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Casio Smartwatch Coming in March 2016
Casio Smartwatch Coming in March 2016 While Casio is not a name that one connects with luxury timepieces, the brand has made a name for itself over the years with sturdy, practical watches like the G-Shock. Now the maker of reasonably priced sporty watches has announced plans to enter the increasingly crowded smartwatch field next year. Casio president Kazuhiro Kashio told the Wall Street Journal ...
Tech Geeks Love Luxury Watches
Tech Geeks Love Luxury Watches One interesting fact emerged from last week’s Watch Collectors’ Roundtable in New York City: Even leaders in the smartwatch field love traditional timepieces. Randy Brandoff, founder and CEO of the luxury watch subscription service Eleven James, moderated the panel discussion on the impact of the smartwatch in general and the Apple Watch in particular. In...
Can Pebble Compete with New Smartwatches?
Can Pebble Compete with New Smartwatches? With all the hype over the Apple Watch and new wearable devices now being developed by traditional watchmakers, it’s easy to forget that the Pebble was the first real smartwatch on the market. As the latest batch of Pebble models come out, critics are questioning whether the humble smartwatch has what it takes to stand up against the heavy duty compe...
Swiss Brands Get Set to Compete with Apple Watch
Swiss Brands Get Set to Compete with Apple Watch The Apple Watch will go on sale in Switzerland on June 26 and some Swiss watchmakers are preparing for the invasion by adding more electronic functions to their own traditional products. Opinions are divided as to whether the coming of the smartwatch presents a legitimate threat to the luxury watch market. According to Exane BNP Paribas analyst Luca...
Swatch Smartwatch Coming This Summer
Swatch Smartwatch Coming This Summer The Apple Watch will have one more competitor in a few weeks, at least in two major markets. The Wall Street Journal has reported that Swatch CEO Nick Hayek made the big announcement at the company’s recent shareholders meeting. The Swatch smartwatch will not get a worldwide launch but will be available sometime this summer in Switzerland and “one b...
Sales Dropping for Michael Kors Watches
Sales Dropping for Michael Kors Watches Several months ago analysts began to predict that the Apple Watch would pose a serious threat to traditional watches selling in the $300 to $500 price range. Now that prediction has come true as Michael Kors has reported a 5.8% decline in sale store sales as well as a 6.7% drop in North America. Analysts at Barclays stated last fall that they were “inc...
No Smartwatch for IWC
No Smartwatch for IWC The early success of the Apple Watch has some watchmakers suck as TAG Heuer and Swatch planning to launch their own wearable devices but one Swiss brand that will not be entering the field is IWC. In an interview with Bloomberg, IWC CEO George Kern stated emphatically that the company will not be producing a smartwatch in the near future. Kern’s main reason for this dec...
CEO’s Speak Out on Smartwatches
CEO’s Speak Out on Smartwatches The Apple Watch will not be making a guest appearance at Baselworld 2015 but the potential effect of the new wearable on the industry has been a major topic of discussion. CNN surveyed several executives from the makers of Swiss watches and got varying opinions on whether smartwatches are something to worry about. H. Moser & Cie CEO Edouard Meylan sou...
Tissot Reveals Prototype Smartwatch
Tissot Reveals Prototype Smartwatch As predicted, smartwatches are the hot topic at Baselworld 2015 as some of the world’s top makers of luxury timepieces unveil their own ventures into the world of wearables. One of them is the Swatch Group’s Tissot brand, which gave attendees their first look at a prototype smartwatch expected to hit stores later this year. The Tissot wearable...
TAG Heuer Teams Up with Google and Intel to Make Smartwatch
TAG Heuer Teams Up with Google and Intel to Make Smartwatch Baselworld 2015 is just getting started but already we’ve already heard what’s likely to be the biggest news of the week—TAG Heuer is partnering with Google and Intel to create the first smartwatch from a traditional watchmaker. The collaboration between the Swiss maker of luxury watches and the two American tech ...
Swiss Watch Brands to Utilize MMT MotionX Technology for Smartwatches
Swiss Watch Brands to Utilize MMT MotionX Technology for Smartwatches The smartwatch market in 2015 is like a new frontier where ideas are constantly being introduced and no one can predict which will succeed. Now three prominent Swiss watchmakers are partnering with a technology platform to create a totally different type of wearable device that will offer over two years of battery life pl...
Tim Cook Drops More Hints About Apple Watch
Tim Cook Drops More Hints About Apple Watch Will the Apple Watch be a game changer like the iPod and the iPhone? Apple CEO Tim Cook seems to think so. In an address to the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference this week, Cook compared the potential impact of new wearable device to that of the iPod, which changed the way we listen to music by putting thousands of songs in our pock...