A
close encounter with a Devon watch is something no
one can forget. They’re big, they’re radical, they mesmerize and intrigue and they’re one of the few watches
that can lay claim to being almost wholly American
made. If a Devon watch, all bands and microprocessors and mechanical parts, is reminiscent of automobiles, that most American
of products, it’s because the company has a backstory with a racing
pedigree. And that story is as intriguing as the products themselves.
The Devon Tread 1 was the company’s first product, and it’s
still in their product lineup, for
good reason. It’s impossible for an
utterly unique design to become dated. Like the Barcelona chair, or
a mid-60’s pop art Warhol, the design stands up without comparison. It is art that meets engineering.
The Tread 1 is powered by an onboard microprocessor that
controls all its functions. According to the spec sheets, the Tread 1
gathers data from a temperature-compensated crystal and proprietary optical recognition system, which continuously monitors and
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