Sentences with phrase «on mechanical watches»

With the Apple Watch, Apple added a secondary way of operating a smartwatch by taking the crown found on mechanical watches and turning it into a digital crown that can be used for functions like zooming in and out.

When Tag Heuer or any other famed watchmaker puts four - figure prices on its mechanical watches, there's an implied promise that they'll have an unmatched quality of workmanship and precision.

He's with Hodinkee founder Ben Clymer, one of the world's authorities on mechanical watches.

«That makes a lot of sense on a mechanical watch.

Not exact matches

Unlike many of the other watches on our list, this is a mechanical watch, and it is powered by the movements of your wrist.

Some enthusiasts might decry the lack of a mechanical heart, but consider this: The reissue is accurate to just a few seconds every year, making the new watch far more accurate than any of the ones — Omegas included — that landed on Earth's satellite.

Everything from mechanicals to body repair, leather, fitted luggage, and wood crafting goes on under Rudi's watch — only chrome work is outsourced.

Picking it up, it has that heft you'd associate with something like an expensive mechanical watch strapped on your wrist.

The little puppet style character's pivot on joints as they move, making every action seem mechanical but purposeful, it is literally like watching a play unfold.

Watch hands can be made to be incredibly thin, and the analogue gear construction of a mechanical timepiece can also be made thin enough be placed on top of the electronics.

Most of these lists were prepared before we became so dependent on our smart phones; I would think about a good road map and a compass, would throw my old mechanical watch into the pack, and probably a solar phone charger would be a good idea.

But I also think that headphones, like mechanical watches, shouldn't be judged on the same value matrix as other personal electronics.

The ATM pressure / water resistance rating is the one you'll find on regular mechanical and battery driven watches and that you'll most likely to find on new wearables products like the Pebble Smartwatch, the Misfit Shine, and the Fitbit Surge.

This mechanical wheel, like that which you would normally use to set the time on an analogue watch, lets you scroll and browse through the user interface.

It's called the Holst, and while it's based on an existing mechanical timepiece from Skagen, it's the first time the Fossil Group has used titanium to make a connected watch.

Of course compared to prices of the mechanical watches the Connected is based on, that's a fairly «good deal».

Fossil realizes that a full - blown smartwatch with a display on front isn't for everyone, and is helping bridge the gap between traditional mechanical watches and new smartwatches with new non-display models, the Q Grant and Q54 Pilot.

It's a tad jarring when you do notice the plastic back, and it really seems out of place on otherwise nice - looking metal mechanical watches, but I have a feeling I'd get used to it quickly.

Taking a look at these two watches in a jewelry case or on someone's wrist you wouldn't immediately notice that it wasn't a plain mechanical watch — in fact these look almost identical externally to Fossil's standard Grant and Pilot 54 watches.

Old mechanical watches still need a daily charge AKA winding up the problem with derpwatches are there's no on the go method for winding up.

Ahead of the Watch's launch, I said several times that I couldn't have been more excited professionally and less excited personally for the device; my love of mechanical watches and my experiences with the terrible smartwatches that were already on the market made Apple's watch a boring proposition foWatch's launch, I said several times that I couldn't have been more excited professionally and less excited personally for the device; my love of mechanical watches and my experiences with the terrible smartwatches that were already on the market made Apple's watch a boring proposition fowatch a boring proposition for me.

Each has a selection of customizable straps, with watch faces based on the company's existing mechanical designs.

As a completely new take on combining digital and mechanical watches, the Type 2 e-Crown Concept could mark the future of hybrid timepieces.