out its a HUGE advancement in accessibility (a huge amount of "blind" people cant even read braille) thank you dankpods for sharing this awesome piece of unassuming tech

[@nahometesfay1112]

I have a complicated relationship with curb cuts. They get rid of one uneven surface but create two more (the sides of the cut) which can be an issue on narrow or crowded sidewalks. If they could smooth out the cuts I think that would improve the experience for everyone

[@brookeansell265]

@Nahome Tesfay I get what your saying and I'm sure it's different everywhere but the curb cuts around me are actually wide enough (and relatively gently sloped) that it's not creating that uneven of a surface and I can talk from experience that it's perfered for people "path of least resistance" mentality but I hope you can find a solution that helps you

[@nahometesfay1112]

@@brookeansell265 Yeah if it's sloped it's fine in fact it's great. I've just seen some curb cuts that are about as dangerous as they are useful and they are useful (in one direction)

[@polocatfan]

​@@nahometesfay1112 I'm sorry but go fuck yourself. It might suck you have to get out of the way to accommodate someone in a wheelchair, but they literally can't walk without doing that.

[@Blindtechnician]

I’ve been blind since birth. I’ve never used one of these, I went from one of the yelling watches as he calls it which I will now forever call them to an Apple Watch. This is amazing to see him making a video about these and I’ve often thought about getting one.

[@Lottofatto]

Just so you know man, Dank pods is not lying about the watch. It looks really nice! Hope you are able to snag one soon

[@emrilbennett8704]

I laughed so hard when he called it that! Like I was laughing my butt off, and I couldn’t breathe

[@orugacrest]

its amazing to what him?

[@ztca142]

I'm a blind dude, and I have definitely come across this model. When I was in primary school, I remember being at this center for the blind and being shown several tech solutions including this watch. It was cool but my family couldn't afford anything there. Keep it up, love all your channels

[@tophatvideosinc.5858]

Yeah you definitely DONT SEE a watch like this every day.

[@tahahaider5836]

​@@tophatvideosinc.5858 😉

[@Blindtechnician]

As a fellow blind person all tech related to blindness seems to be expensive as hell. So I can definitely relate to not being able to afford it.

[@Blindtechnician]

@@tophatvideosinc.5858 lol.

[@HOMERISNAKEY]

​@@tophatvideosinc.5858 Bro💀

[@NovemberOrWhatever]

I've heard that it's pretty rare to find accessibility-focused tech that isn't ugly. That's a really cool looking watch.

[@lemolea9571]

Yeah, I don't know why people insist on making disability gear look like a mix between high-vis and children's toys lol

[@BringMayFlowers]

@@lemolea9571 Cheaper and they figure the person involved won't care?

[@thexgamer8240]

This is a really nice watch. Not only is it very useful for blind people but it also looks cool on everyone’s arm.

[@aa-tx7th]

wrong. when you go to feel the time you will knock the sh!tty magnets off this guy has done literally that dozens of times and most of the time they were accidents.

[@XenoPlazma]

@@aa-tx7th when has he done it other then we he pushed the magnets on purpose.. you cant push the magnets unless you actually want to.

[@ames-inthe-grass]

@@aa-tx7th except you miss the part where you shake it and it goes back in place lmaoo

[@TheMainCore]

​@@aa-tx7thwrong, it's made to be easy to reset to the right time. Sis you even watch the video?

[@zynan4427]

​@a a couldn't have been watching this video

[@adrianfernandez7930]

Frank is truly a resilient beast for being able to shrug off smacking into the curtains at high speeds

[@pennyhaywood7857]

My friend is visually impaired and he actually has one of these! I didn’t expect to see it here! According to him, this watch is really useful because he can be very discrete (even more discrete than sighted people sometimes) while checking the time and doesn’t have to bring his wrist so close to his eyes every time he has to check the time Also, his watch was dropped in a pool once, and it still works fine, so I think a quick dip is fine, thankfully

[@bosh__]

as a floating pair of hands, dankpods must be chuffed to actually have a watch he can see

[@kaitlyn__L]

I love your covering of accessibility stuff in your usual style! I'm not blind but I am disabled and I just want to join in with the other comments commending this for all the various reasons. A heck of a lot of cool things we all use daily came out of what started as accessibility solutions, and not many people know about that!

