The jump from a classic to a smart wristwatch can be painful, which is why many people don't opt for it. Most smart watches are far from reaching the elegance of classic wristwatches. You can already see from Mars that you are carrying a computer. Well, a few examples can at least partly disprove us, but even these examples will not convince the most ardent fans of the classics. But they will be convinced by Chronos, a technological attachment in the form of a button battery that hides inconspicuously under the case and turns a classic wristwatch into a smart watch.
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Sand is not a classic hourglass. Namely, it does not consist of a stand and a "pinched" bottle, but a clock in the form of a wall clock, which tells the time by drawing wavy hypnotic patterns of parallel lines with the help of a rake/pointer in the sand, as if a tractor were plowing a field. It is inspired by Zen gardens and is just as calming as raking sand and admiring such a garden.
It's time to move the clock to winter time. This means that on Sunday, October 25, 2015, we will sleep one hour longer. This will be the last Sunday in October, when, according to tradition, we move the hands of the clock back one hour. Do you already know how you will spend this extra hour? We will sleep it!
The Slovenian-made Itero pocket watch is a representative of a device from another time. If a few decades ago watches were an indispensable accessory, today the same applies to smartphones. Otherwise, we are surrounded at every turn by things that scream for our attention, and we use smartphones even for such simple tasks as telling the time. And when we do this, we are distracted by various notifications. This is how we get caught up in virtual reality, while time slips through our fingers. Blaž Abe and Luka Šepec, the "culprits" behind Itera, warn that we should not become slaves to technology and forget the preciousness of time, which is why they created a pocket watch for the 21st century.
Every minute we have the opportunity to learn something new. And Factoclock's informative online clock offers you exactly that. Every minute it serves up a new interesting fact that you probably didn't know before, and thus makes sure that you go to bed richer for new knowledge every day.
The motorbike is not included! It is an extremely limited series of Diesel watches, Mr. and Mini Daddy (part of the Daddy Collection), and if you're reading this on the day this post is published, there's a good chance they're still available. The extremely exclusive watches have a case covered in black leather and are equipped with a matching strap and a unique dial.
Back to the roots. That's the message the To-Do watch, which isn't it, is sending to the world through a Kickstarter campaign. Although its shape completely imitates a wristwatch, its "dial" is actually just a surface where you can write down important things with the help of a liquid chalk marker. Things you have to do, but you can just satisfy your creativity and draw something on it. In the age of smart watches and phones, writing things down seems easier than ever, but technology cannot always be relied on, and a sheet of paper is not always at hand. That's why To-Do is an ideal tool even in the 21st century.
Smartwatches are the latest fashion statement, but nothing beats a good old analog watch, especially if it's a Tesla Watch. And no, this is not a new project from Elon Musk, who still sticks to cars (and house batteries), so this steampunk watch is no less impressive. It was made by ThinkGeek and is sure to charm all followers of this subculture that mixes elements of science fiction and the Victorian era.
Ferrolic is a desk clock that you will stare at for hours. It does not display time digitally, nor analogically, but with the help of a magnetic fluid (ferrofluid), which is constantly in motion and resembles the never-ending images from the Rorschach test. If your desk or wall clocks have received only cursory, informative glances until now, the Ferrolic clock will be different. You will be able to stare at it for hours, as if you were watching an artist at work.
The biggest weakness of smartwatches is that they look like smartwatches. It is clear as day that you have a miniature computer on your wrist. The Boldr Voyage, meanwhile, is billed as an intelligent watch rather than a smartwatch, as it's basically a quartz wristwatch that's just smart enough to tell you what's going on with your phone. In addition, it has a six-month autonomy, which is much longer than smartwatches that need a power source every few days or weeks.
Octane enthusiasts beware. If you're one of those people who don't miss a pair of suede driving gloves in the car and have black nails every day of the week, then we've found the one watch you really should have. Forget smart watches, forget classic timers. Because if the smell of gasoline is your perfume, then the Drive watch by designer Gus Petrikas is your fashion accessory.
A fresh Slovenian company, Damogran Labs, has presented its first project, Chaotic-Tock, on the online crowdfunding portal Indiegogo. A unique designer watch is not only unique in its shape, but also in the way it moves. The pointers are always stationary, but only the numbers rotate. But since these are also mixed or confused, they rotate in whatever direction is most appropriate at the moment.