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What watches do you use? (self.Blind)
submitted by Badassmotherfuckerer
Hey everybody I'm visually impaired and looking for a wristwatch to use and I'm curious what everybody has and would recommend. Specifically I'm curious if anybody uses any non--talking watches. I used to have the e one bradley watch, but it wasn't that great for me personally.
DrHugh 3 points 5y ago
My brother-in-law uses a watch with ball bearings controlled by moving magnets. He can then feel the placement. If the balls get dislodged it is ok as they are captured in channels. No hands to get bent.

I will ask him the model if you are interested.
KillerLag 2 points 5y ago
https://shopna.eone-time.com/

Bradley watch
Badassmotherfuckerer [OP] 2 points 5y ago
That watch is the e one bradley that I used to have. It's a decent watch I was just seeing if there was any other alternatives, thanks!
AllHarlowsEve 2 points 5y ago
That sounds pretty cool. I had someone offer me one of the regular watches with hands and I knew that I'd end up knocking it off the right time.

I just use my phone as a clock, but I'd be interested to look at that.
RogueCandyKane 3 points 5y ago
I use an Apple Watch. You can have the time displayed in large font and choose the colour of the numbers.
It also has haprtics which areal and you can put apps on your watch (if you have an iPhone) such as maps which are then on your wrist and buzz when near to locations. I haven’t used the maps yet.
EndlessReverberation 2 points 5y ago
I don't really use a watch any more. I use to use braille watches, which are the ones with the hands. That style worked well when I was doing jobs that required me to teach for hour classes; a quick check of the watch, that the student would not even notice, would let me know how much more time I had. However, I was not the best at telling the exact time with those watches, and as mentioned, they are slightly fragile. I have an Apple watch. I find it largely pointless, apart from the fitness features. I do love it's tactile time telling method which uses vibrations. That is the best, non-audio method for telling time I have come across. The vibrations take an extra half second, but for me it is much more accurate then a braille watch. However, the method for getting the Apple watch to vibrate is not perfect and it will sometimes cause the watch to start yelling at you. If I was going to where the Apple watch and use it as a watch I might either turn Voice over all the way down, or just turn it off and use a third-party app called time buzz.

By the way, I knew someone that had a non apple watch that would vibrate the time; I believe it was made for divers. If your interested you might check out that method of time telling.

Good luck.
Badassmotherfuckerer [OP] 1 points 5y ago
Thanks for all the info! The dive watches sound really interesting, I''ll look into that.
KillerLag 1 points 5y ago
It's by Tissot, called the Silen-T. I have two clients who have that watch, and they both like it. Not cheap, though.

http://www.watchalyzer.com/tissot-watches/touch/tissot-silen-t-watch/
TheBlindBookLover 1 points 5y ago
Hi. The Sunu Navigation Band has a easy to activate vibrating time feature.
OutWestTexas 1 points 5y ago
I have a Braille watch but I only where it when I am going out somewhere nice. I break them if I wear them day to day because I spend a lot of time outdoors.
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