Horological Meandering

I suspect there may already be a thread or two on such a topic, but here goes anyway. I am a fountain pen and mechanical watch sort of person. That being said, I am seriously thinking of buying an Apple 4 Hermès Edition. I quite simply love the Hermès straps, orange appointments, and the distinctive Hermès watch faces. My question is this, have any of you added a smart watch to your ‘collection’ and, if so, do they receive much wrist time? I hasten to add that I have a Garmin for my running and bicycling. I have also looked at the Montblanc Summit, Tag Heuer, and the Garmin Fenix. 

It will be new today and obsolete tomorrow. Just treat yourself to a Hermes belt and stick with a quality mechanical wrist watch. 

I am certainly not a fan of “charging something else each night” and I get the “obsolete when you buy it” premise. Your suggestion is well taken!

This unnecessary piece of tech is ecologically unsound.

That being said, I occasionally feel a pang of jealousy when I see people discreetly checking their watch when they get an email, without having to pull out their phone.

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Well said, FabR.
You already make me feel a lot more aristocratic 😂

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Are incredibly annoying and disrespectful to others. The devices light up during theatre shows distracting others. The owners are so self absorbed they look at them whilst in conversation with others destroying the flow of the conversation.

That’s akin to calling people wearing expensive watches you know what.

There a place for mechanical watches and a place for smart watches, I happen to enjoy both.

Threw it away.

and in fact, it is my fourth one. 

i use it when I run and if I do housework, eg hung a picture as you should not use a hummer while wearing a watch...

I have two Apple Watch Series 0 (from original release) and the current Series 4.  Love ‘em for their functionality — instant weather reports, text messages and quick emails, brief phone calls, tracking exercise, conveniently paying at supermarkets and drugstores, airline check-in and boarding, setting timers and alerts, etc,  Don’t like ‘em for their physical design which I find too IkePod. Their ease of changing and fitting straps is brilliant and addictive.  The health related features of the Series 4 — EKG readouts, detection of high heartbeat rates, and fall detection with automatic notification being sent to local emergency services if I am immobile for 30 seconds after a perceived fall — are very important, now that I’ve reached my dotage.  

I absolutely my love my mechanical watches, but I have a stronger emotional connection to my Apple Watch as it is more tied to my personal values of health and fitness.

It may sound like anathema, but in my case it is true.

That being said, I love my mechanical watches and still wear them for special occasions.

I don’t believe Swiss watch companies understand the concept of customer service at their lofty price points.

If I ran my business like them, I’d be dead and they too will be eventually unless they respect their customer.

I’m also seriously considering the AW4 now that it has the ECG functionality - what are your thoughts on wearing 2 watches at the same time? It’s pretty common to see folks with the tracker bands on one wrist whilst the other has a watch, so why not replace the bands with the AW?

Wearing both felt uncomfortable to me, and I got some odd looks from passers by.
In four years, I’ve seen exactly one person (an Apple executive, interestingly) who was wearing both an Apple Watch and a mechanical watch. I thought it looked strange, like wearing mismatched socks.
Ano “Maybe I’m an old fogy!” Nuevo

I think the problem is the battery. Get them working for 3 days with charing the maybe I will get one 😂

It was a gift to me but it reminded me of having my mother around - exercise more, eat less, do this, go there - so I gifted it to a more regimented person (who could never come to grips with it either)

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I can relate, Mike!

and indeed, it is very clever.

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I can recommend it highly. Although I love my mechanical watches, I wear them less and less. The thing about the Apple watch is I almost never carry my phone any more. You can customize your notifications, so you choose whether you want it to just to tell the time or be your personal nanny.

I started running a couple of years back with a Garmin, but with running apps like iSmoothRun, the Garmin is overkill for me.

I don’t mean to be disrespectful to Swiss watches as I’ve spent a fortune on them and still love them, but they’re not practical daily wear pieces for my lifestyle. I bring them out and wear them when nostalgia strikes and when I’m in a mood to appreciate true art and craftsmanship.

Once I realized my health and fitness are my most precious “possessions,” I completely changed my lifestyle, started running marathons in my 50s and look forward to maintaining my fitness into my 60s and 70s. The Apple Watch doesn’t make me fitter, but it is a more practical wrist appliance than a mechanical watch for this purpose.

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Joke appart: the only need I would have for a smart watch is the sport side of it, like your Garmin. anything else is redundant with your smart phone.
Best,
É.

NT