Fossil bluetooh watch

In my previous post, I mentioned about the bluetooh watch that Sony Ericsson and Fossil colloborated on. It is available for sale now on the Fossil Web site.

At the time of writing, it is going for US$250. Judging from reading the specification on its Web site, the functions are the same as what I read before. Except that, there is no mention of MP3 playback control. The usual functions are caller ID display, vibration alert, mute the phone, reject a call, and sms alert.

The battery life is only 5-7 days. It comes with a USB and AC adapter to charge the watch. I'm not used to the idea of charging my watch yet.

What a nice twist!

What a nice twist! It was an idea that I thought about but never imaging I can see the real thing being made. How many times I have pondered how nice it would be if I can have a watch that looks mechanical, with the sweeping hand and mechanical parts and all, but powered by a battery. That way, I can leave it on the shelf for a couple of days when I wear my other watches, and come back to the same watch again when I feel like it without having to set the time and winding it.

Fossil has a new series called the 'twist'. These watches have the look of mechanical watches but are powered by batteries. Finally we can have the sophisticated look of mechanical watch and the accuracy and convenience of quartz. I don't like to wear the same watch the entire month and I don't wear watches when I am at home. I also do not own a watch winder. So, there is the trouble of setting and winding my mechanical watches whenever I want to wear them. I know some of us consider this part of the fun of owning mechanical watches. As for me, most of the time I just want to get up and go.

It is time to look at them more closely at the local shopping mall!