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24 alternatives to ROTATE: Build Your Own Mechanical Watch

All-in-one watchmaking kits.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. ROTATE: Build Your Own Mechanical Watch launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Watchmaking Kits by ROTATE▲79

   All-in-one kits to build a mechanical watch.

   2020 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Apple Watch UI Kit▲173

   Quickly create Apple Watch app prototypes

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Smart Watch UI Kit▲96

   Helps smartwatch designers to design easily, 52 design

   2021 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   WatchKit▲152

   Design and development resources for the Apple Watch

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   InVision for Apple Watch▲143

   Design-driven prototyping for Apple Watch

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Fabnik▲83

   Kits for making your own leather watch straps and wallets

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Marvel for Apple Watch▲134

   See your sketches, designs and prototypes on the Apple Watch

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Blocks▲206

   The world's first modular smartwatch

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Telhart▲78

   The first wooden circuit board in a watch

   2018 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Crew + Apple Watch▲103

    Find a handpicked app maker to build your Apple Watch app

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Apple Watch GUI Sketch▲161

    Template with devices, icons and clocks in vector

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Apple Watch Mockups▲125

    Generate beautiful Apple Watch mockups on demand (by Dunnnk)

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Trello for Apple Watch▲121

    Organize anything, together, on your wrist.

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Vest Builder▲98

    Landing pages builder with over 100+ kits

    2024 · its alternatives →

15. 15AC
    A Commodore Amiga Workbench Style Smart Watch with Mod and Say Support▲122

    2020 · thedorkweb.substack.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Kit by Facebook▲60

    Keep in touch with friends from your watch

    2020 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    O R M O U S▲87

    Watches infused with meteorite from outer space

    2017 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Blocks▲93

    A modular smartwatch made of blocks

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    BIKLING▲79

    The one and only Apple Watch bike mount

    2022 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Geek Watch▲125

    Turn your high-tech Apple Watch into a retro calcuator

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Little Ben▲101

    Time haptics for your Apple Watch, like a cuckoo clock

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    ORIGIN▲89

    The first mechanical smart watch

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Vectornator Mini on Apple Watch▲109

    The smallest graphic design software ever created.

    2020 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Toolwatch▲85

    Easily measure & track the accuracy of your mechanical watch

    2015 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →