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iBEAM™ Optical Timepiece
FACTS-AT-A-GLANCE

DESCRIPTION:
The iBEAM Optical Timepiece is a wristwatch with a patented pop-up magnifying lens and a built-in LED flashlight. The lens and light are subtly incorporated into a beautiful watch suitable for business and dressy occasions. Beneath the scratch-resistant magnifier, a second, sealed crystal keeps the watch water resistant to 90 feet.

USES:
The iBEAM watch is especially ideal for anyone experiencing difficulty reading small print. The lens-light combination aids the reading of menus, theater programs, and other text in low-light venues. The magnifier can also be used alone when reading small text such as labels, phone books, and instruction manuals; the flashlight can be used alone to illuminate key holes, walkways, or any dark area.

HOW IT WORKS:
A tiny microchip imbedded in the watchcase allows for hands-free operation of the flashlight after an initial push of a button on the side of the watch. Push the button again to turn the light off, or a battery-saving device shuts it off automatically after 30 seconds. The magnifying lens pops up with the touch of a separate small button.

 
iBEAM™ Optical Timepiece
BACKGROUND

The iBEAM Optical Timepiece—with its patented pop-up magnifying lens and built-in LED flashlight—was invented to help people read small print more easily, even in low-light situations. Inventor Chris McKay, a baby boomer, had always had perfect vision, but found himself occasionally borrowing his wife's reading glasses to read the dinner bill or a business card. He didn't need help all the time, but those times when he couldn’t make out the fine print were very frustrating.

Then, while riding a train in Hong Kong, McKay was struck with inspiration. Sitting across from him was a man looking at a stone through a jeweler’s loop. The light from the train flashed on the man’s watch crystal, and a thought flashed through McKay’s mind: “He doesn’t need a separate lens; he’s got one right on his wrist. Why couldn’t a lens be built into his watch that could pop-up and magnify?”

By 2000, McKay had secured his first U.S. patent for the magnifying lens and licensed the feature to other manufacturers. Three more patents and two years later, he put the finishing touches on the lens and flashlight combination. iBEAM Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in early 2004, with Chris as Chairman.

The company, headquartered in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, now sells four different versions of the watch through catalogs and online retailers, such as Infinity Marketing. The watch is marketed to all those who have difficulty reading small print, including the 78 million baby boomers, and to anyone who appreciates a handy tool.

The flashlight feature can be used with the magnifying lens to illuminate text in low-light venues such as theaters or dimly-lit restaurants, or it can be used simply as a flashlight in the dark.

 
iBEAM™ Optical Timepiece
TESTIMONIALS

Consumers and retailers love the iBEAM watch. Here are just a few of the rave reviews:

“I have ten watches and since I received the iBEAM, it’s the only watch I wear.”
John Magusa
Spring Lake, Michigan

“While working at my office one afternoon, we experienced a power outage. A full blackout. There were no window shades or doors to open to get sunlight, because I work in the basement of our company. I remembered after a few minutes of darkness that I was wearing an iBEAM watch. I pressed the light button on and guided a co-worker and I out of our office to safety. Thanks iBEAM, you'll be on my wrist forever.”
Norbert Castro, USPS Business Service Network, Bay Valley District
San Jose, California

“At first I didn’t think I needed it. Now I depend on it all the time. I just pop the lens and I can check the tiny serial numbers on our stock. And I wouldn’t know what to do without the flashlight feature, especially having to go in the back of equipment and plug in connectors. It’s with me all the time. It’s my emergency kit.”
Dan Royer, Electrician
Danville, California

“…I popped open the lens, used the sun the heat up and seal the patch, put my tire back on, and rode out of there.
Jeff Martin, Mountain Biker
Lake Tahoe, California

“A lot of my sales are from one person who sees it and then buys up five or six for his or her friends as presents. They go fast!”
Retailer
Scottsdale, Arizona

“We get people from all over the world visiting [our shop], and everyone gravitates to the iBEAM. You don’t need to know the language, they all get what it’s for…they have a good laugh.”
Carol Ferguson, Owner, Adam Fox Specialty Items
Carmel, California

All watch orders are shipped by U.S. Priority Mail free of charge. 
Express mail available upon request.

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