The 15 greatest items for dads

I’ve liked Withings’ hybrid watches, which put all of the well being tech you want into an analog watch physique, for greater than a decade. The ScanWatch Nova crams the ScanWatch 2’s {hardware} right into a diver’s watch physique and appears way more luxurious than it truly prices. And, after all, it’s bought all the flowery well being and health tools you is likely to be fascinated by shopping for for a beloved grownup.

Buried inside that case is a built-in ECG, coronary heart fee and oximeter, in addition to a temperature sensor. You’ll get sleep monitoring, computerized exercise monitoring and entry to the most effective at school Withings Well being app. However for me, probably the most compelling function is the 30-day battery life, which provides you with, uh, 29 and a half extra days of life on a single cost than the comparable Apple Watch.

Truly, probably the most compelling function is the analog subdial that’ll maintain monitor of your step depend set to no matter goal fits you. If it’s getting late within the day and also you wish to ensure you’ve bought your 10,000 steps in, that info is correct there. So, it’s helpful, sensible, fashionable and can outperform loads of different smartwatches in the marketplace — any questions? — D.C.