Pantime Clock Shows Its True Colors

For some obsessive artists and designers, it’s hard not to see everything through the lens of Pantone. No matter what they come across, there’s a subconscious tendency to match its hue up with its respective number from the Pantone Matching System. Well now those OCD color freaks can even use the Pantone system to tell time with a new clock called Pantime.

Created by a UK college student named James Beattie, the Pantime replaces traditional clock numbers with an array of colors and corresponding PMS numbers, starting with “012 C” (the Pantone number for yellow). While there’s no evidence of a rip-off, the Pantime is strangely similar to the Chromachron, a watch designed by Tian Harlan in the 1970s. Check out a close-up of the Pantime, as well as the O.G. Chromachron, below…

Tian Harlan’s 1973 Chromachron watch:

[Swiss Miss Via Pan Flower]