I was thinking of getting something I wear 24/7 for monitoring my heart rate etc. and since I have a samsung phone the default choice was a samsung smartwatch. The other alternatives I found recommended were American (garmin, fitbit, apple...) but are there any European alternatives? I kinda expected europe to lead with this kind of health related things tbo.

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[–] ipcreeper@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 hours ago

Oura ring - based in Finland

[–] JASN_DE@feddit.org 24 points 1 day ago

Have a look at Polar.

[–] Fermiverse@gehirneimer.de 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Withings, its french

[–] neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

it's french

That used to be a warning. Now that I've seen how incredibly based they are it's an endearement.

(I still think you should just start saying huitante and nonante)

[–] MiraiShikimi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Withings looks insane, and it has good reviews, at least the ones that I saw.

But I feel like something like that will look out of place on me, for my style, but that is a me issue.

I think I might get one later after I get a but more fit 😅

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

They come in different styles. Classical but also a bit more butch.

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And owned by Nokia /Finland

[–] MiraiShikimi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is it? From what I just read they bought it back from Nokia

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Really ? I missed that!

[–] Lanske@lemmy.world 4 points 23 hours ago

Suunto or Polar!

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Although its origin is from the US, you might be interested in the PineTime by Pine64. They build all kind of FOSS-centric hardware devices and personally I really like that approach. But compared to all the other brands it has probably less features and isn't as fancy.

https://pine64.org/devices/pinetime/

[–] Jozav@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Tag Heuer has beautiful premium smartwatches ...... for premium prices.

[–] Mvlad88@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Suunto

[–] JASN_DE@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Suunto is Chinese-owned though.

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Source? It seems it is still hq in Finland https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suunto

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

From the link you posted:

Owner: Liesheng

Parent: Liesheng

In May 2022, Chinese technology company Liesheng acquired Suunto from Amer Sports.

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago

My bad. Thanks for the correction. I need more coffee 🙃to get my eyes to read properly

[–] Distractor@lemm.ee 1 points 23 hours ago

Does it have to be a watch? I love my Oura ring.