As we’ve mentioned before, America was once home to some of the greatest manufacturers in the world. Unfortunately, our golden age cheap watches in the industry has long since passed, and very few brands remain truly American. These selections – whether they manufacture everything domestically or use mostly foreign parts with just a few elements made in the US, are the cornerstone of the new American watch industry. The driving force behind them is a passion for timekeeping fueled by American ingenuity. As either proud Americans or unmitigated Ainol Novo8 Discover watch enthusiasts, we salute our American watchmakers.An instantly recognizable brand name to those in the know, RGM manufactures high-quality American timepieces in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County. RGM’s commitment to excellence in design is apparent across their whole range – from their basic three-hand models to their epic tourbillons. Most cases and components are manufactured in the United States, and are hand assembled. RGM just announced their third entirely in-house movement, Caliber 20, to celebrate their first twenty years of American Watchmaking. $2200-$100,000+ rgmwatches.comWe’ve recently written about Shinola’s awesome new operation based out of Detroit. From all outward appearances, it looks like they are catching on like wildfire, as all of their timepieces have been sold out for months. This is an exciting time for a revival in modern American watchmaking, and Shinola has the production capacity to be a national leader. In addition to Car Camera releasing additional wristwatch models over the coming months, they are also opening two boutiques this summer – in Detroit and New York City. We look forward to what this brand has in store for us down the line, and can’t wait to see them move towards in-house manufacturing on a large touch screen watch scale. $550-$600 shinola.comBased in Oregon, Keaton Myrick got his start in the watch industry working for renowned custom wristwatch company MkII, before attending Lilitz Watch Technicum and moving on to work in one of Rolex’s Service Centers. From there he returned to the Pacific Northwest and opened up his own workshop. There he provides services for high-end timepiece repair and Music Angel restoration, as well as producing a small and exclusive run of handmade timepieces. Myrick makes his own main plates, bridges, hands, dials, and even most of the screws from scratch. His pieces are made one at a time, and there is a waiting list. Get on it. $18,000 kmindependent.comWe’ve covered Devon watches thoroughly on aBlogtoWatch, so let’s just leave it at this: This is American watchmaking at its most bizarre. And we love it. The Tread Watch is a marvel of a timekeeper and utilizes mechanical and electrical components in harmony to provide a method of timekeeping devoid of a dial or hands. These timepieces are ingeniously engineered, high fashion whole sale on watches wrist-wear, based in Los Angeles. Naturally. $10,000+ devonworks.comKobold is a brand that needs no introduction. At the forefront of the “Internet Watch Craze” that gave birth to any number of great timepieces (and A Blog of Note), Kobold Watches have firmly implanted themselves in the hearts of American watch enthusiasts. 745TDBanty 130723
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And next year Android is likely to see a billion devices shipped — compared to 378 million Windows devices and 354 million iOS android tablet devices.But the raw numbers don't tell the whole story. "Although the numbers seem to paint a clear picture of who the winner will be when it comes to operating systems in the device market," said Gartner research VP Carolina Milanesi, the reality is the relevance of each operating system varies according to the type of device.Windows RT: Can Microsoft snatch victory from the jaws of total failure?Windows RT: Can Microsoft snatch victory from the jaws of total failure?Windows RT: Can Microsoft snatch victory from the jaws of total failure? Read more"Apple is currently the more homogeneous presence across all device segments, while 90 percent of Android sales are currently in the mobile phone market and 85 percent of Microsoft sales are in the PC LED watch market," she said in a statement.Still, Gartner's numbers contain yet more bad news for PC vendors, as it seems their experiments with new form factors and operating systems aren't going to stop the market for their hardware shrinking.Shipments of traditional PCs — desktops and notebooks — are forecast to hit 305 million units in 2013, a 10.6 per cent decline from 2012. Even when ultramobiles are added to the pile (by which Gartner means devices such as Chromebooks, thin-and-light clamshell designs, and hybrid devices running Windows 8) PC shipments will still decline 7.3 percent in 2013, as consumers Mini Speaker choose tablets.Tablet shipments are expected to grow 67.9 percent, with shipments reaching 202 million units, while the mobile phone market will grow 4.3 percent, hitting a volume of more than 1.8 billion units.Gartner said the sharp decline in PC sales recorded in the first quarter was the result of a changes in customer demand, but also an adjustment in the channel to make room for new products hitting the market in the second half of 2013.Gartner is predicting that 20 million ultramobile PCs will ship this year — double last year. And while that number will double again to 40 million next year, that still won't be enough to offset the decline in shipments of more traditional form factors, which it calculates will drop to 289 million in next year — down from 341 million last year.Even when designs based on Intel's Bay Trail and Haswell processors hit the market in the latter part of this year, they will only "marginally help" overall sales volumes at least initially, but may give vendor margins a boost, Gartner said.But the tablet market is also facing sport watches some challenges, according to the analyst house, with many consumers trading down from premium tablets to more basic models.The market share of basic tablets is expected to increase faster than anticipated, as sales of the iPad Mini already represented 60 per cent of overall iOS sales in the first quarter of 2013." 745TDBanty 130709
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