pininfarina Senso Hybrid Smartwatch – an Analogue Watch with Digital Display, Tracks Heart Rate, Steps, Calories, Sleep, Fitness – Compass & Connected GPS Tracking

Fantastic idea for those looking for a classic look
Short, short, review… Great as long as hybrid is on your mind. Tracks many things but has that elegance of a traditional watch. Provided wrist band was awful and I was quick to replace it.Of note, this is one of 3 smart watches I’ve used within the last year. Each with a sort of its own unique purpose for me. Also of note, I work in a building where we’re not allowed any smart devices so, Im a bit limited to what I can wear. Honestly, most days I wear a basic somewhat classy wristwatch with a comfortable rubber wrist band. (Server rooms get cold so metal is bad) But, once work is over Ill put on a traditional smart watch for tracking all the things that one might track. But, when I go out, I want something classy looking but still has the tech that I like. So, for that, this more than fits the bill. Ill wear the Samsung when Im hanging around the house on Sunday but when I go out, this is the watch I go with.What I like:Classy Looking featuring a real dial. Looks like a traditional watch, just looks good and elegant.Has most of the features you’re looking for in a smart watch minus the deep integrated phone connectivity. Steps, sleep, hydration, O2, activity etc. So, this can track lots of things but no, its not going to show you texts from your phone or link to your music account or earbuds.What I dont like:The wrist band. Absolutely awful. This wrist band is leather but has a thin width and the hole spacing is bad. I had to either make it so tight that it cut off blood flow or so loose that it practically spun on my wrist and nothing would register. I ended up purchasing the official Pininfarina FKM Pininfarina rubber wristband, the watch went from unbearable to great. But, as such I took a star off.Charging station:As this requires the base charging station to charge via usbc, it makes me concerned what happens should that get lost of damaged. Its very unique and proprietary. Although Ive had no issues, I wouldve liked a more universal, future proof method to charge.

Impressive
This is such an impressive watch. Looks really nice and looks very expensive. I love the quality. Very sleek.

I’ve only recently started wearing a smart watch in the last 7 months and it was a cheap fully digital one (via Vine) with all the fitness and social features I could ask for. When this hybrid watch appeared it looked very impressive. It arrived in rather OTT packaging and really looks the part, with it’s own charging dock, USB cable and QR code to download the rather threadbare and temperamental app to pair it with. The watch itself is high quality and also quite heavy, especially when compared to my budget digital one. It’s a hybrid build, meaning the main watch is analogue and the smart features are displayed on a small circular LED display. This is the real issue for me. It lacks the features I require as a daily driver. It is solely driven by fitness and health features. There’s no getting WhatsApp, emails etc on this, which is really handy in every day use. If you’re purely into fitness and telling the time and not into other social features then it’s fine, but for me it was a big let down. I much prefer a fully functioning smart watch and thus a digital build is the only way to go for me. You could still have an analogue display with that too. The app is very minimal and doesn’t offer much in the way of features and it’s quite flaky. Reviews on the Play store reflecting that with a very low overall score. There’s no doubting it’s a beautiful, well presented piece of jewellery, but you’re really paying for it here and I don’t think it’s worth the price for such minimal features. I prefer my cheap, digital smart watch that does infinitely more at a fraction of the price. Disappointing.

I ordered this watch as a gift for my dad who been after a smart watch for a while.He didn’t want one that looked like an Apple Watch, but something more subtle, so this Pininfarina Senso watch ticked all the boxes.The watch comes in a very smart case with a charging base and USB C cable, a warranty card and a soft cleaning cloth.The quality is excellent and really does ooze quality.Setting up the watch is straight forward. Stick it on the charging dock (you’ll need a compatible plug to plugs the USB C cable in to) and whilst it’s charging, you can download the app from the App Store. There is a QR code inside the box which will take you to an instructions and set up page. You can download all the documents here too.Once the app is downloaded, you simply follow the props, such as signing up for an account and pairing the watch.Using the watch is very easy too. This watch is only a fitness watch and won’t take incoming or make outgoing calls. Still, it makes a great fitness companion. My dad mainly wanted a smart watch for keeping track of his steps and general fitness, so he wouldn’t need any kind of phone functionality anyway.You can set up what sort of fitness regime you want, whether that’s walking, running, cycling etc. via the app. You can also set goals for fitness or keeping track of calories, weight or sleep patterns.One of the great things about this watch is that it has an ECG monitor in it. This is especially handy for my dad who regularly monitors his heart rate. Now he can do it all via the watch and app, it’s super handy!There’s also a weather and compass mode in the menu too which is a nice touch.So far my dad has found it fairly easy to use. He’s not particularly tech savvy but he’s just about finding the app usable. Apart from using it like a regular watch,he pretty much only uses the smart functions for steps and heart rate and said he probably won’t use it for much else.Overall, this is a great quality watch with some nice smart features. It’s pretty straightforward to use and has everything my dad needs to keep track of his fitness levels. His favourite thing about the watch is the ECG and being able to monitor his heart rate.If you’re looking for a wall made, good quality watch that has subtle smart watch features, then you can’t go wrong with this watch.

The biggest question for this watch is – “Do you like the look and style of it?”I’ve worn this watch for a few weeks, and although it looks great, it’s not for me.It is very large – which is a good thing in general, but it has a tendency to slip around my wrist as it’s not quite the perfect size for me. The sapphire scratch proof face is really nice but seems to add quite a bit of weight.The brown leather wrist strap is very nice and goes with the style of the watch, but it isn’t really waterproof. I can wear my Tag watch with the metal wrist strap in the shower – not so for this one.But these are cosmetic issues. If you are buying this watch, you know what it looks like.It is very stylish and feels of excellent quality.The digital display is very bright, if you move when you’re sleeping with this on your wrist, then it illuminates the whole bedroom.Overall, it was very easy to set up. The instructions were fine to follow (from the website). You have to sign up for an account to use the app, but this is a fitness watch.I found the app easy to use for the most part, although I still haven’t worked out how to track my blood sugar levels from it. Most of the other metrics were easy to set up.However, I just couldn’t get the firmware update to work. I gave up after about 10 tries. It just seemed to hang.Battery life was acceptable – I was generally getting 5-6 days of charge from it. Charging is easy and it comes with its own docking station.There is one weird thing about this watch I have found – it seems to lose time on the analogue display!This happened a couple of times – the digital display was correct but the hands were WAY off.Each time it fixed itself very quickly, but it is a concern that a watch at this price point can’t keep track of time.Overall, a good quality and stylish watch if that’s your thing.Worth it for the price? Maybe if you like its look and feel.Personally, I’ll be going back to my metal Tag, this watch didn’t convert me 🙂