[oneeyedpigeon]

is something supposed to happen when I press play (safari, iPad)?

[hayksaakian]

The time starts ticking (chrome beta, android)

It'd be cool if I could read the time via JS

[mctx]

You can - try something like this:

parseInt(getComputedStyle($('#seconds'), ':after').top)/-76

(see https://gist.github.com/alexlouden/7481780 for full)