[@emrilbennett8704]

Yah, friend.

[@KecloJaxyn]

Watching Frank bite that curtain just made my whole week 😂 Thank you DankPods

[@mehdisol7094]

this video made me so sad. I had a blind aunt that died a few years ago. this made me think of her, she would have been so happy to have this over her talking watch. Rip Andrée

[@TURBOMIKEIFY]

Wow! My great aunt lost her eyesight many many years ago. I don't remember how, but it was a disease. When I was a child, I used to try and make her be able to see again. She's the sweetest person! She'd play along with me. By then, she had Stevie Wonder vision (she could barely see, not like she had to wear super powerful glasses. She had to wear shades). She still calls me "Her little eye doctor" even though I'm 26 and haven't seen her and years. I think I'm going to try and get one of these for her. Thanks for reminding me of the blind. Made me realize and appreciate that having a gigantic family, I'm gonna have people who will have issues/impairments. A humbling video for me, this was.

[@Koda_Grey]

This means a lot to me. I was born blind. Learned braille as a child. It’s funny how amazed sighted people are just by me reading. Thank you for showing a (mostly) able bodied audience how neat assistive technology can be!

[@dontmindbeingblindd]

I am almost compleatly blind and people are always amazed when I use a phone / computer / read braille.

[@ednaferris2061]

I’m a blind person and I’m a huge fan of yours! Love that you made this video. I didn’t know about this particular watch and I’ll be saving up to get one eventually. And for anyone who may not have known, the Apple Watch has a feature called taptic time witch vibrates the time on your wrist. It’s also fully voiceover compatible

[@JSterling812]

I had someone who was blind in my graduating class in high school. Mate was the best jazz pianist I've ever heard and had an insane passion for music. I was drumming competition at the time (quit soon after cos I was being forced to do marching band which I hated) and we had the best convos about music ever. Dunno what he's doing now but I bet he's kicking ass.

[@abdurrahimaksoy9857]

6:59 i love the aging wheels commomerative bus plaque

[@pilcrow1546]

07:40 "How like, I can like enjoy it and use it, purely on its like, 'face value' merits" Unintentionally excellent pun.

[@blakksheep736]

My entire experience with Frank is as a barely animated hissing noodle. Seeing her then lunge almost too fast for the camera to catch made me jump. Also, Brad sounds like a legend

[@Goldencub-2020]

I would love to own this watch. It looks so sleek and professional, and the color looks very pretty

[@30MinOfDissapointment]

LT Snyder came and spoke to us at the US Naval Academy and he was honestly one of the most inspiring speakers we've had in my time here. He was there receiving a distinguished graduate award. His attitude toward life and resilience were amazing to me. As well as his sense of humor. The first words he said to us, after bumping into the microphone, were "found it".

[@Exponaut_R-01]

I remember buying that Casio in basic training except it was like 7 bucks Felt terrible to push the buttons but it worked

[@insertaverygenericnamehere]

That model was extremely cheap several years ago - then people discovered it as a novelty item, and prices rose a lot.

[@molybd3num823]

Bought one for 2 bucks when i was 10

[@chalet6863]

I also wore that casio at basic training last year. My Mom ordered it for from amazon was like 12 bucks.

[@AHungryHunky]

15 buckaroos at ye olde Walmart. Was my highschool daily until I started buying the calculator watch instead... Some reason my teachers never noticed my watch was a calculator during tests.

[@vadnegru]

15 years ago i had bootleg of this and it had all characteristics of original, maybe strap is less durable.

