![]() ![]() #Calibre watch review softwareSamsung has exclusively (officially or otherwise) loaded Google’s Wear OS 3 software onto its Galaxy Watch models, making Montblanc the first to use it without Samsung’s user interface over the top. The Montblanc Summit 3’s design will make watch fans stop and stare, but it’s the software that makes tech fans hot under the collar. The blend of Montblanc heritage, modern design choices, and high-class materials makes the Summit 3 very desirable. It reminds me of wearing a Longines Record for a weekend, despite it being totally different from my usual choices, and absolutely loving the way it looked. I don’t wear watches styled like the Summit 3 very often, and they need to be pretty special to tempt me away from divers watches and chronographs, but the Summit 3 has really won me over. My own watch preferences meant I initially leaned more towards the Tag Heuer, but the Summit 3 has turned all that around. The screen is identically sized and looks equally as bright and colorful too. It’s sportier and more modern than the Summit 3, as you’d expect from the brand, while the Montblanc smartwatch is more elegant and restrained. Its natural rival is the 42mm Tag Heuer Connected Calibre E4, which only comes in stainless steel but has a ceramic bezel. It’s quite a masculine design, though, and that added to the size of the case, means those with smaller wrists may find it overpowering. ![]() The 42mm case size is modest as is the 14mm thickness, and I think it fits my 6.5-inch wrist really well. The pushers that flank it look great, but are quite clicky when pressed compared to the crown’s button. #Calibre watch review plusThe large knurled crown - a Montblanc trademark - makes using it easy and comfortable, plus I like the way it has a button inside it, rather than the entire crown being a button. It’s even light and comfortable enough to be worn overnight, and the rubber strap doesn’t get sweaty or uncomfortable. This is a proper luxury smartwatch, and it feels very special to wear it. While it shares similar materials to the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro, the two couldn’t be further apart in the treatment of those materials or the design around them. The satin finish titanium oozes class, the polished steel sections glint in the sun, and the flat sapphire crystal is beautifully clear. In the box are a rubber strap and a leather strap, allowing you to freely choose a sportier or more casual look. It’s made from titanium with a stainless steel bezel, crown, buttons, and case back, plus it has an anti-scratch sapphire crystal over the screen. It’s a wonderful mix of current tech and elegant watch design, but because it doesn’t take too much inspiration from Montblanc’s heritage models, it looks modern and stylish. Things are changing, though, with the company launching some intriguing new models - the beautiful Iced Sea divers watch and 1858 GMT, for example - which seem to take it in a new, more modern direction. When you do think about Montblanc watches, its traditional, quite classically styled travel watches and dress watches that come to mind. There’s a chance that, like me, you associate Montblanc with beautiful writing instruments and luxury travel accessories more than watches. Can it succeed at both? Montblanc Summit 3 design However, it being important is one thing, but being a good smartwatch is another. #Calibre watch review androidIt’s the first non-Samsung smartwatch with Google’s Wear OS 3, it works with Android and iOS (unlike Samsung’s latest), it comes from an established luxury Swiss brand, and while it’s expensive, it’s not obscenely so. ![]() The more I wear the Montblanc Summit 3, the more I consider it one of the most important smartwatch releases of recent times. ![]()
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