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	Wristwatch Gallery
		The general popularity of wristwatches, however, grew tremendously during World War I, as soldiers worldwide took advantage of the accessible and efficient timepieces.
		Although the wristwatch was initially an ornamental piece of jewelry for women, the wide military use of the timekeeper helped make it an acceptable timepiece for everyone and it quickly grew in popularity.
		By 1934, wristwatch exportation had climbed to an unprecedented 65%, while pocket watch exportation had dropped to 35%.
	www.nawcc.org /museum/nwcm/galleries/wristwatch/wristwatch.htm (539 words)

	Wristwatch case with shock absorbing members on the rear side thereof - Patent 5442602
		A wristwatch case according to claim 17, wherein each of the shock absorbing members has opposite side ends and rising portions respectively extending from the opposite side ends to a circumferential surface of the wristwatch case body, and wherein said rising portions are freely swingably attached to the circumferential surface of the wristwatch case body.
		A wristwatch case according to claim 17, wherein the shock absorbing members are attached at the 6- and 12-o'clock positions near to the outer rim on the back surface of the wristwatch case body, and wherein the shock absorbing members extend outward and curve backward away from the back surface of the wristwatch case body.
		When a user wears the wristwatch of this embodiment on his or her wrist and the wrist bands 71 swing, the shock absorbing members 70 swing around the rising portions 70a which are freely swingably attached to the case body 55.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /5442602.html (4338 words)

	A GNU/Linux Wristwatch Videophone
		It is natural for such a wristwatch to have a circle displayed on the screen (this is a feature of the original oclock), but unlike the oclock, it has numbers displayed around the periphery of the circle.
		Due to direct contact between the wristwatch and the body, the pulse (heart rate) as well as skin conductivity (sweatiness index) of the wearer may be determined, and this information may be appended to or recorded with the video signals.
		He is also the inventor of the wristwatch videophone, the chirplet transform, a new mathematical framework for signal processing, and of comparametric image processing.
	www.linuxjournal.com /article/3993 (1529 words)

	First Atomic Clock Wristwatch
		The many "atomic time" wristwatches you see on the market today are merely cheap quartz wristwatches with a built-in radio receiver.
		The definition of a wrist watch is a time piece that can be worn on the wrist, no? Below is my brother-in-law, Bill, a professional construction contractor, proving that a HP 5071A Cesium Beam Primary Frequency Reference can in fact be used as a wrist watch.
		This HP wristwatch includes 5/10 MHz and 1 PPS outputs.
	www.leapsecond.com /pages/atomic-bill (310 words)

	The Nixie Tube Wristwatch
		The wristwatch was designed using surface mount components, and miniature NOS (1968 vintage) Nixie Tubes.
		The Nixie Tube Wristwatch is enclosed in a transparent I-watch case :).
		Though the Nixie Tube Wristwatch is enclosed, it is not considered waterproof.
	www.amug.org /~jthomas/watch.html (1143 words)

	IEEE - IEEE History Center: Electronic Quartz Wristwatch, 1969
		After ten years of research and development at Suwa Seikosha, a manufacturing company of Seiko Group, a team of engineers headed by Tsuneya Nakamura produced the first quartz wristwatch to be sold to the public.
		Among them, the development of the quartz wristwatch by the Seiko group was a pioneering work, and the following are key historic events.
		Seiko's production and commercialization of this consumer type wristwatch stimulated the succeeding developments of both an improved and an advanced types of watches and clocks accelerating the transition from a mechanical to an electronic world, bringing a new age when everyone can hold an exact time conveniently.
	www.ieee.org /web/aboutus/history_center/seiko.html (590 words)

	Wristwatch Manufacturers & Suppliers
		Wristwatch MP4 player with 1.5" OLED colorful screen, maximum 1GB flash memory capacity and silica gel watchband.
		Wristwatch Products: Source for Wristwatch manufacturers at Global Sources.
		The featured China Wristwatch manufacturers and featured Taiwan Wristwatch manufacturers listed here are sourced by the Global Sources team of industry experts.
	www.globalsources.com /manufacturers/Wristwatch.html (507 words)

	Wristwatch
		Wristwatches came into use during World War I. Wristwatches are listed here by manufacturer or as advertising or character watches.
		Wristwatches may also be listed in other categories.
		Pocket watches are listed in the Watch category.
	www.kovels.com /priceguide/kovels_wristwatch (82 words)

	The History and Evolution of the Wristwatch...
		oday, a wristwatch is considered as much of a status symbol as a device to tell time.
		Wristwatches were no longer considered a novelty but were now a wartime necessity, and companies were scrambling to keep up with the demand.
		The success of the wristwatch was born out of necessity, and Rolex continued this tradition by introducing a series of Professional, or “tool watches”; in the early 1950s.
	www.qualitytyme.net /pages/rolex_articles/history_of_wristwatch.html (1415 words)

