I agree with you, I think the subtle outward flare of thewatch band where it connects to the watch is what makes it seem more harmonious. The straight appearance of the moto band makes it look cheap and like you said "an afterthought".
That same look is reminiscent of watches by Xetum, which are decent entry-level Swiss watches. (Made in the USA, but Swiss movements).
Oh, and I have a Mondaine face for my 360, in addition to faces that match my Navitimer 01 and Sinn 756
watch I can justify it a little bit more in my head.
As compared to what?
To the Apple Watch, which is hard metal with a non-curved display?
That's where all the circuitry is. Of course Watch has bezels on all 4 sides but the HIG they released tells developers to use black as the background so the bezel essentially fades away.
watch so non-waterproof, they are ignoring a whole niche market of divers who could use the watch for a dive aid/computer... Having bought a few dive 'computers' over the years, there is a lot of cash in that 'niche market'.
I'm just not a fan of the way the band connects to the watch.
Compare this:
To:
The Almost 360 bands don't feel like an integral part of the watch, they feel like something that was just tacked on at the end. Like a fat aluminum tire was just laid on top of a leather band. I don't get that feeling with Watch. The Watch feels like it was designed as one harmonious product not the watch and then the bands as an afterthought.
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All the Almost 360 renders make it look much nicer than it is in real life. I find it comical when people say if you ignore all the bad bits it actually looks good. I'm sorry but I can't ignore the flat tire because every time I look at the display it's there. And it looks wrong like something is missing whereas a rounded rec with uniform bezels on each side looks completely normal as everyone is used to that from their PCs, phones and tablets. For me it's impossibe to ignore the black bar.
Those who have seen Watch in real life say the screen is fantastic. And because the UI is mostly black the bezels don't stand out as much.
Watch lines so that's the heft purchasers of those watches are looking for.I know what you mean. I was gifted a lightweight watch and it felt cheap to me. However, the 18k gold models are said to be substantially heavier than the other two
Specific gravity yes, but a pound of gold weighs the same as a pound of aluminum.
EDIT: Just to add it was a trick question. A pound of gold weighs 373 grams and a pound of feathers weighs 454 grams. Gold uses the Troy weight system.
And I am amazed how often my Nike Fuelband comes unlatched on my wrist. Nothing prevents a watch from becoming someone elses like a clasp lock on a metal watch band. The magnetic bands are probably aimed at women, and 'white collar' soft handed men. Anyone doing any manual labor would toss a magnetic banded watch in their locker and probably never look back.
On a tangent: One thing that just struck me is that with Apple apparently making the
What I have been reading in regards to Android and round displays is that you are supposed to tell the app that if it sees that it is on a round display to put all the text in an bounding box (draw a box in the circle) so that the text won't get cut off. Not sure why Google's own weather card doesn't follow that, but maybe the initial notification cards are exempt from that rule and it is only applied to longer look cards.
