HotBlack smartwatch keeps you up to date with footie scores

At a glance, the HotBlack smartwatch might look like your bog-standard timepiece. In actual fact, it’s a score-savvy football match data hub that feeds you the need-to-know info wherever you are.
The watch comes sporting several dials, each with a different purpose. The northern dial proudly displays your team’s score, the western spinner does much the same for the opposing team, and the bottommost ticker lets you know elapsed match time.

Users simply sync the watch with their smartphone, and then use the HotBlack app to choose a game and the team they want to support. For now, the watch can only handle soccer, although the team say they’re open to other sports post-launch. Physicist and footie fanatic Richard Hoptroff is founder of the project, and says he’s proud that the watch functions much like a normal timepiece when it’s not serving up the latest from the pitch.

"I believe a watch should be a real watch, not some wearable phone. It should have hands that move. It should tick. It should be waterproof. The battery should last years. There's no getting around any of that in a quality timepiece,” says Richard. Footie fashionistas need not fear a wrist-borne monstrosity either, with Hoptroff’s creation meeting substance with style. "In the end, I decided on an automotive look. This is the Lamborghini on your wrist!

The outer lines of the case are streamlined for speed, flowing seamlessly right down into the steel strap. Dials like a dashboard. Even the vertical brush polish should make you want to jump in and drive off with it." Kickstarter page. For now, the HotBlack smartwatch exists only as a prototype, but you can get behind the project over at Hoptroff’s

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