Showing posts with label watches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label watches. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Casio GB-6900 G-Shocks with Bluetooth 4.0
Casio Japan has announced the details for the new GB-6900 G-Shocks with Bluetooth 4.0. The release date is late December in Japan. We will have to wait and see if and where these watches will be released around the world. You can peruse all the specifications below.
Main features:
* Wireless communication is powered by the button-cell battery used in small devices and watches
* Battery life with the communication functions is the same as previously released watches
* The construction delivers outstanding shock-resistance and 20 Bar water-resistance
Main functions:
* Time information can be transmitted from a smart phone to the watch to adjust the time
* The watch includes an alert signal to notify of incoming calls and e-mail and SMS messages sent to the user’s smart phone
* A smart phone’s ring alerts and vibration can be stopped by tapping the watch
* Alarm and vibration functions of a smart phone can be activated using a watch button
Main features:
* Wireless communication is powered by the button-cell battery used in small devices and watches
* Battery life with the communication functions is the same as previously released watches
* The construction delivers outstanding shock-resistance and 20 Bar water-resistance
Main functions:
* Time information can be transmitted from a smart phone to the watch to adjust the time
* The watch includes an alert signal to notify of incoming calls and e-mail and SMS messages sent to the user’s smart phone
* A smart phone’s ring alerts and vibration can be stopped by tapping the watch
* Alarm and vibration functions of a smart phone can be activated using a watch button
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
History of Watches
A watch is a small timepiece, typically worn either on the wrist or attached on a chain and carried in a pocket, with wristwatches being the most common type of watch used today. They evolved in the 17th century from spring powered clocks, which appeared in the 15th century. The first watches were strictly mechanical. As technology progressed, the mechanisms used to measure time have, in some cases, been replaced by use of quartz vibrations or electromagnetic pulses and are called quartz movements. The first digital electronic watch was developed in 1970.
Watches evolved from portable spring driven clocks, which first in the 15th century. Portable timepieces were made possible by the invention of the mainspring. Although some sources erroneously credit Nuremberg clockmaker Peter Henlein (or Henle or Hele) with inventing the mainspring around 1511, many references to 'clocks without weights' and two surviving examples show that spring powered clocks appeared in the 15th century. Henlein is also often credited with constructing the first pocketwatches, mostly because of a passage by Johann Cochläus in 1511
Watches evolved from portable spring driven clocks, which first in the 15th century. Portable timepieces were made possible by the invention of the mainspring. Although some sources erroneously credit Nuremberg clockmaker Peter Henlein (or Henle or Hele) with inventing the mainspring around 1511, many references to 'clocks without weights' and two surviving examples show that spring powered clocks appeared in the 15th century. Henlein is also often credited with constructing the first pocketwatches, mostly because of a passage by Johann Cochläus in 1511
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