Triathalon watches. And more recently, I've also gotten to like Seiko watches. In 2011, I bought my first Seiko watch, when I realized some of the actually aren't as expensive as I thought they were. And several years
When smart watches came out, I was skeptical of them, mainly due to their relatively short battery life compared to classic watches (due to their capabilities) and needing to be recharged often. But I decided to buy a Samsung Galaxy watch in 2018 (it was their first generation). I'd often wear it to work and sometimes when running errands, and I thought it was handy to see notifications for my text messages & emails with it. I think the ability to change watch faces is pretty cool too. I didn't really use much of its other featues aside from thsoe though (I haven't really made use of the fitness tracking features).
I've always liked watches, since I was a kid.. I've often enjoyed wearing a watch, especially when I was younger; when I was a kid, one of my favorite watches was a calculator watch (I'd had a couple of them, one which may have been a Casio, and I remember having a Timex as well); I also liked the Timex Triathalon watches. And more recently, I've also gotten to like Seiko watches. In 2011, I bought my first Seiko watch, when I realized some of them actually aren't as expensive as I thought they were. And several years later, I got another Seiko as a gift. I still have both of those.
When smart watches came out, I was skeptical of them, mainly due to their relatively short battery life compared to classic watches (due to their capabilities) and needing to be recharged often. But I decided to buy a Samsung Galaxy watch in 2018 (it was their first generation). I'd often wear it to work and sometimes when running errands, and I thought it was handy to see notifications for my text messages & emails with it. I think the ability to change watch faces is pretty cool too. I didn't really use much of its other featues aside from thsoe though (I haven't really made use of the fitness tracking features). Also, the Galaxy Watch I bought was the Wifi-only model (no LTE/cellular), which was fine to me.
Just recently, I bought a Google Pixel Watch 3 to replace my Samsung Galaxy watch. One reason is I'm also using a Google Pixel phone now (I used to use a Samsung Galaxy phone), and I thought it would be good to have a newer smartwatch too. The original Samsung Galaxy Watch used the Tizen OS, but Samsung eventually switched to WearOS for their Galaxy watches, so support for the original Galaxy Watch has been limited. WearOS is also what the Google Pixel Watch uses, so it has pretty good support.
I also decided to buy the LTE version of the Google Pixel watch, since my carrier supports smart watches and it's not a whole lot more to add that to my plan; I thought it may come in handy.
I like the Google Pixel watch so far. I think it's good to use the same brand as the smartphone, as it tends to integrate better. For instance, there's a camera app on the watch that's able to control the camera on the phone, which may come in handy for setting the phone down somewhere and taking photos remotely.
The Pixel Watch also has Fitbit built-in.. I just learned the other day that Google bought Fitbit a while ago, which is the reason why. I may start using the Fitbit stuff eventually.
The Google Pixel watch also has more storage in it. I may copy my MP3 music library to it so I can play my music direct from the watch.. And especially with the LTE capability, I could see it being handy to go out for a walk or something and leave my phone behind and just wear the watch with some Bluetooth headphones to listen to music etc..
I still like classic watches too. One of my watches is a Casio solar analog digital hybrid, with a rechargeable battery, and the battery lasts about 10 years before needing to be replaced (and it died a couple years ago, so I need to get the battery replaced). Also, I need to adjust the metal band on that watch again, as it seems a bit tight for my wrist now.. I bought that watch in 2013 and had a couple band links removed to fit me better at the time.
I feel like I'm a bit of a watch collector now, though I'm not sure how much money I'd want to put into watches when I won't be wearing most of the ones I have.
Anyway, I feel like I'm rambling a bit now.. Just thought I'd share.
Nightfox
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I bought a Seiko 5 diver's watch when I separated back in 2007; it's my primary watch. It's self-winding manual movement, I get it maintained every 5-7 years and it still keeps excellent time. Maybe I'll buy it in the other color choice in 2027, it'll cost 2-3x as much as the original!
While reading your post and the replies I thought about Dick Tracy wearing a wrist radio and later having a wrist Television for police work. High Tech back then, Modern Tech today .
I feel like I'm a bit of a watch collector now, though I'm not sure
how much money I'd want to put into watches when I won't be wearing
most of the ones I have.
I have a Movado if you're interested. I bought it about 20 years ago and haven't worn it for about 19 years. ;)
The Google Pixel watch also has more storage in it. I may
copy my MP3 music library to it so I can play my music
direct from the watch.. And especially with the LTE
capability, I could see it being handy to go out for a walk
or something and leave my phone behind and just wear the
watch with some Bluetooth headphones to listen to music
etc..
