The Huawei Watch Ultimate is a luxury smartwatch and blends the trump card of traditional watchmaking with technology.
Watch Ultimate, Huawei’s newest and most advanced smartwatch to date, was sent to me to try for a while. Throughout this process, I took notes while using the watch, and I took care to look at Ultimate as an analog watch editor besides examining it technologically.
The Huawei Watch Ultimate is above all a classic luxury metal sports watch look. You can choose the most classic dial on the dials that can change on the digital screen and experience the digital watch functions like a classic watch. I downloaded the Huawei Health app for a week and used a different dial every day. I think I like the Moon look dial, which looks like Omega’s Speedmaster Snoopy back. More dial designs can be found in the app by typing Explorer and Voyage.
Since I use the same brand phone, I did not have any problems with synchronization, but in the promotions of the brand, it is stated that it is fully compatible with the iOS operating system as well as Android.
As a watch editor, the subject that interested me most was the material of the watch. However, by being produced from a zirconium-based liquid metal used by luxury watch brands such as Hublot, Watch Ultimate has gained a feature that is four and a half times stronger and rust-resistant than titanium. As you know, titanium is the most popular material of today’s watchmaking due to its durability and lightness. However, when the goal is to be a smart watch that can be used under the sea, it becomes even more important that the watch is more durable. It is stated that the watch will not fade in the sun or in the salty sea thanks to the zirconium used in airplanes, I have not tried this part yet as of the season. Yet it is a fact that this material also introduces us to a luxury “smart watch”.
More than 24 processing techniques are used on the nano-technology ceramic bezel of Ultimate, which has the latest technology in terms of its functions but aims to carry the design concept of a traditional watch. As you know, ceramic, which we love very much in watchmaking, is a material that is 6 or 7 times harder than stainless steel, resistant to scratches and rust, and is really preferred by expert brands because it is very difficult to process. All three buttons of the watch have common features with traditional watchmaking: With the rotating crown, the function button and the auxiliary button, the watch has gained the feature of a navigation system. While the crown enables toggles on the main dial, the function button activates the exercise feature and the voice assistant. With the assistant button, you can access the Discovery mode with a short press and access the dive computer with a long press. Also in dive mode, this button is also used to reset average depth or change gas types.
