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The time is now for RFID watches

One way of stopping the fakers

By Jo Best

Published: 23 July 2004 16:00 BST

RFID, the much-hyped technology that's turned up on dirty laundry, luggage and even Japanese schoolchildren, has now made its way to posh watches.

Winwatch has teamed up with Toshiba to put the tracking tags into wristwatches, with a view to stopping the trade in counterfeit timepieces that sees thousands of pounds ripped off big name watch sellers such as Rolex.

Winwatch has patented a method of putting the tiny chips into the glass crystal of watches or fixing one to the glass front so it doesn't interfere with the mechanical workings. Attaching it to the watch-front also means that the metal parts of the watch - or wearer's wrist - won't interfere with the tag being read and that tags can be added to ready-manufactured watches.

The RFID chips will be manufactured by Toshiba and will be readable from a distance of 1mm.

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