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Ulysse Nardin Chairman Smart Phone: Hybrid Phone + Watch
Really, it is about time we started to see something like this. First of all, forget that this is going to be a very expensive fashion phone, despite whatever technical achievements it may make. The argument still stands that mobile phone technology is progressing faster than is prudent to make any one large investment in a phone. Alternatively, making a large investment in a watch is safer, because it will still be technologically relevant in a few years – a mobile phone will not be. So unless Ulysse Nardin has a plan around that, this product is still only going to be for a niche market. What really excites me however is a glimpse at an idea I have been preaching for a while now – use of a rotor to generate electrical energy for a mobile (always moving) device.Lets step back and recall the first luxury phone, the Vertu. Still going strong I hear, Vertu’s market was supplemented by the Tag Heuer Meridiist line of luxury phones. I don’t have data to comment on h
Ril Scuba Watch Review
The Rolex Submariner is not only one of the most versatile watches designs in history, it is also one of the most commonly “homaged.” Not everyone can afford or find their perfect Submariner, and sometimes others want to creatively build upon, or alter what Rolex made famous. It is hard not to look at any Sub-homage watch and think about whether the brand making it is attempting to ride on Rolex’s popularity, or merely respect it through duplication.Ril Watch is a newer brand with a single product as of the writing of this review. Their watch is the Ril Watch Scuba – or “Ril Scuba.” I will just call it “the Ril” for now. Ril has designed and offers a “sterile” Submariner homage timepieces. Very Rolex in nature, the watch is stripped of branding and text on almost all surfaces. Only on the back of the watch does it say anything about the origin of the watch. The concept is fine – it is a concept I like, but it must be exe