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Samsung has been quietly burnishing its reputation as a manufacturer of high tech wonders, and the Gear 5 is no exception. It’s probably the closest thing to a true competitor that the Apple Smart Watch has, and everything you’ll love about it, you’ll also enjoy about the Gear 5. Plenty of native apps and features, and you can always install more to suit your individual tastes, the features that really distinguish the Gear from other smart watches is its fantastic curved AMOLED display, giving it a sleek and futuristic appearance.

Using it, you can answer calls via its connection with your smart phone, check your emails, and control it (including composing messages) either via the full QWERTY keyboard or voice command, as you prefer. Note, however, that owing to the small size of the screen, the full keyboard is nice, but requires a deft touch or really small fingers to actually use! It’s cheaper than the offering by Apple, coming in at just $199.

Priced at $1900, this is an expensive watch, no doubt, but the Astron line has long been synonymous with both quality and the latest in technological advances. This latest Astron is no exception. Featuring Seiko’s solar GPS positioning feature (unique in the industry) and sporting a clean, somewhat minimalist design, this is a perfect blending of high tech and elegance. While the smart watches mentioned so far wouldn’t be well received at formal gatherings, this one will be at home on your wrist, no matter what the occasion. It’s also the slimmest watch in the Astron line, and the built-in GPS antenna is smaller, but Seiko managed to boost the processing power of the circuit, despite its smaller size and slimmer design.

Utilizing its on-board GPS positioning software, it can auto-adjust the time for you, no matter where in the world you travel. The built in solar module requires so little in the way of power that it gets all the power it needs to run continuously from the sunlight hitting the dial, even though the dial itself is not a solar panel. Fashioned of titanium, it’s not only a high tech wonder, but it’s practically indestructible, too!

You might be surprised to find a watch by Casio on the list, but this is not your typical Casio watch. In fact, it looks a bit like something that a member of the Borg Collective from Star Trek might wear. It’s a sweet, high tech watch, too. It comes complete with its own GPS antenna, making it ideal for wilderness adventurers who always need to know where they are.

It’s solar powered, and the watch face is, in fact, a solar panel, so as long as you remember to expose it to the sunlight, you’ll never be without your technological marvel. In addition to that, it uses a hybrid of GPS and radio technology to set the correct time automatically, anywhere on the planet, and it even comes with a built in LED light, in case you’re stuck somewhere in the dark. A great watch with prices ranging from $550-$950.