Smartwatches can easily last seven years; I want software support to match

But hardware support is just not there, I've mailed them to try to buy a new screen, they just made me an offer to send the old one and get a new one for a "good deal". It makes me sad when I know how dar good these watches are.

This is the way.

Completely agree. My main watches are a Casio G-shock, 10 year battery, 200m waterproof (Mine dived with me to 32 m two days ago), A Cressi Diver's dual time (I have had to replace the battery after 4 years), and the iconic Seiko sknx007 Diver's automatic.

My watch is a tough, good looking, and well engineered device to give me the time, and in my case a rotating bezel to time the dive.

I hate the idea of a prissy thing you can't take for a swim in the pool, with a battery life measured in days, and that mostly replicates functions in the phone already in my pocket.

No thanks.

There is, my Pebble 2 is showing 30% and I last charged it on Friday. It's gonna turn 8 in a few months. The key is making something with 10 day battery life so that it takes ten years to hit the lifespan of 400 or so charge cycles, and not something that needs to be recharged daily which barely lasts a year.

Does it still last 10 days, of course not, but 4-5 days after 8 years is still perfectly usable.

Not if the manufacturer makes the same adhesive gasket that they use at the factory available

Still the best one IMO.

Just because the watch doesn't get software updates doesn't turn it into a brick. It still does everything it used to do until something breaks.

The original Apple Watch "Series 0" still works fine with the latest iPhones and iOS. I'm not sure about android wear devices but I'd assume they work fine too.

There are many legitimate issues with Hauwei, I have a very similar watch, but undermining Google's centralisation of the app store is not one of them. The main one is that if I would let it connect to my phone after I set it up, it would be sending lots of personal data to Hauwei and the CCP. And, of course, it's a proprietary OS with no alternatives and not much customisation. But it is the best option under £60.