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Swiss watchmaker Ulysse Nardin presents the Chairman phone

26 March, 2009 | Read the news | Post your comment
Swiss watchmaker Ulysse Nardin presents the Chairman phone - read the full textIt's fancy, fashionable, pretentious and extra expensive. It's both a mechanical watch and a smartphone. It takes 5 megapixel pictures and has Wi-Fi module. It's touch-enabled and it's called the Chairman phone. The Swiss watch manufacturer called Ulysse Nardin have decided to hop on the mobile...

 

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> In reply to Leo @ 2009-03-26 22:52 from G2GS - click to readlook,what u see on the screen is not an actual watch.. it`s an animation.. think about it for a sec..
and the thing with the watch is basically the part that it charges itself like a watch does...

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  • 2009-03-26 23:35
  • Q5xN

stil waiting for wind-up phones though, read an srticle about how much power a modern wind up can generate, certainly moved up from monkey and symbal toys.. its impressive...radio's and led torches and other small appliances already do, the phone was apparently next.

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  • 2009-03-26 23:17
  • ijDg

Ok, so its a phone-watch... how's that work? you have wifi... then if the watch is the screen, where can you see the web pages? I... baffled..

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  • 2009-03-26 22:52
  • G2GS

This is a Sagem inside. Check the Saegem Porsche Design P'9522, same buttons, same screen, same size... :S

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  • 2009-03-26 22:44
  • nHY{

> In reply to scarnix @ 2009-03-26 20:32 from u1vp - click to readyou obviously have no clue about the chairmen's lifestyle. chairmen don't watch movies or video in their phone. time is the most important to them because they are the no.1 person in their compny (not a small-time company of course).

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  • 2009-03-26 22:21
  • 0Bs4

an iteresting device. i'm wonderig how does the touchscreen and a machanical watch underneat work. so you see a menu but you stil can see the watch below the sceeen? then you just have to decide to wich surface you will focus the eyes? that kinetyc system might be a great idea if it's effective.

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  • 2009-03-26 21:29
  • pu0j

Hell of a looker!! Too bad it was made for the super rich!!

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  • 2009-03-26 21:21
  • G2GS

Ulysse Nardin is famous for making (really) expensive watches ($100,000 and above).
This is being a cell phone AND a limited edition one will make the price goes through the roof...

Hope it has a good reception though... Pity if it's not... ;-D

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  • 2009-03-26 21:18
  • i}dR

Sounds expensive as hell

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  • 2009-03-26 20:53
  • 0iwT

> In reply to Anonymous @ 2009-03-26 20:08 from w0QM - click to readInreally don't know if the passive charging will do much, a watch battery requires a fraction of the power of a mobile phone battery.

$2000 probably wouldn't even get you in the door, I don't think it will be as much as the Goldvish exclusive edition's $1,000,000 price tag.

I wonder which OS it will have?

I guess it depends on which phone they stripped down and rebuilt?

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  • 2009-03-26 20:37
  • P%nm

It will be a failure. that mechanical watch will be a distraction for sure, how will u watch movies and browse the web, the damn thing is mechanical, cant make it dissapear. LOL

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  • 2009-03-26 20:32
  • u1vp

wowwwwwww

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  • 2009-03-26 20:18
  • 258b

the most luxury and classy mobile phone ever made and if it works like a swiss watch that will great.

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  • 2009-03-26 20:15
  • SH95

this statement blew me away "It allows passive recharging on the battery while you are on the move - just like a wrist watch. "

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  • 2009-03-26 20:08
  • w0QM

Gonna be cheaper if you buy with 2-year contract. Touch screen is nice. Hopefully comes out soon!

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  • 2009-03-26 20:08
  • CatP

Beautiful. I wish it has a full qwerty keyboard for better web browsing. Then it would really be worth to consider even with its high price.

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  • 2009-03-26 19:53
  • jJee

Beautiful looking phone! It's also nice to see that they aren't leaving out features that people would expect in phones that cost a fraction of what these hefty-priced beauties are after. $2000 for this piece of bling is totally worth it!

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  • 2009-03-26 19:51
  • FvXX

beautiful piece! the art of craftmanship.

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  • 2009-03-26 19:44
  • puyv

if the watch is mechanical, then im assuming its constantly on the screen... unless im wrong
if so, how do we browse the internet presuming we can afford it :-p
will the clock not be a distraction?

all in all its an innovation we needed. Atleast some people are thinking outside the box!!

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  • 2009-03-26 19:43
  • nE0S

sexiest fone ive ever seen..........if i had the money i wud've definetly bought it

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  • 2009-03-26 19:34
  • u1vZ
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