Wicked Word Timepieces

14-Year-Old Tynan Mayhew Designs Watch for Tokyoflash Competition

Looking at Tynan Mayhew's submission for the Tokyoflash watch competition, I cannot believe he's merely 14 years old. At 14, I'm pretty sure I was still drawing stick figures. Yet he has entered that ever growing roster of superkids ready to take over the world.

Just take a good long glance at Tynan Mayhew's watch design. Substituting words for numbers, it is a sophisticated concept that, well, seems too mature for a high school freshman. Yet Tynan Mayhew defies this preconception. Of course, the first 'eight' is misspelled...

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