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[j-SH[J~K m[)E~fll';1E Think positive, but show up prepored for the worst. This slightly morbid time- piece stores all your vital statistics, including driver's license, passport number and blood type. It also displays emergency messages that scroll across the top of the watch face: X means you are unable to proceed, F means you need food and water. The only thing left to do is hope that the people who find you know how to read the watch. G-Shock, 888-BY-G-SHOCK, www.gshock.com. $150
~flSl[J PflTHfl~[)m PflTl[jP-~ This is the first wristwatch with built-in GPS capabilities. The 27-satellite system allows you to determine your location anywhere on the globe. Components include a multichannel receiver, antenna and graphical navigation screen that generates latitude and longitude coordinates of the watch's position. You can program the location of your desired destination and the watch will display the direction and distance from your current position. 1\ has a landmark memory for up to 100 locations. Cosio, 800-634-1895, www.cosio.com, $500
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Some companies reinvent watch design, others reinvent time. Swatch has done away with time zones by pulling everyone on Beat Time. Here's how it works: divide 24 hours into 1,000 beats. Each beat equals 1:26:4. The beats are the same worldwide: 500 beats in New York is 500 beats in Zurich. Maybe Swatch is trying to play God. Maybe .they've succeeded I If this concept catches on, it could redefine the way the world sees time. Swatch, 8oo-8-SWATCH, www.swatch.com. $90
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