I heard great things about the Pebble from someone who had one.

Personally, I had a few different smart watches and learned a bit about what I want over the years:

• Mi Bands (Xiomi Devices) that had otherworldly battery life (like a month and a half in some cases) but had trash sensors and were junk without the unofficial apps that made them great
• Some Android Wear/ WearOS smart watches
• a cheap ass POS Temu-equivilant no-name junk watch
• Multiple Garmin devices (touchscreen Venue and button controlled Fenix)

This made me realize a few things:

• I don’t want or need a super-smart watch
• battery life and capable sensors are way more important than stupid flashy shit
• the display tech I want indoors in my office is not the same display I want on a wear-everywhere watch (TFT looks stellar under bright sun)
• buttons beat a touchscreen each and every day of the week and make the watch a convenience rather than a finnicky gadget

To be fair, this is MY use case and yours may differ, but when it comes down to it, I’m sure that I’m not in the market for a wearOS or Apple Watch. I love the button operated TFT screen Garmin watch I’ve been using for a few years and if I don’t replace it with another Garmin watch, it’ll be something like Pine Time, Pebble, or something that works with gadgetbridge.