[@CookieGoofy]

I'm visually impaired. I can use a digital watch, but doing so is an inconvenience when you have to get so close to even see it. I tried a talking watch in elementary school, but kids would occasionally reach over and make the watch talk when it got quiet, so i stopped wearing those. It's neat to see a watch like this, i never knew about it! I love finding products like this, makes my day.

[@gl_tonight]

This is brilliant and you just solved my holiday shopping for my step-father 8 months sooner than I could have hoped haha. The alexa I got him changed the game, he's now a computer user (technically) This will give that touch of class and ease of use. He loves to go to Karaoke and he won't need to struggle to know the time when out and about in a loud hall.

[@Takimeko]

1:47 Seriously thought I was the only one who was genuinely fascinated by Braile, as someone who can fully see. I found some Braile on some random vending machine at a car wash (I don't go there for the car stuff I just want soda) and it was very surprising and neat to come across.

[@Spectralhyena]

Bradley is a beast of a legend. Thanks dankpods for sharing this awesome man’s achievements I’m always glad to hear about someone being such a badass hero man.

[@TheSarahbee23]

yeah I saw this commercial or an ad online and they didn't mention ANYTHING about the features for the visually impaired! and I get that they wanna just sell as many as possible and people are silly and won't buy something if they're able bodied and it's sold as for the disabled or visually impaired or deaf , but that's so cool knowing that now that's awesome

[@janmelantu7490]

Any dingus can make a digital watch yell the time at you. It takes real inspiration to make a design this good

[@Arat1t1]

I had one of these, it was my first proper watch. I have no visual impairment beyond being foureyed and just bought it because it was cool as hell. After a few years it stopped working, and the company fixed it for free. It eventually disappeared in a move, but I've been thinking about getting a new one, so maybe this was my sign.

[@fntthesmth423]

3:36 As somebody who goes out of their way to wear an analogue wrist watch, the idea of my watch saying what time it is terrible! So often when I'm in social interactions I check my watch when somebody isn't looking at me, and it's not necessarily because I'm longing to go, I'm just curious how much time is passing. Even if it's quiet, my watch saying what time it is every five minutes just kinda broadcasts to everybody around that I want to leave :T

[@apocalypsecod]

Dank, you can learn grade 1 or uncontracted braille in an afternoon. Contracted braille like you'd find in public would be a lot more memorization though. There are literally hundreds of contractions to make writing and reading braille faster. At the peak of my proficiency I was reading grade 2 braille at around 60 words a minute.

[@ZtereoHYPE]

any suggestions on how to get started? id be curious

[@apocalypsecod]

​@@ZtereoHYPE the easiest exposure for a sighted person would be learning braille by sight. Look up the alphabet and memorize the shapes. Tactile practice for grade 1 would be harder to come by. Most braille in public is going to be grade 2. Even the sign for the Men's room uses dots 2 and 6 for the contraction for en as an example. There are braille displays for computers, but those cost money, and I'd imagine they'd default to grade 2 because otherwise it'd take an eternity to read anything.

[@zerir.3726]

@@ZtereoHYPE you can literally just look up like a guide but some bookstores may have books in braille (you’ll know cause they’re bound in the middle and huge) and there’s some books you can find online for mostly cheap describing braille and contractions a combo of this helped me. if you can see it can be hard cause your eyes will recognise the symbols easier than your fingers, it’s a whole different way of reading

[@torturetests]

Not looked in a while but my local library had some braille books in it

[@nickwallette6201]

I think it's important to emphasize the difference between understanding what the patterns are, and being able to discern them by touch. I've casually tried matching up the dot patterns I saw on a sign somewhere, and what I could feel with my fingertips, and I have no idea how people can read that stuff.

[@agatone7244]

My dad is blind and for his last birthday he got a wristwatch. It looks just like a normal watch but he can pop it open like a pocket watch and just feel where the pointers are. So I feel like the one you have is just an excuse to make a watch for the visually impaired with a larger price tag. It don’t need to be too fancy. Also, quite funny actually, my dad learned Braille a couple of months ago but can’t use his left hand because of the hard skin on his fingertips from playing the guitar for 40 odd years, but still he claims he can read Braille faster than he ever could read with his eyes.

