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The HP-01 Smartwatch Designed in 1977

While the world is bracing itself for Hewlett Packard’s contribution to the high tech smartwatches, an oddity has emerged from the brand’s archives. In 1977, a group of HP engineers developed an early prototype of what we are now calling the smartwatch. Dubbed the HP-01, the wristwatch boasted a personal calculator, an alarm clock, a stopwatch, a timer, a 200-year calendar and the ability to…