![]() ![]() The minimalism borders on the boring, something not helped by the all-black color scheme here, but mostly because of the screen. I’ve struggled to really connect with the Skagen Jorn’s design. The screen, despite being minimalistic, ruins to illusion that this isn’t a smartwatch. The 38mm Jorn’s strap is tailored for much smaller wrists. It’s not the longest strap out there though, and there are only five holes left when it is fitted on my wrist. It’s all attached to a really great-looking textured rubber strap, which is one of the design highlights of the Jorn. There are three buttons on the side of the case, each controlling the watch’s navigation system, which are easy to locate and press but don’t have an upmarket feel to the motion. I have a 6.5-inch wrist, and the 38mm Skagen Jorn is much too petite, while the 42mm version is just about right. ![]() The case is 42mm and modestly sized, but if it’s still too big for your tastes, there’s a 38mm version too. ![]() The Danish brand is known for its simple, minimalist designs and sure enough, my review model is black with a black strap, and a flash of yellow on the otherwise dark hands and watch face. The glass over the dial is flat and leads into an angled edge, then down to a metal case. It shows three complications (although the layout can be customized), but does not sit flush against its bezel, meaning you know it’s a screen when looking at the face. It has a screen in the center of the dial set under a pair of mechanical watch hands, but it’s a monochrome E Ink screen and not a full-color touchscreen. Now, five years later, the Skagen Jorn HR is a step up from the simplicity of the Q Crewmaster, but still a step down from Skagen’s Falster 3 and other touchscreen smartwatches. The tech side was secondary but functional, and I wore it a lot. It has character, heft, and welcome watch-like features including a rotating chronograph bezel, and raised indices. The Fossil Q Crewmaster came out in 2016, and it remains an excellent-looking hybrid smartwatch, due to the striking colors and it sharing a design with an established and popular non-smart Fossil watch. I’ve been wearing it for a few weeks to see if the increase in tech makes it worth buying. It uses Fossil’s newest hybrid platform which emphasizes the tech side more than ever before, edging closer to being a full smartwatch, and further away from a traditional watch. So where does that leave hybrid smartwatches? The Skagen Jorn Hybrid HR is the answer. Smartwatches are now more compact, powerful, and better designed than ever before, plus they are more readily accepted as wristwear, due to the prominence of the Apple Watch. ![]()
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