[@reptilez13]

Omg that Frank bit is the best yet... Adorable and hilarious. She even has heat pits! But nope. Straight into the wall lmao

[@Kummahndough]

I have this watch! I usually liked wearing it when I was dressed up, it's also a really good minimalist watch. It's a pretty old design, actually. I had this when I was still in high school. Also very funny Frank feeding attempt.

[@Yuh23389]

Brad is an absolute legend. Wow.

[@fawkesrocks]

Finally I can nerd out! I’m partly blind, and I work with the blind and visually impaired on the US. Your point about the SCREAMING WATCHES is very true, and that’s why many fully blind people don’t actually look at their phones. Many phones and computers have a feature called screen curtain that blacks out the screen, but allows audio, so they can discreetly use their phone with just gestures and headphones. I knew a girl who hardly too her phone out of her pocket because she could use it IN HER POCKET. Assistive technology in general is crazy because it’s this paradox of genius and “why doesn’t something exist to fix this simple problem”. I think videos like this are very important because the more sighted people are aware, the more support we can get to help us find new solutions. On that note, fun fact, VoiceOver (apple’s screen reader) allows you to use an Apple Watch without touching it, just hand gestures. It’s super cool and I advise you look up a KZbin or find a buddy who knows how to do it. Final note, Braille is actually only known by 10% of blind people and is falling out of fashion as companies like Apple make technology a better option, and Apple is the leader is mainstream accessibility that’s FREE. Braille has several “grades”, with higher grades being more compact, and some being specialized for things like coding and math. It makes things very confusing and a generally outdated system Love to see it! (P.S. my favorite part was watching dankpods trying to read Braille sideways)

[@TheSteam02]

Sidenote, I actually carry a clam-shell pocket watch in my jeans at all times. Yes, I use it to check time because my phone screen is always on low-brightness, which sucks when you're outside.

[@blunderingfool]

Pocket watches need to have a resurgence.

[@canhedotricks6078]

​@@blunderingfool I prefer wearing my watch to check the time over having to reach into my pocket for my phone. Glad pocket watches still work for people though, they look awesome!

[@Kalvinjj]

I remember the time when phones and anything else didn't try to battle the sun to see who's brighter, and actually used it in their advantage. Oh the days of transflective screens had it's charm...

[@alberot11]

why no auto-brightness on the Phone?

[@nahometesfay1112]

​@@alberot11Auto brightness is janky. On most phones I've found that it changes too often and I often want a different amount of brightness than the auto setting. It would be better if auto brightness only switched between a few user selected brightnesses and had some hysteresis to minimize fluctuations in brightness.

[@original_demonic]

It’s such a nice watch, because it’s accessible for just about anyone with a wrist. Blind, hard of hearing, literally anyone who can wear a watch can wear this and know what’s going on. Plus, it looks cool as shit for the people who can see, whether it’s you or the people around you. No noise, nothing too bulky, normal battery and design, and doesn’t need to be fluent in braille either, unlike other blind oriented touch based watches. Not every blind person knows braille, either because it’s difficult, or because they don’t have the time or energy to learn a new alphabet and memorise it. This can help when you either don’t know braille yet, or find difficulty learning it in general.

[@Radiogumdrop]

The Braille on the box even says “Designed for you, designed for everyone” which is the exact meaning of your comment. People don’t realize that accommodating disabilities or other impairments can make everyone’s life easier and more comfortable

[@fivestringslinger]

Please never stop doing what you're doing. I'm subscribed to every channel you've got (except Floatplane because I don't often watch livestreams, full disclosure) and you make my day every time one of your new videos pop up.