	The Gentleman's Wristwatch [4/5/01] - TimeZone
		The emergence of the wristwatch in the early decades of the 20th century saw the classic form of the pocket watch resized and slowly transmogrified for wear upon the wrist.
		Born concurrently in the transition from pocket to wrist was a new family of "form" wristwatches, found in various shapes like the square, tonneau, and tortue, are an intentional break from the centuries-old pocket watch tradition of round cases and calibres.
		As in the age of pocket watches that preceded it, the age of the wristwatch saw the watch continue to be a valuable and rare commodity, a precious heirloom passed down within a family, and taken care of by one's personal watchmaker.
	www.timezone.com /library/cjrml/cjrml0012 (2193 words)

	What is a Wristwatch TV? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A wristwatch TV is one of a new generation of electronic devices designed to be worn on the user's body.
		Presently, the wristwatch TV models available are not the mythical 'two-way communicators' featured in Dick Tracy's world, but they are a vast improvement over earlier attempts to miniaturize television sets.
		Although mobile phone systems are beginning to feature their own color television systems, a wristwatch TV does not require a service contract or access to communication towers to work.
	www.wisegeek.com /what-is-a-wristwatch-tv.htm (555 words)

	Wearable Computing - Library
		A functioning prototype, designed and built by the inventor, Steve Mann, in 1998, was demonstrated in 1999, was later used to deliver a videoconference at ISSCC 2000, and finally appeared on the cover of Linux Journal, July 2000, Issue 75.
		A wristwatch alone will not generally have the transmit power to produce good Internet connectivity, yet we almost always carry some other form of personal electronic device such as a cellular telephone or pocket computer that is much better equipped to establish network connectivity and thus serves as a gateway to the outside world.
		The wristwatch screen is driven by a frame buffer of the wearable computer system in which the XF86 Config is set to 640x480, 24bit color, allowing video to be processed into the buffer at the captured resolution, since the camera also operates at 640x480 resolution with 24 bits per pixel.
	about.eyetap.org /library/weekly/aa110100a.shtml (584 words)

	Bluetooth Biosensor Wristwatch
		Exmocare families can worry less, because our wristwatch system will help let them know early, possibly before being informed by home care specialists, if something's out of the ordinary with their loved one." The Exmocare wristwatch monitors its wearer's pulse, heart rate variability and skin conductance.
		The Exmocare wristwatch also monitors the subject's level of activity via built in accelerometer to determine whether the subject is active, inactive or sedentary.
		You should not use this information or the Exmocare device to diagnose or treat any health problems, disease, or illnesses without consulting your own physician or other qualified medical professional, whom you should promptly consult with for any questions or concerns you might have regarding the condition into which you are inquiring.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-18-2006/0004398982&EDATE= (632 words)

	smart wristwatch - a Whatis.com definition
		A smart wristwatch is a wristwatch that not only tells time but, using a wireless connection to an information source, can show you the news, stock, sports scores, or weather; remind you of meetings on your Outlook calendar; provide instant messaging input from others; and update the time when you move to another time zone.
		Such a wristwatch has to be small enough to be worn on the wrist and yet have a face that can display a sufficiently useful amount of information.
		The purchaser of a smart wristwatch pays Microsoft about $10 a month or $60 a year for access to information that is periodically transmitted to the wristwatch.
	searchnetworking.techtarget.com /gDefinition/0,294236,sid19_gci945481_alpS,00.html (301 words)

	Wristwatch - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		They can also be used in a lightsaber duel, but are prone to shorting out right before you turn them on.
		We have also heard that a toast making wristwatch is being developed, but it may be rather bulky, and many cases of accidental burning from the prototype have been reported.
		The is a wristwatch that lets you call your mom.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Wristwatch (812 words)

	Are wristwatches becoming obsolete?
		Many people are leaving their wristwatches at home and instead relying on their cell phones, PDAs or other digital devices to tell time.
		Hindra, 18, owns a wristwatch but he rarely uses it; he is trying to simplify his life.
		The wristwatch was viewed more as a woman's accessory, he said.
	www.azcentral.com /ent/pop/articles/1118wristwatch1118-CR.html (863 words)

	PC World - Samsung Shows Wristwatch Phone
		Wristwatch devices were at the fore at last week's CeBIT trade show in Hanover, Germany, where Samsung Electronics unveiled a nonworking prototype of a new watchphone and Motorola showed prototypes of several wearable computing devices.
		The Samsung phone, scheduled to be available later this year, was on display at the company's crowded telecommunications booth at the show, alongside new cellular handsets, PDA phones, and smartphones.
		Fossil is also planning to produce a wristwatch PDA in the middle of this year that runs the Palm operating system.
	www.pcworld.com /news/article/0,aid,109830,00.asp (747 words)

