Smartwatches are a hot topic at Baselworld

Singapore

SMARTWATCHES were hardly spotted at the just-ended Baselworld 2014, the week-long annual watch show - but they were a hot topic of discussion.

Swiss watch executives at the show held in Basel, Switzerland, were pretty relaxed about the phenomenon of wearable computers that carry out functions beyond time-keeping, and pointed out that the technology still seems to need refining, but they are watching the smartwatch industry with interest all the same.

Sales of smartwatches have been slow to get off the mark since the first model was launched in the middle of last year, said Gerard Tan, the account d…