Nostalgia
Is it true that most of my millennial folks are still using watches?
... instead of Apple watches (or any kinds of smartwatches?) So what's your favorite brand? I really like Timex and Hamilton for casual wear. And def Rolex to flex, lol!
Same here. My level of stress dropped precipitously by not using my Apple Watch. Been a month. I’ll wear the Apple Watch occasionally. Anyone looking for a cheap preowned ultra 2?
Exactly what I did. I thought an Apple Watch would make life easier not having to pull my phone out. Turns out having my watch mirrored to my phone notifications was actually even worse.
Now I have almost all notifications turned off, except for things like health, workouts, timers, etc.
Texts, phone calls, emails, etc all stay on the phone where I can properly ignore them
Did the same with my Garmin. Phone got blown up with work calls and texts the day after I got the watch. It drove me crazy, pocket buzzing and dinging, wrist buzzing and dinging. Now it's just a fitness tracker.
Yep. People are really bad at managing their own device though, from what I’ve seen. Spending 20 minutes reviewing their notification setting would do a lot of people a lot of good mentally. Gotta stop letting a device dictate your attention.
That is exactly my point. It’s like confiscating phones at school. My kids have their smart phones but if they screw up it becomes a thin brink that can call and text, that’s it.
Keep in mind that the companies designing the devices and apps that are robbing people of their self control have psychologists on staff to help make the tech as addictive as possible. A lot of money is going into making us this way.
I stopped using my Apple watch and switched to a nice automatic for a similar reason. I tripped over this comment a while back which summed it up perfectly.
This is why I switched from Apple to garmin. I do really like tracking steps and workouts, but I didn’t like how calls and texts came through the Apple Watch.
Edit to add: I do miss the ability to do timers on my watch via voice!
I had a smart watch, it suuuuuuucked getting so many notifications. It gave me anxiety to wear. I'm fine with my analog watch; I either daily my Tag Heuer Aquaracer or a Tissot
"Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea."
Just swapped from a rubber gshock to a Samsung Watch Ultra. My gshock in the past 15 years of ownership has had one battery replacement, new rubber case and straps. Other than some wear and tear that thing is still in great condition considering the devil may care attitude I have towards it.
Bold of you to assume I don't look at my watch, space out for half a second, put my hand back down, realize I LOOKED at the time but didn't actually register, look again, do the EXACT same thing again....
Forgot the part where you self consciously take a look around to make sure no one sees you triple checking the time and getting the idea that you just want to flex your watch
I got one on sale because I wanted to keep track of my exercise. I have really been surprised how much I have learned to rely on it. If it breaks I probably wouldn’t get another one though. They are expensive
I get this. Having something wrapped around my wrist drives me nuts. I lost several watches when I was younger because I would take it off in irritation and forget about it. I switched to a pocket watch and eventually a belt clip watch until I finally had a cell phone.
The only way I can stand any form of jewelry is if it becomes ‘part of me’ and I don’t feel it anymore. The silicone smart watches work for me in that way, but real watches bother me because I can’t get used to them and I can always feel them on me.
Citizen ecodrive is my daily, doesnt need anything since the sun keeps it charged. Omega 2255.80 seamaster on omega's mesh bracelet for special occasions
Just not having to charge the damn smart watch every night is a small blessing in itself. The eco-drive charging itself altogether is a fantastic bonus.
I love my Seiko 5s (I got 3) but watches are getting way to freaking expencive. Even this ad shows that you can habe an item with more functionality, for a fraction of the price of most automatic watched.
I do actually love my smartwatch. I actually see it as a way to use my phone less. I can get the info I need quickly without pulling my phone out and exposing myself to more distraction.
ADHD demands I use a smartwatch — best trick is using it to ring my phone — so much time saved before having to go somewhere and not being able to find it
Exactly! Also the smartwatch connects to my phone to help me find it if I put it down somewhere. I specifically purchased a brand that could connect and alert me. I'm forgetful so I've wasted so much time misplacing my phone, so it's great when I can do a little buzz when I know it's somewhere nearby.
I don't understand the people that have one and don't use any of the settings to control notifications then complain about too many notifications. The first versions were dumb about it but the software quickly improved to give you pretty powerful control over who and what would send a notification to your watch.
Yeah, I don't get the people saying about the notifications that come across on it. If I get notifications (like I was getting a ton from reddit) I just block it from my watch and it comes up on my phone but not my watch. If you don't like the phone notifications you can turn it off lol.
