They do not hold a candle to those married to their smartphones in any kind of social setting, at least in my opinion.
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If you were to stop wearing an Apple Watch, for a traditional mechanical watch, what watch would it be, and why?
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They do not hold a candle to those married to their smartphones in any kind of social setting, at least in my opinion.
Never wore a watch at all, (or jewelry of any kind) until the Apple watch came out. Bought it on a whim, but now have it on 23 hours a day. I would not purchase any mechanical watch simply for the reason that I do not wear the AW to tell me the time. That is the most unused and trivial use that I put it to. In fact, back when it was new and I would get questions from friends and acquaintances, I would go through all the stuff that it could do, then eventually say, "Oh yes, it also tells the time."
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One other reason among many. A mechanical watch will not suddenly wake you with buzzing wrist and warning to announce "A smoke detector alarm has been detected." And for myself, not a theoretical example.
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One other reason among many. A mechanical watch will not suddenly wake you with buzzing wrist and warning to announce "A smoke detector alarm has been detected." And for myself, not a theoretical example.
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I don’t wear one at work.
Local trips Apple for the POS.
Travel and social 1908. The other models are gaudy to the point of tasteless.
If your goal is to never own a mechanical watch I am not sure why you’re participating in a conversation for people interested in obtaining one.
I would love to find a simple wind up watch that does not cost a fortune. I don't care about luxury brands or the crazy prices that go with them. Would love a simple clean design watch that does not use a battery and is wind up. I have an old soviet watch, can't remember the name, but had the old USSR logo on it. I liked the watch itself, the bad has fallen apart and I can't find a band that fits it. Also find the watch face itself a little small for a bigger guy like myself.
I was intrigued by the thought of a winder so did a quick search. Price is subjective of course but I’m sure you can find something you like. I skimmed through the Dekla website.
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If I was going to get another watch to replace my Seiko titanium wrist watch it would be one of these: a Raketa 24 hour mechanical watch. The Soviets made pretty good wrist watches in the 60s and 70s, though this is a little later than that.
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I used to buy a new battery-powered watch every year or two, either when the battery ran out and cost more to replace than the watch itself cost, or when something corroded or broke. Since I regularly wore it swimming in the ocean, something would eventually corrode even though I rinsed it afterward.
A few years back I decided to try a solar-rechargeable battery-powered analog watch, instead of going to a mechanical manual winder. I ended up with a Casio HK-Y from Amazon (blue dial). It's stainless and water-resist to 100m, though I've never gone deeper than ~8m with it. I basically don't worry about corrosion. I checked for rusting after the first summer of ocean use, and saw none. I still see no rust, even though I've neglected to rinse it off a few times over the years.
I think I paid about $40 for it, and it had a 10-year battery projected lifetime. I figured if it lasted 3-4 years it would still be worth it. It's definitely older than that now. During the non-swimming seasons I just take it out of the drawer and give it a few hours of sunlight on the dial every few months, and it hasn't stopped yet.
I don't see an HK-Y on Amazon any more, but there's a bunch of "analog digital" watches. The keywords I used for searching when I bought it were "solar" and/or "rechargeable".
Well, let me think... Maybe because the title of this post begins with "If you were to stop wearing an Apple watch..." That would give assumption that this post is ONLY for people who wear an Apple watch now and not for those now wearing a mechanical.
You have zero interest in mechanical watches but continue to post.
Casio has a huge following as far as I know. They are the masters of cool affordable digital watches.
Yes, Casio has both analog and digital watches, as well as combinations of both digital and analog. For example, the Casio Multiband 6 I am wearing right now has the hour and minute hands plus three very small and circular digital displays, one at the 3:00 o'clock position, another at the 6:00, and the last at 9:00 o'clock. These show the time at another location or city, while the hands show the time at my location (city).
Never had an apple watch. This is my new present to myself....
I’m not an aviator so all that dial busyness would be wasted on me. Glad you like it though.It is a superb tool watch. Highly recommended.
My kids bought me a Frédérique Constant watch as a birthday present. That’s what I wear when I’m not wearing my Fitbit.
That’s Breitling‘s signature design. Basically to throw everything into the the watch face including kitchen sink.🤣