There are watches that try to look like tiny computers. And there are others who do exactly the opposite. The Huawei Watch GT 7 Pro belongs to this second category. You look at it and, rather than a technological device, it looks like a watch. A piece of metal, with a circular dial, a crown and a design that tries to convey something that is becoming less and less common in the world of wearables: that it won’t be old when the next model arrives. Huawei has just presented the new generation of its Watch GT 7 and GT 7 Pro family It comes as its most sophisticated proposal. The Chinese giant does not seem to have wanted to reinvent the watch. He wanted to perfect it.
The Watch GT 7 Pro retains one of the features that best defined its predecessor: a case made of titanium alloy, accompanied by a ceramic back and protected on the front by sapphire crystal. The use of Titanium allows you to achieve a resistant case without resorting to a particularly heavy materialwhile sapphire offers much higher scratch resistance than conventional glass used in many electronic devices.
The set weighs about 55.5 grams without strap. And they arrive in a discreet black color, an elegant green and a GT yellow (aka sporty), which could be the favorite. And that makes sense in a watch that wants to take over the sports market with specifications worked to the millimeter, to the degree (temperature and angle) and speed… on different surfaces (from asphalt, to snow or water) and different media, such as a bicycle, a ski or a meager swimsuit.
Many of its most interesting features cannot be mentioned because they have not yet been made official and we do not intend to litigate with the manufacturer. But the brightness of its screen is designed for midday with a number of nits that exceeds thousands, a very versatile configuration and a battery that exceeds that of previous generations…when we were already talking about 2 weeks without recharges.
GPS, continuous monitoring, training, very clear calls (the company’s trademark microphone and speaker) and sensors that fulfill Huawei’s affection for health in its latest gadgets. The difference with the software in past generations is noticeable. And I can’t say much other than I have Harvey Specter and Perry Mason watching every word.
What I can talk about is the strap. And here it is worth stopping. It is one of the most relegated and even abandoned elements in a watch. As long as it does not cause allergies, is not oppressive on the wrist and at most provides a little color, it is enough. Innovating in this section is complex: how to change something that has been exercising its design monarchy for centuries and barely consists of two strips? What Huawei has achieved is more complex since It has not changed the form, but the function through design and that is something deeper. The key is the new EasyCross strap.
A good strap should hold the watch during a run, be comfortable for hours, and allow the wearer to forget they are wearing it. The GT 7, instead of having the strap superimposed, goes inward and continues to surround the wrist, but it does so close to the skin. And that solves the usual “leftovers” that we always have and start dancing as soon as we run a race. The EasyCross prevents this without losing comfort or safety. From now on it should be a standard in watches.
The last note… A smartwatch usually presents us with a small contradiction: we want it to do more and more things, but we also want it to look less and less like a computer. With the GT 7 Huawei seems to have chosen a fairly clear path: that the technology is invisible.