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Smartwatch market to reach $10 billion in 2017: Report

While the traditional watch community is trying to catch up with the smartwatch trend, some watchmakers are still reluctant.

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Smartwatch market to reach $10 billion in 2017: Report
A person wearing a smartwatch. Photo: Pixabay
Written By: ZeeBiz WebTeam
Updated: Wed, Mar 15, 2017
07:00 pm
Mumbai, ZeeBiz WebDesk
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The smartwatch market is expected to grow by 18% in 2017, with 28.5 million units expected to be shipped. This will mean that the total value of smartwatch shipments in 2017 is expected to reach $10 billion by the end of 2017, according to a Canalys report.

The report predicts that there will be further declines in the traditional watch industry as smartwatch manufacturers release more high-end models. As the average selling price of smartwatches climbs, the value of the smartwatch market will reach about two thirds that of the predicted value of the traditional Swiss watch market this year.

While the traditional watch community is trying to catch up with the smartwatch trend, some watchmakers are still reluctant, and are expected to release connected watches instead. Also known as hybrid watches, Canalys sees connected watches as a short-term, intermediate solution for watchmakers as they find ways to stabilise the decline in the traditional watch market.

Canalys Analyst Jason Low said, “Connected watches appeal to buyers who want a watch first and a basic band second. With fewer people wanting to buy traditional watches, connected watches with limited functionality risk ending up like basic bands: being taken over by smartwatches by 2018. Watchmakers yet to take action need to switch their focus to smartwatches for long-term growth.”

Fossil Group, for example, has seen its traditional watch market shrink, and wearables quickly become the growth driver. “Basic bands have been eroding the low-end watch market and, despite being a nascent market, smartwatches have negatively affected the high-end mechanical watch segment,” said Jason Low.

“Global watch conglomerates, such as Swatch Group and LVMH, echoed similar sentiments. But companies such as Swatch are still slow to react to the change, and have yet to take the next major step into smartwatch territory. Watchmakers’ survival will depend on creating competitive smartwatches,” said the report.

A series of Android Wear smartwatches is expected to be unveiled by high-profile traditional watchmakers at Baselworld 2017.

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