Among graphic designers, no font is more universally loved (but occasionally reviled regardless) as the iconic Helvetica. A staple of quality design for decades, this Swiss typeface gained far wider recognition among the general public in the wake of the 2007 feature-length film Helvetica — an award-winning documentary that enjoyed widespread distribution in theaters, on television, and DVD and Blu-ray.
The legendary Swiss font has appeared on Mondaine timepieces before, but now it’s aiming to reinterpret Helvetica within the context of the 21st Century — proudly displaying the font across the face of its new 40mm Helvetica 1 Regular Smart Watch.
Although the typeface harkens back to the mid-1900s, the rest of the Mondaine Helvetica 1 Regular Smart Watch couldn’t be more modern. Connecting with the MotionX cloud for comprehensive data storage and retrieval, this watch features targeted activity tracking, Sleeptracker sleep monitoring, helpful sleep cycle alarms, inspiring “get-active” alerts, and automatic time alignment.