Citizen unveils Bluetooth-enabled i:Virt watches

Truthfully, we've no idea whether Citizen really did replace its VIRT design team or if they all just had an epiphany, but whatever the case, the outfit's latest lineup of Bluetooth-enabled wristwatches actually look... marginally wearable. The i:Virt collection, which comes in four colors along with a metal-banded sibling, is capable of playing nice with your Bluetooth mobile, and moreover, they all boast a battery life of up to five days with BT turned on. Furthermore, the units are water-resistant and feature a color LCD, phone battery meter, caller ID, signal display, call history list and email viewer. Unfortunately, it seems as though the watches all sport the elusive "open price" for now, but feel free to take a closer look at the gang after the jump.

[Via WristWatch]

[DickHardknocks @ Oct 22nd 2007 10:00PM]

"Look wearable"?

Only if:
#1 you are a child
#2 You shop at walmart and buy $20 digital watches.

These watches look like CRAP.
Whoever designed these needs to hook up with Casio G-Shock and get a clue.

[and I've got nothing against Citizen. I bought a $350 solar recharging 18K gold watch on a Cruise to Nova Scotia and its fantastic]

[Kane @ Oct 22nd 2007 10:30PM]

Bah! that's nothing. Last time I went on a around-the-World super-deluxe trip, I bought a 24-carat platinum super-conducting thingamajig for like $35,000. just some loose change from my pocket, of course.

I lost it when it got caught in the panties of some playboy bimbo I hooked up with then, and it fell into the sea. Oh well, it was kinda heavy anyway.

[dvmrp @ Oct 22nd 2007 10:36PM]

omg, a new tool for peeper :-P

[smacktard @ Oct 22nd 2007 10:44PM]

I gave my watch to a poor person.....Watches are for smacktards from the 19th Century.

[Al @ Oct 22nd 2007 10:50PM]

I assume its iPhone incompatible.

[TerraCotta @ Oct 22nd 2007 11:06PM]

I hope this is not like other Japanese watches which tend to cram a lot of useless features in a watch. And this Citizen watch seems to be worse.

What I hate the most is the display which is full of fancy moving progress bars and indicators also that the time and dates become tiny and hard to read. On the Casio I have, the stop watch has a curious extra feature: if you mistake the reset for the start/stop, then it add a 5 seconds delay when you push start (what an idiotic feature!). Then there are FIVE different alarms slots. When you set one, you have to take special care to set the alarm slot you want and make sure that this will be the one that will ring.

I wonder how one can still read the time on a Japanese watch.

[BEETROOT @ Oct 23rd 2007 12:30AM]

These are hideous.

[bombastinator @ Oct 23rd 2007 12:27AM]

site is slashdotted.

[paul34 @ Oct 23rd 2007 12:29AM]

Why is Ross Rubin so afraid to receive feedback on his articles? Why does Engadget always post them - when 9 out of 10 times, they have little to nothing to do with gadgets?

Most of his articles seem sort of useless and nonsensical as well. Engadget has never explained Rubin either, except that he has his own blog.

What to answer finally, Engadget? Also, switch on comments... thanks.

[ronald.raygun @ Oct 23rd 2007 1:31AM]

man these watches are partying like its 1989

[Condescending european @ Oct 23rd 2007 1:57AM]

This is style crime!

These watches are so offensive on the eye that they wouldn't even sell in Japan.

Must be for the american market ;)

[Deuz Augustine @ Oct 23rd 2007 2:06AM]

Can we stop putting "i" in front of everything? Please? I love Apple, but this is the worst trend of all time.

[Jesse S @ Oct 23rd 2007 6:59AM]

Putting i infront of a word has been around long before Apple started doing it.

[Garst @ Oct 23rd 2007 3:39AM]

Yes, they looked wearable. Until you see it up close. Then it looks like those cheap game watches. I miss my Super Mario Brothers watch. Although the levels were shorter than the levels in the arcade Donkey Kong. I don't know about the Donkey Kong watch game though.

[tekdroid @ Oct 23rd 2007 8:34AM]

a watch without bluetooth and generous 5-day bluetooth-on battery life is no watch at all, frankly.

I've been crying out for these features since a toddler.