We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose but only if you consent to such sharing. They would choose the Mondaine Helvetica Smart because of its style, the connection to the iconic Swiss typeface, and the overall Swiss provenance. Having travelled the world, attending many shows, we bring you a fantastic selection of watches that are perfect for any gift, for anybody. The Helvetica watch case evokes the numeral 1 of the namesake font, and it is featured in the numbers and letters on the face. So, we'll reserve judgement on some of the bugs we encountered – most notably the beta app thought our watch was a Frederique Constant device and we had issues aligning the date hand.

In 1943, Swiss engineer, Hans Hilfiger, while working for the Swiss Railway Station decides to design a clock that will synchronize the departure time for all of the trains coming and leaving in Zurich’s main station.But, if an analogue watch combined with a health tracker is what you seek, this is probably the most attractive option out there. This is a disappointment since so many other Swiss and Japanese watches feature hands that draw the wearer in. The piece follows Mondaine's simple minimal design to a T, making it by far the classiest wearable tech piece I've seen so far.

This vegetal leather alternative is made from grape marc consisting of the stems, seeds and skins – a true upcycling process! For five generations, Dipples has been helping people across Norfolk select the perfect gift for every celebration. When you want to engage deeper, you take out your phone, open the MotionX app, and sync the watch by pressing on the crown.And while the Withings Activité delivered fitness tracking features in a Swiss made watch long before Mondaine, the latter has the benefit of having an existing winning design, and the difference shows. Before getting into it, I’m a sucker for sub-dials, especially over-sized ones, so I immediately found it very appealing. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. In accordance with the FTC regulations for Influencers, this is a sponsored post in collaboration with Mondaine. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

Prior to founding Wareable, and subsequently The Ambient, he was the senior editor of MSN Tech and has written for a range of publications. Just like the clocks across Swiss Railways Stations, the distinctive red second hand of the wristwatch makes a full circle turn in 58 seconds and then waits for 2 seconds when it reaches 12 o'clock, allowing the minute hand to elegantly jump to the next minute. Note that it was Mondaine’s other line, the Official Swiss Railways watch, that Apple copied in their iOS 6 clock! If we're being pedantic, the first Swiss smartwatch was actually the Withings Activité that, although designed by a French company, was manufactured in Switzerland and carried the prestigious 'Swiss Made' stamp.The Apple Watch is a remarkable thing – a full wrist computer, complete with a gorgeous color display and a variety of connectivity and interaction methods. Interestingly, Frederique Constant chose to use the contrasting color and markings for the date, not the activity indicator, and has that on the smaller, inner hand as well. It’s the kind of design that depends on good machining to succeed, which it has and is genuinely very attractive because of it. Clearpay lends you a fixed amount of credit so you can pay for your purchase over 4 instalments, due every 2 weeks.