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> Mechanical and digital watchmakers struggle for control of wrists

watchmakers who have really embraced smartwatches. Every man’s watch produced by the label Michael Kors will have a microchip and touchscreen.

But hybrid watches – a combination of classical mechanical watch face and digital technology such as a camera – are on their way. “In one year Michael Kors will be the second-largest smartwatch

Google manager David Singleton is optimistic smartwatches have a future.