Anyone use an Apple Watch?

[vito]

If yes, why? My kids want to buy me one, but I can't think of any good reason to replace my Casio Pathfinder.

 

[RSIno1]

My daughter is a Principal at a high school and finds it handy for keeping in touch with her office and quickly reviewing text & email messages without having to drag her phone out which they discourage the students from doing. I can't see any reason I'd need/use one.

 

[tinman]

Only need a watch while at work so I bought one last year on a friends recommendation.......after two weeks I returned it and got a Pebble watch. The Pebble performs the same functions I was looking for for a lot less money........when I no longer need to monitor my phone discreetly, I will go back to a "regular" watch.......:idea:

 

[Big Old Boy]

My wife wants to buy me a watch to Christmas, I have not used a watch in years always have a cell phone close by. I will pass.

 

[Sin6Sec63451022]

Is that anything as good as a Dick Tracy two way wrist radio? Bet not!

 

[Number9]

20 years of going thru hell.. and most of Georgia!

 

[Pat-inCO]

I prefer Orange or Grapefruit. :roll:



It really is up to you. Do you have need/use for yet another computer?
This one would be strapped to your wrist, to supplement the one in your
"holster" (sometimes called a phone), which supplements the "desktop"
or "laptop" at home.

In simplest terms, do you have the need?

I am old enough to remember when there were no cell phones. You
know, there were pay phones on street corners and in bank lobbies.

 

[mjpchief]

What would be the difference in fiddling with your watch and fiddling with your phone?

 

[bobski]

no.
just someting else that can crash and make life miserable.
i hate computers as it is.

 

[exavid]

No watch for me. Since I became permanently unemployed I don't wear one. The iPhone does the job or the clock in the Liberty or my bike. Most of what I do these days can just wait until I find that particular round tuit.

 

[rugerguy211]

Have not worn a watch since I got a cell phone.
Now I wear a FitBit and don't even have to take the phone out of its holder to check the time.

 

[Johnnu2]

Being an old person, I find that learning new things is difficult. I don't even turn my cellphone on unless I leave the house without the lovely woman at my side............and she is the only person who has my number (in more ways than one). Also as an old person I believe that we should buy and use whatever we feel we would enjoy. Personally, I would ask them for something i could use for my shooting sport......... and wouldn't interrupt me while engaged in any aspect of that sport )

 

[vito]

I'm old enough that I don't feel dressed without a watch on my wrist. I have no desire for a computerized watch, and started the thread thinking maybe I was missing something about the Apple watch that made it so special, but so far nothing like that has emerged on the thread. I guess if taking a smartphone out of the pocket is too tiring, then just glancing at the Apple watch to see notifications, texts, etc. might be a good idea. But what will come next? An Apple ring so that you don't have to go to the great effort of turning your wrist to look at the Apple watch? It is getting a bit crazy with the electronic gadgets, but on the other hand, I would not want to give up my Iphone or my Ipad.

 

[Captain America]

...In simplest terms, do you have the need?...

This is what matters. I have an Iphone 6 from work, it came with a watch. I have absolutely no clue why I would want the watch. Realistically, for the watch to work properly, you need you phone nearby and turned on anyway. I suppose if you enjoy technology then the watch might be fun but I couldn't come up with one reason to use mine.

 

[Rook]

I carry one of my Great Grandpa's pocket watches when I need a watch like his old American Waltham Watch Co. Crescent Street Model 1883 that was made in 1896.

Or I carry his old Hamilton 992 that was made in 1913.

I also carry a pocket watch that I purchased a few years ago that's an American Watch Co. PS Bartlett model 1857 that was made in 1871. It was made a year before my Great Grandpa was born.

American pocket watches were a work of art. The old mechanical watches are not as accurate as the modern day quartz watches but they've got a lot more character. Besides I'm retired and there's no where that I have to be that requires a watch to be as accurate as a quartz anyway.

All 3 of these old watches will keep time with in 30 seconds + or - in a 24 hour period. Not bad for watches that are 120, 103 and 145 years old.

