The 16 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 much more luxurious than it really prices. And, in fact, it’s acquired all the flowery well being and health gear you is perhaps occupied with shopping for for a beloved grownup.

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

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