With the rise of digital devices that tell time, track your steps and even pay the dinner bill, it would seem that the demise of the mechanical watch would be fast approaching. But in fact, high-end timepieces are doing just…
There’s no shortage of exciting research looking to help the vision-impaired gain better access to the world’s information, but many of the projects we’ve already seen are either years away from commercial release or prohibitively expensive. South Korean tech developer,…
Jonathan Ive spoke about the Apple Watch at the Condé Nast International Luxury Conference, explaining that the company developed its own gold alloy for the high-end version of its smartwatch. When it came to picking 18-karat gold for the Watch,…
What does it take to live to a 110? If supercentenarians have a magic gene that helps them reach this age, it is lying low. A thorough search for longevity gene variants in 17 supercentenarians – average age 112 (the…
Super-slick watch maker Uniform Wares has released their new collection of 15 Swiss-made watches. The collection has been re-designed and re-engineered with a variety of high-end features across the range such as high-calibre, Swiss-made ETA or Ronda premium quartz movements,…
Andrea Seifert, the marketing manager of Gatehouse Publishing, travels a lot from Singapore through different time zones on business. She has found a lifesaver in something that used to belong pretty exclusively to the men’s club: a watch with complications,…
Move over, Apple, there’s a new high-tech accessory targeting the fashion set, and this one's backed by a Grammy-winning rapper and producer. Called Puls, the just-launched smartwatch was created by Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am’s company, i.am+. It runs its…
Collecting watches is a hobby that many guys share, including yours truly. I’m not a hardcore collector like some out there and have only a hand full of timepieces in my current collection. I do however; have a great appreciation…
O’CLOCK, is handcrafted in Los Angeles by Okum. Okum Made-Makers of purposeful home objects that represent a patience and understanding of process, material and design. Available in American walnut, hard white maple, Douglas fir and cork, the clock is available…
Why can't great smartwatches look like normal watches? Smartwatches, for the most part, can be divided into two categories: vague approximations of the future like the Pebble, Gear, and Gear Fit, or conventionally styled watches from companies like Citizen and…
The Neptune Pine smartwatch (or watchphone)is a wearable Android device that’s more like a phone with a wrist strap than a watch with smart functions. While smartwatches like the Pebble, Samsung Galaxy Gear, and Qualcomm Toq are designed to show…
If you're going to spend hundreds of dollars on a smartwatch, what's the most important feature you'd want it to have? Notifications? Fitness tracking? Or maybe you just want some rock-solid voice control? If you want to talk to your…
Garmin makes some of the best GPS & training watches. Their latest, fēnix 2, combines all the best tech & features they’ve got to become arguably the best sport-adventure watch out: waterproof to 50 meters, 50 hour battery life in…
As big tech companies prepare to woo you with current and upcoming smartwatches, they'll be doing battle with fitness tracking devices that some customers already have on their wrists. Along with the Jawbone Up and Nike Fuelband, one of the…
Though e-ink watches have been around for a few years now, most, like the Touch Time, tend to follow the same form factor as their LCD-screened cousins, which are themselves based on analog ancestors. The patent-pending CST-01 from Chicago-based Central…
You’ve got about a month of hardcore eating ahead of you before that guilt sets in. If you want to try and stay in shape now (or plan on going hard after the holidays), here’s the latest fitness tracker to…
The Kapture, as it’s called, pairs with an iOS and Android smartphone app that allows for quick sharing of audio clips recorded by the hardware wristband, which is constantly recording audio to a 60 second, recycling buffer. The concept might…
The Swiss watchmaking firm Jaquet Droz has short-circuited the 18th and 21st centuries with the Charming Bird. It's a wristwatch that includes a tiny automaton bird inside the crystal, that sings and dances at the press of a button. The…
The smartwatch trend has certainly taken off recently with new wrist-worn tech by Samsung, Sony, and ... Nissan? Yes, the automobile company is getting in on the action with a concept for a watch designed exclusively for its Nismo brand…
The first spacegoing wrist chronograph enters a new orbit with an exclusive and technical all-black version issued in a worldwide 1,000-piece limited series. On May 24th 1962, Lt Commander Scott Carpenter orbited the earth three times aboard the Aurora 7…