[@Steakkiller]

I kinda hope you are getting more into watches. You might like a Bulova Accutron (especially the “transparent” Space View models). They were the most accurate watches before quartz came around. They kept time electrically with a tuning fork that oscillates 360 times a second. You can actually hear it when its running and the secondhand sweeps smoothly across the dial. I have one but unfortunately its broken…

[@SusanIvanova2257]

That is indeed a neat looking watch. In case anyone needs a description: the whole watch is made from brushed, matte silver metal. The body is round but thicker than most other watches. The band made from a lot of tiny metal segments has a woven look to it and moves more like a stiff fabric than a metal wristband made with larger segments would. The markings on the watchface are actually very similar in look to other minimalist watches, small strips for every five minutes, larger ones at the three, six and nine. The twelve is a triangle. Aside from being slightly raised these markings and the crown of the watch are also the only parts of the corpus that are polished smooth and reflect light, making them visually distinct details. Inside of the markings is a circular recessed track in which the minute hand ball bearing sits. The channel with the hour hand ball bearing runs along the outside of the corpus. The balls are also smooth and shiny. Yes, I chuckled typing that out. Overall I would describe it as a minimalist, modern and industrial style time piece. It is unique and visually distinct but not in a flashy or outrageous way. Unless someone takes a close look at it or is a watch nerd they may very well not even realise that it is not a standard design. It's classic enough that it would go very well with a suit or in a business context. On a dainty wrist or with a more feminine outfit it would be stronger contrast and therefore more eyecatching.

[@dontmindbeingblindd]

Thank you so much. I was wondering what it looked like.

[@ExperimentIV]

that clip of frank is priceless! never expected you to do a video about an accessibility product, but it’s really cool that you did.

[@SamAshkon1998]

Just discovered this channel and I love this guys energy. What a treat to find a fresh channel with a nice and juicy catalog

[@colby722]

Genuinely love these new Dank vids where he'll just review anything he finds interesting. Anything Dank puts out I will watch as soon as I see it's out. High quality content

[@bigmike9947]

Man, I really want one of these, but I'm not sure if I can justify buying nice watches at the moment. I want to support this company because while I am sighted, my eyesight is so bad I literally can't see further than maybe 3 inches in front of my face without glasses, so my eyesight feels like a disability at times, especially when I wake up in the morning and can't see any defined shapes until I find my glasses. This looks like a very high quality watch, and it is certainly a cause which I would love to support, but 300+ dollars for a watch is a bit tough to stomach for me, especially with clocks all around me all day long like you mentioned in the intro. Maybe someday I'll get one, I'd sure be glad to own one.

[@KillerCaitie]

Woah, that watch is so cool! Letting people read it without seeing is fantastic! And Frankie was just trying to do some re-decorating.

[@sirajb6363]

Galaxy Watch user here; I use an accessibility setting that helps. Two-finger single tap gives vibrations for hours and two-finger double tap gives vibrations for minutes. So 21:46 = (two-finger tap) long vibration + long vibration + short vibration (21) + (two-finger double tap) 4xlong vibration + 6xshort vibration (46) = 21:46 Long vibrations count 10s Short vibrations count 1s Works a charm

[@Kochiha]

I play drums and I still wear a watch. I just tighten that bad boy on there and then sleep with it for a few days so I get used to it. It's one of those fancy-shmancy Casios that tells you the time in multiple time zones and even shows you on a map that you can't actually see in detail unless you're actually a mouse which time zone is highlighted.

[@kidsonicofficial]

Being visually impaired, I love that a huge channel is actually taking the time to understand what the use case of something like this is. I've had fair share of talking electronics lol. I used to have a watch that, like you said, went "IT'S SIX O'CLOCK PM!!!" I also had an unofficial apple clock (as it was shaped like an apple - dunno why tho) but it went one step further and used to yell the temperature as well. People really take their eyesight for granted and don't think that it could be them. I would kill for something like this tbf. I bought a Huawei watch as i could change the faces so that I could see it.

