I just started testing the classic version of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4, and when I was scrolling through the list of watch faces to choose one, the watch pictured above caught my eye. Yes. It looks like the clock face is sticking out of the monkey's buttocks. Although the photo shows the monkey from the side, it is not clear to the naked eye whether the two closest legs are the chimpanzee's straight legs or the hind legs; perhaps the monkey has turned to us and is looking over his shoulder. As soon as I saw the monkey-tramp watch face, I couldn't ignore the monkey-tramp watch face. I did a studious survey of everyone in TechRadar's offices, and the consensus was "yes, that's a monkey-boom-watch face." I don't care for the monkey watch face on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4. In fact, I've been somewhat fascinated by the monkey watch face. This chimpanzee seems so cheeky, so happy, to shake his baboon like that, even though they clearly misunderstood what a "howler monkey" is. You can change the animal by tapping on the clock to show a rabbit, cat or sheep, but none of them line up with the clock face so you have a clock on the back. No, I'll keep the boy-ass-et.
(Image credit: Avenir)
Analysis: recheck your charts
One thing I've been told by many graphic designers and artists friends and acquaintances is that when you design or draw something simple, you really have to dig into it afterwards. You have to think like the dirtiest viewer possible, to see if the graphic can be misinterpreted for something else. In this case, an artist from Samsung headquarters probably had to ask himself: “Does the watch look like it's coming out of the monkey's butt?”, and put himself in the shoes of child journalists. Perhaps they could have slightly modified the little ca-ca-chin to make it clear at a glance that it was off to the side. Alternatively, it's quite possible that the designer simply drew the (admittedly very beautiful) monkey without having the clock hands to cover it, so he didn't figure out the monkey-boom-clock-face match. That's not a problem, really, and there must be some people reading this article who can't see it. But I've shown the icon to enough people who've seen the monkey butt to know I'm not alone. Oh, and if you've enjoyed those monkey puns, for the record, I know "marmoset" and "macaco" are also species, but they seemed too easy. I can see bums on my watch, but I'm not that childish.