Washer & Hex
Eighteen beads, two strands of nine. The count lives in your hand, so your phone stays in your pocket.
$22Free shipping in the US
Made by hand to order, so allow 1 to 2 weeks. Colorado sales tax is added at checkout, and you can order up to five on the next screen.
Eighteen beads. Two strands of nine.
Nine beads, then nine more. Eighteen in all. Eighteen is one full day. Move one bead each time you catch the thing.
The 108 in our name is not a bead count. It is how many moments finish one practice. Eighteen a day, six times over, and that practice is yours.
A washer, some hex nuts, and a leather strap.
That is the whole parts list. A flat steel washer for the ring. Small steel hex nuts for the beads, nine on each strand. A brown leather strap through the middle of it.
None of it is precious and we are not going to pretend otherwise. It comes off a hardware shelf, and then it is cut, strung and knotted by hand, one at a time. What it is good at is being held. The nuts have flats and edges, so your thumb knows when one has moved without you having to look.
- Beads
- Eighteen. Two strands of nine.
- Length
- Varies, about 18 to 22 in (46 to 56 cm) overall — every one is handmade
- Strap
- Brown leather, closes with a knot you can move
- Ring
- Steel washer, 30 mm (about 1 3/16 in) across, 17 mm (about 11/16 in) through the middle
- Drop
- about 4 in (10 cm) from the ring to the ends of the strands
- Finishes
- Silver or black
- Made
- By hand, in Colorado
Every one is cut and knotted by hand, so the lengths vary a little from one to the next. That is why the length is a range and not a number. The ring and the drop were measured with a ruler, not guessed.
So the phone stays in your pocket.
You catch yourself doing the thing. You slide one bead. You carry on. Nothing to unlock, nothing to open, nothing to tap. Your hand keeps the count all day.
The phone comes out once. In the morning you type in yesterday’s number and read today’s one line. That is the only part the app needs from you.
The app is whole on its own.
Nothing is locked behind the beads. The app works completely without one. There is a plus button in it, and you can type the day’s number straight in. The count works the same either way. No feature is missing and nothing will nag you about it.
Plenty of people will use a rubber band, a pocket of coins, or nothing at all. That is a real answer, not a lesser one. Buy one because you want the thing in your hand, not because the app asked for it. It did not.
Want to make one instead of buying one?
Please do. We would rather you had a bead under your thumb than a receipt from us. Here is exactly what is in ours, so you can build the same thing on a kitchen table.
- Leather
- 50 inches of 4 mm flat leather cord. That is 38 inches for the neck loop, 11 inches for the two strands, and an inch spare for getting it wrong.
- Ring
- One M16 flat washer — 30 mm (about 1 3/16 in) across, a 17 mm (about 11/16 in) hole, 3 mm thick. Stainless for the silver one, black oxide for the black one.
- Beads
- Eighteen M4 hex nuts (M4-0.7). Nine for each strand.
- Knot
- A lark’s head at the washer. Fold the cord in half, pass the fold through the hole, then pull both ends through the fold and tighten.
Thread nine nuts onto each strand and knot the end so they cannot slide off. The nut hole and the cord are close to the same size on purpose. That friction is the whole trick: a bead stays where your thumb leaves it.
Tie the neck loop to whatever length suits you. Ours land somewhere around about 18 to 22 in (46 to 56 cm). Nothing about the app knows or cares where you got yours.
Shipping, tax and refunds.
Shipping is free, inside the US.
Each one is made to order and goes out in 1 to 2 weeks. We do not ship outside the United States yet. If you are elsewhere and you want one, write to us and we will work something out.
Colorado sales tax is added at checkout.
We are a Colorado business, so orders are taxed the way Colorado taxes them. The tax is shown before you pay, never after.
Not right? Send it back within 14 days.
Write to us first and we will tell you where to send it. You do not have to give a reason. Once it is on its way back, we refund you.
Sold by 8750.Studio, LLC DBA 108 Moments, PO Box 2166, Telluride, CO 81435. Questions? and a person answers them.
The things people ask.
How many beads are on the necklace?
Eighteen. Two strands of nine. Eighteen is one full day of noticing.
What is it made of?
Brown leather, a steel washer and small steel hex nuts. The washer measures 30 mm (about 1 3/16 in) across. Everything is bought off a hardware shelf and put together by hand.
How long is it?
The length varies. Every necklace is handmade, so they run about 18 to 22 in (46 to 56 cm) overall, counting the strands that hang from the ring. No two come out exactly the same. It closes with a knot you can move.
Do I need it to use the app?
No. The app works completely without one. There is a plus button, and you can type the day’s number straight in. Nothing is locked behind the beads.
How long does it take to arrive?
Each one is made to order, so it goes out in 1 to 2 weeks. Shipping is free inside the United States. We do not ship outside the US yet.
What if I do not like it?
Send it back within 14 days and we will refund you. Write to us first and we will tell you where.
$22, and it comes in a few days.
Pick a finish. We make it, we post it, and it turns up. Free shipping in the US.
Or just . A sentence about how the practice is going is welcome, and not required.