Ski Gear
In the early '90s, Seiko came up with the idea of bringing out a line of sports watches. Each of them would focus to target a specific group of audience of a particular sports. The Ski Thermo showing here is one of them.
This is primarily designed for skiers with functions like multi-chrono and temperature logs. Originally it came with a very long vinyl band with magic hooks, for wearing outside the ski suit. And for easy operation with gloves on, the pushers on both sides are enlarged. For mode changing, instead of adding more buttons to the plastic resistant casing, it came with a rotating bezel. So all functions can be accessed without needing the user taking off the skiing gloves.
The highlight of this thing is the rotating bezel for mode switching. And if you take it apart you will amazed by how the bezel works to move the 4 tiny posts underneath, to trigger the 4 tiny switches in combination for the 8 specific modes on the module. Smart, really smart.
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【數碼星期六】精工Ski Thermo滑雪時計 - 90年代初期，電子跳字錶的發展已相當成熟。唯獨主要功能只限於報時、計時、和嚮鬧。歐洲與日本的生產商所提供的主流產品，功能和設計，大致相若。不同的，是日本廠商當時對微細電子科技的掌握和運用，的確相對比較靈活和創新，再配合進取的市場策略，也得到之前電腦手錶未能配合市場需求的慘痛教訓，再一次開辟了電子跳字錶的新戰線。就是推出能迎合不同的市場需要的專屬功能手錶，創造市場需求。
滑雪時計S820，就是首隻針對滑雪愛好者作為銷售對象的專屬手錶，1993年推出市場發售。徐了一些基本手錶功能以外，還能夠顯示即時溫度及自動記錄附有時間之最高與最低值、千分之一秒準度自動計時、多組計時記錄及時間差距計算，所有功能可快速地經面板上的旋轉錶圈選擇。也附設特長尼龍錶帶，可穿戴於厚厚的滑雪衣外；加大的按鈕，便於穿戴著手套，也能簡易控制，務求給用者，得到最好的使用體驗。
除此滑雪錶外，之前所提及過的賽車錶，及其他專屬功能錶款，也於同期推出，可謂百花齊放，也屬於現代運動功能專屬錶的先驅。
