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15 September 2021, 09:53 AM | #31 |
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I think you should never think of doing such...Let them be!
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15 September 2021, 11:00 AM | #34 |
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Ridiculous indeed.
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It's one thing to wear a mechanical watch to go along with having the time on the phone in your pocket, since a wristwatch is still more convenient, but wearing an Apple Watch on one wrist and a mechanical on the other is just embarrassing. As I mentioned above, it's like pulling around an old 911 with your Tesla. |
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I honestly can't believe people around here think mechanical wristwatches around going to be around for a long time. We're already seeing a transition, and the smartwatch is a relatively new concept. My wife has an unused Omega sitting in a drawer, and my grade school son laughs and shrugs when I say he's going to inherit my watches someday. |
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I wear my watch to tell the time, and then to enjoy a nicely made timepiece. Others may agree, or disagree. I sure hope I don’t live long enough to where we’re having charging ports implanted:-) |
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Already happened…Not a Rolex though.
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Why would they ever be "necessary" for most people?
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Don’t get me wrong, I love mechanical things. I wear mechanicals, drive vintage cars, and have even taken watchmaking classes, but I’m trying to be honest with the situation. If the OP wants to wear an Apple Watch, more power to him, but piggybacking it with a mechanical is silly. Just get a JLC Atmos clock or something for the desk, if marveling at mechanicals is still important. |
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Why? Why? I mean, why???
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And my 14 year old mocks my wife's smart watch and already has a collection of traditional watches...
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That's actually quite a neat solution, but it might be "interesting" if you couldn't get the clasp centred under your wrist..
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Just observing
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Second, you say the Swiss watch industry has been hit hard…. Yet, trying to buy a Rolex or a Patek or an AP is nearly impossible right now, unless you go gray and probably spend a great deal more then the MSRP. Doesn’t seem to me that those industries are hurting at all. |
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2020 was even more dire for the Swiss watch industry, but this year they're back to 2019 levels, at least, while Apple Watch sales have been rising every year, even during 2020 and 2021. In terms of style, it's impossible to say. As I mentioned earlier, wristwatches were seen as overly feminine until the World War soldiers popularized them. I did see a poll recently that teens highly prefer Apple Watches to mechanicals if given the choice, but that was a bit dubious, so not sure. I'm obviously not saying the Swiss watch industry is disappearing overnight. I'm saying that it's on the decline, and the big brands like Rolex are trying to move even more upscale. I think we'll be in the peak for maybe the next 10 years, but I don't see it being the case in 30+...so I buy what I like, but not with the long term "investing" in mind that I'm seeing during the current Rolex hysteria. If anything, the current hype may hurt it in the long run (as the other long thread about hype discusses.). Who knows, maybe Rolex will leverage their brand and go "Porsche Taycan" with a smart Rolex someday?? :) |
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The first point is that since you’ve admittedly been having this discussion for years it appears that I have fallen into the trap of trying to convince you of something that’s already fixed in your mind. The second point is that you say we can get close to citing revenue by using values that you provide no reference for and then try to slide other smart watch brands into your argument to further your point. While I acknowledge that the situation is fluid I remain steadfastly unconvinced that the situation is dire for the Swiss watch industry, at least until I see more data. |
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To your first point: No, people thought I was crazy in watch forums a five years ago for predicting this, and the numbers started bearing it out about three years ago. Second point, I didn't want to send a deluge of links like it's an actual debate. I can certainly back up all these numbers. Here are a couple of sources: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-w...stand/45896950 https://journal.hautehorlogerie.org/...oses-a-decade/ https://www.businessinsider.com/appl...navirus-2020-5 I should mention that, as we know, higher end watches like Rolex are obviously doing well. I'm just looking at the canary in the coal mine for the industry as a whole. |
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Excellent info! I agree that in time, a mechanical watch will be just a piece of jewelry. I believe it will still be around, but in 50 ish years they will be novelties. I guess we better enjoy this crazy time while we still can.
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There was a canary in the coal mine during the quartz crisis. Ultimately it’s song sever played out.
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if you want phone notification, get something smaller like Garmin vivosmart and wear it on the other wrist.
i have to say, i tried it for a while but that didn't stick.
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