Now and again, an exceptional piece of engineering is developed and the Leatherman Tread is one of those. The term 'wearable' has become a noun over the past few years as tech companies develop what are either elaborate heart rate monitors or miniature smart phones in the form of wrist watches. As fascinating as these gadgets are, they're still far from being complete, functional products. The Leatherman Tread is a genuine wearable tool who's main purpose is mechanical functionality rather than electronic entertainment.
The Tread is a bracelet made up of a variety of popular tools and the interchangeable links allow the owner to customise the content. It's available to buy as a stand-alone bracelet or with an optional watch which is the perfect addition to this already perfect tool. It's a Swiss-made quartz watch with sapphire crystal and rotating bezel for timekeeping. Water resistance is to 200m. The usual Leatherman quality is evident in the manufacturing
The Tread is available in black or regular stainless steel. At the time of writing, bracelets are on sale for $175 in the US but there is no sign yet of the watch attachment on the retail market, let's hope it's not just a teaser.
As a second prize option, Leatherman also sell the Clipwatch (shown below) for around $90, but it's still not a wrist watch and it's not a multi-tool.
The Leatherman Tread has already made it onto this writer's Christmas list, and if it can't this year through lack of availability of the watch attachment, then next year is fine by me. Here are a couple of videos showing off the product.
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