Baselworld 2017: New Fossil Q Smartwatches

Our exclusive look at the inexpensive Android Wear 2.0 and hybrid classic models

Forever on the quest to contextualize releases in the worlds of smartwatches and wearable tech we got all the advanced details on Fossil‘s forthcoming Q smartwatches. Revealed during the Baselworld watch and jewelry fair, the new Q pieces can be divided into two distinct groups: hybrid classic and Android. The former are more akin to traditional timepieces from the brand, but with connectivity and tracking; …

Montblanc’s Google-Powered Summit Smartwatch

Android Wear 2.0 custom designed inside the luxury brand's 1858 collection case

The wearable technology boom began with many pieces foregoing traditional watch design aesthetics. Since, however, Samsung and Apple (and many more tech companies) have adopted attributes belonging to horological language, hoping to lure in the traditional watch wearer. And yet, one can easily differentiate these attempts from the centuries of wristwatch development. Yesterday, Montblanc announced their foray down a different route. Within cases referencing their …

The Macallan + URWERK Dual Tank Flask

Discommon produces a state-of-the-art titanium accessory designed by the luxury watchmaker for the prestige Scotch

All tenured spirits drinkers will tell of the importance of drinking vessels. While the technically superior The Macallan + URWERK Flask hasn’t been designed to maximize the notes of the Scotch whisky within, it’s by far the most inventive item in this product category. Designed and engineered by innovative Swiss watchmaker URWERK, and produced by Discommon, and all at the behest of CH favorite The …