[@hunteranthony7751]

If your getting into the watch world, look up the Bulova accutron space view. The original one from the 60’s used 2 tuning forks to resonate at just the right frequency to convert electricity to mechanical motion of the hands. Was one of the first stepping stones towards quartz watches and were the most accurate wrist watches at the time.

[@Otto_Captures]

I like turning on .5x playback speed during the Patreon credits roll. One, because it's fun to read the names, and two, it turns the outro into a drunken sounding rant, and it's hilarious. Especially when talking to Frank lol

[@quijassajiuq900]

This might actually be one of my favourite dank pod videos to date

[@cosmiccosmoo]

This is a very unique Dankpods video, finally no smashing landwaste and eardrums. It is amazing to see someone who has lived through moments, lost his eyes, and seen things us ordinary people think of as nightmares, is willing to continues pushing and helping people with the same disabilities. Thank you Dank, for sharing this with us!

[@vappyreon1176]

Don't infantilise him, please But yeah, Bradley is one accomplished dude

[@MichaelUnderwood3507]

I really hope you do more stuff similar to this, I'm visually impaired and have struggled with watches in the past. They never seem to make them numbers big enough haha.

[@sjwright2]

2:57 "I don't know what I'm looking for"... I see what you did there, well done

[@coastaku1954]

Reminds me of some shoes I have: The Nike Flyease, the shoe folds in half to make entry and exit easier and hands free since it was designed for people with no hands or prosthetics, I bought them because they just looked badass

[@AHungryHunky]

Well thank you for telling me about those, I'm not disabled but they do look really cool. And I work a clean room so my shoes must be white and they are available in white. When I leave the building on breaks I have to swap to my street shoes, and those look easy to swap in and out of quickly, and they are runners as well. They basically check all the dots for what I'm looking for, unfortunately I just bought my shoes for this year so I'll have to wait another so my workplace can buy them for me (partially)

[@dodgeman777]

I have so much love for accessible technology, the fact that these seemingly tiny innovations could make somebody's life just that bit better is such a cool thing. Onya Brad

[@MaybeAnnatar]

Honestly I love that it just looks like a stylish watch while also having both really great functionality and a really cool story behind it.

[@geoff3610]

That equalizer watch is pretty rad, you press one of the buttons and it pings the equalizer bar like a real equalizer, but then 2 columns stay up to indicate the time while the rest sink back down. Also, G-Shock makes some fancier versions of that casio if you're interested, gold and metal, also clear. The 5000 series, specifically

[@mariov3515]

I was expecting Frank to launch her self at Dank's hand, so the plot twist of her doing the opposite was damn hilarious 😂🤣

[@collinvauk1937]

I bought the first version of this watch when it first came out and never had more people ask me about a watch ever.

[@dacid44]

Honestly, being able to know the time without glancing at your watch is a super cool thing to be able to do. Apple watches have a feature I think called "taptic time" where if you hold two fingers to the watch face, it'll tap out the digits in either binary or decimal on your wrist. Switched to a galaxy watch cuz I have an Android now and can't find something like it, it's the main feature I've been missing.

[@KaitouKaiju]

Settings > Accessibility > Advanced > Vibration Watch

[@johndowlingjr.]

I've always wanted a braille watch, but I never got one. I've been blind my whole life. I love your vids. Cheers from the US.

[@mog398]

Gonna listen to this with my eyes closed to get the realest experience!

[@naugahyde1014]

The best bit about a watch like this is that it probably has WAY fewer moving parts than a traditional analog watch. If you've ever seen watch repair, disassembly, or the like, you know that an analog watch is insanely complicated with lots of teeny-tiny gizmos that you have to know exactly where they all go, or, heaven forbid, know what they're called in case one of those tiny, delicate parts needs to be replaced because you lost it in the carpet, it broke, or it rusted to nothing. This guy looks like it would just be a set of timing gears and a couple of magnets, which would still be a lot of parts, but not literally dozens of them, including actual synthetic sapphires. Excellent!

