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Some of the New Luxury Wearables on the Market
Helios
The Helios ring is a vitamin D tracker which works to maximise your vitamin D intake whilst
avoiding sunburn. It is equipped with a “high accuracy” UV sensor and takes note of the user’s
skin type to personalise usage. It shows you how many units of vitamin D you are taking in and
updates sun visibility by the minute according to factors like clouds and pollution. It provides
regular statistics and works towards a goal of obtaining 200.000 units of vitamin D a year.
The Helios ring launches in August.
Bellabeat
Bellabeat launched in 2014 as brand to help women track their overall health and wellness. The
Bellabeat Leaf is a screen-less, button-less leaf shaped pendant which can be worn on a chain,
on the wrist or as a clip. It connects to an app on iOS and Android devices and tracks the user’s
steps, sleep, period and stress levels and offers mediation sessions to improve wellbeing.
Prices start from $119.
Apple Watch Hermes
The Apple Watch Hermes launched in September 2016 to give the Apple Watch Series
2 a more sophisticated edge. The Hermes-designed leather straps are made to be
compatible with this particular model of Apple Watch giving the timepiece a new air
of “elegant, artful simplicity”.
Prices start from £1,149.
Senstone
Similar to the Bellabeat Leaf, the Senstone is a small stone-shaped device which can be
worn around the neck, wrist or as a clip. The Senstone is a voice recorder which connects
through a smartphone app and works as a vocal-enabled assistant to create to-do lists or
write down ideas.
The device is still crowdfunding but is priced at $145.
Ringly
The Ringly is a luxe style ring that tracks the user’s activity. It also offers guided meditation
and delivers phone notifications. To add to the high end feel of the wearable tech, its
jewellery is plated with 14carat gold and piece is set with a semi-precious or precious
stone, ranging from moonstone to purple jade. It also comes in bracelet form.
Prices range from $125 to $165.
Mangos
The Mangos ring is a discreet panic ring made to keep you safe in an emergency. It works
by texting your friends and SOS message and sharing your location when you press down
on it for three seconds. It then creates a shortlink of your location which can be shared with
authorities. It doesn’t come with nor require a charger as the battery runs out after 400 uses.
The ring is still in the Kickstarter stages.
Motiv
The Motiv ring is a wearable fitness and sleep tracker which has a lightweight design to
“seamlessly” fit into the wearer’s everyday life. Its waterproof quality means there is no
need to remove the ring for convenience and it charges on the go giving an ease of use.
The Motiv ring retails for $199.
August 2017 | jewelleryfocus.co.uk
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