Apple Watch / Health Kit - Average Heart Rate?

Hello,
I want to verify if (or how) to determine what my average heart rate is using the Apple Watch plus Health Kit.  The chart in health kit seems to be showing a high and a low for a time period (day/week/month), and there seems to be line within the graph which could be an average, but there is no numerical value associated with it (and it doesn't look I can monitor average heart rate over time)?
Just wanting to see if I might be missing something?
Thanks!

No you don't have too - The watch has an inbuilt heart rate monitor however if you want to use it with a tracker app etc you will need to have your iPhone with you.

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