There’s a nod to the aesthete as well. The Ultra, protected by its titanium bezel, comes in a range of colors – or you can customize it yourself – and has a color touchscreen, which is why it’s picked up design trophies to match all its outdoor gear awards. The USP of this watch is the multi-faceted discipline functions – it packs 80 different sport modes with metrics specific to each.

With that, you can store and beat your PBs, map and discover new routes, find other people’s well-trodden paths using heatmaps and then let the watch’s built-in navigation system guide you wherever you’re going. Buy Now:

Samsung

One of the few areas where Samsung has given Apple a real run for its money, the Korean tech giant’s smartwatches have gone from strength to strength with its Tizen operating system – and, most importantly, created a model for almost every need, from hardcore fitness fanatics to casual smartwatch wearers.

The flagship model is still the Gear S3, which tracks anything you could possibly want tracking – acceleration, heart rate, altitude, speed – though its Gear Fit 2, which also has built-in GPS, will more than suffice for guys who just want enough data to keep them motivated. Buy Now:

Garmin

Though Garmin produces smartwatch trackers for all sporty types – from beginners to serious athletes – this is a brand for runners, cyclists and swimmers who know their stuff. It has influenced other smartwatch makers with its VO2 Max feature, which measures oxygen consumed per minute per kilo of bodyweight (sounds complicated but an it’s an excellent way of measuring athletic performance).

Garmin’s standard bearer, the Vivoactive 3, is also one of the very best models around, and especially good for heart-rate monitoring and its GPS. Between the Vivoactive and other watches, Garmin caters for almost every sporting activity, including skiing, rowing, triathlons and even golf. Buy Now: