The hands are what I suppose you could call virtual, they seem to exist under 
the crystal. they sort of dissolve and reform as the modes change but they have 
no real meaning to the blind. You just feel these vibrating points as your 
fingers pass over the position of the hands along the edge of the crystal just 
inside the position of the number markers on the rim around the edges of the 
crystal also known as the bezel. When sighted people look at the watch they see 
hands through the crystal.



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  so does it have traditional hands? How much and where is it purchased?
  Barry mentioned telling it via vibration, and that it had a vibration 
  alarm??

  On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Dan Rossi wrote:

  > Lenny,
  >
  > Yes, the dots and dashes on the bezel of the watch are very tactual.
  > Unless you have a pretty pour sense of touch, you should be able to
  > identify the locations of the dots and dashes.
  >
  > You actually run your finger around on the crystal just inside of the dots
  > and dashes on the bezel, but the reality is that you are touching both
  > simultaneously.
  >
  > -- 
  > Blue skies.
  > Dan Rossi
  > Carnegie Mellon University.
  > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  > Tel: (412) 268-9081
  >


   


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