Usually when President Obama steps out on St Patrick 's day , it 's his brilliant green tie which steals the show . But today another accessory won the day - the enormous new 'smart watch ' festooning the Commander-in-Chief 's wrist . Obama was seen today wearing the hefty item - a Fitbit Surge device - as he walked around D.C. and met with Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny , and later lunched with congressmen on Capitol Hill . Scroll down for video . New accessory : Obama sported the watch at a meeting today with Prime Minister Enda Kenny of Ireland . Check it : Obama has recently said that he was considering getting a Fitbit , or its rival the Apple watch . Device : The Fitbit Surge , pictured above in publicity photos , monitors heart rate , sleep and even the location of those that wear it . The Fitbit surge is an advanced piece of wearable technology that constantly monitors the body of the person wearing it . It uses LED sensors to measure heart rate , and can function as a calorie counter and GPS device . It also tells the time . The Surge model is the largest and most sophisticated Fitbit model , and sells for around $ 250 . Obama has previous expressed his interest in emergent 'wearable ' technology . In a February interview with Re/code , he seemed torn between getting a Fitbit and an Apple watch . Testing it out : Obama . Suiting up : Obama was pictured earlier today with the watch while getting dressed . He said : ' I don ’ t have a Fitbit yet , but I work out hard . Word is these Apple Watches might be a good companion for my workouts . So I ’ m gon na see , I ’ m gon na test it out . ' The testing had evidently begun by Tuesday , when Obama prominently wore the device for his public engagements . Fitbit enthusiasts are encouraged to even wear their device to sleep , where it collects data while the subject is unconscious , and can wake them up with silent , vibrating alarms . One feature the President may be particularly keen on is that the device is programmable to have a golf mode . Fitbits are set up to communicate with mobile devices regularly to store the data they collect - however the President is only allowed a Blackberry because of security concerns , which is incompatible with his new toy . Both the White House and Fitbit have yet to respond to requests for comment .
President wore $ 250 body-monitoring device around Washington , D.C. Was spotted with the item speaking to Fitbit , Ireland 's Prime Minister . In February gave interview saying he was toying with buying on of them .