Thursday, April 4, 2013
0 8mm thick flexible E Ink wristwatch makes a killing on Kickstarter
The CST-01 doesn’t have a bunch of wireless bells and whistles — in fact, it doesn’t even have an alarm. All this watch does is tell you the time, but it does so with style. The CST-01 is constructed on top of a 0.7mm thick stainless steel band, which is etched 0.5mm down. This groove is then filled with the scant electronics and E Ink screen that make up the CST-01. The final product is 0.8mm thick, which is pretty impressive.
Because this watch is using E Ink and doesn’t really have any smart functions, it can run for at least a month on a single charge and should last for 15 years. It comes with a neat-looking inductive charging dock that can fill the battery in just 10 minutes. The dock is actually used to set the time in addition to charging the watch.
Central Standard Timing is planning on making a white and black version of the CST-01, and you can still save your place in line. For $129 you can get a CST-01 watch and charging dock in either color. $229 gets you one of each color and one dock. The limited $99 “early bird” tier is already sold out, as is the $1,000 beta watch deal.
The CST-01 just launched a week ago, but is already well past its $200,000 goal. Actually, it’s more than doubled that with about $445,000 in pledges so far. The Kickstarter will wrap up on February 22 with watch delivery estimated to happen in September.
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