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It’s time for wearable tech to dress up, look sharp and get a ‘swiss made’ tag. I have seen so many wearable gadgets with pathbreaking tech launch, in last 2 years. A pair of glasses that functions like a phone. A watch that tells messages, heart rate. These wearable gadgets are plain, functional. None can make a style statement.
Here’s a good looking watch made by a fine Swiss watch maker, Jaeger LeCoultre that doubles up as wearable tech gadget! Jaeger LeCoultre in association with Aston Martin has innovated a watch that can unlock and lock any model of Aston Martin sports car. Note, its a swiss watch inside that screen and no quartz movement!
Jaeger LeCoultre Aston Martin watch or AMVOX2 Transponder, incorporates a miniature transmitter system serving to lock and unlock any model of Aston Martin sports car.
Jaeger LeCoultre Aston Martin watch is primarily a chronograph that has an additional feature to start a car from a distance. This Jaeger LeCoultre 2014 watch can be controlled by simply tapping on the sapphire dial screen. The transponder module, connector and signal antenna have been miniaturised by means of a complete redesign from a watchmaking perspective. Jaeger LeCoultre spent 18 months of research, working in close collaboration with Aston Martin.
The Jaeger LeCoultre Aston Martin watch AMVOX2 Transponder maintains its unique vertical-trigger chronograph functions. A feature seen before in JLC AMVOX, earlier watches. Like all revolutionary inventions, this system seems so simple and straightforward. Quite simply, pressing at 12 o’clock stops or starts the chronograph mechanism. While pressing at the bottom of dial resets the chronograph hands to zero.
Jaeger LeCoultre Aston Martin watch (as I like to call it) functions on a mechanical movement. JLC calibre 751E is the engine. The watch can contain 65 hours of power reserve. Case is made in Titanium and is water resistant to 6 bars. Strap is made of calfskin leather.
The Jaeger LeCoultre Aston Martin watch’s ability to lock and unlock a car is small yet, very important advancement seen in swiss watch making. It isn’t easy to marry modern technology with mechanical swiss watch! JLC has done a commendable job here!
Jaeger LeCoultre AMVOX2 Transponder Specifications
Reference: 192T480
Case material: Titanium
Strap/bracelet: Calfskin Leather
Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre: 751E
Movement: Automatic
Number of pieces : 280
Vibrations per hour : 28800
Power-reserve : 65 Hours
Jewels : 41
Barrel : 2
Height : 5.65 mm
Functions Hour – Minute, Date
Vertical-trigger chronograph
Hour counter
30-minute counter
60-second counter
Movement operating indicator, Transponder
Case: Titanium
Water resistance : 5 bar
Diameter : 44mm
Thickness : 15.4mm
Dial: Black satin, luminescent numerals and hour-markers
Hands: Bâton à facette
Strap/bracelet : Calfskin Leather
Buckle: Double Folding Buckle 20.0 mmI
DID YOU KNOW: Wearable Tech is set to get more stylish. Fossil is making watches with ‘Android Wear’. AW is an operating system that is designed to fit in different shapes of wearable tech – like a round dial of a watch. Wait another year or two to see the Fossil Android Watch in flesh. Till then, relish and feast your eyes on Jaeger LeCoultre 2014 Aston martin watch.
Shilpa is a world renowned journalist and an expert in decoding India and Asia’s luxury markets for global readers. Her original, in-depth reports and analysis are frequently featured in prestigious international titles across the UK, China, Hong Kong, Switzerland, and Oman.
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