Swatch plans fitness-based touch wristwatch: CEO


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 30 Jul 2014

ZURICH: Swatch plans to equip its Swatch Touch line of plastic watches with electronic functions to measure personal fitness, in a bid to tap into the market for wearable gadgets, the company's chief executive told a newspaper. 

He made his remarks several days after the firm denied working with Apple on a smartwatch project. 

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