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Re:A Watch Guy's Thoughts on the Apple Watch After Seeing It... by jacquesm on Thursday September 11, 2014 @03:45AM (#8301349)
Really high end watches are a signalling device, not a practical device. It tries to convey the size of the bankroll of the wearer to others rather than that there is any additional performance somehow related to the price.

A $50 watch keeps time just about as good as a $10K watch.

And you might even get to keep the former when you're being held up on the way to your Ferrari.

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Re:A Watch Guy's Thoughts on the Apple Watch After Seeing It... by Aloha on Thursday September 11, 2014 @03:56AM (#8301379)
Sometimes the 50 dollar watch performs better than the 10k one - Rolexes keep lousy time. I personally am quite the fan of the Seiko 5, it works, keeps time (when I remember to set it after not wearing it for four days), and at the least it will act as a decent chronometer even if I've not set it, I can tell how much time has elapsed by looking at it twice.

I don't know if I have a use case for the apple watch, I might buy one to try out, see if it works, but I will say -if nothing else, its uniformly a pretty object d'art.

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Re:A Watch Guy's Thoughts on the Apple Watch After Seeing It... by jacquesm on Thursday September 11, 2014 @06:03AM (#8301702)
It's a digital accessory priced-to-own.

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http://www.cnbc.com/id/101619289

Fairly incredible, expensive watches for rent.

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Re:A Watch Guy's Thoughts on the Apple Watch After Seeing It... by JonnieCache on Thursday September 11, 2014 @10:17AM (#8302682)
>priced-to-own

What does this phrase mean? Search engines are giving me nothing.

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Re:A Watch Guy's Thoughts on the Apple Watch After Seeing It... by shiftpgdn on Thursday September 11, 2014 @10:43AM (#8302845)
Affordable for the common man.
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Re:A Watch Guy's Thoughts on the Apple Watch After Seeing It... by easytiger on Thursday September 11, 2014 @05:09AM (#8301579)
People complaining about the application of a watch for telling time and the accuracy are so disingenuous.

Go an tell that to someone wearing a diamond ring. That doesn't tell the time either.

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Re:A Watch Guy's Thoughts on the Apple Watch After Seeing It... by jacquesm on Thursday September 11, 2014 @05:16AM (#8301596)
You are underestimating the utility value of a diamond ring. According to many action movies they serve as excellent glasscutters.
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