A few years ago my wife bought me a nice Citizen Eco-Drive watch as an anniversary gift. I feel bad seeing it in my desk drawer as I test out various smartwatches, but thanks to the upcoming Chronos disc I may soon go back to using my Citizen watch while also experiencing many benefits of a smartwatch.
While there are some good smartwatches, none of them beat the quality of my Citizen watch. The Eco-Drive never needs charging and is water resistant to 200 meters. Many people own standard watches and prefer them over the smartwatches we have available today. People have spent a considerable amount of money on watches, have passed down classics from generation to generation, prefer the fit and finish of their watch, or like having watches that they don’t have to worry about charging nightly.
The Chronos device is a small rechargeable disc that fits right onto the back of your existing watch. It’s just 3mm in thickness and 33mm in diameter, designed to fit on over 80 percent of watches sold today.
Turn your expensive dumb watch into a smartwatch for $99 with Chronos [zdnet]