Help this ADD/ADHD hyperfocuser find the right wristwatch!

February 15, 2010 10:53 AM

I need a watch that has (a) an hourly chime (top priority), and (b) programmable alarms (I could sacrifice this), but also that doesn't look totally ugly (high priority). Can you help me find one?

Thanks to ADD, I cannot keep track of time to save my life.

I both hyperfocus and tend to have no concept of how long things will take me (even when I've timed tasks and KNOW how long I need, somehow there's a disconnect and I still think I have plenty of time when I totally don't).

I want a watch that I can program with alarms to remind me to do miscellaneous things, and I also want it to have an hourly chime so that I'm not quite so surprised by the passage of time. I really need audible reminders.

Because I can use my computers, iPod touch (which I use as a PDA) and my cell phone for most of my alarms, I can be sort of lax on the alarm aspects of the watch (though I prefer them).

But I'd really like a watch that doesn't look totally ugly. I like the idea of this Watchminder watch that was linked from ADDitude magazine, but it's pretty ugly and doesn't seem to have an hourly chime.

I'm female and prefer things that are at least a little feminine in style. I prefer leather or metal watch bands over plastic, but I am willing to compromise.

Thanks for any suggestions! Also willing to hear any other suggestions you might have on keeping track of time.

posted by dumbledore69 to Shopping (4 answers total)

I can't vouch for the hourly chime, but Casio has some downright cute ana-digi models in their Baby-G line (like this). The purpose of the ana-digi models, as nearly as I can tell, is to provide digital watch function along with analog looks. It's worth a look to see if they have all the functions you need.
Good luck!
posted by willpie at 1:37 PM on February 15, 2010

These e-ink watches are great.
posted by melissasaurus at 1:57 PM on February 15, 2010

seconding Baby-G, although IDK what "not ugly" looks like to you. my watch is chunky but attractive to me, since I mostly still dress like sporty spice. it has like 5 programmable alarms besides the hourly chime, two time zones, a stopwatch and some other crap I don't use. but with all that, it's really easy to use, with the controls pretty much in standard locations and no crazy key-press combinations just to do something simple. and it's only needed one battery change since 2002.
posted by toodleydoodley at 8:20 PM on February 15, 2010

A wearable invisible clock might work.
posted by serena15221 at 9:54 PM on February 15, 2010