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Passing Time with Jiwoong Jung’s Hidden Time Watch

Our affinity for minimalist timepieces has ticked forward with the sighting of this captivating watch designed by Jiwoong Jung, a Korean industrial designer who has been on our radar before for his furniture and lighting work. This time it’s the Hidden Time, a watch with an elegantly engaging way to communicate the passing of the hours.

As time passes a face reveals the time underneath by the minute – the numerals printed onto the glass – coloration denoting as day turns to night with a circular gradient. The effect shows the passing of light from day to night in a darkening cycle of white to blue to eventual black at the 12 o’clock top. Quite clever and beautiful.

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Gregory Han is a Senior Editor at Design Milk. A Los Angeles native with a profound love and curiosity for design, hiking, tide pools, and road trips, a selection of his adventures and musings can be found at gregoryhan.com.