Ringly jumped into the wearables space early last year with the introduction of a line of smart rings. It today announced it is expanding its portfolio of smart jewelry today with the introduction of the Ringly Aries smart bracelet collection. Four different gold-plated models with different hand-cut semi-precious stones will be offered. The tourmalated quartz and lapis models are accented with pyramid studs […]
Huawei reveals two more Huawei Watch models for women
Huawei unveiled two new Huawei Watch models geared at women at CES 2016. While the hardware specifications remained unchanged, the the Huawei Watch Jewel and Huawei Watch Elegant sport decorative elements like Swarovski Zirconia crystals or a “more understated” knurled pattern as well as narrower straps and “exclusive feminine” watch faces. Judging by Huawei’s Chinese website, it appears that it is now planning to release […]
Horological Smartwatch helped Frédérique Constant grow sales in 2015
Frédérique Constant was among the first Swiss watchmakers to offer a smartwatch. It unveiled its Frédérique Constant Horological Smartwatch at Baselworld 2015. It turns out that this move helped the company grow last year even as the Swiss watch industry contracted. “Last year we grew while the whole industry went down. And I must say it’s because we had success with the Horological […]
Verizon taking LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE pre-orders
The LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE returned to the AT&T website last week after being pulled in early November over a hardware issue. The U.S. carrier began to take pre-orders ahead of an expected shipping date by the end of the month. Verizon Wireless, which also offered the first Android Wear smartwatch with cellular connectivity when it was first launched in last […]
Concept Sunday: WeldTime smartwatch
It is still early days for smartwatches – There is much promise in the technology but current devices often feel like too much of a compromise. Independent Design Director Rolf Jensen summarizes it well: “There seems to be a substantial gap between what people expect in a smartwatch and what many tech companies are creating. Companies like Samsung, Motorola, and […]
Samsung Charm fitness tracker pricing revealed?
Samsung last month unveiled a new fitness tracking band called the Samsung Charm at Mobile World Congress. Like other such wearable devices, it will track a range of daily activities including steps taken, distance traveled and calories burned and sync the datab back to the Samsung S Health app. It will also provide notifications for incoming or missed calls and messages using LEDs. Samsung […]
Baselworld 2016 attendance down 3% over 2015
Baselworld 2016, the latest edition of one of the premier events for the watch and jewellery industry , closed earlier this week. Some 1,500 brands attended this year’s event, showcasing everything from watches and smartwatches to jewellery, diamonds, gemstones, pearls as well as machinery. It was attended by more than 145,000 people from over 100 countries but the number of buyers and visitors was down […]
Casio G-Shock and the Rolex Submariner the most Googled watches
Google searches are often a good indicator of what is popular. Based on research performed by online retailer Karus Chains (which does not sell watches but studies the search habits of online shoppers who use Google), two watches shared the top spot as the most popular watch Google searches for the last two years. The Casio G-Shock and the Rolex Submariner, both of which […]