Accessory For The Week: Smartwatches For Men
The main benefit of a smartwatch is that it keeps you constantly updated without you having to whip out your smartphone,while you are trying to be ahead of time and in sync with tech you do not have to compromise and have your wrist look like it has a costume from Star Wars.
What you want to be is a man who likes the idea of a smartwatch a lot more than its appearance. In this GQ test,the smartwatch is tested with traditional dials still focused on telling the time. t
A fully smart watch that doesn’t look like one. There are only four faces to choose from, yet the small dial displays smart information (weather, fitness, news etc), meaning no menu swiping. Best of all: you can swap it later for a mechanical movement. Nice.
Win: Realistic, fully digital face
Fail: At 45mm, it sure ain’t dainty
Breakdown:
Weight: 52g
Phone notifications? Yes
Touchscreen? Yes
Real dial? No
Fitness tracking? Yes
Win: By far the most beautiful
Fail: The smart functions will date
Breakdown:
Weight: 71g
Phone notifications? No
Touchscreen? No
Real dial? Yes
Fitness tracking? Yes
The opposite of the delicate-seeming iWatch, this is satisfyingly masculine but sophisticated. A second dial works as an at-a-glance indicator of smart functions, including sleep tracking and activity goal-tracking and will even switch modes automatically between the two.
Win: Clean design, simple readout
Fail: Smart functions remain limited
Breakdown:
Weight: 85g
Phone notifications? No
Touchscreen? No
Real dial? Yes
Fitness tracking? Yes
Exospace B55 by Breitling (N1,507,586 )
A genuine hybrid boasting a mechanical movement and a real watch dial, along with sleep/fitness trackers and two digital strip displays. These add a genuine smartwatch/phone link-up, along with the usual Breitling pilot functions.
Win: Best battery, great app
Fail: The two digital readouts are fiddly
Breakdown:
Weight: 80g
Phone notifications? Yes
Touchscreen? No
Real dial? Yes
Fitness tracking? Yes
Active Smartwatch by Huawei (N65,517 )
With 50 read-outs, this is a fully swipeable smartwatch (think football scores, fitness, weather updates and emails) using the Android Wear app. Good value.
Win: Fully smart, lots of faces
Fail: Not the most attractive
Breakdown:
Weight: 96g
Phone notifications? Yes
Touchscreen? Yes
Real dial? Yes
Fitness tracking? Yes
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