The question that’s usually top of mind when we’re shopping for a new gadget is: Do I really need another screen?

Apple’s Vision Pro, which attempts to subsume reality into the company’s curated, high-fidelity walled garden, asks it aggressively. AI gadgets, like the Rabbit R1, ask it more quietly and cutely. But we’re approaching what feels like life’s “carrying capacity” for screens that do things, and something is bound to change.

The Nowatch, created by a company of the same name from the Netherlands, is a “smartwatch” trying to sidestep that issue by using no screen at all. I know what you’re thinking: How is a smartwatch “smart” without a display? The wearable comes with an interchangeable dial that can be filled with discs made from precious stones, metals, and even a clock, that tracks your health and fitness, but pointedly doesn’t show you notifications, apps, or more visual information. Instead, the Nowatch offloads all of that to your smartphone.

This hybrid device with no screen that can still track your health and fitness is a strategy that has worked well for the Oura ring, but the Nowatch runs into some natural obstacles because of its form factor. I tried the Nowatch for a month and while it’s great at not being a full-blown smartwatch, it also can’t quite escape the fact that you wear it on your wrist.

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