Gadgetory

I'm Andrew Hoyle for cnet and i'm here at baselworld in switzerland a show that normally caters exclusively for the launch of luxury traditional watches this year however we have started to see some smart technology creeping in so let's take a look at the top products now first up is the frederique constant horological SmartWatch now this watch focuses on handmade Swiss analog design but it also tracks your activity and your sleep sinks that data to Android or iOS smartphones and it has a two year battery mundane uses similar technology inside its Helvetica one smart watch it also tracks activity and your sleep it has a sleek metal body and it has the minimalist mundane analog watch face big news from tag heuer this week though as it's announced is partnered with google and intel to launch the first luxury Android wear SmartWatch now suddenly we don't know anything about the watch orange design but as an Android wear device you can bet that the software will be pretty much the same as what you'll find on existing Android wear smartwatches like the LG G watch are we will find out a lot more about this watch when it launches later this year gucci has also announced a partnership with Black Eyed Peas star will I am on a smart band that will operate independently of your phone thanks to its 3G connectivity again we haven't actually seen the product in its flesh yet but we do know that it will have a front facing camera it will be able to track your activity your sleeve show incoming notifications and do basically everything else you'd expect from a fully fledged SmartWatch we should expect some more information about this later this year and finally we have the vector SmartWatch now the headline of this guy is it apparently has a 30-day battery life vector says it achieves this by having quite simple software and a monochrome display which is less demanding a power it connects to your smartphone to provide all of the SmartWatch functions you'd expect like notifications and incoming calls and will go on sale in the summer this year so there we have it perhaps not a big commitment to technology from some of the brands but it's an interesting start from an industry that typically relies on its traditional roots I'm Andrew Foyle for cnet reporting from baselworld in Switzerland