[@der_kluger_gunther8391]

i'll be honest, the design is so cool i would pick it up lol. frank killed me at the end XD

[@DustyTheDog]

When I got the Rugrats BK watches, I never took them off. I wore each of them to school on different days. Ahh, good times. They were a release in the eraly 00's here in the US for the movie Rugrats in Paris.

[@oddball_the_blue]

What Dankpods missed on the things being made of wood thing.... Yeah, the man who came up with the nautical clock built a clock from wood first (the local history museum here in Leeds, UK has a recent reproduction of it and it keeps time surprisingly well to this day)

[@Lazarus7000]

I can say that this watch deserves the highest credit because most sorts of things that are intended to make things easier for the disabled make things worse for everybody else while this one not only performs its intended function very well, it also has benefits to the ordinary user inasmuch as it facilitates checking the time on the sly, which is very useful in certain social situations.

[@riley9464]

this watch seems like it would be great for the visually impaired, but the only thing is i could see the ball bearings making it somewhat difficult to tell time. like you try to run your fingers over it to tell the time and it just knocks them loose

[@lukealberghini2653]

Yeah, I think I have mine in a box somewhere because of this. I have good eyesight, but I preordered one when the company first started because I also thought it was a cool design and concept. Whenever I tried to use it without looking though I just ended up knocking the ball off the magnet, and it was really hard to tell the actual position it was supposed to be in.

[@supersimon126]

"Aren't we sick of buying cheap rubbish? Get something that's worth keeping" Good way to put it. As much as i enjoy all the tech and electronics we have available nowadays, it's just a shame how many industries run on selling you junk and then preparing to sell you the replacement for said junk as soon as you leave the shop nowadays, but the world of wristwatches has done good job steering clear of that, and that is very refreshing and quite the welcome contrast

[@Exarian]

Truly, the Maritime Chronometer is a world changing device. Oh yeah the maxim gun had a... small hand in that too.

[@AHungryHunky]

An interesting and different video, and proof that Dank can review anything and we will watch it because it's entertaining. Keep on doing what you do man.

[@jasminelambert3753]

This design makes my little industrial designer heart so happy. Like you can tell how much intention went into this. It’s simple and elegant and does what it’s supposed to. It also really speaks to inclusive design. Like you said, visually impaired people can use it but so can anyone else. We need more designs in the world that are able to be universally used.

[@thegametinkerer]

I've seen this watch here and there but never looked at in detail. This thing is awesome. Thanks for sharing it.

[@canhedotricks6078]

I've lived with vision problems my whole life. Clocks and watches, especially analogue ones were annoying as hell. The markings on an analogue watch were always way too hard to see. Teachers and old people would get mad at me when I asked them to read the time on the analog clock at the other end of the room. "Why don't you know how to read an analog clock! Young people don't know anything!" I know how to read one, I just can't see it. I would kill for one of these. The rose gold version looks so good, just wish I could afford it. I'm glad to find out analogue isn't always my enemy.

[@dado__]

I've seen a similar watch out in the wild years ago that used touch, albeit not as nice. I think there are quite a few cheaper ones where you flip up the watch cover so you can feel the actual hands. EDIT: Also seems there are quite a few knockoffs of this watch, but the bearings probably suck so they're probably not better than an old school tactile watch.

[@zerir.3726]

omg know that feel with problems reading an analogue clock.. my eyes shake bad so never able to tell specifically where it is but enough to tell whoever asked thinks i’m stupid 😭 something like this would be so nice

[@canhedotricks6078]

@@dado__ Thanks so much! I read a comment on this video that mentions similar designs for significantly cheaper as well. This specific model is also criticized for otherwise being a cheap material with a basic mechanism according to the comment I read. I'll look into it further sometime. I appreciate your reply for trying to help me find one at an accessible price range!

[@canhedotricks6078]

​@@zerir.3726 I have nystagmus too! 😄

[@fsaczb]

Now I want a dankpods watch that yells the time.