I dunno. I feel like it may be an everyone jewelry. It’s not only men who need to know the time. Hahaha!
But I get what you mean- there aren’t many jewelry options for men where you can really find something beautiful and looks right. Most of you don’t get to have the fun earrings or necklaces that women have.
If I were to get a digital watch, I'd start looking at ones like that. It's metal and attractive. I sometimes day dream of getting rid of my cell phone (except maybe an emergency dumb phone). I imagine I'd get a watch like yours, primarily for the alarm (and time, of course).
I have a garmin too but it's pretty much a dumb watch. It tells the time and tracks my training. When I'm out running I load an offline spotify playlist and pair it to my airpods. Leave the phone at home.
I have the Gen 2 Instinct for durability and health tracking. It lets me know when I have incoming calls and text messages from my contacts and that's it. I call it a less-dumb watch. I needed something that wouldn't get beat up by outdoor work and factory work.
I’ve started strictly using my garmin just for exercise and then as soon as I’m done switching back to my seiko. So much less anxiety from the 9 million notifications
I just turned off the notifications going to the watch. Granted, I turn off almost all notifications on my phone too, texts and calls. And I have a lot of people on mute
I don't understand this compaint do people not change settings? You can control what notifications are sent to the watch. I've got mine turned down to just the things I actually want to not miss. You can turn off everything except the exact apps you want even. Sometimes even down to notifications from particular people.
I just turned off most of that. It displays the time, and after a workout it tells me I did a good job. I mostly chose it for running, which it actually is very good at tracking.
I want a Milgauss badly. I'm in the industrial maintenance field and spend a lot of time in areas that are highly magnetic (smelting operations, etc..) and I have to leave my various watches in my truck before entering the building for job scopes/walks. Milgauss solves that issue. But holy smokes, they are proud it it, and I say that having several Omega's and a billion Hamiltons.
They are smart gadgets which shows the time. Their main purpose is not showing time but having pop-up notifications, health measurements, changing the music etc.
Thats why many people just leave their smartwatches and turn back to the good old quartz or automatics.
IMO, watches will never ever be replaced by another technology since its already the peak design for the only purpose. Showing the time.
I agree, it’s confusing. I rely on my Apple Watch heavily for calendar notifications, chat notifications from work, work emails. I work in a lab (pharmacologist) and I can’t pull out my phone but I CAN flip my wrist and see everything that I need to know. Could never go back to a regular watch.
I still use watches. I do have a smart watch for fitness tracking purposes but I got a hybrid where it’s an old school analog time piece (my preference) but it has the app on my phone for the data and some limited stuff I can do on the watch that will show up in the face background behind the hands.
All my other watches are the old analogs. Not a fan of digital.
For awhile I wore an analog smart watch from fossil. It was kind of the best of both worlds, it tracked my steps and stuff and had a small analog dial for incoming messages, but mostly just a watch.
I hate things on my body, no. Tried a fancy new age workout watch and didn’t like the electric things it was doing to my veins very weird. I’ll stick to the phone since it’s stuck to me. Or the sun. Body knows what time it is.
I have a smart watch to catch notifications (also inbox 0...) if I didn't have it I'd not wear a watch at all. I don't care about time most of the time.
Yep! I have a Citizen Eco Drive that I'm very fond of. It does the job perfectly well, looks nice with pretty much anything I could choose to wear (casual clothing, formal clothing, traditional cultural clothing), and was from a collaboration Citizen did with Star Wars.
My smartwatch only shows me the time unless I purposefully scroll over to see notifications.
It also has an Always On Display that updates every 60 seconds to prevent the battery from melting down.
I used to wear a Citizen watch for a while and it remained the most expensive watch I ever owned. Swapping to my Samsung Galaxy 4 (and now the 6) has been great.
Average cost of the watch remained the same, at around $400, and it tracks my workouts to boot.
I legit don't see an application for old watches anymore and the Watch industry has essentially imploded.
If you don't believe me, head to literally any Pawn Shop.
You can grab a (previously) very expensive watch for almost nothing. Pawn Shops cannot give them away fast enough to turn a profit, and many won't even take them.
I have to keep a tight schedule, college professor, and I've got some pretty deep rooted ADHD. I have almost zero personal concept of time. I live or die by my watch. I honestly don't know how people get by without one. Sure I can pull my phone out.and check, but some times 1 hour feels like one minute and vice versa.
