14 DAY TRIAL // Watches are something that people used to wear all the time, but few do anymore, what with phones taking over the role. So, since wrist watches are going out of fashion, a startup company invented a ring watch instead.
The startup is called RingClock and has only posted a project on the indiegogo.com project hosting website.
Already the gizmo has made nearly $400,000 / €296,000 in crowd funding, and it's pretty easy to understand why. The idea actually is interesting, and so is the execution.
As the photos below show, as well as the embedded video, the Ring Clock, or Ring Watch, whatever you want to call it, is precisely that: a ring you wear on your finger.
It's not completely mechanical though. In fact, it also has electronic parts inside, parts which highlight the hour and minute.
There's also an indicator to show people how to put it on. Once that's done, no further fiddling is required.
Ring Watch can pass for an antique, although the surgical steel it's made off might give it away as something else.
The energy for the blue and/or orange LEDs that indicate the time comes from a very, very tiny ultra-thin rechargeable lithium polymer battery.
One charge should last for three years, with 15 times of 1-minute activations per day. That's a good enough indicator of how often people check the time.
Furthermore, Ring Clock ships with a recharging station. A wireless one (wireless Qi charger pad). As long as you place the ring within 4 cm of it, the energy will recharge. It shouldn't even take long, just about two hours, and you're set for the next 3 years.
Unless we misunderstood and the battery will only last for 3 years, after which you're only left with a fancy ring. Anyway, the charging pad will also set the time.
Finally, the Ring Watch is water-resistant and has a price (or rather needs a pledge) of $195 - 250 / €144 - 185.
