It is a simple and useful system that is likely combined with a slight vibration or beeping from the watch. It stays there until you notice it, and that doesn’t affect the time keeping.
To notify you that your phone has a new message or event, the seconds hand from the time moves over to one of the indicators on the inner flange ring of the dial. This likely has the watch make the phone ring or something similar when the search function is activated. One other function is that you can search for your phone using the Proximity watch. If you have a calendar appointment or event, the watch will let you know that you have something to do. It will also tell you if you have a missed call. Using Bluetooth, the watch will sync its time and date from the phone, alert you to incoming calls, SMS messages, and e-mails. So how exactly do the Proximity watch and iPhone work together? I got to check out prototype versions and was not able to actually sync the iPhone with a Proximity – though the promised functionality is simple enough. Citizen claims that the Proximity watch has a ten meter sync range with the phone. Citizen will also offer a special App Store available app to help upgrade the software on the watch, and perhaps other functions in the future. The Proximity watch will also work with the iPhone 5 and other future versions of the popular smartphone. I am not 100% sure why, but for this initial Bluetooth watch, Citizen designed the Proximity to work only with the iPhone 4S – which I believe is the first iPhone that uses Bluetooth profile 4.0 – which is a lower power consumption version of the popular connectivity system.
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