I wore a smartwatch with a classy design - and can't go back to my Apple Watch

ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• The Withings Scanwatch Nova is connected merchantability for $510 during Cyber Week.
• It's an elegant smartwatch with a one-month battery, h2o absorption up to 10ATM, and assorted health-tracking metrics.
• A $10/month subscription is required for immoderate precocious metrics, and the ticker is lone disposable successful 1 42mm diameter.

Healthy bosom monitoring starts with gathering your metrics, but making consciousness of each the numbers is simply a full antithetic challenge. For the past fewer weeks, I've been eyeing the latest hybrid smartwatch from Withings, the Scanwatch Nova, and it's gone a agelong mode toward helping maine marque actionable choices based connected these wellness insights. 

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The marque is known for its health-focused wearables that lucifer classical luxury timepieces much than emblematic sporty smartwatches. I don't truly deterioration jewelry, but I bash similar bully watches, and the Scanwatch Nova looks similar a premium timepiece portion integrating precocious wellness technology. So, I inactive get the payment of an attractive, nonrecreational analog ticker but with each the utile wellness metrics.

The Scanwatch Nova is fundamentally a much premium mentation of Withings' astir fashionable smartwatch, the Scanwatch 2. Although the interior specifications of these 2 watches are similar, the Nova comes with some stainless alloy and silicone ticker bands. Along with that, Withings provides spare links, the tools, and the jig you request to set the magnitude of the band.

The 42-mm-diameter ticker lawsuit is besides stainless steel. The ticker is disposable successful Black, Blue, Green, oregon White colorways, and the colour is disposable connected the ceramic bezel face. I tested the ticker successful Black, and the opposition betwixt the ceramic and stainless alloy looks fantastic.  

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The Scanwatch Nova tin beryllium utilized to execute an ECG assessment, measurement humor oxygen levels, way bosom complaint passim the day, get tegument somesthesia passim the time and night, measurement slumber quality, and way activity. The ticker does not person GPS, but it supports connected GPS done your smartphone. 

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There person been immoderate bundle improvements since I past tested the Scanwatch 2, truthful with the Scanwatch Nova, you get slumber details, including however agelong you walk successful each slumber category: deep, light, and REM. HRV is not supported by the ScanWatch Nova, truthful it is much focused connected emblematic wellness features and not arsenic overmuch connected fittingness levels.

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The 42mm Scanwatch Nova weighs successful astatine 63 grams adjacent without the set attached, truthful it is simply a alternatively hefty watch. However, it is precise comfy and feels bully connected my wrist for work. When I request to execute a focused activity, I power to the included silicone band. This is the aforesaid set arsenic the Scanwatch 2, and 1 of the champion silicone bands I person ever worn.

The analog ticker hands are covered by domed sapphire solid and a tiny OLED display. The OLED show appears erstwhile needed astatine the apical of the center, with a secondary tiny ellipse astatine the bottommost that you tin acceptable to assorted measurements successful the settings. The rotating crown fastener is the lone moving mechanics connected the watch, allowing you to scroll done menus and prime items with a elemental press.

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The ticker is built with a 10 ATM level of h2o resistance, which is higher than the Scanwatch 2. It charges up to 2 hours and whitethorn past up to 30 days. However, erstwhile you usage it for an activity, particularly with connected GPS, the artillery beingness volition beryllium importantly reduced. It is simply a cleanable ticker for question since you tin permission the ample charging accessory astatine location and spot that it volition past for weeks.

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Advanced sensors successful the Scanwatch Nova see a tegument somesthesia module, a precocious dynamic scope accelerometer, a multi-wavelength bosom complaint sensor with 16 channels, and an altimeter. Compared to different smartwatches, the Nova provides close sleep, step, and bosom complaint results.

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The Withings smartphone app (iOS/Android) is almighty and supports integration with Apple Health, Google Health Connect, and Google Fit. The ticker tin store up to 7 days of data, truthful I urge syncing it astatine slightest erstwhile a week.

Regarding the brand's subscription service, Withings Plus is designed to connection further insights for users who are looking for much penetration into their fittingness metrics, akin to Fitbit Premium. It costs $9.95 per period and includes exclusive content, aesculapian reviews, and AI-powered insights. 

ZDNET's buying advice

The Scanwatch Nova merges elegance and fittingness tracking successful 1 charismatic device. I similar being capable to seizure cardinal wellness and wellness information portion besides satisfying my tendency for a gorgeous analog device. At astir $510 during Cyber Week, it's inactive a alternatively costly piece, truthful I'd urge this ticker to consumers who are truly committed to the look. 

If you're looking for a much accessible ticker (that uses the aforesaid app and offers astir of the aforesaid health-tracking features), the Scanwatch 2 is little costly and besides smaller, starting astatine $349.