watches
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17 Reasons Smartwatches Won’t Work (Yet)
The cascade of smartwatch rumours — be they iWatch, Surface or other — increases daily. By this point, smartwatches of every shape and stripe seem inevitable. But there are so, so many reasons why they shouldn’t happen. Not any time soon at least.
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This Stylish Watch Lets Blind People Feel Time
There are simple things we often take for granted, like the fact that we can flippantly glance at a clock to tell the time. But people who can’t see don’t have that autonomy, which is why designer Hyungsoo Kim of Eone Timepieces has created the Bradley, a watch that lets blind people feel the time.
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A Watch Inspired By — And Made From — The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Romain Jerome has become known as the watchmaker that incorporates exotic materials into its timepieces, from moon dust, to metal from the Statue of Liberty, to volcanic ash. And while it’s still embracing that role with the new Moon Orbiter, the watch actually puts more focus on the highly engineered flying tourbillon exposed at the…
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Swatch’s Dive Watches Won’t Take You To The Depths Of Poverty
If you’re into any kind of serious underwater adventuring, you’ll probably balk at Swatch’s new Scuba Libre line. But at just $90 they’re not targeted at timepiece connoisseurs or wannabe Jacques Cousteaus. They’re designed for an afternoon at the beach where you won’t be too devastated if your watch gets destroyed after an epic tubing…