t3 Selects: Hybrid watches

Th ey’re smartwatches, but they look even smarter on your wrist

Mondaine Helvetica No.1 Smart

Built to embody the design ethos of font classic Helvetica, Mondaine’s timepiece (also available in non-smart varieties) offers sleep and activity tracking as well as a silent alarm. £650, mondaine.com

Withings Steel HR

Beautifully designed with a subtly integrated screen, the Steel HR is a classy way to keep tabs on both your fitness and your incoming messages and calls, with a decent battery life to match. £179.95 (40mm) / £169.95 (36mm), withings.com

Misfit Phase

You’ll have to do a bit of decoding to read the Phase’s notifications, which move the hands and display a colour to mark events fed from your phone, but you’re unlikely to find a simpler smartwatch. If flying under the radar is your plan, this is your solution. £165, misfit.com