	Planet Sinclair: Radios: FM Wristwatch Radio
		The battery was hidden in the clasp, presumably in an attempt to balance out the considerable weight of the watch.
		Sinclair officially launched the FM Wristwatch Radio at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show in January 1985.
		This premature curtailment meant that very few Wristwatch Radios were ever produced, making them one of the rarest of all Sinclair products.
	www.nvg.ntnu.no /sinclair/audio/wristwatch_radio.htm (267 words)

	Watch TV - VTV-101
		Replace your boring old watch with the Wearable TV Wristwatch, a portable color television that straps right to your wrist, so you can watch the news, sports, or your favorite show wherever you are.
		The Wearable TV Wristwatch has a 1.5" TFT color monitor for a small but clear picture, and it accesses VHF channels 1 through 13 and UHF channels 14 through 69 with a PLL synthesizer tuner that offers quick channel changing.
		The Wearable TV Wristwatch can be powered by the included power adapter, by the built-in lithium-polymer battery, or through four AAA batteries, sold separately.
	www.smarthome.com /81091.html (243 words)

	Tags - Wristwatch - Instablogs Community (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The wristwatch telephone has been one of the most anticipated gadgets in television, movies and comic strips like Detective Dick Tracy who began...
		Here is a decent looking wristwatch suitable to be worn on any occasion.
		We all know that the future of wristwatches is bleak with the advent of the ubiquitous mobile phone and other portable gadgets reining the time zone.
	www.instablogs.com /tags/wristwatch (985 words)

	TV Wristwatch
		The TV Wristwatch is powered by a rechargeable lithium-polymer battery which provides an hour of viewing time (that's two standard soaps or a footie first half plus banter), but you can extend this to 3 hours by placing the watch on its smart little battery-powered docking station.
		There are different PAL systems to choose from when tuning in your TV Wristwatch, you must ensure that it is on PAL 1 to get any reception within the UK.
		Reception may be adversely affected or completely prevented due to long distance from broadcast stations, proximity to buildings or mountains, underground areas, and other locations.
	www.firebox.com /index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=1060 (1082 words)

	wristwatch - SWiK
		The folks at GearDiary landed a fl rendition of the video-playing timepiece, and noted that although video files have to be converted from their current format to.NVX, software (in English, too) was included to "remove the guesswork" and make the process painless.
		We're not exactly sure how practical it is to plug your headphones into your wristwatch while you're out for your morning stroll, but hey, we've see wackier timewear before.
		Similar to other arm-dominating contraptions we've seen, this waterproof wristwatch syncs up with GPS satellites to calculate the time, speed, distance, pace, and averages of your run, while keeping track of your route should you deviate from the beaten path.
	swik.net /wristwatch (2089 words)

	Fossil Caller ID Wristwatch w/ Bluetooth Reviews. Watches and wrist devices Reviews by CNET.
		The good: The Fossil Abacus Mobilewear Caller ID Wristwatch lets you know when there are incoming calls and text messages and displays caller ID on a tiny OLED display.
		The bottom line: The Fossil Abacus Mobilewear Caller ID Wristwatch has a cool factor that is reminiscent of a James Bond movie, but that's not enough to win our accolades.
		Fossil has tried its hand at creating "tech watches" before, with wrist PDA watches that are able to sync with your Outlook Calendar and office e-mail, but they haven't really been successful.
	reviews.cnet.com /Fossil_Caller_ID_Wristwatch_w_Bluetooth/4505-3512_7-32148583.html (839 words)

	CNN.com - For sale: A cell phone wristwatch - May. 29, 2003
		Visions of the comic strip detective Dick Tracy talking into his wristwatch phone have titillated imaginations for decades.
		Not wanting to be left behind, Samsung Electronics showed off a nonworking prototype of a watch-phone at this year's CeBIT trade show in Hanover, Germany.
		The company said it would offer the wristwatch phones in Europe in the fourth quarter of 2003.
	www.cnn.com /2003/TECH/ptech/05/29/wristwatch.phone/index.html (384 words)

	WristWatchComputer (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A wristwatch videoconferencing computer running the videoconferencing application underneath a transparent oclock, running XF86 under the GNUX (GNU+Linux) operating system.
		The current embodiment requires the support of a separate device that is ordinarily concealed underneath clothing (that device processes the images and transmits live video to the Internet at about 7 frames per second in full 24 bit colour).
		Presently we are working on building an embodiment of this invention in which all of the processing and the communications device fit inside the wristwatch so that a separate device doesn't need to be worn elsewhere on the body for the wristwatch videoconferencing system to work.
	www.wearcam.org /wristwatchcomputer (300 words)

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