Huami has received FCC certification for a Timex-branded smartwatch called Metropolitan. There will be two iterations, a square and a round one.
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To remind, the two companies entered into a strategic partnership over a year ago. Huami is providing the manufacturing know-how and Timex the well-recognised brand.
The first product that came as a result of this linkup was the $120 Ironman R300 GPS. Launched in February, it comes with continuous heart rate monitoring, built-in GPS and guided coaching features. There’s an always- on display and the usual fitness and sleep tracking tracking smarts.
Now we have incoming another Timex-branded smartwatch. The Huami FCC page shows two iterations, Metropolitan S and Metropolitan R. In case you were wondering the S stands for square, the R stands for round. That’s a pretty safe guess looking at the diagrams.
The only other info that can be deduced from the registration is that the watches have a 3 ATM water-resistance rating. That should make them safe for swimming.
This will not be the first Timex watch under the Metropolitan moniker. There was one back in 2015 called Metropolitan+. It was a fairly basic affair and represented the brands entry into the smartwatch space. However there’s been little to show since then. This year and the linkup with Huami is looking to change that.
The FCC registration for the Timex Ironman landed in mid-January, with the device debuting a month later. Which means we could see the Metropolitan in May. Actual external photos of the device are embargoed on the FCC website for six months, indicating the latest we could see the watch is this summer.
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