A watch includes a pointer that rotates and indicates a time, a notifier that performs a notification operation to a user in a mode other than a visual mode, and a processor that controls the rotation of the pointer and the notification operation of the notifier. The processor is configured to control the pointer to cause the pointer to rotate faster than a rotation corresponding to a passage of time and move to a specified position and, when the pointer arrives at a notification position while the pointer is moving fast, control the notifier to cause the notifier to perform the notification operation.

A watch includes a pointer that rotates and indicates a time, a notifier that performs a notification operation to a user in a mode other than a visual mode, and a processor that controls the rotation of the pointer and the notification operation of the notifier. The processor is configured to control the pointer to cause the pointer to rotate faster than a rotation corresponding to a passage of time and move to a specified position and, when the pointer arrives at a notification position while the pointer is moving fast, control the notifier to cause the notifier to perform the notification operation.

Systems and methods are disclosed that enable populating and updating a display comprising display elements that comprise movable physical objects. These may include, for example, devices and algorithms for setting and updating a clock display that comprises display elements comprising plastic disks that roll through a system of ramps, tracks, and/or enclosed areas as they move through the system under the effects of gravity and other forces provided by energy sources. A computerized controller uses a color sensor at the front of a queue of display elements to identify the next display element to be placed within the system, so as to route it to a specified location, based on computerized control of an appropriate set of servo motors to rotate to open or closed positions depending on the current state of the system and its next-state requirements. Various combinations of the disclosed systems and methods may be implemented.

Systems and methods are disclosed that enable populating and updating a display comprising display elements that comprise movable physical objects. These may include, for example, devices and algorithms for setting and updating a clock display that comprises display elements comprising plastic disks that roll through a system of ramps, tracks, and/or enclosed areas as they move through the system under the effects of gravity and other forces provided by energy sources. A computerized controller uses a color sensor at the front of a queue of display elements to identify the next display element to be placed within the system, so as to route it to a specified location, based on computerized control of an appropriate set of servo motors to rotate to open or closed positions depending on the current state of the system and its next-state requirements. Various combinations of the disclosed systems and methods may be implemented.