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Become an instant horologist! Well, that’s maybe an exaggeration. The Nova must fit snugly to a wrist to deliver accurate results, so the watch comes with the tools and additional links to size it to your wrist. If you don’t like the oyster bracelet, the supplied black rubber strap makes an excellent alternative.

illuminated at night with Super-LumiNova, the watch is lighter than the Horizon by ten grams. The circular OLED display, where all the vital stats are presented, is sited at the top of the watch face. Once connected to your smartphone, you can receive notifications for any of the apps you enable with a gentle aforementioned crown on the side to navigate the menu. And it's packed with the essential features you need, from accurate heart tracking and a medical grade electrocardiogram, to blood oxygen levels for fitness-focused users and day and night body temperature tracking. For the active, there’s a slew of workout modes to monitor, track, and set goals across over 40 activities. A sleep tracker monitors the time that you spend horizontally to gauge the quality of rest you get each night. The Withings app is an excellent companion that is easy to navigate for complete novices, providing concise and decipherable information on vital metrics. We predominantly use iOS, and this data is fed straight into Apple Health. You can even download and share a health report with a health professional. Smartwatches are notoriously fickle regarding decent battery life, but that’s where the Nova rules supreme. On just a two-hour charge cycle, expect up to an incredible 30 days of battery life, and it’s water resistant up to 100 metres, a full 50 metres more than its predecessor. Overall, the Withings ScanWatch Nova is a stunning smartwatch that effortlessly blends style with functionality. The Nova is packed with enough smart features to make it an excellent choice for a quality health and wellbeing tracker, with the bonus of having this functionality cleverly hidden beneath a sophisticated aesthetic. It really is the best of both worlds. vibration so you don’t miss a thing. Like the original, the Nova uses the

Withings’ new hybrid ScanWatch Nova fuses engineering nous with exquisite design.This is a smartwatch that you’ll be proud to show off on your wrist. Words Paul Jones S martwatches have become a vital component of the daily lives of many Australians. The evolution from simple A REAL SMART WATCH

step counters to fitness and bona fide health trackers has provided invaluable insights for users to monitor everything from calorie loss to on-the-spot ECG monitoring of the heart. However, not everyone wants to promote their quest for fitness on their wrist, and a smartwatch design can be polarising. And that’s where Withings comes in, a company with over a decade of experience providing an alternative solution. The ScanWatch series combines all the data that you need from a smartwatch while incorporating a sleek, captivating design that wouldn’t look out of place in a gym, restaurant, or boardroom. Now, there’s a new player in this range with the arrival of the elegant ScanWatch Nova. An upgrade from the ScanWatch Horizon, straight out of the box this looks and feels like a premium player aligned with the more prestigious names in watchmaking.

Available in black, blue, or green, the 42mm watch features a mirror-polished steel and ceramic dial and comes with both an oyster bracelet and fluoroelastomer wristband to ensure a snug fit for accurate reading. Protected by a polished sapphire glass crystal and

Watch war Wristwatches were first introduced in limited designs to European royalty in the early 1800s. However, pocket watches remained popular for the rank and file until the outbreak of WW1. Realising that continually pulling out a pocket watch was impractical, the wristwatch quickly became the time-keeping format of choice on the frontlines.

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