The fashion watch company Movado has unveiled not one but two distinct lines of connected watches, one built with HP and the other with Fullpower's MMT movement. MMT, long-time readers will recall, is a Swiss company created by Philippe Kahn's Fullpower Technologies to provide electronic movements to the Swiss watch industry, enabling watchmakers to retain the … [Read more...]
Mondiane Smartwatch Available for Pre-Order, Uses MMT Movement
The first wave of smartwatches using the Swiss MMT movement from Philippe Kahn's FullPower Technologies are starting to hit the market. Mondiane's Helvetica 1, based on the well-known "Swiss Rail" watch face, is now available for pre-order. The Helvetica 1, announced earlier this year at the Baselworld watch show, is an analog watch based on the MMT movement. MMT-based … [Read more...]
First-Day US Apple Watch Sales Estimated At About 1 Million
Someone tell Tim Cook that he can start the production line. The e-commerce consulting company Slice Intelligence estimates that 957.000 Apple Watches were pre-ordered on Friday, the first day of "availability." The average customer bought 1.3 watches, and spend $504 per watch. Sales were skewed to the less-expensive Sport watch -- 62 percent of those buying -- at $383.83 … [Read more...]
Baselworld: Mondiane Shows The First MMT Platform Watch
Mondiane, perhaps best known for its iconic Swiss Railways watch face, today announced the first fruits of the recent MMT smartwatch alliance that puts technology from Philippe Kahn's Fullpower Technologies into watches that can be labeled as "Swiss Made." The Helvetica No 1 Smart has a brushed steel case, white dial, sapphire crystal, and a soft leather strap. It looks like … [Read more...]
How Silicon Valley Is Helping the Swiss in the Smartwatch Fight
As recently as a year ago, the Swiss watch industry was hoping that the smartwatch business would just dry up and go away. But just as Swatch led the fight against the Japanese onslaught of quartz movements, the Swiss watch industry is now embracing smartwatches, using a common platform from California and its own excellent design sense. It may not surprise you to learn that … [Read more...]