Watch Styles & Designs for 2011

With 2011 coming around extremely fast the watch industry is alive with buzz and hype about what the next year's designs and features are going to be. With the recession easing off and consumers spending more on products such as watches, it means 2011 is going to be a very exciting year in terms of the watch industry growth in all aspects such as new designs, watch repairs and watch accessories. Sales have dropped off over the last two years due to the economic down fall but people are extremely optimistic with the coming years for the watch industry to return to its powerful position.

So what are the new designs and styles going to be? Needless to say some are just going to be new more modern design however there are also going to be some pretty unique ideas and features. Also with the green issue becoming more and more prominent in the United Kingdom there is also great anticipation for more environmentally friendly watches that operate of solar power. The days of the watch being something that simply keeps and tells the time have now completely passed due to the new innovations and features that many of the wrist watches people own now have.

In terms of new designs there seems to be a lot of hype around very bright and colourful watches as the new trend for 2011 meaning lots of wrist watches could soon be very bright with unique colours and off the wall designs. Also leather straps seem to be making a popularity return with many of the major watch companies bringing out more models with a leather strap designs incorporated in to them or with what are called inter changeable straps so that one can put either a steel strap on the watch for more of a formal occasion or replace it with a leather strap for a relaxed look and a more comfortable feel.

Also there are some quite intensely unique designs coming out of the Japanese based with watches that are completely LED light based and some with no clock faces that just light up with lights to convey the time to the person wearing the watch. Now these types of designs are not really going to break into the mainstream however they do represent the innovation that is going into the watch industry with all the companies trying to come up with the next popular design or style that will revolutionise the entire industry in a similar way to how Swatch did.

In summary it seems that the watch industry is in for some exciting times with the styles and designs that 2011 will bring. The market should be in for some new modern designs but also some completely new innovations and technological features that are sure to blow people away. Also with consumers having more money to spend now that the economy is improving, the entire market as a whole should be braced for a direct increase in sales and profitability.

Martyn currently works for Designed2Perform a company that works alongside ImpressiveTime a leading retailer of watches and latest diesel watches.