A Watch Guy's Thoughts on the Apple Watch After Seeing It in the Metal

Re:A Watch Guy's Thoughts on the Apple Watch After Seeing It... by Aloha on Thursday September 11, 2014 @03:58AM (#8301384)

I'd not go that far - look at the Seiko 5, which I find more attractive than most of the Kinetic models anyhow, and gray market in the US, its much much cheaper, several years ago I bought two identical ones for my 30th birthday, should last me my lifetime.

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Re:A Watch Guy's Thoughts on the Apple Watch After Seeing It... by maigret on Thursday September 11, 2014 @04:20AM (#8301445)

The Seiko 5 has an amazing ecosystem of customized parts by the way, showing that mechanical watches can be a dream for tinkerers.

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Re:A Watch Guy's Thoughts on the Apple Watch After Seeing It... by ansgri on Thursday September 11, 2014 @05:50AM (#8301669)

Oh how I didn't know about the Seiko 5 at all? Was looking for a sports-appropriate watch recently, would prefer it to the eventually chosen Timex IQ Compass. Though the compass proved to be an useful complication!

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Re:A Watch Guy's Thoughts on the Apple Watch After Seeing It... by user24 on Thursday September 11, 2014 @09:56AM (#8302549)

See also http://www.seiko5finder.com (not affiliated)

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Re:A Watch Guy's Thoughts on the Apple Watch After Seeing It... by shellerik on Thursday September 11, 2014 @11:31AM (#8303139)

Thanks for the link (41 yr old site creator).

I only recently got interested in mechanical watches. It's fun to have a mechanical marvel on my wrist for those times when I don't want to reach into my pocket to tell the time using an electronic marvel.

I'm not sure if I'd ever get a smart watch. Perhaps. I actually feel kind of attached to my automatic. If I stop wearing it for more than two days it will stop running. That just seems cruel to the little guy.

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