Skagen has discontinued all of its connected watches.
The Fossil Group-owned watch brand confirmed to WatchPro today that they have been “strategically discontinued as the brand feels that they are going towards a direction which isn’t compatible with the category”.
However, the Skagen smartwatch app will still be updated and maintained for wearers to continue to use, including an update to Wear OS 3 in 2023.
Skagen has experimented with a number of configurations for connected watches including the full touchscreen Falster Gen 6 Smartwatch running Wear OS by Google, which launched last year.
Also new in 2022 was the Jorn Gen 6 Hybrid Smartwatch that combined clean, Scandi-style dials with features such as built in Alexa voice commands, an upgraded heart rate sensor with blood oxygen monitoring and a new wellness dashboard to keep all key stats in one place.
Fossil Group’s other major watch brands, for example Michael Kors and Diesel, continue to offer connected watches.
My wifes Gen6 smart watch purchased in June 23 just failed to start, just got replaced with the remained warranty l. super disappointed.