I thought I could deal without a notification LED on my new Oneplus phone, but it's honestly driving me a little nuts. I'm looking for a watch that looks like a nice watch (preferably analog), but also connects to my phone and has a notification LED. I remember seeing this sort of thing being more common 5 to 10-ish years ago but I'm not having much luck tracking one down now.
I literally do not need any other features. No fitness tracking, no GPS, no music, no speakerphone, no nothing. If it has them, fine, but I won't need or use them. All I want is a little LED that lets me know in a timely manner that a notification popped up on my phone, on a watch that looks like a classy watch, and with a companion app that isn't a subpar piece of shit.
I'm okay with having to charge it maybe every few weeks, but I will be damned if I get some stupid overpriced gadget that needs a daily charge and makes me look like a techbro.
You could get a defunct Pebble Time. They still work for notifications but the servers they're configured to talk to literally don't exist anymore. Only needs a weekly charge. Doesn't really look like a classy watch though.
Pretty sure the rebble project is still running servers to keep old Pebbles going
Citizen makes hybrid smartwatches that you may like. They are a well known brand with plenty of experience and history, and are relatively affordable.
This intrigued me, so i went looking.
Looking up “analog smartwatch” returns but the bare minimum of features is fitness and heart-rate monitoring, etc. At least many look good.
