Hackable watches

Other hackable watches and wearables

Sorted by price (lowest first)

Prices are not including shipping

M5StickC PLUS 14$ (without strap)

• platforms: UIFlow (visual coding), MicroPython, Arduino
• buy:
  • https://m5stack.com/products/m5stickc-plus-esp32-pico-mini-iot-development-kit
  • $18 pack with strap and 2 modules https://m5stack.com/collections/m5-core/products/m5stickc-development-kit-with-hat?variant=17348918935642
  • https://www.banggood.com/pl/M5Stack-M5StickC-PLUS-ESP32-PICO-Mini-IoT-Development-Board-Kit-bluetooth-and-WiFi-ESP32-Bigger-Screen-IoT-Controller-p-1720510.html
  • 2019 version $10 https://pl.aliexpress.com/item/32985247364.html
• manual: https://usermanual.wiki/M5Stack-Technology/M5STICKCPLUS

PineTime (only devkit with not glued case ) 25$

• https://www.pine64.org/pinetime/
• https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/PineTime
• buy: https://store.pine64.org/?product=pinetime-dev-kit
• available OSes: https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/PineTime#Development_efforts
  • InfinityTime - https://github.com/JF002/Pinetime/blob/master/README.md
  • Visual Rust - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=LeeLupYuen.visual-embedded-rust
  • CHIP-8 games - https://lupyuen.github.io/pinetime-rust-mynewt/articles/chip8

LILYGO® TTGO T-Watch-2020 (documentation seams poor, many people complain on battery - last from few hours to 3 days) 25$

• buy:
  • 25$ https://pl.aliexpress.com/item/4000971508364.html
  • 26$ https://www.banggood.com/LILYGO-TTGO-T-Watch-2020-ESP32-Main-Chip-1_54-Inch-Touch-Display-Programmable-Wearable-Environmental-Interaction-Watch-p-1671427.html
  • 30$ https://www.tindie.com/products/ttgo/lilygor-ttgo-t-watch-2020/
  • https://github.com/Xinyuan-LilyGO/TTGO_TWatch_Library
• user-created firmware
  • https://gitlab.com/mooond/t-watch2020-esp32-with-micropython
  • https://github.com/AlexGoodyear/agoodWatch
• https://www.instructables.com/id/Lilygo-T-Watch-2020-Arduino-Framework/

Mixtile GENA 2017 (monochromic always on display, for paring with iOS devices, no case and strap) $34

• buy: https://www.dfrobot.com/product-1402.html
• buy: https://www.tindie.com/products/Mixtile/mixtile-gena/

DSTIKE (no case, isn’t waterproof) 40$

• https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/03/31/dstike-esp32-watch-development-board-comes-with-oled-or-tft-display/

Amazfit Bip (games, calculator, seems hard to create new apps) ~50-65$

• https://github.com/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge/wiki/Amazfit-Bip-OS
• list of apps: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fmyamazfit.ru%2Fthreads%2Fbip-prilozhenija-dlja-bipos-elf.1174%2F (translated to English from Russian)

SMA-Q2 58$

• https://github.com/emeryth/sma-q2-oss
• https://hackaday.io/project/85463-color-open-source-smartwatch
• modified gadgetbridge: https://github.com/Emeryth/Gadgetbridge
• other OS: https://github.com/BigCorvus/SMA-Q2-nrf52840-dualMode-firmware
• Buy: https://pl.geekbuying.com/item/SMA-Q2-Smartwatch-Heart-Rate-Monitor-Black-389947.html

Hexiwear 2017 56$

• https://www.mikroe.com/hexiwear

Watchy (no case, isn’t waterproof) 55$

• https://www.hackster.io/news/sport-your-hacker-status-on-your-wrist-with-watchy-an-esp32-powered-smartwatch-3db389fd4bc3
• https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/03/05/watchy-smartwatch-esp32-wifi-bluetooth-soc-with-e-ink-display/
• https://github.com/sqfmi/Watchy-Hardware

BangleJS (moded DT No.1 F18) 60$

• https://banglejs.com
• apps: https://banglejs.com/apps/
• dev tutrials:
  • https://www.espruino.com/Bangle.js+Development
  • http://www.espruino.com/Bangle.js+First+App

O Watch 85$

• http://theowatch.com

WatchX 99$

• https://www.watchx.io

Not available

• Pebble (not made any more, old ones could use Rebble)
• TG-Watch02 - https://www.reddit.com/r/pebble/comments/g7pgrc/homemade_python_smart_watch/
• WatchIO - https://github.com/eggfly/WatchIO

DIY

nRF52 SmartWatch 2020

• https://hackaday.io/project/169967-nrf52-smartwatch

Chronio 2016

• https://hackaday.io/project/12876-chronio

OwnWatch 2015

• https://hackaday.io/project/3545-ownwatch

Watchduino2 2015

• https://hackaday.io/project/7244-watchduino2

OSHWatch 2014

• https://hackaday.io/project/2263-oshwatch

Retro Watch 2014

• http://www.hardcopyworld.com/ngine/aduino/index.php/archives/670

DIY Digital Wristwatch 2013

• https://blog.zakkemble.net/diy-digital-wristwatch/

Restricted possibility of hacking

• DZ09 and clones with Nucleus OS (10$)
  • backup: https://www.gizmoadvices.com/create-read-back-rom-dump-dz09/
  • firmware’s: https://www.gizmoadvices.com/download-dz09-custom-firmwares/
  • apps: https://www.gizmoadvices.com/install-apps-on-dz09-gv08-aplus-smartwatches/
  • games: https://www.gizmoadvices.com/install-games-dz09-smartwatch/
  • how to create app: https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/other-smartwatches/dz09-gv08-alus-compatible-vxp-apps-rom-t3340476