Today TAG Heuer unveils its $1,800 Android-based watch in its attempt to take on the Apple Watch.
The Tag Heuer Connected Watch is available for sale from the company’s website and a handful of boutiques around the world starting today.
Tellingly a line at the end of Tag Heuer’s press release for the new Connected watch states “Anyone who purchases a Tag Heuer Connected watch will have the opportunity to exchange it for a mechanical watch with Swiss movement inside,” The Verge reports.
MacDailyNews Take: Let the Android tarnishing of the TAG Heuer brand begin!
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