Price I'm sure is ultimately indicative of the quality (would love to see a TH version of this), but I'm going to bite on this when I decide what color and band I want.
"And in the news, PLC programmers across the globe face an increased risk of being hit by busses, due to stare at their watches for several minutes just to figure out the time. "
Go analog. Half a second glance tells me all i need to know.
The weird kinda base-5 representation of the minutes is just bizzare. SO much better than 2 base-10 digits.
I once saw a odd wall clock that was 4 columns of 4 lights each. I looked at it and after the display changed a couple times, it clicked. Each column was a BCD digit. It was strange, but it at least made sense.