With fantastic looks, great fitness tracking and the optional ability to keep you connected even when your phone's at home, Samsung's latest smartwatch could be one of the nicest on the market. For Samsung fans, at least.

Though the simplified name might indicate a total reboot, the Galaxy Watch is in fact a very straightforward continuation of Samsung's smartwatch line, following the Gear S3 and Gear Sport. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, as fans of those watches will be pleased with some of the improvements made here, but the long-time core issue limiting these watches remains: they can be quite frustrating if you're not all in on the Samsung ecosystem.

As with previous watches the satisfyingly clicky rotating bezel provides a snappy and logical way to move between the face and your chosen widgets (calendar, health summaries, music controls, whatever you like), and two buttons let you go forward and back through menus and apps. Notifications are also handled very well, stacking up in categories like they would on a phone so you can go through and deal with each one when you have a spare moment.

Samsung is doubling down on its rounded, mechanical watch aesthetic, and the device looks great when you choose an analogue face but add your own interactive complications like weather reports, step counter or battery level. The OLED is bright and readable, and if you put your ear to the face you can even hear a feint tick, which is an unnecessary but fun detail.