 

[blume357]

Yep, if I was going to spend what they want for an i-watch I'd by a Rolex Submarinor first....

 

[Bob Wright]

My wife wants to buy me a watch to Christmas, I have not used a watch in years always have a cell phone close by. I will pass.

The disadvantage to that is you have to turn your 'phone on every time you want to check the time. Mine takes several seconds to come on. With a watch only a glance is needed.

Bob Wright

 

[redhawker]

I can't see the need. As posted earlier, if you need to look at texts etc. surreptitiously, like a teacher not wanting students to see them looking at a phone since the students aren't allowed, (like the students can't figure out they can do the same with their apple watches), then I can see it. But if you're like me the only time I wouldn't pull my phone out to check a message or something is while driving and then the Uconnect in the vehicle takes care of most of that hands free. As for an actual watch, you know, to tell the time, I don't even use one of those any more. I was getting skin irritation on my wrist from the watchband so I ditched the watch and now use the cell phone as my timepiece. When I'm in the car the clock in the dash is my timepiece.

 

[vito]

"Yep, if I was going to spend what they want for an i-watch I'd by a Rolex Submarinor first...." Not really even close. A new Apple watch, generation 2, is about $350. I doubt you get a Rolex for 10 times that. I still don't see the need for the Apple watch, and now that it is water resistant it is more practical than before, but it seems like a gadget looking for a purpose. Of course I said the same thing about smartphones when they first came out.

 

[ChiefMuzz]

Smartphones have a real, viable purpose in a very connected world. I don't think the smart watch had found a purpose yet. A good friend of mine has one, mainly because his girlfriend talked him into it. He doesn't really like it much. It's mainly a smaller smartphone you wear on your wrist that doesn't have the functionality or ease of use of a smartphone.

I like real watches. I like tools that last for years and can be passed on. Most technology today last 3 years at max and is disposable. For $350 yoi can have a very nice watch from a reputable maker that will last years.

 

[redhawker]

I forgot to add in my prior post. As small as the screen is on one of these it would be almost totally useless as I have enough trouble seeing the screen on a smart phone let alone a screen of a "smart" watch which is like only 25% or less the size of the smart phone screen.

 

[Colonialgirl]

That Hamilton looks just like my Grandfather's Old Hamilton Railroad Pocket watch.
Haven't looked for the age; I DO know he carried it all his life and use to work as a brakemen on one of the railroads in PA (they lived in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton/Nanticoke/Shickshinny area) and for a time they lived in Detroit. ( Had an Aunt that died there at TWO years of age from Rheumatic Fever)
ANY WAY, back to the Hamilton; If I wind it up, it STILL keeps excellent time !!

 

[Rook]

ANY WAY, back to the Hamilton; If I wind it up, it STILL keeps excellent time !!

That old Hamilton probably needs a good cleaning and lube job being as old as it is. The bad thing is it's hard to find someone that knows what they're doing with these old watches these days and when you do it's expensive for a good reason.

You just have to be careful because there's some jewelry cleaners out there that pretend to be watch makers with great prices that'll do more damage to your watch than you can imagine. You will need to find some reviews or talk to people that's had work done by the person you're going to take your watch to.

 

[Quarterbore]

I just got a Series 1 watch as a Black Friday sale other - $220 for the larger 42mm fave.

I bought it as I have been struggling with Ménière's disease and I have lost most of my hearing in the past couple months. For me, the vibrations on my wrist let's me set a timer or alarm. I also get alerted to text messages etc.

I am still trying to find other uses, but it is too new to me. Most apps I have tried are just not practical but I've only played with it for a day or two. I wanted one when the first came out but could justify it at the time but at the $220 mark I was willing to take the chance.

 

[protoolman]

I like carrying a pocket watch either an old wind up Waltham or a newer quartz one that will go about 2-3 years on a battery. I've also been lookiking at the Russian Molnija watches that are all over e-bay these days too.

 

[mistermills357]

I know a woman that uses a Samsung, and I asked her about it. But I am still flummoxed; I don't get it, so there must be something that I am missing.