IWC Schaffhausen unveiled one more surprise before the holidays. The company earlier this week announced three new additions to its IWC Aquatimer family of diver watches. First up is the Aquatimer Chronograph Edition “La Cumbre Volcano.” Second is a new variant of the Aquatimer Automatic 2000 with a black dial and yellow hands and markers. The last the Aquatimer Automatic Edition “Expedition Jacques-Yves Cousteau” honours the French […]
New Huawei Watch variant coming at CES 2016?
Huawei impressed more than one when it unveiled the Huawei Watch back at Mobile World Congress 2015. It has since established itself among the best of the current generation of Android Wear smartwatches. One of the complaints commonly leveled has to do with its dimensions. With a case that measures 42 millimeters in diameter and 11.3 millimeters in thickness, it is not the smallest watch out there. 9to5Google […]
Win a Vector smartwatch with the Vector Watch Faces Competition
Vector Watch unveiled its first smartwatches back at Baselworld 2015 in March. The Vector Luna and Vector Meridian both offer up to 30 days of battery life thanks to their monochrome displays and custom operating systems. The company is now inviting designers to come up with a new watch face in their Vector Watch Faces Competition. Challenge your creativity by designing new […]
New designer watch faces for Android Wear
he world of fashion is quickly embracing smartwatches. Recent examples include the new Android Wear-powered Tag Heuer Connected Watch and the Fossil Q Flounder (along with a range of other Fossil Q wearables). Other brands have chosen to partner with a technology partner. Apple’s partnership with Hèrmes on the Apple Watch Hermès is one such example. Today, Google announced that nine brands will offer new […]
US$50 discount on Pebble Time Round for the holidays
Pebble did not offer any Black Friday or Cyber Monday deals on its new Pebble Time Round smartwatch. With the holidays in full swing, Pebble has now given its first round smartwatch a bit of the promotional spotlight. It can now be yours for US$199 (about CA$275), down US$50 from its regular US$249 price. The new discount is good news for Canadians as it makes […]
Kyoto University to ban watches at entrance exams
We first told you earlier this year that a number of universities in the UK were starting to treat watches the same as smartphones and other mobile devices when it came to writing exams. Students were asked to store their smartwatches and watches alongside their mobile devices in a plastic wallet under their desk in a bid to cut down on cheating. The […]
Decking out your Pebble Time for the Christmas holidays
A quick look at the calendar today reveals that Christmas is now only 10 days away. The holiday season is well and truly underway. By now, you have hopefully strung up your Christmas lights, the tree is brightly decorated and the Christmas music is on heavy rotation. Is there anything that has yet to catch the holiday season bug? Have a […]
7% of Americans planning to gift an Apple Watch this holiday season
The Apple Watch dominates the smartwatch market. It accounted for 74% of all smartwatch shipments in Q3 according to Strategy Analytics. Its domination could grow even further this quarter if a recent Reuters poll is any indication. According to the Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted last week, about 7 percent of U.S. adults plan on giving an Apple Watch to someone (or themselves) this holiday […]