{"id":7947,"date":"2018-02-16T11:04:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T11:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7947"},"modified":"2018-05-17T16:29:26","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T15:29:26","slug":"affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Affordable smartwatches taking on the industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fossil Watches is a huge international brand that is owned by the Fossil Group who own a host of other brands including; Skagen, Misfit, Michelle and Fossil to just name a few. The Fossil brand makes 700,000 accessories, 9,000,000 pieces of jewellery, 12,000,000 leather products, 40,000,000 watches and too many awkward jokes to count each and every year. Their team is over 14,000 strong and growing every month.<\/p>\n<p>They are based in three global regions around the world which comprises of 59 offices in 150 countries of business and operation and over 550 company owned stores globally.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/fossil-q-watches-infographic\/fossil-q-info-graphic\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7950\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fossil-Q-info-graphic.jpg\" alt=\"Fossil Q info graphic\" width=\"900\" height=\"3056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fossil-Q-info-graphic.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fossil-Q-info-graphic-88x300.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fossil-Q-info-graphic-768x2608.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fossil-Q-info-graphic-302x1024.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><textarea style=\"width: 100%; height: 80px;\" readonly=\"readonly\">&lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/fossil-q-watches-infographic\/&#8221;&gt;&lt;img src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Fossil-Q-info-graphic.jpg&lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&#8221; alt=&#8221;Fossil Q Watches Infographic&#8221; width=&#8221;900&#8243; height=&#8221;3056&#8243;&lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&gt;&lt;\/span&gt; \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/fossil-q-watches-infographic\/&#8221;&gt;Fossil Q Watches Infographic&lt;\/a&gt; created by &lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/&#8221;&gt;First Class Watches&lt;\/a&gt;<\/textarea><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fossil Watches is a huge international brand that is owned by the Fossil Group who own a host of other brands including; Skagen, Misfit, Michelle and Fossil to just name&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[368],"tags":[1795,114,878,925,892,338,1794,1796,1797,1799,163,1793,1798,1747,1155,1746,14,17,1346,87,1745,39,166,496],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Affordable smartwatches taking on the industry - First Class Watches Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Affordable smartwatches taking on the industry - First Class Watches Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fossil Watches is a huge international brand that is owned by the Fossil Group who own a host of other brands including; Skagen, Misfit, Michelle and Fossil to just name&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"First Class Watches Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-16T11:04:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-05-17T15:29:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cover-fossilgroup-innovators-welcome-1200x600.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@firstclasswatch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Scott\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"First Class Watches Blog\",\"description\":\"All the Guides, News &amp; Tips You Need!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cover-fossilgroup-innovators-welcome-1200x600.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cover-fossilgroup-innovators-welcome-1200x600.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"fossil watches infographic\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry\/\",\"name\":\"Affordable smartwatches taking on the industry - First Class Watches Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-16T11:04:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-05-17T15:29:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1eac19765a2e96a82060b26fe7c83134\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Affordable smartwatches taking on the industry\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1eac19765a2e96a82060b26fe7c83134\",\"name\":\"Scott\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea94019d1e69ab704c027d74f270cbc3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea94019d1e69ab704c027d74f270cbc3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Scott\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/firstclasswatch\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/author\/scott-lucas\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Affordable smartwatches taking on the industry - First Class Watches Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Affordable smartwatches taking on the industry - First Class Watches Blog","og_description":"Fossil Watches is a huge international brand that is owned by the Fossil Group who own a host of other brands including; Skagen, Misfit, Michelle and Fossil to just name&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry\/","og_site_name":"First Class Watches Blog","article_published_time":"2018-02-16T11:04:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-05-17T15:29:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cover-fossilgroup-innovators-welcome-1200x600.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@firstclasswatch","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Scott","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"First Class Watches Blog","description":"All the Guides, News &amp; Tips You Need!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cover-fossilgroup-innovators-welcome-1200x600.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cover-fossilgroup-innovators-welcome-1200x600.jpg","width":1200,"height":600,"caption":"fossil watches infographic"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry\/","name":"Affordable smartwatches taking on the industry - First Class Watches Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2018-02-16T11:04:17+00:00","dateModified":"2018-05-17T15:29:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1eac19765a2e96a82060b26fe7c83134"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/02\/affordable-smartwatches-taking-on-the-industry\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Affordable smartwatches taking on the industry"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1eac19765a2e96a82060b26fe7c83134","name":"Scott","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea94019d1e69ab704c027d74f270cbc3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea94019d1e69ab704c027d74f270cbc3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Scott"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk","https:\/\/twitter.com\/firstclasswatch"],"url":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/author\/scott-lucas\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7947"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7947"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9494,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7947\/revisions\/9494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}