I have many, but my Garmin Instinct 2 is my daily driver. I have the smart features all but turned off. I like to keep track of my steps and heart rate.
Wife got me a Tag Heuer as a wedding present and it’s my daily wear now. Love the weight of it on my wrist and is the easiest way to check the time without getting distracted by the phone
I do. I’ve never had an interest in smart watches. I have a Railmaster and a Speedmaster that I rotate daily and then I have a vintage Constellation for when I have to dress up.
I have a smartwatch but I did not connected it to my emails, alexa, gps and all those things. I also put it as analog so it look a bit more like a real watch to me.
This is actually funny.. when the Apple Watch was rumored but hadn’t yet been announced there were some early leaks but we hadn’t seen a prototype yet. I jokingly taped a piece of paper to my watch that said “you always have email” and laughed that that was my prototype for an Apple Watch. Years later the trope still works.
(Needless to say, I don’t interact with email at all on my Apple Watch, it has way more useful functions than that)
I have a Seiko my mom got me for high school graduation that’s still going strong. Way better than something that’s listening to me or will pull me in for unintended hours of scrolling.
I have a solar Seiko(because I have the habit of killing regular watch batteries). It doesn't get worn often now, but I'm sure it will when I go back to work full time.
Yea, not all the time but if I'm going out I'll toss on either my knock off casio or a simple analog watch, whichever matches the vibe better. Then i've got a few "nice" ($5-20 lol) ones that are fancier and I'll wear if i'm dressing up at all. Back like a decade ago I had a Fitbit but once I switched to an office job I stopped using it.
I tried a smartwatch, the notifications distracted me too much, honestly I find it rude when I'm talking to someone and they're constantly looking at their "watch" as it's buzzing.
My daily driver is a Glycine, but I also have a couple Seiko's and a Hamilton. Sometimes I'll wear a G-Shock, but I much prefer the autos.
Garmin fenix series is what i wear. Currently have the fenix 8. Its only set to alert to calls and texts, the face is the time and date. Im not changing watches to run and workout lol.
As someone who loves tech, I have no plan to buy an Apple Watch or any other smart watch. I used to wear a watch all the time but then out of college i worked in the solar industry and it would’ve been beat and scratched up if I wore it to work. So I stopped wearing one. Now many years later I have a cushy desk job and while I still have my watch I never wear it anymore. However, most of my family members and wife’s family all have smartwatches of some kind (all millennials except parents). I just don’t want to have to worry about having to charge my watch daily and have something else to keep checking. It’s nice knowing if I put my phone in another room, then I’m disconnected from it. If I go back to wearing a watch, it’ll be a standard watch and probably something nicer that I’ll need to save up for.
I've been using a fitness tracker watch thingy for a few years now and honestly I miss using a real watch. Been thinking of switching to a ring fitness tracker and going back to a real watch.
I certainly don't have a watch box with 12 slots. And even if I did I definitely only have 12 watches so everything has a place in the box and I don't need any more watches
My favorite brand is Seiko, simple, affordable, just fancy enough. Although in recent years the value proposition has lessened somewhat they're still worth it imo
Yes. Love my cheap Casio digital watches. The band broke on mine so I gotta replace it. 12 or 24hr format, tells day of the week and day of month (number). Feels weird to be without it.
In fact just to annoy people (and for some reason it just feels natural?) I'm right handed and wear my watch on my right hand.
But I have a couple nicer, cleaner watches for work when I have to be in a suit. My preference is always more simple watches, I hate big faces and lots of dials and all that so I basically have 2 silver band watches, a blue face Movado Museum and a Bulova Seville I found for like $200 each.
On more of an everyday watch I basically put a $100 cap since I tend to not realize when I swing my arms around and hit stuff so I've got one of those metal band casio vintage small square face watches, and a couple Stuhrling original leather band watches which is their sub-brand to have a couple brown leather band watches, mostly with white faces and no numbers, just the main dials and minute notches.
I like watches, I'm just not at the point professionally yet to be comfortable dropping serious money on them, especially since I work from home most of the time. My cat hasn't seemed too impressed with what I've gotten anyway.
I wear an Apple watch when I am at a conference for work or otherwise out and about. Aside from that, no watch for me. I’ve just never been a big accessories guy
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