HUAWEI Watch Ultimate 2 The HUAWEI Watch Ultimate 2 is a luxury smartwatch with standout build quality, reliable GPS, and ambitious dive tools. It’s big, heavy, and leans more toward a fitness tracking than a fully-fledged smartwatch, but for adventurers who want bold design and niche features, it’s a premium statement piece.
Smartwatches often walk a fine line between fashion and function. The HUAWEI Watch Ultimate 2 skips subtlety and heads straight for luxury. With high-end materials, extreme dive credentials, and HUAWEI’s most advanced sensors yet, this is a premium device with a premium price tag. It’s big, bold, and built to impress, though not every feature will be useful for every shopper.
High-end craftsmanship (with heft)
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The Watch Ultimate 2 is, first and foremost, a statement. With zirconium-based liquid metal, ceramic accents, and sapphire glass, plus styling cues from high-end dive watches, the oversized device feels more like a traditional timepiece than a fitness tracker. Yet, it’s also built to endure much tougher environments than I venture into regularly, with 20ATM water resistance, IP68 and IP69 ratings, and diving support rated to a maximum depth of 150 meters. HUAWEI balances a rugged agenda by using durable yet highly refined materials and finishing the look with attractive strap options, including titanium and fluoroelastomer, as well as a longer strap for wearing with a wetsuit.
At nearly 48mm, however, the watch dominates my wrist. The watch comes in two colorways and sizes: the blue in big (47.5) and black in bigger (48.5). At around 80g (without the strap), it’s also on the heavier side, which makes it feel expensive, but it can get cumbersome during workouts. I found it particularly bulky in activities like weight lifting, where the size and weight became noticeable. If you like bold hardware, this fits the bill. If you prefer something discreet and lightweight, you may want to look elsewhere.
If you have wrists big enough to support it, the HUAWEI Watch Ultimate 2 is a highly attractive and durable device.
The 1.5-inch LTPO OLED display shines at up to 3,500 nits, making it easy to read in any light, with crisp resolution and vibrant colors that flatter both data-heavy and analog-inspired watch faces. HarmonyOS feels smooth and responsive, with a rotating crown and extra buttons that make navigating workouts or maps straightforward and genuinely enjoyable. The UI itself also features quick animations and intuitive navigation. The biggest trade-off remains the ecosystem: HUAWEI’s interface is polished, but third-party app support is far more limited than on Apple’s watchOS or Google’s Wear OS, but more on that below.
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Finally, HUAWEI promises solid longevity for a watch with a considerable amount of tech under the hood. The company claims users can expect up to 4.5 days of use on Android, or about 3.5 on iOS, with lighter modes stretching things toward 11 days. Divers get roughly 18 hours underwater, or 12 with sonar messaging active. Paired to an Android phone, with medium usage (including notifications, workouts, GPS logging, and health checks), I consistently hit around four days before reaching for the charger. That’s not industry-leading, but it’s impressive given the feature load.
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