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23 March 2019, 11:50 AM | #1 |
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Anyone here wears their smart watch more than their mechanical watches?
Any watch enthusiasts here who have decent mechanical watches but end up wearing their apple watch / smart watch more?
Asking for a friend
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23 March 2019, 11:51 AM | #2 |
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Nope. Returned mine. It is annoying getting interrupted all the time.
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23 March 2019, 11:54 AM | #3 |
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True. I actually have most of the connectivity features (texting etc) switched off. I use it mostly for fitness tracking
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23 March 2019, 12:02 PM | #4 |
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Just out of curiosity, what fitness data do you track, and do you find it genuinely helps you in a practical way (as opposed to an academic, data-geek sort of way)?
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23 March 2019, 12:07 PM | #5 |
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Nope. A Cellini no-date is fine
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23 March 2019, 12:10 PM | #6 |
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Nope. Smart watch is for running only. Mechanical watch for everything else.
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23 March 2019, 12:21 PM | #7 | |
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I track my steps, calories, heart rate, running, etc. I do high intensity training so it really is rewarding to see yourself improve and feel that you’re taking good care of your health. To me at least Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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23 March 2019, 12:39 PM | #8 |
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Wearing the AW4 daily. Can’t say the Rolex family gets the same wristtime now.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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23 March 2019, 12:51 PM | #9 |
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AW is my daily and my other watches get 0 wrist time anymore.
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23 March 2019, 08:11 PM | #10 |
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Maybe Rolex should have rolled out a smartwatch of their own this year.
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23 March 2019, 11:11 PM | #11 |
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I have a GARMIN Tactix Bravo that I wear for training at the gym or if I decide to really do some exploring off the beaten path in the mountains. Outside of that, it’s always a mechanical strapped to my wrist.
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24 March 2019, 12:21 AM | #12 |
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24 March 2019, 12:23 AM | #13 |
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Don’t own one and have no interest.
I’ll never say never, but I think it’ll have to be government mandated for me to consider it |
24 March 2019, 01:33 AM | #14 | |
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Unless you are a top-level athlete, where small differences can be material, that type of data-tracking is useless. Any such tracking can be done perfectly adequately at a macro level. I mean, it's not like I need some device to tell me week to week how my lifts are faring. It's usually pretty obvious. And if you DO want to track, a pen and pad is really all you need (or notes on your smartphone). Tracking things like steps, calories, etc is beyond worthless. This is a good example of technology solving a problem that it created in the first place. |
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24 March 2019, 01:22 PM | #15 |
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I wear both.
My "smart watch" isn't a watch. It's an extension of my cell phone. |
24 March 2019, 02:12 PM | #16 |
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Never thought about owning one but I may try in the future.
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24 March 2019, 08:54 PM | #17 |
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Never owned a smart watch nor do I ever plan to.
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25 March 2019, 01:16 AM | #18 |
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that's what I was telling myself 2 years ago then I received an AW as a gift. Didn't wear it at all initially then it slowly grew on me
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25 March 2019, 01:26 AM | #19 |
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Don't do it. It's a trap In hindsight I wish I never got one because now that I got used to my AW, my mechanical watches see much less wrist time and I can't force myself out of it
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25 March 2019, 01:27 AM | #20 |
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love it
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25 March 2019, 04:55 AM | #21 |
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Its been many years since I owned a battary powered watch and I’m never going back
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25 March 2019, 05:47 AM | #22 |
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I often wear an AW4 on the right wrist, and "real" watch on the left. :-) Sometimes the AW4 stays home.
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25 March 2019, 06:19 AM | #23 |
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Dont own a smart watch..
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25 March 2019, 04:32 PM | #24 |
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50/50 for me.
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25 March 2019, 10:54 PM | #25 |
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I've found that they fill different roles for me. The AW is great for travel and for the weekends when I'm running around and can leave my wallet and phone at home. As another poster said, it really is an extension of my iPhone. I wear my mechanicals to the office, out to dinner, or any other time when I have my phone with me.
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26 March 2019, 11:30 AM | #26 | |
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26 March 2019, 11:33 AM | #27 |
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i've considered that but feels awkward somehow did you initially feel weird doing it?
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26 March 2019, 12:18 PM | #28 |
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Negative. Had one briefly, wasn't a fan. The charging really killed me; I do enough of that already, thanks.
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