[@chadwicknottingham]

I’m excited for when you start delving into the world of mechanical watch complications. I’m here for this journey.

[@prussiaball1871]

I really appreciate you looking at the watch and reviewing it even though you personally don't have a visual disability. It's honestly nice to feel like other people care, I don't have a visual impairment but I do have a disability and I appreciate that you took time out of your day to just learn about this tech for people who need it

[@nothinghere7391]

It's great to know that once I eventually lose all of my vision, I'll be able to look up time without making it obvious. I hope the least amount of people as possible will even think about losing your vision, because it's terrifying, especially at 20

[@phauschermauscher5943]

All the best to you!

[@vadnegru]

Being surrounded by screens and getting money by staring on them is legitimate reason to go blind. Im in the middle of 20s and sometimes it's hard to change focus, especially after working day.

[@volrath__]

LOVE stuff like this! Technology is cool and all but I love it when things are designed from the start to be accessable

[@LastToniro]

The 1 grit is so iconic lol

[@rushdude90]

I understand why they can't feasibly make this design waterproof, it is fairly ironic that a watch named after an Olympic swimmer can't be submerged.

[@cheek42069]

I love watches, My grandfather was a watch maker. Anything with an automatic movement I love, hope you're into watches too!

[@redpheonix1000]

2:20 Damn, I wasn't expecting to hear about TokyoFlash again after thinking ElectroBoom destroyed them with his review.

[@deividasb]

I'm a big watch enthusiast so seeing a watch on the channel is really cool. I've been aware of this watch for a while, and while its functionality is pretty cool underneath its just a fairly cheap swiss quartz mechanism thats been modified. You can get some pretty good watches for the same price and even some fully mechanical watches too. Would be really cool to see some vintage or mechanical watches on the channel- they are essenstialy just tiny very complicated machines that you wear on your rist. Also great video!

[@MrGeryboy001]

I always get a happy feeling when I see a different youtubers stuff on a video not from that youtuber. Like the piece of the bus in this case. I knew already that you support aging wheels on patreon. But that the window thingy is on your tabble makes me so happy. Good vid. Keep up the good work man. 6:59

[@thecatherd]

I mean hey, like any other disability aid, the more abled people buy it the more the price can go down for the people who need it for its intended purpose. It's expensive right now but if it gets popular for the aesthetic then the price will probably go down!

[@ashkitt7719]

Makes me wonder about buying it then. It does look cool.

[@PluckyInc]

my years of playing the generation 3 pokemon games will finally come in use!

[@bdaubry]

@dankpods, please highlight more accessibility related items. Tech like this is amazing and incredibly necessary. I hope more companies take Microsoft’s lead with the Xbox Adaptive controller. That honestly would be a good one for you, since it takes 3.5mm inputs for all buttons, so imagine playing a game with the adaptive controller using your drums. Keep it up man, great content.

[@djsquarewave]

ooh YES, drum controller would be awesome!

[@allyperfectcosima5472]

It would also be hilarious having him check out accessibility gadgets that epic failed at the task they were meant to help with!

[@GavinoGotIt]

I saw one of my neighbors wearing the Casio watch recently and I thought it was a normal thing, but thanks to Dankpods, I now know... it isn't.

[@Awesomelessboy]

One of the best watches I've seen. Everyone can use and understand it, it looks really nice, it's a fun fidget toy for the man children. It's a jack of all trades of watches. Thank you Brad Snyder. Onya mate!

[@cherrypepsi2815]

I love that he keeps the Aging Wheels bus glass on his desk under his monitor

[@chickennugget6924]

the apple watch actually has a pretty cool feature where it vibrates the time if you hold two fingers on the screen

[@smolmachine]

only downside is that if you don't do it right it will scream at you anyway

[@JL0ndon]

This is awesome! I love that it’s a beautiful watch and accessible too! I want more design as intuitive and accessible as this!