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Are there any decent hybrid smart watch alternatives? With that mean I mean having phone connectivity and alarms but still an analog watch. My Fossil Commuter

Are there any decent hybrid smart watch alternatives? With that mean I mean having phone connectivity and alarms but still an analog watch. My Fossil Commuter is analog. But can configure notifications from the phone, and configure for each app where the hands point when it vibrates. Perfect for being able to have the phone on silent and just wear a regular watch. I don't want to read messages on my watch. I just want it to tell me when I'm getting a phone call because my phone is entirely silent. The battery also lasts for a year like a regular watch.

yread 3y ago
We recently got Kronaby (owned by Festina). They look nice and the software is ok. We also looked at Sequent. Not sure about the 5-10 year future of these two, though
- climb_stealth 3y ago
  Oh nice, Kronaby looks pretty promising. No display, all analog. And it has a find my phone function which I have been missing with my Fossil. Will have a closer look at them. Thanks for mentioning it!
nullify88 3y ago
Have a look at Withings. My HR Sport watch lasts just over a month on a single charge. I'm also satisfied with the application experience on Android. I'm surprised to see not many mentions of Withings here. Perhaps it's more popular in Europe.
snoopen 3y ago
I recently was looking at this for my partner. The best two options I've seen so far is the Withings ScanWatch (actually the ScanWatch 2 I think was recently released) and the Garmin Vivomove Trend. I don't have direct experience with them but from my research they seem decent. Of course they have limits compared to a full smartwatch.
- oakashes 3y ago
  I had a Withings for a couple years and ended up frustrated with it. The tiny screen meant that many notifications took so long to read I often just got my phone out instead. But the worst thing was the lack of a "find my phone" feature. I switched to the Garmin Vivomove and have been very happy with it. It looks fantastic IMO, the transflective screen is big enough to be useful, and it has only the features I want. The only downsides are that the Garmin Android app is not as well designed as the Withings app and the battery life is only 4 days or so instead of a week, which feels like an awkward amount of time.
ilamont 3y ago
Citizen has tried. The first generation struggled with power, connectivity, and software. The second generation is getting better user reviews, and the power problems were apparently solved, but the UI (button based) is tricky. https://www.citizenwatch.com/us/en/collection/smartwatches/ https://www.citizenwatch.com/us/en/collection/smartwatches/
joshlemer 3y ago
Garmin Instinct Crossover?
nunorbatista 3y ago
Have you seen the Tissot connect? Latest version is pretty good
- gnicholas 3y ago
  Can it control music playback?

yread 3y ago

We recently got Kronaby (owned by Festina). They look nice and the software is ok. We also looked at Sequent. Not sure about the 5-10 year future of these two, though

climb_stealth 3y ago
Oh nice, Kronaby looks pretty promising. No display, all analog. And it has a find my phone function which I have been missing with my Fossil. Will have a closer look at them. Thanks for mentioning it!

nullify88 3y ago

Have a look at Withings. My HR Sport watch lasts just over a month on a single charge. I'm also satisfied with the application experience on Android. I'm surprised to see not many mentions of Withings here. Perhaps it's more popular in Europe.

snoopen 3y ago

I recently was looking at this for my partner. The best two options I've seen so far is the Withings ScanWatch (actually the ScanWatch 2 I think was recently released) and the Garmin Vivomove Trend. I don't have direct experience with them but from my research they seem decent. Of course they have limits compared to a full smartwatch.

oakashes 3y ago
I had a Withings for a couple years and ended up frustrated with it. The tiny screen meant that many notifications took so long to read I often just got my phone out instead. But the worst thing was the lack of a "find my phone" feature. I switched to the Garmin Vivomove and have been very happy with it. It looks fantastic IMO, the transflective screen is big enough to be useful, and it has only the features I want. The only downsides are that the Garmin Android app is not as well designed as the Withings app and the battery life is only 4 days or so instead of a week, which feels like an awkward amount of time.

ilamont 3y ago

Citizen has tried. The first generation struggled with power, connectivity, and software. The second generation is getting better user reviews, and the power problems were apparently solved, but the UI (button based) is tricky. https://www.citizenwatch.com/us/en/collection/smartwatches/ https://www.citizenwatch.com/us/en/collection/smartwatches/

joshlemer 3y ago

Garmin Instinct Crossover?

nunorbatista 3y ago

Have you seen the Tissot connect? Latest version is pretty good

gnicholas 3y ago
Can it control music playback?