Reviews

Smartwatches have certainly paved a new concept for watch lovers by blending the smart features with the time keeping features. However, few watch lovers still love the old and classy analog watch movements on their wrists. The new Fossil Q Hybrid Smartwatch is out there with analog movements on the face and additional smart features baked underneath. This is quite a good offering especially for the ones who prefer to have few latest smart tech features but still the traditional watch lo..

Fossil is really pushing their new Twist series. I've gotten two marketing emails from them in the last week urging me to check the collection out. According to the email: "The beauty of a finely crafted automatic timepiece is coupled with the accuracy and reliability of quartz housed in a watchcase that reveals its intricate inner workings to the wearer." Thoughts on the Fossil Twist A combined quartz and automatic movement? Very interesting. I wondered if it was something like Seiko's K..

Bluetooth watches will finally become a reality at the end of October thanks to Fossil and Sony Ericsson's new Caller ID Bluetooth watch. The watch pairs with Sony Ericsson Bluetooth-enabled phones and Nokia series 60 phones running Symbian 7, 8, and 8.1 to alert you when someone calls. Not only does the watch discreetly vibrate, but it displays caller ID information on a small OLED display, and allows you to mute or reject the incoming call. Very slick. It even notifies you of incoming text..

John over at The Wrist Watch Review got his hands on one of the new Fossil Atari Asteroids watches. These things look like a lot of fun, especially if you used to be an Atari 2600 junkie, like myself. The watch isn't playable, unfortunately, but it is animated, which means the asteroids (blobs) and the ship (triangle) do actually move. The Fossil Atari Asteroids watch runs $125, and is available on Fossil's site. If these types of watches appeal to you, don't wait because this is a limited e..

Update (3/18/05): Watch Report reader John Dale recently informed me that the Sand Digital is no longer available on Fossil's site. Thanks, John! When I first decided to review the Fossil Philippe Starck Collection, I initially associated the French designer with minimalism. As I did a little research, browsed his site, and read some interviews, I started to think of Philippe Starck as more of an avant-garde weirdo. Quotes from his site like "Everything has a Birth a Live a Dead" [sic], "..