The Google Pixel watch also has more storage in it. I may copy my MP3
music library to it so I can play my music direct from the watch.. And
especially with the LTE capability, I could see it being handy to go out
for a walk or something and leave my phone behind and just wear the watch
with some Bluetooth headphones to listen to music etc..
So, the watch needs its own SIM to accomplish that, no?
So, the watch needs its own SIM to accomplish that, no?
It seems it doesn't.. It has an IMEI number that you can get by looking at the settings and give that to your cell provider and it connects.
That's cool. I don't have a self-winding watch; the Seikos I have both use battery, and probably a quartz crystal to keep time. Maybe I should look fo a self-winding..
While reading your post and the replies I thought about Dick Tracy wearin
a wrist radio and later having a wrist Television for police work. High
Tech back then, Modern Tech today .
I've had that thought too. The Dick Tracy communicator watch has become a reality.
favorite watches was a calculator watch (I'd had a couple of them, one which may have been a Casio, and I remember having a Timex as well); I
Quoting Nightfox to All <=-
I've always liked watches, since I was a kid.. I've often enjoyed
wearing a watch, especially when I was younger; when I was a kid, one
of my favorite watches was a calculator watch (I'd had a couple of
them, one which may have been a Casio, and I remember having a Timex
as well); I also liked the Timex Triathalon watches.
Anyway, I feel like I'm rambling a bit now.. Just thought I'd share.
much. I don't have any smart watches, don't really care for the 'always connected' functionality.
People now days need to be 'connected' constantly. I'm not into that. I think technology has it's place, but you need to be able to unplug from that in order to stay sane. All I see kids doing is staring at their phones (or watches as the case may be). Adults also. I went to a restaurant and there was a family with 2 kids. None of them were talking to each other. They were all staring at their phones. At the store someone walked right into me while they were staring at their phone. Seems like everyone is a zombie. No talking. They are connected, but not there. Everyone wants instant gratification. Sometimes the wait is worth it.
I also feel like I'm rambling! Guess we have that in common... ... Two silkworms were having a race, but it ended with a tie.
Nightfox wrote to Cougar428 <=-
Yeah, I don't really stare at my phone if I'm somewhere doing
something, but I suppose if I'm bored I'll look at my phone. For the smart watch, I think it's more about convenience seeing my text
messages & calls & such (it's not really easy to use for things like scrolling Facebook & such). Also there is fitness tracking
functionality on it which might be useful.
I'm debating about getting a smart watch, tried a couple out and
returned them for various reasons. I've worn a FitBit Flex 2 (the band
with LEDs on it) and liked that it could notify me discretely that I'd
received a call or text, but that's it.
Arelor wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
If you have to debate with yourself whether to get a gimmicky luxury
item, the answer is then "don't do it."
Personally I always found these things too expensive for what they
offer and most people don't take any advantage of their (meager) capabilities anyway.
Personally I always found these things too expensive for what they offer and most people don't take any advantage of their (meager) capabilities anyway.
When smart watches came out, I was skeptical of them, mainly due to their relatively short battery life compared to classic watches (due to their capabilities) and needing to be recharged often. But I decided to buy a
Me, but I bought my wife an Apple Watch this past Christmas because:
- She used to love her FitBit, and these have similar health/tracking features - Someone showed me the remote picture taking feature, which I thought we could use while on vacation just the two of us and not need to find/bother a stranger to handle one of our iPhones to snap (several, as is obligatory with my wife) photos of us
Turns out, it's a very fun snorkeling/diving companion (shows depth, length of each dive, water temp, etc.).
I'm surprised how much she loves it. And we've yet to use it to take a photo of us (remotely controlling the phone camera).
...not need to find/bother a stranger to handle one of our iPhones...
...not need to find/bother a stranger to handle one of our iPhones...
Get a selfie stick.
When you say their capabilities are "meager", what are you comparing them to? Certainly not a traditional watch..
I've always liked watches, since I was a kid.. I've often enjoyed
wearing a watch, especially when I was younger; when I was a kid, one of my favorite watches was a calculator watch (I'd had a couple of them,
one which may have been a Casio, and I remember having a Timex as well);
I also liked the Timex Triathalon watches. And more recently, I've also gotten to like Seiko watches. In 2011, I bought my first Seiko watch,
when I realized some of them actually aren't as expensive as I thought they were. And several years later, I got another Seiko as a gift. I still have both of those.
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