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Your tweets about your NEX have intrigued me a bit…I get tired of lugging my Nikon D90 around with my kids, yet I find the quality of most point-and-shoot cameras terrible…so the NEX seems like an interesting compromise. You’ve identified and invested in the key essentials for your capsule wardrobe, what about your jewelry collection? They match the hour markers and go well enough with the overall modern look of the watch, but they’re really nothing special to look at. This piece on the other hand has a date display and smart information sub dial at the 6 o'clock position.Now Mondaine has launched a watch that proudly references its past, while simultaneously taking a bold step into its future. Helvetica is the Latin name for Switzerland, and is inspired wholly in its design and aesthetic by the font, including the lugs of the case matching the number 1.

On the wrist, the Mondaine Helvetica looks like a contemporary watch, with little indication of the activity monitor technology that lurks inside! The hours and long rectangles are in black, while the minutes are the same color as the dial surface, which in this instance is a matte silver. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to.

The module can also beep to suggest activity or to tweak waking time, but I quickly disabled these annoying chirps.

I feel like that's what adds to its magic; how the watch has smart functions but looks like your normal Mondaine watch. 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. We have also included links to our informative guides and blog, which we hope you find useful and interesting.After some humorous posturing and hand-wringing, a few players in the established Swiss watch industry decided to have a go at creating their own smartwatches. VMware is in an enviable but tricky situation: The company must work closely with hardware partners, keeping these prime sales and promotional channels happy and supportive. It throws off the classic 12-centric symmetry of the watch face, making noon appear to be rotated one minute clockwise. Wareable Media Group co-CEO Paul launched Wareable with James Stables in 2014, after working for a variety of the UK's biggest and best consumer tech publications including Pocket-lint, Forbes, Electric Pig, Tech Digest, What Laptop, T3 and has been a judge for the TechRadar Awards.

The face itself is in a soft, eggshell white with minimal components aside from the subtle typography design on the lower right side.The model follows the design of the Mondaine Helvetica No 1 Bold watch; stainless-steel case, off-white dial with a date display sub-dial and a smooth suede-leather strap.