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looking for a fitness tracker with a little bit of style maybe that's so invisible that it just looks like a watch I'm Scott Stein and hey I'm going out at night I look at my wrist in what's this it's a high-end watch actually this is the fitness tracker this is the whigs activity and it looks like a regular analog watch that's the whole point this is a Swiss design watch which the French company Withings explains to great lengths on their website it has a sapphire crystal on top French cabs leather strap stainless steel and it's water-resistant to five atm like a regular watch and it's got a battery that lasts about eight months to a year but inside it's actually got high-tech guts this has got bluetooth it also vibrates to wake you up it tracks your steps it tracks your sleep and it syncs with your iPhone Android is coming soon and the Withings app which has already been available for some time works with a variety of other weddings fitness trackers plus smart scale plus blood pressure monitor and a couple of other apps like run keeper and MyFitnessPal so under the hood it's pretty high-tech at least as high-tech as your recent generation of fitbit's or jaw bones or misfits doesn't have heart rate tracking however that stuff's a little half-baked anyhow the design of it again this looks like a regular watch and the only indication that it's not is a secondary dial which tells you your daily activity progress and that goes by your daily step goal 10,000 steps or whatever you set it to and then if you want to set an alarm it will buzz gently to wake you up you can double check that by double tapping and it'll go right to your alarm time that's only nifty trick it's got up its sleeve the rest of it is really meant to not stand out and if you want to go swimming with this there is going to be a firmware update to allow swim tracking and it comes with a silicone band that you can easily snap on and off is this something you want to get well consider that it's $450 yes more expensive than the entry-level Apple watch and it's in limited supply however it might set the bar for slightly smarter watches down the road expect this to be a trend with major watch manufacturers who start sneaking in some features like Fitness tracking into regular watches I'm Scott sign and this is the whigs activity which my mom said was the nicest looking activity tracker that I've worn all year