The Talus About Time watch (not yet available) displays a text and number message giving you the approximate time, such as "Slightly After 6" and "Nearly 6 Forty Five." It undermines the false precision of traditional watches, and is also a great example of whimsical technology that takes advantage of low-cost computer logic to deliver products that would have been impossible a decade ago. I would love to have a wall-clock version of this.
Display Start
TimeEnd
TimeAround
6 o'clock5:57 6:03 Slightly
After 66:03 6:10 Around
6 Fifteen6:10 6:20 Nearly
6 Thirty6:20 6:25 Half
Past 66:25 6:35 Nearly
6 Forty Five6:35 6:40 Quarter
To 76:40 6:50 Just
Before 76:50 6:57 Around
7 o'clock6:57 7:03 About
12 Noon (or midnight)11:57 12:03
(via Gizmodo)
Update: Fuzzyclock will do this for your Mac menubar, and for Konfabulator — thanks, Bill and Phil!