One More Minute: A Pebble Count-Up Timer with Roman Numeral Vibrations

harlan.harris@gmail.com (Harlan Harris) — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A couple of months ago I released Almost Five, a fuzzy-text watchface for the reborn Pebble smartwatch. It's been fun hacking on watch faces, but I realized I had a practical gap: I needed a count-up stopwatch I could wear on my wrist while cooking, without pulling out my phone.

There are lots of timer apps on the Pebble App Store, but they're mostly focused on count-down scenarios, where you know exactly when the timer needs to end. But sometimes, especially in cooking, you want to know how long it's been, so that you can adjust as you go. How long has this steak been on the grill? How long have I been reducing this sauce? I don't see great stopwatch-like designs for that use-case.

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One More Minute: A Pebble Count-Up Timer with Roman Numeral Vibrations