Smartwatches have taken over Baselworld in the past few years. In 2015 the Swiss Horological Smartwatches, including smartwatches by Mondaine, made a big splash at Baselworld. In 2016 there were a wide range of smartwatches announced by different manufacturers.
The Baselworld 2017 Fossil exhibition continues the trend of watchmakers displaying their range of new and exciting smartwatches. Fossil have a range of new smartwatches running on the brand new Android Wear 2.0 OS. Let’s find out more about them.
Baselworld 2017 Fossil Exhibition
Fossil’s exhibition this year is not all about smartwatches, but smartwatches definitely make up an exciting part of their plans for this year. The Baselworld 2017 Fossil exhibition features over 300 new watch styles, some smartwatches and some not. These new styles feature watches by many of the different brands that Fossil work with – Skagen, Diesel, Misfit, Michael Kors, Armani Exchange, Kate Spade New York, Emporio Armani, Tory Burch, Relic, MICHELE, Marc Jacobs, and DKNY are just some of the brands on display this year.
While the smartwatches on display only make up a small section of their exhibition this year, they do make for the most exciting announcements. There are two types of smartwatch on display from Fossil this year, their hybrid smartwatches and their touchscreen smartwatches. These smartwatches are released under a number of different brands, such as Diesel, Michael Kors, Emporio Armani and, of course, Fossil.
Fossil Hybrid Smartwatches
The Baselworld 2017 Fossil exhibition has some interesting devices called hybrid smartwatches on display. These smartwatches look just like a traditional watch but they show notifications and allow for activity tracking. There are a number of buttons on the side of these devices which can be used for different smart functions.
Fossil’s hybrid smartwatches on display are:
- Fossil – Q Accomplice
- Fossil – Q Activist
- DKNY – MINUTE hybrid smartwatch collection
- Marc Jacobs – Riley hybrid smartwatch
- MICHELE – Connected hybrid smartwatch collection
- Relic – Duncan men’s hybrid smartwatch collection
- Relic – Eliza women’s hybrid smartwatch collection
- Tory Burch – The Collins hybrid smartwatch
- Armani Exchange – Armani Exchange Connected line of hybrid smartwatches
- Chaps – Chaps Connected
- Diesel – Diesel On collection
- Emporio Armani – Emporio Armani Connected
- Kate Spade New York – Holland hybrid smartwatch
- CoMisfit – Phase hybrid smartwatch collection
- Michael Kors – Michael Kors Access
- Skagen – Four new hybrid smartwatch platforms
Fossil Touchscreen Smartwatches
The Baselworld 2017 Fossil exhibition also features new touchscreen smartwatches. These smartwatches make full use of the features available in the new Android Wear 2.0 operating system. These smartwatches can be linked to either iOS or Android smartphones and allow third party apps to be installed from the Play Store.
The touchscreen smartwatches on display at the Baselworld 2017 Fossil exhibition are:
- Fossil – Q Explorist
- Fossil – Q Venture
- Diesel – Diesel On
- Emporio Armani – Connected touchscreen smartwatch
- Michael Kors – Access Sofie
- Michael Kors – Access Grayson
- Misfit – Misfit Vapor
Conclusion
The new range of Fossil smartwatches show how Baselworld moves with the times. Many of the most exciting exhibitions this year feature smartwatches, such as the Samsung Gear 3 Pocket Watch we covered on Saturday. The Baselworld 2017 Fossil exhibition is not all about smartwatches, but the excitement generated by their smartwatch announcement demonstrates how important smartwatches have become in the watch industry.
