Making a steel dive computer - input needed!

[Marie13]

Fugly doesn’t even begin to describe it. Why?

 

[lowwall]

whats the ring on the left of the case for?

I've figured it out. It's for clipping on the retractor.

 

[axluba]

damn the forum is a tough place to present an idea

 

[greeniguana]

- switch screen from portrait to landscape mode.

- Put bungee attachment points on it.

 

[D_Fresh]

Please don't go with slotted screws, torx is the way to go.
AA battery would be great.

Seconded, torx is wayyyy more durable, plus it looks cool too!

 

[lowwall]

The double bezel thing really bugs me for some reason. I think because it's so inefficient.

I measured the original image and a Teric image to get a rough calculation of usable display area / total face area. This is not including either of the protuberances.

Teric around 53% usable.
Proposed watch around 28% usable.

The proportions are weird too. Look at the lug width for a sense of scale. OP says around 65mm x 60mm. That's puck sized, so you won't be wearing it to impress girls at the bar. For example, a Suunto Zoop and Mares Puck are 60-61mm outside diameter while a big watch like the Garmin Descent is 51mm. Even the Teric is "only" 55mm.

 

[lowwall]

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[M-Cameron]

I've figured it out. It's for clipping on the retractor.

makes sense.

i would rather it have solid lug bars so i could clip it off to one of those if i wasnt using the wrist strap......would make the design cleaner

 

[lowwall]

I was kidding

Everybody knows retractor = death by entanglement

 

[David Norden]

All of my other thoughts have been covered in the deluge of posts, but On thing has been bothering me since I first saw this when I awoke and maybe I just missed it, but ...

The display STRIKINGLY resembles a (maybe-photoshopped) SW Teric. May I suggest you work on your own branding-art, even for such a focus-group setting?

Well spotted The display is under design as well, so this is a mockup. But then again, everything is being worked on.