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Wrap around watch

This is a watch Ive been working on for a while. I came up with the idea of a strap that comes up and around the watch face to capture it. Different length bands would be paired up with different mechanisms to create a personalized watch that fits just right and creates a very integrated, form fitting design. 

I took out a provisional patent in 2006, but after researching patents I learned that that the average cost of defending a patent is in the millions of dollars- If you don’t have the funds to defend your patent, then there’s no point in getting one.

I worked on a concept project that used this approach and it showed up on a few sites in 2008 http://www.tuvie.com/with-link-child-locator-hopefully-no-more-missing-children/http://www.yankodesign.com/2008/05/29/tech-that-lets-you-connect-with-kids/

Within a few years I’ve seen several watches and wearables that do this, and have always wondered if they were influenced by this design.

The strongest part of the idea is that it based on an architecture that could be executed in so many different ways, and the unifying element is the action and not necessarily the form.