Anyone who is wanted to create their very own LED matrix watch may be interested in a new project which is being entered into the The 2017 Hackaday Prize competition and has been created by user Mile.
It also works with Home Assistant.
If you need to leave someone a message, you could either entrust it to a Post-It note or you could go the slightly more obvious route and use a 12-foot long LED matrix. That's what kitesurfer did, ...