I always wanted to have a watch but couldn't afford it. I used to ask family and friends to buy one as a gift for my b-day or Christmas, but they are pretty supersticious about it (it's said that a given clock shows you the time till your death). I read hack-a-day really often and I've seen some cool projects about making watches (even smart ones!). I've been having pretty cool old-school display HPDL-2416 so I thought that maybe I could build a watch by using it.

And I did. I'm very satisfied with the result. In the beginning I thought it will come quiet ugly and I'll need to make a case for it, but now I like how it looks. And the really cool thing is that I made some swag by myself and I feel proud of it :) .