While e-ink technology continues to seep into more and more devices, Seiko realized it’s about time (pun intended) for e-ink to get into our wrists.
With a high-resolution 300 dpi (dots per inch), the Active Matrix EPD watch packs a stunning 72,000 pixels into a tiny 2x3cm display with 4 shades of grey. Being the world’s first watch with an active matrix e-ink system, the Seiko watch is powered by a self-recharging solar battery, with a power consumption at only 1-2 micro amperes per second. Although no pricing has yet to be released, it is expected to cost around $1,200 in Japan and will roll out in December. Of course the EPD watch can tell the time, has world clock and date functions, and comes with a cute photo of the earth on the side.
And in case some of you can’t live without time accuracy, the EPD watch receives a time signal from the world’s atomic clocks via radio waves so that the usual 15-seconds-a-month accuracy of the watch is enhanced whenever the watch is in range of the transmitters. The time signal it receives is from atomic clocks that are accurate to 10-13 seconds a day or one second in every 30 million years!
Now the question is, will e-ink become the new face of digital time?
via CrunchGear, E-Ink Info, and Seiko PR
