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The year when the first smart watches appeared is considered to be 1972. It was an all-electronic Pulsar Time Computer watch from Hamilton Watch, clad in 18x gold. When the user clicked on the button, the time was displayed on the screen. They boasted a light sensor that could adjust the brightness of the LEDs depending on the lighting conditions. The model even appeared on the wrist of James bond in the 1973 film “Live and Let Die”. Plus Four Wristlet Route Indicator: 1927 However, 50 years before this technological miracle, in 1927, a watch called the Plus Four Wristlet Route Indicator was created. Perhaps modern GPS watches drew inspiration from them, because the device of the beginning of the IXX century allowed the owner to insert a card cartridge that showed the correct path, thereby helping to get to the destination. The user scrolled the route map with special miniature handles located in place of physical buttons in modern smartwatches. Seiko TV Watch: 1982 in 1982, Hattori Seiko, a Japanese company, released the amazing Seiko TV Watch, which allowed users to watch live TV broadcasts directly on a small blue or gray LCD screen built into the accessory.
Of course, this was facilitated by the additional electronic part of the watch tuning in the form of an external box to which the wearable device was connected, and headphones. However, this fancy watch served as a fully functional, if primitive, mobile display. In 1983, the Guinness book of world records listed Seiko TV Watch as the smallest TV in the world. At the same time, actress Roger Moore showed this accessory on her wrist in the James bond movie “Octopussy”, which led to a rise in the price of the device. The retail price in the United States was $ 495. Seiko Data-2000: 1983-1984 Seiko Data-2000 functioned as a miniature wrist-mounted data storage device. To enter information, the user installed the accessory in the dock in a special keyboard that transmitted signals to the Data-2000 memory via magnetic pulses. The user could then view the data on the watch display at any time. The watch could store both notes and calendar notes. They could also be used as a calculator. Seiko has been quite prolific in the wearable technology market. During the year, the company released several more similar devices: UC-2000, RC-1000, Memo Diary and UC-3000. Sinclair FM Wristwatch Radio: 1985 This digital watch had a dial divided into three sections with the ability to wrap around the wrist. Each of the sections had its own role: in the upper part there was an FM tuner, in the middle-a loudspeaker and volume control, and the lower part was actually a clock. The device included a backlight, function buttons for various modes, and a knob for turning the radio on/off. The antenna was built into the strap. As long as the user stood perfectly still with their hand raised, they were able to listen to the radio for at least 30 seconds before their hand got tired. British company Sinclair officially released FM Wristwatch Radio at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 1985. However, despite the fact that the company was created for mass production of watches, the device never entered full production and was limited to 11,000 units. This was facilitated by Sinclair’s difficult financial situation, as well as practical problems with the actual use of the accessory. Seiko Receptor: 1990
The next big advance in the smartwatch industry came at the end of the decade, when in 1990 Seiko released the Receiver, which combined traditional digital watches with pager functions. In addition to messages from friends and family, it was also possible to subscribe to services that provided information such as weather, sports scores, snow reports, and lottery numbers. This service has been in demand for several years, as pagers have been used for a long time in the US, even when the rest of the world has already switched to sending SMS messages. But now, of course, the service is not available. Breitling Emergency Watch: 1995 This watch has a distress signal function that can be received in the event of an emergency anywhere within 90 nautical miles (166.68 km). Breitling Emergency Watch was released in honor of the rescue operation of two British pilots after their helicopter crashed in Antarctica in 2003. 8 years later, in 2013, the second-generation Emergency was released, which work through the Cospas-Sarsat system no longer on analog, but digital frequency. Linux Watch: 1998 in 1998, Steve Mann created the first Linux-based Watch, and two years later, hardware and software manufacturer and supplier IBM released a prototype. Designed for wireless communication with PCs, cell phones, and other wireless-enabled devices, Linux Watch had the ability to view compressed email messages and directly receive messages as a pager. These include a high-resolution screen and apps that allow you to use the watch as an access device for various Internet services, such as current information about the weather, traffic conditions, stock market, sports results, and so on. Steve Mann presented Linux Watch at the IEEE ISSCC2000 conference on February 7, 2000, where he was called the “father of wearable technology”. Fossil WRIST PDA: 2002 in 2002, the American company Fossil was named “best of COMDEX” in the mobile device category at the COMDEX trade show. The Fossil WRIST PDA on its own Palm OS operating system is the first portable wearable device that provides users with convenient access to information on its 160×160 touch screen.
The strap has a built-in stylus, and the smartwach itself offers 2 MB of memory and a Rocker Switch user interface, an infrared port for connecting to all Palm Power devices, and a rechargeable battery. Fossil has classic apps for Palm OS, including address book, Notepad, calculator, and to-do list. Garmin Forerunner: 2003 Garmin has a pretty strong foothold in the arena of sports GPS watches. This is an area in which it has been involved for more than 10 years. The original Forerunner range paved its way to the company’s latest state-of-the-art smartwatch by measuring speed, pace, distance, and calories. This watch was powered by a pair of AAA batteries, which provided about 14 hours of operation. Read also: review of Garmin Forerunner 230 Citizen i:Virt W700: 2007 in 2007, the Japanese company Citizen created the first watch with Bluetooth and the ability to extract data from mobile phones. Their display shows incoming calls, SMS, news, and other information. They can also be used to take a remote picture on a mobile phone, adjust the volume, set it to silent mode, or check its battery level. The company continued to improve its Bluetooth-enabled smart cards over the next 3 years, but none of them had much impact on the American market. SmartWatch 2007-2020 over the next 12 years, the smartwatch market has been replenished with new and more modernized models of well-known companies offering new features and functions. Read also: the rating of smart watches in 2020 And every year it seems that there is nothing left that the user would additionally need, however, each new model offers something original and necessary for style, comfort, and even safety and health.