The hardest part of designing my first watch

Designing my first watch has been a huge learning experience — but the hardest part wasn’t the proportions or the materials… it was deciding what NOT to include.

Every time I added something (a more complex dial, extra textures, different colors), the watch lost the simplicity and balance I was aiming for.

In the end, I realized the challenge was to keep it clean without making it boring — and that balance took way more iterations than I expected.

I’d love to hear from people who’ve built physical products. What was the hardest design decision you had to make?

If you're curious, I’m sharing my prototype here:

https://www.producthunt.com/products/exora-cosmos?launch=exora-cosmos