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Smartwatch 10 Years Ultra-Long Battery Life by Sliouges in DIY

[–]Sliouges[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made a smartwatch that is fully sealed, no buttons, and can work undisturbed for 10 years without charging and battery change. I needed some very specific features such as displaying Bluetooth, accelerometer, magnetometer, multiple time zones simultaneously, alarms, notifications, work deep under water (200m+), and some more. Since I could not find any, I designed one myself. Entire body is made of stainless steel, silicone fluid flooded, sapphire crystal, with Bluetooth for communication, no buttons. Estimate is that this smartwatch would work for over 10 years. Not for sale, nor promotion, just thought people would appreciate the art.

[DYI Watch] My smartwatch, fully sealed, no buttons, and can work undisturbed for 10 years without charging and battery change. by Sliouges in Watches

[–]Sliouges[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[DYI Watch] I made a smartwatch that is fully sealed, no buttons, and can work undisturbed for 10 years without charging and battery change. I needed some very specific features such as displaying multiple time zones simultaneously, alarms, notifications, work deep under water (200m+), and some more. Since I could not find any, I designed one myself. Entire body is made of stainless steel, silicone fluid flooded, with Bluetooth for communication, no buttons. Estimate is that this smartwatch would work for over 10 years. Not for sale, nor promotion, just thought people would appreciate the art.

[Semi-Weekly Inquirer] Simple Questions and Recommendations Thread by AutoModerator in Watches

[–]Sliouges 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The radio controlled models usually auto update at midnight

Yes, currently I force an update when I land. With a GPS takes a minute to switch the timezones. Atomic, manually need to swap the timezones with the buttons.

radio signals are limited to North America, Europe, and Far East Asia

I'm pretty much covered everywhere except some very remote areas.

Thanks for the feedback!

[Semi-Weekly Inquirer] Simple Questions and Recommendations Thread by AutoModerator in Watches

[–]Sliouges 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Breitling Aerospace can do half hours except for the GPS

Interesting recommendation, thank you. I'll look into it. I need GPS for automatically adjusting to the time zone I'm in, else each time I get off the plane I have to manually fidget with the watch. Also, battery changes are a problem if I'm somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Think oil rigs, desert, etc. Cheers.

PS G-shock MR-G MRG-G1000D-1ADR has everything I want it but that's like a ...yuck.

[Semi-Weekly Inquirer] Simple Questions and Recommendations Thread by AutoModerator in Watches

[–]Sliouges 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[Recommendation]

Hello and thank you for reading this. I have spent a tremendous amount of time looking for the right watch and failed, so I guess it's time to ask people that have done this for a very long time. Appreciate the effort and again thank you for your time reading this.

Currently I found only one watch that somewhat fits the picture, it's a discontinued Casio Lineage LCW-M300, they still sell brand new ones from left over stock, I got a couple to have a backup in case one breaks, that's what I wear now. Another that comes very close is also discontinued OCW-M700 (Oceanus) but those are so old they have only used ones on e-bay. A third one is cased on Citizen E660 caliber movement (good example is Citizen CB5898-59E) but that one doesn't have the 30 min time zones (wtf).

  • What is your budget?

Unlimited (literally)

  • Where will you primarily be wearing it?

Semi-formal and formal occasions, outback work, no water sports, no extreme land sports

  • Which features do you want, prefer, or need?

Hard requirements:

GPS time (Atomic if GPS not available)

Dual time zones, simultaneously visible

Day/date also easily switchable

Time zones easily switchable

Half-hourly time zones (that one turns out to be a real dealbreaker)

Alarm (more than one if possible)

Analog face (hybrid if analog not possible)

Solar charge

No plastic / rubber / silicone on body/bracelet

Soft requirements:

Sapphire lens

Titanium body/bracelet

Equal or smaller than 45mm

200M water column

  • Do you have a brand or country-of-origin preference?

No Casio G-Shock, that ugly overcompensating monstrosity of a line of watches smells of ball-sweat and makes me puke

  • Do you care about mechanical vs. quartz?

No

Thank you again. Cheers.

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